For earpeta, oil cloth, matting, rugs.
chair covers, and cmWom, 5r-'" -"
niv.lUiiMoi Items of tna same
ten
-4 jo
r
amm v i ehe 1 1 a n sarin
kni fa. tJM Tiwiwr Department
Ikmui dollar. --?" ''.
TREASURF DBPARTMESf ;m
For epntionof twelvfcwitcb
men and ten laborers, IM9 thousand
eight haadred and forty dollars.' J-'
For salaries, travelling, end other
expense of supervising and localin
PrUn of steeot vesaels, twenty tbea-
", For ;tPfc f of the-. In tenia!
lUvaaa oefio. two hundred end fifty
V, For wage ot workmen aod adjusters
U lha bMk of the Coiled State mint
'at ciaa Freotfseo CaUforaf taeoty-
Cfct thABund dollars.
, oneotinir eoatract 't facilitate
eoaamanieetlBn bet woea the Atlantic
ad Pacifle State fey eleetrie telrgTeph
fnrtv thnniaiid dollars.1' - r.
t reimburse V,'Tf- K,?P'' be
umby him paid into tb United States
treasury to replace tb deficit resulting
: "from the embesslemeht by Charles C.
Edwins, discovered In September last,
':' five thousand sere hundred aod fifty'
Yais-h. dollars and twenty-nine .eente
For cOmpeosetioa ot two assistants
In the office of the Librarian, of Congress
to date from February first, eighteen
hundred and seventy-one,. whose em
ployment la', hereby 'authorised at
twelve hundred aad, eighteen .hundred
dttllaj respectively, three , thousand
.nnliar'?'"' - . . . .i
f For outfit and, extraordinary clerical
(tiihiim of tha commission to revise
the United Sutes atttataa at large,, one
. For collation and publication of the
reports of the foreign claims commission
between the United 'States and ..ether
countries, to be eipeoded under the
direction" m tnw Secretary or State
three thousand dollars, but not to ex
ceed three thoaaaad doll'
- For alteratioaa and extension of the
Treasury building, forty -nine thonaand
even haadred and hirty-foar dollars
and fortyV-one eent.ri'ii s. ? :
To enable the Secretary rf theTreaa
ary to pa the presea district attorney
of NebraUkn he salary for ha four
years rending Jane thirty, eighteen haa-
wtMMmaumm soai ssjs.-.?: ,
iGHT-HOUSE ESTBLISH KENT. -
For repair and incidental ex peases
In refittiog aad intpreviog lig bthoases
and bnildittga connected therewith, fifty
thoBe&ad dollar.,) ji-stwfe fa-
Ft applying tko lighthouse -and
baen-Ught OO; the Allan tic, Oalf,
Iake, u4 Pacific coaata with oil, wiek
glass chisaoeySj and c lea id aaalerials,
and repairing -aod keeping in repair the
illomiaatfng apparatns aewl . leasee, aad
all other necessary expenses- eonaected
with the, fifty thousand 4oUar,rt .
Eor expenses of ,raisiB, cleaaiog,
paiatingt repairing, reoaovtaft, aad oop
plyjog Iomss of buoys, spiedlea,.and
daybeaeoasr. and for -chain , sinkers,
anIrhwRiik aeeessariee, fifty thoaa
adoU4a. ' ,oJR) 6:-
H "public PEijrrrs'Ql:3:
For the public priotiOfr, one hundred
and twenty- ve thousand dollar : Pro -trided,
Thai too printing shall be hereaf
. ter Ozeeated except oa written order
under the direction of bead of Depart
ments or by the two houses of Congress
rs authorised by iwA L-' iB '
For yaper for the public priutingfifty
thousand dollar.'' " - ;
For pablic binding, fifty thousand
dollars." i-i-" . ' -
For contingent ' ftrnd of the office of
the Congressional Printer,' fifteen hna
dred dollar - .-- .'-
i DEPARTMENT OF STATE . 1 -
For eoBipemaatiea of too Secretary of
State, assistant secretaries, clerks,me
aengers, watchmen, and other, two
hundred iand : thirty-olaa dollar; and
ceventy-fiv eeatst .ty.j 7 iHi srT
For publishing the laws in pamphlet
foras ia i aawrpapere of' tha States and
Temtertea, aad ia tb city of Washing
ton sixteen tboaaena1 dollar.: 4 tii
For eastiageat expeasea, on tboaa
aad aine bandied aad fifty -three dollars
aad seveaiy-aa eataj f-At t
For as lares of Caited State minis
ters abroad, seventyfive tboaaaad dot
lars : Provided, That hereafter ao eale
riet shall be paid to two ministers for
the acme plaes fas longer period thaa
tbswAkkt dam. wUaiva : .-.
