New Orleans Republican., 1871-06-23

point, as q alake-coast light, and for putting
.beacon-range on the pier, thirty five thou
sand dollars.
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 thousand dollars. i'' T3''s
For Huron Island light-station: Cutting
| road from the landing to lighthouse. on
Huron island, Lake Superior, two thousand
| dollars. IA b.sg..i,,,-r. .+s ...st,- I..,s
For Portage range-ights: Protecting the
| site and filing in the marsh at Portage
range-light station, Lake Superior, nine
hundred dollars. i SO 5st..ii II r0I
For Eagle River light-station: Rebuilding
| upon a proper site the lighthouse at Eagle
river, Lake Superior, fourteen thousand
| dollars. odlA"t -r 1p l''t'@ tinIniaH'
For erection of 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. ie.s.'H y lItsH
For Fauntleroy Rock beacon: Erection of
a day beacon, FauntlerOy rock, Crescent
City harbor California, five thousand dol
1 lars. ..f I'D -3- Eo ."h ,i -.'na-si
| For Point Bonita light-station: Establish
menu OF u HrSJ ClaSS stcdm log Signal du
| Point Bonita light-statiOn, entrance to San
/ Francisco harbOr, California, ten thousand
dollars. C"a.s a.rb l.t1et l.t -
For San Pablo Straits light-station: Erec-
| ton of light house and fog signal to guide
through the straits OF San Pablo, California,
| twenty thousand dollars Y3r.T .rEaV~7
For Pigeon Point lightstation: Continn-
ing and completing the fog signal at Pigeon
point, seacoast OF California, ninety thou
sand dollars. Isl&aI f1l-
For Point Conception Gght-station: Es-
| tablishment of first-class steam fOgsignal
| at Point Conception light-statiOn, on the
sea-coast OF California, six thousand dol
lars. $50 L'-gl l-l 1858 e-..! 1-l rga
For Point Arena ightstation: Establish
ment of first-class steam fog signal at
! Point Arena light-station, California, eight
thousand five hundred dollars. ,9.llG .
For Cape Flattery light-station: Estab-
| lishment OF frstelass steam fOg-signal at
| Cape Flattery light-station, entrance to
] Puget sound, Washington Territory, ten
thousand dollars. s.. 3so .5ri -.l l.R ..
| 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 nine, seven thousand dollars. u
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. #-H T .3 .EBIDI,H
r, For steam tender for the third lighthouse
district, fifty Thousand dollars. '1 d
| SEC a. That whenever it shall be shown
| to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the
| Treasury that parties are entitled to refund
| of duties under the twenty-sixth section of
! 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. tt-r
SEC. 6. That the appropriation made
| March three eighteen hundred and sixty
| nine having been covered into the treasury,
the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is
hereby, authorized and directed to cause to
be constructed, upon the site already given
to and owned by the United States, suit
| able building, fire-proof, at Columbia, South
! Carolina, for the accommodation of the
pOstoffice 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,
seventy-fve thousand dollars, to be ex-
pended under the direction of the Secretary
| of the Treasury, who shall cause proper
plans and estimates to be made, so that no
| hall ha "a ~
the full completion of the said building, be-
yond the amount herein appropriated; pro-
! vided, THAT 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. f.. ..-.......
SEC. T. 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
merce, and navigation over the terri
! tory ceded to the United States by Russia,
to establish a collection district therein,
and for other purposes approved July
twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and sixty
| eight, and .'An act to prevent the exter-
| mination of fur-bearing animals IN Alaska,
| approyed 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
for other purposes" approved March two,
! eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.
| SEC s. That the Secretary 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 In
| no case shall such increase exceed fifty per
centum of the amount of compensation
now allowed by law, nor shall the en-
tire compensation be more than eight
dollars per day for the time actually em,
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.
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 lit
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
receive appointments in the civil service.
/ Approved March 3, 1871.