New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-23
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at the First Session of the Forty
Second Congress.
TGENRAL NATURE-No. 81

[GENRAL NATURE-No. 9.
AN ACT making appropriations to supply
deficiencies in the appropriations ior tne
service of the year ending June thlrtieth;
eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and
tor additional appropriations tor the ser
vice of the year ending June thlrtieth.
eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and Tor
other purposes.
/ Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
REPRESENTATIVES of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That in
order to carry into effect the provisions Of
an act entitled IAN act granting pensions
to certain soldiers and sailors OF the war OF
eighteen hundred and twelve, and the
widows of deceased soldiers" approved
February fourteen, eighteen hundred and
seyenty-One there be, and is hereby, apprO-
priated, out of any moneys in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated. 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 messengers in the Pen
sion Office, to be appointed 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; and for the payment, during the
fiscal wear 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 said Office, to be APP
pointed by the Secretary of the Interior.
seventy seven Thousand three hundred and
sixty dollars; and for office rent. furniture,
stationery and contingent 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 "An act to define the
duties of pension agents and prescribe the
manner of paying pensions, and for other
purposes" approved July eighth, eighteen
hundred and seventy; but the provisions OF
said act are hereby declared to be in full
force and effect, and applicable to the pros
ecution of claims to pension, and to the
payment of pensions which may be allowed
under any or all the various acts OF Con-
gress granting the same; and that so much
of the appropriation provided for in the act
making appropriations for sundry civil ex-
penses OF the government tor the year
ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and
seventy-two, approved March three,
eighteen hundred and seventy-one, ito
be expended in the detection
and prosecution of crimes against the United
States" as may, in the judgment OF the At.
torney General, be necessary, may be used
during the current fiscal year.
That all books, records, papers, and dOcu-
ments relative to transactions OF or with
the late sO-called government of the con-
federate States, or the government of any
State lately in instruction, now in the pos
session, OF which may at any time come into
the possession of the government OF the
United States, or of any department thereof.
NAV be resorted to for information bv the
board of commissioners Of claims created
bv act approved March three, eighteen hun
dred 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 of the original
For the rebuilding of the Catholic orphan
asylum at Charleston, South Carolina,
twelve thousand dollars, in consideration
of the services 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.
Sec 3 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.
SIC. 3. The following stated sums are
hereby appropriated for the purposes here
matter expressed, viz:
To supply deficiency in the appropriation
for contingent expenses Of the House OF
Representatives for the present fiscal year,
the same to be added to the appropriation
"for miscellaneous items" five thousand
dollars.
To supply deficiency in the appropria-
lions for the service of the Independent
Treasury, for the fiscal year. as follows:
For clerks and messengers in the office OF
the assistant treasurer at Baltimore, SIX
thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.
For clerks and messengers in the office OF
the depositary at Cincinnati, five thousand
two hundred and fifty dollars.
For clerks and messengers in the office OF
the depository at Chicago, one thousand one
hundred dollars.
For clerks and messengers in the office OF
the depository at Louisville, eight hundred
dollars
For salary of the assistant treasurer at
New Orleans, to make his compensation
four thousand five hundred dollars, as pre-
vided by existing laws, five hundred dol
lars.
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 thousand dollars; provided, that no
part Of said sum shall be expended tor
clerical services.
For salaries and expense of the direct tax
commissioners of South Carolina. and OF
their clerks, from July first, eighteen hun
dred and 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 Column
bia 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 Columbia, ten
thousand dollars; provided, that no person
shall be entitled to draw salary as men,
Der Of the board of public works who is
paid salary for the dicharge OF the duties
of any other officer under the government
of the United States; and said board shall
he held to be an existing board for all the
purposes specified in the "Act to to provide
a government for the District of Columbia"
from and after the appointment and quallfi-
cation of the members thereof.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to
purchase of Messrs. Little, Brown and Com
pany two thousand copies of the sixteenth
volume of the United States Statutes at
Large for distribution agreeably to the
acts of Congress directing the distribution
of the other volumes, seven thousand dol
lars.
To paw William Hardin a balance due
him under his contract for surveying the
public lands in Nebraska, three thousand
six hundred dollars.
To supply a deficiency in the approprla
tiou for clothing for the Marine Corps foI
tbe year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-o one, fifteen thousand
dollars