New Orleans Republican., 1872-11-19

the Smithsonian Institution. twenty thou
sand dollars.
For continuing the inquiry into the causes
Of the decrease of the food fishes Of the
coast and the lakes Of the United States
| five 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 tishes
into the waters of the United States tC
which they are best adapted fifteen thou
sand dollars, to be expended under the di
Erection 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 oi 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 1orty 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 remitted by that officer, four hundred
and seyenty-seven dollars and ffty-six
cents.
For contingent expenses Ofthe office of the
secretary of the Territory OF Wyoming, one
thousand five 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
erty Of the United States in the District Of
Columbia, one hundred and ninety-tWO
thousand six hundred and twenty dollars,
or s0.much thereon as may be necessary;
and all railroads are hereby prohibited on
the | street and x 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 filling OF the canal from
Seventh street west to Seventeenth street
west and of the cost of the intercepting
sewer along the canal adjoining the property
Of the United States government, said work
being under the direction of the board of
public works, sixty y-eight thousand three
hundred and sixty-ive 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-
clarcd 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-
spectiye 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 sDe-
,ial commission, approved by the Secretary
of the Treasury, two hundred thousand dol
ars.
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 misceIIa-
leous items Tor public buildings under the |
control Of the Treasury Department, two
lundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For heating apparatus for public build
DgS under the control of the Treasury De
JoI lIiCulS bCN tLl lF5 llOuSduu uOLLdEH.
For vaults, safes and locks, for public
under the control of the Treasury
Department. one hundred thousand dollars.
For ph0tOgraphing, engraving, and print
ng plans of public buildings under control
# the Treasury Department, five thousand
iollars.
For pay of eustodiaDs and ianitors of
'ublic 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
Department, two hundred thousand dollars. |
10 enable the Secretary Of the Treasury
o pay to the city OF CharIestown, Massachu-
atts, the expense incurred by said city in
urbiug and paving the sidewalks and
treets adjacent TO the navy yard, one thou
and six hundred dollars.
To pay Charles w. Seaton for the rein-
uishmtnt of all claim against the United
tates or the use at the ninth or any subse- {
uent census Of his invention of a failying
lachine, for which letters patent were
lowed by the United States Patent Office, I
ebrUaly seventeenth, eighteen hundred s
nd sevelty-two fifteen thousand dollars. t
INSPECTORS ON STEAM VESSELS.
For carrying out the provisions of the act l
n the better protection of the lives Of pas
myers on vessels propelled in whole or in |
art by steam, and the acts supplementary :
lereOt, the following sums, viz:
For salaries of steamboat in8pactors
ayment of salaries of supervising inspector
,neral, supervising inspectors, local in s
ectOrs, assistant inspectors, and clerks L
le hundred and sixty-fve thousand four Ii
Indred dollars
Contingent expenses of steamboat inspec- Ii
IN service: Expenses of Instruments sta e.
'nery, meetings of board of supervising a
3pectors, mileage of supervising inspect | u
3, at one thousand dollars each, and other | Sc
scellaneOus expenses, ninety one thou tC
nd dollars.
To enable the Secretary Of the Treasury b;
pay, under existing laws, contractors for l
frying the mails for services rendered
ior to July first, eighteen hundred and OF
-ty-nine, thirteen thousand four hundred Is
d sixteen dollars. la
To pay Edward L. Ferguson his salary as
pervising inspector of steamboats, from d'
'rch third, eighteen hundred aud seventy XXI
?, to May twenty-second, eighteen hun tn
I'd and seyenty-cnG, four hundred and | q
enty eight dollars and fifty-seven cents. IN
'Or loss and expense involved in the re-
mage Of gold coins in the treasury Which II
below standard weight, under such reg hY
tlons as the Secretary Of the Treasury
y prescribe, one hundred and fifty thou tn
d dollars. NJ
o defray, under the direction of the Sec .,
ary Of the Treasury, the expenses of re. tn
ming and reissuing the minor coinage Of 10!
United States, twenty thousand dollars, :.
suant to the act of March third, eighteen hg
ldred and seyenty-oue, as much of the ISL
io as may be necessary to be available =,
expenses incurred during the present 20
al year. hv
o enable fhe Secretary OF the Navy ]
pay to the officers and .raw Of res
United States steamer Eearsarre Gw
the destruction of She rebel /
ser Alabama, under the provisions of ln