The Portland daily press., 1871-05-19
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UNITED STATES
PASSED ATTIRE
THIRD SESSION OF THE FoRTY.FIRsT
CONGRESS.
GENERAL NATURE-No. AL

CONGRESS.
GENERAL NATURE-No. AL
AN ACT making appropriations tsupplv desoian
,n IN .ne appropriations for the service OF the
soreiumeht ior the al years ending June thirty
e;gnteeh geh hundred and seventy, and june Thirty,
e,snleen landfed and seventy one, ana ior former
years. anu ior other purposes.
BE IL enacted 6y the Senate and House of ReDre.
sehtatoes OF Me United States Of America in Con-
9res$ assembled, That the following SIMS or 50
lnuen thereof as may be necessary be- aud the same
hcre9y, appropriated for the objects hereinafter
expressed, namely:
To pay an additional HiESArE; assisian, .o,
5y tne senate at The late Of one thousand four hun
dred and forty dollars per annum commencing ON
sne nist gay OF December, eighteen hundred and
seventy, oi the fiscal year ending the tbi tetb day
OF June, eighteen hundred and seyenty-one eight
hundred and forty dollars.
For steam pump for the heating and ventilating
Splaaus OF the Senate, under the dI rection of the
sergeant -at-arms, one thousand collars
., F.f expenses of heating aud ventIlating appara
House oGsi!e 6F Sns sFG9ssnd dOlnss
For carriage three thousand dollars
Eor iaoorers, one thousand six hundred dolJara
dollars. 0o'' Two thousand
For fuel, two thousand dollars
For paying teller in the office of the Sercoon, =.
arms, one thousand two hundred and twenty dol
lars. '' "oi-
For the miscellaneous item of the con inpent sona
OF the House, ten thousand dollars
For the following sums due under the resolutions
o. ine house passed duriug the first session of the
II Is
sstant doorkeeper. eight hundred and forty dollars
to ,he superintendent OF the document room eight
and ofty doilars and 10 e. Spcer late sa-
peIintenoent or the folding loom, seven hundred
Hin incss lweHsy delarsi to John MeEIhone, William
=. Andrews aud William Henry Burr, REPORTERS tor
the Congressional Globe during the first session q,
aae !hliNty-ninth ~ Congress. seven hundred dollars
each; In all six thousand four hundred dollars adj
ditional compensation for the Thirty ninth Con.
gress. ~
For compensation of the tally clerk of the House
1fl frnp thaG 4, \
eighteen hundred and seventy -one six hundred and
Twelve dollars, the same making his compensation
equal % that Of his predecessor, Or. U. Sherman,
and as hxed in the legislative bill for himself
70 pay Rives and Bailey for the the reporting and
pu01cati0n Of the debates and proceed nos of Iha
Forly.nrst Congress, under the joint resolution ap-
proved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty
nine and contract of April fourteen, eighteen hui-
ated ana sixty nine, SO far as may have been pro-
doilars, or SO much thereof may be necessary
PUBLIC BUILDINGS UNDER THE TREASI1py
DEPARTMENT.
For continuing the work on the building for most.
once and courthouse in New York city 10 he an
piled only to finishing the foundations M TO and n
cludng the sill course and receiving and setting the
granite OF the first story above that course and sub
dred thousand dollars " "
For the building for post Office and sub-treasury
~ ti BOSTON, tne unexpended balance of appropria-
tion remaining on the thrtieth June eighteen hun.
dred and seventy appropriated for purchase of site
o. the same, which was covered into the treasury by
Iii
twelve, eighteen hundred and seventy hereby re-
appropriated and made available together with the
sum OF sixty-four thousand two hundred and seven
ty-eight dollars and seventyve cents to enable the
Secretary Of the Treasury to pay the award for the
necessary land condemned under authority of the
! S.a,e OF massachusetts, for the purposes of said
building; for purchase Of title in passage-way eight
thousand dollars and for expenses OF legal proceed
lngs, iour thousand dollars or much thereof as
cept That the cost of said building shall NOT exceed
;i ~ ne ut.inate totai under Interpretations one
million hve hundred thousand dollars
For completing the courthouse building at Mad
ison, Wisconsin, thirty thousand and eighty
two dollars and seventy-iour cents.
FOR completing the cOurt-h0use building at PORT
lahd, maine, nify-Slx thousand eight hundred and
sixteen dollars and sixty -our cents.
For completing the work on The building for an
sand five hundred dollars: Provided, That said
Dulidlng snail also be used for a bonded warehouse
for repair OF the custom-house building at san
dusky, Ohio, ten thousand dollars.
For DESKS tables, chairs, cases, She wing for file.
rooms, boxes and repairs .of furniture in Treasury
Department, ten thousand dollars.
For repairs and preservation of public buildings
fifty thousand dOllas.
For furniture and repairs of furniture Tor pub
Iic buildings, twenty-five thousand dollars
For carpets, Oi-cloth mating, rugs chair-coyers
and cushions, repairs and putting down Of carpets
anu otner necessary miscellaneous items OF the same
dollars.
i TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
MISCELLANEOUS.
rOI COmpeuSdIlOn OF Twelve Watchmen and ten IA
6orers fifteen thousand eight hundred and forty dol
lars. w.
