Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-07-27
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at the First Session of the Forty Sc.
Ond Congress,
[PURLiSHED BY AUTHORITY.I
GENERAL NATURE-No.9]


AN ACT making appropriations to sup
ply deficiencies in the appropriations for
the service of the year ending June thir
tieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one,
and for additional appropriations for the
service ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-One, and for other
purposes. fJn~
-yF-r-.gT CONTINUED.
p SEC. Is. That to correct an error in the
enrolment of the act approved March
third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one,
making appropriations for the naval SER
vice for the year ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-two and
for other purposes, the same be amended
as follows: In section two strike out all
of the section from and including the
word provided" where it first occurs,
and insert in lieu thereof the following:
"And the Secretary of the navy is author
lied to invite, by public advertisement,
plans and specifications for such dock, and
to award to any person not in the naval
service, whose plans may be adopted by
the Navy Department, q sum not exceed
ing five thousand dollars But no plan
shall be adopted until it shall first receive
the sanction of board of not less than
five experienced officers to be appointed
by the Secretary of the Navy, majority
Of whom shall be constructors and engi-
neers, and one Of Whom shall be an ex-
perienced civil engineer !; and shall be the
duty of said board to consider all the plans
and specifications laid before it, whether
the same were prepared in the Navy De-
partment or parties competing Herewith,
and the plans and specifications that shall
be adopted shall be open to the inspection
of all persons who desire to become
bidders, for at least ninety days before
tI,o ov-ordfJc of caid cnOfroit
For three assistant observers at the
Naval observatory, in addition to the sum
appropriated by the "Aet making appro-
priati0ns for the naval service for the year
ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and
sevenfy-two, and for other purposes" APP
proved March third, eighteen hundred and
seventy one, five hundred dollars.
SEC. 10. That so much of the proviso in
the act making appropriations to supply
deficiencies, and SO forth, approved April
twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy,
as limits the completion of the marine hos
pital at Chicago, Illinois, to sum not eX
ceeding three hundred thousand dollars, is
hereby repealed; and it shall be lawful
for the proper authorities to eXpend the
money already appropriated for continu-
ing the work upon said building Pro
uided, that no part thereof shall be eX-
pended until plans and specifications shall
have been completed that will limit the
cost of said building to sum including
all moneys already expended not exceed
ing three hundred and fifty-nine thousand
seven hundred and seventy-nine dollars
and thirty-four cents.
SEC, 90. That the Secretary of the Treas
ury be authorized to sell, for the best price
in cash that can be obtained, the marine
hospital building in the city of San Fran
cisco; and the proceeds of such sale, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, shall
be held and reserved as fund for the
erection of q pavilion hospital on some
government. reservation IN or neJr said
city, if Congress shall hereafter so deter
mine. l77G hsa zaa
Sec. 81 That there be appropriated out
of any money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated, twelve thousand dol
lars for the relief of destitute aged persons
in the District of Columbia, such sum to
be received and distributed by such officer
or association of persons in the District of
Columbia as the Secretary of War shall
designate, and that report of the distri-
button of the money hereby appropriated
shall be made to Congress at its next SEES
sion. .t-F > xfEFt EEE#
Sec. %. That the Secretary of War is
hereby authorized to furnish to the Ma
Itiona1 Freedmen's Relief Association con-
,demned clothing and bedding, IT such
there be on hand, not needed by the army,
not exceeding five thousand dollars in
value for distribution amongthe destitute
aged persons above mentioned.
SEC. %. That the Use of the buildings
in the Armory square occupied by the
Quartermaster's department, if not needed
for the public service, be granted, in the
discretion of the Secretary of War, to the
association above mentioned, for the pur-
pose of enabling it still further to relieve
the destitute persons above mentioned.
SEC. a. That the provisions in the act
entitled "An act making appropriations
for sundry civil expenses of the govern
ment for the year ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-one, ana
for other purposes for the. erection or a
public building in the city of Saint Louis,
Missouri for the use of the eustom-house
and other civil offices of the government
of the United States, shall be extended
and made available for and during the
wear ending June thirtieth, eighteen hum
dred and seventy-twO.
SEC. %. That the salary of the consul
I'll,