New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-22

two small lights at the mouth of Fox river,
Green bay, to serve as range for TIE chan
mel, eleven Thousand dollars.
For Huron Island light-station: Cutting
road from the landing to lighthouse Oh
Huron island, Lake Superior, two thousand
dollars.
For Portage range-lights: Protecting the
site and filling in the marsh at Portage
range-light station, Lake Superior, nine
hundred dollars.
For Eagle River lght-station: Rebuilding
upon proper site the lighthouse at Eagle
river Lake Superior, fourteen Thousand
dollars.
For erection of beacon-Hght and
dwelling for the Keeper on Lake Superior.
at the terminus of the Northern Pacific
railroad, Minnesota, ten thousand dollars.
For Cape Feulweather light station:
Erection of first class seacoast light at or
near Cape Foulweather, Oregon, ninety
thousand dollars
For FauntlerOy Rock beacon: Enectioa of
day beacon, Eauntleroy rock, Crescent
CITY harbor, California, five thousand dol
lars,
For Point Bonfta light-station: Establish
ment of first class steam fog-signal at
Point Bonita light-statiOn, entrance to- San
Francisco harbOr, California, ten thousand
dollars
For San Pablo Straits lght-station: Erec-
ton of a light house and fog signal to guide
through the straits OF San Pablo, California,
twenty thousand dollars.
For Pigeon Paint light-statioHs COntinu-
ing and completing the fog-signal at Pigeon
point, seacoast OF California, ninety thou
sand dollars.
For Point Conception Gsht-station: Es-
| Enlistment of tirst-clasS steam tog signal
| at Point Conception light-statioa, on the
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| lars.
| For Point Arena light-station: Establish
ment of frst-class steam fog-signal at
| Point Arena light-stati0n, California, eight
| thousand five hundred dollars.
| For Cape Flattery light-statiOn: Estab-
! lishment of first-class steam fog-signal at
| Cape Flattery light-station, entrance to
| Puget sound, Washington Territory, ten
| thousand dollars.
For q Iife-saviDg station On Narragansett
| beach. Rhode Island, under acts approved
| July twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty
! eight. and March third. eighteen hundred
and sixty nine, seven thousand dollars.
FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD DISTRICTS.
For lighthouse and buoy tenders: Steam
| tender for the first and second lighthouse
districts Maine and Massachusetts,. fifty
| thousand dollars.
| district, fifty thousand dollars.
| SEC f. That whenever it shall be shown
| to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the
| Treasury that parties are entitled to refund
| of duties under the twenty sixth section of
the act of July fourteen, eighteen hundred
and seventy, and joint resolution approved
January thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy-one, it shall be the duty of the Sec
| rotary of the Treasury to draw his warrant
upon the Treasurer, directing said Treas
| urer to refund the same out of any money
| in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. 5. That there be appropriated, out
of any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the sum of seventeen thou
sand five hundred dollars for the salary of
an envoy extraordinary and minister pleni-
potentiary. and twenty-five hundred dollars
for the salary of secretary, and eighteen
hundred dollars for that of an assistant
secretary of legation to the German En-
pire.
SEC. g. That the appropriation made
March three, eighteen hundred and sixty
nine, having been covered into the treasury,
the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is
hereby, authorized and directed to cause to
be constructed, upon the site already given
to and owned by the United States, a suit
able building, fire-proof, at Columbia, South
| Carolina, for the accommodation of the
postotfice and United States circuit and
district COURTS and for this purpose there
is hereby appropriated, out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
seventy-fve thousand dollars, to be ex,
pended under the direction of the Secretary
of the Treasury, who shall cause proper
plans and estimates to be made, so that nc
| expenditure shall be made or authorized for
the full completion of the said building, be-
yond the amount herein appropriated; pro-
vided, sthat no money hereby appropriated
shall be used or applied for the purposes
| mentioned until it shall appear that the
State has duly released and relinquished to
the United States the right to tax or IN any
way assess the site, or the property OF the
United States that may be thereon, during
the time that the United States shall remain
the owner thereof.
SEC Z. That all fines, penalties, and for
FIXTURES, heretofore or that may be here
after incurred the acts entitled respec-
tiyely, ''An act to extend the laws OF the
United States relating to customs, com
merce, and navigation over the terri
tory coded to the United States by Russia
to establish a collection district therein
and for other purposes" approved july
twenty-seven eighteen hundred and sixty
eight, and "An act to prevent the exter
mination of fur-bearing animals In Alaska,
approved July one, eighteen hundred ant
seventy, shall be disposed of according II
the provisions of the act entitled IAN ac
TO regulate the disposition of the proceeds
of fines penalties and forfeitures incurred
under the laws relating to the customs, ant
for other purposes" approved March two
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.
SEC. 8. That the Secretary of the InteriO
be- and he hereby is authorized to increas
the compensation of assistant marshals IL
taking the census of eighteen hundred ant
seventy, whenever, in his Judgment, tn
same shall be necessary; provided, that II
no case shall such increase exceed fifty pc
centum of the amount OF compensation
now allowed by law, nor shall the en-
tire compensation be more than elgh
dollars per day for the time actually EN-
Moved: and the Joint resolution entitled
IA resolution in relation to the compensa
tion of assistant marshals for taking TIN
census of eighteen hundred and seventy,
approved June ninth, eighteen hundred ant
seventy, be, and the same is hereby, re
pealed.
SEC. 9. That the President of the Unitet
States be, and he is hereby, authorized t
presscibe such rules and regulations for tn
admission of persons into the civil serylc
of the United States as will best promOt
the efficiency thereof, and ascertain the tit
ness of each candidate in respect to age
health, character, knowledge and ablllt
for the branch of service into which h
seeks to enter; and for this purpose tn
President is authorized to employ suitabl
persons to conduct said inquiries, to pre-
scribe their duties, and to establish regula
lions for the conduct of persons who ma
receive appointments in the civil service.
Approved March 3, 1871.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 80.
AN ACT to create a new land district in til
Territory of Washington.
Re If enanted hy the Senate and House Q