United States Statutes at Large/Volume 18/43rd Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 130

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CHAP. 130.—An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and for other purposes.

Appropriations for sundry civil expenses for year ending June 30, 1876. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 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-six, namely:

public printing and binding.

For the public printing, for the public binding, and for paper for the public printing, including the cost of printing the debates and proceedings of Congress in the Congressional Record, one million six hundred and twenty-five thousand five hundred and seven dollars and sixty-six cents; and out of the sum hereby appropriated, printing and binding may be done by the Congressional Printer to the amounts following, namely:

Courts and Departments. For the Court of Claims, twelve thousand dollars; for the Department of State, twenty-five thousand dollars; for the Treasury Department, three hundred thousand dollars; for the War Department, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars; for the Navy Department, sixty-five thousand dollars; for the Interior Department, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; for the Agricultural Department, fifteen thousand dollars; for the Department of Justice and the Attorney-General's Office, ten thousand dollars; for the Supreme Court of the United States, twenty-five thousand dollars; for the supreme court of the District of Columbia, five thousand dollars; for the Post-Office Department, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars; and for both houses of Congress, six hundred hundred and forty-eight thousand five hundred and seven dollars and sixty-six cents.

Lithographing. For lithographing, mapping, and engraving for both Houses of Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Court of Claims, thirty thousand dollars.

Report of Commissioner of Education. For printing at the Government Printing Office, twenty thousand copies of the report of the Commissioner of Education for the use of the Commissioner, ten thousand dollars; ten thousand of said copies to be for the use of the House, five thousand for the use of the Senate, and five thousand for the use of the Commissioner of Education.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

for life-saving and life-boat stations.

Superintendents. For salaries of two superintendents of the life-saving stations on the coasts of Long Island and New Jersey, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; one assistant to superintendent on the coast of Long Island, five hundred dollars; for one superintendent on the coast of Massachusetts, one thousand dollars; for one superintendent on the coasts of Maine and New Hampshire, one thousand dollars; for one superintendent on the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina, one thousand dollars; for one superintendent on the coast of Florida, one thousand dollars; for one superintendent on the coasts of Delaware and Virginia, one thousand dollars; for one superintendent on the coasts of Lakes Erie and Ontario, one thousand dollars; for one superintendent on the coasts of Lakes Huron and Superior, one thousand dollars; and for one superintendent for the life-saving stations on the coast of Lake Michigan, one thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand and five hundred dollars.

New life-saving stations. For new life-saving stations on Long Island Sound, one at Eaton's Neck, and one at Point Judith, ten thousand dollars.

Keepers of stations. For one hundred and fifty keepers of stations, at two hundred dollars each, thirty thousand dollars.

For five keepers of stations on the coast of Florida, two thousand four hundred dollars.

Surf-men. For pay of crews of experienced surf-men at such stations and for such periods as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem necessary and proper, one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.

Fuel; repairs and outfits; supplies and provisions; traveling expenses of officers; contingent expenses. For fuel for one hundred and fifty-five stations and houses of refuge; repairs and outfits for the same; supplies and provisions for houses of refuge and for shipwrecked persons succored at stations; traveling-expenses of officers under orders from the Treasury Department, and contingent expenses, including freight, storage, repairs to apparatus, medals, stationery, advertising, and miscellaneous expenses that cannot be included under any other head of life-saving stations on the coasts of the United States, thirty thousand dollars.

Sites for life-saving stations, &c. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, whenever he shall deem it advisable, to acquire, by donation or purchase in behalf of the United States, the right to use and occupy sites for life-saving or life-boat stations, houses of refuge and sites for pier-head beacons the establishment of which has been, or shall hereafter be, authorized by Congress.

revenue cutter service.

Pay of officers and pilots. For the pay of thirty-four captains, one hundred and one lieutenants, and sixty-three engineers, and for pay of pilots employed, three hundred and sixty-one thousand and three hundred dollars.

Rations for officers and pilots. For rations of thirty-four captains, one hundred and one lieutenants, sixty-three engineers, and for rations of pilots employed, twenty-five thousand five hundred and eighty-three dollars and forty cents.

Pay of crews. For pay of eight hundred and sixty petty-officers, seamen, cooks, stewards, boys, coal-passers, and firemen, two hundred and eighty-three thousand dollars.

Rations for crews. For rations for eight hundred and sixty petty-officers, seamen, cooks, stewards, boys, coal-passers, and firemen, three hundred and thirteen thousand and nine hundred rations, including the liquor-equivalent, ninety-eight thousand dollars.

Fuel, repairs, &c. For fuel for thirty-eight vessels, repairs and outfits for same, ship-chandlery and engineers' stores for same, travelling-expenses of officers travelling on duty under orders from the Treasury Department, commutation of quarters, and contingent expenses, including wharfage, towage, dockage, freight, advertising, surveys, and miscellaneous expenses which cannot be included under special heads, two hundred and sixty thousand dollars.

national currency.

Making and issuing currency. For paper, engraving, printing, express charges, and other expenses of making and issuing the national currency, two hundred thousand dollars, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That the national-bankProviso. notes shall be printed under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, and upon the distinctive or special paper which has been, or may hereafter be, adopted by him for printing United States notes.

Macerating-machine. For expenses of operating macerating-machine, three thousand dollars.

Transportation. For transportation of notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, finished and unfinished, fifty thousand dollars.

national loan.

Paper for notes and bonds. For paper for notes, bonds, and other securities, including mill expenses, boxing, and transportation, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Labor. For labor (by the day or piece or contract,) including labor of workman skilled in engraving, transferring, plate-printing, and other specialties necessary for carrying on the work of engraving and printing notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, the pay for such labor to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury at rates not exceeding the rates usually paid for such work,Engraving and printing. and for other expenses of engraving and printing notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, one million one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.

Materials. For materials other than paper required in the work of engraving and printing, two hundred thousand dollars.

Engravers' tools, &c. For the purchase of engravers' tools, dies, rolls, and plates, and for machinery and repairs of the same, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That the above-named notes, currency, and other securities of the United States be executed with not lessThree plate-printings. than three plate-printings: And provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall have executed one or two of such printings by such responsible and capable and experienced bank-note companies or bank-notePart of plate-printing by contractors. engravers as may contract for the same at the lowest cost to the Government, and at prices not greater than those heretofore paid for the same class of work; no company or establishment executing more than one printing upon the same note or obligation, and the final printing and finishing to be executed in the Treasury Department.

JUDICIARY.

Courts. For defraying the expenses of the Supreme Court and circuit and district courts of the United States, including the District of Columbia; and also for jurors and witnessesJurors, witnesses, &c. and expenses of suits in which the United States are concerned, of prosecutions for offenses committed against the United States; for the safe-keeping of prisoners; and for the expenses which may be incurredEnforcement acts.
1871, c. 99, v. 16, p. 433.
1872, c. 139, v. 17, p. 61. in the enforcement of the act of February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, relative to the right of citizens to vote, or any acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, three million dollars.

Convicts from D. C. For the support and maintenance of convicts transferred from the District of Columbia, eight thousand dollars.

Defending claims. For defending suits and defraying expenses thereof in claims against the United States pending in any Department, and for the defence of the United States in the Court of Claims, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, fifty thousand dollars: Provided,Proviso. That the compensation of the counsellor of the United States provided for by section five of the act of Congress1874, c. 459, s. 5, ante, 246. creating a Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, shall not exceed eight thousand dollars per annum.

Collection of claims. For expenses to be incurred in the prosecution and collection of claims due the United States, to be disbursed under the direction of the Attorney-General, five thousand dollars.

Defending claims under convention with Mexico. For defraying the expenses of defending claims under the convention with Mexico of the fourth of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, five thousand dollars.

Detecting, &c., violation of intercourse-acts, and frauds in Indian service. For detecting and punishing violations of the intercourse-acts of Congress, and frauds committed in the Indian service, the same to be expended by the Attorney-General, in allowing such increased fees and compensation of witnesses, jurors, and marshals, and in defraying such other expenses as may be necessary for this purpose, eight thousand dollars.

Detection and prosecution of crimes against United States. For this sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General in the detection and prosecution of crimes against the United States, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Penitentiary in Montana. For iron gratings for the windows, and putting up the same, in the building for penitentiary in the Territory of Montana, one thousand and two hundred dollars.

Court-house in Washington. For repairs and preservation of the court-house building in the city of Washington, and for tiling the basement-floors of the same, three thousand dollars: Provided thatProviso. hereafter the building shall be under the supervision and control of the Attorney-General.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Hayden's geological, &c., survey. For the continuation of the geological and geographical survey of the Territories of the United States, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six: by the first division, under F. V. Hayden, in Colorado and such adjacent portions of Utah and New Mexico as were not explored the preceding year, seventy-five thousand dollars; and by the second division, underPowell's survey in Utah. J. W. Powell, in Utah, twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, one hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available.

Maps, &c., illustrating geological surveys of the Territories. 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 geographical survey of the Territories: by the first division, twenty thousand dollars; and by the second division twenty thousand dollars; in all, forty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.

Collection of mining, &c., statistics under charge of Professor Raymond. For collection of mining and mineral statistics, under charge of Professor Rossiter W. Raymond, the amount to be immediately available, to be expended, and to be for the completion of the work, fifteen thousand dollars.

Map of the United States. For three thousand six hundred copies, including paper of the map of the United States, prepared in the General Land Office, six thousand dollars.

Jail, in D. C. For completion of the jail in the District of Columbia, in accordance with the plans and specifications therefor, one hundred and forty thousand and fifty-seven dollars and ninety-three cents.

For fencing and enclosures around said jail, nine thousand and nine hundred dollars.

For heating-apparatus, twenty-nine thousand nine hundred dollars, after advertisement, to the lowest responsible bidder: Provided, That it does not interfere with existing contracts.

For kitchen-utensils, wash-room apparatus, and driving-engine, five thousand six hundred and ninety-one dollars.

Safe for Department of Interior. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase a suitable safe for the use of the disbursing-clerk of the Department of the Interior, two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Capitol building at Olympia, Washington Territory. For furniture, carpenter and mason work, and materials, painting, plastering, and other work necessary to the proper repair of the capitol building, at Olympia, Washington Territory, five thousand two hundred and seventy-four dollars and seventy-five cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.

Additional compensation for investigating pension frauds under R. S., 4744, p. 931. That the additional compensation authorized by section four thousand seven hundred and forty-four of the Revised Statutes, to be paid to clerks detailed to investigate suspected attempts of fraud upon the Government through and by virtue of the pension-laws, shall be the actual and necessary expenses of transportation, and a per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence, not exceeding four dollars per diem.

Inquiry into causes of decrease of food-fishes. For continuing the inquiry into the causes of the decrease of food-fishes of the coast, of the rivers, and of the lakes of the United States, five thousand dollars.

Introduction of shad and other fish into waters of United States. For the introduction of shad into the waters of the Pacific States, the Gulf States, and of the Mississippi Valley, and of salmon, white-fish and other useful food-fishes, into the waters of the United States to which they are best adapted, forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, to be available from the passage of this act, to be expended under the direction of the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries.

Illustrations for report. For preparation of illustrations for the report of the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, one thousand dollars.

Engraving and printing Centennial stock. For engraving and printing certificates of Centennial stock for the International Exhibition to be held in the city of Philadelphia in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six, thirty thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars: Provided, ThatProviso. that this appropriation shall not be construed as in any manner committing the Government of the United States to any other payment whatever to meet the expenses of said exhibition.

