The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-11
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
PASSED All THE
First Session of the 42d Congress.
lpuBIIsHED BY AUTHORITY


GENERAL NATuRE-No. 81
AN ACT making appropriations to supply de-
fcencies in the appropriations for the service
of the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy zone, and for additional
appropriations for the service of the year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy-two, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Amer.
lea in Congress assembled, mat In order to
carry into effect the provisions OF an act en-
titled Gan act granting pensions to certain
soldiers and sailors of the war OF eighteen
hundred and twelve, and the widows OF de-
ceased soldiers" approved February fourteen,
eighteen hundred and seventy one, there be,
and Is hereby, appropriated, out of any
moneys in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for the pay ment, during the remainder
of the present fiscal year, OF two clerks OF
class three, four clerks of class two, nineteen
clerks of class one, and two assistant messen
gers in the Pension Office, to be appoisted by the
Secretary of the Interior, eight thousand two
hundred and sixty dollars; for office rent,
furniture, and contingent expenses OF said
Office for the same period, six Thousand five
hundred dollars; aud for the payment during
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, OF four clerks OF
class three, eight clerks of class two, forty
eight clerks of class one, and three assistant
messengers In SAlu OluCe, " We hppOiutSu Wy
the Secretary of the Interior, seventy seven
thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; and
for office rent, furniture, stationery, and con-
tingent expenses of said office during the
said year, seven thousand dollars: Provided,
That nothing in any act contained shall
be construed to alter or amend an
act entitled can act to define the
duties of pension agents and prescribe the
manner of paying pensions, and for other pur-
poses" approved July eighth, eighteen hun.
dred and seventy; but the provisions of said
act are hereby declared to be in full force and
effect, and applicable to the prosecution of
claims to pension, and to the payment OF pen
sions which may be allowed under any of the
various acts of Congress granting the same;
and that so much of the appropriation proyi-
ded for in the act making appropriations for
sundry civil expenses OF the government Tor
the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred
and seventy two, approved March three, eigh-
teen hundred and seventy-one, ITO be expend-
ed in the detection and prosecution OF crimes
against the United States," as may, in the
Judgment of the Attorney General, be necessa-
nv, NAV be used during the current fiscal year.
That all books, records, papers, and docu-
ments relative to transactions OF or with the
late go. called government of the confederate
States, or the government of any State lately
In iusurrection, now in the possession, or
which may at any time come into the posses
sion Of the government of the United States,
or of any department thereof, may be Tesorted
to for information by the board OF commission
ers of claims created by act approved March
three, eighteen hundred and seventy-one and
copies thereof, duly certified by the officer
having custody of the same, shall be treated
with the like force and effect as the original
For the rebuilding of the Catholic orphan
asylum at Charleston, South Carolina, twelve
thousand dollars, in consideration of the SER
vices rendered by the sisters Of Our Lady of
Mercy, of Charleston, South Carolina, to the
sick and wounded Union officers and soldiers,
while said city was under bombardment during
the war.
$50. 2. That there is hereby appropriated to
pay the salary for the remainder of the present
and for the next fiscal year, of the Assistant
Attorney General, authorized to be appointed
by the act of the last session of Congress, six
thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars,
or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Secs The following stated sums are hereby
appropriated for the purposes hereinafter ex-
pressed, viz:
To supply deficiency in the appropriation
for contingent expenses of the House OF Repre-
sentatives for the present fiscal year, the same
to be added to the appropriation "for miscels
laneous items" five thousand dollars.
To supply deficiency in the appropriations
for the service of the Independent Treasury,
for the fiscal year, as follows:
For clerks and messengers in the office of
tue assistant treasurer AT DdltiuOFet SIX tQou"
sand seven hundred and sixty dollars.
For clerks and messengers in the office of
the depository at Cincinnati, five thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars.
For clerks and messengers in the office of
the depositary at Chicago, one thousand one
hundred dollars.
For clerks and messengers In the office of
the depositary at Louisville, eight hundred
dollars.
For salary of the assistant treasurer at New
Orleans, to make his compensation four thou
sand five hundred dollars, as provided by
existing laws, five hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses under the act of
August sixth, eighteen hundred and forty six,
for the collection, safe keeping, transfer, and
disbursement OF the public revenue, fifty thou
sand dollars: Provided, That no part of said
sum shall be expended for clerical services.
For salaries and expenses of the direct tax
commissioners of South Carolina, and their
seventy, until the closing of their office, three
thousand five hundred dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary.
For the support of the District of Columbia
for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen
hundred and seventy-two:
For salary of the governor of the District Of
Columbia, three thousand dollars.
For salary Of the secretary of the District of
Columbia, two thousand dollars.
For compensation of the members Of the
council of the District of Columbia, four thou
sand four hundred dollars.
For compensation of the board of public
works of the District OF Columbin, ten thou.
sand dollars: Provided, That no person shal
be entitled to draw a salary as a member of
the board of public works who Is paid salary
for the discharge of the duties of any other
officer under the government of the United
States; and said board shall be held to be an ex>
listing board for all the purposes specified in the
"Act to provide government for the District
of Columbia" from and after the appointment
and qualification of the members thereof
For the repair OF the damages caused by
lire upon the cadet barracks at West Point, ten
thousand dollars.
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