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LAWS
or THE
UNITED STATES
PASSED AT THE.
SECOND SESSION OF THE F0RTY-SEcoSD
CONGRESS.
1erurnAn,zA ruRE-No. 1881

fASbED Al
SECOND SESSION OF THE FoRTY-sECoSD
CONGRESS.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 1851 -, o,
AN ACT making appropriations FOR scal wear ending
June thirtieth eighteen huiidieN
three and for other purposes' ,,,se of ponr.-
Be it enacted 6y the Seate es Of 1merica in Con-
sssat,sss y That the following sums be- and the
same hereby Pro- pscaI wear endipg June r-
aIter ipbteen hundred and seventy tire viz:
'e'-' TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
FOR LIFE SAVING STATIONS.
For salaries OF two superintendents Of the life
saving stations on the coast of Long island and
Jersey, at one thousand five hundred dollars each,
theee thousand dollars; and for superintendent
the coast of Cape Cod, and Of Block island Rhode
Island, one thousand dollars.
For ffty-four keepers of stations, at two hundred
dollars each, ten thousand eight hundred dollars.
For pay of crews of experienced surf-men at such
stations and for such periods the Secretary of the
Treasury may deem necessary and proper, seventy
nine thousau al five hundred and twenty dollars
For compensation of seventeen keepers OF stations,
at two hundred dollars each, tn ce thousand four
hundred dollars.
For contingencies of life-saying stations on the
coast of the United States, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the est Enlistment of lio,saving stations on
the coasts of Cape Cod and Of Block island, Rhode
Island, fifty thousand dollars: Proctded That all
le-saving stations hereafter erected shall be erected
unuer the supervision OF Two Captains VI u0
service, to be designated by the Secretary OF the
Treasury, and to be under his direction.
z.s- REvENUE-cUTTER SERVICE.
Thirty-four captains, one hundred and one leu lieu
ten ,nts, and sxythree engineers and pilots
ed, three hundred and sixGy-one thousand tniee nN
bred dollars -. .o,,t,ins one
For ralons for officers Thrtyfour captains ors
hundred and one lietenants, sixty-threS enSii ond
and pilots. TWENTY-FIVE thousand live hunarea anu
eighty dollars and forty cents, frtvtwo pet
For pay of crews: nine hundred anu h fU coal-pas
sers an bremen two hundred and eishtyiour thou-
sand two hundred and ninety-twIb nireJ and f,rtv
two nefty otiicers seamen, cooks, stewards, boys,
coal-passers and firemen three hundred anu Iorty-
go Pp%"msand seven hundred aud seventy-two ra-
t;ons Of tbirty-four cents, including liquor equva-
lent one hundred and seventeen Thousand two hun
dred and twenty-five dollars and fortyeight cents.
For fuel for thirty-six vessels repairs and outfits
for same, ship-chandlery and engineers stores for
same travelling expenses of officers travelling on
dnJy under orders from the Treasury Department,
including wharfage, towage, dOckage freight adver-
Using surveys, ana SO forth, and miscellaneous ex-
penses which cannot be included under special heads
two hundred anu ninety thousand dollars.
MARINE-HosPITAL SERVICE.
For supplying deficiency in the fund for the relief
Of sick and disabled seamen, hundred and twen-
ty- i've thousand dollars Provided, That part of
this shall be used TO support any sick disabled
entitled to be received into marine hospital
by contract at the lowest bidder except when in the
Judgment of the Secretary Of the Treasury the ac-
ceptlnce of the lowest proposal WILL for other reasons
equally secure the proper care ana treatment OF ma
rine patients.
NATIONAL CURRENCY.
For paper, engraving, printing express charges,
and other expenses of making and issuing the nation
al currency, one hundred thousand dollars.
DETECTION ANE PUNISHMENT OF CONTEMPLATING.
For expenses in detecting and bringing to trial and
punishment persons engaged In countertetng treas
nry notes, bonds and other securities OF the United
States, and for detecting other frauds upon the gov
ernment one hundred and twenty-five thousand dol
lars.
70 enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to
Warrington Sommers sum sufficient to make his
salary, from October first eighteen hundred and six
ty-eight, to June first, eighteen hundred and sixty
nine, that of rstclass clerk in the Fifth Auditor
Office, one hundred and fifty dollars, so much
thereof as may be necessary.
SENATE.
For folding documents and material for the same
eight thousand dollars.
For labor, eight thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous items, eight thousand dollars;
furniture and repairs five hundred dollars; for fuel
oil, and cotton waste, for heating apparatus, one
thousand dollars for the current fiscal year.
For the expenses of the Joint Select Committee on
alleged outrages in the Southern States the sum of
one thousand four hundred and sixty-three dollars
and twenty-five CENTS said sum to be carried for the
purpose to the contingent fund of the Senate.
