Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-01
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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
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TGEsERAL NAruRx-No. 72l-contSnaed.
MISCELLANEOUS.
TO supply deficiency In the appropriation
thousand dollars.
For salary Of deputy commissioner OF pensions,
medical referee, two thousand i've hundred dol
lars; for additional compensation OF four sur
gecns, tvo thousand four hundred dollars; max
ing, In al, seven thousand four hundred dollars
To pay John W. Wright for rent OF building
corner OF and Eighth streets for one year, nine
For comp ensation Of the commissioners an
pointed under the nrst section OF the act APP
proved M arch third, eighteen hundred and sew
Pr.sident 10 ascerts,n the ,ssns ~ IN. me
In the State OF Iowa, north OF Racooon Fork OF
the Des Moines River, held by settlers under
United States" 1--WE thousand ave hundred dol
lars, or 20 much thereof a. may be necessary Tor
the payment Of the per diem and actual expen-
the direction Of the Secretary OF the Interior.
For the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home.
Washington City, District OF Columbia, 20 be
expended under the direction OF the Secretary
Of the Interior, eleven thousand three hundred
and nfty dollars and ninety-seyen cents: Pro-
rtded, That hereafter no child or children shall
be admitted into said home except the dest tute
orphans of soldiers and sailors who have died in
the late war on behalf of the Union OF these
States" as provided for IN section three OF the
act entitled IAN act to Incorporate the National
Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home ar
proved July twenty fifth, eighteen hundred
and sixty six: 4ad prorided further, That no
child not an invalid shall remain IN said home
after having attained the sge OF sixteen years
And the Attorney General is hereby directed
inquire into the necessity tor aud TO take any
meas uIes that may be the most ettectusl TO EN-.
force any right or claim which the United
States have 10 this money, or any part OF the
same, now involved in the Bankruptcy OF Henry
ID. Cooke, or JAY Cooke and Company.
To complete the grading and erection of stone
wall around the Columbia Hospital, eight thou
sand tive hundred dollars.
For efrayiDg the expenses of the Board of
Health OF the District of Columbia, for the nscal
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy -four, thirty-one thousand i've hun
dred and seventy dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior TO nav
Livingston and Schram amount due them under
their contract for building a peuitentiary and
an addition thereto in Wyoming Territory, forty
For completion of the work OF the geological
and geographical survey of the Territories of
the United States by Professor +. V. HAYDEN,
during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth
eighteen hundred and seventy-four, to be ex-
pended under the direction Of the Secretary of
the Interior, twenty thousand dollars.
For the current expenses of the Government
Hospital for the Insane in the District OF CO.
lumbia, being deficiency for the service of the
present hscsl year, eleven thousand three hun
dred and sixty six dollars.
For the Columbian Institution for the Deaf
and Dumb in the District of Columbia, to en-
able the trustees Of the institution TO pay the
amount yet due on the purchase of the estate
known as Kendall Green, ten thousand six hun
dred and ninety seven dollars aud forty-six
cents, 70 be expended under the direction Of the
For repairing and finishing in thorough and
complete manner the bronze statue of Jeffer.
son, placing the same in National Stataary
Hall, and procuring suitable marble base and
dollars.
To pay Captain James l.. Fisk, of Montana
Territory, the amount due to him on settlement
CT his accounts officer in charge of overland
emgrant expedition, seven thousand eight hun
dred and s'xty-two dollars and thirty seven
cents.
For foundation and pedestal for the bronze
statue OF the late General John A. Rawlins,
authorized by act of Congress approved April
tenth, eighteen hundred and seyenty-two, three
thousand dollars. And the Secretary of War is
authorized u place the same in Rswlins Square,
or such other reservation in the city of Wash
lngton as he may select.
POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
To enable the Postmsster-Genersl 10 offer a
reward for the apprehension OF the parties con-
cerDed in the late mail-robb berries in Missouri,
nye thousand dollars and for the same purpose
in the matter of the late all obberies in Texas
three thousand dollars.
For expense incurred in alterations and inn
provements made necessary by the change of
grade on Eighth street, in order TO provide an
entrance for the mail wagons to the court-yar
OF the General Post Office, i've thousand six
hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty
three cents; and to pay expenses caused by the
change OF grade OF all the streets surrounding
the fost, once department building, six hum
bred and eighty dollars.
For amount due special agents of the Depart
n eDt, being de aciency for the fiscal year end
ing June thirtitth, eighteen hundred and sew
eEty two, two Thousand one hundred and one
collars and eighty seven cents.
To pay the superintendent Of free delivery in
the Post once Department the difference be-
tween the salary as a fourth class clerk aud the
salary allowed by law, seven hundred dollars.
For rent of house numbered nine hundred
and nfteen, street northwest, for further &C
ccmmodation of the clerical force of the Depart
ment, from June sixth, eighteen hundred and
seventy three, TO June thirtieth, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-four, four thousa nd four hum
dFed and eighty-eight dollars aud eighty-six
cents; and hereafter no contract shall be made
for the rent of any building, or part of any
building, in Washington, not now in use by the
Government, to be used for the purposes of the
Government until an appropriation therefor
shau have been made in terms by Congress.
Bnd the unexpended balance of the sppropria-
ton Tor wrapping paper, provided for in the act
making appropriations for the service of the
Post Office Department, for the year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
four, is hereby made available for the purchase
OF wrapping paper and twine.
For purchase OF official postage stamps and
last quarter Of the current fiscal year, one hun
dred and eighty thousand dollars.
For advertising, twenty thousand dollars.
JUDICIAL.
For defraying the expenses of the Supreme
Court and circuit and district courts OF the
United States, including the District of Column
bia; and also for jurors and witnesses, and ex-
concerned; Of prosecutions for eftenses COM
mitted against the United States; for the safe
keeping Of prisoners, and for detrsying the
expenses which may be incurred in the enforce
ment Of the act approved February twenty
eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.
entitled Gan act to amend an act approved
May thirty-frst, eighteen hundred and seventy.
entitled 'An act TO enforce the rights OF citi
Zens Of the United States to vote in the several
States Of the Union, and for other purposes"
or the acts smendstory thereof or supplement-
airy thereto, being deficiency for the fiscal
year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and
seventy-two, twenty thousand dollars; and for
the same purpose. being deficiency for the fiscal
year ending june thirty, eighteen hundred and
seventy-three, three hundred and nfty thousand
dollars.
To pay the salary of the assistant attorney
general of the Post Office Department for the
months Of May and June, eighteen hundred
and seventy-three, being a deficiency for the
fscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred
and seventy three, six hundred and seventy
dollars and thirty-three cents.
For salaries of United States district iudoes