The Portland daily press., 1874-07-20
LAWS
OF THE
UNITED STATES
PASSED AT THE
First Session of the FOrty-Third Congress.
LA WIS
GENERAL NATURE-No. 34.l
PASSED AT THE

GENERAL NATURE-No. "a.
AN ACT chan.ing the time of holding circuit and
district courts in Vermont.
Be il enacted BY the Seaate and House of Repre-
sent1tiUes of the United States Of Ameirca in Con-
gress assem- lied, That the term of the circuit court
lollen Rutland the third day of October. shall
be held the first Tuesday 10 October and the
term of the district court holden at Rutland the
six day of octo shall be held the first Tues
day of October. The of the circuit court hold
en- ut Windsor on the fourth Tuesday in July shall
be held on the third Tuesday in May, and the term
of the district court held at Windsor on the Monday
after the fourth Tuesday Of July shall be the
third Tuesday III May: Pr cided. That this act
district court to be holden Windsor but the same
shall be held at the tim now provided by law.
Approved, june 5, 1874.
GENERAL NATURE No. ST.
AN ACT making preparations for the naval SER
vice FIR the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seVenty-iye, and for other purposes.
Be IL enacsed by the Senate and House of Repre-
seatdtiues Of the United States Of america in Con-
gress assembled, That the following be- and they
hereby appropriated, to be paid out OF any money
in the Fieasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
naval service Of the government for the year end
ing June thirteth, eighteen hundred and seventy
five, AMI for other purposes:
For pay of commissioned and warrant officers at
sea- on Shore sp 3cial service and of those the
retired list and unemployed, AMI for mileage and
and for pay OF the petty officers seamen. ordinary
sslmen, landsmen and boys, including men Of the
engineers force, and Tor the Coast-Survey service,
eight thousand five hundred men, six million two
hundred AMI fifty Thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Navy Department,
one hun 1red thousand dollars.
For civil establishment at the different navy
yards, as follows: At Kittery, Maine, eighteen
Thousand seven hundre and ffty-nine dollars; at
Cnlrlestown, Mass lchusetts, twentythree thousand
and nlnetythree dollars and forty cents; at Brook
lyn, New York, twenty-three thousand seven hun
drei and eighty-n dollars aud forty cents; at
Phil adelphia Pennsylvan a., twenty-one thousand
tive hundred AM MI ninssy-three dollars and forty
hundred and thirty-eight dollars and twenty cents
at Pensacola. Florida, eight thousand hundred
AMI f,rty-hve dollars; at Washington, District of
Columbia, nineteen thousand hundred and
twenty-three dollars and twenty cents; at Mare
Island, California wenty thousand three hundred
an seventeen dollars and twenty cents; and at
League Island naval station Pennsylvania four
THOUSAND six hundred and eighty dollars; making in
sand, seven hundred and thirty-eight dollars aid
eighty cents.
For civil establishment at the several ma val hos
pitfalls and naval laboratory, thirty-nne thousand
one undre and sixty-one dollars.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
For foreign and local pilotage and towage of ships
of war, fifty thousand dollars.
For services and materials in correcting compasses
board ship and for adj listing and testing compass
on shore, three thousand dollars.
For nautical and astronomical instruments, nauti-
cal books macs, charts and sailing directions and
repairs of nautical instruments for ships of war;
thousand dollars.
Fr books for Libraries for ships of war; three thou
sand dollars.
For navy signals and apparatus namely signal
lights lanterns and rockets, Including running lights
drawings and engrayings for sgnal-books six thou
sand dollars.
For compass-ittings including binnaces, tripods
aud other appendages of ships compasses, to be
made in the navy yard, five thousand doll rs.
For logs and other appliances for measuring the
ships way leads and other appliances for sounding
three THOUSAND dollars.
For lanterns and lamps, and their appendages for
general use on board ship, including those for the
cabin, ward-room, and Storage, 70 the holds and
spirit-room for decks and quartermasters use five
Thousand dollars.
For bunting and other materials for flags. and
makiag an repairing flags, of all kinds, five thou
For oil for ships of war otner than that used for the
Engineer department; candles when used a sub
stitute for oil i'll binnacles and running lights: for
chimneys and wicks and soap used in navigation
department, twenty Thousand do lars.
For stationery for commanders and navigators of
vessels of war, Two thousand dollars.
FOR musical Instruments AMI music for vessels of
war, one thousand dollars
For steering signals ami Indicators, and Tor sneak
ing tubes and gorgs for signal communication on
board vessels of war, two thousand five hundred
collars
For contingent expenses of the Bureau of Nayiga-
ton: Freight and transportation of navigation ma
teals; instruments, books, and stores; postage and
telegrapbing; advertising for proposals; packing
boxes and Materials blank books FORMS and station
cry at nivig tIon Offices, four Thousand dollars.
For drawing, engraving, and printing and photo
Itnographng charts, eectrotyping and correcting
old plates, prep irng and publishing sailing direc-
tons, and other photographic information, twenty
thousand dollars, and for making charts, including
those OF tue Pacific coast, thirty thousand dollars.
For fuel, lights, and Office furniture; care of build
ing aldtother labor: purchase of books tor library
drawing materials, and other stationery; postage
fe'oh and other contingent expenses. five tbou.
sand dollars. e' " ~
r'or and repair of building, two Thousand eight
hundred dollars. ~ oe
For expenses of Naval Observatory, namely.
For pay of one clerk, one thousand eight hundred
dollars. VI
For Chree assistants, at thousand five bpnd,oa
dollars each. oA
For wages of one instrument-maker, one messen-
ger, three watchmen, and one porter; for keeping
grounds in order and repairs to buildings for fnefS
light and Office furniture; and for stationery mr.
chase of books for library chemicals for batteries
postage and e yht, and all other contingent
ten tIous Ind dollars
For TRANSFERRING astronomical observations upon
sheets for publication, one thousand two hundred
dollars
For one chronometrica thermometer. five hun
dred and fifty dollars.
For necessary furniture and equipments for the
new building for the great telescope two thousand
dollars.
For the last payment for the great reiracting tel
escope, ten thousand dollars