Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-17

To enable the roS'mast. w~Genersi 10 nav IN I.
B.l,imore and ohio RsilrS'sd CenPsny cor
es'tA services in transporting usi-nsfter ever
Their soad during the latter mou tbs q tie nscal
! year ending June thirtitth, eighteen hundred
sr,s SO sity three, SIXTEEN Thousand W, hun
10 enable the Postmaster General 90 paw f,r
rot exceeding thirty thousand copies quarterly
OF the oficiai Postal Guide, 20 be complied ana
puhlisi 81 under contract not 90 extend more
than Eve years, 60 he made with parties dong
said work sc the lowest rate, twenty thousand
dollars.
To enable the Postmaster General 10 pay the
hksabce due on account OF the purchxs aud
Fey-alr Of furniture flr the post Office IN the
United States custom house at q aivestOn. reNss,
dunno the fiscal years ending June thirtieth,
etghtss'n hundred aud seventy two and eighteen
Hundred and seventy three dollars aud ffty-
eight cea O., ~ - much thereof NAV De found
doe BY "a, sixth Auditor o. the Treasury: Pro-
rt& q, TbA' no part 81 THE san shall be paid
unth voucA We properly reoeipted from the par
ties who scfl ally furnished the goods shall be
nled With ~. sS,d Auditor; nTd Prgsiasd fer
Clark until tts hnAl settlement OF MS accounts
with the Post-o hoe Department
Of The Ilp;,ss ., Stes compiled hy FrsSs,. a
Walker. nnder - thortty of the act of March
third, eighteen rxA dred and seventy-three. aud
for binding the errl eedlton OF the same, three
Thousand dollars.
That for rrinting, he preparatory cireulsr.,
and for printing snf b. nding A. the Government
Prineins Ofice the rsa Drt on itfe-tusurancr STA
tistics made, undfsr the authority OF the
Eighth International tstisticsl Congress, BY
william Barnes, I'm se 'ordsnce with plan OF
dirsctios II the Secrets y OF State, any uueN-
pended balance Of an = preparation Tor the
above purpose made In n. act OF March third.
eighteen hundred AID sers nty-thrce, Il hereby
Continued and rendered ava liable.
That the proper accounts ofhoer shall allow
and pay 20 Eunice Darcus =, 'atever sum may
be found 20 have been cue ton q stepsOn. Henry
BerCuS. ~ bounty arrears pay a. private
OF Company h, Eighth Regh aent Iowa Vet
rebeIIion, AZ the time OF his az ,th and in sc
cordarce with his last Will and , testament. aud
the sum required for this purPos a. hereby APP
For the erection Of an eaue.u ian statue Of
Nathaniel Greene, in conformity with = resO-
luton OF Congress passed AuguA eighth, sew
enteen hundred and eighty-sN, ia y THOUSAND
dollars; and one member q eac 4 House OF
Congress, 10 be appointed by the - 'esiding Of
nccr OF each House Of Congress, re .pectively,
ard George Washington Greene. OF Rhois
Island, be, and they sre hereby, Al pointed
commission 10 contract for the same: ProriisF,
That the same shall be erected aBd sr con-
tract. the amount 20 be paid under wh ich shall
not exceed forty thousand dollars.
To enable the Joint Committee on the Library
20 purchase such works Of art for ornat lentine
the Capitol a. may be ordered and APl 'rOyei.
ten thousand dollars.
To enable the Librarian of Congress TO en-
ploy two assistants, In connection with the work
OF the copyright-department, and IA prep airing
complete index Of subjects 20 the dOcnn ents
and debates Of Congress, AZ one thousand siK
hundred dollars each. three thousand two l,an-
dred sOllars. And the librarian is hereby
charged With the work OF preparing such an in
deN, under the supervision Of the Joint Com
mittee on the Library; ana be is hereby author
lied and required 90 complete the two sets of
congressional documents required ~ existing
laws 10 be deposited IN the Library of Congress-
and which were partially destroyed by ire and
To this end he may make requisitiOn upon the
Secretary OF the Interior. In charge OF the re-
serve Of public documents: and such yolnmas
- cannot be supplied By the Interior Dep.rt-
ment may be transferred 20 the Library OF Con-
gress rom the documents In charge OF the Sec
rotary OF the Senate, and OF the Clerk Of the
House of Representatives, the Librarian OF
Congress giving receipt therefor.
fGr necessary repairs Of the telegra ph- line
connecting the Capitol and the Txecutiye de-
paTtments, one thousand dollars
FOR salary OF stenogrspher 20 the Secretary
dollars.
That Of the uneNpended balances Of the an
pronIistion made for the Office OF the Treasurer
OF the United States for the fiscal year ending
with June thiTtisth, eighteen hundred aud sew
eDty-fOur, twenty tbouss nd dollars or so much
thereof as may be rec uired, for the payment OF
salaries OF such additional temporary clerks,
messengers, and lahOrers as the Secretary OF the
Treasury may find necessary tor the work Ofthat
once, msy be used for the purpose aforesaid, in
the hscal year ending with June thirtieth, eight
cen hundred and seventy i've, and for Temporary
clerks in the Treasury Department, forty thous-
and dOllsTs PTorid>d, That no part OF these
amounts shall be expended for payment Of addt-
uOnal compensation 20 clerks OF employees. and
so much ar may be necessary 20 enable the SEQ
joint resolution Tor the relief Of certain clerks
and employees OF the United States approved
June twenty second, eighteen d undred and sew
enty-four, IL hereby Appropriated.
To enable the Secretary OF the Treasury 20
collect, procure preserve, and arrange Tor use
all vouchers, paFeis.reoords, anO evidence. aud
10 take testimony a. 70 claims against the nited
states, 10 be paid only uQOn the certificate OF no
NOmrissioner OF Claims, the sum OF twenty
Thousand dollaTs Of the uneNpendcd balance of
The Appropriation made by act OF March third
eighteen hundred and seyen;y-thTee, IL hereby
re-appTOpriated.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury 70
pay the proprietOrs or the New York Tribune
Tor advertising in said journal. the sum OF eight
hundred and tbiTty-nine dollars aud ten cents.
or 30 much thereof as may be necessary, 20 be
PAID upon the audit OF the proper accounting
officers OF the Treasury.
For payment Of the expense of editing the re-
yised statutes, preparing the same for publica-
ton, and distributing the same, and for editing
the annual statutes, under the direction of the
Secretary OF State, twenty thousand dollars, or
80 much Jhereof as shall be Necessary.
To enable the Secretary of the Navy 20 COM
plete the observations OF the transit OF Venus in
December, eighteen hundred and seventv-fOur
and 20 return the parties OF observation 20 the
United States, twenty five thousand dollars 20
be expended as provided by the act making an
preparations for sundry civil expenses for the
fiscal year ending June thirtietb, eighteen hun
dred and seventy approved March third,
eighteen hundred and seventy three.
For collecting alton respecting the
condition and importance Of the fur.trade in
the Territory OF Alaska, a. provided by act OF
April twenty second, eighteen hundred aud
seventy -four, ten thousand dollars for the fiscal
years eighteen hundred and seventy -four and
eighteen hundred and seventy five, to be ex-
pended under the direction OF the Secretary
OF the Treasury.
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