Crippled and disabled soldiers employed by Doorkeeper of House. To enable the Clerk of the House of Representatives to pay the fourteen crippled and disabled soldiers now in the employment of the Doorkeeper of the House, from April first, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, to December sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, the sum of twelve thousand five hundred and forty-nine dollars and sixty cents; which is hereby appropriated.

Isaac Strohm. To enable the Clerk of the House of Representatives to pay Isaac Strohm for the time employed in making out the warrants for bringing, by order of the House, persons before its bar, and other papers requiring the seal of the House of Representatives, one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, a sum sufficient for the purpose is hereby appropriated, and added to the contingent fund of the House of Representatives.

Summary reports. To enable the Clerk of the House to have prepared for the Public Printer, copies of all the "Summary Reports" of the Commissioners of Claims in cases reported to Congress1871, c. 116, s. 2, v. 16, p. 524. as disallowed under the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, of which twenty-five copies shall be printed and bound for the use of the Senate and twenty-five copies for the use of the House, one thousand dollars.

Monuments to deceased Representatives. To enable the Clerk of the House of Representatives to cause to be erected in the Congressional Cemetery, monuments in memory of those Representatives who have died since the erection of those last authorized, said monuments to be of marble or granite, and of uniform size and style with those previously erected, and to be contracted for by him with the lowest responsible bidder therefor, after due public notice, one thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Steam-pump for House of Representatives. For the purchase of a noiseless steam-pump for the heating and ventilating department of the House of Representatives, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Temporary clerks in Treasury Department. For temporary clerks of the Treasury Department, forty thousand dollars; and for temporary clerks in the office of the Treasurer of the United States, twenty thousand dollars.

Salaries and traveling-expenses of agents at seal-fisheries in Alaska. For salaries and traveling-expenses of agents at seal-fisheries in Alaska: one agent, at three thousand six hundred and fifty dollars per annum; one assistant agent, at two thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars per annum; two assistant agents, at two thousand one hundred and ninety dollars each per annum; and for necessary traveling-expenses of agents in going to and returning from Alaska, at six hundred dollars each per annum; in all, thirteenPayment not to be made from indefinite appropriations. thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. And hereafter no payment whatever shall be made for this purpose from indefinite appropriations.

Expenses in detecting and bringing to trial, &c., persons counterfeiting Treasury-notes, &c. For expenses in detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons engaged in counterfeiting Treasury notes, bonds, national-bank notes, and other securities of the United States, and the coinage thereof, and for detecting other frauds upon the Government, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.

Compensation in lieu of moieties. For compensation in lieu of moieties in certain cases under customs-revenue laws, two hundred thousand dollars.

Adjusting account of expenditure for "dies, paper, and stamps for the Internal Revenue Department." To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to adjust the account of the expenditure for "dies, paper, and stamps for the Internal Revenue Department," for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, a transfer on the books of the Treasury of such sum as may be necessary is hereby authorized: Provided,Proviso. That the same shall not involve any actual expenditure of money from the Treasury.

Re-appropriation of unexpended balance for Southern Claims Commission. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to collect, procure, preserve, and arrange for use all vouchers, papers, records, and evidence, and to take and examine testimony as to claims against the United States, to be paid only upon the certificate of the Commissioners of Claims, the unexpended balance of the sum of twenty-thousand dollars of the re-appropriation made by act of1874, c. 455, ante, 210. June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, is hereby continued and rendered available for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six.

Rebel archives. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to have the rebel archives and records of captured property examined, and information furnished therefrom for the use of the Government, six thousand dollars.

Vinnie Ream. To enable the Secretary of the Navy to pay the first instalment due under contract made by him, in accordance with the joint resolution approved June twenty-second, eighteen1874, res. 14, ante, 288. hundred and seventy-four, with Miss Vinnie Ream, for the statue of the late Admiral Farragut, five thousand dollars.

General expenses of District of Columbia. To pay on behalf of the United States, as a portion of the general expenses of the District of Columbia, to be expended by the commissioners of said District, one millionSalaries not to be changed. and sixty thousand dollars, only to be drawn as needed for immediate use; and three hundred thousand dollars of this sum shall be available1874, c. 337, ante, 116. from the passage of this act no salaries to be changed from the standard fixed under act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four.

Interest on three-sixty-five bonds.
1874, c. 337, ante, 116. To pay the interest on the three-sixty-five bonds issued under the act entitled "An act for the government of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes" one hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars; and the salary of the commissioner ofSalary of commissioner of sinking-fund. the sinking-fund, acting as treasurer thereof, shall be one thousand dollars per annum.

Sanitary service of District of Columbia. To defray the expenses of conducting the sanitary service of the District of Columbia, twenty-six thousand one hundred and seventeen dollars and fifty cents: Provided, ThatProviso. the commissioners of the District shall pay concurrently for such service to the board of health a like amount out of the treasury of the District of Columbia, which they are hereby authorized and required to do.

Salaries of inspector and assistant of gas and meters. For the payment of the salaries of the inspector of gas and meters, and assistant inspector, for the District of Columbia, three thousand dollars.

Jacob Parmerter. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to repay Jacob Parmerter, of Plattsburgh, New York, the amount paid by him in satisfaction of a judgment rendered against him for an official act as collector of customs for the district of Champlain, six hundred and eighty-four dollars and ten cents.

Charles Morgan. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay Charles Morgan for general average on the ship Alabama, three thousand dollars.

Thomas J. Durant. To pay Thomas J. Durant for preparing a revision of the laws in relation to the District of Columbia, under the direction of the Committee on the Revision of the Laws, three thousand three hundred dollars.

Works of art for Capitol. To enable the Joint Committee on the Library to purchase such works of art for ornamenting the Capitol as may be ordered and approved, fifteen thousand dollars.

Exhibition of works of art in Capitol. And no work of art not the property of the United States shall be exhibited in the Capitol, nor shall any room in the Capitol be used for private studios or works of art, without permission from the Joint Committee on the Library, given in writing;Studios, &c. and it shall be the duty of the Architect of the Capitol Extension to carry these provisions into effect.

Rent of rooms, &c., for Northern Boundary Commission. For rent of rooms on the second and third floors of the house numbered one thousand nine hundred and thirty, at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Twentieth street, from November first, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum, one thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents, to be paid from the unexpended balance of appropriation for the Northern Boundary Commission, in which service the rooms are occupied. And the remaining balance of said appropriation, namely, the appropriation made by act of June eleventh eighteen hundred1874, c. 275, ante, 71. and seventy-four, with the portion aforesaid, is hereby continued and rendered available for the purpose for which it was originally intended, and to complete the office work.

Repairs to Post-Office Department. For repairs to the Postoffice Department building, including necessary repairs to the roof, the construction of stairways to basement, and the cost of heating apparatus for the entire building, one hundred and six thousand dollars.

Official Postal Guide. To enable the Postmaster General to pay for not exceeding thirty thousand copies quarterly of the United States Official Postal Guide, and for mailing the same, twenty thousand dollars.

Mailable matter of third class. That section eight of the act approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, "making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and for other purposes,"1874, c. 456, s. 8, ante, 233, amended. be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows: Insert the word "ounce" in lieu of the words "two ounces."

Rent of buildings at Peking, China; period of lease. That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized to rent, furnish, and keep suitable buildings, with grounds appurtenant, at Peking, for the use of the legation in China, at an annual cost not exceeding five thousand dollars; that the period of such lease shall be for two or more years, and with renewals, as the Secretary of State shall determine; and that the sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, therefor.

Clerk to Committee on Private Land Claims. To pay the clerk to the Committee on Private Land Claims of the Senate, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.

Salary of supervising surgeon-general of marine hospital service. That hereafter the salary of the supervising surgeon-general of the United States marine hospital service shall be paid out of the marine hospital fund, at the rate of four thousand dollars per year; and the supervising surgeon-general shall beAppointment of. appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

COAST SURVEY.

Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, &c. For every purpose and object necessary for and incident to the continuation of the survey of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, with soundings and observations of deep-sea temperatures in the Gulf Stream and Gulf of Mexico, andGulf Stream and Gulf of Mexico. observations of currents along the same coasts, and the preparation, engraving, lithographing, and issuing charts, the preparation and publicationCharts and Coast Pilot. of the Coast Pilot, and other results of the Coast Survey, the purchase of materials therefor, and including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, and pay and subsistence of engineers for the steamers engaged on those coasts, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars.

Pacific coasts. For every purpose and object necessary for and incident to the continuation of the survey of the Pacific coasts of the United States, with soundings and observations of deep-sea temperatures in the branch of the Japan Stream off, and observationsJapan Stream. of other currents along, the same coasts; and the preparation, engraving, lithographing, and issuing of charts; the preparationCharts and Coast Pilot. and publication of the Coast Pilot and other results of the Coast Survey, with the purchase of materials therefor, including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, and pay and subsistence of engineers for the steamers used on those coasts, two hundred and thirty-one thousand dollars.

Survey between Atlantic and Pacific coasts, &c. For every purpose and object necessary for and incident to the continuation of the triangulation of the Coast Survey to form a connection between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, and assisting in the state surveys, including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, fifty thousand dollars.

Repairs, &c., of Coast-Survey vessels. For repairs and maintenance of the complement of vessels used in the Coast Survey, forty-one thousand dollars.

Publication of observations. For continuing the publication of observations, and their discussion, made in the progress of the Coast Survey, including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, the publication to be made at the Government Printing Office, eight thousand dollars.

General expenses. For general expenses of the Coast Survey, in reference to the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts of the United States, namely:

Rent. For rent of buildings numbered two hundred and eleven, South New Jersey avenue, and two hundred and fifteen, South Capitol street, (except such small portions as are occupied for the preservation and preparation of standard weights and measures,) for offices, work-rooms, and work-shops in Washington, District of Columbia, ten thousand dollars.

For rent of fire-proof building numbered two hundred and five South New Jersey avenue, (except the portion used for standard weights and measures,) for the safe-keeping and preservation of the original astronomical, magnetic, hydrographic, and other records; the original topographical and hydrographic maps and charts; the engraved plates, instruments, and other valuable articles of the Coast Survey; five thousand dollars.

For rent of office in San Francisco, California, two thousand dollars.

Fuel. For fuel for all the offices and buildings, two thousand dollars.

Transportation and purchase of instruments, maps, &c., and miscellaneous expenses. For the transportation of instruments, maps, and charts; the purchase of new instruments, books, maps, and charts; and for gas and other miscellaneous expenses, eight thousand dollars.

Vessels. Vessels for the Coast Survey: For construction, equipment, and outfit of one schooner, of about seventy-two feet in length, for the observation of currents along and off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, sixteen thousand dollars.

For construction, equipment, and outfit of two schooners, of about eighty-five feet in length, for inshore work of all kinds along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, to replace old and worthless vessels, each at twenty thousand dollars, forty thousand dollars.

For construction, equipment, and outfit of two small steamers, of about eighty feet in length, for inshore work of all kinds on the coast of Louisiana and other parts of the Gulf coast, each at seventeen thousand dollars, thirty-four thousand dollars.

For construction, equipment, and outfit of one small steamer, for inshore coast-hydrography on the Pacific coast, fifty-five thousand dollars.

Weights and measures. For construction and verification of standard weights and measures for the custom-houses of the United States and for the several States, and of the metric standards for the same, five thousand dollars; and for rent of workshops, in building numberedRent of workshops and rooms. two hundred and fifteen South Capitol street, four hundred dollars; rent of fire-proof rooms in the building numbered two hundred and five South New Jersey avenue; for the safe-keeping and preservation of finished weights and measures, balances and metric standards, one thousand dollars; fuelFuel and light.
Miscellaneous expenses. and light, two hundred and fifty dollars; and for travelling-expenses, transportation, and miscellaneous expenses, nine hundred and fifty dollars; in all, seven thousand six hundred dollars.

light-house establishment.

