New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-07-01

sand dollars. 1IFtE iNrIiL
For Fox River range-lights: Erection OF
two small lights at the mouth of Fox river,
Green bay, to serve as a range for the chan
mel, eleven thousand dollars.
| For Huron Island light.station: Cutting
road from the landing to lighthouse on
| Huron island, Lake Superior, two thousand
dollars.
/ For Portage range-lights: Protecting the
| site and filling in the marsh at Portage
range-light station, Lake Superior, nine
hundred dollars.
! For Eagle River light-station: Rebuilding
upon proper site the lighthouse at Eagle
| river, Lake Superior, fourteen thousand
| dollars.
! For erection of beacop-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 seaeoast light at or
near Cape Foulweather, Oregon, Linety
thousand dollars.
| For Fauntleroy Rock beacon: Erection of
| a day beacon, FauntlerOy rock, Crescent
| City harbor, California, five thousand dol
| lars.
| For Point Bonita light-station: Establish
| ment of first class steam fOg-signal at
| Point Bonita light-statiOn, entrance to San
| Francisco harbOr, California, ten thousand
dollars.
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.
For Pigeon Point light-station: Continu-
| ing and completing the fog signal at Pigeon
point, seacoast of California, ninety thou
sand dollars.
For Point Conception light-station: Els,
| tablishment of tirst-class steam fOg-slgnal
Mt Point Conception light-statiOn, on the
! sea-coast OF California, six thousand dol
! lars.
| For Point Arena lightstation: Establish
ment of frst-class steam fog-sig nal at
| Point Arena light-statiOn, California, eight
| thousand five hundred dollars.
| For Cape Flattery light-statioG Estab-
| lishment OF first-class steam fOgSignal at
| Cape Flattery lghtstation, entrance to
| Puget sound, Washington Territory, ten
| thousand dollars.
For a Iife-sayino 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
FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD DISTRICTS.
For lighthouse and buOy-teDders: Steam
tender for the first and second lighthouse
/ ulSIrlcuS hdlHo duu hAdoSdShuSCeCSJ' my
thousand dollars.
For steam tender for the third lighthouse
district, fifty thousand dollaIss
SEC 4 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
w. II hal ha he
rotary of the Treasury to draw his warrant
upon the Treasurer, directing said Treas
llrer to refund the same out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
| Sec s. 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 secretary, and eighteen
hundred dollars for that of an assistant
secretary of Legation to the German En-
pire.
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, fireprOof, at COlumbis, 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-five thousand dollars, to be ex-
pended under tie direction of the Secretary
| of the Treasury, who shall cause proper
plans and estimates to be made, so that no
| expenditure shall be made or authorized for
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 i'll 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.
SEC. 7. That all fines, penalties, and for
FIXTURES. heretofore or that may be here
| after incurred, the acts entitled respec-
lively. IA act to extend the laws of the
United Safes relating to customs, com
merce, and navigation over the terri
tory cedel to the United States by Russia
to establish collection district therein,
and for other purposes" approved July
twenty-seyen, eighteen hundred and sixty
eight and "An act to prevent the exter
minatio1 of fur-bearing animals in Alaska"
approved 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 forfetures incurred
under the laws relating to the customs, and
for other purposes" approved March two,
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.
SEC. 8. 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 bis judgment, the
same shall be necessary; provided, that in
no case shall such increase exceed fifty per
centam 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 en-
pIoyed; and the Joint resolution entitled
"a 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-
peeled.
SEC g. 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 fit
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.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 49,
AN ACT to create a new land district in the