Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-05-02
TH E DAILY CHRONICLE.
3 LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at the Third Session of the Forty
,ssa yid Second Congress. as
IPUBLIsHED BIZ AUTHORITY J
GENERAL MATURING. 55.I

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PUBLISHED By AUTHORITY
- -. GENERAL NATURE-No. 55.I .4f4n
AN ACT making appropriations for sund,y civil ex-
= ing June thirtieth. eighteen hundred and seventy
- four, and for othee purposes.
.(Continued.) ssouf
For completing the revision of The statutes
and preparing the same, to be presented IN the
form of bill or bills to the Congress, lnclud-
ing the payment of salaries and incidental ex-
penses of the work, and preparing proper in'
dexes thereto to be expended under the super
vision of the Department of Justice, twelve
thousand dollars. .tIii''
MISCELLANEOUS.
For continuing the collection of statistics of
mines and mining, to be laid before Congress,
to be expended under the direction of the Sec
rotary of the Treasury, fifteen thousand dol
For the continuation of the geological sur
vey ofsthe Territories of the United States by
Professor, +. v. Hayden, under. the direction
of the Secretary of the Interior, during the ifs
cal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hun
dred and seventy four seventy five thousand
,. For the preparation and publication of the
maps, charts geological sections, and other ene
cravings necessary to illustrate the annual and
final reports of the United States survey of the
Territories, twenty thousand dollars, to be ex-
pended under the direction of the Secretary OF
the Interior, to be available for immediate use
That the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby
appropriated to enable Professor j. w. Powell
to prepare his materials, and to present to Con-
gress at its next session report of the survey
Of the Colorado of the West and its tributa7
ries fi5M 5000 f h@ri tf;i'i
For continuing the inquiry into the causes of
the food fishes of the coast and the lakes of the
United States, five thousand dollars.
For theintroduction Of shad into the waters
of thel Pacific States, the Gulf States, and OF
the Mississippi valley, and os salmon, white
fish, and other useful food-fsher, into the wa
tess Of the United States to which they are best
adapted, seventeen thousand five hundred dol
lars to be expended under the direction of the
Fish and Fisheries.
For preparation of illustrations for the report
of the United States Commissioner of Fish and
Fisheries one thousand dollars.
To enable the Soint Committee on the Libra
~ to purchase and print series of unpublish.
ed historical documents relating to the early
French discoveries in the Northwest and on the
mississippi, ten thousand dollars, or SO much
thereof as may be necessary, the printing of
tie same to be under the direction of said COM
mittee; and of the fifteen thousand dollars APP
pIopriated by act of June tenth, eighteen hum
dred and seventy two, to enable said committee
to purchase works of art, the sum of ten thou
sand dollars is hereby declared to have been
appropriated and shall be expended for the
purpose of providing for statute of the late
Edward Dickinson Baker. tH
For plan Cor a new building for Library
of Congress, five thousand dollars; and the Sc
lection of plan, together with the location and
supervision of said building, shall be in charge
of a commission to consist of the chairman of
the joint Committee on the Library, the chair
,<>f4 D.,ll Del
Grounds of the Senate, and the Librarian of
Congress. ~
To enable the Clerk of the House of Repre-
sentatives to pay the crippled and disabled SOL
diers now in the employment of the Doorkeep-
er of the House, from March fourth, eighteen
hundred and seventy three, to December first,
eighteen hundred and seventy three twelve
thousand six hundred dollars. 14r =. ti &
For furniture and repairs of the same, for
pbulic buildings under the control of the Treas
ury Department., one hundred and fifty thou
For fuel, lights, and water, and miscellane>
GUS iteHs for public builpings under the con-
troll of the Treasury Department, two hundred
and twanty five thousand dollars. g i
For heating apparatus for public building
under the control of the Treasury Department,
one hundred thousand dollars. 3fl yg-eci'9l 7
For vaults, safes, and locks for public build
ings under the control of the Treasury Depart
ment, seventy five thousand dollars. Ia
= For phot93graphing, engraving, ard printing
plans of public buildings under the control of
the Treasury Department, five thousand dol
lars.r iIls :10.fc ,,.7.i 'r.gaf .-.a 6,
For construction and verifcation of standard
weights and measures for the custom houses of
the United States, and for the several States,
and of metric standards for the States, twelve
thousand dollars df ot ff,e
For pay of custodians and janitors of public
buildings under the control of the Treasury
Department, one hundred and twenty i've thou
sand dollars. u0E3 .rI'za Il Trq O. 3 c.
To enable the Secretsry of the Treasury to
to mahe his salary from June first eighteen
hundred and sixty nine, to March, eighteen
hundred and seventy, that of fourth class
clerk in the Fifth Auditors Office, one hundred
and fifty dollars, or SO much thereof as may be
necessary. a3 l5'.' eliggia- u gW
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to
collect captured and abandoned property of the
United States, and to collect, procure, and pre-
serve all vouchers papers, records, and evil
dence, and to take testimony as to claims
against the United States, to be paid only upon
the certnc OF the commissioners of claims, sew
enty thousand dollars. 'g4i2gf
To enable the Secretary of the Navy to or
ganize parties TO observe the tronsit of Venus in
December eighteen hundred and seventy four,
one hundred thousand dollars, to be expended
by the commission created by the act of June
tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy two: Pro-
vided, That no part of this appropriation shall
be covered into the treasury until the objects
for which il is made shall have been accom-
plished: And provided further, That the Sec
rotary of the Novy is hereby authorized to de-
tail two vessels of the vayy, from the Asiatic
and Pacific stations, to convey parties to the
points selected for observation with which
there is no regular communication. i',, -
To enable the Secretary of the Navy to de-.
post with the assistant treasurer of the United
States, at Washington City. District of Column
bia, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars,
subject to the order of the United States dis
trict court for District of Columbia, in the case
of tie United States against the rebel steamer
Sumter, in prize, said sum is hereby appropri-
ated. rnes8 E1sF
To purchase land adjoining the Naval Acad-
envy at Annapolis, Maryland, and for improv-
ing the same, for the purpose of extending the
area and creating additional convenience. for
quarters, forty five thousand dollars, or so
ouch thereof as moy be necessary; but no
money shall be paid for said land until the
State of Maryland has ceded Jurisdiction over
the same to the United States. On
For the expenses of the Joint Select Commit
tee on Alleged Outrages in the Southern States,