Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-17
IOFFICIAL,l
IOFFICIAL.I
LAW OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at tbs First Session OF the R0rsU.
third C0akrsss.
GENERAL NATuRRLNo. SOL

GENERAL NATURR-No. S9.l
AN ACT making appropriations tor sundry civil
expenses Of the government for the fiscal year
ending uDe thiItieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy-fve, and for other purposes.
Be ii enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentdtireS Of the CHited States Of America IN Con-
greSS assembled, That tie following sums be,
and the same are hereby, appropriated, for the
objects hereinafter expressed, for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy-fve, namely:
PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING.
For the public printing, for the public bind
ing, and for paper for the public print ng, in
Guiding the cost OF printing the debates and
proceedings OF Congress in the Congressional
Record. one million six hundred nd forty-tiye
thousand five hundred and seven dollars and
sixty-six cents; and out OF the sum hereby ap-
Propriated, printing and binding M AZ be done
by the Congressional Printer to the amounts
following, namely:
for the Department OF State, twenty five thous-
aud dollars; for the Treasury Department,
three hundred and tive nty-five thousand dollars
fer the War Department, one hundred thousand
dollars; for the Navy Department, seventy we
thousand dollars; for the Interior Department,
two hundred ard twenty-five thousand dollars;
for the Agricultural Department, twenty
thousand dollars; Tor the Department OF Justice
snd the Attorney Generals Office, ten thousand
collars; for the Supreme Court of the Unite
States, twenty-five thousand dollars; for the
supreme court OF the District of Columbia, five
thousand dollars; for the Post Office Depart
meDt, one hundred and seventy five thousand
Congress.
undred and fifty thousand five hundred and
seven dollars and sixty-six cents: Prorided,
That hereafter the Congressional Printer shall
print, upon the order OF the heads of the
Executive Departments, respectively, only
such limited number of the annual reports
Of such Departments and necessary accom-
panying reports of subordinstes as may be
deemed necessary for the use of Congress: Pro-
vided, hotcerer, That no expensive maps or illus
trations shall be printed without the special
order OF Congress.
Enr AHnv \.
for both Houses of Congress, the Supreme
Court, and the Court Of Claims, thirty thousand
dollars.
For the expenses of compiling aad preparing
the Congressional Directory, twelve hundred
dollars; which shall be expended under the oil
rection of the Joint Committee on Public
suitable person TO tuperintend the same, and
shall pay him out OF this appropriation such
compensation or additional comp ensation as
they may deem proper.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
FOR LIFR-sAyISG STATIONS.
For salaries OF two superintendents of the
lite-saving stations on the coasts of Long Island
and New Jersey, at one thousand five Hundred
dollars each, three thousand dollars; and for one
superintendent on the coast OF Massachusetts,,
one thousand dollars; and for one superintend.
one thousand dollars; and for one superintend.
ent on the coasts Of Virginia and North Caro-
lima, one thousand dollars.
For compensation of the Assistant Secretaries
of the Treasury, the Solicitor Of the Treasury,
ard the Commissioner of Customs, each four
thousand five hundred dollars per snnum, and
a sum sufficient to pay the amount of increase
in these salaries is hereby appropriated.
For one hundred and two keepers OF stations,
at two hundred dollars each, twenty thousand
four hundred dollars.
For pay of crews OF experienced surf-men II
such stations and for such periods As the Score.
rary Of the Treasury may deem necessary and
proper, one hundred and i've thousand two hun
dred and sixty -four dollars.
For coptipge ncies Of life saving stations on the
coasts Of the United States, twenty thousand
dollars.
For establishing new lise-eaving stations on the
sea and lake coasts of the United States, as au-
thorized by Law of the present Congress, three
hundred snd forty-two thousand three hundred
and four dollars and forty-four cents.
To carry into effect joint resolution numbered
four, graz ting medals TO Captain Jared 3. Gran
dan and others, passed at the third session OF ths
Forty-sec0nd Congress, approved FEBRUARY
tve,sty-f fourth, eighteen hundred AMI seventy
thee one thousand six hundred dollars.
REvRNUK-CCfTKR SERVICE.
4 For the pay of thirty-four captains, one hun
! dred and one ieutenants, and sixty three eugi