Keepers and assistants. For salaries of nine hundred and seventy-five light-house keepers and light-beacon keepers, and their assistants, five hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars.

Light-ships and vessels. For seamen's wages, rations, repairs, salaries, supplies, and incidental expenses of twenty-three light-ships and eight relief light-vessels, two hundred and thirty thousand dollars.

Buoys, beacons, &c. For expenses of raising, cleaning, painting, repairing, renewing, and supplying losses of buoys, spindles, and day-beacons, and for chains, sinkers, and similar necessaries, three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.

Fog-signals. For repairs and incidental expenses in renewing, refitting, and improving fog-signals and buildings connected therewith, fifty thousand dollars.

Visiting lights, &c., and rewards for information as to collisions. For expenses of visiting and inspecting lights and other aids to navigation, including rewards paid for information as to collisions, four thousand dollars.

Supply of light-houses, &c. For supplying the light-houses and beacon-lights on the Atlantic, Gulf, Lake, and Pacific coasts with oil, wicks, glass chimneys, chamois-skins, spirits of wine, whiting, polishing powder, towels, brushes, soap, paints, and other cleaning materials, and of gauging, testing, transportation, delivery of oil, fuel, and other supplies for light-houses and fog signals, and other incidental necessary expenses, three hundred and eighty thousand dollars.

Repairs of light houses, &c. For repairs and incidental expenses in refitting and improving light houses and buildings connected therewith, and for expenses of keeping in repair illuminating-apparatus and machinery, three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.

light-houses, fog signals, and beacons.

East Chop. For establishing a light upon East Chop, Martha's Vineyard, five thousand dollars.

Naussett Beach. Nausett Beach light-station, Massachusetts: For repairs and additions to towers and keeper's dwelling at Nausett Beach, Massachusetts, five thousand dollars.

Block Island. Block Island light-station, Rhode Island: For completing the reservoir for supplying water for the fog-signal at the southerly end of Block Island, entrance to Long Island Sound, Rhode Island, four thousand five hundred dollars.

Castle Hill. For a fog-signal at Castle Hill, entrance to Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, ten thousand dollars.

Windmill Point. For re-building light-house at Windmill Point, at the entrance to Lake St. Clair, Michigan, eighteen thousand dollars.

Cold Spring Harbor. For building a light-house, or range-lights, at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island Sound, New York, twenty thousand dollars.

Florida coast. Repair of iron light-houses on Florida coast: For repairs of the iron light-houses on the coast of Florida, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Steam-tender for seventh district. Steam-tender for seventh district: For building a small steamer for use in construction and repairs in the seventh light-house district, fifty thousand dollars.

Tchefuncti River. Tchefuncti River light-station, Louisiana; For rebuilding breakwater for protection of site at Tchefuncti River light-station, Louisiana, three thousand five hundred dollars.

Brazos Island. Brazos Island light-station, Texas; For rebuilding light-house at Brazos Island, Texas, twenty-five thousand dollars.

South Manitou. South Manitou light-station, Michigan: For protecting site of the light-house at South Manitou, Michigan, two thousand five hundred dollars.

Eagle Harbor. For re-establishing range-lights at Eagle Harbor, Lake Superior, eight thousand dollars.

Ottawa Point. For the construction of a light-house on Ottawa Point, or for range to guide into Tawas Bay, on the northwest shore of Saginaw Bay, in the State of Michigan, to be known as Tawas light, thirty thousand dollars.

Range-lights, Saginaw River. For erection of range-lights to guide into the cut through the outer bar at the mouth of the Saginaw River, in the State of Michigan, and for the construction of a new dwelling-house for the light-house keeper's use, twenty-three thousand dollars. AndJurisdiction of Light-House Board extended. that the jurisdiction of the Light-House Board is hereby extended so that it shall be lawful for said board to lease the necessary ground for erection and maintenance of the said lights.

Thunder Bay River.

1874, c. 455, ante, 221, amended. That the portion of the act of Congress entitled "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five," approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, which makes appropriation for the construction of a light-house at the mouth of Thunder Bay River, in the State of Michigan, be so amended that the proviso thereto attached shall readProviso. as follows: Provided, That when the light-house is completed, from that time and thereafter further collections of tolls from vessels and their cargoes entering or clearing from said river is hereby prohibited.

Passage Island.
Proviso. For a light-house on Passage Island, Lake Superior, eighteen thousand dollars: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available until the government of the Dominion of Canada shall build a light-house on Cholchester Reef, to the eastward of the mouth of Detroit River.

Detroit River light-ship. For maintaining a light-ship off the mouth of Detroit River, twenty thousand dollars.

Chicago light-station. Chicago light-station, Illinois: For procuring a proper supply of good water for the light-station at Chicago, Illinois, one thousand two hundred dollars.

Pier-head lights, northern and northwestern lakes. Pier-head lights on northern and northwestern lakes: For erection of pier-head lights on the northern and northwestern lakes, twenty thousand dollars.

Detroit depot. Detroit depot, Michigan: For completing the depot for the storage of oil and other supplies at Detroit, Michigan, and building a new landing thereat, ten thousand dollars.

Point Reyes. Point Reyes light-station, California: For enlarging the asphaltum water-shed at Point Reyes, California, three thousand dollars.

Depot for thirteenth district. Depot for thirteenth district: For building a depot for buoys and supplies in the thirteenth light-house district, ten thousand dollars.

Repairing tender Haze. Repairing tender Haze: For repairing steam-tender Haze for light-house service in the tenth light-house district, thirty thousand dollars.

Fog-signal, Yerba Buena Island. For steam fog-signal for Yerba Buena Island, California, five thousand dollars.

Petit Menan. Petit Menan light-station, Maine: For repairs and additions to tower and keeper's dwelling at Petit Menan, Maine, five thousand dollars.

Seguin. Seguin light-station, Maine: For repairs and additions to tower and keeper's dwelling at Seguin, Maine, four thousand dollars.

Stratford Shoals. Stratford Shoals light-station, New York: For completing light-house at Stratford Shoals, (middle ground,) New York, fifty thousand dollars.

Sandy Hook. Sandy Hook light-station, New Jersey: For rebuilding jettee and crib of west beacon at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, six thousand dollars.

Barnegat. Barnegat light-station, New Jersey: For repairs of tower and keeper's dwelling at Barnegat, New Jersey, one thousand two hundred dollars.

Range-lights, Schuylkill River. For range-lights, to guide into the Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania, fifteen thousand dollars.

Cape Henlopen. Cape Henlopen light-station, Delaware: For general repairs at Cape Henlopen light-station, Delaware; and for general repairs at Cape Henlopen Beacon light-station, Delaware, one thousand one hundred dollars.

Range-lights, Listons Tree. For two sets of range-lights at or near the Listons Tree, Delaware Bay, fifty-five thousand dollars; and the appropriation made by act of June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, for rebuilding the keeper's dwelling at Reedy Island,Reedy Island.
1874, c. 455, ante, 219. is hereby made available for the establishment of the ranges at or near Listons Tree, and the light at Reedy Island shall be discontinued when said ranges are established.

Fog-signal, Cape Henlopen. For a steam fog-signal at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, twelve thousand dollars.

Maurice River. Maurice River light-station, New Jersey: For general repairs at Maurice River light-station, Delaware Bay, seven hundred dollars.

Jordon's Point. Jordon's Point light-station, Virginia: For protection of structure and change in bell-tower at Jordon's Point, Virginia, two thousand dollars.

Thomas's Point Shoal. Thomas's Point Shoal light-station, Maryland: For completing the screw-pile light-house on Thomas's Point Shoal, Maryland, fifteen thousand dollars.

Lights on Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri Rivers. For the maintenance of lights on the Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri Rivers, and such buoys as may be necessary, one hundred thousand dollars, including salaries of keepers.

Sandusky Bay, appropriation continued.
1874, c. 455, ante, 220. And the unexpended balance of the appropriation "for building two day-beacons in Sandusky Bay, Ohio," in the act approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, is hereby continued and rendered available for the purpose of erecting range-lights at the same place, in addition to eight thousand dollars, which are hereby appropriated.

Currituck Beach. Currituck Beach light-station, North Carolina: For completing the sea-coast light-house at Currituck Beach, North Carolina, twenty thousand dollars.

Roanoke Marshes. Roanoke Marshes light-station, North Carolina: For rebuilding light-house at Roanoke Marshes, North Carolina, fifteen thousand dollars.

Morris Island. Morris Island light-station, South Carolina: For completing the rebuilding of the first-order sea-coast light on Morris Island, South Carolina, thirty thousand dollars.

Castle Pinckney. Castle Pinckney light-station, South Carolina: For rebuilding tower on Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, two thousand dollars.

Hunting Island. Hunting Island light-station, South Carolina: For protecting site and building a keeper's dwelling at Hunting Island, South Carolina, ten thousand dollars.

Fowey Rocks. Fowey Rocks light-station, Florida: For continuing the work of building a light-house on the Fowey Rocks, Florida Reefs, Florida, seventy-five thousand dollars.

Dry Tortugas. Dry Tortugas light-station, Florida: For rebuilding the tower at Dry Tortugas, Loggerhead Keys, Florida, seventy-five thousand dollars.

Dry Tortugas Harbor. Dry Tortugas Harbor light-station, Florida: For transferring light to an adjacent stair-tower of Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas Harbor, (Garden Keys,) Florida, five thousand dollars.

Florida Reef beacons. Florida Reef beacons: For replacing day-beacon numbered one, on Rebecca Shoal, Florida; putting up others on the Great Florida Reef; and making necessary repairs to those now in position, ten thousand dollars.

Pass a l'Outre. Pass a l'Outre light-station, Louisiana: For building a new landing and making general repairs at Pass a l'Outre, Louisiana, two thousand and five hundred dollars.

Head of the Passes. Head of the Passes light-station, Louisiana: For rebuilding breakwater for protection of site of the light-house at the Head of the Passes, Mississippi River, Louisiana, three thousand and five hundred dollars.

Sister Islands. Sister Islands light-station, New York: For protection of site of Sister Islands light-station, New York, seven hundred dollars.

Thirty-Mile Point. Thirty-Mile Point light-station, New York: For completing the lake-coast light at or near Thirty-Mile Point, Lake Ontario, New York, five thousand dollars.

Dunkirk. Dunkirk light-station, New York: For rebuilding tower at Dunkirk, New York, fifteen thousand dollars.

Maumee outer range. Maumee outer range light-station, Maumee Bay, Ohio: For protecting site of the front beacon of the Maumee outer range, Maumee Bay, Lake Erie, Ohio, two thousand dollars.

Skilligalee. Skilligalee light-station, Michigan: For protecting site of the light-house at Skilligalee, (Isle aux Galets,) Michigan, five thousand dollars.

Poverty Island. Poverty Island light-station, Wisconsin: For completing the light-house at Poverty Island, Lake Michigan, Wisconsin, three thousand dollars.

Piedras Blancas. Piedras Blancas light-station, California: For completing station and establishing fog-signal at Piedras Blancas, California, fifteen thousand dollars.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

public lands.

Louisiana. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Louisiana, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars.

Florida. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Florida, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.

Minnesota. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Minnesota, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand two hundred dollars.

Dakota Territory. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Dakota Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand four hundred dollars.

