The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-10-12


hundred and sixty weight and eighteen hundred and
y-nine, six hundred and seyentyve dollars and
for theiamount due the late secretary of the Territory
for salary from October first. eighteen hundred and
seventy, to January sixteenth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-one, being deficiency for the fiscal
year eighteen hundred and seventy-one, five hum
dred and eighty dollars and eighty-nine cents.
To enable the accounting officers Of the Treasury
to pay George A. Bachelder late secretary of Dako-
ia Territory, for expenditures incurred by him dur
ing the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy
two, three hundred and forty-ve dollars and thirty
seven cents.
For legislative expenses of Dakota Territory for
fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-two, being
articles furnished the iate secretary of Dakota, as
per finding of the accounting officers OF the Treasury,
For amount due by the United States to the Dis
trct of Columbia for third of the entire cost of
maintaining the fire department from January
thirty-rst eighteen hundred and seventythree, to
June thirteth. eighteen hundred and seventy-fo
thir.y-four thousand two hundred and ninety-one
| dollars and sixty-six cents.
For repairing the United States penitentiary
building at Laramie City, Wyoming Ter Iitory, DAM
age by fire in September eighteen hundred and sew
enythree, to be expended by the Attorney General,
two Thousand nine hundred and eighteen dollars and
eight cents. d.
For the legislative expenses Of Idaho Territory,
being for fuel rent and furniture for both houses of
the territorial assembly, light, public and official
printing, stationery, repairing, care OF legislative
furniture, stoves, Official postage stamps, and seals,
three thousand four hundred ard twenty five dol
| lars.
For The legislative expenses of the Territory of
| New Mexico, to pay balances due Juan G. Romero,
salary member of the assembly, sixty-six dollars;
William f: NJ. Army, late secretary of the Terrific,
ry, niney-four dollars and seventy-one cents; and
Henry Wetter late secretary iof the frerrtory, one
| hundred and twenty dollars; making in all, two
hundred and eighty dollars and seyenty-one cents,
being deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred
' For the legislative expenses of the Territory of
| Utah, to paw balance due Chauncey w. West late
| member Of the assembly, being defeieny for The
fiscal year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, one hun
| bred and twenty dollars.
10 pay the Increased compensation of members of
| the assembly authorized by the act of January
iwentythird, eighteen hundred and seventy
four thousand seven hundred and eghtysix dollars.
For the legislative expenses OF Washington Terri
tory, being the amount required for the increased
lied by act Of January twenty-thrd, eighteen hun
bred and seyenty-three one thousand three hundred
| and ninety five dollars and thirty cents.
| TREASURY MISCELLANEOUS.
For furniture and carpets for the Treasury De-
partment For carpets desks, tables chairs, shelv-
o-cloth, mating, rugs chair covers and cushions,
repairs and laying of carpets and other mscellane-
items of like character, ten thousand dollars.
| For furniture and repairs Of same, carpets, and
similar necessaries for public buildings under the
troll of the Treasury Department, ten thousand dol
For repairs and preservation of all public build
iDgs under the control OF the Treasury Department,
| forty thousand dollars. ~
That the unexpended balances of the appropriate
lions for vaults safes, and locks for public buildings
and for fuel, lights water, and miscellaneous items
for the same, now remaining the books OF the
| Treasury Department, and unavailable under the
provisions of the fifth SIXTH and seventh sections of
enty are hereby made available from and after the
passage of this act.
| and other expenses of making and issuing the ma
| tional currency, for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth eighteen hundred and eleven
thousand two hundred and nineteen dollars and sew
| enteen cents.
For paper, engraving, printing, express charges
| and other expenses of making and issuing the ma
tiona currency required to complete the service of
the fiscal year ending June uMrtieth, eighteen hun
To pay commissions allowed by law to collectors
| of customs acting as superintendents of lights,
| twelve thousand dollars s-ls :
old building for court house and post-oice at In
| dianapois, Indiana, forty thousand dollars.
For examination of national banks and bank-note
plates, being amount required to pay G. A. Meigs,
bank-examiner, for services in examining SAVINGS
banks in the District of Columbia, six hundred and
| thirty dollars.
| For continuing the introduction of shad into the
rivers and lakes of the United States to be expend-
ed under the direction of the United States Commits
soner of Fish and Fisheries, fifteen thousand dollars
which shall be available also for the ensuing fiscal
year.
| To pay Thomas j. Durant balance due him under
contract with Joint Committee on the Revision of
the Laws, for the preparation of the report of the
Indian treaties, postroad BILL and the bill reguIat-
ing the punishment Oh military ofenses three thou
sand one hundred and seventy-five dollars and three
| cents. sgr eee-
| To enable the proper accounting officers of The
| Treasury to pay the amount found due the United
States associate justice for the Territory of Monta
ma for the fractional part OF the third quarter of
the year eighteen hundred and Eseventy-two eighty-
one dollars and nfty-two cents, or so much thereof
| as may be necessary.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to ad-
just the account OF the expenditure for dies paper
| and stamps for the Internal Revenue Department
for the fiscal year ending June thirteth, eighteen
hundred and lseventy-three, transfer the books
is hereby authorized: Prouided, That the same
shall not involve any actual expenditure Of money
| from the Treasury.
