The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-09-22
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CBTHE
UNITED STATES.
PASSED AT THE
FIRST SESSION OF THE Fohl
CONGRESS.

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elqhean hundred and seven y-twO, ana l'i
purposes. . p,rra
b. il tied by the Senate and House S % IN I'm
sem ,tiyss of the United States @ -ins hi "a Of
"rs ass Iabied That in orcer to carry thto Gu 81
Inc PROVISIONS OF act entlli5u Ia M bs w., tii
e.'elous 10 Ur and Twelve and The widows Of de-
else1l sol ers approved Feorqat5 i'ulteth' egh-
80, bunireI aud seventy-one there pc and is here
&C. rnnraied out of any moneys in the treasury
~ an rVise appropriated, for tue payment, during
a., mander OF tine present fiscal year OF TWO lei ks
M ss three four clerks of class TIVE, nineteen cl rls
a., lass one and tw sstan me sSer re in the Pen
10, 1nirs TO tie appoiatsd by the Secretary nj III
Igterior eight thousand two hundred and sixty dol
lars for Ollie rent, furniture, and contingent ex-
peuse, OF said Office for the period SIX thousand
i've hundred dollars; and for the payment during
the fiscal year ending June 'hil teth eighteen hu,i7
ur-d and sevrntv-two OF our efks OF class three
egdF Jerks OF class two, iortg-eigh clerks class
one, ana rec assistant sengerJ in said Office, to
be appointed BY the SecTet airy OF the Interior
seventy seven thousand three hundred and sixty
dollars; and TOR Office rent urnitu e. stationery and
contingent expenses OF said office during the said
year, seven thousand collars: Provided, That noth-
lug any act contained shall be construed to alter
Or amend an acC entitled "a act to define the du-
ties OF pension agents and prescribe the manner Of
paving pensions, and for other PURPOSES, APPROX,
July eighth, eighteen hundred ana seventy; but the
Provisions OF sd act are hereby declared 10 be in
Iui force and erect and applicable to the proseeu-
s0ns which may be al lwel under any or all the va
rous acts Congress granting the same; and that
mu h o. the appropriation provided for in the act
king apprOp atons for sundcy civil expenses OF the
government for the year ldng June thirty eighteen
eighteen hundred and seventy one, ito he expended
1 the detection and prosecution of crimes against
the United STATES . as may, in the Judgment of The
Attorney General, be necessary, may be used during
the current fiscal year.
That all books, records papers, and documents
reltuVe to transactions OF or with the LATE so-caed
government OF the confederate Statesor the govern
ment OF any State lately in instruction now IN the
possession, which NAV at any time come info fine
possess on OF the government OF the Uni.e States
or OF any department thereof be resorted TO for
Information by the board OF commissioners of claims
~ "a Ve1 Mnrpb flraa oil lt
drsd md seventy oue aud copies thereof duly GER
titled by the officer having custody OF the same shall
b. treated with the ike force and etrc. the orig
nal.
For the rebuilding OF the Catholic orphan asylum
at Charleston, South Carolina twelve thousand dol
lars, in Consideration OF The rendered by the
sisters or Our Lady OF Mercy, of Charleston, South
Carolina, to the sick and wounded Union officers and
soldiers. while SAID city was under commandment
during the
SEC. 2. That there is hereby appropriated to ray
the salary Tor the remainder OF the present
ami for the next fiscal yea-, OF tie Assist
aat Attorney General, authorized TO be ap-
pointed by the last act of the last session of Con-
gress. six thousand five hundred and twenty. five
dollars OF so much thereof as NAV be necessary.