For rent of prisoo ia gChiaa, two
tnoosaad av kaadred doilata. e ,-,'".;)
Fa relief aad protecttoaaf American
eamea: ia- foreig conatri, eighty
tboaaaad dolla.i-j t-t.r r o
Foe scoBtiagaa eipansee of foreign
latei noaraeH seav; tboaaaad fia bandrad
aad sixtv-ain dollars and fiftaaa-aeat
Toaay the salary of the Baited State
co neat a Biogo , sued Oaaea from the
time of bis appoiatmeat, Fehraary tea,
eigtaem. hnndred ad sixty-eigbt to
uue irw. eigBtaeo aaaarea ana sixty
eight, ana thoasaad eae hnndred aod
iatr-aix doUais and aixtr-sevea esats.
For defieteacle la the appropriations
for the service of the fiscal year eadusg
Jan thirty, eighteea husdred. and ser-
dollar and fifty-four cents, or so much
thereof as may be necessary. -
j. ffo.Vfaigw11 aaadred .aiad
forty-seven Pbnra Indian from Decem
ber first, eighteen buodred and seventy!
to Jnly first, eighteen hundred . and:
sevehty-oae, InclodlDg liabilities for the
purpose already incurred, fifteen thou-
.axsd eiirht hundred and thirtp-aix dol
lars ana sixty lour cenis.
Nor blank books, statioaery, furoi
sture, and ftiiscellaneous' items in the
I ndian O (fice,fifty-oa dollars a'ad ninety
'five centw.jjf.c;?tW . J-kM
... K.tVik'aM itTO0O uti
eatnat 'repairs
of the Interior
Nor
Department bail ding five thousand dol-
lars-
Nor salary of on examiner In charge
of interferences, aad one first' and one
second assistaat. examiner in the'Patent
Office, five thoaeand aia hand red dol
lars. .s-,S at oH ssi sav-t'n
For five- elerksaf elaae -two, aevea
thousand dollars. esa
For five clerk at etas ana, six tbous
aad;dollri;i'.si.f fs;-f S'-'1 -
For steam b aating apparatus ia the
(ataHaePapactmaat baitdiasr, six tbau
sand, niast baadnedavad venty-five
dollar. ,ai)ti
0 Foe expanea of peeking aad distrib
uting congressional journals and deea
menu, eix busdred aad ahirty dollars
aad sixty '4eata.it' su bjio si:'-"
,,X9t laie of eight watehmea to the
general service of the Interior Depart
ment building, five thousand seven ban
dred aad sixty dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Inter
ior to pay. tha freight on the law Jibra
rie ' authorized to ' be purchased tor
each of" the Territories of Idaho. Uon
tana, Utah, "Wyoming and Arisona.br
the act or July Hrteeni eigbteea nun
dred aad fiftT-fiv dollar or so mnch
thereof aa may be necessary. ..
Mining statUUc : For collecting iU-
tiaucs of aaiaeeana mining, to be ex
pended nader'tha direction of the Sec
retary af .he-Trsury, one ihoasand
five haadraddaUar. l' ' -.
Jar aalary aad Oommisslon of the
register aad receiver of the lan d office
at 8uiaa111Y uantoraia, ' tnree toou
anil dellars i'li '.
