New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-22

the Smithsonian Institution, twenty thou
| sand dollars.
For continuing the inquiry into the cause
of the decrease of the food fishes of tn
coast and the lakes CT the United States
tive thousand dollars.
For the Introduction OF sha8 into Sht
| waters OF the Pacific States, the Gulf states
| and OF the Mississippi valley, and of sal
mon, whitetish, and other useful food fishes
+! into the waters of the United States Il
! 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 % the PaNtic 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 c. NJ Lockwood, late mail con
tractor, the amount of fine paid OF the or
der Of the Postmaster General, but after
ward RENTED by that officer, four hundred
and seyenty-seven dollars and tifty-six
cents.
For contingent expenses ofthe office of the
secretary Of the Territory OF Wyoming, one
thousand tive hundred dollars.
10 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 nnety-two
thousand six hundred and twenty dollars.
or so much thereof as may be necessary:
and al 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 filling of the canal frgm
Seventh street west to Seventeenth street
west, and of the cost of the intercepting
sewer aIong the canal adjoining 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-tive 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 She 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-
30rdance with recommendation of the sDe- |
3ial commission, approved by the Secretary |
If 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 miscelia- |
leOus items for public buildings under the !
control of the Treasury Department. two
hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. !
For heating apparatus for public build.
ngS undeg the control Of the Treasury DE |
)artment, seVenty-fve 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
ng plans Of public buildings under control !
# the Treasury Department. i've thousand
loIlarso
For pay Of custodians and ianitors 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
Department, two hundred thousand dollars. !
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury !
0 pay to the city of Charlest0wn. Massachu-
etts, the expense incurred by said city in
urbing and paving the sidewalks and
tEeets adjacent to the navy yard, one thou
and six hundred dollars.
10 pay Charles w. Seat0n fer the YeIin-
ulshment Of all claim against the United
tates Tor the use at the ninth or any subse-
uent census, Of his invention of taIlying
lachine. for which letters patent were
lowed by the United States Patent Office.
ebruary seventeenth, eighteen hundred
nd seventy-twO. fifteen thousand dollars.
INSPECTORS ON STEAM VESSELS.
For carrying out the provisions Of the act
n the better protection Of the lives Of pas
,ngers on vessels propelled in whole or in
art by steam, and the acts supplementary
hereof, the following sums, viz:
For salaries Of steamboat inspectors:
ayment of salaries of supervising inspector
7neral. supervising inspectors, local in. :
'ectors, assistant inspectors, and clerks, !
he hundred and sixty-tive thousand tour
lDdred dollars.
4 tnnfinUnnf nyDnysnc Of 200 400 Src,oo | |
On service: Expenses of instruments. sta. e
)nery. meetings Of board OF supervising q
spectors. mileage of supervising inspect l
8, at one Thousand dollars each, and other 5
sGeilaneous expenses. uinety.one thou. l
nd dollars. .
To enable the Secretary Of the Treasury b
pay. under existing laws, contractors for
FRYING the mails for services rendered
Tor to July first, eighteen hundred and ! o
lty-nlne, thirteen thousand four hundred L
d sixteen dollars Ii
To pay Edward r. Ferguson lis salary as
inspector of steamboats, from q
'rch third, eighteen hundred and sevcntyo K
e, to May twenty-second, eighteen hun. q
I'd and seyenty-0ne, four hundred and | g
enty eight dollars and fifty-seven cents. II
tor loss and expense involved in the rec i.
mage of gold coins in the treasury which L
J below standard weight. under such reg Il
tIlOAS. DIS Iut StCIetdFy OF CIt treasury | =,
y prescribe, one hundred and fifty thou u
Id dollars. n
o defray, under the direction Of the Sec.
airy Of the Treasury, the expenses of re u
ming and reissuing the minor coinage of 10
United States, twenty thousand dollars, I
'Suant to the act of March third, eighteen iIl
ldred and seyenty-one. as much Of the Is
re as may be necessary to be available -,
expenses incurred during the present =
al year ti'
paw to the officers and crew nf re
United States steamer Kearsarpp Sv
the lastructinna If d. nuhnl