New Orleans Republican., 1871-06-22
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed af the Third Session of the Forty.
First. Congress.

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First. Congress.
1 GENERAL NAruRE-No. 46.l
AN ACT making appropriations for sundr
civil expenses of the government for IL
fiscal year ending June thirty, eightee
, hundred and seventy two, and for Otht
purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Representatives of the United States
America i'll Congress asseaabled, That til
following sums be, and the same are hereL
appropriated, for the objects hereinafte
expressed, for the fiscal year ending til
thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sever
ty-two, viz:
STATE DEPARTMENT.
For defraying the expenses of defendin
claims under the convention with Mexico Q
July four, eighteen hundred and sixty
eight, to be expended under the direction
of the Attorney General, twenty thousan,
dollars
For the compensat tiou and expenses of tn
commission for determining the pendin;
| questions between Great Britain and tn,
United States, twenty-five thousand dollars
For the compensation and expenses of &
commission for determining the questions
pending between the United States and
Spain, growing out of the acts of the Span
ish officials in and about Cuba. fifteen thou.
sand dollars.
For the increase in the expenses OF the
| diplomatic and consular officers of the
United States in Paris, caused by state of
war; and also for compensation for extraOr-
| dinary services performed by such officers
during the war; and also for the additional
expense caused to the legations and consul
ates of the United States in Madrid, Paris,
Berlin and London by reason of the war;
| and by reason of the protection assumed
by the United States of persons, legations
and consulates of other powers in Paris,
sum not to exceed fifty thousand dollars in
all, or so much thereof as may be necessary:
to be expended under the direction of the
Secretary of State, on the approval of the
President, and on vouchers to be filed in the
Treasury Department, and 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 protect
ing the subjects of the North German Con-
federation in France during the war be-
tween France and Prussia, including extra
compensation to the secretaries, messenger,
and use of carriage of said legation, four
thousand dollars; and the foregoing appro-
prlations are hereby made available imme-
dlately upOa the passage of this act.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
SUPERVISING INSPECTORS OF STEAM VESSELS.
For carrying out the provisions of the act
OF thirtieth of August. eighteen hundred and
fiftv-two, for the better protection of the
lives of passengers on vessels propelled in
whole or in part by steam, and of the acts
amendatory thereof, the following sums, viz:
For salaries of ffty-nine local inspectors
of steam vessels, and clerk in local officers
at New York and New Orleans, tifty-eight
thousand two hundred dollars.
For ten supervising inspectors of steam
vessels, nine at two thousand dollars each. |
and one at two thousand five hundred dol |
lars, twenty thousand five hundred dollars.
For special agent OF the department two |
thousand one hundred and ninety dollars.
For contingent expenses, viz: Travelling |
expenses of ten supervising inspectors, at
not to exceed eight hundred dollars in any
one year each, eight thousand dollars.
For travelling expenses of fifty-nine local
inspectors, fifteen thousand dollars
For travelling expenses of the special
agent of the department, one thousand four
hundred dollars.
Of supervising inspectors. including travel
and necessary incidental expenses. and
printing of manual and report, four thou
sand dollars.
For stationery and postage stamps: fur
1iture for offices and repairs thereof: instru-
nents, repairs, transportation, and storing
thereof; office rent, janitors, and fuel: print
ng and binding certificates of license for
pilots and engineers, and miscellaneous
TENS, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For lite-saving stations: Salaries of two
of the life-saving stations
IN tie coast of Long Island and New Jer-
ey, at one thousand five hundred dollars
ach, three thousand dollars.
For fitty-five keepers of stations. at two
hundred dollars each, eleven thousand dol
ars.
For pay of six experienced surfmen to
nan each of the boats at alternate life-say-
ng stations on the New Jersey coast, COM
nencing at the first station from Sandy
look, from December fifteenth to March
fteenth, to be appointed by the keepers
hereof, at forty dollars per month, ten
housand and eighty dollars.
For contingent expenses of life-saving
tatiOns on the coast of the United States.
en- thousand dollars.
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE. /
For pay of officers, viz: Thirty-fve cap-
aims, one hundred and two lieutenants and
fty-one engineers, three hundred and tif-
cen thousand three hundred dollars
For rations for officers, twenty thousand
nd thirty nine dollars.
For pay Of crews, viz: Eight hundred and
petty officers, seamen, cooks,
towards and boys, three hundred thousand {
We hundred and twenty dollars.
For ratiOns for crews, including liquor
Iuivalent, one hundred and twentv-one j
lousand seven hundred and seventv-nine {
Ollars and ten cents.
For fuel for twenty four steam vessels. !
1e hundred and twenty-fv thousand dol j
rs. q
For repairs and outfits of thirty.two YES
lis, one hundred thousand dollars. /
For ship chandlery for the same, forty i
lousand dollars.
For the travelling expenses of the officers !
aveling on duty under orders from the i
reasury Department, ten thousand dollars.
For temporary employment of pilots, {
eretofore permanently employed, and com il
ensatiOn included in estimates for paw of
Ulcers, ten thousand dollars. \
For communication of quarters for officers O
l shore duty, ten thousand dollars. d
Contingent expenses: For payment of ex-
'nses incurred in the transaction of the {
lsiness of the two boards of examiners il
ngineer board at Baltimore, MARYLAND.
I'd that for the line officers at Washington. |
istrict of Columbia); also, for that of the C
ecial commission, for rent of offices, in d
uding quarters for examining surgeon, and
r miscellaneous expenses, exclusive of \
ERIK hire or compensation for service of il
y kind except consulting engineer en- h
Dyed to supervise construction of engines
e thousand dollars. G
MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE. IL
For supplying deficiency in the fund for u
e relief of sick and disabled sea1nen. one '
ndred and fifty thousand dollars. ti
LOANS AND TREASURY NOTES