For iBcidental expense of said office
five baa dred dollar.1' ' I
eOTBBSBBaT BOBPITAL FOB TH I!f8AB-B
To supply the deficiency iartbe ap-
propriaiioa to pay salaries and wages
I for the month 01 Jane, eignteea nn
1 died ii seventy, aad ootstaading bills
; duo lone thirty, eighteen haadred and
I eayentr. three Uwasand five haadred
! dollars bt.U ttatt'J ?t'i-- m
To supply the deficiency in the epi
propriauon for aapport of the bospttal
for tho culTeat year ending J aae thirty.
eigbteea huadred.j aad eventy-OD
twenty-two thousand dollars. -
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
ing been exhausted, twenty-fire thous
and dollars.
-fOTlrtr prehve of medical andhos-
pital supplies, pay of prsvate physici
ans employed in emergencies, hire of.
hospital attendants expense of purvey--ing
depots, of medical examining board
and other incidental expense of the
Medicai department, aae hundred thou
sand dollars, tt-.n j1fl ',
To pay the costs and charges of State
penitenliarse fior . ibe care, clothing,
maintaaaace, and aaedical attendance,
aad like necessaries of the United States
military con vieta confined thereia,thirty
thoasaad dollars. .c,.s h i &&
... Nar repairing and putting new roof
ca the cadet Quarter at West Poiat.re
cently destroyed by tore, tony tnousana
dollars, or so much thereof a may be
necessary.
., ri.T.STSR DlIHU B BlrAStstlW
aa,3B... n, .'i..i si .iuaw
For f compeaaatioa of : the Coami-
sione of Feasioas. oiark
watcaxaaw, aad laborer, ia bis a flic,
tea aaoA-aaa. urea nandred aaxt t&lrty
eight dollar and three coatsvi uste-
For blank, book, sutioaery,- famio
tare, agd 4B4Uoaa: itasaa la the
Pension OEca, tv tboataad fir haa
dred dollars. . , .. iveV v;xi.
For twalveclerks of cUas oae, four,
teeac thaoaaadifoar baaared dellars ;
for aeve laborer,) dva tboaaaad aad
forty dUap laa two aaaAstaat
gerj 00 t hoasandfoua haadred ad
forty doliats. rttwfe
-rUaslaaaad n4a 9, it 1 tljf m
swimw (-cyTABbaa
To enable the Secretary of the Inter
ior to pay oaiaace aa. 0n tne indebted
ness Incurred for the Indian service in
in California by Austin Wiley .'former
superintendent of Indian 'affairs, tea
. ,thoastditre ndre4;aad, fifty-aiM
I Tha following sums are beteby ap-
prepriated for. the service of the Post
j Office Departmeat oatof any money its'
j to treaaary arising from the revena
iof said Department t.' r'a
I Nor mail-locks, keys, and stamps,
;nrtynve tboaaaad douars ; for adverti
sing, twenty tbousaad. dollars i-Provi
ded That hereafter the letting of. mail
cobirats in Maryland and Virginia shall
oe pnbiisned ia one newspaper only, i
! For additional pay of nine temdorary
laborers, two firemen, aad one watch
man, at one hundred aad twenty dol
lars each, oaa thousand four haadred
and forty dollar ; Provided That .their
enure pay for too, year ,aadiag 4aa
thirty, eigbteea" hnndred, aad seventyi
, oae, is thereby no increased above seven
bnadjed and twenty dollars each per
annum. . .
( Nor eight temporary clerk for two
months, at oaa - aoadred dollar per
monta, on thousand six hundred dol-
i Nor temporary clerks, to be employed
as oeeaaioa may Yeeaira, tea thonaand
ooiiar. :
i Nor preparation of the Post office
piaatory for eigbteea - haadred ' aad
seventy, twelve haadred dollars.- a'
I Aad ao maeh of the-first section of
the act approved Jaly twelve, eigbteea
hundred aad seventy, aa states the to
tal sum of the appropriations, for com
beasatioa ot 5rte..J,otmatar General,
- assiatanta,, saperiatendeat. ehief- of
division, chief clerks, clerks, messen
gers, aasistanu, folaers, fireaesu Wateb-
men. aad iaoorers. la berebv aaaaaesad
1 aad, in lien of tha ; sasa there atated.