Kansas. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Kansas, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars.

Colorado Territory. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Colorado Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, three thousand dollars.

New Mexico Territory. For rent of office of surveyor-general of New Mexico Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars.

California. For rent of office of surveyor-general of California, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, seven thousand dollars.

Idaho Territory. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Idaho Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars.

Nevada. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Nevada, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, four thousand dollars.

Oregon. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Oregon, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars.

Washington Territory. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Washington Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars.

Nebraska and Iowa. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Nebraska and Iowa, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, three thousand dollars.

Montana Territory. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Montana Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars.

Utah Territory. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Utah Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars.

Wyoming Territory. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Wyoming Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars.

Arizona Territory. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Arizona Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars.

Rancho Panoche Grande. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause a careful examination to be made for the purpose of ascertaining whether any person, firm, or corporation is now occupying any larger portion of the lands known as Rancho Panoche Grande, than is authorized and allowed by the laws relating to mining lands; andReport to Congress. that he make full and detailed report of such examination to Congress at the beginning of the next session; and to enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry into effect this provision, the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated.

surveying the public lands.

Surveying the public lands in Louisiana. For surveying the public lands in Louisiana, at rates not exceeding twelve dollars per linear mile for township and ten dollars for section lines, fifteen thousand dollars. And it is hereby provided that, out of the appropriation for surveying the public lands in Louisiana for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,1874, c. 455, ante, 212. eighteen hundred and seventy-five, the sum of four thousand two hundred dollars may be expended in paying for clerical service in the office of the surveyor-general.

Florida. For surveying the public lands in Florida, at rates not exceeding twelve dollars per linear mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, and for closing up the expenses of the office so far as relates to the surveying of the public lands, ten thousand dollars.

Minnesota. For surveying the public lands in Minnesota, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, thirty thousand dollars.

Dakota Territory. For surveying the public lands in Dakota Territory, at rates not exceeding twelve dollars per linear mile for standard lines, nine dollars for township, and eight dollars for section lines, fifty thousand dollars.

Montana Territory. For surveying the public lands in Montana Territory, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, forty thousand dollars.

Nebraska. For surveying the public lands in Nebraska, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, seventy-five thousand dollars.

Colorado Territory. For surveying the public lands in Colorado Territory, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, and for heavily-timbered lands at augmented rates not exceeding eighteen dollars per linear mile for standard, sixteen dollars for township, and fourteen dollars for section lines, sixty thousand dollars.

Idaho Territory. For surveying the public lands in Idaho Territory, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township and ten dollars for section lines, and for heavily-timbered lands at augmented rates not exceeding eighteen dollars per linear mile for standard, sixteen dollars for township, and fourteen dollars for section lines, thirty thousand dollars.

New Mexico Territory. For surveying the public lands in New Mexico Territory, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, forty thousand dollars.

Arizona Territory. For surveying the public lands in Arizona Territory, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, twenty thousand dollars.

California. For surveying the public lands in California, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, fourteen dollars for township, and twelve dollars for section lines, and for heavily-timbered mountain-lands at augmented rates, not exceeding eighteen dollars per linear mile for standard, sixteen dollars for township, and fourteen dollars for section lines, seventy thousand dollars.

Oregon. For surveying the public lands in Oregon, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, fourteen dollars for township, and twelve dollars for section lines, and for heavily-timbered lands lying west of the Cascade Mountains, at augmented rates, not exceeding eighteen dollars per linear mile for standard, sixteen dollars for township, and fourteen dollars for section lines, seventy thousand dollars.

Washington Territory. For surveying the public lands in Washington Territory, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, fourteen dollars for township, and twelve dollars for section lines, and for heavily-timbered lands lying in the mountains, at augmented rates, not exceeding eighteen dollars per linear mile for standard, sixteen dollars for township, and fourteen dollars for section lines, forty thousand dollars.

Utah Territory. For surveying the public lands in Utah Territory, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, thirty thousand dollars.

Nevada. For surveying the public lands in Nevada, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, thirty thousand dollars.

Wyoming Territory. For surveying the public lands in Wyoming Territory, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, and for heavily-timbered lands, at augmented rates not exceeding eighteen dollars per linear mile for standard, sixteen dollars for township, and fourteen dollars for section lines, thirty thousand dollars.

Examination and test of field-surveys. For occasional examinations to test the accuracy of surveys in the field, ten thousand dollars.

Survey of Indian reservations. For the survey of Indian reservations and subdividing portions of the same, one hundred and ninety-one thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars: Provided, That the sumProviso. of one hundred thousand dollars thereof, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be applicable to the payment of such surveys executed prior to the end of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five.

Survey of confirmed private land-claims in California. For surveying confirmed private land-claims in California at legal rates, including necessary office expenses, twenty thousand dollars.

Colorado Territory. For surveying confirmed private land claims in Colorado Territory, at a rate not exceeding fifteen dollars per linear mile, ten thousand dollars.

New Mexico. For surveying confirmed private land claims in New Mexico, at a rate not exceeding fifteen dollars per linear mile, ten thousand dollars: Provided,Proviso. That the provisions of the third section of the act entitled "An act to reduce the expenses of the survey of the public lands in the United States," approved May thirtieth,1862, c. 86 s. 3, v. 12, p. 409, repealed in part. eighteen hundred and sixty-two, requiring that the cost of survey and platting shall be paid by the claimant for any private land claim before a patent therefor shall be issued, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

Survey of boundary between New Mexico and Arizona. For survey of the boundary between New Mexico and Arizona, being so much of the thirty-second meridian west from the Washington observatory as lies between the parallels of thirty-one degrees and twenty minutes and thirty-seven degrees of north latitude, at a rate not exceeding seventy dollars per linear mile, twenty-seven thousand three hundred and seventy dollars.

expenses of the collection of revenue from sales of public lands.

Registers and receivers. For salaries and commissions of registers of land-offices and receivers of public moneys at ninety land-offices, five hundred and twenty-five thousand and seven hundred dollars.

Incidental expenses. For incidental expenses of the land-offices, fifty-seven thousand nine hundred and forty dollars.

Depositing moneys. For expenses of depositing moneys received from sales of public lands, thirteen thousand dollars.

Suppressing depredations on public timber. To meet the expenses of suppressing depredations upon the timber on the public lands, five thousand dollars.

capitol extension.

Work on Capitol, care, and repairs. For work on the Capitol, and for general care and repairs thereof, fifty thousand dollars.

Improvement of Capitol grounds. For improvement of the Capitol Grounds, according to the plans and under the general direction of Fred. Law Olmsted, to be expended by the Architect of the Capitol, two hundred thousand dollars.

Removal of telegraph poles, railway tracks, stables, &c., from Capitol Grounds. And the telegraph-companies having offices in the Capitol are directed to take from the Capitol Grounds, and the streets around the same, all telegraph poles, and connect these lines with the Capitol by means of cables laid underground; and further, that the Washington and Georgetown and the Metropolitan Railway Companies are directed to take up such portions of their tracks as may come in the way of the improvement of the Capitol Grounds and relay the same as may be directed by the officers in charge of the improvements of the Capitol Grounds. And the architect of the Capitol is hereby directed to move from the Capital Grounds all stables, workshops, and other buildings which may be in the way of the improvements of said grounds.

Stable for mail-wagons for Senate. For stable for mail-wagons, and so forth, for Senate, to be erected on lot at the north of the Capitol, recently purchased by the United States, ten thousand dollars.

Repairing steam-boilers; and for steam-traps, Senate wing. For repairing steam-boilers and for steam-traps for Senate wing, three thousand and five hundred dollars.

botanic gardens.

Botanic Gardens. For lining with wood the iron ventilators of the conservatory, four hundred dollars; for sash for double glazing for north front of the same, three hundred and fifty dollars; for concrete or other walks for garden, eight hundred dollars; for additional forcing-house, one thousand dollars; for painting and glazing, six hundred dollars; for fence to square on the south side of Maryland avenue, six hundred dollars; in all, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

Building for soil and coal shed.
Filling and grading bed of old canal. For building for soil and coal shed on the south side of Maryland avenue, one thousand two hundred dollars; and for filling and grading the bed of the old canal one thousand five hundred dollars.

Women's Christian Association of D.C. That any moneys appropriated for the purpose of erecting a building on the ground owned by the Women's Christian Association of the District of Columbia, under the act of June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, which may remainUnexpended appropriation continued.
1874, c. 455, ante, 216. unexpended on the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, are hereby continued and rendered available for the service of the ensuing fiscal year.

reform school of the district of columbia

Reform-school. For the superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; two assistant superintendents, at seven hundred and fifty dollars each; matron, six hundred dollars; two teachers, at six hundred dollars each; for medicines and physicians fees, five hundred dollars; gardener, seven hundred and twenty dollars; superintendent of work shops, six hundred dollars; laborer, one hundred and forty-four dollars; seamstress, laundress, and servants, five hundred and forty dollars; and for fuel, clothing, and incidentals, two thousand six hundred and ninety-six dollars; making, in all, the sum of ten thousand dollars.

metropolitan police

Metropolitan Police. For salaries and other necessary expenses of the Metropolitan Police for the District of Columbia, two hundred and five thousand two hundred and seventy dollars. Provided,Proviso. That a further sum amounting to one hundred and two thousand six hundred and thirty five dollars shall concurrently be paid to defray the expenses of the said Metropolitan Police force, out of the treasury of the District of Columbia: Provided,Proviso. That the duties devolved and the authority conferred upon the board of metropolitan police by law, for police purposes, in said District, shall extend to and include all public squares or places; and said board are hereby authorized and required to make appropriate rules and regulations in relation thereto.

Binger Herman. To enable the proper-accounting officers to settle the accounts of Binger Herman, late receiver of public moneys at Roseburgh, Oregon, the sum of five hundred and forty five dollars and seventy seven cents is hereby appropriated, of which the sum of one hundred and sixteen dollars and fifty three cents only may be repaid from the Treasury as balance due him for overpayment on account of sales of public lands.

government hospital for the insane

Patients. For the support, clothing, medical and moral treatment of the insane of the Army and Navy and revenue cutter service, and of all persons who may have become insane since their entry into the military or naval service of the United States and who are indigent, and of the indigent insane of the District of Columbia, in the Government Hospital for the Insane one hundred and fifty thousand one hundred and seventy one dollars.

River and boundary walls. For completing the river wall and raising boundary walls, at their intersection with the same, eight thousand seven hundred and forty eight dollars.

Repairs and improvements. For general repairs and improvements, including the main entrance to the hospital, and for coal vault in the rear of the east wing of the hospital building, ten thousand dollars.

Water. For supplying the hospital with water from the Potomac aqueduct ten thousand dollars.

Payment to State Lunatic Asylum, Auburn. For the purpose of paying the State Lunatic Asylum for insane convicts, at Auburn, New York, for the keeping of George Sheppard and James Blowers, United States convicts who became insane while undergoing sentence, and who were kept and maintained in said asylum after their term of sentence had expired, the sum of five thousand and nine dollars and forty-six cents.

columbia institution for the deaf and dumb

Support of institution. For the support of the institution, including salaries and incidental expenses, the maintenance of the beneficiaries of the United States, and five hundred dollars for the books and illustrative apparatus, forty eight thousand dollars.

Construction of buildings. For continuing the work on the erection, furnishing and fitting up the buildings of the institution, in accordance with the plans submitted to Congress, forty thousand dollars.

columbia hospital for women and lying in assylum and other charities.

Support of institution. For the support of the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asseylum, over and above the probable amount which will be received from pay-patients, twenty-four thousand three hundred dollars.

