The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-05-13
MISCELLANEOUS

tents of public lands for The President. for the
l niot Of june, July, August, and September
lars. -'"'' NV
To pay Alexander Lynch for services rendered ~
Inn as clerk OF the select committee 10 railroad
matters connected with the Union rs1ant To
company, the Credit Mobilier appoiih.et bteen HIM
d House resolution Of Ja6uarg hundred sldr dollars
To nav John e. Merritt for services as MESSENGER
OF the Senate July first s,ie6teen hundred and
as by resolution Of the Sen
ate passed tenth e, pd forty dollars
two, iabie the Secretary of the Interior to pay
~, 10 w Wright for rent of building, under lease
Johdd Nav twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
hrteen thousand five hundred dollars; to enable the
Secretary of the interior to pay John w. Wright for
bniIdiugs under lease dated June second, eighteen
bnndrei and seventy, two thousand six hundred dol
lars; and TO pay John W. Wright and Thomas Lewis
for rent of buldncs under lease dated June second
eighteen hundred and seventy, one Thousand five hum
bred dollars, making the total sum of seventeen
thousand six hundred dollars.
certain temporary clerks in his Office for the remain
der of the current fiscal year. twelve thousand EIGHT
hundred end sxty-nine dollars. eA'
For tins eam9unt, or SO much thereof as may be
necessary, Tor the construction of a wacon-road Inv
which supplies may be transported from a point on
inc Northern Pacific railway, in the State of Mime
sofa, known as Red Lake Crossing to the Red Lake
Branch OF the agency for the Chippewa Indians of
the MISSISSIPPI, five thousand dollars
INDIAN BUREAU.
=, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby an
tnorZed and directed to transfer from the proceeds
OF sale of the Usage Indian lands i'm Kansas made
IN accordance with the twelfth section of the act of
congress approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred
anu seventy, the sum of one million six hundred and
nifty thousand six hundred dollars, much there
CT as may be necessary to pay for lands purchased
by the Osasges from the Cherokees and to place the
same on books of his Department to the credit of
the Cherokee Indians the shall bear inter est Mt
the rate of five per cent in accordance with the ACT
OF Congress approved June fifth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-two, entitled can act to confirm to the
Great and Little Usage Indians, reservation in the
Indian Territory" and the acts of Congress- and
treaties therein mentioned and referred to- whenever
the amount to be so transferred shall be certified to
the said Secretary of the Treasury by the Secretary
OF the Interior: Provided, That nothing herein con-
tanned shall be construed in any manner changing
the provisions of section four of the act makng APP
preparations for the current and contingent expenses
OF the Indian department. and for fulfilling treaty
stpulations with various Indian tribes for the year
ending June thirtieth eighteen hundred and seventy
four, and for other purposes"
For this amount, to be paid to the Usage Indians,
being interest at five per cent per annum in accord
ance with section twelve Of the act approved July
fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, upon the
net avas of Usage trust and diminished lands
sold by the United States prior to November first,
eighteen hundred and seventy-two, one hundred and
hve thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars and
seventy-one cents.
For this amount or 50 much thereof as may be
necessary to make up deficiency in the appropriation
for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seyentythree, for the subsistence and
support Of "Sioux OF different tribes, including San
tee Sioux in the State of Nebraska, and POncas in
the great Sioux reservation and families of Santee
Dakota Sioux who hsve taken homesteads at or near
Flandreau, in Dakota Territory % three hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
For the following amounts, or so much thereof as
may be necessary TO meet deficiencies in the appro-
priatons for the year ending June thrtieh eighteen
hundred and seventy-thre For the general inciden-
tai expenses of the Indian service in California ten
thousand dollars in Utah, ten thousand dollars; in
Nevada, ten thousand dollars in Dakota, five thou
sand dollars; and in Montana five thousand dollars
amounting in all, to forty Thousand dollars.
For fulfilling treaty with the Menomonee tribe Of
Indians, EelnP amount errOneOuSly carried to the
surplus fund.- for fiscal year ending June thirtieth
eighteen hundred and seventy-one, seven thousand
four hundred and eighty -nine dollars.
For this amount, or so much thereof as may be
CURED for the purchase from the Mississippi bands
White Earth reservation in Minnesota, for the use
and bsneft of the Pembina band of Chppewas,
twenty-five thousand collars.
For this amount or so much thereof as may be
necessary, to aid and assist the Chppcwas of the
Pembina band in establishing themselves upon tho
White Earth reservation in Minnesota, ten thousand
dollars.
