Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-01-10
oFEIoINA.
law = OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at ths Second Session Of As FoTty-seoond
- Congress.

ltEHnhAL GhTDhhI NO. 1885,
AN ACT making appropriations for surdry civil ex
penses OF the government for the fiscal year end.
Ing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy.
three, and for other purposes. .-
10 q enacted By the Senate and House Of RepTeasE-
tips Of the United States Of Anerca IN eongress
senlbLed, That the following sums be, and the same
hereby @ t & lpr vas, tas o6eesd here1a
teth, eighteen hundred and seventy-threes viz:
sr. MISCELLANEOUS.
For vautts safes and locks for public buidlnRa
under the control Of the Treasury Department, one
For photographing, engraving and printing plans
Of public buildings under control of the Treasury
Department, nve Thousand dollarss
Fer repairs and preservation OF all public build
lnga under the control of the Treasury Department
two hundred thousand dollars
TO enable the Secretary OF the Treasury TO pay ID
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
thdnsand six hundred dollars.
To pay Charles W. SeatUn for the relinquishment
OF all claim against the United States for the use OF
the ninth or any subsequent census, OF his inyenL
~ Of tallying machine, for which letters patent
were ellowedby theIUnitei States Patent-Ofce Feb
TuAry seventeenth eighteen hunered and seventy
two, fifteen thousand dollars.
SUPERVISING IEsPscr0Hs OF sTBAM-vsssELs.
Fer carrying out the provisions OF the act for che
better protection OF the lives of passengers
sells propelled IN whole or in part by steam and
Of the acts amendatory thereof the following sums,
For salaries of steamboat inspectors: Payment OF
salaries of supervising Inspector general supervil
n u iaspectors local assisau Inspector
and olerkeone hundred and slxty-nve thousand four
Contingent expenses Of steamboat inssection ser.
vice. ExpeRBes OF Instruments STATIONERY, meetings
Of board Of supervising inspectors. mileage, of sui
pefvisiDg inspectors, Rt one thousand dollars each!
and otfeT miscellaneous expenses, ninety-one thon-
sand dollars. ~ eA7
under existing laws oontractors for carrying the
malls for services rendered prior 20 July rat eighl
teen hundred and slxty-nine thEtsen Thousand four
TO pay Edward r. Ferguson his salary as SUPER
vsing inspector OF steamboats,, from March third
eighteen hundred and seventy-one, 10 May twen+
tysecond, eighteen hundred and seventy -one, four
hundred and twenty-eight dollars and fifty seven
For loss and expense involved in the recoinaRe Of
gold coins In the treasury which are below standard
weight, under such regulations az the Secretary Of
ne treasury may psescriDe, one hundred ana nfty
To defray under the direction of the Secretary of
the Treasury, the expenses Of redeeming and re-iB
suing the minor coinage ofthe United States, twen-
ty Thousand dollars, Pursuant to the act of March
much of the same as may be necessary to be
available for expenses incurred during the present
1scal year. o. t''.
officers and crew OF tbeUnited States steamer Kear-
SARGE for the destruction OF the rebel cruiser Aaba
ma under the provisions of an act entitled san act
for the reief OF the ocers and crew of the United
stases stss%e5 spPr0yyed Apf seven
dred and sixty thousand seven hundred and seventy
two dollarssand sixty-twO cents.
That the sum OF fifteen thousand dollars be appr0-
tube operated by hollow spheres or otherwise, from
the Capitol, along North Capitol street TO the Cow
hooks, packages etc, to be expended under the di.
recon OF the Secretary OF the Interior and the work
70 be done under Che supervision OF the architect Of
To enable the secretsrp OF the Navy to re-em.
burse the funeral expenses OF the late Admiral Dav
ID e. Farragut two thousand dollars, to be paid To
PUBLIC WORKS.
UNDER THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT..
a. PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Treasury building, washington, District OF Co.
lumbia; For annual repairs and improvements,
fifteen Thousand dollars: and for improvements
and repairs OF heating apparatus nine thousand dol
For continuation of the construction of the build
Ing for custom-house at Charleston, South Caro-
ma, one hundred thousand dollars.
