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

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lars, OF so much thereof as may be necet
s"rye
SENATE.
For folding documents and materi.! 10
the same, eight thousand dollars.
For labor, eight thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous items, eight THOUSAND
dollars; furniture and repairs, five hun
dred dollars: for fuel, oil, and cotton waste
Tor heating apparatus, one thousand dollar
for the current fiscal year.
For the expenses Of the joint Select Com
nlittee on alleged Outrages III the Southern
States, the sum Of one thousand four HIM
bred and sixty-three dollars and twenty
I! five cents, said sum TO be carried for thu
purpose 20 the contingent fund OF tht
! Senate.
JUDICIARY.
For deSraying the expenses Of the courts
| OF tho United States, including the District
| OF bia; for jurors and witnesses, and
expenses Of suits in which the United States
are concerned, of prosecutions for otenses
| committed against the United States; for
| the safe-keeping Of prisoners; and for the
expenses which may be incurred in the
enforcement Of the act, relative to the
right OF citizens to vote, of February TWEEN
ty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy
one, or any acts amendatOry thereof or
SAHpibL4Clud GHtItGp, LuItt IIllIlCu l"O
hundred thousand dollars; of which sum
two hundred thousand dollars shall beavail-
able for the expenses incurred during the
present fiscal year, the said act being here
by supplemented and amended so as to fur
Their provide as follows: That whenever in
any county or parish, in any congressional
district, there shall be ten citizens thereof
OF good standing who, prior to any legistra-
ton OF voters for an election for Represent
of rr1.I5,o
at which a Representative in Congress is to
be voted for shall make known, III writing,
to the judge of the circuit court of the
United States for the district wherein such
county or parish is situate, their desire to
have said registration or election both
guarded and scrutinized, it shall be the
duty Of the said judge Of the circuit court.
within not less than ten days prior to said
registration or election, as the case may be,
to open the said court at the most CON
venient point in said district; and the said
court, when SO opened by said judge, shall
proceed to appoint and commission, from
day to day, and from time to time, and I'M
der the hand Of the said judge, and under
the seal OF said court, for such election dis
trict or voting precinct i'll said congress
sional district, as shall in the manner herein
prescribed, have been applied for, and to
revoke, change or renew said appoint
dents Of said election district or voting
precinct in said county or parish. who shall
be OF different political parties and able to
read and write the English language, and
who shall be known and designated as SUI
pervisOrs Of election; and the said court,
when opened by the said judge as required
herein, shall, therefrOm and thereafter and
up to and including che day following the
day Of the election, be always open for the
GactiOD nf hnGinnGa grDlar, +hic. M.
the powers and jurisdiction hereby granted
and conferred shall be exercised, as we'll in
vacation as term time; and a Judge. sitting
at chambers, shall have the same powers
and jurisdiction. including the power of
keeping order and of Furnishing any con
tempt of his authority, as when sitting in
the court; provided, that no compensation
shall be allowed to the supervisors herein
authorized to be appointed, except those
in cities or towns or twenty thou
sand or more inhabitants. And no person |
son shall be appointed under this act as
supervisor OF election who is not at the |
time OF his appointment a qualified voter
Of the county, parish, election district, or |
voting precinct Tor whIci. lie is appointed. |
And no person shall be appoi ted deputy |
marshal under the act Of which this is |
who is not qualified voter at !
the time of his appointment, in the county, |
parish, district or precinct in which his du- !
lies are to be performed And section thir- |
Teen of the act of which this is an amend |
nent shall be construed u authorize and |
'equire the circuit courts of the United |
states in said section mentioned TO name |
md appoint, as soon as may be alter the |
passage OF this act, the commissioners pro-
Tided for in said section, in all cases in |
which such appointments have net already
been made in conformity Herewith. And |
he third section Of the act to which this is
IN amendment shall be taken and construed !
% authorize each OF the judges of the cir
uit courts Of the United States to desig-
late one or more of the judges Of the dis
riot courts within his circuit to discharge
he duties arising under this act or the act
o which this is an amendment. And the
words ''any person" in section four of the
ct Of May thirty-tirst, eighteen hundred
nd seventy, shall be held to include any
tfcer or other person having powers or
uties of an official character under this
ct or the act to which this is an amend
lent; provided, that nothing in this sec
ion shall be so construed as to authorize
he appointment OF any marshals or dep
ty marshals in addition to those hereto
ore authorized by law; and provided fur
her, that the supervisors herein provided
lr shall have no power or authority to |
lake arrests or to perform other duties
nan to be in the immediate presence of the
Ulcers holding the election, and to witness |
IL their proceedings, including the count
lg of the votes and the making of a return
hereof. And so much Of said sum herein !
as may be necessary for said
and amendatory provisions is
7reby appropriated from and after the
usage of this act.
For the support and maintenance Of con. {
cts transferred from the District Of COIum.
a, zen thousand dollars.
For the compensation Of special counsel .
ID other legal services, and for incidental :
penses IN taking testimony, fees Of wit :
sses and OF commissioners in relation to /
aims before the mixed American and >
1t1sh claims commission, twenty-five thou
nd dollars.
For def aging the expenses Of defending \
AIMS under the convention with Mexico Of n
lrth July, eighteen hundred and sixty 4
5ht, to be expended under the direction of +
e Attorney General, ten thousand dollars
For payment of the necessary expenses q
cured in defending suits against the Sec a
airy OF the Treasury, or his agents, for II
seizure OF captured or abandoned prop n
y; and tor the examination of witnesses | G.
CLAIMS against the United States pend
, IN any department.; and for the defense RI
the United States in the Court of Claims, H.
be expended under the direction of the -
.orney General, thirty thousand dol NJ
S, no part Of which shall be paid to at +,
neys or cOunselOrs at law for profess 60
nal services, for appearing and assisting ia
The trial OF causes in the Supreme, cir f.
or district courts Of the United States,
Court OF Claims; and that the Attorney IN
leral make report to Congress at the end III
he fiscal year of the manner of the ex- fl
diture Of this fund, and to whom and cr
what purpose paid mr.