Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-05-02
Official.
LAWS OF THE
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SECOND SESSION OF THE i2d CONGRESS.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 1873. ]
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SUPERVISING INSPECTORS ON SrEAM-NEs-
sFIs.-For carrying out the provisions OF the
net for the better protection OF inc ives oil
passengers on vessels propelled in whole or
In part by steam and Of the acts amendatoiy
thereof the following sums, viz:
For salaries of steamboat inspectors Pay
mont of salaries ofsupervising inspector gen
eral, supervising inspectors, local inspectors
assistant inspectors, and clerks, one hundred
and sixty-ive thousand four hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses of steamboat inspec-
ton service Expenses of instruments, station
ery meetings of board of supervising inspc
tors. mileage of supervising inspectors, ut
one thousand dollars each, and other miscel-
laneous expenses, ninoty-onc thousand dol
lars
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury 20
paw under existing laws contractors for car
ryIng the mails for services rendered prior to
July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine
thirteen thousand four hundred and sixteen
dollars.
To pay Edward II. Ferguson his salary as
supervising inspector OF steamboats,, rom
March third, eighteen hundred and seventy
one, to May twenty second, eighteen hundred
and seyenty-one, four hundred and twenty
eight dollars and fifty-seven cents.
For loss and expense involved in the re-
coinage of gold coins in the treasury which
are below standard weight, under such reg
ulations rs the Secretary of the Treasury
may prescribe, one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars.
To delrny, under the direction of the Sec.
rotary Of the Treasury. the expenses OF re-
deeming and re-issuing the minor coinage of
the United States, twenty thousand dollars,
purs uant to the act of March third, eighteen
hundred and seventy-one, us much OF the
same rs may be necessary to be available for
expenses incurred during the present fiscal
year.
To enable the Secretary of the Navy to pay
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steamer KearsaTge, for the destruction OF the
rebel cruiser Alabama, under the provisions
Of an act entitled IAN act for the relief of tho
officers and crew of the United States steam
er Kearsarge," approved April seventeenth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-two, ono hun
bred and sixty thousand seven hundred and
seVenty-two dollars and siXty-two cents.
That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be
appropriated for the purpose of constructing
Rpneumatic tube, operated by hollow spheres
or otherwise, from the Capitol, along North
Capitol street, to the Government Printing
Office, for the transmission OF books pack
ages etc. to be expended under the direction
fthe Secretary of the Interior, and the work
to be done under the supervision of the arch
itect of the Capitol extension.
To enable the Secretary of the Navy To re-
imburse the funeral expenses of the late Adj
mirll David G.. Farragut, two thousand dol
lars, to be paid to his widow.
PUBLIC WORKS.,
UNDER THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
PuBIIC BUILDINGS binding,
Washington. District of Columbia; For an
nual repairs and Improvements, fifteen thou
sand dollars; for Improvements and repairs
of heating apparatus. nine thousand dollars.
For continuation of the construction of the
building for II custom house Mt Charlston,
South Carolina, one hundred thousand dol
lars.
For continuation of the construction of the
building for post-otiice and courthouse ut
Columbia, South Carolina, fifty thousand
dollars.
For paving, grading, and fencing he APP
proaches to the building for u custom house
Mt Machias. Maine, two thousand dollars.
Fer continuation Of the construction of the
building for II custom house ut New Orleans,
Louisiana, three hundred thousand dollars.
For continuation of the construction oi the
building for post Office and courthouse at
Omaha, Nebraska, one hundred thousand
dollars.
For continuation of the extension of the
building for courthouse and post-uilicr at
Baltimore. Maryland, fifty thousand dollars.
For continuation of the construction Ot the
building for the Department of State, Wash.
ington, District of Columbia, eight hundred
thousand dollars: For the east wing of the
State, War, and Navy Departments, -four
hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That
all appropriations Tor public buildings under
the Treasury Department shall hereafter be
available Immediately upon the approval Of
the acts containing such appropriations.
To commence the erection of 4 building al
Cincinnati, Ohio, for the accommodation O
the United States courts. custonl-house, INIT
ed States depository, post-oilcc, Internal rcve'
I.le and pension offices. and Tor the purchas |
at private sale, or by condemnation, OF ground
for IL site therefor, the entire cost OF compile
ton of which building is hereby limited t.
two million two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, Inclusive ofthe cost OF the site OF the
same seven hundred thousand dollars: and
the act of March twelve, eighteen hundred
and seyenty-two authorizing the purchase OF
u site therefor, is hereby so amended rs 1,
limit the cost of the site to sum not exceed
ing five hundred thousand dollars.
To commence the erection OF building u
Hartford, Connecticut, for the accommoda
ton Ofthe custom-nOuse, pOst-olilce, pension
office United States circuit and district courts
and acknowledgements Offices, one hundrr,
thousand dollars.
To commence the erection of n irc-prOo
building at Albany, New York, for the nc
commodation of the custom-house, pOst-oilic'
United States circuit and district courts, an'
interna-revenue offices, one hundred thou
sand dollars.
For paving, grading, and fencing the ap
proaches to the new custom-house and court
house building ut Ogdenburgh, New York
three thousand dollars.
For the erection of an addition to the
building ut indianapolis, belonging TO the
United States, for the further accommodation
of the United States courts, post-oiiice, loca
iand.ofiices and internal revenue and pen
sion offices. one hundred thousand dollars
and the sums hereby appropriated Tor the
construction of public buildings shall b.
available Immediately upon tho approval o
this act and the balances of appropriation
Al. lan aFIN a
tion of public buildings under the control o
dhe Treasury Department, which may re
main uneXpended at the close OF the curren
fiscal year, are hereby re-appropriated FOL
the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eight
cen hundred and seventy-three,
For necessary furniture and outfit for tn
post office and sub-treasury building ut Dos
Ton, and for preparing the approaches thore
10. fifty thousand dollars, to be paid out {
the appropriation already made.
To purchase additional ground adoinln
the site OF the building occupied for the pul
poses of United States courthouse ana pos
Office, Madison, Wisconsin, eleven thousan
dollars.
For machinery and apparatus for the ne
braneh-mint building at San Francisco, Ca
ifornia, one hundred and sixty thousand do
lars.
LIGHTHOUSES, BEAcOSs, AND FoG-sLC
NAIs.-Burnt Coat Harbor light-station: FC
two beacon-lights, to serve as a range on II
coast of Maine, ten thousand dollars. an
any balance of the appropriation of ten tho'
sand dollars made by act of March thr'
eighteen hundred and seyenty-one, that ma
remain in the treasury june thrtieth, cigll
cen hundred and seVenly-two.
For a steam fog-signal on Seguin island
the mouth of the Kennebec river, on u
coast of Maine, five thousand dollars.
For lighthouse NJ WOod-End, Proyinc
town harbor, Massachusetts, fifteen thousaI
dollars.
For re-establshing and setting up tv
small beacon gifts in the harbor of Newb
ryport, the site of one of which has be-
washed by q storm, ten thousand dollars,