JUDICIARY.
For defraying the expenses of the courts of the
United States, including the District of Columbia
for jurors and witnesses, and expenses of suits in
which the United States concerned of prosecu-
lions for oenses committed against the United
for the safe keeping of prisoners ana for the
which may be incurred in the enforcement of the act,
relative tOthe right of citizens to vote, of February
twenty-eighth eighteen hun red and seveny-one, or
anyacts amendatory therefor supplementary thereto
three million two hundred Thousand dollars of which
sum two hun 'red thousand dollars shall be available
for the expenses incurred during the present focal
the said act being hereby supplemented and amended
so as to further provide as follows: "Ihat whenever
IN any country or parish, in any congressional dis
trct there shall be ten citizens thereof good stand
ing who, prior to any registration of voters for an
in
any election at which Representative in Congress is
to be voted for shall make known. in writing to the
judge of the circuit court of the United States for
the district wherein such county parish is situate
their desire to have said registration election both
guarded and serutinzed, it shall be the duty of the
said judge Of The circuit court within less than
ten days prior to said registration election as the
case may be, 70 open the said court, at the
the said court. when SO opened by said
by said judge shall proceed to appoint and commits
sion, from day to day. and from time to time, and
under the hand of the said judge and under the seal
of said court for such electo district voting pre-
cinct in said congressional district, shall in the
manner herein prescribed, have been applied for and
to revoke, change, or renew said appointment from
time to time two citizens residents of said election
district or voting precinct in said county parish
who shall be of different political parties and able to
read and write the English language and who shall
be known and designated as supervisors Of
election; and the said court when opened by
from and thereafter and up to and including the day
following the day of the election be always open for
powers and jurisdiction hereby granted and confer
red snail be exercised, well in vacation as in term
time; and judge, sitting at chambers shall have
the same powers and jurisdiction, including the now
er OF keeping order and of Furnishing any contempt of
ms authority as when sitting in the court Provtded
That no compensation shall be allowed to the SUPER
visors herein authorized to be appointed excep hose
appointed IN cities or towns of twenty thousand or
more inhabitants. And no person shall be appointed
under this act as supervisor of election who il not at
the time OF his appointment qualified voter of the
county, parish, election-district, Or votingprecinct
yEh 81 hh iC ai1nfnd AL,
appointed deputy marshal under the act of which
this amendatory, who is not qualified voter at the
trict, precinct in which his duties are to be ner
formed. And section thirteen of the act of which
this is an amendment shall be construed authorize
and the circuit courts of the United States in
said section mentioned to and appoint as soon
as may be after the passage of this act the commits
sioners provided for in said section in all cases in
which such appointments havenot already been made
in conformity Herewith. And the third sscion of
the act to which this is an amendment shall he taken
circuit courts of the United States to desig-
courts within his circuit district to discharge
the duties arising under this act or the
act to which this is is amendment. And the
words any person. in section fonr of the act of Nav
thirty first eighteen hundred and seventy, shall be
neid to include any officer other person having
powers or duties of official character under this
act or the act to which this is an amendment Pro
strued as to authorize the appointment of any mar
shals deputy marshas addition to those ieleto
lore dutuoTIzeu ny law. ana pTOCtdedf farther That
the supervisors herein provided for shall have no
power or authority to make arrests or to perform
other duties than to be in the immediate presence of
the officers holding the election and to witness all
their proceedings including the counting of the votes
and the making of return thereof. And so much of
said sum herein appropriated as may be necessary for
SAID supplement al and amendatory provisions is here
by appropriated from and after the passage of fhs
act. ~
For the support and maintenance of convicts trans
ferred from the District of Columbia, ten thousand
dollars. '''
For the compensation of special counsel and other
legal services, and for incidental expenses in taking
fees of witnesses and of commissioners 5
relation to claims before the mixed American and
British claims commission twenty-five thousand dol
lars.
For defraying the expenses of defending claims
under the convention with Mexico, of fourth July
eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, to be exnended
under the direction OF the Attorney General ten
thonsand dollars. ' ''A
For payment of the necessary expenses incurrad i'm
defending suits against the Secretary of tber
Try or his agents, for the seizure of captured or
property; and for the examination of VIII
lesses in claims against the United States pending in
my Department; and for the defence of the Tnifed
tates in the Court of Claims to be expended under
he direction of the Acknowledgement thirty thou
and dollars part of which shall be paid to att0rn
VS. or counseors at law for professional services for
ppearing and assisting in the trial of causes in the
upreme, circuit, or district courts of the United
tates or Court Of Claims; and that the Attorney
eneral make report to Congress at the end of the |
seal year of the manner of the expenditure of this |
md, and to whom and for what purpose paid.
For this sum- much thereof as mOy be neces-
lry to be expended under the direction of the At
'rney General in the detection and prosecution of |