The Portland daily press., 1872-11-11

OF THE
UNITED STATES

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OF THE
UNITED STATES
SECOND SESSION OF THE FORTY-SECOND
CONGRESS.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 701
AN ACT making appropriations to supply defcien-
cies in the appropriations for the service of the
government for the fiscal year ending june thirty,
eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for former
years, and foI other purposes.
Be it enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentdtiues Of the United States Of america in Con-
gress assembled, That the following sums, or so much
hereby appropriated for the service of the year end
ing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
two for the period and purposes hereinafter ex-
pressed, namely:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
For carriage for the House of Representatives
three thousand dollars; and constructive carriage
shall hereafter be paid for but all articles dcv
cred on the trip shall be paid for as one load And
uments including pay Of folders and material there
for, thirty thousand dollars.
house the amount which the Comptroller of the
Treasury may find severally due them for services
during the sessions of the Forty second Congress-
der the eighteenth section of the act entitled San
act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses
of the government for the year ending June thtieth
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other
purposes" approved July twenty-eighth, eighteen
hundred and sxty-six.
That the Speaker is hereby authorized to employ
clerk, at a salary of eighteen hundred dollars per
annun, and no appointment the doorkeepers rolls
shall be made TO take tine place of the person hitherto
to the close of this fiscal year. six hundred dollars
are hereby appropriated for his salary.
SENATE.
That the payment of mileage of Senators for actual
attendance at the session of the Senate convened on
the tenth day of May eighteen hundred and seventy
one, by proclamation OF the President, is hereby
thorized.
For miscellaneous items, fifteen thousand dollars
For labor, seven thousand five hundred dollars.
For furniture, three thousand six hundred dollars
For expenses of heating and ventilating apparatus
for fiscal year ending june thirty eighteen hundred
and seventy-one, four hundred dollars.
For compensation of John c. Knowlton, for
vice messenger in the Senate during the month of
April eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, one hundred
and twenty dollars
To pay Rives and Bailey for complete sets of the
Congre! sonal Globe and appendix, furnished to Sen
ators who had not previously received them, under
the act of July fourth eighteen hundred and sixty
four three ,s, thousand and five dollars
For clerks to committees, pages, horses, and carry
alls ten thousand dollars.
CAPITOL POLICE
For captain of the police, two hundred and eighty
eight dollars; for two eutenants at three hundred
dollars each; and twenty-eigbt privates, at three
hundred and eighty -four dollars EACH in all, eleven
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
For contingent expenses of the Library of Con-
gress rendered necessary by the copyright business
Of said library five hundred dollars. 70 enable the
sing agent of the Joint Committee on the Lii
brary to balance sundry fractional overdrats in the
following funds: For the fiscal years of eighteen
hundred and seventy-one and eighteen hundred and
seventytwo, two hundred and fty-seven dollars and
eight cents the to he placed to the credit of the
funds named in the amount specified to each Fund
for purchase of books, twelve dollars and ninety
five dollars and seventynne cents fund for purchase
of periodicals. two dollars and sxty-ve cents; fund
for exchange of public documents, six dollars and
seventy cens fund for repairs, ETC., of buildings in
botanic garden, seventy-ive dollars and seventeen
cents; fund for improving botanic garden one hun
dred and twenty-f five dollars; fund for contingent
expenses of library, eight dollars and seventy-nine
cents.
To pay Rives and Bailey for the reporting and pub
cat0n OF the debates and proceedings of the Forty
first Congress, under the joint resolution approved
March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and
contract of April fourteenth eighteen hundred and
sxty-nine, so far may have been provided for by
law, two thousand seven hundred and seventy-sx
dollars and ninety-eight cents, or much thereof
may be necessary.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
For extra clerkh necessitated by unusual labor
in preparing for the session of the tribunal of arbi
tration at Geneva, five thousand dollars.
For publishing the laws of the third session of the
Fortyirst Congress and Of the first session of the
Fortysecond Congress in pamphlet form, five thon-
sand dollars
For publishing the laws of the first session of the
Forty first Congress in newspapers, two thousand
one hundred dollars
For publishing the laws of the second session of the
Fortyfrst Congress in newspapers six thousand one
hundred and twelve dollars.