For salaries travelling and other expenses OF su.
twenty thousand dollars.
For stamps for use OF the Internal Revenue Office
TWO hundred ana fifty thousand dollars.
FOR wages OF wOrkmen and adju sters in the brapcl
ofhce OF the United States mine at San Francisco
| California, twenty EIGHT thousand dollars.
ton between ,hs Atlantic and no Pacic sesa H
4 uic tetg tgrapn, forty thousand dollars.
| 10 reimburse f. E. spinner the sum by him p 4
into the United States treasury replace the dedei
resulting from the embezzlement by Charles C. Ed
| WINS, discovered In September list, five thous an
seven hundred and nifty eight dollars and TIVE MT
| For compensation OF two assistants in the Office
Ihe Librarian OF Congress, 10 date from FeLIuai
hrst, eighteen hundred and sevent y-One, whose EN-
| poyment is hereby authorized at twelve hundre
ana eighteen hundred dollars respectively, ihre
| thousand dollars.
For outfit and extraordinary clerical expenses c
tue commission 10 revise thu United States statute
at large, one thousand dollars.
For the collation. and publication of the reports
| Ihe ITelgn claims commissions between the Unite
states aud other countries, to be expended uudt
the direction Of the Secretary OF State, three thol
| lars.
For alterations and extension of the Treasnl
n1,lding, rty-nine thousand seven: hundred au
| thdIty-four dollars and i0rty- one CT mis-.
| en- 10 enaoe the Secretary OF the Treasury to pa
ne present district attorney of Nebraska his saal
urea and seventy -one, eight hundred dollars.
LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT
For repairs and incidental expenses in rcflttir
and improving light houses an d buildings connect.
| herewith, fifty thousand dollars.
/ For supplying he light -houses and beacon Iigb
on the Atlantic, Cult. Lake. aud Pacific coasts wit
| OIL, Miess, glass chmneys, and cleaning material
AMI repairing and keeping in repair the iiumina,in
| apparatus and lamps anj all other necessary e,
penses connected with the same, fifty tho sani ,Ic
For expenses OF raising, cleaning, Painting. },
pairing removing, end supplying the losses OF buoy
al nlHh -hna
and other like necessares, fifty thousand do las.
| PUBLIC PRINTING
For the public printing, one hundred and twent,
hve thousand dollars: Pr0rided That no Irinting sha
be hereafter executed except on written OF der und,
tne uirecuon OF hea's OF Departments or by The ty
Houses Il Congress, as authorized by law.
| dollars.
For the public binding, fifty thousand dollars.
| ional Printer, fifteen hundred dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
For compensation of the Secretary OF State, a
l sistant secretaries, clerks, messengers watchme
and others, two hundred and thirty nine dollars al
For publishing the laws in pamphlet form and
| newspapers OF tho States and Territories, and
| the city OF Washington, sixteen thousand dollars
l For contingent expenses, one thousand nine hui
dred and ftty-three collars and enty -one cent
For salaries of United States ministers abroa
after no salaries shall be paid to two ministers
| the same place for longer Ieriod than thirty da
1 FOR rent OF prisons IN China, two thousand ii
| hundred dollars.
| For relief and protection OF American seamen
foreign countries, eighty thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses OF ioreign intercour
ten thousand five hundred and sixIy-nine doll
| ard fifteen cents.
10 pay the salary of the United States consul
| lli0gO and Osaca from the time OF his appo ntme
February ten, eighteen hnndred and sixty-eig
to June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eis
one thousand one huu dred and sixty-six dollars a
| sixty seven cents.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
For Deficiencies in the appropriations tor the &c
vice oil the fiscal years ending June thirty, eghte
hundred and seventy and seventy -0ne, namely:
PENSION BUREAU.
For compensation OF the Commissioner OF Pc
si0ns, cle ks, messengers, watchmen, and labt re
in his office, ten thousand three hundred and thirt
| eight dollars and three cents.
For blank Books, stationery, furniture and m
cellaneous items in the Pension Office, two thousa
J five hundred dollars.
I For twelve clerks of class one, fourteen ihousal
| four hundred dollars; for seven laborers five tho
sand and forty dollars; for two assis tant messe
gers, one thousand four hundred and lofty doars
INDIAN OFFICE.
Toenable the Secretary of the Interior to pay b
ance due on the Indebtedness incurred tor the indi
service in California by Austin Wiley, former sup
intendent OF Indian affairs, ten thousand five III
dred and nifty nine dollars and fiuy-iour cents,
l SO much thereof as may be necessary.
For subsisting seven hundred and forty. Sc,
P0nca Indians from December first, eighteen hu
dred and seventy, to July first, eighteen hundl
aud seventy one, including liabilities for the pu
pose already incurred fifteen thousand eight III
dred and thirty six dollars and sixty-fOur cents.
For blank books, stationery, furniture, and N
cellaneOuS items in the Indian Office. fifty- al