Purchase of ground. To complete the purchase of the ground around Columbia Hospital, twenty-five thousand dollars, which shall be available immediately.

Transient paupers. For care, support, and medical treatment of seventy-five transient paupers, medical and surgical patients, in some proper medical institution in the city of Washington, or in the District of Columbia, under a contract to be formed with such institution, fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.

Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home. For the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home, Washington City, District of Columbia, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, ten thousand dollars.

Children's Hospital. To aid in the support of the Children's Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, five thousand dollars.

Freedmen's Hospital and Asylum. For the Freedmen's Hospital and Asylum in Washington, District of Columbia, namely, for subsistence, salaries and compensation, fuel and light, clothing, rent of hospital-buildings, medicines and medical supplies, forage and transportation, and miscellaneous expenses, forty-five thousand dollars.

Poor of D.C. For the immediate relief of the suffering poor of the District of Columbia, to be distributed by the commissioners of the said District, ten thousand dollars.

National Association for relief of Colored Women and Children. For the National Association for the relief of the Colored Women and Children of the District of Columbia, ten thousand dollars.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

Collections of surveying and exploring expeditions. For preservation of the collections of the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, twenty thousand dollars.

Fitting up new halls. For fitting up new halls required for the Government collections, ten thousand dollars.

Heating-apparatus of National Museum. To complete the heating-apparatus of the National Museum, two thousand and five hundred dollars.

WAR DEPARTMENT.

armories and arsenals.

Rock Island. For Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois:

Shop A. For shop A: For a wood-working and gun-carriage shop for arsenal, one hundred and seventy-eight thousand dollars.

Shop F. For shop F: For a rolling-mill and for forging-shop for the armory, seventy-five thousand dollars; and one hundred thousand dollars of said appropriation for shops A and F, shall be available immediately.

Furnishing power to shops. For furnishing power to the shops already built, eighteen thousand five hundred dollars.

Rock Island bridge. For Rock Island bridge: For care and preservation of the bridge, thirteen thousand dollars; and this sum and the appropriation for said bridge for the fiscal year ending1874, c. 455, ante, 221. June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, shall be expended in accordance with the joint resolution in relation to the Rock Island bridge,1868, Res. 60, v. 15, p. 258. approved July twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and the contract between the United States and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company; and the Secretary of War shall, within six months from the passage of this act, notify said railroad company toRemoval of piers, abutments, &c., of old bridge, &c. remove, from said island and from the Mississippi River, all piers, abutments, embankments, erections, structures, or tracks connected in any way with the old bridge or tracks of said railroad-company over or across said island or either branch of said river; and in case of refusal of said railroad-company to comply with such notice for the period of six months, then it shall be the duty of the Attorney-General of the United States to commence, or cause to be commenced, such legal proceedingsSuit to be brought. against said railroad-company as may be necessary to protect and enforce the rights of the United States in that behalf: Provided, however,Proviso. The Secretary of War may permit the north pier of the old bridge to remain, in accordance with the joint resolution of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three.

Sewers, roads, &c. For sewers, building new roads, care and preservation of water-power, painting and care and preservation of permanent buildings and bridges, building fences and grading grounds, and repairs and extension of the railroad, fifteen thousand dollars.

Machinery and shop-fixtures. For new machinery and shop-fixtures for shops, ten thousand dollars.

Springfield armory. For Springfield armory, Springfield, Massachusetts: For repairs and preservation of grounds, buildings, and machinery, twenty thousand dollars.

Benecia arsenal. For Benicia arsenal, California: For one carpenter's shop, thirty-five thousand dollars.

Artesian well. For continuing the boring of artesian well, or, if artesian water is procured, for putting down permanent iron pipe and turbine-wheel to force water to reservoir, five thousand six hundred and sixty-five dollars.

Repairing roads, &c. For repairing roads and building sewers and drains, three thousand dollars.

Permanent repairs, &c. For permanent repairs of post, machinery for shops, and for fences, four thousand dollars.

Repairs of arsenals. For repairs of smaller arsenals, and to meet such unforeseen expenditures at arsenals as accidents or other contingencies during the year may render necessary, fifty thousand dollars.

Gatling guns. To enable the Secretary of War to purchase Gatling guns for the Army and Navy, fifty thousand dollars.

Rifling heavy guns. For conversion and rifling of heavy guns, seventy-five thousand dollars.

Examination and report of arsenals east of the Mississippi River. And the Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause an examination to be made into the condition of the United States arsenals east of the Mississippi River, and to report to the next Congress how many of the same can be sold without interfering with the necessities of the military service, together with an estimate of the amount that can probably be realized from the sale of each of the same whenever such sale shall be directed by Congress.

Useless ordnance, Navy. That the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to dispose of the useless ordnance material on hand at public sale, according to law, the net proceeds of which shall be turned into the Treasury; and an amount equal to the same is hereby appropriated, to be applied to the purpose of procuring a supply of materialNew ordnance. adapted in manufacture and calibre to the present wants of the service; but there shall be expended, under this provision, not more than seventy-five thousand dollars in one year; and in the case of sale of likeUseless ordnance, War. materials in the War Department, the proceeds of which shall be turned into the Treasury, an amount equal to the net proceeds of such sale is hereby appropriated for the purpose of procuring a supply of materialNew ordnance. adapted in manufacture and calibre to the present wants of the war service; and there shall be expended in the War Department, under this provision, not more than seventy-five thousand dollars in any one year.

signal-office.

Observation and report of storms. Observation and report of storms: For expenses of the observation and report of storms by telegraph and signals, for the benefit of commerce and agriculture throughout the United States; for manufacture, purchase, or repair of meteorological and other necessary instruments; for telegraphing reports; for expenses of storm-signals, announcing probable approach and force of storms; for continuing the establishment and connection of stations at life-saving stations and light-houses; for instrument-shelters; for hire, furniture, and expenses of offices maintained for public use in cities or ports receiving reports; for river-reports; for maps and bulletins to be displayed in chambers of commerce and boards-of-trade rooms and for distribution; for books and stationery; and for incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, four hundred and fifteen thousand dollars; thirty thousand dollars of which shall be expended on the Atlantic coast south of Cape Hatteras: Provided,Proviso. That no expenditure shall be made or obligation incurred for any amount in excess of the sum hereby appropriated.

Telegraph-lines on Indian and Mexican frontiers. For completing the construction, and for maintenance and use of military telegraph-lines on the Indian and Mexican frontiers, and for the connection of military posts and stations,Connection of military posts and stations. for the better protection of immigration and the frontier settlements from depredations, especially in the State of Texas, the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona, and the Indian Territory, eighty-eight thousand dollars: Provided,Proviso. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay the expenses of operating and keeping in repair the saidRepairs to be paid out of money received for dispatches. telegraph-lines out of any money received for dispatches sent over said lines; any balance remaining after the payment of such expenses to be covered into the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt; the money received in any one fiscal year to be used only in payment for the expenses of that year. AndReport. a full report of the receipts and expenditures in connection with the said telegraph-lines shall be made quarterly to the Secretary of War through the Chief Signal Officer. And the Chief SignalChief Signal Officer to have control. Officer shall have the charge and control of said lines of telegraph in the construction, repair, and operation of the same. And so much of this appropriation as may be necessary, not to exceed thirty thousandTelegraph-line from Fort Marcy to Fort Bayard and Camp Grant. dollars in all, shall be used in constructing a telegraph-line from Fort Marcy to Fort Bayard, in New-Mexico, and from Fort Bayard to Camp Grant, in Arizona.

northern and northwestern lakes.

Continuing survey. For continuation of the survey of northern and northwestern lakes, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS.

Geographical surveys of Territories. For geographical surveys of the Territories west of the one hundredth meridian, forty thousand dollars.

Plates and atlas-sheets. For engraving and printing the plates and atlas-sheets accompanying the reports of the geographical surveys west of the one hundredth meridian, twenty thousand dollars.

Contested election cases.
John M. Burns. To pay John M. Burns, contestee, expenses in contested election case of Burns vs. Young, tenth district of Kentucky, two thousand one hundred and sixty-four dollars and sixty-five cents.

Andrew Sloan. To pay Andrew Sloan, contestant, expenses, case of Sloan vs Rawls, first district of Georgia, two thousand nine hundred and twenty-two dollars and ten cents.

Benjamin F. Martin. To pay Benjamin F. Martin, contestant, expenses, case of Martin vs Hagans, second district of West Virginia, nine hundred and eighty-one dollars and eighty-five cents

John J. Davis. To pay John J. Davis, contestee, expenses, case of Wilson vs Davis, first district of West Virginia, one thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars and fifty cents.

Benjamin Wilson. To pay Benjamin Wilson contestant, expenses case of Wilson vs Davis, first district of West Virginia, one thousand and fifteen dollars and ninety-one cents.

J. M. Hagans. To pay J M. Hagans, contestee, expenses, case of Martin vs Hagans, second district of West Virginia, nine hundred dollars.

M. L. Bell. To pay M. L. Bell contestant, expenses, case of Bell vs Snyder, second district of Arkansas, three thousand dollars.

O. P. Snyder. To pay O. P. Snyder, contestee, expenses, case of Bell vs Snyder, second district of Arkansas, three thousand dollars.

Thomas M. Gunter. To pay Thomas M. Gunter, contestant, expenses, case of Gunter vs Wilshire, third district of Arkansas three thousand dollars

John D. Young. To pay John D. Young, contestee, expenses, case of Burns vs Young, tenth district of Kentucky, one thousand five hundred and eighty-two dollars.

L. C. Gause. To pay L. C. Gause, contestant, expenses, case of Gause vs Hodges, first district of Arkansas, three thousand dollars.

Asa Hodges. To pay Asa Hodges, contestee, expenses, case of Gause vs Hodges, first district of Arkansas, three thousand dollars.

C. Y. Thomas. To pay C. Y. Thomas, contestant, expenses, case of Thomas vs Davis, fifth district of Virginia, seven hundred and seventy-three dollars and seventeen cents—

Proviso. Provided, That no sitting member who shall be unseated before the expiration of Congress shall be entitled to the benefit of this appropriation.

R. S., 38, p. 6, repealed in part. That so much of section thirty-eight of the Revised Statutes as requires the Clerk of the House of Representatives to omit from the payroll of Representatives and Delegates elect to Congress those holders of legal certificates whose election he may be notified will be contested be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Bounty, prize-money, &c., of colored soldiers and sailors. For collection and payment of bounty, prize money and other claims of colored soldiers and sailors; salaries of agents end clerks; rent of office; fuel, lights, stationery, and similar necessaries; office furniture and repairs; transportation of officers and agents, telegraphing and postage, seventy five thousand dollars.

Bounties to sailors and marines. For the payment of bounties to sailors and marines under existing laws, fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Official records of war of the rebellion. For continuing the publication of the official records of the war of the rebellion, both of the Union and Confederate armies, fifty thousand dollars; which shall be available from and after the passage of this act; and where extra services are performed after office hours, and in addition to other regular duties by the clerks employed upon this work, they shall be paid suchExtra compensation to clerks. reasonable extra compensation therefor as the Secretary of War may determine.

Military convicts in State penitentiaries. For payment of costs and charges of State penitentiaries for the care, clothing, maintenance, and medical attendance of United States military convicts, confined in them, forty thousand dollars: and the unexpended balance of the appropriationAppropriation for headstones continued.
1872, c. 415, v. 17, p. 367. made by act of June tenth eighteen hundred and seventy-two, to provide for the erection of headstones upon the graves of soldiers in national cemeteries is hereby continued and rendered available for its original purposes.

