The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1873-05-22

OF The
United S t a t e S.
PASSED AT THE
THIRD SESSION OF THE FORTYSECoND
CONGRESS-
GENERAL kATURE-No IS.
AN ACT making appropriations for sundry civil
EXPENSES of the government for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy four, and for other purposes.
B. it enacted Ia the Senate and House Of Repre-
,eatatives of lie United States of America IN Com
qress assembled. That the following sums be. and
the same are hereby appropriated, for the objects
hereinafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending
lime mir ieth eighteen hundred and seventy four,
namely:
PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING.
For the public printing. for the public binding,
and for paper for the public printing, two million
dollars, and of the sum hereby appropri-
ated printing aud binding may be done BY the
Congressional Printer to the amounts following,
namely:
For the Court of Claims, fourteen thousand
dollars for the Department of State, twenty five
thousand dollars for the Treasury DEPARTING nt.
three hundred and twenty five thousand dollars
for the War Department, one hundred thousand
dollars; for the Navy Department, eighty five
thousand dollars for the Interior Department,
two hundred and twenty thousand dollars; for
the Agricultural Department. twenty thousand
dollars; for the Department OF Justice and the
Attorney Generals office, ten thousand dollars !;
for the Supreme Court of the United States,
twenty five thousand dollars y for the supreme
court of the District of Co umbia, one thousand
dollars for the Post Office Department, one hun
dred and seyenty-fve thousand dollars and for
both houses of Cong ess, one mi lion dollars {;
and the amounts herein designated for the seve-
raj Executive Departments may be distributed
to the bureaus thereof at the discretion of the
head of each Department., who shall certify such
distribution to the Public Printer and the last
proviso TO the act providing for printing and re-
porting the debates in Congress. approved April
second, eighteen hundred and seventy two, is
hereby repealed Provided, That until contract
is made, the debates shall be printed by the Con
gressional Printer, under the direction of the
Joint Committee on Public Printing on the part
OF the Senate.
For printing the preparatory circulars, and for
printing and binding, ct the Government Print
ing Office, the report en- life insurance statistics,
made Under authority of the Eighth Information
al Statistical Congress, by William Barnes, cell
egate from the United States in accordance with
the plan of publication adopted. at the said con
gress, under the direction of the Secretary Of
State, three thousand five hundred dollars.
For lithographing, mapping, and engraving
for both Houses IF Congress, the Supreme Court,
and the Court of Claims, fifty thousand dollars
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
FOR LIFE. SAVING STATIONS.
For salaries of two superintendent of the
life sa.ing stations the coast of Long island
and New Jersey at one thousahd five hundred
dollars each three thousand dollars and for one
superintendent on the coasts Cape Cod and OF
Block Island, Rhode Island, one thousand dol
lars.
For fifty four keepers of stations. at two hun
bred dollars each, ten thousand eight hundred
dollars.
For seventeen keepers of stations, at two-kuE-
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 Secrer
tary of The Treasury may deem necessary and
proper, eighty five thousand dollars.
For establishing new life saving stations on
the coast of the United States, one hundred thou
and dollars.
For contingencies of life saving stations or
the coast OF the United States, fifteen thousand
dollars. And that the Secretary of War be, ant
hereby is, authorized to establish signal stations
a. light houses at such of the life saving stations
on the lake coasts IS may be suitably 10
| Gated for that purpose, aud to connect the SAM
with such points as may be necessary for th'
proper discharge of the signal service by means
| of suitable telegraph line in cases where nj
| lines are in operation, to be constructed, main
| tanned, and worked under the direction Of the
Chief Signal Officer of the Army or the Secretary
of War and the Secretary of the Treasury; anc
the use of the life saving stations signal sta
tons snail be subject to such regulations as may
be agreed upon by said officials and the sum Of
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated tt
carry into effect this provision.
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.
For pay 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 enc lieutenants, sixty three en-
gineers and pilots, twenty five thousand five hun,
dred and Ell ,hty three dollars and forty cents.
For pay of crews: Eight hundred and sixt,
petty officers, seamen, cooks, stewards, boys
| coal passers, and fremen, two hundred aud eigh
| ty two thousand seven hundred and forty -eigh
dollars.
| For rations for crews: Eight hundred and sig
| ty petty officers, seamen cooks stewards, boys
| coal passers, and fremen, two hundred and nine
| ty-eight thousand seven hundred and forty eigh
rations ct thirty three cents, including the liquo
equivalent. ninety eight thousand five hundred
aud eighty seven dollars
| For fuel for thirty eight vessels, repairs, ane
out fits for same ship-ehandlery aud engineers
| stores for same, travelling expenses of officer
| travelling on duty under orders from tie Treas
| ury Departmsnb, eemmutation OF quarters, an
contingent expenses, Including Wharfage, tswage
dockage, freight, advertising and surveys, an
miscellaneous expenses which cannot be includes
under special heads, two hundred and sixty thou
sand dollars.
| MARINE-HosPITAL SERVICE.
For supplying deficiency in the fund for til
| relief of sick and disabled seamen, one hundre
thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Treas
ury is hereby authorized, in his discretion. i,
| sell the marine hospital grounds and unfnishe,
st-iron hospital buildings, located in the Cit,
| of New Orleans, Louisiana, and out of the pro
| ceeds of said sale to purchase a more healthfu
| site for marine hospital at a point which sha
! be convenient of access to an. from tn
| port of New Orleans, and to erect thereon a pa
| yllion marine hospital of one hundred and fit
| bed capacity, with the necessary auxiliary struc
lures, in accordance with the designs to be pre-
+ pared by the Supervising Architect, to the salts
faction Of the Supervising Surgeon OF tho marin
hospital service, and approved by the Secretar
of the Treasury Provided, That said site an
pavilion hospital shall in no event cost more tina
| the amount received from the sale of the hospita
and grounds which are hereby authorized to b
sold: And PROVIDED further, That in case the ma
terials Of the iron hospital buildings can witt
| advantage be used i'll the construction of othe
government buildings now being erected, sal
materials may be SO used, and the amount of tn