SEC. 3. The following stated sums are hereby ap-
proprlated for the purposes hereinafter expressed
To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for
conl'gent expenses of the Bouse OF Representatives
LOT the present fiscal year, the to be added to
the appropriation ''tor miscellaneous items" 1--WE
thousand dollars
TO supply deficiency in the appropriations for the
service OF the lnderendent teasury, Tor tue fiscal
For clerks and messengers in the office ofEthe as
slstant treasurer at Baltimore, SIX thousand seven
hundred and sixty dollars
For clerks ard m ssseugers in The ofi,e of tbe de-
pos,fary at Cincinnati, i've thousand two hundred
and fifty dollars. w
For clerks ami messengers in the office of the de-
posltary at Chicago, one thousand one hundred dol
lars 0
For clerks and messengers in the office of tho do
positary at Louisville, egbt hundred dollars
For salary OF the assistant treasurer at New Or
leans, to make his comp nsaton four thousand five
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hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses under the act of August
slxh eighteen hundr7 ID and torty-sx Tor the ccIec
ton safe kee ling, transfer, and disbursement of fhe
pnblc revenue, fifty thousand dollars: Proridod
Ihit part OF said sum shall be expended for cleri-
For salaries and expenses of the rect tax COM
mls,io ers OF South Carolina, and =. their clerks
rom july trsr, eighteen hundred and seventy NATL
the closing OF their Office, three thousand Eve nun
siru uo'i"rS' OF 50 huch thereof as may be
For the support Of the District of Columbia for tle
hsc year ending june thirty, eighteen hundred and
For salary of the governor of the District Of Col
umbi1, three thousand dollars - "
For sa airy of the secretary of fha Distriot e w.,
umba, TWO thousand dollars. Vi ooi-
For compensation OF the members of the counciI ot
the District OF Columbia Jour thOus and four HUNDRED
dollars. eu
Fo, compensation of the board of pu bic works of
the District OF Columbia, ten thousand dollars: Pro-
0i0ed, Ihat no person Shall be entitled to draw n
stafy as member of The board of pubic works
who paid salary for the discharge Of the duties or
government hp nj al
State; and said board shan be he To be an exist
ing board Tor All the purposes specified in The Ac to
proViOe government for The District Columbia"
from anu aiter the appointment and ualfcation oI
the membe thereof Vi
por me Teralr OF the damages caused by fire upon
Inc cadet barracks at West Point, ten thousand dSi
lars. "
enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase
OF Mes rs. Little Bro wp and COMPANY two tbo1sand
comes OF the sixteenth vou me OF The United states
Statutes at Large for distribution agreeabIv to the
as OF Cong ess directing The distribution of The
other V llumeS seven thousand lllarS
10 pay william Har lin balance due him under
brs contract ior surveying the public lands in Ne
praska, three thousand six hundred dollars
70 supply deficiency in the appropriation for
Glelnlng lor the Marine Corps for the wear ending
d ohe thlrlleth, eighteen hundred and sevantv-,no
fifteen thousand dollars '9 oie'
>, For payment TO the reporters VI tns senutv- am,
HOUSE tor the Congressional Globe OF the usual adj
dltl0nai compensation for repo ting he proceedings
OF the INST session OF the Forty Congress five
hundred doll tfs each, five thousand dollars
10 enable the President to carry out The provisons
o. me ACT ,ot Hiarch third, eighteen hundred and
reNe oyone, authorzlng him to prescribe rules and
Regulations for the admission persons iute the civil
serylje, and SO rorth, thousand dollars
ror expenses OF the JOINT Select Committee on
AAe%ed Ou'ra9es in the Southern States the sum of
IN r thousand dollars, and any une neDded hal
anc1 OF Tue app OPERATION Tor the select committee
o. Tue oenae on the same subject shall be carried to
the ABOVE appropriation in addition thereto said
su rs TO be Cal RED tor this purpose to the contingent
luna OF the Senate and to be expended upon vnfIch
ers OF he chairman OF SAID joint committee: Pro
csaed, That he sum OF nine thousand seven hundred
amt thirty five dollars ami twepty-Iwo cents hein1
an unex pended balance appropriation by act Of
Mar third, e!hteen hundred and sixty-nine .stor
PnIchaie OF building knowe as The Clue House, at
ofIor The use of the United states courts and hav
ing pen by existing laws covered INTO the treasury
Oh Tue ohued sta e., be- and the same is hereby
reappropriateds out of any money in the treasury'
not nrEwlse appropriate /, and shall be expended
the original appropri ttion,
10 supply "a deficiency in the appropriation for
10 Jung documents and .materiais tor the House OF
Representatives, twenty thousand dollars
tSenate of the United States: For Labor three
thousand dollars; Tor clerks to committees, pages
nVIses, ana carfyalis, Fl teen thousand dollars
FOR compensation of The cleI ks IN the tfce nf the
surveyor genera OF Minnesota employed upon work
survey Of b Upon Un ne SPECIAL sppropraton for the
Ji u' s ote northern Pacific Railroad per act of
guy nlleeH. eighteen hundred and seventy nine
thousand two hundred dollars f1r tbo NY, nIhe
eu1ins June thirtieth eighteen hundred and seventy
For compensation OF the clerks in the on y =, A.,
surveyor general OF California two tbousand siV
INJURED dollars tor the year ending June thi1tetb'
elgh cen hundred and seventy one '
To pay Dexter X. Crocker tor carving the r,ai,
I'm IN SaayohWlle, Oregon, to Yreka, California,
nom the twenty-foufth of April to the ninth of No
VEN en- eng rem hundr and fttv-three one th0us-
an SIX hundred and twenty hve doll rs
payhent Oh ;; H. Harlow late arsha of the
southern district OF New York. for expenses Incurred
IN trrestng one MOTT, in San Francisco for yolatIon
o, revenue law in said district five bunIred and lpy
uoi,1rs' or so much thereof as may be dne.
