The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-01-22

further street railroads shall be laid down in The CITY
of Washington without the consent of Congress
t? pay the board of public works of the District
of Columbia the proportion of the cost properly paw
able by the United STATES government for the filling
OF the canal from Seventh street west and of the
cost OF the ntercepting sewer along the canal ad-
Joining the sproperty of the Unite States govern
heht, SAID work being under the direction of the
poara OF public works. siXty-eght thousand three
huhureu anu slXty-ve dollars, much thereof as
may be necessary: Provided, That allxpayments
made under this and the preceding appropriation
shall be made only upon vouchers approved by the
officer in charge of the public buildings and grounds
OF the District; and portion of the money here
with appropriated shall be used for any other pllr-
pose whatever than the purpose that named in the
said last two paragraphs And the land made by the
filling up OF the said canal is hereby declared to be
the property of The United States And the said ap-
propriatons shall be construed to create or i'm
ply any obligation the part of the United States,
in any respect whatever in future.
For payment of the messengers of the respective
States for conveying to the seat of government the
votes of the electors of said States for President and
Vice-President Of the United States, twenty-five
thousand dollars. ,once
with recommendation of the special comnissloIi
proved by the Secretary of the Treasury WV -i"'
dred thousand dollars. ,o,oa for ,,uhl;c
buildings under the control of the IiGisy Dep'a'
ment, hundred and my ;scellaneoms iean, fr
For incl liohts water, ana hiisceHd.eous Items LOT
hi hidiggs Under the control of the Treasury
PRanartmert +. Two hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars. ,,,orot,,s for nuh,ic h,,la;nr, ,,,,ao.
+b Control Of the Treasury Department, seventy-ve
eur vaults safes and locks for public bu;ldin,s
under the control of the Treasury Department. one
hundred thousand dollars.
For photograph1ng, engraving, and printing Dlans
of public buildings under control of the Treasury
Department, five thousand dollars.
For pay OF custodians and anitors of public build
nss under the control of the Treasury Department
one hundred and twenty-five Thousand dollars.
For repairs and preservation of all public build
Jugs uuder the control Of the Treasury Department
two hundred thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to
the city of Charlestown Massachusetts the expense
incurred by said city in curbng and paving the side
walks and streets adjacent to the navy-yard, one
thousand six hundred dollars.
To pay Charles W. Seaton for the REIMBURSEMENT
of all claim against the United States for the al
the ninth or any subsequent census, of his invention
of tallyng machine for which letters patent were
allowed by the United States Patent-Ofce February
seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sevenUy-two if
| teen thousand dollars
| SUPERVISING INSPECTORS OF STEAM VESSELS.
For carrying out the provisions of the act for the
better protection of the lives of passengers on
sells propelled in whole or In part by steam, and o
the acts anendatory thereof the following sums viz
For salaries of steamboat inspectors: Payment o.
salaries of supervising inspector general supervising
inspectors, local inspectors assistant inspectors
clerks, one hundred and siXty-iiye thousand foul
| hundred dollars.
| Contingent expenses OF steamboat inspection ser
vice: Expenses of instruments, stationery meeting
of board of supervising inspectors, mileage of su
vervsing inspectors, at thousaI dollars each
and other miscellaneous expenses, ninety thou
| sand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay un
der existing laws contractors for carrying tile mail
for services rendered prior to July FIRST eighteen hun
bred and y-nine thirteen thousand four hundred
and sixteen dollars.
| To pay Edward r. Ferguson his salary as super
vising inspector of steamboats,, from March third
| eighteen hundred and seventy-one, to May twenty
second, eighteen hundred and seventy-one four hun
Dire and twenty-eght dollars and ffty-seven cents
For loss and expense involved in the recoinage O
| which ire atop1 arf
weight, under such regulations the Secretary
| the Treasury may prescribe, one hundred and fit,
To defray under the direction of the Secretary o
the treasury, the expenses of redeeming and re
| issuing the minor coinage of the United States
| twenty thousand dollars, pursuant to the act o
| March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, a
much of the same as may be necessary to be availa
BILE for expenses occurred during the present fsca
year.
To enable the Secretary of the Navy to nav to tn,
officers and crew Of the United States steamer Kear
sarge, for the destruction of the rebel cruiser Ala
bama, under the provisions of an act entitled car
act for the relief of the officers and crew of the Unit
ed states steamer kearsarge" approved April sew
hundred and sixty thousand seven hundred and sew.
enty-two dollars and sxty-two cents.
That the sum OF fifteen thousand dollars be appro.
priated for the purpose of constructing pneumatic
tube, operated by hollow spheres or otherwise from
the Capitol along North Capitol street, to the gov
books, packages etc, to be expended under the Ill
rection OF the Secretary Of the Interior, and tn,
work to be done under the supervision of the archi
tect OF the Capitol extension.
To enable the Secretary of the Navy to reimburs
the funeral expenses of the late Admiral David q
widow.