Bryant and Rogers. That the sum of six hundred dollars be appropriated to compensate Messrs. Bryant and Rogers, architects, for plans and specifications for a military prison prepared and furnished to the United States commissioners on said prison at their request to enable them to complete a report ordered by the War Department in reference to the construction and cost of said military prison.

Commissioner to attend international penitentiary congress at Rome, Res. No. 3, post, 524. That the sum of eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary be and is hereby appropriated to pay the expenses of the commissioner appointed by the President under a joint resolution approved February sixteenth eighteen hundred and seventy-five to attend the international penitentiary congress to be held next year at Rome.

War indemnity to States. To indemnify the States for expenses incurred by them in enrolling equipping and transporting troops for the defense of the United States during the late insurrection, and for arms and munitions of war taken for said purposes by the United States from States not in insurrection, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Dakota volunteers. To enable the Secretary of War to pay the claims of the Dakota volunteer forces, as examined and reported upon by Inspector-General James A. Hardie, United States Army, under the special act of Congress for that purpose, approved1874, c. 32, ante., 17. February twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, the sum of thirty-three thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars and thirty and one-half cents be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, however,Proviso. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury shall further examine, pass upon, and approve said claims in the same manner as was provided for the adjustment of the Montana war-claims under the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three.

Military prison, Fort Leavenworth. To alter three stone buildings to fit them for the purpose of a military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and to build a suitable wall around the building, one hundred thousand dollars; Provided,Proviso. That the amount herein appropriated shall be so expended as to complete the work

Volunteers of Washington and Oregon Territories. That there is hereby re-appropriated, for the payment of volunteers of Washington and Oregon Territories, who were engaged in the suppression of Indian hostilities therein in the years eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and for the payment of claims for services, supplies, and transportation incurred in the maintenance of said volunteers, and for horses, and other property lost or destroyed in said service, as provided for by the act of Congress, approved March second, eighteen1861, c. 70, v. 12, p. 198. hundred and sixty-one, entitled, "An act to provide for the payment of expenses incurred by the Territories of Oregon and Washington in the suppression of Indian hostilities therein in eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six", the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars.

State, War, and Navy Departments. For completing south wing of the State, War, and Navy Departments, under the direction of the Secretary of State, fifty thousand dollars; and for continuing work on the east wing of the building for the State, War, and Navy Departments, seven hundred thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War.

George W. Seibert. To enable the Secretary of War to pay George W. Seibert for grading streets and side-walks in front of the United States arsenal grounds in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, six hundred and fifty-eight dollars; and to pay Michael Faust for gradingMichael Faust. and gravelling the same, and in the vicinity thereto, one thousand and fourteen dollars and ninety-nine cents.

Military road from Santa Fé to Ferdinandez de Taos. For the completion of the military road from the city of Santa Fé to Ferdinandez de Taos, in the Territory of New Mexico, six thousand, six hundred and forty-four dollars and eighty cents, in addition to the unexpended balance of the appropriationAppropriation continued.
1873, c. 312, v. 17, p. 621. made by the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, which is hereby continued and made available, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War.

Forts in Texas. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated for the purchase of the following sites for forts in the State of Texas, in accordance with the resolutions and recommendations of the board of officers appointed under act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three,1873, c. 296, v. 17, p. 614. entitled "An act to provide for the purchase, by the Secretary of War, of land for the United States for the sites of forts and military posts:" FortFort Brown.
Fort Duncan.
Ringgold Barracks.
Proviso. Brown, twenty-five thousand dollars; Fort Duncan, ten thousand dollars; Ringgold Barracks, ten thousand dollars: Provided, That before the payment of the money hereby appropriated, good titles shall be made to the United States for such land as contemplated by said act and said report; and no more than the amount appropriated shall be paid for such sites. And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to accept for the United States, and free of expense to the same, a conveyanceFort McIntosh. of the site of Fort McIntosh.

And the Congressional Printer is hereby authorized to print and bind five thousand additional copies ofMedical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion. the Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion; one thousand of which shall be for the use of the Senate, three thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and one thousand for distribution by the Surgeon General of the Army; and the Surgeon General is hereby authorized to continue on duty in his office the Acting Assistant surgeons now employed on said history until the end of the next fiscal year.

Pedestal for equestrian statue of General James B. McPherson. For the construction of a pedestal for an equestrian statue, to be furnished by the association hereinafter named, of Major General James B. McPherson, who was killed at the battle of Atlanta, twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That theProviso.
Design to be approved. design of said pedestal shall be approved by the Secretary of War, the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, and the corresponding secretary of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, or a majority of them: And provided also,Proviso.
To be erected in Scott Square, &c. That it shall be erected in Scott Square in the city of Washington, on or near its centre, the ground of which shall be adapted to such erection by the discontinuance of the carriage way connecting Vermont avenue now running through said square, and said square shall be hereafter known as McPherson Square.

Brady collection of photographs of the war. To enable the Secretary of War to acquire a full and perfect title to the "Brady collection of photographs of the war," and to secure by purchase the remainder now in the possession of the artist, twenty-five thousand dollars.

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IN AND AROUND WASHINGTON.

Buildings and grounds in and around Washington. Improvement, repair, and care of public grounds: Of public buildings, grounds, and works in the District of Columbia, under the direction of the Chief of Engineers:

Grounds south of Executive Mansion. For filling the ground south of the Executive Mansion, ten thousand dollars.

Sub-draining, &c., Smithsonian grounds. For sub-draining, and repairing, and re-gravelling the walks and roads of the Smithsonian grounds north of the building, and for moving trees and construction of fountains, ten thousand dollars.

Reservation between Third and Sixth streets. For completing the improvement of reservation between Third and Sixth streets, as per plan, ten thousand dollars.

Reservation on Maryland avenue. For filling and grading reservation on Maryland avenue, lately occupied by the Agricultural Department, eight thousand dollars.

Green-houses and propagating-gardens. For ordinary care of, and extension to, green houses, and propagating garden, three thousand dollars.

Lafayette Square. For ordinary care of Lafayette Square two thousand dollars.

Removal of fences from Agricultural grounds. For removal of fences on the eastern and western sides of the Agricultural grounds during the present fiscal year, one hundred dollars.

Fences. For annual repair of fences, two thousand dollars.

Manure. For manure and hire of horses, and carts, eight thousand dollars.

Painting iron fences. For painting iron fences, four thousand dollars.

Seats. For care and repair of seats, one thousand dollars.

Tools. For purchase and repair of tools, one thousand dollars.

Trees and tree-boxes. For trees, tree-boxes, lime, and whitewashing, five thousand dollars.

Snow and ice. For removing snow and ice, one thousand dollars.

Flowers and flower-pots, &c. For flowers, pots, twine, wire, and for Italian lycopodium, one thousand dollars.

Trees and plants. For purchase of young trees and plants for nursery, and care of same, two thousand dollars.

Tree-markers. For tree markers and marking the same, one hundred dollars.

Sparrow cages. For making cages and boxes for sparrows, five hundred dollars.

Nuisances. For abating nuisances, one thousand dollars.

Ailanthus-trees. For removing ailanthus-trees from the public grounds condemned by the board of health, five hundred dollars.

Fountains. For care of and repair to, the various fountains, one thousand dollars

Reservation No. 3. For completing the improvement of reservation numbered three, (Monument Grounds,) as per plan, twenty thousand dollars.

Relaying curb, &c., south of Executive Mansion. For taking up and relaying curb and flag south of the Executive Mansion, one thousand five hundred dollars.

Cutting down nursery embankment. For cutting down embankment on the nursery, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

Fountain south of Executive Mansion. For repairing fountain south of the Executive Mansion, and for coping and centre piece for same, three thousand dollars.

Fountains and watchmen's lodges in Judiciary Square.
Seats for public grounds. For fountains and watchman's lodge in Judiciary Square, five thousand dollars.

For purchase of three hundred seats for the public grounds, two thousand four hundred dollars.

Improving reservations. For improving various reservations, fifteen thousand dollars.

Executive Mansion. For the Executive Mansion, as follows: For repairs, ten thousand dollars; for refurnishing, ten thousand dollars; for fuel for the same and for the green-houses, five thousand dollars; for care of, and necessary repairs to, the green-houses, five thousand dollars.

Lighting Capitol and Executive Mansion. For lighting the Capitol and the Executive Mansion, namely: For gas, thirty five thousand dollars; for pay of lamp-lighters, gas-fitters, plumbers, plumbing lamps, lamp-posts, matches, material for the electrical battery, and repairs of all kinds, fifteen thousand dollars.

Chandeliers for House of Representatives. For new chandeliers for the corridors and passages of the House of Representatives to correspond with those in the Senate, five thousand dollars.

Fuel for watchmen's lodges and green-house. For fuel for watchmen's lodges, and for the green-house at the propagating-garden, one thousand dollars

Water-pipes. For repairing and extending water-pipes, purchase of apparatus to clean them, and for cleaning the springs that supply the Capitol, Executive Mansion, and War and Navy Departments, ten thousand dollars.

Bridges. For annual repairs of bridges, such amount is hereby appropriated as may be turned into the Treasury from the sale of the old Anacostia bridge, on the completion of the new bridge.

Washington aqueduct. Washington aqueduct: For engineering, maintenance, and general repairs, fifteen thousand dollars; for building an iron truss-roof and for furnishing and setting galvanized-iron cornice on the gate-house at Great Falls, three thousand dollars: Provided,Proviso. That the lands belonging to the United States and lying around the receiving-reservoir shall hereafter be controlled in connection with the Washington Aqueduct, and shall be under the charge and control of the officer in charge of said aqueduct: And provided further,Proviso. That the chief engineer is hereby directed to notify the Washington and Georgetown Railway Company to remove their railway track from the Washington aqueduct bridge over Rock Creek, within one year from the date of said notice; and said company shall make such removal within the year aforesaid, and have the right to lay their tracks along Twenty-sixth street from Pennsylvania avenue to M street north, and thence along M street into Georgetown, to connect with their tracks on Bridge street; and said chief engineer may establish and publish regulations prohibiting the passage of heavily loaded wagons and carriages over said bridge.

Seventeenth and F streets. For removing embankment and opening an alley along the west end of the building, corner of Seventeenth and F streets, nine hundred dollars.

NAVY-YARDS AND STATIONS

New London. For the naval station at New London: For labor, materials, and erections, forty thousand dollars

Pensacola. For the navy-yard at Pensacola, Florida: For continuing the rebuilding of the repairing-dock, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Mare Island. For the navy-yard at Mare Island, California: For continuation of begun work, two hundred thousand dollars.

