Daily globe., 1881-02-21
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Secretary High School Boar
Sundrv Cir;I ADproDriafions,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.--The sundry civil
appropriation bill has been finally adopted by
the committee and sent to the printer. Among
the items are $31 500 to provide for the par
ticipation by the United States in the inter
national monetary conference; for public
building in Chicago, $4,000; Cincinnati,
S35,0O0; Harrisburg, S70,00O Kansas, $500;
Little Book, $4,000; Memphis, 100000; Nash
vile, 100000; Topeka, 5000; Toledo,
100000; for support of the soldiers home,
S950,0O0. The bill provides for the appoint
managers OF the home to fill the unexpired
term Of Gen. John Love, of Indiana, deceased.
The expenses of the coast surveys, 1922 900;
geological survey, $l50,000; completing the
tenth census, s5OO,00 expenses of the United
States courts, salaries, fees and support of
United States prisoners, $2,375, 900; public
printing, S700,C00
Other items are For lighthouse and Stand
ards Island, Lake Michigan, $1,000; salaries
establishment, Si,s99, 800; to be ex-
pended under the direction OF the
commissioner of fish and fisheries, $121 900;
construction of steamer for the prosecution
of the work Of investigation by the commits
sioner of fisheries, S103, 3,000; Rock Island arse
nal, 1921 600; care and repairs of the executive
mansion and lighting the same, S42, 800; con-
tinuing the construction of a new building for
the war, navy and state departments, s450, ,000;
$4,000; military telegraph lines,
papers of Confederate Generals Bragg and
Polk relating to the late war, $4,000. Ex-
penses of the Mississippi fver commission
and construction and surveys of rivers, $3.50,
600; naval stations, S35O,O00; carrying out
various acts creating the National board OF
health, $4,000, provided $220,0U0 of the ap
preparation made by the act of June 2, 1872
shonld be applied to the same purpose, and no
money should be expended for the above pur-
pose out of any money heretofore made by yir-
tue OF any previous laws for aid to local quar-
antine stations. For aid Of local and State
boards of health S100,f00, provided $50, 600 OF
the appropriations made by the act Of June
2d, 1889, shall be appropriated TO the same
purpose, and no money shall be expended Tor
the above services for the fiscal year 1881,
other than specially appropriated by the act
approved June 26, 1878. The total amount ap-
propriated is s19,991 ,2o5.
As result of Secretary Evarts Interview
With the appropriation committee the follow;
ing para graph was inserted in the bill: For
not exceeding three in num-
Der to represent the United States
at the conference to be called to
adopt common ratio between gold and
silver for the purpose of establishing the IN
ternational use of metallic money, and secur-
ing fxity Of relative value between those
metals 5000 each, and reasonable expenses,
to be approved by the secretary of state, and
for the secretary to each of such commits
sioners, 5000, the amount necessary TO pay
such compensations and expenses to be i'm
available out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated. The
report of said commissioners to be made to
CIro oress for ratification or rejection Il