New Orleans Republican., 1871-06-20

main light from Chicago pier to Crosse
point, as a lake-coast light, and for putting
oeacon-range on the pier, thirty-five thou
sand dollars. az lxlI1I'H s. 1t5at
For Fox River range-lights: Erection of
Two small lights at the mouth of Fox river,
Green bay, to serve as range for the chan
mel, eleven thousa nd dollars isslHt
For Huron Island Ii ght-station: Cutting a
road from the landin to lighthouse on
Huron island, Lake Superior, two thousand
dollars
For Portage range-lghts: Protecting the
site and filling in the marsh at Portage
range-light station, Lake Superio nine
hundred dollars y stl bfa sto
For Eagle River light-station: Rebuilding
upon a proper site the lighthouse at Eagle
river, Lake Superior, fourteen thousand
For erection of a beacon-light and
dwelling for the keeper on Lake Superior
at the. terminus of the Northern Pacific
railroad, Minnesota, ten thousand dollars.
For Cape FOulweather light station
Erection of first class seacoast light at or
near Cape Foulweather, Oregon, linety
thousand dollars EE Iift
For Fauntleroy Rock beacon: Erection of
a day beacon, FauntlerOy rock, Crescent
City harbor, California, five thousand dol
| lars.
| For Point Bonita light-station: Establish
| ment of first class steam fog-signal at
| Point Bonita light-station, entrance to San
Francisco harbOf, California, ten thousand
dollars.
For San Pablo Straits light-station: Erec-
| ton of light house and fog signal to guide
through the straits of San Pablo, California,
| tvs nty thousand dollars.
| For Pigeon Point light-station: Continu-
| ing and completing the fogsignal at Pigeon
point, seacoast of California, ninety thou
| sand dollars.
For Point Conception light-statiOn: Es-
| tablishment of irst-class steam fog-signal
at Point Conception .light-station, on the
sei-coast OF California, six thousand dol
| lars ,-.'.-..
| For Point Arena light-station: Establish
ment of a frst-class steam fog-signal at
Point Arena light-station, California eight
| thousand five hundred dollars.
For Cape Flattery light-station: Estab-
lishment of a frst-class steam fOg-signal at
Cape Flattery 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. and March third, eighteen hundred
and sixty y-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. t.tlF q. ..g4
For steam tender for the third lighthouse
district, fifty thousand dollars.
Sec 4 That whenever it shall be shown
to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the
Treasury that parties are entitled to refund
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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
retary 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 a secretary, and eighteen
hundred dollars for that of an assistant
| secretary of legation to the German En-
pire.
SEC. 6. That the appropriation made
| March three, eighteen hundred and sixty
nine, having been covered into the treasury,
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| 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-proef, 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,
! seyenty-iye thousand dollars, to be eI =
| pended under the direction of the Secreta' Y
| of the Treasury, who shall cause props T
| plans and estimates to be made, so that / o
| expenditure shall be made or authorized for
| the full completion of the said building, be-
| yond the amount herein appropriated; pro-
vided. tthat 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. I. 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
meroe, and navigation over the terri
! tory ceded to the United States by Russia,
| to establish collection district therein,
! and for other purposes" approved July
| twenty-sev eighteen hundred and sixty
eight, and "An 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 IAN act
| to regulate the disposition of the proceeds
| of fines. penalties and forfeitures incurred
under the laws relating to the customs, and
f r other purposes" approved March two,
| e'ghteen hundred and sixty-seven.
SEC g. That the Secl etary 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 III
| no case shall such increase exceed fifty per
| centum of the amount of compensation
| now allowed by law, nor shall the en-
| fire compensation be more than eight
| dollars per day for the time actually en-
ployed; and the joint resolution entitled
IA 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. aEF
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 fit
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-
tions for the conduct of persons who may