Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-03

For deficiency in the appropriation for con-
tlngeEeIes In the marine corps, ten t1ousanl
dellaTs.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
For clerks, copyists, messengers, and laboreS
In the Office Of the Secretary, eight THOUSAND
dollars.
Contingent expenses: For expenses of pack
ing ana dlstri buting official documents, for scl
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen HUNDRED
and seventy three, two Thousand dollars.
For the expense of preparing, engraving. snd
the United States, based on the results ofthe
ninth census, to be compiled by Franc1 A.
walker, and to be published in an editifn of
three thousand copies, thirty thousand dollars.
!. For compensation of Francis A. Wake, late
COMMISSIONER of Indian Affairs, for ext1 ser
vices and labor performed by him whib such
commissioner, IN finishing the report OF tie GEN.
sus, fifteen hundred dollars.
Public LaRds.-For Office of surveyorgeneral
OF Idaho, for fiscal year ending June tlirtieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-one ten dollars
anu eighty -seyen cents.
For Office of suryeyor-general of Oregon: For
clerks in his office, for fiscal year ending june
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and serenty, one
hundred and sixty-one dollars and ninety-one
cents.
Surveyor general of washingto, Territory:
For clerks in his Office, for fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy,
sixty-eight dollars and ninety-fou cents.
For encouragement Of California: For rent
OF ONCE, fuel, books stationery, snd other incl
dental expenses, for fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy three.
fonr hundred and eighty dollars and four cents.
For recorder of liabilities in Missouri, for
hscai years ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-twO, and June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy three, one thou
sand dollars.
For surveying the publci lands in Nevada, at
rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per mile for
tandard, twelve dollars for township, and ten
Ollars for section lines, four hundred and sew
N.Y. eight dollars and lightweight cents.
Ears thn Ia Do ~,
at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per mile
for standard, twelve dollars for township, and
ten dollars for section lines, one thousand ami
eight dollars and tifty-eight cents.
For surveying the public lands in Oregon. at
rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per mile for
standard. twelve dollars for township, and ten
dollars for section lines, seven hundred AMI
ninety eight ollars and sixty-seven cents.
For surveying the public lands in Wyoming,
at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per mile
for standard, twelve dollars for township, and
ten dollars for section lines one hundred ami
forty six dollars and fOrty-eight cents.
For surveying the public lands in Nebraska,
at rates not exceeding ten dollars per mile for
standard, seven dollars for township, and six
dollars for section lines, one hundred and thirty
dollars and nine cents.
For surveying the public lands in Kansas, at
rates not exceeding ten dollars per mile for
standard, seven dollars for township, and six
dollars for section lines, six hundred and ninety
two dollars and five cents.
For surveying the eastern boundary OF
Nevada, two hundred dollars.
For surveying the public lands in Idaho, at
rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per mile for
standard, twelve dollars for township, and ten
dollars for section lines, one thousand and thr-
teen dollars and eight cents. The foregoing for
surveys of public lands are for Deficiencies in
the appropriations for the fiscal years eighteen
hundred and seventy-one, eighteen hundrci
seyenty-three.
For the building for the penitentiary in wyo-
ming Territory, being amount of deficiency in
the proceeds OF internal revenue set apart for
this purpose, for the fiscal year ending June
| thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one,
thirteen thousand one hundred and ninety SIX
dollars and seventy seven cents.
EXTENSION OF CAPITOL GROUNDS.
Squares StI Hundred and Eighty SeUcH and Sic
Hundred and Eight.-To enable the Sec
| owners thereof all the remaining real estate
and Improvements thereon in square numbered
six hundred and lightweight, in the city OF
| Washington necessary to be taken to complete
| the purchase of said square, and of square num-
bered six hundred and eighty seven, in said
| city, authorized by sections six, seven, eight,
nine, ten, and eleven OF an act entitled San
act making appropriations for the legislative,
executive, and judicial expenses of the gov
| ernment for the year ending June thirtieth,
| eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and for
other purposes" approved May eighth, eign-
| teen hundred ard seyenty-two, the sum Of 10
| hundred and eighty -four thousand one hundred
| and ninety-nin dollars and fifteen cents ia
| hereby appropriated: PrOrtded, That such real
estate and improvements shall be purchased at
the prices fixed in the report of the commission
| ers appointed 10y the supreme court of the Dis
| trict OF Columbia to apprase the value of such
property, made to said court on the twelfth ia y
| of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-two,
| ard confirmed by said court on the sixteenth
| day of October, in said year: Procfded further
| That the Secretary OF the Interior is hereby
authorized to sell at public auction such mate
rails in the buildingsin said squares, NUN berej
six hundred and eighty-seven and six hundred
| and lightweight, as are not necessary for the
public works in this District; and from the pro-
ceeds of such sales shall be paid, by the Secre-
| tary of the Interior, all actual and necesssr
| charges for advertising, auctoneers fees, extra
clerical labor, services of commissioners for APP
praising the property aforesaid, and such other
| expenses as may have been incident to, and
| occasiOned by, the appraisement and purchase
| or the real estate and improvements in the
| squares hereinbefore named, and the sales of
| the materials in the buildings thereon; the re-
mainder OF such proceeds, after payment OF all
| such charges and expenses, to be applied to tho
improvement and extension OF the Capitol
grounds.
For an elevator in the Senate wing OF the
| Capitol, ten thousand dollars, Or so much
thereof as may be necessary, to be expeud Ell
| under the direction Of the Architect of the
| Capitol Extension.
To enable the Secretary Of the Interior to de-
| fray the expenses incurred in executing the
| provisions of the eighth section of the act APP
proved June twenty fifth, eighteen hundred
and sixty, entitled IAN act making appropria-
| lions for sundry civil expenses of the govern
ment for the year ending June thirtieth, eigh-
| teen hundred and sixty-One," being for the ex-
animation Of titles, surveys, plats. and ap-
praisement, forming the basis of the purchase
by the United States of squares numbered six
hundred and eighty-seven and six hundred and
eighty-eight, in the city of w ashingtOn District
| OF Columbia, the sum of seven thousand dollars,
| CT SO much thereof as is necessary, is hereby
| appropriated.
MISCELLANEOUS.
To enable the Secretaryof the Interior to pay
ZebulOn b. Sturges, assistant secretary to sign
patents Of public lands for the President, for
the months OF June, July, August, and Sep
tember, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, ii We
hundred dollars.
To pay Alexander Lynch for services rem
dered by him as clerk OF the select committee
to inquire into matters connected with the
Union Pacific Railroad Company, the Credit
Mobiller, appointed pursuant to House resolu-
ton of January sixth, eighteen hundred AMI
seventy three, four hundred dollars.
To pay John G. Merritt for services as mes
senger OF the Senate from July first, eighteen
hundred and seventy-twO, to July first, eighteen
hundred and seventy-three, as authorized by
resolution OF the Senate passed June tenth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-twO, fourteen
hundred and forty dollars.
To enable the Secretary OF the Interior to pay
John w. Wright for rent of building, urler
lease dated May twentieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy. Thirteen fhousan.l uni -a1