.- PUBLIC WORKS.
UNDER THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Treasury building, Washington, District of Colum
bia: For annual repairs and improvements fifteel
thousand dollars; for improvements and repairs o
heating apparatus, nine thousand dollars.
For continuation of the construction of the build
ing for cusom-housa at Charleston South Carolina
one hundred thousand dollars.
For continuation of the construction of the build
ing for post-of1ice and courthouse at Columbia
South Carolina, fifty thousand dollars.
For paving, grading and fencing the approaches
to the building for custom-house at Machias
Maine, two thousand dollars
For continuation of the construction of the build.
ing for eustom-house at New Orleans, Louisiana
three hundred thousand dollars.
For continuation of the construction of the build.
ing for post-ofice and courthouse ct Omaha Ne.
braska, one hundred Thousand dollars 1''
For continuation of the extension of the building
for courthouse and post-ofice at Baltimore Mary,
land, fifty thousand dollars.
For continuation of the construction of kuilding
for the Department of State, Washington Distr ici
Of Columbia, eight hundred thousand dollars: Fol
ments, four hundred thousand dollars: Prorided
Ihat all appropriations for public buildings under
the treasury Department shall hereafter be availa-
PIE immediately upon the approval of the acts con-
tanning such appropriations.
10 commence the erection of building at Gin
cinnati Ohio, for the accommodation of the United
States courts, custom-house, United States deposit
ory post-ofce, internal revenue and pension Offices
and FOR the purchase at private SALE by conemna-
lon OF ground for sight therefor the entire cost of
completion of which building is hereby limited at
two millions two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
qnclusye of the cost of the site of the same seven
hundred thousand dollars; and the act of Ma, CHI
twelve, eighteen hundred and and seventv-two an
thorlzlng the purchase of site therefor is hereby
so amended as to limit the cost of the site to y
sum not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars
To commence the erection of a building at Hart
lord Connecticut for the accommodation Of the cus-
tom-house, post-ofice, penson-ofee, United States
circuit and district courts, and internal revenue
Offices, one hundred thousand dollars.
To commence the erection of fire-proof building
at Albany, New York, for the accommodation of the
custom-house pos,-oice, United States circuit and
Hisulict courts, ana internal revenue offices, one
For paving, grazing and fencing the approaches to
the new custom house and court house building at
0gdensburgh, New York, three thousand dollars.
For the erection of an addition to the BUILDING at
Indianapolis, belonging to the United StatNs for the
further accommodation of the United States courts
post-once, local land-offices, and internal revenue
and pension offices, one hundred thousand dollars
ana the sums hereby appropriated for the construc-
ton of public buildings shall be available Immediate
y upon the approval of this act and the balances of
appropriations for the current fiscal year for the con-
struction of public buildings under the control of
tne treasury department., winch may remain
expended at the close of the current fiscal year. are
hereby reapproprated for the fiscal year ending june
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three.
T VI necessary FURNITURE ana outfit for the post
office and snb-treasury building at Boston, and for
preparing the approaches thereto fifty thousand dol
made. "Ff-'P''''Aoh ''ieedS
To purchase additional ground adjoining the site
St te building occupied for the purposes Of United
& I tnouse and post-oce, Madison Wiscon-
tor ,maaemnery and apparatus for the new branch
mint buliclng at San Francisco California ono %nn
dred and sixty thousand dollars INV iu"-
LIGHTHOUSES, BEACoNS, AND FoG-sIGNA1s
Burnt Coat Harbor light-station: For two beacon-
lights, to serve as range the coast of Maine fen
thousand dollars and any balance of the annronri-
alton OF ten thousand dollars made by act OF March
third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one that NAV
remain in the treasury June thirtieth eighteen hun
dred and seventy-two.
For steam fog-signal on Seouin island at +ba
mouth of the kennebec river, on the coast of Maine
five thousand dollars '
, For a lighthouse at Wood-End, Proyincetown har-
Dor, Massachusetts,, fifteen thousand dollars
for re-establshing aud setting up two small bea-
con-Ights IN the harbor of Newburyport the site of
lars. ~ i wv
For steam fog-signal at Beaver-Tail light-station
on the coast of Rhode Island five thousand dollars
For erecting portable beacon at BuIlock's nont
on the east side of Providence river Rhode Island
one thousand dollars. -'
For fog-bell for Newport Harbor Jigb+-.to+io,
Rhode Island, eight hundred dollars '''''''-''
For establishment of steam fog-sienal at Point
judith lighr-station coast of Rhode Island Ave
Thousand dollars. AN' A'e
For completing the light house at Long Beach bar
Gardiner bay, Long Island sound, according to the
original design, twenty thousand dollars
For protecting the site for the Block island upbt
station, one Thousand eight hundred dollars.
For lighthouse and steam fog-signoJ at tho
southefly END OF Blockley island, entrance TO Long