New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-30
UNDER THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.

UNDER THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
| EAvY-YARDs.
| Eavy-Ysrd, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
| For repairs of all kinds, seventY-fve thou
| sand dollars; for repairs of floating docks
! eighty thousand dollars; for permanent i'm
| provements, namely, for bridge connecting
| Seaveys island, four thousand douara; in
| ALL one hundred and fifty nine thousand
| two hundred dollars.
For constructing and testing experimental
breech-loading boathow itzarst ten thou
sand dollars.
Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts For
repairs OF all kinds, seventy thousand
dollars.
Eavy-yard, Brooklyn, Aew York; For
repairs Of al! kinds, one hundred thousand
Maynard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
For repairs of all kinds, forty thousand
dollars
Navy yard, Washington, District Of Co
lumbia: For repairs Of al kinds, seventy
FIVE thousand dollars.
Navy yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For &c
pairs Of ali kinds, one hundred thousand
dollars.
Navy yard, Pensacola, Florida: Ser re
pairs Of all kinds, tweEty-t Thousand dol
lara.
Navy yard. Mare island, California: For
repairs of all kinds, sevenby-fiye Thousand
dollars; for repairs of floating docks, one
hundred thousand dollars; for permanent
improvements, namely, tor commencing dry
dock, two hundred thousand dollars; CON
tinuiAg quay wall and Wharges, thirty thOU-
sand dollars; continuation of rail tracks,
five thousand dollars; in all, four hundred
and ten thousand dollars.
Naval station at League island, PeRDsyt-
vaDiA: For repairs and maintenance Of EN-
bankments and for dredging, one hundred
and fifteen thousand dollars.
For naval station al New London, CON
necticut: For building wharf, grading, fer
building storehous@, and for care and pre-
servatioH Of property. twenty thousand
dollars.
Naval station at Key West, Florida: For
repairs OF all kinds, fifteen thousand dol-
lars.
Emergencies at naval stations: For emer-
genoies that may arise At BaYa! Htatians.
forty thousand dollars.
BINDER THE DEPARTMENT OF AG-
RICULTURE.
BUILDINGS Ard GROUNDS.
For Improvement of grounds For tabor,
twelve thousand dollars; for heating appa-
ratas Cor new srapery, TWO thousand dol
lars; for material for roads and walks, one
thousand five hundred dollars; fer cast iron
labels for naming trees iii arb0rGtum. GIG
hundred dollars; for tDoIs, repairs and
blacksmithing, one Thousand dullaTa; for
draining tiles for grounds, five hundred dol
iarn; for terrace walls, two thousand five
hundred dollars; for repairing fence around
grounds. one thousand dollars; and for a
furnace in the laboratory. four hundred
LoiEarp; i'll all. twenty one thousand dollars,
Toward completing the museun u1ldeg
the charge OF Professor Townsend Glover,
three thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. T:ta5 Ouc Of she unaspeutied
balance Of taa appropriation tsacti4n TWEEN
ty-seVcn of the act approved April TWEEN
tioth, eighteen hundred and seventy-anel
for more ettectually securing life and prop
erry on the coasts of New jersey and Long
leland, for the fiscal year ending june thir-
tieth, eighteen hundred and seven! Y-swo
the SUM Of two hundred thousand dollars is
hereby excepted from the operation Of the
nth section OF the act OF July twelfth,
eighteen hundred and seventy.
SEC. 3. That the sum Of two hundred and
twenty five thousand seven hundred and
iitty-Ono dollars and eight cents is hereby
appropriated to enable the Secretary of She
Treasury to return to the clerk II the
United States district court, for the Sou5h-
ern district Of Illinois tho oDe-half Of four
hundred and tiltyOue thousand five hasi-
drtd and two dollars and sixteen Geuta paid
to said Secretary By said clerk as prize
money, in pursuance of decree Of saii
court made on the eleventh day Of MAY,
eighteen hundred and sixty-four, which de-
cree was ssterward, to wit, on the ninth
day of June, eighteen hundred ami sixty
set aside 10y said court. and eaid
money ordered to be returned to said court
for distribution to the lawful owners there
of and to this end that the said Secretary
cause to be transferred the said SUM Of two
hundred and twenty-five thousand seven
hundred and tifty-one dollars and eight
cents from the navy pension fund to the
credit OF the Treasurer OF the United Stares
the moneys SO directed to be II turned hay
ing been deposited to the credit VI said
fund on the tw6nty-third Of Nay, eighteen
b SAdrod and sixty four, by warrant DGiU Der |
one hundred and sixty nine.
SEQ. I. That the proper accounting officers
Of the Treasury Department be, and ahev
are hereby, authorized and directed. in ad- |
justing the account of William kapus, col !
Iector Of customs for the district Of Alaska. !
TO make an allowance fer the compensation |
Of Charles Il. Pierce fcr services rendered |
il aid OF the collection Of the revenue from |
eGstoms at the port Of OoRalaska, in said |
district, OF such sum az they may deem just /!
and equitable for the time actually onl- |
p!oyed, net to exceed the rate Of one IbUu- |
sand five hUndred dollars per anunm.
SEC 5. That to enable tho Secretary of +!
5ho Interior TO pay StandiBh and Ballard. /
attorneys, their account for defending the |
'egister and the receiver at Lonia, Michigan, |
he sum of one thousand dollars is hereby /
appropriated.
SEC. 6. Thet IN the settlement OF ,;ndg- /
neuts by the Court Of Claims OF the Su- |
RENE Court Of che United States, hereafter |
. be rendered. for captured or abandoned !
'ottou, or in sattlemen5s foFA cotton seized !
ubseQuent to June thirtieth, eigHteeH hun-
lred and sixty-fve, the Secretary Oh the |
Treasury is hereby directed to pay sach
or the amounts as asoeTi aimed
lpUn such settlements in fun without de-
.uction on account OF internal revenue tex
,pOn cotton.
SEC. T. That the accounting officers Of che
reasnry be and they are hereby authorized
nd directed, in adjusting the accounts If
ne collector of customs for che port OF
lineage, to allow him, SIS an ox-oflici0 DE-
ositary OF moneys belonging to tho United !
tates, q credit for such sum or sums, in
DIN or currency, as may satisfactorily aP-
ear to have been held by him, IA sueh de-
0sitarY, Ab the tins Of the frs in said
itg on the ninth and tenth days OF 0oto-
er, eighteen hundred aud seventy-oae,
nd to have been lost or destroyed by fire. |
Approved Juno 10, 1872.
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n ace making appropriations for she sepair,
preservation and completion of certain |