Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-17
STATE DEPARTMENT.


For defraying the expenses of defending
claims under the convention with Mexico OF
July four eighteen hundred and sixty-eight,
to be expended under the direction of the At
torney General, twenty thousand dollars. b
For the compensation and expenses of the
commission for determining the pending ques-
ton between Great Britain and the United
States twenty-five thousand dollars. e ~
For compensation and expenses of commits
sion for determining the question pending be-
tween the United States and Spain, growing
out of the acts of the Spanish officials in and
about Cuba, fifteen thousand dollars. s-fEs &
For the increase in the expenses of the diplo-
matte and consular officers of the United States
in Paris, caused by state of war; and also for
compensation for extraordinary services per-
formed by such officers during the war; and
also for the additional expenses caused to the
legations and 5consulates of the United States
in Madrid, Paris, Berlin, and London, by rea-
son of the war and by reason of the protection
assumed by the United States of persons, slega-
tons, and consulates OF other powers IN Paris,
a sum not to exceed fifty thousand dollars in
all, or so imuch thereof rs may be necessary,
to be expended under the direction of the
Secretary of State, on the approval of the Pres
ident, and on vouchers to be filed in the sTrea-
sury Department, and a statement thereof to be
reported to Congress by the Secretary OF
State.
To defray the expenses incurred by the
United States legation in Paris, in protecting the
subjects of the North German Confederation in
France during the war between France and
Prussia, including extra compensation to the
secretaries messenger, and use of carriage of
said legation, four thousand dollars and the
foregoing appropriations are hereby made avail
able Immediately upon the passage of this act.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
SUPERVISING INSPECTORS OF srEAM-vEssELs.
+ For carrying out the. provisions of the act of
thirtieth August eighteen hundred and fifty
two tor the better protection of the lives OF pas
sengers on vessels propelled in whole or in part
by steam, and of the acts amendatory thereof,
the following sums, viz:
For salaries of fifty-nine local inspectors of
steam-yessels and clerk in local offices at N w
York and New Orleans, ffty-eight thousand
two hundred dollars.
For ten supervising inspectors of steam-ves-
sells. nine at two thousand dollars each, and one
at two thousand five hundred dollars, twenty
thousand five hundred dollars.
For special agent of the department, two thou
sand one hundred and ninety dollars.
For contingent expenses, viz: Travelling ex-
penses of ten supervising inspectors, at not to
exceed eight hundred dollars in any one year
each, eight thousand dollars.
For travelling expenses of ffty-nine local in
spectors, fifteen thousand dollars. s.
For travelling expenses of the special agent
of the department., one thousand four hundred
dollars.
For expenses of the meeting of the board of
supervising inspectors, including travel and
necessary incidental expenses, and printing of
manual and report, four thousand dollars.
: For stationery and postage stamps; furniture
for offices and repairs thereof; instruments, re-
pairs, transportation, and storing thereof; Office
rent janitors, and fuel; printing and binding
certif Gates of license for pilots and engineers,
and miscellaneous items, twenty-five thousand
dollars.
For Iife-saying stations: Salaries of two SUI
perintendents of the life-saving stations on the
coast of Long Island and New Jersey, at one
thousand five hundred dollars each, three thou
sand dollars.
For ffty-fve keepers of stations, at two hun
dred dollars each, eleven thousand dollars.
For pay of six experienced surfmen to man
each of the boats at alternate lfe-saving stations