decjarad to ba three baadrad aad fifty
' four thoosaad eight haadred dollars,
1 which ia tb Una total sans of .aba aae
' cifie appropriatiODS for1 the above reei-
ted purposes, more fully aat forth in
' said act, aad aaau o ao oaDatraadK -
M To supply deficieaeiee ia tha saves
af the Post OSo Department far the
' fiscal year ending J one thirty, eighteen
'hundred aad seventy-one,1 parable ont
- of any maoey 4a the treaeary aot otaat-
Wise apropriated, nror mjUioa six baa
dred and eighty-five thonsaod aad thir
' ' tv-five theuaaod aad thlrtvwo dollars
nr an nnAh thsMAf m mav K mai'naaai
iVoaUadV .That ao partof. tbe moeey
hereby appropriated shall ba appliad to
the. aay meat of what i knowa , aa the
WAR DEPARBMENT.
l T3t AL. '.' - V-
cavalry aad artillery and ladias aeoatf
tn hnndM1 thAitaana tlnllirm. .
i r or ue purcuaa ana maouiacrara
' of clothing for tha army, and for camp
and garrison eqnipilgc twbandred
taousana dollars.
" j Nor ecnUagaaeia ofi tba army, io aa.
.able the Secretary of the Treasury' to
. settle tna accounts of disbursing omoer
for expenditures already 'lawfully made
b transfer of other balaocesOB tbo
tOok or&a treaaorjt to this accoant U
bereqy authorized to th amaant of poe
'linodrtd and Eftv thousand dollar. , '
To pay fes of, attoraey-at-Uw m
. ployed by the War Daoarmaat : exoen-
, of suiu ineurred;ravioat to act of
. ne twenty-two, eighteen hundred aad
' aavaaty, craatlag Depattant -of Ja
tic : the aosta anA ttkm jr d
1 'penitaotlarias ;. ,a ae aai atalsteo.
.wmxim i vaunean -iitiiary eoavtaw
etafined ia theatrtbay of dateetlved
ad scouu j gd fb oompaatatloa of
. mfjioyd Vf the 88
. "r us oignvoea' naaarea an
aixtyavoscea apprepriadoa for fiscal
year eigbteea hundred aad eixty-ia
., w "sswwsismMtM seventy bay
Pay oC :be army : Nor pay to off! ears ;
nine hundred and eight tboaaaad three '
hundred and thirty-three dollars dad
thirty oBjaei -o-i uH .r v-is
Mlleava t .Nor allowance caid to offi
cers of the army while travalrag On daty
withont troops, two hnndred tboataad
Clotbiag ta discharged soldiers 1 For
payment 10 discharged soldiera for do
tbiag Botrdrawa, alna oaaaraa ano
nine thousand four hundred aad eighty
three dollar aad twenty cent. s--"i t
jUABTnnixa . eaaaBAJ.' arAaz-r
vyit .f'K
, For extra' pay to Bolder employed
under the direction of the Quarts rra ea
ter's department ia tba erection of bar
racks, quarters, storehouses, aad hospi
tals ; ia tba constractiaa of reads aad
other constant labor. for periods of aot
less than tea days, including thosa em
ployed aa clerk at divisloa aad depart
ment headquarters ; expense SI ' ex-
Dresses to and from tha i frontier posts
aod armies ia the field ; of -escort to
paymaatar' aad other disbursing offi
cers, and to 4raiae whera: military, es
corts eaaaot be- f urniehed ; expease Of
the interment ot omcers killed in action
oc wha die wkea oo daty ia tha field or
at potts aa the frontier or other places
where ordered by the Secretary of War,
and of noo-oomaaisalonea. omoera aad
soldier j aolhorixed afiioa fa mi tare ;
hire of -laborer ta tba yuartertaaster a
depajtmeat, iaeluaiag tha hire of iater-
preters, sptea, aad guide for tba army;
compensation clerk ta ameer ot tne
Quartermaster's department; com pea. !