League Island. For the navy-yard at League Island: For the continuation of work and removal of property from the Philadelphia navy-yard, two hundred thousand dollars; which sum shall be available from and after the passage of this act. Provided, That theProviso. Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Chief Engineer of the Army, and the chairman of the board of revision of taxes of the city and county of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania,Commission to sell lands, docks, &c., of Philadelphia navy-yard. are hereby created a commission for the purpose of making sale and conveyance of all the lands, docks, wharves, real property and appurtenances, rights, interests, and privileges of the United States included within the limits of, and known as the navy-yard in, the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania; that for the purpose aforesaid, they shall, if they think best for the public interest, have the said property divided into lots or plots, and laid out into blocks and streets, conforming, as far as the interests of the Government will permit, to the blocks and streets of the said city in the vicinity of the said navy-yard; and they shall have the said property fairly appraised in such lots or portionsAppraisal. as they think best, and shall have power to sell the same, or any portion thereof, at public auction, after thirty days notice in three daily papers of the largest circulation in the city of Philadelphia, at not less than the appraised value, to be paid for in cash within thirty days after making such sale, and, upon the receipt of such payment, to make good conveyance and title for the property sold and paid for to the purchasers or their assigns; that the money so received, less the necessary expenses of this commission, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, and an amount equal to the sum so paid in is hereby appropriated to be expended by the Navy Department in removing the movable property of the Philadelphia navy-yard to League Island, and in building the necessary docks, wharves, shops, and buildings at League Island, and preparing the same for carrying on the business and work of a navy-yard at that place: Provided,Proviso. That not more than one-third of the appraised value of the said property hereby authorized to be sold shall be expended within the next fiscal year: And provided also,Proviso. That the said commission shall make a definite and specific report of all their doings under this authority to Congress at its next regular session, and at each regular session thereafter while said sale shall remain uncompleted.

Repairs, &c., of navy-yards and stations. For repairs at the different navy-yards and stations, and preservation of the same, five hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expendedProviso. upon the Philadelphia or Washington navy-yard.

Clothing. For clothing for the Navy, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Naval Academy quarters. To increase and improve the quarters at the United States Naval Academy, ten thousand dollars.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

Improvement of grounds. Improvement of grounds, Department of Agriculture; For labor, six thousand dollars; manure and trees for arboretum, one thousand five hundred dollars; for repairing concrete roads and walks, five hundred dollars; for tools, wagons, lawn-mowers, carts, and general repairs of the same, six hundred dollars; for planting and completing improvement of new grounds, one thousand dollars; for two flights of stone steps in front of the conservatory, six hundred and eighty dollars; for two small fountains, three hundred and sixty dollars; for purchasing and laying pipes, one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; in all, eleven thousand nine hundred and ninety dollars.

UNDER THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

public buildings.

Charleston. For completion of building, approaches, and grading for custom house, Charleston, South Carolina, one hundred and fifty-one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three dollars and ninety-one cents.

Atlanta. For continuation of building for custom house and post-office, Atlanta, Georgia, the sum of fifty thousand dollars.

New Orleans. For continuation of building for custom-house at New Orleans, Louisiana, one hundred thousand dollars.

Chicago. For continuation of building for custom-house and sub-treasury, Chicago, Illinois, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Cincinnati. For continuation of building for custom-house and post-office, Cincinnati, Ohio, six hundred thousand dollars.

Covington. For continuation of building for custom house and post-office, Covington, Kentucky, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Evansville. For continuation of building for custom house, court house, and post-office, Evansville, Indiana, fifty thousand dollars.

Fall River.
Limitation repealed.
1872, c. 188, v. 17, p. 140. For continuation of building for custom house and post-office, Fall River, Massachusetts, forty thousand dollars; and the limitation heretofore existing under act of May twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, is hereby repealed.

Indianapolis. For completing court house and post-office at Indianapolis, Indiana, twelve thousand dollars.

New York. For completion of building for United States post-office and court house, New York, including cost of heating and ventilating apparatus and the cost of area along park front, as per report of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, three hundred and eighty-eight thousand one hundred and sixty dollars and eight cents.

Hartford. For continuation of building for court house and post-office, Hartford, Connecticut, one hundred thousand dollars.

Parkersburgh. For the building for post-office and custom house, Parkersburgh, West Virginia, eighteen thousand dollars.

Philadelphia. For continuation of building for post-office and court house, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Port Huron. For continuation of building for custom house and post-office, Port Huron, Michigan, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Raleigh. For continuation of building for court house and post-office, Raleigh, North Carolina, fifty thousand dollars.

Rockland. For completion of building for custom-house and post-office, Rockland, Maine, twenty thousand dollars.

Trenton. For completion of building for custom-house and post office at Trenton, New Jersey, one hundred thousand dollars.

San Francisco. For continuation of building for appraisers' stores, San Francisco, California, one hundred thousand dollars.

Grand Rapids. For continuation of building for custom-house and post-office, at Grand Rapids, Michigan, fifty thousand dollars.

Saint Louis. For continuation of building for custom house and post-office, Saint Louis, Missouri, seven hundred thousand dollars.

Treasury-building, Washington, D.C. For annual repairs of the Treasury-building, Washington, District of Columbia, twenty-five thousand dollars.

San Francisco. For out-buildings, sewerage, fencing, and grading building for marine hospital, San Francisco, California, fifteen thousand nine hundred dollars.

Navy Department. To cover the expenses incurred by reason of the fire at the Navy Department on the twenty-fifth day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, twelve thousand dollars, to be immediately available.

Public buildings. For repairs and preservation of all the public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Payments, contracts, &c., for public buildings. And hereafter no money shall be paid nor contracts made for payment for any site for a public building in excess of the amount specifically appropriated therefor; and no money shall be expended upon any public building on which work has not yet been actually begun until after drawings and specifications together with detailed estimates of the cost thereof, shall have been made by the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, and said plans and estimates shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of the Interior, and the Postmaster General; and all appropriations made for the construction of such building shall be expended within the limitations of the act authorizing the same or limiting the cost thereof; and no change of said plan involving an increase of expense exceeding ten per centum of the amount to which said building was limited shall be allowed or paid by any officer of the Government without the special authority of Congress.

Furniture, carpets, and repairs For furniture and repairs of the same, and for carpets for public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Miscellaneous items. For fuel, light, and water, and miscellaneous items required by the janitors and firemen in the proper care of the public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, three hundred thousand dollars.

Heating apparatus, &c. For heating apparatus and repairs of the same, for public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, two hundred thousand dollars.

Vaults, safes, and locks. For vaults, safes, and locks for public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, seventy-five thousand dollars.

Photographing, &c. For photographing, engraving, and printing plans of public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, five thousand dollars.

Janitors. For pay of custodians and janitors of public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, one hundred thousand dollars.

Auburn. For the purpose of making plans and specifications for a public building at Auburn, New York, the sum of four thousand dollars, the same being in accordance with the recommendation of the Treasury Department through the Supervising Architect of the Treasury.

Organization and salaries in the Treasury Department. Sec. 2. That on and after July first, eighteen hundred and seventy five, the organization of the Treasury Department, and the several offices thereof, and the annual salaries paid to the persons therein, shall be as follows, to wit:

Office of the Secretary of the Treasury. In the office of the Secretary of the Treasury:

The Secretary, eight thousand dollars; two assistant secretaries, at four thousand five hundred dollars each; chief clerk, three thousand dollars; one chief of division of warrants, estimates, and appropriations, three thousand dollars; seven chiefs of division, at two thousand eight hundred dollars each; eight assistant chiefs of division, at two thousand four hundred dollars each; two disbursing clerks at two thousand eight hundred dollars each; twenty-five clerks of class four; stenographer to the Secretary, two thousand four hundred dollars; twenty-six clerks of class three; twenty-one clerks of class two; eighteen clerks of class one; thirty-one clerks at nine hundred dollars each; eleven messengers; and eleven laborers; one clerk of class four and one clerk of class one, to assist the chief clerk in superintending the building, one captain of the watch, one thousand four hundred dollars; one engineer, one thousand six hundred dollars; one machinist and gas-fitter, one thousand two hundred dollars; one storekeeper, one thousand four hundred dollars; sixty watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, and additional to two of said watchmen, acting as lieutenants of watchmen, two hundred and eighty dollars each; twenty-five laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; nine firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; and ninety char-women, at one hundred and eighty dollars each.

Construction Branch. In the Construction Branch of the Treasury:—

Supervising Architect, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; one photographer, two thousand five hundred dollars; one principal clerk, at two thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks, at two thousand dollars each; one assistant photographer, at one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; two clerks of class one; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one messenger.

First Comptroller. In the Office of the First Comptroller:—

The First Comptroller of the Treasury, five thousand dollars; deputy comptroller, two thousand eight hundred dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand four hundred dollars each; six clerks of class four; twelve clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; six clerks at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; and three laborers.

Second Comptroller. In the Office of the Second Comptroller:—

The Second Comptroller, five thousand dollars; deputy comptroller, two thousand eight hundred dollars; six chiefs of division, at two thousand four hundred dollars each; six clerks of class four; seventeen clerks of class three; eighteen clerks of class two; eleven clerks of class one; ten clerks at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger and three laborers.

Commissioner of Customs. In the Office of the Commissioner of Customs:—

The Commissioner of Customs, four thousand five hundred dollars; deputy commissioner, two thousand five hundred dollars; two chiefs of division, at two thousand four hundred dollars each; two clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; nine clerks of class one; one messenger; and one laborer.

First Auditor. In the Office of the First Auditor:—

The First Auditor of the Treasury, four thousand dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; two clerks of class four; seven clerks of class three; eight clerks of class two; thirteen clerks of class one; one messenger, and two laborers.

Second Auditor. In the Office of the Second Auditor:—

The Second Auditor of the Treasury, four thousand dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; five chiefs of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; six clerks of class four; thirty-five clerks of class three; seventy clerks of class two; forty-five clerks of class one; one messenger; and twelve laborers.

Third Auditor. In the Office of the Third Auditor:—

The Third Auditor of the Treasury, four thousand dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; five chiefs of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; six clerks of class four; twenty-five clerks of class three; seventy-five clerks of class two; forty clerks of class one; ten clerks at nine hundred dollars each; two messengers; seven laborers; and one char-woman, at four hundred and eighty dollars.

Fourth Auditor. In the Office of the Fourth Auditor:—

The Fourth Auditor of the Treasury, four thousand dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; two clerks of class four; eighteen clerks of class three; eleven clerks of class two; ten clerks of class one; six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; and three laborers.

Fifth Auditor. In the Office of the Fifth Auditor:—

The Fifth Auditor of the Treasury, four thousand dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; two chiefs of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; two clerks of class four; seven clerks of class three; six clerks of class two; eight clerks of class one; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; and two laborers.

Sixth Auditor. In the Office of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department:

The Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department, four thousand dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; eight chiefs of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; eight clerks of class four, and, additional to one clerk of class four as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; fifty-four clerks of class three; sixty-nine clerks of class two; thirty-seven clerks of class one; one messenger; and nineteen laborers; twenty assorters of money orders, at one thousand dollars each; also fifteen female assorters of money orders, at nine hundred dollars each.

Register. In the Office of the Register:

The Register of the Treasury, four thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant register and one deputy register, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; seven clerks of class four; ten clerks of class three; fourteen clerks of class two; eight clerks of class one; eight copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; and four laborers.

Treasurer. In the Office of the Treasurer:

The Treasurer of the United States, six thousand five hundred dollars; assistant treasurer, three thousand eight hundred dollars; cashier, three thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant cashier, three thousand five hundred dollars; five chiefs of division, at two thousand seven hundred dollars each; two principal bookkeepers, one at two thousand six hundred dollars and one at two thousand five hundred dollars; two tellers, one at two thousand seven hundred dollars and one at two thousand six hundred dollars; one chief clerk, at two thousand seven hundred dollars; two assistant tellers, at two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars each; thirteen clerks of class four; thirteen clerks of class three; nine clerks of class two; eight clerks of class one; sixty clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; seven messengers; five laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; and seven laborers, at two hundred and forty dollars each.

Light-House Board. In the Office of the Light House Board:

The chief clerk of the Light House Board, two thousand five hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; one messenger; and one laborer.

