New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-21

dollars.
Naval station st Key West, Florida: For
repairs of all kinds, fifteen thousand dol
lars.
Emergencies at naval stations For emer-
gencies that may arise at naval stations,
forty thousand dollars.
UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF AC-
RICULTURE.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
For improvement of grounds: For labor,
twelve thousand dollars; for heating appa-
ratus for new grapery, two thousand dol
lara; for material for roads and walks, one
thousand five hundred dollars; for cast iron
labels for naming trees III arbOretum, 0ne
hundred dollars; for tools, repairs and
blacksmithing, one thousand dollars; for
draining tiles for grounds, five hundred dol
lars; for terrace walls, two thousand five
hundred dollars; for repairing fence around
grounds, one thousand dollars; and for
furnace in the laboratory, four hundred
dollars; in all, twenty one thousand dollars.
Coward completing the museum under
the charge of Professor townsend Clever.
three thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. That out OF che Gne4pcnGed
balance of the appropriation (sectjOn TWEEN
ty-seven OF the acS approved Apri! tWen'
tieth, eighteen hundred and seVenty-one!
for more etfectuRlly securing life and prop
erty on the coasts Of New Jersey and long
Island, for the fiscal year ending SUne thir-
tieth. eighteen hundred and seventy-fwo.
the sum Of two hundred Thousand dollars is
hereby excepted from the operation OF the
fish section Of the act OF ajuly twelfth.
eighteen hundred and seventy.
SEC. ). That the sum OF two hundred and
twenty-five thousand seven hundred and
tifty-one dollars and eight cents is hereby
appropriated to enable th. Secretary of the
Treasury 10 return to the clerk of she
United States district court, for the South
ern district OF Illinois the ODe-hat Of four
hundred and ttty-one Thousand five hun
drea and two dollars and sixteen cents paid
to said Secretary by said clerk as price
money. in pursuance of % decree of said
court made or the eleventh day of May.
eighteen hundred and sixty -four. which de.
cree was atterward, to wit, on the ninth
day OF June, eighteen hundred and sixty.
tive, held to DC erroneous and
set aside by said court, and said
money ordered 20 be returned to said court
for distribution to the laWfui owners there.
of {: and to this end that the said Secretary
cause to be transferred the said suIn Of two
hundred and twenty-five thousand seven
hundred and ffty-0ne dollars and eight
cents from the navy pension fund TO tho
credit III the Treasurer of the United States:
thG moneys SO directed to be returned hav-
ing been deposited 10 the credit of Eait!
fund on the twenty-third of May. eighteen
hundred and sixty four. by warrant humble:
one hundred and sixty nine.
Sea-. That the proper accounting officers
of the Treasury Department be. and ghey
are hereby, authorized and directed. in aG-
justing tine account of William kapus, col.
!ectOr Of customs for the district OF Alaska,
to make an allowance fUr the compensation
Of Charles Ii. Pierce for services rendered
in aid OF the collection of the revenue from
customs at the port of OOnafaska. III said
district, of such sum as they may deem just
and equitable for the time actually en-.
pOved. not to exCeSd the rate OF one thou.
sand five hundred dollars per annum.
SEC. 5. That to enable the Secretary of
the Interior to pay Standis!I and Ballard,
attorneys, their account for defending the
register and the receiver at IOnia, Michigan,
the sum of one thousand dollars il hereby
appropriated.
SEC. g. That in The settlement of iudg.
ments by she Court of Claims OF the Su-
preme Court Of che United States, hereafter
tO be rendered for captured or abandoned
cotton, or in settlements for cotton seized
subsequent to June thIrtieth, eighteen hun
dred and siXty-fve, the Secretary of the
Treasury is hereby directed to pay such
judgments, or the amounts as ascertained.
upon such settlements il fall without de
ductiOn on account OF internal revenue tax
up8n cotton.
SEC. Z. That the accounting officers of the
treasury be and they are hereby authorized
and directed, in adjusting the accounts Of
the collector OF customs Tor the port OF
Chicago, to allow him, as an eX-Otficio de-
positary Of moneys belonging to the United
States, a credit for such sum or sums, in
coin or currency, as may satisfactorily APP
pear to have been held by him, as such de
positary, at the time Of the fire in said
city Oh the ninth and tenth days OF Octo-
Der, eighteen hundred and seventy-oRe,
and to have been lost or destroyed by fire.
Approved June 10, 1872.