atioatrof forga and wagen Ba eaters ;
for the apprebensioa, securing, aad de-'
livery of deserters, and the expenses
Ineidaat to their pa reuit 5 and for the!
following expenditure required tor tae r
several regisaaat af cavalry, tba bat
ten a of light artillery, aau each cob
paaiea of isfaatry aa may ba mounted,
aamely, the parch sse of traveling forg- c
es, blackmitb'a aad shoeing tools, horse
aod mala shoes, and nail, iroa, aad j
steel for shoeing, hire of veternary sar-1
geons, medicinsa for bone and mole,
picket ropes, ana lor saoetng tne aorse
of the corps above named ; also gene
rally, tba proper and authorixsd ex pea -sea
for tba mevemeat and operations of
tha army aot expressly assigned-to aay
L other department, three haadred and
nttytausanooouars.i 4 ,ru?
For hire or quarter tor omcers on
military daty; hire of quarter for troop
of storehouse for safe-keeping of mili
tary stores, aad of grounds 1 or summer
coatOBxeeat! construe tioa of Uraporary
tion and repair of school buildings and
asylums, forty thousand dollar.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Bureau of provision aad Clothing,:
For provisions foe, tha officer, seamen,
and marine of tb navy, five haadred
thousand dollars, ,, .
" Marine Corps : For clothing for non
commissiQad ..offieers, musicians, and
private of the marine corps, fifty thou
sand dollars j for fuel, tea .tboaaaad
:.do!tasa v ;iv-ii-:S aiv jutfiH cs---.S
'" TERRITORT OF WASHINQTOJf. .,
That there ba, Bad' hereby Is, appro
priated, for amount to. pay expenses of
legislative assembly or Washington
Terrttoro,-': per diem" aad mileage of
members, pay of officer, aad gritting
tor the session commencing October,
eighteen haadred aad sixty-nine, nine
tboaaaad oaa baadrad aad twenty-cine
aoiiar and ninsty-one -ceeW, or
aseeh thereof aa may be necessary "
For defioianey ia appropriatiaa to pay
tba salary of sovernor .' secretary, and
judge of the Territory o Dakataj'fov
tba year endlar Jane- thirty afgbtaeo
hundred and seventy, seventeen hun
dred; deller or ao much of 'tba same
as shall be necessary for that purpose,
For the paymeat during 'the fiscal
year ending Juaa thirty, eidbteee hnn
dred aad seven ty-oa af pensions aadejr
tne act of Bebraary fonrteeB, eigbteea
haadred add seveatv-eae. graatiog pen
sions to certain soldiers and sailers of
tba war of eighteen baadrad aad twelve
and the widow of deceased aoldiear
and sailor, two hundred aad fifty
lars i Provided, That the proviaions of
the act of Congress entitled A a aat
ta define the duties Of pension ageau
to prescribe their manner- of paying
pensions, and tor other purposes," ' ap
proved rjuly - eight, aightaea haadred
and seventy, shall ba, aad' tba same is
hereby,' declared to be appllcabe to all
pensions granted by virtue or ibe aaia
; aat aDoraved February foorteea han-
: dred aod aeveatT-oae tan:
Sao. 3. That there ba, aad hereby is
aoaropriatad oat of aay JBoney in the
treasary aot athera-fa appropriated tbe
nit 1 a j - .
in 01 wo nuuDa seven nauurou
fifty tboataad dollar, for tb expenses
: of ollecting tbo reveaae from eastern
for each half year from aad .after
the thirtieth day yf June, aightea hun
dred aad seventy, ana In addition tnere
tp, such sum a may be received dur
ing said halt year from fines, peaalliss,
aod forfeitures connected With tba eus
torn, from fee paid Into the treasury
by customs officers, aad.rom; storage
cartage, d ravage - labor, aod; service ;
aad the resolution , ", making appropri
ations for the expense of collecting tbe
revenue from customs," approAed , May
three, eighteen h nod red aod sixty -six,
is hereby repealed.., .
