Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-03

sions two thSEipa re nse tSo thcnsand hTe
h,,S-.s dollars; for additional compensation
S.Gur surgeons. now receiving one thousand
Two hundred dollars per snnum, TO De one
two thousand four hundred dollars; making IN
all, seven thousand four hundred dollars, the
same TO be Immediately available.
SEC. .. That the incorporated balance OF tne
appropriation of one million dollars Tor pay
nent of any balance due, or TO be foand due,
during the fiscal year ending june thlrSesn,
for costs, charges, and expenses, contemplated
and provided for I'm and by the act approved
July twenty-seyenth, eighteen hundred ana
sixty-one. being an act entitled sAn act 10 in
| demnify certain States for expenses incurred
| by them in enrolling, equipping and transport
| ing troops for the defense OF the United states
during the war of the late rebellion" is hereby
reapTropriated FOR the service OF the fiscal year
| June thrtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
| SIC s. That sum sufficient % pay the
| amounts due respectively TO the topogTapher,
and to the assistant carpenter of the Post-ohice
| Department, and the superintendent OF the
Post Office building, under the provisions OF the
s'act to revise, consolidate, and amend the stat
utes relating to the Post 0fice Department"
| approved june eighth, eighteen hundred and
| seventy-tw is hereby Appropriated; and to pay
| William NJ. Ireland and j. NJ McGrew for pre-
| pairing regulations and instructions for the use
| of the Post-Ofice Department under the new
| postal code, the sum OF one thousand dollars
| each is hereby appropriated.
| To supply deficiency IN the appropriation Tor
| registered package envelopes for the Post
| once Department for the fiscal year ending
| June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
two, eleven thousand and ffty-three dollars and
| two cents.
For balance on salaries of postmssters for the
| year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
| and seyenty-three, one hundred and eighty
| four thousand dollars.
| To enable the Postmaster-Genera to pay
the, expenses incurred in eighteen hundred
| ard siXty-siN in fitting up the post-ofice at
| Charleston, South Carolina, one thousand foar
hundred and thirty dollars and five cents.
SEC. 1. That the following amounts, or 50
much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby
appropriated for the follOwlng-named officers
and Departments for purchase OF postage
stamps for during the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
four:
For Executive office, six hundred dollars; for
| Department of State, eighty-three THOUSAND
dollars; for Post Office Department, eight hun
bred thousand dollars; for Treasury Depart
ment, five hundred and four thousand dollars:
for Navy Department, thirty eight thousand
dollars; for Interior Department, two hundred
and twenty thousand dollars; for Agricultural
Department, ffty-two thousand dollars; tor
| Department OF Justice, fifteen thousand dollars;
for War Department, one hundred and fifty
| three thousand dollars; for offices of the Clerk
| OF the House of Representatives, the Secretary
| of the Senate, and the Sergeant at Arms OF the
| House of Representatives, one hundred dollars
| each; making, in all, one million eight hundred
| and sixty-five thousand and nine hundred dol
lars: Provided, That the PostmaSter-General
| shall cause to be prepared a special stamp or
| stamped envelope, TO be used only for Official
| mail ma tier, for each of the Executive Depart
| ments; and said stamps and stamped envelopes
| shall be supplied by the proper officer Of said
Departments to all persons under its direction
| recurring the same for official use: and all
| appropriations for postage heretofore made
shall no longer be available for said purpose;
| and all said stamps and stamped envelopes
shall be sold or furnished 10 said several Depart
ments or clerks only at the price FOR which
stamps ard stamped envelopes OF like value are
sold at the several post-offices.
| Charles
W. Meehan, assistant librarian, fer the month
OF July, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, 70
| be paid 10 Mary NJ. Meehan, his widow, two
| hundred and ten dollars and sixty cents.
SEC. 3. That there shall be appointed an as
siStant treasurer of the United States, 10 be
located in the city OF Cincinnati, in the State OF
| Ohio; and one TO be located in the city of Chi
cago, the State of Illinois; and such assistant
| treasurers shall be appointed in like manner
for like time, and be subject to all the provisions
| of law TO which the other assistant treasurers or
| the United States are subject.
| SEC. 6. That there shall be prepared within
. the custom house Of the city OF Cincinnati, in
| the State Of Ohio, and within the custom house
TO be erected in the city of Chicago, in the State
of Illinois. suitable and convenient rooms for
the use of the assistant trcasurers herein au-
thoriZed. and sufficient and secure ire-prOof
vaults and safes Tor the keeping of the pub
| lie moneys collected and deposited with them;
| and the said assistant treasurers shall have the
| custody and care of said rooms, vaults, and
safes, respectively, and of such other rooms,
| vaults, and safes a. may be temporarily assigned
| to them, or either OF them, by the Secretary of
| the Treasury, and of the public moneys de-
posted therein; and they shall perform all the
| duties required to be performed by other United
States assistant treasurers in reference to the
receipt. safe keeping, transfer, and d.sburse-
| ment of such moneys: Prorfied, That the
rooms, vaults, and safes now used by the United
States designated depositaries at Cincinnati
ohio, and Chicago, Illinois. shall be set apart
for the purposes named in this section, as far
ana ne long AS they may be applicable and con-
venient.
SEC. 7. That upon the appointment and quail
fcation of said assistant treasurers, the Secre-
tary of the Treasury shall revoke the designs
lions as depositcrs OF the United States of the
surveyor of customs at Cincinnati and the coll
lector of customs at Chicago and shall direct
property, and public moneys in the Offices OF
the said repositories to the offices of the said
assistant treasurers, respectively.
| SEC. & That the assistant treasurers author
| lied by this act to be appointed shall receive
salary of five thousand dollars each per annum,
to be paid quarterly yearly at the treasury Of
their services; and sufficient amount to paw
said salary until June thirtieth, eighteen hum
dred and ssyenty-tour: is hereby appropriated.
| provided for may, with the approval of the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury, appoint the same num-
Der Of clerks and messengers in their respective
Offices, and at the same Compensation, as i now
| provided by law for the Offices of the United
States depositaries at Cincinnati and Chicago
moneys heretofore appropriated, or that NAV
hereafter be appropriated, for the payment of
| the clerks and messengers appointed i'm the
offices OF the assistant treasures created by this
| act.
SEC. 10. That there shall be appropriated and
paid, out OF any money in the Treasury not 9TH
| erwise appropriated, the sum of five thousan nd
dollars, to be expended, under the direction of
the Secretary of the Treasury, in such repairs
and additions as may be necessary to put in
good condition for immediate use the Offices,
rooms, vaults, and safes herein mentioned, or
such Others as may be temporarily assigned to
| the assistant treasurer at Chicago, illinois, and
In the purchase OF any necessary additional fur
| niture and fixtures, and in defraying any other
incldentai expenses necessary TO carry this act
into effect. tApproved, March 3, 1873.
| GENERAL NATURE-No. ST.
AN ACT making appropriations for the support
| OF the army for the year ending June thir-
tleth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four.
| BE u enacted ty the Senate and House Of Repre-
SIGNATURES Of the United States Of America in Con.
| gress assembled, That the following sums be,
ana the same are hereby, appropriated, out of
any moneys in the treasury not otherwise ap-
/ prOpIiated, for the sunnarf of the arnu for lii a