New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-15
Smithsonian Institution. twenty thou

For continuing the inquiry into the causes
Of the decrease of the food fishes OF the
coast and the lakes OF the United Statess
Ave thousand dollars.
For the introduction of shad into the
waters of the Pacific States, the Gulf States,
and of the Mississippi valley, and of sal
mon. whitefsh, and other useful food fishes,
into the waters of the United States to
which they are best adapted, fifteen thou
sand dollars, to be expended under the di-
rection of the United States commissioner
of fish and fisheries.
To enable the Superintendent of the coast
survey to cause astronomical observations
to be made at one of the highest points on
the line of the Pacific railroad, two thou
sand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury
to pay Thomas Donaldson balance due him
for services as constructing superintendent
of the penitentiary building at Boise City,
Idaho, two hundred and forty dollars and
fifteen cents.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury
to repay to G.. NJ. Lockwood. late mail con
tractor, the amount of fine paid on the Or
der of the Postmaster General, but after
ward RENTED by that officer, four hundred
and seventy seven dollars and ffty-six
cents.
For contingent expenses of the Office of the
secretary of the Territory of Wyoming, one
thousand nYG hundred dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to
pay only the reasonable expenses heretofore
incurred for paving roadway and curbing
and paving sidewalks in front of the prop
6rty of the United States in the District of
Columbia, one hundred and ninety-tWO
thousand six hundred and twenty dollars,
or so much thereof as may be necessary;
and all railroads are hereby prohibited on
the street and K street fronts of Farragut
Scott and Franklin squares and no further
street railroads shall be laid down in the
city Of Washington without the consent Of
Congress.
To pay the board of public works of the
District Of Columbia the proportion of the
cost properly payable by the United States
government for the filing of the canal from
Seventh street west to Seventeenth street
west and of the cost of the intercepting
sewer along the canaladjOining the property
of the United States government, said work
being under the direction of the board of
public works, sixty-eight thousand three
hundred and sixty-fve dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary; provided, that
all payments made under this and the pre-
ceding appropriation shall be made only
upon vouchers approved by the officer in
charge of the public buildings and
grounds of the District; and no portion Of
the money herewith appropriated shall
be used by the board of public works
for any other purpose whatever than
the purpose that is named in the said two
last paragraphs. And the land made by
the filing up of the said canal is hereby de-
clared to be the property Of the United
States. And the said appropriations shall
not be construed to create or imply any OBJ
legation on the part of the United States in
any respect whatever in future.
For payment of the messengers of the re-
spective States for conveying to the seat of
government the votes of the electors of said
States for President and Vice President of
the United States, twenty-five thousand dol
lars.
For construction of revenue vessels in ac-
cordance with recommendation of the spe-
cial commission, approved by the Secretary
Of the Treasury, two hundred thousand dol
lars.
For furniture and repairs of the same for
public buildings under. the control of the
Treasury Department, one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
For fuel, lights and water and miscella-
neous items for public buildings under the
control of the Treasury Department, two
hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For heating apparatus for public build
ings under the control OF the Treasury De
partment, seyenty-fYe thousand dollars.
For vaults, safes and locks, for public
buildings under the control of the Treasury
Department, one hundred thousand dollars,
For photographing, engraving, and print
ing plans of public buildings under control
of the Treasury Department, five thousand
dollars.
For pay of oustodians and janitors of
public buildings under the control of the
Treasury Department, one hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars.
For repairs and preservation of public
buildings under the control of the Treasury
two hundred thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury
to pay to the city of CharlestOwn, Massachu-
sets, the expense incurred by said city in
curling and paving the sidewalks and
streets adjacent to the navy yard, one thou
sand six hundred dollars.
To pay Charles W. Seaton for the relin-
quishment of all claim against the United
States for the use at the ninth or any subse-
quent census, of his invention of a tallying
machine for which letters patent were
allowed by the United States Patent Office,
seventeenth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-two, fifteen thousand dollars.
INSPECTORS ON STEAM VESSELS.
For carrying out the provisions of the act
for the better protection of the lives of pas
5engers on vessels propelled in whole or in
part by steam, and the acts supplementary
JtlS 1OllOW LII SuAl1SS VIZ.
For salaries of steamboat inspectors:
Payment of salaries of supervising inspector
general, supervising inspectors, local in
3pectOrs, assistant inspectors, and clerks,
)ne hundred and sixty-fve thousand four
hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses of eambOatinspec-
ion service: Expenses of instruments, sta
jiOnery, meetings of board of supervising
mileage of supervising inspect
Jo1I i ~
expenses, ninetyOne thou
jand dollars.
To enable the Secretary Of the Treasury
% pay, under existing laws, contractors for
carrying the. mails for services rendered |
)rior to July first eighteen hundred and
ixty-nine, thirteen thousand four hundred |
ind sixteen dollars.
To pay Edward r, Ferguson his salary as
supervising inspector Of steamboats, from |
March third, eighteen hundred and seventy |
me, to May twenty-second, eighteen hun |
ired and seventy-one four hundred and |
wentv- eight dollars and ffty-seven cents.
For loss and expense involved in the re-
oinage Of gold coins in the treasury which |
re below standard weight, under such reg |
llations as the Secretary of the Treasury |
nay prescribe, one hundred and fifty thou |
and dollars,
To defray under the direction Of the Sec.
etary of the Treasury, the expenses of re.
eeming and reissuing the minor coinage Of
be United States, twenty thousand dollars, |
PURSUANT to the act of March third, eighteen
undred and seventy-one, as much of the
ame as may be necessary to be available
Or expenses incurred during the present
seal year
To enable the Secretary Of the Navy
pay to the officers and crew OF
le United States steamer Kearsarge,
)r the destruction of the rebel
cuiser Alabama, under the provisions of