The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-05-03
OFFICIAL.
r Avs oETHE UNITED STATES PASSED
IL AT THE THIRD SESSION OF THE
FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
[GRSKRAL NAruRE-No. o6 ]


year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundr
and seventy-four, and for other purposes
Be IL enacted By the Senate and House of Rep
seftdtiues Of the United States of America in IN
gress assembled. That the following sums !
and the same are hereby, appropriated for Il
objects hereinafter expressed, TOR the fiscal We,
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and Sc
~nty-four, namely
PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING.
Tor the public printing for the public bindin
al for paper for the public printing two mi
lion dollars, and of the sum hereby appropriate
printing ana binding may be done by the Cor
gressional Printer to the amounts foloWin
namely
For the Court of Claims, fourteen thousan
dollars for the Department of State, twenty
live thousand dollars; for the treasury Depart.
ment. three hundred and twenty five thousand
dollars; for the War Department one hundred
thousand dollars for the Navy department
eighty-fve thousand dollars; for the Intero
department, Two hundred and twenty thousant
dollars; for the agricultural department, twent,
thousand dollars: for The Department, Of Juiic,
and the Attorney Generals Office ten Thousand
dollars for the supreme Court of the United
STATES, twenty Ave thousand dollars for the
supreme court Of the District OF Columbia, one
Thousand dollars for the Post-O Office
Department one hundred and seventy five
thousand dollars; and for both houses
OF Congress, one million dollars; and the
amounts herein designated for the sever.
al Executive Departu ents may be distribu
ted to the bureaus thereof at the discretion Of Inc
mead OF each Department, who shall certify
last proyiso to he act providing for printing and
reporting the debates in Congress, approved
April second, eighteen hund ed and seventy.two,
is hereby repealed: Provided That until a con-
tract Is made, the debates shall be printed by
the Congressional Printer, under the direction of
the Joint Committee on Public Printing on the
part of the Senate.
FOR printing the preparatory circulars and for
printing and binding. at the Government Print
ing ONCE the report of lIfe-insurance statistics
mace under authority of. the Eight international
statistical Congress, by William Barnes a dele
gate from the United States in accoI dance with
the plan OF publication adopted at the said con-
gress, under the directon of the Secretary of
state, three Thousand five hundred dollars
FOR nthographing, mapping and engraving
Tor beth Houses.of Congress, the supreme Court,
ana the Court of claims fifty thousand dollars
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
FOR LIFE-sAvfSG STATIONS.
For salaries Of two superin tendents of the
NE saving stations on the coasts of Long Island
and New Jersey, at one thousand five hundred
dollars each, three thousand dollars, and for
one superintendent on the coasts of Cane Cod
ana OF Block Island, Rhode Island, one thous.
and dollars,
For four keepers of stations, at two hundred
dollars each, ten thousand eight hundred dol. |
lars. wv
For seventeen keepers of stations. Mt two HIM. |
greg dollars each, three thousand four hundred |
For ten keepers of stations mt two hundred |
aoliars each, two thousand dollars
az = ,..t,. 9, res OF experienced surf-men at
.aly u "a. ie-saiy may deem necessary and
proper, eighty-fve thousand dollars.
:, FOR establishing new life. saving stations on
thousand dollars ->,' |
For contingencies of life-saving st ations on
ne coast Oh the United States, fifteen thousand
tnd hereby is authorized to establish signal sta.
ions, at Lighthouses at such or the life-sayine
t ~ ON the lake or sea coasts may be
uitably located for that purpose and to con-
lect the same with such points as may be neces. |
AIRY for the proper discharge of the signal sery-
&c by means of a suitable telegraph-ine in cases
maintained, and worked under the direction OF | )
ne Chief Signal Officer of the Army or the !,
secretary OF War and the Secretary of the | !,
and the use of the life sa wing stations
9 manifestations shall be subject to such regu- .
atoms as may be agreed upon by said officiais. :
md The sum of thirty thousand dollars is
!
RRvENUR-oUrTER SERVICE.