Comptroller of the Currency. In the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency:

The Comptroller of the Currency, five thousand dollars; deputy comptroller, three thousand dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand four hundred dollars each; one stenographer, at two thousand dollars; eight clerks of class four; fourteen clerks of class three; twelve clerks of class two; eleven clerks of class one; thirty-three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; four messengers; four laborers; and two night watchmen.

Commissioner of Internal Revenue. In the Office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue:

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue, six thousand dollars; deputy commissioner, three thousand five hundred dollars; one deputy commissioner, at three thousand dollars; seven heads of division, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; one stenographer, at two thousand dollars; thirty clerks of class four; forty-two clerks of class three; fifty clerks of class two; eighteen clerks of class one; seventy clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; five messengers; and fifteen laborers.

Office of Secretary of Treasury; division of loans, division of currency. In the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury:

That there shall be in the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury a Division of Loans and a Division of Currency, with the following employees: Two chiefs of division, at two thousand eight hundred dollars each; two assistant chiefs of division, at two thousand four hundred dollars each; fourteen clerks of class four; eight clerks of class three; six clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; sixty clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; eight messengers; eleven laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; and twelve laborers, at not exceeding two dollars and twenty-five cents a day each; and additional pay to three fourth-class clerks in the Division of Loans, namely, receiving clerk of bonds and two bookkeepers, three hundred dollars each.

Treasurer. In the Office of the Treasurer:

Seventeen clerks of class four; six clerks of class three; five clerks of class two; nine clerks of class one; one hundred and forty-five counters and copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; nine messengers; and twenty-six laborers.

Register. In the Office of the Register of the Treasury:

Five chiefs of division, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; one disbursing clerk, at two thousand dollars; twelve clerks of class four; twelve clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; one hundred counters and copyists at nine hundred dollars each; eight messengers; and six laborers.

First Auditor. In the Office of the First Auditor of the Treasury:

Four clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; and two clerks of class one.

Duties of deputies. That the duties heretofore prescribed by law and performed by the chief clerks in the several Bureaus named shall hereafter devolve upon, and be performed by, the several deputy comptrollers, deputy auditors, deputy register, and deputy commissioner herein named: Provided,Proviso. That on an and after January first, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, the appointments of this DepartmentAppointments. shall be so arranged as to be equally distributed between the several States of the United States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, according to population.

Cholera in Mexico, &c. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to detail a medical officer of the Army to investigate and report upon the reported existence and spread of cholera in Mexico and near the frontier of Texas, and should such epidemic invade the United States during the present year, it shall be the duty of said officer to give timely notice of the advance and spread of the disease, and to compile complete records of said epidemic, and to report the same through the President to Congress; and to defray the necessary expenses of this investigation, the sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, or so much thereof as may be required, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War.

Force to be employed in carrying out provisions of 1874, c. 343, s. 3, ante, 123. Sec. 3. That to carry into effect the provisions of section three of the act entitled "An act fixing the amount of United States notes, providing for a redistribution of the national-bank currency, and for other purposes" approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to appoint the following force, to be employed under his direction, namely: In the office of the Treasurer: one superintendent,Office of the Treasurer. three thousand five hundred dollars; two principal tellers and one principal book-keeper, at two thousand six hundred dollars each; one assistant principal book-keeper at two thousand five hundred dollars; two assistant tellers, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; forty-four clerks of class one; twenty-one clerks, at one thousand dollars each; sixty clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; four messengers; five assistant messengers; and three persons to be employed at four hundred and thirty-two dollars each; for which the sum of one hundred and sixty-six thousand six hundred and fifty six dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. In the office of the Comptroller of the Currency: One superintendent, at two thousand four hundred dollars; one teller and one principal book-keeper, at two thousand four hundred dollars each; one assistant book-keeper, at two thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; four clerks of class one; twenty clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one messenger; for which the sum of thirty-four thousand eight hundred and forty dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. And at the end of each month, the Secretary of the Treasury shall re-imburse the Treasury to the full amount paid out under the provisions of this section by transfer of said amount from the deposit of the national banking-associations with the Treasury of the United States; and at the end of each fiscal year he shall transfer from said deposit to the Treasury of the United States such sum as may have been actually expended under his direction for stationery, rent, fuel, light, and other necessary incidental expenses which have been incurred in carrying into effect the the provisions of the said section of the above named act.

Experiments in testing iron and steel. Sec. 4. That for experiments in testing iron and steel, including the cost of any machine built for such purpose, the sum of fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated; and the further sum of twenty-five thousand dollars provided1873, c. 229, v. 17, p. 543. "for improved machinery and instruments for testing American iron and steel" in the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four"Appropriation made available. approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, is hereby continued and made available for such purpose; and that the President be, and hereby is authorized to appointBoard. a board, to consist of one officer of the engineers of the United States Army, one officer of ordnance of the United States Army, one line-officer of the United States Navy, one engineer of the United States Navy, and three civilians who shall be experts; and it shall be the duty of said board to convene at the earliest practicable moment, at such place as may be designated by the President, for the purpose of determining, by actual tests, the strength and value of all kinds of iron, steel and other metals which may be submitted to them or by them procured, and to prepare tables which will exhibit the strength and value of said materials for constructive and mechanical purposes, and to provide for the building of a suitable machine for establishing such tests: Provided,Proviso. That no officers in the pay of the Government shall be entitled to, or receive, any additional compensation by reason of anyCompensation. services rendered in connection with this board; but one of the civil expertsSecretary. shall act as secretary of the board, and shall be entitled, under this act to such compensation as the President may deem proper and fit: Provided,Proviso. That not more than fifteen thousand dollars of the sum herein provided shall be used for the expensesExpenses. of such board.

Participation of Executive Departments and Smithsonian Institution in International Exhibition. Sec. 5. To enable the Executive Departments of the Government and the Smithsonian Institution to participate in the International Exhibition of eighteen hundred and seventy-six, the following sums are hereby appropriated, namely: For the Interior Department, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars; for the Treasury Department, five thousand dollars; for the Post-Office Department five thousand dollars; for the Agricultural Department, fifty thousand dollars; for the Smithsonian Institution, sixty-seven thousand dollars; for the United States Commission of Food-Fishes, five thousand dollars; for the War Department, one hundred and thirty-three thousand dollars; for the Navy Department, one hundred thousand dollars; for show-cases, shelving, stationery, postage, telegrams, expressage, and other necessary incidental expenses, twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, five hundred and five thousand dollars; to be disbursed under the direction of the board on Executive Departments appointed in pursuance of the presidential order of January twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four. And authority is hereby given to the heads of the several Executive Departments to display at the International Exhibition of eighteen hundred and seventy-six, under such conditions as they may prescribe, subject to the provisions of section seven of the act of June first, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, all such articles in store or under the control of said Departments as may be necessary or desirable to render such collection complete and exhaustive: Provided,Proviso.
Erection of buildings. That should it become necessary to erect any building or part of a building for said exhibition, on the part of the Government, the same shall be paid for, pro rata, out of the sums appropriated to the several Departments, the United States Commission of Food-Fishes and the Treasury and Post-Office Departments excepted, the cost of the building not to exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and at the close of the exhibition, said building shall be sold and the proceeds covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: And provided further,Proviso. That the sums hereby appropriated shall cover the entire expense to which the United States Government shall be subjected on account of said exhibition, except the sum appropriated in this act for printing the certificates of stock of said exhibition; and the board on ExecutiveLimitation on expenditures. Departments is forbidden to expend any larger sum than is set down herein for each Department, or to enter into any contract or engagement that shall result in any such increased expenditure; and no money shall be taken by any Department for the purposes of this exhibition as aforesaid from any other appropriations except the one hereby made: And further provided,Proviso. That of the sum hereby appropriated the sum of two hundred thousand dollars shall be immediately available.

R. S., 25, p. 5, modified. Sec. 6. That section twenty-five of the Revised Statutes prescribing the time for holding elections for Representatives to Congress, is hereby modified so as not to apply to any State that has not yet changed its day of election, and whose constitution must be amended in order to effect a change in the day of the election of State officers in said State.

One month's pay to discharged clerks. Sec. 7. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, when discharged one months pay to such clerks and employees in the Executive Departments in Washington, D. C., as shall be discharged at the close of the present fiscal year, without fault on their part, but by reason of the reductions made necessary by the legislation of the present session of Congress: Provided,Proviso. That the amount paid under this section shall be deducted from the salary of any person receiving the same who shall be re-appointed within six months of the date of such discharge; and so much money as is necessary is hereby appropriated.

Actions against officers of Congress. Sec. 8. That in any action now pending, or which may be brought against any person for or on account of anything done by him while an officer of either House of Congress in the discharge of his official duty, in executing any order of such House, the district attorney for the district within which the action is brought, on being thereto requested by the officer sued, shall enter an appearance in behalf of such officer; andProvisions applicable of 1866.
C. 298, s. 8, v. 14, p. 328. all provisions of the eighth section of the act of July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled "An act to protect the revenue, and for other purposes," and also all provisions of the sections of former acts therein referred to, so far as the same relate to the removal of suits, the withholding of executions, and the paying of judgments against revenue or other officers of the United States, shall become applicable to such action and to all proceedings and matters whatsoever connected therewith, and the defense of such action shall thenceforth be conducted under the supervision and direction of the Attorney General.

Sale of Statutes at Large. Sec. 9. That the Secretary of State shall cause the statutes at large enacted by each Congress, which shall be edited and printed pursuant to the provisions of section seven of the act entitled1874, c. 373, ss. 7, 9, ante, 114. "An act for publication of the Revised Statutes and the laws of the United States," approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, to be stereotyped and offered for sale in the same manner and on the same terms as is provided in and by section nine of said act herein mentioned in respect to the laws of each session of Congress. That the provisions of section two of the act entitled "An act providing for the distribution of the Revised Statutes,"Application of 1875, c. 84, s. 2, ante, 329 to future statutes. approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, shall apply to the statutes at large enacted by each Congress and to the laws of each session of Congress, to be published pursuant to said act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, in the same manner as if specially mentioned therein. That the Congressional Printer be, andPrinting and binding. he is hereby directed, in causing to be printed and bound an edition of the laws at the close of the session for the use of the Senate and the House of Representatives, to print the same from the stereotype plates of the edition prepared under the direction of the Department of State, with the index thereof; and1864, c. 155, v. 13, p. 184. so much of the act entitled "An act to expedite and regulate the printing of public documents, and for other purposes," approved June twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as requires the preparation of an alphabetical index, under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, be and the same is hereby, repealed.

R. S., s. 2688, p. 532, amended.
Compensation of surveyors of customs. Sec. 10. That section two thousand six hundred and eighty-eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended by inserting at the end thereof as follows: "That hereafter the maximum compensation of each surveyor of customs, performing the duties of collectors of customs, shall be five thousand dollars a year, out of any and all fees and emoluments by him received."

Redemption of bonds. R. S., 3694–3697, p. 735. Sec. 11. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, at such times as may be necessary, for the purpose of obtaining bonds for the sinking-fund, in compliance with sections three thousand six hundred and ninety-four to three thousand six hundred and ninety-seven, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, to give public notice that he will redeem, in coin, at par, any bonds of the United States, bearing interest at the rate of six per centum, of the kind known as five-twenties; and in three months after the date of such public notice, the interest on the bonds so selected and called for payment shall cease.

Bound volumes of specifications and drawings of Patent-Office. Sec. 12. That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Patents to furnish, free of cost, one copy of the bound volumes of specifications and drawings of patents published by the Patent-Office, to each of the Executive Departments of Government, upon the request of the head thereof.

Approved, March 3, 1875.