Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-20

Pay the amount awarded ~ the ia-r I'M 49, -. W
OF the condemnation OF tue lot selected hy the
treasury Department FOR q building Tor q cas-
tom-house, bonded. warehouse, court house an
post-s nee ~ Grand Rapids. Nj -higsn an fes
attendant legal expenses, seventy thousand
dollars.
Cusiom-house and post-orce, A,hany Ne.
Iork: For payment Of the balance due on the
purchase ON part OF cite Tor building for
purposes OF the General Government Al AiA.-
~, New York, i've thousand aOllaus
That the limitation on the cost OF The court-
house and post-Offce building ~ Eslcizh. y arth
Csiolins, contained in the act OF March third.
eighteen hundred and seventy n rec. e hereby
increased 20 three hundred ana fifty thousand
aoiisrs, which shall be the entire cost OF SAID
That the sum OF one hundred thoussDs .a,,.y.
lor the erection OF public balldiag for tue use
OF the United States ~ Covington Kentacky.
spIroIriSted by an act approved Febraary
seventeenth eighteen hundred and seventy
three. be, and The same ts hereby, continasd.
ana The sum OF money authorized 10 be expend
60 IN me construction OF said building - hereby
nNed Al two hundred and ffty Thousand dollar.
and al restrictions ss 90 the materials In said
act are hereby repealed, DO sum OF money in
excess OF too hundred and fifty thousand DOT
lars shall be eNpended In the Construction OF
said building, and al acts parts OF acts incon
repealed.
That the act entitled AN &C; for the erection
OF public building fc- the use OF the United
States at Nashville, Tennessee. !" approved Ian
usfy twenty fourth, eighteen hundred ana
seventy three, be. and ne same h. hereby,
amended go that the sun OF money suthOrizsd
10 be expended In the erection OF said building
IL hereby Fixed ~ three bEndred aud seventy.
seven thousand dollars; and All restrictions as 70
materials In said act are hereby repealed; aud
no sum OF money in excess OF ne amount fixed
by this act shsl be eN pended IN the constrac-
TON OF said building; and all ects snd parts OF
se,s ineonsl-tent with the Provisions hereof are
Por the repair and preservation OF all the
pubic buildings under the contrci 81 the Treas
ury Department, two hundred tLcrsani dollars
For continuation Of construction OF the haiId
Ing ioI the State, War, and Navy Departneuts.
seven hundred thaussnd dollars.
FOR furniture fo- the new building 20 be o,-
Curied by the stat. nepArtmept eerrOfv-Nya
thousand dollars; to he svail.ble i'm u.edia,ely
For furniture and repairs OF the sar-e. and for
carpets tor public huildings under the control
of the Treasury Depa<t me nj, one hundred and
Fifty thousand dollarsy OF this amount, twenty
tbonssBd dollars shall De available i'm ueflateiy
FOR uel, lag az, and water, and mises Raneoas
items required by janitors and bremen IN the
proper care OF the pulsic buildings under the
control OF the Treasury Department, tive hum
dred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For heating APPARATUS for public buildings
under the control OF the Treasury Department
two hundred thousand dollars.
For heating and lighting the south wing of
The new building for the State, War, and Navy
departments, nine thousand five hundred dol
For vaults, safes. and locks for public bu,,d-
irgs under the control OF the rra ury Depart
nent, seyenty-tve thOassn. dDilars.
For photoeraphing. engraving, and printing
plans OF public buildings under the control OF
the Treasury Department, n We thousand dollars
For pay Of custocisns and jauitors OF puAltc
buildings under the co atTol of the Treasury
Department, one hundred ana twenty-five
Thousand dollars.
Mint Of the United States at Carson: For
wages OF workmen and adJ listers. twenty thou
sand dollars; for incidental and Contingent ex-
Penses, twenty Thousand dollars. And - much
OF the amounts hereby appropriated for the
mint at Carson as may be necessary 10 male
available Tor the expenditure during the current
New York ssssy-orice: For Incidental e,.
pepses OF the New York say-offce, twenty-five
thousand dollars.
