New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-23

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4 i've hundred tama fortysthroe dollArs 81
fffy.nine cents. For the cQmpensataono q
n a - tonf journal o1eQk s3n the HouD4spl
Il RsprSsonka fives ~ tie ABcal year ending
June thirty, eSxhteen hundred end seventy.
two, tW0ntysflve h0ndred And nineH .twc
dollars. And for ono thOpsand eor6ee 10
the ssConstitution of the United &tateS Nltt
/ Ham J. McDosald UNDER reelDtten - the
Senate Of March 1oQrteen. eighteen hundred
and seventy one, one thQulend dollas koe
the payment Of clef6Dk committees u the
House, 81 a6ooft1ance VIII IS Olution
of the HOUSE Of the t6ht& s?nglnt, tive
thousand dollars.
4 SEC. re. That the ovfsens Of the
4 July fftssntfi, eighteea hundred and
seventy, emitted stAn oct making ap-
propristioas for sundEy civil sxpenses Of
! the government for the year ending june
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy.
one, and for other purposes" be, and here
by are extended SO % to include such per
sons as were actually employed in the
1 OC8uE6 lately ~ kU9u1I0o4444ke ~ o>lAAAaOtADzA
with the Treasury Department, - officers
of the United States dutlp3 tho year
eighteen hundred and sixty Aeyen in con-
nection with the revenues o. the govern
ment; and an amount sufficient to carry
out the provisions of this section, not OK
ceeding fifteen thousand dollars, is hereby
appropriated ont Ct any money IN the trea-
SEC. IS. That the following sum, q %
| much thereof as may be necessary, Tor sub
| sistence for the fiscal year ending June
| thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy.twO,
of the Arapahoe. Cheyenne, Apache, Kiowa,
and Comanche Indians who have been coll
lected and located upon tho reservation set
apart for their use and occupation by the
| treaties made with them IN eighteen hum
dred and sixty-seven, two hundred thou
sand dollars. - sssss,.. y sy,.s.ssss !.
Sec Ia. That the Commissioners Of the
General Land Office is hereby authorized
to approve the survey Of the eastern bound
airy of Nevada. made By Isaac =. James.
notwithstanding any depaxture from IN
structions which, in the opinion Of said
Commissioners, does mot materially impair
the accuracy of the work. So
SEQ. Is. That the privileges Of the act
entitled IAN act to reduce internal taxes,
and for other purposes" approved July
fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy,
be, and are hereby, extended to the port 0f
Detroit, in the State of Michigan.
Sec. l6. That any bona fide settler under
the homestead or pre-empti0n laws of the
United States, who has filed the proper APP
plication to enter, not to exceed one quarter
section of the public lands in any district
land Office, and who has been subsequently
appointed a registrar or receiver. may par
feet the title to the said land, under the pre-
emption laws, by furnishing the proofs and
making the payments required by law, to
the satisfaction Of the Commissioner of the
General Land Office.
SEC II. That from and after the passage
of this act all powers conferred upon certain
persons as commissioners, by the act APP
proved Juno twenty-irst, eighteen hundred
and seventy, for the Improvement Of d
street. northwest. and by the act approved
July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sew
enty. for the Improvement Of the Washing
j. ton City canal, shall be transferred to the
Board of Public Works of the District
of Columbia; and the persons acting
as commissioners under said acts are
hereby directed to transfer to said board Of
public works all books, papers, and other
property in their possession pertaining to
the works under their charge; and private
property shall be assessed for the improve
ment of NJ street. and Seventh street south
west, rom B street to the river. heretofore
authorized by law, as provided in the act of
February twenty-first. eighteen hundred
and seventy-one. And in case said board
SHALL under said act of July fifteenth, eight
cen hundred and seventy, decide to open
said canal, they are hereby empowered to
open both its branches, so a. to connect
with the government canal ct the arsenal;
Provided, That the cost OF said work shall
not exceed the amount already fixed by
law for that purpose.
That the sum Of ten thousand dollars. or
SO much thereof as may be necessary, is
hereby appropriated for the purpose Of re-
pairing and relaying, where necessary, the
pavement on Pennsylvania avenue from
Fifteenth street to the east side of Rock
creek: Provided: That like sum shall be
expended for the same purpose by the
proper authorities of the District Of
Columbia: And provided further, That
the Washington and Georgetown Railroad
Company shall in like manner repair such
portion thereof as they are by their char
ter required to do: the work to be done I'M
der the supervision of the Board of Public
Works for the District of Columbia.
Sec. IL. That to correct an error in the
enrolment Of the act approved March third,
eighteen hundred and seventy -one, making
appropriations for the naval service for the
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hum
bred and seventy-twO, and for other pur-
poses, the same be amended as follows.
In section two, strike out all of the section
from and including the word provided"
where it first occurs, and insert in lieu |
thereof the following: "And the Secretary
of the Navy is authorized, to invite, by pub
advertisement. plans and specifications for |
such dock, and to award to any person not |
the naval service, whose plans may be |
adopted by the Navy Department, sum |
not exceeding five thousand dollars But |
no plan shall be adopted until it shall first |
receive the sanction Of a board of not less
than five experienced officers, to be appoint |
ed by the Secretary of the Navy, majority |
OF whom shall be constructors and engineers.
and one Of whom shall be an experienced |
civil engineer; and it shall be the duty of |
said board to consider all the plans and spe. |
cificati0ns laid before it, whether the same |
were prepared in the Navy Department or |
by parties competing Herewith, and the |
plans and specifications that shall be adopt
ed shall be open to the inspection of all per-
sons who desire to become bidders, for at |
least ninety days before the awarding of |
said contract"
For three assistant observers at the Naval |
Observatory, in addition to the sum appro- |
priated by the "Act making appropriations !
for the naval service for the year ending |
June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy. |
two, and for other purposes" approved /
March third, eighteen hundred and seventy |
one, five hundred dollars.
Sec. ~. That SO much of the prOviso in |
the act making appropriations to supply de- I
flciencies, and SO forth, approved April /
twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy, I
as limits the completion Of the marine hos
pital building at Chicago, Illinois, to sum
not exceeding three hundred Thousand dols
lars: is hereby repealed; and it shall be law
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