FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Suss. II. Ch. 571. 1898. 66] Mrnrs AND Assnv ormcns. ,,c1;£i¤¢¤¤¤¤ asm of- For freighfon bullion and coin, by registered mail or otherwise, Qfeisht <>¤ l>¤¤i<>¤ between mints and assay offices, for the fiscal years as follows: °” °°m` For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, twelve thou sand dollars. ‘ For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, two thousand six hundred and ninety dollars and fifty-seven cents. For contingent expenses, assay office at New York, ten thousand New York may <>f· dollars. · “°°‘ For contingent expenses, mint at San Francisco, ten thousand dollars. SM1 F*=¤°iS*=<> mmf- For contingent expenses, mint at Philadelphia, twenty-three thou- 1’1¤i1¤¤¤l1>l¤i¤¤¤*¤¤· sand five hundred dollars. And refining and parting of bullion shall be carried on at the coin- _ nsnuing and pa.rt— age mints of the United States and at the assay office at New York, §,'§§§§’§,Q"}§0§f,“;,',§‘,§’§;‘,Qf‘ and it shall be lawful to apply the moneys arising from charges col- ew, ¤r¤i1¤l>1¤ f<>r°¤¤- lected from depositors for these operations, and also the proceeds of P°”°°°‘ sale of by·products (spent acids arising from any surplus bullion recovered in parting and refining processes), pursuant to law, so far as may be necessary, to defrayin g in full the expenses thereoi including labor, material, wastage, and loss on sale of sweeps. But no part of the —N¤w York. moneys appropriated for the support of the coinage mints and assay office at New York shall be used to defray the expenses of parting and refining bullion. For wages of workmen and contingent expenses at the mints in wW¤z¤¤ ¤fw<>rk=¤¤¤» coining gold and subsidiary silver during the fiscal year eighteen hun- ° ‘ dred and ninety-nine, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. - To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury $3** F¤*¤°i=*¤° ¤¤i¤*· on account of the appropriation “Contingent expenses, mint at San Francisco," for the fiscal year eighteenhundred and ninety-six, sixty- five dollars and thirty-seven cents. The salaries of the officers and clerks of the'mint at New Orleans, S3§j1?;s Q,Q°’*¤°· LM Louisiana, shall be the same in number and amount for the fiscal year Amaii. zsh. eighteen hundred and ninety-nine as for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for this purpose the sum of six thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars is hereby appropriated in addition to the amount appropriated in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation Act for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. Lronr-nonsn ESTABLISHMENT. ,,j,Qg1¤},·,j,l*°¤¤°E¤*¤** Salaries of keepers of lighthouses: For salaries, fuel, rations, rent K¤¤r¢r¤‘¤··l¤ri¢¤- of quarters where necessary, and similar incidental expenses of not exceeding one thousand two hundred and fifty light-house and fogsignal keepers, and laborers attending other lights, six thousand dollars. Expenses of buoyage: To pay Captain Cyrus H. Thurlow for the Gyms, {1 T1¤¤r1<>w. recovery, on August eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, of the p“’””°° °' Boone Island Ledge bell buoy, one hundred dollars. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury B¤°F==*S·>· on account of the appropriation “Expenses of buoyage." for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six, four hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty-six cents. That the unexpended balance of the appropriation made for the Staten YS*,=;*€¤ I¤l=¤d· N"' Island Light-House Depot, N ew York, for the fiscal year eighteen hun- Y"0I;29,p.41T. dred and ninety-seven, is hereby reappropriated and made available for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. For repairs to light vessel numbered sixty-nine, to continue available R°P“i'*’ *° “’”°“‘· during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, fifteen thousand dollars, The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to pay the East ,,(f,“@Q,§ff¤€°§§{§§§j Side Construction Company of Toledo, Ohio, on account of their con- 0hi¤.p¤y¤¤¤i¤€r¤- tract dated January twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven,