SEE. 4, That in addition TO the clerkships autbo,-
l1el by the act apl roved My five eighteen bnndreI
an sky the Secretg-y OF Interior is hereby an
SI ~ , Ecu ana empower promote from the Clerk
6L cass one EN- oioyed tie Census Office three 70
S cierhs OF cif four, to &c clerks nj class
ltee' ana hlteen TO be clerks of cl; Ss two ora IL
sum OF seven thousand six hundred IoIlars; q; L ts
appfoqrl tied to pay the uorc ised salary. I3rnr;I
1Hdt no Incl ease IN the total number OF CLERKS ~
poyed IN said bureau shall be deemed 10 he amtbnr
z+a ttlereoy and oro0ided trrther That The an
thorlty for such additional cierkshlps of tho sncod
thIrd and Fourth lclcss shall ter4lnate one VasII
from DATE. 'he year
For the purpose Of carrying out the sinulati ,nS 81
the treaty OF Jay twentieth eighteen bnndrad III
SKY tnree De ween the United States of merica onj
us MdJesy the King OF Ire Belgians proyidng Tor
1ne pay ment OF interest in the matter the captaI
lzauon of h Scheldt dues bery detc NOV IN H.
appropriations tor the payment of the se1o,h u .ne
Hual inst tlment due the government at RaIgin,n
eo1 saw ueatE, April first, eighteen hundred and
An il 6,st 81 hnu ne elehn annual ms ament due
~ ,'u,Sl gnteen hundt ed and venty-two tvclve
IN oos nd dollars in coin or 50 mu h tbSrot
be necessary. ~ Ii Uneieoi as may |
n r9r the completion of tie Gust m-house Of c,i,.
Papl, MInnesDta thirty i've tho nd ,, d, SAM
anu sAty-luree collars and sixty-fiye cents Iais
80, Vi oil2 nee OF an APP r0priaTion for tho7
H. 10" sIahulng ITS credit on the books of
lne ueds Try nut unavailable und n exstinr 80 VI
InD section two OF ''An act naking arnro"s;:
uons ioi snldry civil expenses OF the 90 ,ernmnrt
OF Tue nrca year Ell ding June thirty lteen bnn
roaa anI and tor other purposes ap-
proved Mareh three, eighteen hundred and seventp
Vue' oe aud hereby l5 amsnded b, striking ont after
cue "oFus II Il custom house, Astoria, OREGON he
- mp io9, "and inserting in thu ace t6ereof
IG1hChoa ION OF the Instruc 1 n"
al u 9 !!np elO1 of tue c,,urt h,uSa and non.
In IIu,iIdlhg at Des MOines Iowa six tbnuaand
S NJ INJURED ~ and iiity-six dollars ~ '"Hu
app opTiatd Us sum OF twenty-five thousand dollars
"r-i and sxy-nne, Tor The nnrob 10, eighteen hun
"a 49,. -, ', ol pOst-Offe and COM i 'n0 \
- III ba.a 1, y eufdska, the same hair, ,-
pended lshereoy revived and TeappronTiaeig uneX-
purpose. PPiopIiated for said
SEC. g. That any appropriations heretoforo
W. guy IuDo NJ ~ W "a hgs or grounds tor tbo