For pay OF thirty four captains, one hundred 4
na one ieufepants. and sixty-three engineers /
nd pilots employed, three hundred and sixtv- | =
ne Thousand three hundred dollars
FOR rat1ons for officers Thirty. four captains :,
ae nurdred and one lieutenansts, sixty three O
lgineers and pilots, twenty five thous and Ave
andred and eighty three dollars and forty II
For pay of crews: Eight hundred and sixty =
etty officers, seamen, cooks, stewards, bows. n
'ai passers, and fireinen, two hundred and r
ghtv,two thousand Sc ven hundred and forty
ght dollars 5s J.tei '-N--s''
For rations for crews: Eight hundred and :,
KY petty officers seamen, ste wards bows coal a,
lssers, ana nremen two hundred and ninety. :,
t ,in thousand seven hundred and forty EIGHT :
uons, al fhirty- three cents, including the | \,
luor equivalent ninety.eight thousand Ave | n
,nnred ana eighty.seven dollars. I- :.
or isei ior thirty eight vessels, repairs and -
tnts for same, shipchandery and eneineers' =,
pres ior same, travelling expenses of officers ~
avelliDg on duty under orders from the Trea ~ =,
~ department, communication Of quarters, dr.
q cOntllR9nt /
wage, dockage freight, advertising and sur. ~
VS., ana miscellaneous expenses which cannot 81
in n;. under special heads, two hundred =
d sixty thousand dollars. =,
MARINE HosPIrAL SERVICE III
For supplying deficiency in the fund for the Sc
lief OF sick and disabled seamen, one hundred AZ
ousand dollars and the Secretary of the VI
easury Is hereby authorized, in his discretion, ca
sell the marine hospital grounds and ambush. tn
east-Iron hospital buildings, located in the
OF New Orleans, Louisiana, and out of the ga
'ceeds OF said sale to purchase u more health DE
site for a marine hospital, alta point which on
VI De convenient of access to and from the port by
New orleans, and 10 erect thereon a pavilion tel
rine hospital Of one hundred and fifty bed vic
)aclly, with the necessary auxiliary struc- be
es, IN accordance with designs to be prepared WI
the Supervising Architect, to the satisfaction Al
the supervising Surgeon Of the marine -hospi. thu
service, and approved by the Secretary of the sci
easury Provided, That said site and payil- tito
hospitai ehaii IN no event cost more than the obs
, punt received from the sale of the hospital m,
grounds which are hereby authorized to be
And provided further, That in case the it ,
terals of the iron hospital buildings can with Sts
'antage De used In the construction of other the
eminent buildings now being erected. said jec
terias may be SO used and the amount of the col
ney value threof, which shall be Determined | the
.ne secretary OF the Treasury, is hereby APP Sn
prated, for The purposes of the new ted
pitai, out OF any moneys in the Treasury not I
erWlse appropriated. at
NATIONAL CURRENCY san
or paper, engraving printing, express charges for
other expenses of making and issuing ma
national currency, one hundred thousand for
lars ~.
notes Of national bap an ma.ated eircaia Sta
engraving and preparing in such ms nner and All
'ucn paper and OF such form and design as snn
Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. AND
circulating notes for such associations to the
ace notes or design and denomination NOW
'essiully counterfeited, six hundred thousand
ars Provided. That each of said national
bng associations shall reimburse the II
suIy Inc costs OF the circulating notes Lou
,r ~, = uiuei tnis proVision Incl
- eApenses IN uetecung ana bringing to trial doll
PUNISHMENT persons engaged in counterfelt- ~
treasury notes, bonds, national bank notes ds
coinage thereof and for dse ssnlss ot iaa
ds upon the government one hundred and nese
nty' five thousand dollars. dent
JUDICIARY. doll
IT defraying the ex nensas of ~ a oo,r,se.. FL
ted States, including the District OF Column "a 1
in which the unted statas nc opns "a FL
resolutions for off noes committed against sas,
United States; for the safe keeping of az X
ohers and for the expenses which NAV be rs
rreu IN the eDforcem ent of the act relative iauu
le rgnt OF citzens to vote, of February o' E