Approved, March 3,' 1871. -,
the General Land Office of tba Uaited
how, baapltala, and stables, Bad for
repairiag pnbliobailding at established
posts, three bondred thousand dollar,
j For contingent expense of tbe office
of tbe QaartermaatOT Oeueral ,t wo thoa-
sand five bandred dellars. f .. 5
Signal Office Observation and reaort
of storm ! For expense of tb mana
factnre, purchase, or repair of meterO
logical and other aeoassary lnstrumeats
for telegraphing report ;i tor expeeis
of torm- signal annoaaciag probable
approach and force of storms ) (or 4a
strument sheitera t for hire aad expense
of ofitoe matntaiaad for pubue oaa in
citiec or , porta raceiviag report t for
xoapa.ballatina to bo displayed ia cham
bers of commerce- aad ooaxa or traaa
room ; for .book aad stationery and
1 1
.o.iwomr
4 I isut-n iT,'ii i..i aiM us-i
for incidental expetuie aot otberwlae
provided for, tweaty-aiae tboaaaad two
haadred dollar t , Provided, That- ao
part of tbie approprietioB hail b ex
pended foa te'egrapblng at greater rata
teas thoaa- wbicb are er may bo fixed
by tbo PoBUaaatar General, ia parss
aace of the second section of chapter
two baadrad and thirty of tba atatatoa
of, elEbteea bandred aad tixty-aix.' -r
cbibv aaoiBBia or thb abmt.''"',;:.
For anonal repair of tba President's
house, tb re thousand nlit haadred
and foor dollar.... -,.'" -',1 " T'
Wot' refourpishmg the President's
house, eleven thoasaad foor, hundred
aad sixty.four dollars.
To make np deficieacy In apgroprla
tion for Capitol1 police for tha fiscal
year ending Jane thirty, eighteen hnn
dred and seventy-one, alevea thoasaad
fire hundred aod forty-four dollar, as
follow : " For one captain, two . bun
dred and eighty-eight dollar ; foe two
lieutenant, at three hundred dollar
each, six hundred dollar! for twenty
fiva 'privates for twelve months, at three
bun area ana eignty.roar aouars.eaca
.per annum, alne thoasaad Bad sixbua-
drad dollars : far three brivatea for
I elsrveo months, at thre hundred Bad
eighty-four dollar each par annaa,one
thoasaad and ntty-su dollars. . , .
auBBAtr or raBDHBB, XBrcoBaa, aan
. ! -wiJ!;aaaDoa"la&a tani
For pay of medical officer aad at-
tendaJtu ia JFroadasea 'a 'Hospital and
Assvlam, at Washington, Diattiat xtf
Colombia, ftae tfaeusaad dollara. 5
For medicine, nredieal anplfea,' and
rati oa, Itwaaty raboaaad dollarBVv
plot clothing, two tboaaaad flra ba
dred dollar. t .!?t m AfT?anJ i-.ea'
: For eoUec'logandpaymaatof booaty
aadotbar claims to coiorea aoiaiars,
sailojrs, marinea, o ii!' heir, . forty
thousand dollars. "
For reatf baUdia(QoMid of the
Dictrict of Columbia,) four thousand
fivat handn doUar ,ny' -i,
'F!or "taAioBarw; a pfiattofcfiva
tSonaand dfjlair.. a .t .i-ii? u:n
for xalieaga(aa4,;trdsxr
offiaera and ageau,. loar Jbonsaaddol
. : sW ot vrioa aw
- . For teiegraphiqKadc PMMgar-.Qt
tbobaand. dollar. r.t
For oafajBlied ooatraoU tor Unro-
;;r-'" '.-.Mjlaadnrs!, Oi- (SSS-Stwn :'.' I t
. ,lj.VSUV16
tA,-
AN ACT to amead aa act entitled " Aa
act to reducr tbe expenses of the sur
vey and sale of tbe public . lands ia
tbe United States," approved May
thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-
two. I No. 63.1
hall deem it advisable, by aad with tbo
States, under an acttofCongressaoa4aiiine of tba snaasel of assard iavamch
mi 'or toe uaiiea otaies, ana ahsp
ney General af tb "Uaited States, to
compromise, adjust, aad settle tbe same
upon sack ter a to. amoaat aad time
of payment a may a Jastand equita
ble, aad best calcalated to protect tba
feWPtfHHT "10
Approved, March 3, 1871.
