Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1875-04-08
sUNDRY APPROPRIATIONS.


making appropriations for sundry civil ex-
penscs of the government, passed at the recent
session Of Congress, we find the following.
For iron gratings for the windows, and
putting up the same, in the building for peni-
tertiary purposes III the Territory ot Montana,
one Thousand and two hundred dollars.
For the continuation Of the geological and
geographical survey Ot ;ne Territories Of the
Unilcd States, under the direction OF the Sec
retary of the Interior, during the fiscal year
ending June lhirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy by tue first division, under f. V.
Hayden, in Colorado and such ad jacent por-
tions of New Mexico as were not explored
the preceding year, seventy five thousand dol
lars; and by the second division, under }.
w. Powell, in Utah, twenty-five thousand
dollars; in all, one hundred thousand dollars,
to be Immediately available.
For the preparation and publication OF the
maps, charts, geological sections, and other
engravings necessary to illustrate the reports
of the United States geological and geOgra-
phical survey uf the Territories: by the first
division, twenty Thousand dollars; and by
the second division twenty thousand d.Dllars
in all, forty thousand dollars, to be expended
under the direction of the Secretary Of the
Interior.
TOT COItCtIOi VI HHu IDIucidl std
tistics, under the charge OF Professor R0s-
sitter w. Raymond, the amount to lie imme-
dately available, to be expended, AMI to be
for the completion of the work, fifteen thou
sand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in Montana
Territory, al rates not exceeding fifteen dol
lars per linear mile for standard lines. twelve
dollars for township, and ten dollars for sec
ton lines, forty thousand dollars.
For rent of office Of surveyor-general OF
Montana Territory. fuel, books, stationery,
and other incidental expenses, two thousand
five hundred dollars.
TO meet the expenses OF suppressing depre.
dations upon the timber Oh the public lands,
five thousand dollars.
For geographical surveys of the Territories
west Of the one hundret!th meridian, forty
Thousand dollars.
For salaries and commissions Of registers
of land-offices and receivers Of public moneys
at ninety land-offices. five hundred and TWEEN
ty-fve thousand and seven hundred dollars.
For incidental expenses of the land-ofices
fiftv-seyen thousand nine hundred and fort,
dollars.
For expenses of depositing moneys re
ceiyed from sales Of public lands, thrice,
thousand dollars.
In the act making appropriations for th'
legislative, executive, and judicial expenses
Of the Government for the year ending june
80, 1876, the following relates to Montana:
For salaries of governor, chief justice ant
two associates Judges, and secretary, fitteel
thousand dollars.
For legislative expenses, namely: For com
pensa,ion and mileage of members OF leglsIa
tive assembly, eleven thousand three hundred
.f }ufl
assembly, three thousand two hundred ant
forty dollars; contingent and miscellaneous
expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars
contingent and miscellaneous expenses OF th'
secretary's office, one thousand eight hundred
and forty dollars; pay of clerk during ses
sion OF legislative assembly, three hundred
dollars; pay of clerk in assisting to copy ant
index laws, five hundred dollars for print
ing, four thousand dollars in all, twenty-five
thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Territory
to be expended by the governor, one thou
sand dollars.
For surveyor-general of the Territory o
Montana three thousand dollars; and for tn
clerks in his Office, five thousand dollars.
In the postal bill, passed at the recent ses
sion, so much of section 1926 of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States as refer
to the publication Of mail-lettings in the news
papers, was repealed. In lieu thereof tn
following is enacted:
The Postmaster General shall cause an ad
yertisement of the mail-lettings of each Stat
or Territory to he posted up in each post-ofic
therein. to he posted conspicuously for a
least sixty days before the time of suc
letting.
Little Johnny. writing composition abou
pigs. says: ''Them at fairs is sometimes S
fat that you can't tell which end it is that eat
till You see a basin of grnlc near by, and the
it swings round and points at it like com
pass. Some men spends \ lot Of time curlir