New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-13

| mentioned.
SIC. g. That the use of the buildipes :,
Armory square occupied by the quart.
masters departmant, if not needed for Tho
nublic service, be granted, in the discretioe
| of the Secretary of War, to the associat;ora
above mentioned, for the purpose of on
| abling it still further to relieve the destitnt.
persons above mentioned.
SEC. "a. That the provisions in the Ar.
| entitled "An act making appropriations e.,
sundry civil expenses OF the government
| for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-One, and for otbe,
purposes" for the erection of a puhi.
| building in the city of Saint Louis, Missonr;
for the use of the c~ustOmhouse and othe,
civil offices of the government of the UnitsS
States, shall be extended and made avail
BILE for and during the year ending ,Jnns
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seveptr
two.
SEC. 80. That the salary of the consul ..
Matamoras, Mexico, be established at tv.
| thousend dollars per annum for the fiscal
wear ending June thirtieth, eighteen hn.
| dred and seventy-One, and thereafter.
That there be paid to the deputy a-sssistars
treasurer in the office of the assistant treas
urer in the city of New York the sum of sr
hundred dollars, the same being a deticiene,
in his compensation for the present fiscal
year.
= SEC. PC. That there be, and ia hereby. an
| nrOpriated, for increased compensation h
| assistant marshals in taking the census os
! eighteen hundred and seventy, the sum NJ
three hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
SEC. 81. That for the purpose of more e.
fectually securing life and property on the
coast OF New Jersey and Long Island 70,
the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, two hundred
4, -....rJ InJIaro fn ha a a. ranIa1 =, -
ance with the provisions of the Act for thu
better preservation of life and propertv
from ~vessels shipwrecked on the coast 81
the United States" approved December
fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four
and thai the Secretary of the Treasury be-
authorized to employ crews Of experienced
surfmen at such stations and for such periods
as he may deem necessary and proper, and
at such compensation as he may deem rea-
sonable, not to exceed forty dollars Der
month for each person to be employed.
That the jurisdiction conferred by the
Joint resolution of June eighteen, eighteen
hundred and sixty-six, in regard to claims
from the counties of Berkeley and Jefer.
son, in the State of West Virginia, and
by the Joint resolution of July twenty.
eight, eighteen hundred and sixtysix in
regard to claims from the State of Ten.
nessee. and by the joint resolution of De.
cember twenty-three, eighteen hundred and
sixty-nine, as amended by the act of March
three, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.
in regard to steamboats, n other vessels,
shall not be withdrawn or impaired by aly
construction of the law creating commits
sioners Of claims to examine claims arising
in States proclaimed to be in Instruction
and the jurisdiction upon all claims ORE.
sented by loyal citizens from said State Of
Tennessee, and from said counties of Berke.
ley and Jefferson. to the proper department
before the third of March, eighteen hun.
dred and seventy-One, shall remain as be-
fore the passage of said act creating said
commissioners of claims.
For covering the steam pipes in the Capi
toll with fire proof non-cOnductins telling,
eight Thousand dollars.
SEC. %. That there be, and is here
by, appropriated, to pay expenses
of the legislative assembly of Wyoming
Territory, convened October, anne Domini
eighteen hundred and seventy, and for
printing journals of said assembly, and in
cidental expenses of the office of secretary
for the year eighteen hundred and seventy,
the sum of four Thousand two hundred and
fifty dollars. III
SEC. 2S. That three thousand dollars is ap-
cut of which such sum shall be
paid to John Thompson Mason, late col
lector of the port of Baltimore. for services
in the disbursement of the light
house fund, and for services performed for
lighthouse purposes outside the limits of his
district, such sum as the Secretary
of the Treasury may find legally due and
owing to said party on an adjustment OF hi.
accounts by the Treasury Department.
SEC. 80. That the act approved January
tWenty-second, ammo Domini eighteen
hundred and siXty-seven, entitled "An act
to fix the times for the regular meetings Of
be, and the same is hereby. re-
pealed after the adjournment of the present
session OF Congress.
. Approved. April 20, 1871.
(GHsBRAL NATURE-No. A.
ACT to amend an act entitled An act
to divide the State of Virginia iRtO two
judicial districts
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
of the United States OF
in Congress assembled, That the
second clause of the sixth section of the act
aforesaid, of which this act is an amend
nent, be amended as follows: That the
clerk of the circuit or district court of the
district of Virginia shall transmit
he original papers and certified copies of
, | orders in any suit or proceeding which
shall be removed for further proceedings
rom the eastern to the western district of
as authorized by the first clause of
he said sixth section of the act aforesaid,
% the clerk of the court to which such suit
IT proceeding shall be removed, together
with a statement of all costs; and all fur
her proceedings shall be had in the court
which the same shall be removed, as if
he said suit or proceeding had originally
been commenced therein"
Approved, April 4, 1871.
GENERAL MATURING. 81
AN ACT authorizing the President to nomi-
nate K. H. Lamson a lieutenant in the
United States navy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
of the United States of
in Congress assembled, That the
President of the United States be. and here
)y is, authorized to nominate K. H. LamsOn
/ lieutenant in the United States navy.
Approved, March 81, 1871.
GENERAL NATURH-No. ~
ACT to create a port of delivery at
Potomac, Virginia, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
of the United States OF
in Congress assembled, That all
he waters, shores, bays, harbors, creeks
iBlets on the south side of the river
Potomac. comprehended between Boyds
and Cockpit Point, now a part of the
collection district of Tappahannock, Vir.
,inia. be, and the same are hereby, annexed
the collection district of Alexandria,
SEC. 9. That Potomac, in the State of
shall be, and is hereby, constituted
md created a port of delivery within the
collection district of Alexandria, and there
hall be appointed, at a compensation not
exceeding the rate of one thousand dollars
Der annum, q deputy collector of customs,
o reside at said port, who shall perform
uch duties as may be conferred upon him,
II pursuance of law, by the Secretary of the
Nrpa aJ1ry