New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-28

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point, as lake-coast light, and for putting
a beacon-range on the pier, thirty five thou
sand dollars. hr
For Fox River range-ights: Erection OF
two small lights at the mouth of Fox river
Green bay, to serve as a range for the chan
mel, eleven thousand dollars. ..Hg
For Huron Island light-station: Cutting a
road from the landing to lighthouse on
Huron island, Lake Superior, two thousand
dollars. re- nal Ee&rrE Ert.E
For Portage range-lights: Projecting the
site and filling in the marsh at Portage
range-light station, Lake Superior, nine
hundred dollars.
For Eagle River lightstatiOn: Rebuilding
upon proper site the lighthouse at Eagle
river, Lake Superior, fourteen Thousand
| dollars. o. +" ".
For erection of a beacon-light and
dwelling for the keeper ON Lake Superior
at the terminus of the Northern Pacific
For Cape Foulweather light station
Erection of first class seacoast light at OF
near Cape Foulweather, Oregon, Linety
thousand dollars.
For Fauntleroy Rock beacon: Erection OF
day beacon, Fauntleroy rock, Crescent
City harbor California, five thousand dol
lars.
For Point Bonita light-station: Establish
I meut of first class steam fOg-signal al
Point Bonita light-station, entrance to San
Francisco harbOr, California, ten thousand
dollars.
For San Pablo Straits light-station: Free
ton of light house and fog signal to guide
through the straits of San Pablo, California
twenty thousand dollars
For Pigeon Point light-station: Continu.
ing and completing the fog signal at Pigeon
I NJ %; min tbot,
sand dollars.
For Point Conception light-station Es-
| tablshment of a first-class steam fog-signal
at Point Conception light-station, on the
sea-coast OF California, six thousand dol
| lars.
For Point Arena ight-station: Establish
ment of a first-class steam Og-signal at
Point Arena light-station, California, eight
thousand five hundred dollars.
For Cape Flattery ight-station: Estab-
| lishment OF frst-class steam fog-signal at
Cape Fiattery light-station, entrance to
| Puget sound, Washington Territory, ten
| thousand dollars.
For life-saving station on Narragansett
| beach, Rhode Island, under acts approved
| July twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty
| eight. aud March third, eighteen hundred
| and sixty nine, seven thousand dollars.
FIRST, SECOND. AND THIRD DISTRICTS.
For lighthouse and uoy-tenders: Steam
! tender for the first and second lighthouse
! districts Maine and Massachusetts,. fifty
thousand dollars.
For steam tender for the third lighthouse
district, fifty thousand dollars.
SEC T. 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
seyenty-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 S. 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 a secretary, and eighteen
| hundred dollars for that of an assistant
secretary of legation to the German En-
| pire.
| 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, suit
| able building, fire-proof, at Columbia, South
| Carolina, for the accommodation of the
postoffice 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 no
expenditure shall be made or authorized for
the full completion of the said building, be-
yond the amount herein appropriated; pro-
vided. THAT 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-
lively, "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 IAN act to prevent the exter-
mination of fur-bearing animals in Alaska"
approved July one, eighteen hundred and
seventy, shall be disposed of according to
the provisions of the act entitled "An act
to regulate the disposition of the proceeds
of fines, penalties and fOrfeitures incurred
under the laws relating to the customs, and
for other purposes" approved March two,
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.
Sec. 8. That the Secretary of the Interior
be, and he hereby is authorized to increase
the compensation of assistant marshals in
taking the census of eighteen hundred and
seventy, whenever, in his Judgment, the
same shall be necessary; provided, that in
no case shall such increase exceed fifty per
centum of the amount of compensation
now allowed by law, nor shall the en-
tire compensation be more than eight
dollars per day for the time actually en-
ployed; and the joint resolution entitled
"a resolution in relation to the cOmpensa-
ton of assistant marshals for taking the
census of eighteen hundred and seventy"
approved June ninth, eighteen hundred and
seventy, be, and the same is hereby, re-
pealed.
SEC. 9. That the President of the United
States be, and he is hereby, authorized to
presscibe such rules and regulations for the
admission of persons into the civil service
of the United States as will best promote
the efficiency thereof, and ascertain the tit
ness of each candidate in respect to age,
health, character, knowledge and ability
for the branch of service into which he
seeks to enter; and for this purpose the
President is authorized to employ suitable
persons to conduct said inquiries, to pre-
scribe their duties, and to establish regula-
lions for the conduct of persons who may
receive appointments in the civil service.
Approved March 3. 1871.