The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-10-15

cou is within his circuit TO discharge the duties
arising under this act or the act to which this is
an amendment. And the words ANY person" In
section four of the act Of Az thirty-tirst eighteen
hundred and seventy, shall be held to include
any officer or other person having powers or du-
ties of an ofllcii al character under this act or the
act 10 which this is an amendment. PrOVfded,
That nothing in this section shall be so construed
as to authorize the appointment of any marshals
or deputy marshals in addition to those hereto.
fore authorized by law had prOrided further,
That the supervisors herein provided for shali
have no power or authority to make arrests or TO
perform other duties than to be in the immediate
presence of the officers holding the election, and
10 witness all their proceedings, including the
counting of the votes and the making of a return
thereof. And so much OF said sum herein APP
propri ted as may be necessary for said supple
mental and amendatory provisions is hereby ap-
propriatsd from and after the passage Of this
act
For the support and maintenance of c~onyicts
transferred from the District of Columbia. ten
thousand dollars.
For the compensation of special counsel and
other legal services. and for incidental expenses
In taking testimony, fees of witnesses, and of
commissioners in relation TO claims before the
mixed American and British claims commission,
twenty-five thousand dollars.
For defraying the expenses of defending claims
under the convention with Mexico Of fourth
July, eighteen hundred and sixty. eight, to be er'
pended under the direction of the Attorney Gen
eral ten thousand dollars.
For payment of the necessary expenses incur
RED IN defending suits against the Secretary OF
the Treasury or his agents for the seizure of
captured or abandoned property; and for the
examination of witnesses in claims against the
United States pending in any Department and
for the defence of the United States in the Court
of Claims, to be expended under the direction of
the Attorney General. thirty thousand dollars,
no part of which shall be paid to attorneys or
counsellors at law for professional services, for
appearing and assisting in the trial Of causes in
the supreme, circuit, or district court of the Uni
ted States, or Court of Claims and that the At
torney General make report to Congress at the
end of the fiscal year of the manner of the ex-
penditure of this fund, and to whom and for
what purposes paid.
For this sum, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, to be expended under the direction of
the Attorney General in the Diet elton and prose-
cution of crimes against the United States, fifty
thousand dollars.
For expenses to be incurred in the prosecution
and collection of claims due the United States,
to be disbursed under the direction of the At
torney General, twenty five thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to col
lect captured and abandoned property OF the
United states, and to collect, procure, and
preserve all vouchers, papers, records, and evil
denee, and to take testimony as to claims against
the United States, to be paid only upon the GER
tif1cate of the commissioners of claims, one hun.
dred and fifty thousand dollars.
MISCELLANEOUS.
For continuing the collection of statistics of
mines and mining, to be laid before Congress, to
be expended under the direction of the Secretary
Of the Treasury, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the continuation of the geological survey
of the Territories of the United States by Pro-
lessor F. V. Hayden, under the direction of the
of the Interior, during the fiscal year
ending Juno thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sew.
seventy-tive thousand dollars.
For the completing the survey of the Col orado
of the and its tributaries by Professor ]. w.
Powell, under The direction of the Smithsonian
twenty thousand 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 salmon, white-fish,
and other useful focd-flshes, into the waters Of
the United States to which they are best adapt
fifteen thousand dollars, to be expended I'M
der the direction of the United States commits
sioner of fish and fisheries.
To enable the Superintendent of the Coast
Survey TO cause astronomical observations to be
at one of the highest points on the line Of
the Pacific railroad, two thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to
pay Thomas Donaldson balance due him for ser.
vices as constructing superintendent of the peni-
building at Boise CITY, Idaho, two hun
dred and forty dollars and fifteen cents.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury, to
repay to @. M. Lockwood, late mail contractor,
the amount of fine paid on the order of the Post
mast r General, but afterward remItted by that
four hundred and seventy-seven dollars
and fifty-six cents.
For contingent expenses Of the office of the
secretary ofthe Territory of Wyoming, one thou
sand five hundred dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay
the reasonable expenses heretofore incurred
for paving roadway and curbing and paving
sidewalks in front of the property of the United
States in the district of Columbia, one hundred
and ninety-lWo thousand six hundred and TWEEN
ty dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary; and all railroads are hereby prohibited on
the l street and X street fronts of Farragut.
Scott, and Franklin squares and no further
strapt railroads shalt he laid down in tha rity If
without the consent of Congress.
To pay the board of public works of the Dis
trict OF Coin "bia the proportion of the cost pro-
peTly payable by the United States government
for the filling OF the canal from Seventh
street west to Seventeenth street west, and
the cost ofthe intercepting sewer along the canal
said work being under the direction of
the board of public works, sixty-eight thousand
three hundred and siyty-five dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary: Procided, That
all payments made under this and the proceed
Ing Appropriation shall be made only upon vouch-
ers approved by the officer in charge of the pub
lie buildings and grounds of the District and no
portion of the money herewith appreciated shall
be used by the board of public works for any
other purpose whatever than the purpose that ia
named in the said two last paragraphs. And
the land made by the filling up of the said canal
hereby declared to be the property of the Uni
ted States. And the SAID appropriations shall
not be construed to create or imply any obliga-
on the part of the United States, IN any re-
spect whatever in future.
For payment of the messengers of the respec-
States for conveying to the seat of govern
ment the votes of the electors of said States for
and Vice President of the United
States, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For construction of revenue vessels in accord
ance with recommendation Of the special COM
approved by the Secretary of the Trea-
sury, w hundred thousand dollars.
For furniture and repairs OF the same for pub
lie buildings under the control of the Treasury
one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars.
For fuel, lights, and water, ard miscellaneous
for public buildings under the control of the
Treasury Department, two hundred and twenty.
thousand dollars.
For heating apparatus for public buildings I'M
derthe control OF the Treasury Department, sey-
enty five thousand dollars.
For vaults, safes, and locks for public build.
ings under control of the Treasury Department,
one hundred thousand dollars.
Fol photographing, engraving, and printing
plans Of public buildings uuder control of the
Department. five thousand dollars.
For pay OF cusIodians and ~janitors of public
buildings, under the control of the Treasury
Department, one hundred aud twenty-five thou
sand dollars.
For repairs and preservation of all public
buildings under the control of the Treasury De-
partment, two hundred thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to
pay to the city Of Charlestown, Massachusetts,,
the expense incurred by said city in curbing and
paving The and streets adjacent to the
navy yard, one thousand ak hundred dollars.
To pay Charles w Seaton for the relinquish-
msnt of all claim against the United States for
the use at the ninth or any subsequent census, of
his invention of @ tall, ing machine, for which
letters-patent were allowed by the United States
Patent-Orlce, February seventeenth, eighteen
hundred and seyenty-two, fifteen thousand dol