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


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For repairs OF all kinds, seyehGy-fye thou
sand dollars; for repairs of floating docks,
eighty thousand dollars; for permanent i'm
provements, namely, for bridge connecting
Seavey'p island, four thousand dollars; in
all, one hundred and fifty uine ShoDsand
two hundred dollars.
For constructing and testing experimental
breecil-loadin2 beat b0wi9zegs. ten thoU
sand dollars.
Havy-yard. Boston, Massachusetts FOR
repairs OF al kiuds. seventy tive tAoNsand
dollars.
Maynard, Brooklyn, New Work For
repairs O5 81! kinds. one hundred thousand
dollars
For repairs OF all kinds. forty thousand
dollars.
Navy yard, Washington, District OF Co
lumbia: For repairs of all kinds, seventy
five thousand dollars.
Navy yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For re-
pairs of all kinds, one hundred thousand
dollars.
Navy yard, Pensacola. Florida: Yor re
pairs Of all kinds, twenty-five thousand dol
lars.
Navy yard, Mare island, California: For
repairs Of all kinds, seventytive thousand
dollars; for repairs of floating docks, one
hundred thousand dollars; for permanent
improvements, namely, tor commencing dry
dock two hundred thousand dollars; con-
tinuing quay wall and wharFes, thirty thou
sand dollars; continuation OF rail tracks,
five thousand dollars; in all, four hundred
and ten thousand dollars
Naval station at League island, Pennsyl-
vania: For repairs and maintenance of en-
bankments and for dredging, one hundred
and fifteen thousand dollars.
For naval station at New london, Con
necticnt: For building wharf, grading, for
building storehouse, and for care and pre-
seryation OF property, twenty thousand
dollars.
Naval station at Key West, Florida: For
repairs Of all kinds. fifteen thousand dol
lars.
Emergencies at naval stations: For eIneT-
gencies that may arise at naval stations,
forty thousand dollars.
UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF AG-
RICULTURE.
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
For improvement of grounds: For labor,
twelve thousand dollars; for heating appa-
ratus fer new grapery, tive thousand dol
lars: for material for roads and walks, one
thousand five hundred dollars fog cast iron
labels for naming trees in acbOretUrn, one
hundred dollars; for fools, repairs and
blacksmithing, one thousand dollars; fog
draining tiles for grounds, five hundred dol
IdESs lUB terrace NdllSg Two sIOI&SttnkS AN Y
hundred dollars; for repairing fence around
grounds, one thousand dollars; and fog d
furnace III she laboratory, four hundred
dollars; in all, twenty one thousand dollars
Coward completing tha museum! under
che charge Of Professor Townsend Glover,
three thousand dollars.
SEC . That ouc Of Che anexpeNded
balance Of the appropriation section TWEEN
ty-seven Of the acS approved April gwen
AjCrhSaap 4I1nErpG and 9g).4k
for more ettectually securing life and prop
erty on the coasts Of New Jersey and Long
Island. fOY the fiscal year ending June fhir-
tieth, eighteen hundred and sevenHy-two,
the sum OF two hundred thousand dollars 10
hereby excepted from the operation OF the
fifth section Of the act of July twelfth,
eighteen hundred and seventy.
SEC. }. That the sum OF two hundred and
twenty-five thousand seven hundred and
fifty-one dollars and eight cents is hereby
appropriated 90 enable the Secretary Of the
Treasury 90 return 90 The clerk of the
United States district court, for che Southe
ern district OF Illinois the 0ne-halT OF four
hundred and fitty-0nc thousand five hun
bred and Swo dollars and sixteen cents paid
TO said Secretary by said clerk as prize
money. ia pursuance Of decree Of said
court made on the eleventh day OF May.
eighteen hundred and sixty-four. which de
cree was atterWaTd, TO wit, on the ninth
day OF June. eighteen hundred and sixty
FIVE, held TO be erroneous and
set aside by said court, and said
money ordered 90 be returned TO said court
for distribution 90 the lawful owners there
of ; and to this end that the said Secretary
cause 10 be transferred the said sum OF two
hundred and twenty-five thousand seven
hundred and ffty-one dollars and eight
cents from the navy pension fund 20 the
credit Of the Treasurer Of the United States:
the moneys so directed to be returned hav.
ing been deposited 20 che credit OF said
fund on the fwenty-third Of May. eighteen
hundred and sixty-four. by warrant number
one hundred and siXty-nines
SEC. + That the proper accounting officers
Of the Treasury Department be. and they
are hereby, authorized and directed in adj
iusting the account of William Kapus, col.
lector Of customs for the district of Alaska,
to make an allowance for the compensation
of Charles II. Pierce for services rendered
in aid OF the collection of the revenue from
customs at the port of OOnaiaska in said
district. Of such sum as they may deem just
and equitable for the time actually en-
plOyed, not TO exceed the rate OF one fhoU-
sand FIVE hundred dollars per annum.
SEC. ). That TO enable the Secretary Of
the Interior to pay Standish and Ballard,
attorneys, their account for defending the
register and the receiveTa at Ionia Michigan,
the sum OF one thousand dollars is hereby
appropriated:
SEC. s. That in the settlement Of .;udg-
ments by the Court OF Claims or the Su-
preme Court OF the United States. hereafter
to be rendered for captured OF abandoned
cotton, or i'll settlements for cotton seized
subsequent 30 June thirtieth. eighteen nun
dred and sixty-fve, the Secretary OF the
Treasury is hereby directed 80 pay such
judgments, or che amounts a. aSCertalned
upon such settlements in tuti without de-
duction on account OF internal reveau8 tax
upen cotton.
SEC. !. That she accounting officers % the
Treasury be and they are hereby authorized
and directed. in adjusting the accounts OF
the collector OF customs for rhe port of
Chicago. 20 allow him, as an @X-otticiO de-
positary OF moneys belonging to the United
States. credit for such sum or sums, in
coin or currency, as may satisfactorily ap-
pear to have been held by him, as such de-
pOsitaryo at the time OF the fire in said
city on the ninth and tenth days OF Octo-
Der, eighteen hundred and seVentT-one.
and to have been lest or destroyed 50 hye.
Approved June TO- 1872.
GENERAL NATURE~-N0. I3i.S
An act making appropriations for the repair,
preservation and completion Of certain
public works on rivegs and La!boGs and
for other purposes
Be il enacted by the Senate and House
Of REPRESENTATIVES of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums Of money be and are hereby
appropriated, to be paid out Of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
to be expended under the direction Of the
Secretary Of War, for the repair preserva-
ton and completion of the following public
works hereinafter named: