The Portland daily press., 1871-05-15

section Two of chapter two hundred and thin tyef
the Statutes of e ehteen hundred and sixty-six.
MISCELLANEOUS.
For contingencies of the army namely:
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury 10 settle
the accounts OF dsbursng officers for expenditures
already ma de in pursuance of law which will not
involve any actual eApeL dture, but merely trans
fer on the books OF the treasury, two hundred
thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to sattle
the accounts of discussing officers expenditures
already made in pursuance of law, which will moi
involve any actual expenditure but merely trans
Ter on me books OF the treasury seventy-ye thou
sand dollars.
For payment of costs and charges of State pene-
tenilaries for the care, clothing, maintenance and
medical att n,lance of United States military con-
Vitl confined in thtm, fifty thousand dollars
For continuing the surveys of the northern and
northwestern lakes, one hundred and seventy, live
LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT.
Fer repairs and incidental expen es in refitting
ana improving light houses and buildings connected
dollars.
For salaries OF seven hundred and thrty-two
Isht- house keepers and light-beacon keepers. and
their assistants four hundred and tbirty-nine tbnn-
sand two hundred dollars
fof seanen's wages, Iaions repairs, salaries sup
ples, ana Incidental ex penses of twenty-five light
Vesseis, ana seven reliet liehtyesses two hundred
anu slxty-0pe Thousand six hundred and forty-seyen
dollars and fifty cents
FOR expenses OF raising, cleaning. painting re-
pairing, removing. and supplying losses OF buoNs,
spindles, and day-beacops, and Tor chains, snkers,
and similar neeessaIies, Two hundred and seventy
five thousand dollars.
For repairs and incidental expenses in wing,
retitting, and improving fog signals aud building
connected herewith, thirty thousand dollars.
For expenses OF visiting and iuspe cling lights and
other aids o navieaiinn, two thousand dollars.
For suppl wing the leh houses and beacon lights
on the Atlantic, Gut, Lake. and Pacific coasts with
oil, wcks, glass chimneys chamois skins, sii,s of
wine whiting, polishing powder, towels, brushes
soap,ipants, and other cleaning materials and for
expenses OF repairing and keeping in repair iIiumi-
NJ and
testing transpcl taton, delivery OF oil and other SUP,
plies Tor lighthouses, and other incidental neces-
sary expenses, threc hundred and thirty one thou
sand seven hundred and seventeen dollars
SURVEY OF TIE COAST.
For continuing the survey of the Atlantic and
Gulf coast OF the United States, and Lake Cham
in the work. and excluding pay and emoluments of
officers OF the amy and navy and petty officers and
men of the navy apployed in the work, three hun
dred and ninety-one thousand dollars.
For continuing the survey OF The western coast of
the United States, including compensation of civ.
iiians engaged iii the work. two hundred and forty
thousand dollar. ProDidcd, That the operations
shall include h, geographic development OF the
dangers ocean navigation between San Diego and
Panama.
For pay and raiions of engineers for the steamers
used in the coast survey, no longer supplied by the
Navy department, five, thousand dollars.
For continuing The publication OF the obserya-
tons made in the progress Of coast survey, ncud-
ing compensation tor civilians engaged in The work.
the publication TO be made at the Government
Printing Office, ten thousand dollars.
For repairs and maintenance Of the complement
oil vessels used In the coast survey, forty five thou
sand dollars.
For extending the trangulation of the coast sur
yey so as to form geodetic connection between the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts OF the United States in
Guiding c0npensa ton OF civilians engaged in the
work. fifteen thousand dollars: Pr0uided, That the
traIgula ion shall determine points in each State
of the Union which shall make requisite pro-
visions for its own Typographical and geological
veys.
UNDER THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
FOR NAVY YARDS.
For navy yard at Portsmouth New Hampshire
Repairs OF all kinds seventyfive thousand dollars.
For navy yard at Boston, Massachusetts: Repairs
OF all kinds, seventy. five thousand dollars.
For navy yard at Brooklyn, New York: Repairs
OF all kinds, one hundred Thousand dollars.
For navy yard at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Repairs of all kinds, tolty thousand doars for
building landing whaIyes, dredging and filling in,
shop, Joners' shop, smiths shop, machine shop,
offices, steam-eneines, scows, boats, derricks, and
ma' hinery andiools of all kinds at League island,
tw o hundred thousand dollars.
For navy yard at Washington, District of Column
bia: Repairs OF all kinds, seventy-five thousand
dollars.
For navy yard at Norfolk, Virginia: Repairs O,
all kinds, seventy-tve thousand dollars
For navy yard at Pensacola, Florda Repairs of
all kinds, twenty-five thousand dollars; pei manen
Improvement, twenty five thousand dollars.
For navy yard at Mare island. California: Repairs
OF all kinds, one hundred thousand dollars; perma
neutrality-suspicious., three hundred thousand dollars
For naval station at Sackett's Harbor New York :
Repairs OF all kinds, one thousand dollars.
For naval station at Mound city, Illinois: Re-
pairs of all KINDS TOUR thousand dollars.
For naval station at New London, Connecticut
Care and protection of public property, five thou
sand dollars.
For naval station at Key West. Florida Repairs
of all kinds, thirty thousand dollars.
For emergencies that may arise at naval stations
fifty thousand dollars
For the pu chase of twenty-five Calling guns and
ammunition therefor, fifty thousand dollars.
UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
For improvement of groun Is, as follows: For la.
Dor, twelve thousand dollars; materials for com.
peting roads and walks, six thousand dollars: fol
finishing terraces, four thousand five hundred dol
lars for vases, three hundred dollars; for toos re
pairing bachsmiihing. and sim lar contingencies
one thousand dollars; and completing the heat
ing apparatus tor the en-house three thou.
sand dollars; ia all twenty six thousand eight hun
SEC. 2. That the following SIMS be, and they
hereby are, appropriated for the varions government
buildings as hereinafter expressed and any ex
penuiture Tor any building provided for under this
section. otherwise than in accordance with the m
taions and CONDITIONS affixed, shall, be deemed un
lawful, viz:
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS UNDER THE sUpERvIs
ING ARCHITECT OF THE TREASURY.
For custom house, Astoria Oregon: Completior
of the building, ten thousand dollars.
For custom house, Caro-, Illinois: Completion o
the building, Including grading, paving and fencing
the grounds, thIty-three thousand seven hundres
and sxty-eight dc lars.
For cnstcm- hduse Charleston, South Carolina
CONTINUATION oil the construction tweI ty thousan,
dollars
For cu.tom-house, Knoxville, Tennessee: Contin.
uaion OF the construction, twenty thousand dollars
For custOm-h house, Portland, Oregon: Continue.
ton OF the construction, one hundred thousand dol
lSrs.
For custom-house, Saint Paul, Minnesota: Com.
pletion OF the building, ninety-four thOus and fur
hundred ana eleven dollars.
For pot office and courthouse, New York: Con-
tlnuati0n OF the construction OF the building upOn
plans that shall limit the ultimate cost OF the &C M
pletion OF the building above the sill course to a
snm NOT exceedlng three million dollars and sub
Ject to no other limitation or restriction one million
three hundred and ninety four thousand eight hun
dred and nlnety-seven dollars: Prooided, That the
plans, estimates and expenditures tor the object
Shall be SO made that in event shall the to- al cost
OF said building exec ed the sum herein named.
For post office and courthouse Omaha, Nebras-
ka: Continuation of the construction, fifty thou
sand dollars, subject in all respects to the condl-
tiops and limitations in other existing appropria-
tons for sad purpose
For post office and sub-treasury Boston, Massa
chusetts: Continuation OF the construction upon
plans that shall limit the total ultimate of said
building to a sum not exceeding million five hu IL
hundred thousand dollars and subject to no other
Limitation or restriction nine hundred and forty-
two thousand five hundred and seventy-lour dollars
For branch mint, San Francisco, California: Com
pleuon OF The bu lding, five hundred thousand dol
lars.
Columbia: For annual repairs ana improvements,
fifteen thousand dollars.
For protection Of Treasury building on Fifteenth
street, and repairs of sidewalk nine teen thousand
eight hundred and sixteen dollars.
For custom-h0uSe. New Orleans louisiana: Con-
timing the completion of the building un1er the
last modified plans submitted by The Supervising
Architect OF the Treasury his letter OF Feb uary
sixteen, eghtt en- hundred and seventy-one or that
rnon thereof which substitutes cast-iron cornce
ana reuuces the total estimate Tor the completion of
the building to six hundred and twenty thousand
dollars, Of which estim tie the sum OF one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars is hereby Appropriated
For purchase OF a site and the erection of build
ing for custom house and post Office at Machias
Name; twenty thousand dollars, heretofore appro-
To complete the construction of the custom horse
building in Portland. Maine, forty-two thousand
eght hundied and thirty three dollars and ninety
niue cents.
For the preparation aid furniture of an additional
court room in the courthouse at WiIliamsport, for
Inc accommodation OF the United States courts
!hree thousand dollars
for improvement and repairs upon the rooms in
, me STATE house OF Mississippi, which have been
occupied by the register and receiver of
Puolc ihns at jackson, Mississippi the sum II six
ahuieu dollars, or so much thereof as NAV be nee
essary 10 be expended under the direction OF the
&c OF the Interior: Prooded hoaoerer That
tnc register anu receiver aforesaid be allowed the
continued use and occupation of sad rooms ON the
same terms as heretofore
SEC 3. That the FOLLOWING SIM G ha ,nnron,;ot cd
'or the purposes herein specified viz:
FOR LIGHTHOUSES, BEACoNs AND Eoo-sroNArs
for burnt Coal Harbor light-sation: Nv o beacon
~ ?, W sefVe as range oil the coast OF Maine,
FOR Hallway Rock lght-staton: COMPLETING
Maine, n thousand dollars "
FOR portsmouth or light-station: Building DWELL
ny lot ne heeper OF the lighthouse at orsmoutb
New hampshire, two thousand dollars
for Whale's Back lieht-station: Completing The
construction OF the works at Whales Back light sta,
ton, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, any baIances
that may remain unexpended of the existing appro-
t y-one. gu" se'oh-
For Bakers Island lght-station: REBUILDING on q
proper site the front light of the range on Eaker,s
dollars. "'o 'nousahu
FOR Salem Harbor light station: COMPLETING the
tnfee small lights at Salem IIarbor Mas sacbusetts
any balance OF the existing appropriation which
may pc unexpended june thirty, eighteen hnndred