The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-06-19
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To pay the last instalment due W. II
Powellifor picture illustrative Of Perry's vic
tory, nine hundred and five dollars.
| To pay Tor Eve hundred copies of the pro
A ceedings of the International Prisoa Reform
Congress which assembled in London in Jui
,elghteeu hundred and seventy-two, for thu
use of the commissioner of the United State
at said congress, one Thousand five hundred
| dollars.
For repair and improvement Of the Con
gressional Cemetery, to be expended under
the direction of and on vouchers to be apnrov-
ed by the officer in charge of public buildings
/ and grounds of the District Of Columbia, tive
thousand a liars. q i
| TO enable the board OF health Of the Dis
triet of Columbia to perform the duties i'm
posed upon them by law, thirty-nlne thous.
and three hundred dollars.
I For completion of the building known as
the Columbia Hospital for Women: For a
steam heating apparatus, for reinddellng the
upper stories in in order to have more rooms.
and to ventilate the building properly, fifteen
thouand dollars.
For the purchase by the United States OF
interest of the District Of Columbia in the
| present city-hall building in Washington,
now used solely for government purposes,
such sum as may be determined BY three
| impartial appraisers to be sci ected by the
Secretary Of the interior. not exceedingsev
lsnty five thousand dollars, the same to be APP
piled by said District only for the erection OF
suitable building for the District Offices ;
and the governor and board Of public works
are authorized, if they deem it advisable for
that purpose to make arrangements to Sc
cure sufficient land fronting on Pennsylvania
aud Louisiana avenues, between Seventh asd
Ninth streets; Provided That the govern
ment of tho United States Shall not be liable
for any expenditures for said land, or for the
purchase money therefor, or for the buildings
70 be erected thereon; and no land. or the
use thereof, is hereby granted for the pur-
pose Of erecting any building thereon, for
such building ,
,sFor.purchase aud distribution Of valuable
seeds. being SO much Of the appropriation
for the Department Of Agriculture, for fiscal
year ending June thirtIeth, eighteen hun
dsea aud seventy oae, enormously carried to
the surplus fund, two thousand one hundred
aud eighty dollars aud uluety-two cents.
DEPARTMENT OF JISTICE.
For defraying expenses Of the Supreme
Court and circuit and district courts OF the
United States, intending the district eff Col
umbia, and also for jurors and witnesses, and
likewise Tor detraylng the expenses OF suits
iu which the United States are concerned
and prosecuting oHeuses committed against
the United States, and 'or tie safe-keepina
OF prisoners; for fiscal year ending Jaue thlr-
tieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-tw
three hundred thousand dollars.
For salaries Of United States district
judges, for fiscal year ending June thirtiesh,
eighteen hundred aud seventy-two, one thou
sand six hundred and ninety three dollars
and eighty-seven cents.
For associate justice of the Supreme Court.
Tor fiscal year ending juno thlrtieth, egh
teen hundred and seyenty-three, four thou
sand dollars.
For rent of the ffth story of the building
occupied by the Department of j ustice from
January first to June thirtieth elghteeY.
hundred and sc7cnty-threc two thousand
dollars,
For fitting up rooms twenty-five, twenty
three, and twenty-iour, and connecting hail
In above building, and furnishing the same,
one thousand dollars or 80 much therefore
as may be necessary.
TO enable the Sergeant at Arms Of the
House OF Representatives to pay the members
of he Forty first Congress from the State
OF Mississippi for the tl'ue embraced ia the
period between the fourth day of Marcel,
eighteen hundred aud slssy-nine,and the thir-
t.eth day OF NCsetuber eighteen hundred md
9zy -nine, SUITE ent st m Is hereby app o
priated.
10 ena BILE the Clerk Of the House to pay
the Representative from the first district OF
ONO, as provided IN Honse resolution OF
February twenty fourth, eighteen hundred
aud seventy-tfree his Compensation from the
eleventh day fully, eighteen hundred and
seyenty-two to December second eighteen
hundred and seventy.three, the sum OF one
thousand nine hundred aud fifty-eight dollars
aud thirty -threc cents, to be added to the
contingent fluid Of the House.
To enable the Sergeant-at- Arms of the
House of Representative TO pay to each
Representatives in the forty -frst Congress
from the State of Georgia such sum as shall
make his pay equal to chat received by 2 NJ
b. Young as a Representative in said Con
70 IS.
To enable the Secretary of the Treas III, ,
to pay the bearer of the contesting electoral
vote Of the State Of Louisiana, the sun OF
six hundred and .hirty-elght dollars is her.
by appropriated out of The appropriation
heretofore made to pay the regular messen-
gers.
To reimburse the 7geant-at-Arms Of
the House Of representatives Tor sundry pay
ments made by rim for contingent expenses
Of the House on vouchers. approved BY the
Committee on Accounts Of said House three
thousand four hundred and sixty dola and
forty-fve cents,
For the purchase ofsite, to commence the
construction Of hrisk building at Evans-
vile. Indiana, to be used as a custom house,
courthouse, post-ofiiee, and for other gov
I ernmeut Offices, one hundred thousand dol
| lars.
To enable the Secretary Of the Treasury
| 10 purchase part of lot Of ground in In
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