FOREIGN 1NTERCOURsE.-For salaries of enyoys
extraordinary, and ministers plenipotentiary and
ministers resident for the fiscal wear ending June
thirteth, eighteenihundred and seventy-one FORTY
two thousand dollars; and fol the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two,
fifty thousand dollars; and in settling the accounts
of John Hale, late minister to Spain, the account
ing officers of the treasury shall allow him salary to
the first of January, eighteen hundred and seventy
at which Jime his health far restored as to be
able to travel and the sum necessary to pay the same
is hereby authorized to allow the payment of such
sums as the President shall approve to the consuls
Of the United States at Algiers, Boulogne Lyons,
Marseiles, Nantes Nice, and Rheims, as compensa-
ton for extraordinary services duricg the late war in
Europe: Provided, That the total sum SO ex-
pended shall not exceed the unexpended bal
ance Of the amount appropriated by the fourth
and fifth paragraphs of the act entitled San act
making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of
the government for the fiscal year ending June tir-
tieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for
hundred and seventy-one
For contingent expenses of the Unitod States con-
suates for blank books and stationery for the fiscal
year ending june thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy-ons fifteen thousand dollars; and for the ifs
cal year eneing June thireth. eighteen hundred and
seventy-two, fifteen thousand dollars.
For pay of dragoman at the consulate at Constan-
tinople from April first eighteen hundred and sixty
ty-seven, four hundred dollars.
For improvements and alterations Of the Profess
tanl cemetery in Malaga, Spain five hundred dollars
To reimburse the consul of the United States in the
city Of Mexico for the of the Protestant Ameri
can cemetery during the past year, for the current
fiscal year, and to pay salary of keeper, five hundred
dollars, one thousand one hundred and five dollars
For the annual proportion of the United States of
the expenses Of Cape Spartel light the coast of
Morocco, two hundred and eighty five dollars
For additional expenses of the United States lega-
ton in France, consequent upon the removal of the
seat of government from Paris to Versailles eight
hundred dollars.
To defray the extraordinary expenses of the Amer
lean minister to the kingdom of Italy occasioned by
the removal of its capital from Turin to Florence and
from Florence to Rome, six thousand dollars
To enable Robert G. Schenck minister to Great
Britain to pay his private amanuensis as provided
by joint resolution approved January eleventh. eight
cen hundred and sevenyone from the date of the an
prevail Of said joint resolusion July first eighteen
hundred and seventy-one, one thousand one hundred
and eighty dollars.
For repairs to the consular building at Tangers,
three thousand dollars so much thereof as NAV he
necessary be expended under the direction of the
the next fiscal year.
For the relief and protection of American seamen
In foreign countries, one hundred thousand dollars
INQUIRY RESPECTING FooD-FIsHEs.
For continuing the inquiry into the cause of the
decrease OF the foodfshes Of the coast and of the
lakes, three thousand five hundred dollars
rt5 Of be renor % Of t me tables and
er eff Fish and Fisheries, five hundred dollars
UNITED STATES MINIS AND BRANCHES.
BRANCH MINT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
For wages of workmen and adjusters, twenty-one
thousand five hundred dollars.
BRANCH MINT CARSON CITY, NEvADA.-For SAL
aries and expenses deficiency during fiscal year end
ing June thrtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
three thousand dollars
For wages Of workmen and adjusters for fiscal
year ending June thirteth, eighteen hundred and
seventy-two, six thousand dollars
for contingent expenses to wit, for sundry miscel-
laneous items, including wood, charcoal and freight
Tor the nscal year edding June thrtieth eighteen
hundred and seyentytwo, twelve thousand four hun
dred dollars. " mum
For contingent expenses of the same character for
the fiscal years ending June thirtieth eighteen bnp
dred and seventy, and June thirtieth eighteen bun
dred and seventy-one, three til ,usand dollars For
this amount deficiency in the CONSTRUCTION of the 90
say-ofce Boise city, Idaho Territory two tbons.nd
ninety-two dollars and five cents.
INDEPENDENT TREASURY.
Contingent expenses under the act of August
sixth eighteen hundred and forty-six: For the col
lection safe-keeping transferring, and disbursement
Of the public moneys one hundred thousand dollars
To pay deficiencies in the salaries of officers clerks
and others in the Office of the assistant treasurer in
New York city for the present fiscal year, nine thou
sand three hundred and four dollars.
TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS.
DISTRICT OF CoLUMBIA.-To pay the governor
, anu Ihree members of the board of public
~ ms oi ~ tie district OF Columbia such Gums as may
W uae theh ior salaries from the date of their COM
insslons 10 tne nrst of July, eighteen hundre1 and
seventy-one three thousand eigbt bnndred III sf. re
one uonars and fourteen cents or so much fLar.ofo
may be necessary " 00 inocn thercoI as