The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-27
In WASHINGTON CITY.


WASHINGTON. FEB. - - Special -
Congress appropriated for the fiscal year
lssS. s~.5t-s7 10 buy food ard clothing
and other necessary supplies for the native
Inhabitants o. Alaska. and S. so for the
fiscal year 1ss< tEr in both years more
tasn these amounts were spent TIE ad-
ditio1al expenditures amounting In 1856 10
y - ard IN fSss 20 8 E1.19 aTe row re-
ported 20 congress as deficiencies IN that
account. The secretary OF the treasury.
with this estimate. sends 20 congress
an explanatory letter Of ]. J. Crowley.
supervising special agent. which the sec
rotary has endorsed approved" which
explains that both deficiencies were for
coal bought under contract, but not paid
Tor because the amount O. the sppropria-
ton ran out
A deficiency os ssss 70 Is also reported
IN the appropriation for publishing the
presidents proclamation concerning the
seal fisheries OF Bsrt1g sea The act OF
March >. lsss, provides that the presidents
proclamation shall be published each year
Tor one month in at least one paper az
each United States port on the Pacific
coast Last spring. In accordance with
this law, newspapers at such ports were
requested to publish the presidents proc
lsrnation every other day for one month.
ard the bills they submitted for such ser
vice aggregated slossoa Bills aggregat-
Ing s4ss . have been paid, leaving e de-
felt In the appropriation OF sSs6.es
Considerable sums are needed TO ball
snce the accounts OF the executive and
judicial officers In Alaska. The governor
asks for s., 900 for clerk hire in the ex-
ecutive Office. and IL viii take s, 500 more
than the regular appropriation for rent
or Offices for the marshal. district at
torney, and commissioners. furniture, fuel.
books. stationery ard other incidental ex-
penses for the remainder OF the fiscal
year. For travelling expenses OF the court
officers $3.50 more is needed. and a de-
fciency has been found by the auditor
for the department OF justice. which ac-
crued year ago, OF SIS 50. There Is also
a deficiency from the year 1895 OF $3.50
In the rent account.
Congress. at its last session. appropri-
ated 1880 for repairs and preservation
or public buildings in the custody OF the
United States marshal for Alaska, and
for the construction OF a fire proof vault
In Sitka for the preservation OF the court
records. The attorney-general now says
$500 more Is necessary for this purpose.
which congress Is asked to appropriate.
and also an additional sum OF seas
which was contracted to be paid out over
and above the appropriation OF two years
ago.
Senator Carter Is urging . general bill
which affects the Northern. Pacific in
nearly every state through which II runs.
II makes the provision in the sundry civil
bin OF 1886. under the title Surveying the
Public Lands" which recites .'that before
lands granted to any railroad company
shall be conveyed 10 such company or
persons entitled thereto under any OF the
acts Incorporating or relating TO said
company, unless said company Is excepted
by law from the payment of such cost,
there shall first be paid into the treasury
OF the United States the cost OF survey
Ing, selecting. and conveying the same by
the said company or persons In interest"
apply equally to the successors of the rail-
road corporation acquiring title TO their
lands and other property. whether by
conveyance consolidation. reorganization,
or under deere. OF foreclosure OF any
mortgage authorized by congress or other
wise. The act OF 1864 is also made ap-
plicable to all deposits heretofore made IN
payment OF such costs for the prosecution
OF the survey of the public lands along
the line OF such railroads, and for the
office work connected Herewith, until the
whole shall he completed.
A bill by Senator Perkins reported
favorahly by Senator Mcbride. without
amendment, proposes 10 amend the act
which permits the use OF the right-of-way
through public lands for tramroads.
canals and reservoirs, by adding thereto
the following:
THAT the secretary OF the interior be.
and hereby is, authorized and empowered,
under general regulations to be fixed by
him TO permit the use OF right-of-way
upon the public lands OF the United
States, not within limits OF any park.
forest, military. or Indian reservations,
nifty feet on each side of the marginal
limits thereof by any citizen or associa-
ton OF the United States or corporation,
for the purpose OF furnishing water for
domestic public and other beneficial uses;
and all rights-of-way heretofore granted
or the applications for which have been
1881, and entitled an act TO repeal timber
culture laws, and for other purposes may
be used for said purpose"
The senate has added an amendment
10 the agricultural appropriation bill,
authorizing tho secretary OF agriculture
to Investigate and report TO congress up
on the agricultural resources and capa-
hilIties OF Alaska, with special reference
to the desira bility and feasibility OF the
establishment OF agricultural experiment
stations in said territory, "a has been done
IN other states ana territories, and the
selection OF suitable locations for such
stations. An appropriation OF $500 Is
made for this purpose.
An act for the protection OF yacht
owners and shipbgllders OF the United
States. which will interest some people
on Puget sound and I'm British Columbia.
having been presented TO the president
for his approval. and not having been
returned BY him 10 the house OF con-
gress, in which IL originated. within the
time prescribed by the constitution OF the
United States. has become a iaw without
his approval. II amends two sections OF the
revised statutes. so that they no. READ as
follows:
section &2is-Yaehts belonging 70 a
regularly organized yacht club of any
foreign IA ton which shan extend Ike
privileges 10 the yacht clubs OF the United
states shall have the privilege OF enter
States without entering CT clearing a. tn-
custom house thereof or paying TONNAGE
tax: Provided. that the privileges OF this
section shall not extend 70 shy yacht built
outside OF the United States and 0Nne3.
chraterc9. or used by q citizen % TIE
United States. unless such ownership or
charter was acquired prior 10 the passage
Of this act.
Section 2-That section eleven of an act
emitted an act TO abolish certain fees for
Official service 10 American vessess. and
10 amend the laws relating 10 shipping
com iss{oDers. seaulen. and owners g
vessels and fer other puF poses. approved
June H. 1856. 50 far as the same exenp,s
any yacht built ouist4e OF the United
States and owned. chartered, Or used by
q citizen o. the United states. rem tat
payment OF tonnage ta%eS. - GeT re-
pealed." ALLAN 3. SI4AUSoN.