New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-04-01

An act making appropriations IoE SuHdiS
civil expenses OF the government tor the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eight
cen hundred anu seventy-tour, ana Tor
other purposes.
BE it enacted By the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States OF
America in Congress Assem- bed, mat the
following sums be and the same are hereby
appropriated for the objects hereinafter eX-
pressed, for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
four namely:
PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING.
For the public printing, for the pubic
binding, and for paper for the pubic print
ing, two million dollars, and OF the sum
hereby appropriated printing and binding
NAV be done by the Congressional printer
10 the amounts following. namely:
For the Court of Claims, fourteen thou
sand dollars; for the Department of State,
twenty-five thousand dollars; for the
Treasury Department three hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars: Tor the War
DEPARTMENT one hundred thousand dol
lars; for the Navy Department. eighty-hve
thousand dollars; for the Interior Depart
ment two hundred and twenty thousand
dollars; for the Agricultural Department.
twenty thousand dollars for the Depart
ment of Justice and the Attorneys Cen
erals Office, ten thousand dollars; for the
Supreme Court of the United States, TWEEN
fy-tye thousand dollars; for the supreme
court of th3 District of Columbia, one
thousand dollars; for the POstOtfice Depart
ment, one hundred and seventy-fve thou
sand dollars; and for both houses of Con-
gress, one million dollars and the
amounts herein designated for the several
Executive Departments may be distributed
TO the bureaus thereof at the discretion of
the head of each Department, who shall
Al trJ hI1ti IN
Printer; and the last proviso to the act
providing for printing and reporting the
debates in Congress, approved April sec
Ond, eighteen hundred and seventy-two,
is hereby repealed; provided, that until
contract is made, the debates
shall be printed by the Congressional
Printer, under the direction OF the JOINT
Committee on Public Printing on the part
of the Senate.
For printing the preparatory circulars,
and for printing and binding, at the Gov
eminent Printing office the report on life
insurance statistics. made under authority
of the Eighth International Statistical Con
gress, by William Barnes, delegate from
the United States, in accordance with the
plan of publication adopted at the said
congress- under the direction of the Sec
retary Of State. three thousand five hun
dred dollars.
For lithographing, mapping, and engrav-
ing for both Houses Of Congress, the Su-
preme Court, and the Court of Claims.
fifty thousand dollars.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
FOR LIFE-sAvING STATIONS.
For salaries Of two superintendent
OF the life-saving stations on the coast of
Long Island and New Jersey at one thou
sand five hundred dollars each, three thou
sand dollars; and for one superintendent on
the coasts of Cape Cod and of Block island,
Rhode Island, one thousand dollars.
For fifty four keepers OF stations, at two
hundred dollars each, ten thousand eight
hundred dollars.
For seventeen keepers Of stations. at two
hundred dollars each, three thousand four
hundred dollars.
For ten keepers of stations, at two hun
Glred dollars each. two thousand dollars.
For pay of crews of experienced surf
men at such stations and tor such periods
as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem
necessary and proper, eighty-tve thousand
dollars.
For establishing new life.saving stations
on the coast of the United States, one hun
dred thousand dollars
For contingencies of live saving stations
on the coast of the United States, fifteen
thousand dollars. And that the Secretary
of War be and hereby is authorized to es-
tablish signal stations, at lighthouses. at
or sea coasts as may be suitably located for
that purpose, and to connect the same with
such points as may be necessary for the
proper discharge OF the signal ser
vice by means of a suitable telegraph
line in cases where no lines are IN
operation, to be constructed maintained
and worked under the direction OF the
Chief Signal Officer OF the Army, or the
Secretary of War and the Secretary of the
Treasury; and the use of the life-saving
stations as signal stations shall be subject
to such regulations as may be agreed upon
by said official; and the sum Of thirty thou
sand dollars is hereby appropriated to carry
into effect this provision.
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE. o
For pay of thirty-four captains, one hun
bred and one lieutenants, and sixty three
engineers and pilots employed three hun
bred and sixty-one thousand three hundred
dollars.
For ratiops for officers Thirty four cap
tains, one hundred and one lieutenants,
sixty-three engineers and pilots, twenty
five thousand five hundred and eighty
three dollars and forty cents.
For pay of crews Eight hundred and
sixty petty officers, seamen, cooks, stew
ards, boys, coalpassers, and tremen, two
hundred and eighty-two thousand seven
hundred and forty-eight dollars.
For rations for crews: Eight hundred
and sixty petty officers, seamen, cooks,
stewards, boys, coal-passeTs, and tremen,
two hundred and ninety-eight thousand
seven hundred and furty-eight rations, at
thirty three cents, including the liquor
equivalent. ninet y-eight thousand five nun
bred and eighty-seven dollars.
For fuel for thirty ight vessels. repairs,
and outfits for the same. shlp-chandlcry and
engineers stores for same, travelling eX
penses of officers travelling on duty under
orders from the Treasury Department,
Communication OF quarters and contingent
expenses, including Wharfage, towage.
dockage, freight. advertising. and surveys,
and miscellaneous expenses which cannot
be included under special heads, TWO hun
bred and sixty thousand dollars.
MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE.
For supplying deficiency in the fund for
fine relief of sick and disabled seamen, one
hundred thousand dollars: and the
Secretary of the Treasury is hereby author.
lied, in his discretion. TO sell the marine
hospital grounds and unfinished cast iron
hospital buildings, located IN the city OF
New Orleans, Louisiana, and out II the
proceeds of said sale to purchase a.mOre
healthful site Tor marine hospital: at a
point which shall be convenient OF access
to and from the port OF New Orleans, and
TO erect thereon pavilion marine hosrlta.
of one hundred and fifty bed capacity. with
the necessary auxiliary structures. IN ac'
cordance with designs 10 be prepared by
the Supervising Architect. to the satistac'
fion of the Supervising Sugeon OF the ma
rine hospital service, and approved, by the
Secretary of the Treasury; provided that
said site and pavilion hospital shall IN no
event cost more than the amount received
from the sale OF the hospital grounds WhicI
are hereby authorized 10 be sOid; ana
provided further, that in case the materials
of the iron hospital buildings can with ad d.,