Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-07-27

two thousand dollars per annum for the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
! hundred and seventy-one, and thereafter.
| That there be paid to the deputy assist
ant treasurer in the city of New York the
sum of six hundred dollars, the same being
a deficiency in his compensation for the
present fiscal year.
SEC. g. That there be, and is hereby an
propriated, for increased compensation to
assistant marshals in taking the census of
eighteen hundred and seventy, the sum of
three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
SEC. q. That for the purpose of more
effectually securing life and property on
the coast of New JeTsy and Long Island
! for the fiscal year ending. June thirty,
eighteen hundred and seYenty-two, two
hundred thousand dollars, to be expended
in accordance with the provisions of the
Act for the better preservation of life and
property from vessels shipwrecked on the
coast of the United States,n approved
December fourteenth, eighteen hundred
and tifty-four, and that the Secretary of
the Treasury be authorized to employ
! crews of experienced surfmen at such sta
tons and for such periods as he may deem
necessary and proper, and at such eompen-
satiOn as he may deem reasonable, not to
exceed forty dollars per month for each
person to be employed. a HH
That the jurisdiction conferred by the
joint resolution of June eighteen, eighteen
hundred and siXtysix, in regard to claims
from the counties of Berkeley and Jefferson
in the State of West Virginia, and by the
joint resolution of July twenty-eight,
eighteen hundred and siXty-six, in regard
to claims from the State of Tennessee,
and by the joint resolution of Deem
Der, twenty three, eighteen hundred and
siXty-nine, as amended by act, of March
three, eighteen hundred and seventy one,
in regard to steamboats, and other vessels,
shall not be withdrawn or impaired by
any construction of the law creating COM
misssoners of claims to examine claims
arising in States proclaimed to bein insur-
rection, and the jurisdiction upon all
| claims presented by loyal citizens from
said State of Tennessee, and from. said
counties of Berkeley and Jefferson, TO the
proper department before the third of
March, eighteen hundred and seventy-one,
shall remain as before the passage of said
act creating said commissioner of claims
For covering the steam-pipes in the Cap
itol with fire proof nOn-conducting felting,
eight thousand dollars --.E -r.t
SEC. Is. That there be, and is hereby
appropriated, to pay expenses of the leg
| islative assembly of Wyoming Territory,
convened October ammo DOmini eighteen
hundred and seventy, and for printing
journals of said assembly, and incidental
expenses of the Office of secretary for the
year eighteen hundred and seventy, the
sum OF four thousand two hundred and
| fifty dollars. f[fIEgu~ ~VCI
SEC. 20. That three thousand dollars is
appropriated, out of which such sum shall
be paid to John Thompson Mason, late
collector of the port of Baltimore, for ser
vices performed for lighthouse purposes
outside the limits of his collection district,
such sum as the Secretary Of the Treasury
may find legally due and owing to said
party on an adjustment of his accounts by
the Treasury Department. T F"s ga3dp I.
SEC. 80. That the act approved January
twenty-second, ammo Domini eighteen hun
dred and siXty-seven, entitled can act to
fix the times for the regular meetings of
Congress-" be- and the same is hereby
repealed after the adjournment of the pres
ent session Of Congress. .-. -.I -..[.
Approved, April 20, 1871. r.-r IN t..r