National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-08-20
gatiuuaI gepnbIttau,
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE
FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS.

SOurJ-0OuSe anu post OIuC6 at TlllaQelDlia
PennsylYania For continuation of the con
struction of the building, seven hundred an
fifty thousand dollars. And the entire cost o
said building, exclusive Of cost of site, shall
not exceed four million dollars.
Custom-house and post Office at Saint Louis
Missouri For continuation Of building, seVeI
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Treasury building at Washington, District o
ColumEtA: For annual repairs, twenty thou
sand dollars; for remodsling of heating appa
ratus in south and east wings, thirty-eight thou
sand three hundred and thirty-one dollars ano
eighty cents.
Branch-mint building at San francisco, Cali
tornia: For approaches, paving, grading tenc'
ing, and grounds, one hundred and eight thou
sand and sixty-two dollars for heating and
Tentilating, twenty-five thousand six hundred
and forty-seven dollars and eighty-two cents
for furniture, counters, cases, glsss-tXtures
carpets, and mats, forty-nine thousand six hun
dred and thfrty-three dollars ; IN all, one hun
dred and eighty-three thousand three hundred
and forty-tEo dollars and eiQhty-two cents.
For machinery and fitting up the new mint
building at San Francisco, eighteen thousand
dollars, to be available Immediately; and fol
fitting up q refinery in said mint, thirty foul
thousand five hundred dollars.
For this amount, or so much thereof as NAL
be necessary, for repairing and fitting up thu
old branCh-mint building ct San Francisco fol
subTeasury and other Government Offices
thirty thousand dollars.
That the act entitled can act for the cree
ton of a public building for the use of the
United States in Atlanta, Georgia." approved
February twelfth, eighteen hundred and sew
eutvthree, be, and the same is hereby, amended
so that the sum Of money authorized to be ex
pended in the construction Of said building II
hereby fixed at the sum Of two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
Custom-house and post-oGice, Port Huron
Michigan: For continuing the building, seven
ty-five thousand dollars.
CustOm-house, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Fol
repairs and alterations Of building, coal-vaults
and paving approaches, tbirty-eight thousand
four hundred and ffty-three dollars and seven,
teen cents.
Custom-house, New Haven, Connecticut
For repairs and alterations of building, twenty
thousand dollars.
CUstom-house, Burlington, Vermont :: For
grading, curbing paving, and approaches, five
thousand nine hundred and thirty-three dollars
and sixty cents.
Custom-house, Knoxville, Tennessee: Fol-
furniture, counters, cases, gas-fxtures, carpets,
and mats, twenty thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to
pay the amount awaided by the jury in the
case of the condemnation of the lot selected by
the Treasury Department for building for q
custOm-hOuse, bOnded-warehouse, courthouse,
and pOst-Ofice at Grand Rapids, Michigan, and
the attendant legal expenses, seventy thousand
dollars.
Custom house and post-ofice, Albany, New
York: For payment of the balance due on the
purchase Gin part) Of site for q building for
purposes OF the General Government at
Albany, New York, FIVE thousand dollars.
That the limitation on the cost of the court
house and poSt-odice building at Raleigh,
North Carolina, contained in the act of March
third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, is
hv oca7 70 fbraa b11n5r ad nd re
thousand dollars, which shall be the entire
cost of said building,
That the sum Of one hundred thousand
dollars for the erection Of a public building for
the use of the United States at Covingtop,
Kentucky, appropriated by an act approved
February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and
seVenty-three, be, and the same Is hereby, con-
,ttnued; and the sum Of money authorized to
be expended IN the construction Of said
building is hereby fixed at two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars; and all restrictions as
TO the aierals In. said act are hereby re-
pealed; no sum Of money in excess of two hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars shall be OK
pended in the construction of said building;
and all acts or parts Of acts inconsistent with
the provisions hereof are hereby repealed.
That the act entitled "An act for the erection
of public building for the use of the United
States at Nashville, Tennessee" approved
January twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and
.
amended so that the sum Of money authorized
to be expended in the erection of said building
is hereby fixed at three hundred and seventy
seven thousand dollars; and all restrictions as
TO materials in said act are hereby repealed
and no sum Of money in excess Of the amount
fixed by this act shall be expended in the con-
structiCn of said building; and all acts and
parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions
hereof are hereby repealed.
For the repair and preservation Of all the
public buildings under the control of the Treas
ury Department, two hundred thousand dollars.
For continuation Of construction Of the build
ing for the State, War, and Navy Departments,
seven hundred thousand dollars.
For furniture for the new building to be &C.
Cupied By the State Department, seVenty-fve
thousand dollars; TO be available Immediately.
For furniture, and repairs of the same, and
for carpets, for public buildings under the con-
troll of the Treasury Department, one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, of this amount
twenty thousand dollars shall be available i'm
mediately.
For fuel, light, and water, and miscellaneous
items required by janitors and hremen in the
proper care Of the public buildings under the
control Of the Treasury Department, two hun
.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 Eve hundred dol
lars.
For vaults, safes, and locks for public build
ings under the control of the Treasury Depart
ment, seventy-hve thousand dollars.
For photOgraphing, engraving and printing
plans OF public buildings under the control Of
the Treasury Department, Eve thousand dol
lErs.
Z For pay of custodlsns and janitors Of public
buildings under the control Of the Treasury
Department, one hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars.
Mint of the United States at Carson: For
wages of workmen and adjustcrs, twenty thou
sand dollars; for incidental and contingent ex-
penses, twenty thousand dollars. And so much
of the amounts hereby appropriated for the
mint at Carson as may be necessary is made
available for the expenditure during the cur
rent fiscal year.
New York assay-ofice: For incidental ex-
Penses Of the New York assay-office, twenty
five thousand dollars.
Loss in the redemption Of old copper cents,
being the difference between the nominal value
of the old copper cents and the value Of the
same as metal, seven thousand five hundred
dollars.
That all balances in the Treasury remaining
unexpended on the first day Of July, eighteen
hundred and seyenty-four, of appropriations
heretofore made for buildings and sites Of
buildings named in this act, and all balances
Of appropriations heretofore made, and sufici-
ent for the completion Of bulldogs under the
Supervising 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 thirtietb, eighteen
hundred and seYenty-ive,
. Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury
is hereby directed to inquire into the amounts
OF Liabilities due from the Choctaw tribe Of
Indians to individuals, as referred to in articles
twelve and thirteen Of the treaty of June
tWensy-second, eighteen hundred and 6fty-fVe,
between the United States and the ChoctaW
and ChickasaW tribes of Indians, and to re-
port the same to the next session Of Congress,
with view Of ascertaining what amounts, If
any, should be deducted from the same due
from the United States 10 said Choctaw tribe,
for the purpose Of enabling the said tribe 70
pay its liabilities, and thereby to enable Con-
gress to provide fund to be held for educa-
tional and other purposes for said tribe, as
provided for In article thirteen Of tie treaty
aforesaid.
Sec. 4. That the clause in the act entitled
Gan act making appropriations for sundry
civil expenses Of the Government for the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-fouT, and for other purposes, - ap-
proved March third, eighteen hundred and
eavaDtv.threa which DrOVides that SGtba eac-o