Loss IN the redemption of old corper ceu,s.
being the difference between the nominal value
Of the old copper cents and the value Of the
same as metals, seven thousand i've hundred
That sIl balances In the Treasury remsinlnx
unexpended on the first day OF July, eighteen
hundred and seveHty-four, OF appropriations
heretofore made Tor buildings and sites OF build
ings named IN this act, and all balances of ap-
profristions heretofore made, and sufficient for
the completion Ut buildings under the Super
vising Architect OF the Treasury not named in
this act, during the next fiscal year, be, and
they are hereby, made available for the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-hye.
SEC. 3. That the Secretary OF the Treasury is
hereby directed % inquire into the amounts OF
liabilities due from the Choctaw tribe of Indians
20 individuals, a. referred TO in articles twelve
and thirteen Of the treaty OF June twenty
second, eighteen hundred and fifty i've, between
the United States and the ChOctAW and Chick
asaw Tribes OF Indians. and 10 report the same
10 the next session Of Congress, with 4 view of
ascertaintng what amounts 81 any. shonls be
deducted from the sum due from the uited
States to said Choctsw tribe, for the pgrpOse OF
enabling the ssid Tube TO pay it, liabilities aud
Thereby 20 enable Congress 10 provide a ud 60
he held for educational and other purposes tor
sse tribe, as provided for in article thirteen OF
the treaty aforesaid.
SIC. 1. That the clause in the act entitled
San act making appropriations for snndry civil
expenses OF the Government for the uscsi year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seyenty-tour, and for other pur roses, approved
March third, eighteen hundred and seventy
three, which provides that "the Secretary OF tie
Treasury be, and be Is hereby, directed 10 pay
TO the CELSIUS takers OF eighteen hundred and
sixty, or their assigns, the sums set 20 their
credit now in the Treasury of the United States,
any provision OF existing laws TO the contrary
Notwithstanding" IL hereby re- enacted and de-
clsred 20 include as entitled 10 payment aud to
be paid, both marshsls and assistant Lnarshzls
employed in taking said census.
SIC. 8. That section Elk OF the act entitled
"An act making appropriations for the consular
and diplomatic service of the Government for
The year ending june thrtieth, eighteen hun
ored and seventy nye, and TOR other purposes"
approved june eleventh, eighteen handr ed aud
seventy-foEf, be amended by striking out the
following words, viz: +" Contingent expenses Of
foreign intercourse proper, and OF all missions
abroad, such as"
sBc. 6. To enable the Secretary OF War 20
carry out TIE provisions OF the act approved
April twenty third, eighteen hundred aud sew
eDty-four, entitled An act tO provide for the
relief OF tie persons suffer ing from the overflow
of the Lower Mississippi liver" and aisO OF the
joint resolution authorizing the President TO
issue Army ratiOns ard clothing 10 destitute
people on the TOmbigbee, Warrior, and Ala
hama Rivers, approved May twenty-eighth,
eighteen hundred and ssventy-fOur, the sun OF
four hundred thousand dollars u hereby apprO-
priated, out Of any money In the Treasury not
otherwise Appropriated, for the purpose OF Dur-
chasing supplies of food 70 be issued under his
direction 10 any ana all classes OF destitute or
helpless persons living on or near the Lower
Mississippi, TOmbigbee, W arriOr, and Alabama
Rivers, v no have been rendered 20 by reason OF
the recent overflow; and that the Secretary OF
War make detailed reports 20 the Congress Of
the expenditure under this set, and of the act
and joint resolution aforesaid: PrOUided, That
the authority hereby conferred upon the Secre-
tary Of War shall Iire on the first day OF Sep
tember, eighteen hundred and seventy-fOur; aud
none Of the MONEYS hereby or formerly apprO-
rTiated shall be xpended except In cases where
the Secretary OF War shall be satisfied that there
is an actual and pressing case OF destitutioA, and
that such destItutiOn II directly caused By said
overflow: PrOUided fttrfasr, That any balances
remaining uuexpended from the appropriation
provided for In the act OF the twenty-third of