For continuation OF the construction OF the build
Ing for post ofice and court house, at Columbia,
South Carolina, nifty thousand dollars.
For paving, grading, and fencing the approaches
to the building for custom house at Mschias Maine
For continuation of the construction of the build
ing for custom house at New Orleans, Louisiana,
three hundred thousand dollars,
For continuation OF the construction of the buIld.
Ing OF post Oflice and court house at Omaha Ne
braska, one hundred thousand dollars.
For continuation OF the extension of the building
for court house and post-ofce at Baltimore, Mary
land, O ty thousand dollara. u
For continuation OF the construction of the build
ing for the Department OF State Washington, Dis
trct OF Columbia, eight hundred thousand dollars /
partments, four hundred thousand dollars: PrSpidsd,
That all appropriations for public buildings under
the Treasury Department shall hereafter be availa-
taining such appropriations
To commence the erection of building ~ Cincin-
natl, OhO, for the accommodation of the United
States courts, custom-house United States depOs-
tory post -oDice Internal revenue and pension Off
ces sad ior tae purchase At private sale or by con-
cost OF completion OF which building 10 hereby linn
tied to two million two hundred aud nfty thousand
dollars Inclusive OF The cost OF the site of the
same) seven hundred thousand dollars; and the act
OF March twelve eighteen hundred and seVenty-twOI
authorizing the purchase Of q site therefore, is |
hereby so amended to limit the cost or the
site TO sum not exceeding five hundred thousand
To commence the erection of building at Hart. ii
ford, Connecticut, for the accommodation of the Il
rnSt0m- house. post office, pension-ofiice, United
hue offices, one hundred thousand dollars.
TO commence tee erection of 1re-proof building II
at Albany, New York for the accommodation OF the
lStom-h0use post-oflce, United States circuit and
district courts and internareVenue Offices, one hun
For paving, grading and fencing the approaches
70 the new custom house and court house build |
ng at Ogdensbargh, New York, three Thousand dol
lars. . Ai...4l.- 1
For the erection of an addition to the building at
indianapolis belonging to the United States, for the
lurthcr accommodation CT the United States courts,
pOst-oice, local lands fices, and internal revenue
aud pension offices, one hundred Thousand dollars |
n n te su1s hereby appropriated ior me construc-
atey upon the approval OF this act and the balan
ej Of appropriations for the current fiscal year for
nv III
lr0 OF the Treasury Department which may remain /
Inexpended AZ the close of the current fiscal year.
arc hereby reappropfiated for the fiscal year end
r. lg june teirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
For necessary furniture and outfit for the post
)lllce end sub-treaBury building at Boston, and for 4
, cparng the approaches thereto. ffty thousand |
iuars, TO be paid out Of the appropriation already
made. ". l.D
10 purchase additional ground adjoining the site
y the building occupied for the purposes OF Bnited
states courthouse and postoflice Madison, Wiscon-
ill eleven tn0lBAnn dollars 1
For machtnery andsappRIatuH for the new branch
nlnt building at San Francisco California, one hun
lred and sixty thousand dollars
LIGHTHOUSES, BEAOoks AOD FOO SIGNALS
Burnt Coat HarbOr light-station: For TWO beacon |
lRhts, TO serve as range on the coast of Maine
thousand dollars, and any balance of the appropria
ioh OF ten Thousand dollars made by act 81 March |
hrdl eighteen hundred and seyenty.one, that may
enlan In the treasury June thireth, eighteen hum
lred ana seventJ-two
For steam tOg-signal on Seguln Island at the
mouth Of the kennehec river, on the coast OF Maine
i've Thousand dollars. Y
For light house at Wood End, Provncetown har-
70 Massachusetts q teen thOusauddollars.
For orre-establishing and settiug up two small bea-
on-llghts In the harbor Of Newburyport. the site |
y one o. which has been washet by storm. ten
thousand dollars.
For steam fog-signal at Beaver-Tail light station
ars,
For erecting portable beacon at Bullocks point
m the east side OF Providence river, Rhode Island,
me thousand dollars.
For tog-bel for Newport Harbor light station,
fhode Gland eight hundred dollars y |
Foa establishment q steam fOg-slRnal ut Point Ju-
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