New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-03

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| cen hundred and sixty-eight. And Tor wv"
tbousand ccpics of Barclays Digest or
dered by resolution OF the House OF 1uls
| fourteen. eighteen hundred ana SEVEN
two Thousand dollars; also for pages I'D th =
| House OF Representatives, one ihouSah SAM
five hundred and torty-tEree doildls a', nt
| fifty nine cents. For the compensation " =
an assistant journal clerk in the House Oh
| REPRESENTATIVES. tor the fiscal year ehoihS
June thirty. eighteen hundred and seventy
two. twenty-five hundred and nlEe1 VI"
dollars And for one thousand copies ~
the "Constitution Of the United states Wi Ny
the Rules Of the Senate compiled pJ " ~
liam J. Mcdonald, under resolution OF lh5
Senate of March fourteen, eighteen hnhdren
and seycntv-oue, one thousand dollars. or
the pav1nent of clerks of committees o. the
| House. in accordance with the resolution
Of the House Of the tenth instant, TWO
thousand dollars. .,o
SEC II. That the provisions OF the
eleventh section OF the act aPPfoNeui
July fifteenth. eighteen hundred anu
seventy. entitled An act making APP
uropriations for sundry civil expenses OF
| the government for the year cndlng june
tlirtieth, eighteen hundred ana seventy
one and for other PURPOSES be, ami mere
by are extended 50 as to include sHch per
sons as were actually employed III !he
States lately IN Instruction. III connccfion
with the Treasury Department, a. officers
of the linked States during the year
eighteen hundred and siEty-Styen III con
nccl;ou with the revenues of the govern
,rnt: and an amount sufficient to carry
| out tie provisions Of this section. not cN-
cccling fifteen Thousand dollars, Is hereby
| appropriated ont OF any m0neE III thc urea
! say not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. -. That the following sum; or so
much thereof as may be necessary. tor 5hD-
| = -. i .1tttIf 4.
| thirty. eighteen hundred and seVcnty-tW"
| OF the ATapahoe. Cheyenne. Apache, Nova
| and Cunanche Indians WHO have been col
| lcrted and located upon the reservation set
| apart for their use and occupation bE the
treaties made with them in eighteen nun
! ,jred and siXtT-seTen. two hundred thou
| sand dollars.
SEC. + That the Commissioner OF the
| General Land OIticc Is hereby authorized
TO approve the suryer of the eastern bound
arv OF Nevada, made by Isaac +. James
witl1stauding any departure from IN
structi0ns which. in the opinion OF SAID
Commissioner, does not materially impair
the accuracy of the work.
SEC. h. That the privileges of the act
entitled An act to reduce lnterna! taxes
and for other purposes. approved July
fourteenth. eighteen hundred and seventy.
be. and are hereby. extended to the port OF
Detroit. in the State of Michigan.
SEC. IT.. That any bona tide settler under
the homestead or presumption laws OF the
United States. who has fled the proper ap-
pllcatlOn to enter. not 70 exceed one quarter
section of the public lands in any district
land office. and who has been subsequently
appointed a registrar or receiver may per
feet the title to the said land under the pre-
emption laws. by furnishing the proofs and
making the payments required by law. to
the satisfaction Of the Commissioner OF the
General Land Office.
SEC Il. That from and after the passage
of this act all powers conferred upon certain
persons as commissioners. by the act APP
proved June tweEty-tirst. eighteen hundred
and seventy. for the improvement OF N
street. northwest. and by the act approved
July fifteenth. eighteen hundred and sew
entv. for the Improvement of the Washing
tn City canal. shall be transferred to the
B Jari of Public Works OF the District
OF Columbia; and the persons acting
as commissioners under SAID acts are
hereby directed 20 transfer to said board OF
puhlic works all books. papers, and other
property in their possession pertaining 10
the works under their charge: and private
property shall he assessed for the improve
meat of NJ street. and Seventh street south
west. from i street 10 the river. heretofore
authorized 10y law. as provided in the act OF
February twcnty-tirst. eighteen hundred
and scyfnty-One And in case said board
shall. under said act Of July fifteenth. eight
cen hundred and seventy. decide TO open
said canal. they are hereby empowered to
Omen both its branches. 50 as to connec,
with the government canal az the arsenal:
Provided, That III" cost OF said work shall
not exceed the amount already fixed 10y
Law for that purpose.
That tie sum of ten thousand dollars. or
50 much thereof aS may he necessary, is
hereby appropriated for the purpose Of re-
pairing and RELAXING. where necessary. the
pavement on PENNSYLVANIA avenue from
Fifteenth street to the cast side OF Rock
creek; Provided. That a Ike sum shall be
expended for the same purpose by the
proper authorities of the District Of
Columbian And provided further. That
the Washington and Georgetown Railroad
Company shall in like manner repair such
portion thereof as they are by their char
ter required to do: the work to I've done un-
der the supervision OF the Board of Public
Works for the District of Columbia
SEC. Is. That to correct an error in the
enrolment of the act approved March third
eighteen hundred and seventy-One. making
appropriations for the naval service for the
year ending June thirtieth. eighteen hun
dred and scventy-twO, and for other pur-
poses, the same be amended as follows
In section two. strike out all of the section
from and including the word '.proviGcd."
where it first occurs. and insert in lieu
thereof the following: And the Secretary
of the Navy is authorized to invite. by pub
advertisements plans and specifications for
such dock, and to award to any person not
Il the naval service. whose plans may he
adopted by the Navy Department. a sum
NOT exceeding five thousand dollars But
no plan shall he adopted until it shall first
receive the sanction of board of not less
than five experienced officers. to he appoint
ed by the Secretary of the Navy. a majority
Of whom shall be constructors and engineers.
and one of whom shall be an experienced
civil engineer; and it shall be the duty of
said board to consider all the plans and snc-
cit;cations laid before it, whether the same
We're prepared in the Navy Department or
by parties competing herewith and the
plans and specifications that shall he adopt
ed shall be open 10 the inspection Of all per
sons who desire to become bidders tor at
least ninety days before the awarding of
said contract
For three assistant observers at the Naval
Observatory. in addition to the sum appro-
priated by the Act making appropriations
for the naval service for the wear eudinn
June thirty. eighteen hundred and seventy,
two. and for other purposes" approved
March third, eighteen hundred and seventy
ore. five hundred dollars.
SEC. 10. That so much of the proviso in
the act making appropriations to supply de
fcienCles, and so forth approved AnrjI
twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy.
as limits the completion Of the marine hos
ptal building ut Chicago, Illinois. to a sum
not exceeding three hundred thousand dol
lars, is hereby repealed: and it shall be law
tUl for the proper authorities to expend the
money already appropriated for continuing
the work upon said building: Provided.
That no part thereof shall be expended IN
til plans and specifications shall have been