New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-03-22

sand dollars per annum, and that the ex
cess of fees collected by him above that
sum shall be paid into the treasury of the
| United States; and that said clerk shall
| make semi annual returns of the amount
of fees received by him to the Secretary
OF the Treasury of the United States.
For nine circuit judges, to reside in cir
| cult, fifty four thousand dollars.
FOR salary of the reporter of the decisions
| OF the Supreme Court of the United States,
two thousand five hundred dollars.
For the salary of the marshal of the ST.
prene Court three thousand tive hund, ed
dollars.
For salaries OF the district Judges of the
United States, including the salaries Of the
retired judges of the eastern district of
Texas, southern district OF Ohio, and east.
ern district of Michigan, one hundred. and
ninety three thousand dollars.
For salaries of the chief Justice OF the
of the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia, and the four associate
Judges, twenty thousand five hundred dol.
lars.
For compensation of the district attorneys
of the United States. nineteen thousand
three hundred and fifty dollars.
For compensation Of the district marsEais
Of the United States. eleven thousand seven
hundred dollars.
For salary Of the warden OF the Jail in
the District of Columbia. two thousand
dollars.
COURT OF CLAIMS
FOR salaries of five Judges Of the Court
of Claims, at Tour thousand five hundred
dollars each; the chief clerk, three thousand
dollars; and assistant clerk, two thousand
dollars; ballitf, one Thousand five hundred
dollars: and messenger thereof: in all,
twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and
forty dollars.
For stationery, books, fuel, labor. anG
other contingent and miscellaneous eX.
penses. three thousand dollars; for reporting
the decisions of the court, clerical hire,
labor III preparing and experimenting the
printing of the seventh volume of the re-
ports of the Court of Claims, to be paid on
the order of the court, one thousand dollars.
To pay judgments of the Court of Claims.
four hundred thousand dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
Office OF the attorney General.-For com
peusatiou of the Attorney General, eight
thousand dollars; Solicitor General, seven
thousand five hundred dollars; three As
sistant Attorneys General, at five thousand
dollars each; one Assistant Attorney Gen
eral of Postotfice Department, four thou
sand dollars; solicitor OF internal revenue,
five thousand dollars; naval solicitor and
judge advocate general. three thousand
five hundred dollars; examiner of claims,
three thousand five hundred dollars; law
clerk, acting as examiner OF titles, three
thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand
two hundred dollars; stenographic clerk,
two thousand dollars; one clerk, two thou
sand dollars; seven clerks of class four: ad-
ditional FOR disbursing clerk, two hundred
dollars; two clerks of class three, one clerk
of class two, two clerks of class one, one
messeng ger, two assistant messengers, two
laborers and two watchmen: in all, eighty
thousand siJ hundred and sixty dollars.
Office of the Solicitor of the YfcaSury.-
For compensation of the Solicitor OF the
Treasury, three thousand FIVE hundred dol
lars; assistant solicitor, three thousand
dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars
four clerks of class four, three clerks Of
class three, three clerks of class two, two
clerks of class one, one messenger and one
laborer; in all, twenty-eight thousanH Sin
hundred and sixty dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Depart.
ment of Justice. namely: Fuel. labor, sta
tionery, and mis cellaneous items. fifteen
thousand dollars; for rent of building,
enteen thousand dollars; for furniture and
law books, six thousand dollars.
SEC 2. That the Secretary of the TT. is
ury is directed to withhold all payments TO
any railroad company and its assigns IN
account of ireights or trAnspor tat iOn over
their respective roads of any kind, to the
amount of payments made by the United
States for interest upon bonds .! the United
States issued to any such company, and
which shall not have been reimbursed, To-
ge!her with the five per cen: of net earn.
ings due and unapplied. as provided by
law. And any such company may bring
suit ir the Court of Claims 10 recover
the price o! such freight and transpor.
tation, and in such suit the right of such
company TO recover the same upon the law
and the facts Of the case shall be deter.
mined. and also the rights of the United
States upon the merritt of all the points pre-.
scented by it in answer thereto by them. and
either party to such suit may appeal to the
Supreme Court: and both said courts shall
give such cause or causes precedence OF all
other business.
SEC. 3. That from and after the first day
Of July, eighteen hundred and seventy.
three, the salary of the Supervising Archi-
tect of the Treasury shall be five thousand
dollars per annum, and the salaries of the
Examine of Claims in the Department of
State, the Solicitor Of the Treasury. the
Commissioner of agriculture, the Commits
.ioner of Customs. the auditors of the
Treasury, the Commissioner Of the General
Land Office the Commissioner of Pensions.
and the assistant postmasters general. the
superintendent of the money order system.
and the superintendent of foreign mails Of
the Postotfce Department shall be four
thousand dollars each per annum: and the
salaries Of the two chiefs of the diplomatic
and Of the consular bureaus in the Depart.
ment of State, and of the chiefs OF the
bureaus CT accounts and Of indexes and
archives, shall be two thousand four hun
dred dollars each peraD1um; and a suiilclent
sum to carry into effect the provisions vi
this section TO the end of the fiscal year
ending June thirteth, eighteen hundred and
seventy four, is hereby appropriated.
SEC !. That the Attorney General shall
cause suit in equity to be instituted III
the name of the United States against the
Union Pacific Railroad Company. and
against all persons who may, in their own
names or through any agents. have SUB
ecribed for or received capital stock III sad
road, which stock has not been paid for III
full in money, or who may have rect wed,
as dividends or otherwise, portions OF the
capital stock Of said road. Or the proceeds
or avails thereof, other property of said
road, unlawfully and contrary to equity, or
who NAV have received as profits or pro-
ceeds of contracts for construction or
equipment of said road or other contracts
Herewith, moneys or other property which
ought, in equity, to belong to said railroad
corporation, or who may, under pretense
of having complied with the acts to which
this is an addition, have wrongfully and
unlawfully received from the United States,
bonds, moneys or lands. which ought, in
equity, to be accounted Tor and paid to
said railroad company or to the United
States, and to compel payment for said
stock, and the collection and payment OF
such moneys, and the restoration OF such
property, or it's value. either to SAID rail
road corporation or to the United States,
whichever shall in equity be held entitled
thereto. Said suit may be brought in the
circuit court in any circuit, and ali said par,
ties NAV be made defendants in one suit.