For this amount, or 50 much thereof as may be
necessary, to meet the deficiency in the appropria-
ton for the fiscal year ending juno thirteth egh-
teen hundred and seventy three to subsst and prop
erly care for the Apache Indians in Arizona and
reservations in New Mexico and Arizona: Provided,
That this appropriation shall he expended only in
Deha OF those Indians whe go and remain upon said
reservations, and refrain from hostiites one hum
bred and fifty thousand dollars
The Secretary OF the Treasury is hereby authorized
to transfer from the proceeds OF sales of public lands
one hundred and seventyfour thousand five hundred
and orty-eight dollars and eghtythree cents to tho
credit Of the appropriation, "Fnlfllng treaty with
having been received from the sale of the Stockbridge
and Mansee Indian lands and having been errone-
OF public lands.
10 enable the Secretary of War, according to the
act upon that subject passed at the present session
pressing Indian hostties in the Territory of Mon
tana in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seyen
to the persons entitled thereto the claims reported
General a nd tba
visions of section ten of act entitled San act max
ing appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the
ending June the thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy" approved July fifteenth eighteen hundred
and seventy; and for that purpose there is hereby
appropriated from any money in the treasury of the
United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum
of five hundred and thirteen thousand three hun
dred aud forty-three dollars Or much thereof as
may be necessary.
For this amount, Or much thereof as may be
Of the Arickare, Gros Ventre, and Mandan indians
at Fort Berthold agency, Dakota, to make up def
cheney in the appropriation for the fiscal ending
seventy-six thousand dollarsr
MISCELLANEOUS.
For introduction of shad into the rivers and lakes
of the United States to be expended under the Uni
ted States Commissioner OF Fish and Fisheries, ten
thousand dollars
For deficiency in the appropriation for folding
documents in the House Of Representatives, eight
To pay Rives and Bailey for reporting and the
publication Of the debates and proceedings of the
Eorty-second Congress, forty-two thousand dollars.
For the public printing fifty thousand dollars.
10 reiE: burse S. Wolf, recorder of deeds for the
District OF Columbia for certain books of record and
indexes purchased by him for the of his office in
the years eighteen hundred and seventy-one and
eighteen hundred and seyenty-two, one thousand six
hundred and fifty dollars.
To pay the last installment due W. H. Powell for
picture illustrative of Perrys victory, nine hundred
and five dollars.
To pay for five hundred copies of the proceedings of
the International Prison Reform Congress which as
sembled in London in July, eighteen hundred and
seventytwo, for the of the commissioner of tie
United States at said congress, one thousand five
hundred dollars.
For repair and improvement of the Congressional
Cemetery to be expended under the direction of and
vouchers to be approved by the officer in charge
of the District OF Columbia, two thousand dollars
To enable the board of heelth of the District of Co.
lumbia to perform the duties imposed upon them by
law, thirty mine thousand three hundred dollars
For completion of the building known as the Co.
lumba Hospital for Women: For steam-heating
apparatus for remodeng the upper stories in order
to have more rooms, and to ventilate the building
properly, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the purchase by the United States of the inter-
est of the District of Columbia in the present CITY,
hall building in Washington, now used solely for
government purposes, such sum as may be determ-
iued by three impartial appraisers to be selected by
the Secretary of the Interior not exceeding seventy
five thousand dollars the same to be applied by said
District only for the erection Of suitable building
for the District Offices and the governor and board Of
public works are authorized they deemit advisable
for that purpose, to make arrangements to secure
sufficient land fronting on Pennsylvania and Louisi
ana avenues, between Seventh and Ninth streets:
Prouided, That the government Of the United States
shall not be liable for any expenditures for said land
or for the purchase therefor or tor the build
ngs to be erected thereon and no land, or the use
thereof is hereby granted for the purpose Of erecting
any building thereon, for such building
For purchase and distribution Of valuable seeds,
being so much of the appropriation for the Depart
ment of Agriculture, for fiscal year ending June
thirtieh eighteen hundred and seventy-one erroue-
ously carried to the surplus fund.- thousand one
hundred and eighty dollars and ninety-two cents.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
For defraying expenses of the Supreme Court and
circuit and district courts of the United States in
Guiding the District of Columbia, and also for Jurors
and witnesses, and likewise for defraying the ex-
penses of suits in which the United States are con-
cerned, and prosecuting 0fenses committed against
the United States and for the safe keeping of prison
ers for fiscal year ending JUNE thirtieth eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, three hundred thousand
dollars.
For salaries of United States district Judges for
fiscal wear ending June thirteth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-two, one thousand six hundred and
ninety three dollars and eighty-seven ceuts.
For associate justices of the Supreme Court for the
fiscal wear ending June thrtieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy three fous thousand dollars.
For rent of the fifth story Of the building occupied
bv the Department OF Justice from January first to
June thirtieth, ghteen hundred and seyentythree,
two thousand dollars.
For fitting up rooms twenty-five, twenty three,
and twenty -four, aud connecting hail. in above build
ing and furnishing the same, one thousand dollars,