New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-06

| the House of Representatives., charSeu
with the investigation, in the sun
mer OF eighteen hundred ana siASt
nine, of the election in LOUISIANA LII 49, 10
cen hundred and sixtyeight ana IoI wv
thousand copies of Barclays Digest ui-
| daraJ hv resolution of the House OF july
| fourteen, eighteen hundred and seventy
| two thousand dollars; also for pages III tn5
| House of Representatives, one thousah',,
| five hundred and forty-three dollars ana
fifty nine cents For the compensation VI
an assistant journal clerk in the House VI
| Representatives for the fiscal year enuii
June thirty. eighteen hundred ana seventy
two, twenty-five hundred ana hlEe', Nv" "t
dollars And for one thousand copies ui
the "Constitution of the United States, WIN
the Rules of the Senate" compiled by W n
| liam !. Mcdonald. under resolution OF ihe
| Senate of March fourteen. eighteen hundrtu
| and seventy-one, one thousand dollars. rpi
| the payment Of clerks Of committees OF Tue
| House, in accordance with the resolution
thousand dollars.
SEC r. That the provisions OF the
eleventh section Of the act approved
July fifteenth eighteen hundred ana
seventy. entitled An act making ap,
propriations for sundry civil expenses OF
the government for the year ending june
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
one. and for other purposes. be, ana mere
| bv are extended 50 as to include such per
sons as were actually employed III the
| States lately III insurrectlon III connectl"ii
| with the Treasury Department. as officers
of the United States during the year
eighteen hundred and siXty-seven III con
ncction with the revenues OF the govern
mcnt: and an amount sufficient 10 carry
out the provisions of this section, not eX-
ceeding fifteen Thousand dollars. is hereby
| Il of
sury not otherwise appropriated.
| SEC. -. That the following sum. or so
much thereof as may be necessary. for sub
! sistence for the fiscal wear ending June
thirty. eighteen hundred and sevcnty-two,
| of the Arapahoc. Cheyenne, Apache, kloWa,
| and Coman"he Indians who have been cell
| lccted and located upon the reservation set
| apart for their use and occupation by the
| treaties made with them in eighteen hun
! drcd and siXty-scyen, two hundred thou
| sand dollars.
SEC II. That the Commissioner Of the
| General Land Office Is hereby authorized
| to approve the survey of the eastern bound
airy of Nevada made by Isaac +. James.
notwithstanding any departure from In,
| struction5 which. in the opinion OF said
| Commissioner, does not materially impair
| the accuracy Of the work.
| SEC. b. That the privileges OF the act
| entitled AN act to reduce internal taxes,
and for other purposes approved July
| fourteenth. eighteen hundred and seventy.
be, and are hereby, extended to the port OF
| Detroit in the State of Michigan.
| SEC. Is, That any bona tide settler under
| the homestead or presumption laws OF the
United States who has filed the proper ap-
plication to enter, not TO exceed one quarter
section of the public lands in any district
| land office and who has been subsequently
appointed a registrar or receiver. may per-
feet the title to the said land, under the pre-
| emption laws, by furnishing the proofs and
making the payments required by law, to
the satisfaction OF the Commissioner OF the
General Land Office.
SEC. l.. That from and after the passage
of this act all powers conferred upon certain
persons as commissioners. by the act APP
proved June twcEty-first, eighteen hundred
| and seventy. for the Improvement Of Nj
street. northwest and by the act approved
July fifteenth. eighteen hundred and sew
| enty. Tor the Improvement OF the Washing
ton City canal. shall he transferred to the
Board of Public Works of the District
! of Columbia; and the persons acting
as commissioners under said acts are
| hereby directed to transfer to said board OF
| public works all books. papers, and other
property in their possession pertaining to
the works under their charge: and private
property shall be assessed for the improve
incnt Of NJ street and Seventh street south
west, from b street to the river. heretofore
authorized by law, as provided in the act OF
February twenty-first. eighteen hundred
aud seventy-one. And in case said board
shall. under said act of July fifteenth. eight
cen hundred and seventy. decide to open
said canal, they are hereby empowered to
open both its branches. so as TO connect
with the government canal al the arsenal
Provided That the cost OF said work shall
not exceed the amount already fixed by
law for that purpose.
That the sum of ten thousand dollars. or
so much thereof as may be necessary. Is
hereby appropriated for the purpose of re-
pairing and reiavlng. where necessary, the
pavement on PENNSYLVANIA avenue from
Fifteenth street to the east side ct Rock
creek: Provided. That a like sum shall ne
expended for the same purpose by the
proper authorities of the District of
Columbia; And provided further. That
the Washington and Georgetown Railroad
Company shall iii like manner rerair such
portion thereof as they are by their char
ter required to do; the work to be done I'M
der the supervision of the Board Of Public
Works for the District of Columbia.
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 service for the
year ending June thirtieth. eighteen hun
dred and seventy-two, and for other pur-
poses. the same he amended as follows.
In section two. strike ont 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 authorized to invite. by pub
advertisement, plans and specifications for
such dock, and to award to any person not
the naval service. whose plans may he
adopted by the Navy Department. sum
not exceeding 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 appoint
ell by the Secretary of the Navy. a majority
of whom shall he constructors and engineers.
and one of whom shall be an experienced
civil engineer: and it shall be the duty of
said board to consider all the plans and sDc
cifcations laid before it. whether the same
were prepared in the Navy Department or
by parties competing Herewith, and the
plans and specifications that shall be adopt
ed shall be open to the inspection of all per
sons who desire to become bidders. for at
least ninety days before the awarding of
said contract
For three assistant observers at the Naval
Observatory. in addition to the sum appro-
priated by the Act making appropriations
for the naval service for the year ending
June thirty. eighteen hundred and seventy
two, and for other purposes approved
March third, eighteen hundred and seventy
one five hundred dollars.
SEC. 10. That so much of the provso in
the act making appropriations to supply de-
tciencies, and so forth. approved April
twentieth. eighteen hundred and seventy,
as limits the completion of the marine hos
pital building at Chicago. Illinois, to sum
not exceeding three hundred thousand dol
lars. is hereby repealed: and it shall be law
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