To pay John Cooper, of the John Cooper Engine
| Manufacturing Company for tools and work done
on the Southwest Pass light house in eighteen hun
dred and seventy-two five hundred and fourteen
| dollars and twenty-nine cents. fs
| WAR DEPARTMENT.
| QUARTERMAsTER's DEPARTMENT. sgss
Regular supplies: For fuel for officers. enlisted
men, guards, storehouses, and Offices forage for the
| horses, mules, and oxen of the Qnartermasters
| Department at the several posts and stations and
with the armies in the field and for horses of the
several regiments of cavalry and batteries Of art-
lery, and such companies of infantry and scouts as
may be mounted, and for the authorized number OF
officers horses, including bedding for the animals,
straw for soldiers bedding stationery, including
certificates Of discharged soldiers, blank forms for
Pay and Quartermaster's Departments, and for the
printing Of division and department orders and re-
June thirteth, eighteen hundred and seyenty-three,
one hundred thousand dollars. ..
For incidental expenses consisting of postage and
kilograms or dispatches received and sent OH pub
| lie business, extra pay to soldiers employed I'M
| der the direction of the Quartermasters Depart
ment in the erection of barracks, quarters store
houses and hospitals; in the construction of roads
and other constant labor for periods of not less than
ten days, including those employed clerks at div
sion and department headquarters, and hospital
stewards clerical duty; expenses of expresses
and from the frontier posts and armies in the field
of escorts to paymasters and other disbursng officers
and to trains, where military escorts cannot be fur
nshed expenses of the nterment of officers killed
in action, or who die when on duty in the field at
pOStS on the frontier other places. when ordered
| by the Secretary of War; aud of non-commis-
STONED officers a :. and nd soldiers authorized office
partment including the hire of interpreters, spies,
and guides for the army; compensation of clerks for
| officers OF the Quarermastsr's Department; COM
\ pensation of forage and wagon masters; for the
apprehension securing and delivering of deserters
the following expenditure required for the several
regiments OF cavalry, the batteries of light artillery,
and such COMPANIES of infantry and scouts as may
be mounted, namely: the purchase of travelling
FORCES, blacksmiths' and shoeing tools, horse and
mule shoes and nails, iron and steel for shoeing;
and mules; picket ropes and for shoeing the horses
of the corps named also, generally the proper and
tons of the army not expressly assigned to any other
ending June thirtieth eighteen hundred and seven
| ty-three, two hundred thousand dollars.
For transportation of the army, including the bag
gage Of the troops, when moving either by land or
age from the depots at Philadelphia and Jeefson-
vile to the several posts and army depots and from
these depos to the troops in the field of horse equip
ments and OF subsstence-stores from the places of
purchase and from the places of delivery under con-
| tract to such places as the circumstances of the
service may require them to be sent; of ordnance
ordnancestores, and small-arms from the founderies
and armores to the arsenas Notifications frontier
posts, and aTmydepots feights, wharfage tolls and
errages, the purchaseand hire ofhorses, mules oxen
and harness. and the purchase and repair of wagons
carts and drays and of ships and other sea- going
vessels and of boats required for the transportation
of supplies and for garrison purposes for drayage
and carriage at the several posts hire Of teamsters;
transportation of funds for the pay and other dis
| bursting departments; the expense of sailing public
transports on the various rivers the Gulf OF Mexi-
co, the Atlantic and the Pacic for procuring water
at such posts from their situation require that it
be brought from distance; and for clearing roads,
| and for removing distractions from roads,
harbors and rivers to the extent which may be re-
quired for the actual operations of troops in the
| field being deficiency for the fiscal year ending
June thrtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy three
not including Pacific railroad accounts, one hundred
and seventy-tive thousand dollars; Provided, That
no part of the sum appropriated by any of the pro-
visions of this act shall be paid to any railroad COM
pany which has received grant of land on the con-
dition that its road should be public highway for
the transportation of the property and troops OF the
United States free from toll or other charge.
Barracks and quarters: For rent or hire of quar-
tiers for troops and for officers military duty; of
store-houses for safe-keepiDg of military stores; Of
offices; of grounds for camps and cantonments and