Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-04-14
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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
PGsssd at TIRE Third s<ssfoa @ & fks Forty.
Second Conxrsss.
GENERAL NATUEE-No. 55.l


expenses Of the government tor the fiscal year
ending june thrrtieth, eighteen hundred and
Seyenty-four, and for other purposes.
Be Il eR0c,ed by The Senate dad Honse Of Repre-
se1tGiires ef the United States If Aaericd iR Cea-
gyess assembled, That the following sums be,
and the same are hereby, appropriated, for the
ending june thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
sCVenty-iOUr, namely:
PUBLIc PRINTING AND BINDISG.
For the public printing, for the public bind
ing, and for paper for the public printing, two
million dollars, and of the sum hereby appro-
priated printing and binding may be done b.
the Congressional Printer 70 the amounts fol-
lowing, namely:
For the Court of CLAIMS, fourteen thousand
dollars; for the Department OF State, twenty
i've 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.
eigbty-hve thousand dollars; FOR the Interior
Department two hundred and twenty thousand
dollars; for the Agricultural Department, TWEEN
ty thousand dollars; for the Department of
Justice and the Attorney-General's Office. ten
thousand dollars for the Supreme Court OF the
nited States, twenty-five thousand dollars; for
the supreme court OF the District of Columbia,
one thousand dollars; for the Post-office De-
rartmeDt, one hundred and seventy-five thou
sand dollars; and for both houses of Congress,
one million dollars; and the amounts herein
designated for the several Executive Depart
ments may be distrib uted to the bureaus thereof
at the discretion Of the head OF each Depart
ment, who shall certify such distribution TO the
Public Printer; and the last proviso 10 the act
providing for printing and reporting the debates
i'm Congress, approved April second, eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, is hereby repealed:
I',s,c,ted, That until contract is made, the de-
bates shall be printed by the Congressional
Printer, under the direction OF the Joint Com
mittee on Public Printing on the part OF the
senate.
For printing the preparatory circulars, and
for printing and binding, at the Government
Printing Office, the report on life-insurance sta
tistics, made under authority of the Eighth In
ternational Statistical Congress, by William
Barnes, a delegate from the United States, in
accordance with the plan of publication adopted
at the said congress, under the direction of the
Secretary Of State, three thousand five hundred
dollars.
For lithographing, mapping, and engraving
for both Houses of Congress, the Supreme
Conrt, and the Court of Claims, fifty thousand
dollars.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
For Lies drtBg StatioRs.-For salaries of two
snperintendents of the life-saying 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 Cape Cod and Of Block island,
Rhode Island, one thousand dollars.
For ffty-four keepers of stations at two hum
6red dollars each, ten thousand eight hundred
dollars.
dred dollars each, three thousand four hundred
dollars.
For ten keepers of stations. at two hundred
dollars each, two thousand dollars.
For pay OF crews OF experienced surf-men at
such stations and for such periods as the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury may deem necessary and
proper, eighty-nve Thousand dollars.
For establishing new hfe-saving stations on
the coast OF the United States, one hundred
thousand dollars.
For contingencies OF life-saving stations on
the coast OF the United States, fifteen thousand
dollars. And that the Secretary OF War be. and
hereby is authorized to establish signal stations
at light houses, AZ such of the life-saving sta
tons on the lake or sea coasts may be suitably
located tor that purpose, and 20 connect the
same with such points may be necessary for
the proper discharge OF the signal service by
means OF suitable telegraph-line in cases
where no lines are in operation, to be con-
structed, maintained, and worked under the d-
rection OF the Chief Signal-officer OF the Army,
or the Secretary OF War, and the Secretary OF the
Treasury, and the use of the life-sayine-sts-
tions as signal-stations shall be subject to such
regulations as may be agreed upon by said OH
Gals; and the sum OF thirty thousand dollars L.
hereby appropriated to carry into effect this
provision.
RereRue- Gutter Serrice.-For paw of thirty
four captains, one hundred and one lieutenants,
and sixty three engineers and pilots employed,
three hundred and sixty-one thousand three
hundred dollars
For rations for officers: Thirty-four captains,
one hundred and one lieutenants, sixty-three
engineers and pilots, twenty-five thousand i've
hundred and eighty-three dollars and forty
cents.
petty officers, seamen, cooks, stewards, boys,
coal passers, and nremen, two hundred and
eghty-two thousand seven hundred and forty
eight dollars.
For rations for crews: Eight hundred and
sixty petty ofhcers, seamen, cooks, stewards,
boys, coal passers, and fremen, two hundred
and ninety-eight thousand seven hundred and
forty-eight rations, at thirty-three cents, in
GLIDING the liquor equivalent, ninety-eight
thousand Eve hundred and eighty-seven dollars
For fuel for thirty -eight vessels, repairs, and
OUTFITS Cor same, ship-chandlery and engineers
stores for came, travelling expenses Of officers
travelling on duty under orders from the Treas
ury Department, commutation Of quarters and
contingent expenses. including wharfage, tow
age, d0ckage, freight, advertising, and sur
yeys, and miscellaneous expenses which cannot
be Included under special heads, two hundred
and sixty thousand dollars.
Marine Hosyitdi lSeruses-For Supplying ded-
cheney in the fund for the relief Of sick ana du-
abied seamen, one hundred thousand dollars;
and the Secretary Of the Treasury y hereby
authorized, in his discretion, 20 sell the marine-
hospital grounds and un6nished cast-iron hos
pital buildings, located I'm the city OF New
Orleans, Louisiana, and cut Of the proceeds Of
said sale 20 purchAse a more healthful site for
marine hospital, ct . point which shall be con-
yenient Of access 70 and iron the port o. New
Orleans, and 70 erect thereon pavilion marine
hospital Of one hundred and hfty bed capacity,
with the ncceosaxy auxiliary seructures, In
accordance Win decays % be prepared by fae
Supervising Architect, % the saftsfncti0n Of the
Saporyisin9 Sureoon Of the marine hospifsi
service, and approved BY the Secretary OF the
Treasury: Precided, That said SITE and pavilion
hospital shall IN no event cost more than the
amount received from the sale OF the hOenitai
and grounds which are hereby author: sed 10 ne
sold: And Prvcidcd further, Tbet IN case the