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

For salary of deputy commissioner of pensions
two thousand five hundred dollars; for salary OF
for additional compensation of four surgeons, two
thousand four hundred dollars; making in ALL seven
thousand four hundred dollars.
10 pay John w. Wright for rent of building cor
ner Of and Eighth streets forone year, nine thou
sand dollars. -
For compensation of the commissioners appointed
under the first section of the act approved March
third, eighteen hundred and seyenty-three entitled
"An act to authorize the President to ascertain the
value of certain lands in the state of Iowa. north OF
Raccoon Fork of the Des Moines River, held by set
tiers under the presumption and homestead laws of
the United States five thousand five hundred dol
lars much thereof may he necessary for pay
ment of the per diem and actual expenses of the
commissioners, to be expended under the direction
of the Secretary of the Interior. ttst
For the Soldiers and Sailors Orchaps' home.
Washington City, District OF Columbia, to be ex-
pended under the direction of the Secretary of the
Interior, eleven thousand three hundred and fifty
dollars and nlneiy cents Provided That here
after child or children shall be admitted into said
home, except the destitute orphans of soldiers and
sailors who have died in the late behalf OF the
union of these states,' as provided for in section
three Of the act entitled San to incorporate the
National Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home" APP
sixty-six: And pro0ided further, That no child
not an invalid shall remain in said home after hav-
is hereby directed to inquire into the
necessity for and to take any that may be
the most effectual to enforce any right claim
which the United States have to this money, any
part OF the same involved IN the bankruptcy OF
Henry d. Cooke, or of Jay Cooke and Company.
70 complete the grading and erection of stone
wall around the Columbia Hospital, eight thousand
five hundred dollars.
For dsfraying the expenses of the Board OF Health
of the District CT Columbia, for the fiscal year end
ing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
four thirty-one thousand five hundred and seventy
dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay
Livingstone and Schram amount due them under
their contract for building pententary and an adj
dition thereto in Wyoming Territory, forty dollars
For completion of the work of the geological and
geographical survey of the Territories Of the United
States by Professor F. V. Hadyen during the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy four be expended under the direction of
the Secretary of the INTERIOR twenty thousand dol
lars.
For the current expenses of the Government Hos
pltol for the Insane in the District OF Columbia be-
ing deficiency for the service of the present fiscal
year, eleven thousand three hundred and sixty-six
dollars.
For the Columbian Institution for the Deaf and
Dumb in the District OF Columbia, to enable the
trustees OF the institution to pay the amount yet
due on the purchase of the estate known as Ken
dali Green, ten thousand six hundred and ninety
seven dollars and fortysx cents, to be expended un-
der the direction of the Secretary of the Interior
For repairing and finishing in thorough and COM
plete manner the bronze statue of jefferson placing
the same in National Statuary Hall, and procuring