New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-07-10

ize the Secretary of the Treasury, and he is
hereby authorized to designate the months |
in which fur -seals may be taken for their
skins on the islands of Saint Paul and |
Saint George, in Alaska, and in the waters |
adjacent thereto, and the number to be |
taken on or about each island respectively. |
Approved March "a, 1874.
GENERAL NArURE-No. 19.l
An act making appropriations for the con- |
structiOn, preservation and repair OF Ger.
tain Notifications and other works OF |
defense. for the fiscal year ending June |
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy |
five.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives Of the United States OF
America in Corgre assembled. That the
following sums be, and the same are hereby
appropriated out of any money in the Treas
ury not otherwise appropriated, for the
following Notifications and other works OF
Defense for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
five, namely:
For Fort Preble, Portland harbor, Maine,
twenty thousand dollars.
For Fort Scanned, Portland harbor,
Maine, thirty Thousand dollars.
For batteries. Portsmouth harbor, New
Hampshire, thirty thousand dollars.
For batteries at Long Island Head, Bos-
ton harbor, Massachusetts, forty thousand
dollars.
For Fort Adams. Newport harbor, twenty
thousand dollars.
For fort on Dutch island, west entrance
to Narrag ansett bay, Rhode Island, twenty
thousand dollars.
For Fort Trumbull, New London harbor,
Connecticut, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For fort on W!llett's point East river,
New York thirty thousand dollars
For Fort Schuyler, East river, New YORK,
| TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollars.
For Fort Hamilton and additional batter
| les flor completing the same). New YORK
| harbor, New York, twenty-slx thousand
dollars.
For fort on the site of Fort Tompkins,
Staten island, New York harbor, New York,
| thirty thousand dollars.
For Battery Hudson, New York harbor,
| New York, thirteen thousand dollars.
For Fort Delaware, Delaware river, Del
| aware twenty-five thousand dollars.
| For battery at Firms Point, Delaware
river. New Jersey. thirty thousand dollars.
For New Fort, opposite Fort Delaware,
| Delaware river. thirty thousand dollars.
| Fort Monroe, Hampton Roads. Virginia,
| thirty thousand dollars.
For Fort MOultrie, Charleston harbor,
South Carolina, twenty thousand dollars.
| For Fort Sumpter, Charleston harbor,
South Carolina, twenty thousand dollars.
| For Fort Pulaski, Savannah river, Geor-
gia, twenty thousand dollars.
For Fort jackson, Mississippi river, Lou
| isiana, thirty thousand dollars.
For Fort st. Philip, Mississippi river.
Louisiana, thirty thousand dollars.
For Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida,
twenty thousand dollars
For fort at Fort Point, entrance to San
Francisco harbor, California, thirty thou
sand dollars.
For fort at Lime Point. San Francisco
harbor. California, thirty thousand dollars.
For fort on Alcatraz island, harbor OF San
Francisco, California, twenty thousand dol
lars.
For torpedoes for harbor defenses, and
| preservation of the same, one hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars; provided. that
the money herein appropriated tor torpe-
does shall only be used in the establish
ment and maintenance OF torpedoes to De
operated from shore stations for the de-
struction of an enemy's vessel approaching
the shore or entering the channel and fair
ways OF ha.bOrs.
For contingencies of Notifications, sew
enty.five thousand dollars.
For SURVEYS and "Reminiscences in the
military divisions and departments, thirty
thousand dollars.
For continuing exploration and survey OF
the Territories Of the United States west OF
| the one hundredth meridian, thirty thou
sand dollars @
: Approved April 3, 1874. ."
. GENERAL NATURE-No. 90
An act concerning the practice in Territorial
) courts, and appeals therefrom.
WHEREAS, By the organic acts establish
,, ing several of the Territories OF the United
States, it ia provided that certain courts
thereof shall have common law and chan
| nd hoCa
tertained whether said jurisdiction must be
| exercised separately, or whether they may
. | be exercised together in the same proceed
| ing. and whether the codes and rules o
f, practice adopted in said Territories which
have authorized a mingling OF said lurlsdlc
! | lions IN the same proceeding, or uniform
/ course of proceeding in all cases legal ant
equitable, are repugnant to the said organi'
acts respectively; therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and HOUSE
of Representatives Of the United States o
America in Congress assembled. That
shall not be necessary in any OF the court
of the several Territories Of the United
States to exercise separately the common
law and chancery jurisdictions vested II
rules of practice adopted in said Territorie
respectively, in SO far as they authorize
mingling of said jurisdictions or uniform
course Of proceeding in all cases whethe
legal or equitable, be confirmed; and tina
all proceedings heretofore had or taken i
r said courts in conformity with said respec,
i've codes and rules of practice, so tar a
relates 20 the form and mode of proceeding
be. and the same are hereby, validated an
confirmed; provided. that no party ha
been or shall be deprived of the right
trial by jury in cases cognizable at con
mon law.
SEC. 3. That the appellate jurisdiction Q
the Supreme Court of the United State
over the judgments and DEGREES of sal
Territorial courts in cases of trial by Jur
snail be exercised by writ of error, and |
). all other cases by appeal, according TO sue
rules and regulations as to form ana mode
;. of proceeding as the said Supreme Cou'
have prescribed or may hereafter prescri6'
provided. that an appeal, instead OF I'll
= evidence at large, statement OF the rae
of the case in the nature of special We
dict, and also the rulings of the court Q
, the admission or rejection OF evidence VINE
2 excepted to. shall be made and certined Q
the court below and transmitted to the .
preme Court together with the transcrl
of the proceeding and judgment or deere
k but no appellate proceedings IN sal0 o
n. preme Court, heretofore taken upon an
8 such Judgment or decree, shall be lnval
, dated by reason of being instituted by VIZ
5 OF error or by appeal; and provided furtne
that the appellate court may make an
order in any case heretofore appeale
! which may be necessary to save the RICH
u of the parties. and that this act shall n
o apply to cases now pending in the Supren
Court of the United States where the recOl
10 has already been filed. t#
Approyed April Z, 1874