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

mer of eighteen hundred and s!Att
| nine. of the election in Louisiana IN eleh6
cen hundred and sixty-eight. And 1or 1--WE
| Thousand copies of Barclays Digest, or
| dered by resolution of the House OF July
| fourteen, eighteen hundred and seven,y,
| two thousand dollars; also for pages IN tn5
| House of Representatives, one THOUSAND
| five hundred and forty-three dollars and
| ffty.nine cents. For the compensation oll
| an assistant journal clerk in the House Oh
| REPRESENTATIVES for the fiscal year endlhS
| June thirty. eighteen hundred and seventy
| two. twenty-five hundred and ninety-t"CC
dollars. And for one thousand copies ~
| the "Constitution of the United States, WIZ
| the Rules of the Senate" compiled by WI
| liam J.. Mcdonald, under a resolution OF the
! Senate of March fourteen, eighteen hundred
| and seyentv-one, one thousand dollars. Fol
| the payment of clerks of committees OF the
! House. in accordance with the resolution
| of the House of the tenth instant: two
| thousand dollars.
SEC. L.. That the provisions of the
| eleventh section of the act approved
| july fifteenth, eighteen hundred and
|. seventy, entitled Gan act making ap,
preparations for sundry civil expenses OF
| the government for the year ending June
| tbirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
| one. and for other purposes be, and here
by are extended so as to include such per
| sons as were actually employed in the
| States lately IN insurrection, In connection
with the Treasury Department, as officers
of the United States during the year
eighteen hundred and slxty-seVen III con
nection with the revenues OF the govern
| ment: and an amount sufficient to carry
| out the provisions of this section, not ex-
| ceeding fifteen thousand dollars, is hereby
| appropriated out of any money IN the trea-
surv not otherwise appropriated
SEC. -. That the following sum. or so
much thereof as may be necessary, for SUD-
~sistence for the fiscal year ending June
| thirty, eighteen hundred and se~venty-two,
| of the Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Apache, kio"a,
| and Comanche Indians who have been col
lected and located upon the reservation set
| apart for their use and occupation by the
treaties made with them in eighteen hun
dred and sixty-seven, two hundred thou-
sand dollars.
SEC. II. That the Commissioner of the
General Land Office is hereby authorized
to approve the survey of the eastern bound
arv of Nevada, made by Isaac E.. Jmes.
notwithstanding any departure iron IN,
structions which, in the opinion of said
Commissioner, does not materially lnpalr
the accuracy of the work. .
SEC. -. That the privileges of thu act
entitled "An act to reduce internal axes,
and for other purposes" a~pprovedJuly
fourteenth. eighteen hundred and seventy,
be. and are hereby, extended to the prt OF
Detroit. in the State of Michigan.
SEC. Is. That any bona tide settlerunder
the homestead or presumption laws Of the
United States, who has filed the proFr ap-
plicatiOn to enter, not to exceed one garter
section of the public lands in any district
land office. and who has been subsequently
appointed a registrar or receiver, MAJ per
feet the title to the said land, under tie pre-
emption laws, by furnishing the prods and
making the payments required by Lw, to
the satisfaction of the Commissioned the
General Lane Office.
SEC. II. That from and after the passage
of this act all powers conferred upon ertaln
persons as commissioners, by the &t APP
proved June twenty-first, eighteen Kindred
and seventy, for the improvement of NJ
street, northwest, and by the act approved
July fifteenth. eighteen hundred AM sew
entv. for the improvement of the Wishing
ton City canal. shall be transferred to the
Board of Public Works of the Dstrict
of Columbia; and the persons setting
as commissioners under said act are
hereby directed TO transfer TO said bard of
public works all books, papers, another
property in their possession pertaining to
the works under their charge: and Flvate
property shall be assessed for the improve
mtlC OF d street, anu StNtnJu StEtttoulu-
west. from B street to the river, heretofore
authorized by law, as provided in theict of
February twenty-frst, eighteen hudred
and seventy-one. And in case said board
shall, under said act of July tifteenth,sight-
cen hundred and seventy, decide topen
said canal. they are hereby empowsed to
open both its branches, so as to cancel
with the government canal at the asenal:
Provided. That the cost OF said wonshdll
not exceed the amount already tN by
law for that purpose.
That the sum of ten thousand dolhrs. or |
so much thereof as may be necesssy, is
hereby appropriated for the purposeof re-
pairing and reiayiDg. where necessary. the
pavement on PENNSYLVANIA avenue from
Fifteenth street to the east side OiROck
creek: Provided. That a Ike sum shall be
expended for the same purpose By the
proper authorities of the Distnt of
Columbia; And provided further, That
the Washington and Georgetown Raroad
Company shall in like manner rerarsuch
portion thereof as they are by theilehar-
ter required to do; the work to be dGe IN
der the supervision of the Board of Public
Works for the District of Columbia.
SEC. Is. That to correct an error il the
enrolment of the act approved Marchhird.
eighteen hundred and se~venty-one, mixing
appropriations for the naval service for the
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-two, and for Other pur-
poses, the same be amended as folio VS..
In section two. strike out all of the setion
from and including the word provided"
where it first occurs, and insert in lieu
thereof the following: and the Secntary
of the Navy .norized to invite, bypub-
advertiser plans and specifications for
such dock, ana to award to any person not
n the naval service, whose plans may be
adopted by the Navy Department. asum
not exceeding five thousand dollars. BUT
no plan shall be adopted until it shanfrst
receive the sanction of a board of not less
than five experienced officers, to be apuint-
ed by the Secretary of the Navy, a maority
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 spe-
cifications laid before it, whether thu ame
were prepared in the Navy Department or
by parties competing Herewith, and the
plans and specifications that shall be adont,
ed shall be open to the inspection of ali nov
sons who desire to become bidders for az
least ninety days before the awardipp of
said contract"
FOR three assistant observers at tbe Nail
Observatory, in addition to the sum annra
priated by the ''Act making appropriatinns
for the naval service for the wear end;n1
June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventE
two, and for other purposes" annrorsd
March third, eighteen hundred and serentn
one, five hundred dollars. 'n'S
SEC. 10, That so much of the proviso in
the act making appropriations to supplv do
ticiencies, and so forth, approved Al u@
twentieth, eighteen hundred and seyaIp. rn
as limits the completion of the marina Icy
pital building at Chicago, Illinois, to a. mu
not exceeding three hundred thousand ~
lars. is hereby repealed; and it shall bslaor
full for the proper authorities to expend Az "
money already appropriated for continn;;nno
the work upon said building: Prov;SaG