j lirtohtd ' bf the Senate and ' Ifomte of
J Representative of the United State, cf
'yAmerxca xn Vomqree aeeemblea:
That the act entiled Aa act to re-
id nee tba expenses of thai sorvev and
isals of tha public lands in the United
States," approved May thirty, eighteen
.haadred aad sixty-two, be. and - tbe
same is herebyen ended by added there
to the following additional seetioa, to
be aumbered as aeetiaa elevea, vis :
I Sac. IX. And be it itrtker enacted, That
la all cases where settlers shall make
deposit ia accordance with this aot, to
the credit of tha Uaited States, for
i pablia surveys, aach amoaat so depos
ited shall go ia part paymaat for their
and situated in the , townships,' the
Bnrvevinff of which ia. naid for oat . of
1 raid deposit j and effect shall ba given
to tbi act by regulation to ba prescri
bed by tbe Commissioner of tbo Genoa
ral Land Office.
I Approved, March 3, 1871. -
j ai sWt vc a.. ": - 1
! .. Ui t 1 "' "1 ' .,--
AN ACT to extend tba ma for tho re
i versioa to the Uaited Statee of tba
lead granted by Congress to the Stat
, of Michigan to aid in the construction
! of a railroad frees Per Marvuette to
Flint, in said 'State, and for other
porpOea.No;Vji.s'Ji,'' 4
tied " An act confirming a lead claim
ia the State of Iowst,-aad for Other pur-
pocea," appro vedJaiy twelve, eignteea ,
baadrad aad sixty -two, ia aocordaaca
with the adjaslmaot mad by the au-
thoriied agent of tha State of Iowa aad
toe Commissioner of the Qeaeral Liana
Office, on the twenty-first day of May,
anno Domini eighteen haadred and
sixty-six; and approved by the: Secre
tary of the Interior on tbe twenty-second
day of May, anno Domini etghteea
hnndred and sixty-six, and which ad
justment was ratified and confirmed by
act of tbe creneral assembly or tbe State
of - Iowa approved ' March thirty-one, '
narbteen bundred and sixty -eigbt, be,
and tbe same is hereby, ratified and
confirmed to the Slate of Iowa and it
grantees in accordance with said ad
justment and Said aot of tbe general as
sembly of tbe State oT IOwa i fYovided,
That nothing in tbi act -shall- be so
construed as so affect adversely Bay ex
isting legal right of any pertyfe1Brm-
ing title ov tbe rlgtit to require title to
any part of said land bader thoprovi
sioas of the so-called homestead or pre
empted laws otf the-Uaited S'ates, or
claiming any part thereof as swamp
landa.-fi v r ' :! M ol .'.: !
Approved, March 8, 18TI."" :
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AN ACT Id areata port Of delivery at
Eareka aad Wilmington, to Oalifom
i.da, and provide for appointment of,
aepaty eoiioetor oc vanejoj uaiirornia
a and to abolisb tbo omee of ' surveyor
or said port fHo. 63.J -'' f
.:' ot .w-uiitt) rv ,e!ia.ta w-ri
St t enacted by the Senate and Hi
of Repreuntmtip of the, United State of
America tn Vongreet mvembltd, U. '?r-
That Eureka, In the county of Hum
boldt, and Wilmington, In the county
of Los Angel es.Stato of Califoraia,ball
be, and, are noreoy, respectively, con
stituted porta of delivery, within the
collection district of San Francisco ;
and there may ba appointed a deputy
collector of customs for each of said
porta, who shall perform the duties Of
sucb ofnee and receive tbe compentatioa
of one thousand jrve hundred dollars
der annum as salary .' ; v
Sac 3,,Tht,eny vesael of On ba
fired tons, or over, comiog from or go
ing to sea. may prooead directly an or
from Eureka or Wilmington, aad reaort
through tbe deputy collector of said port
to the collector of customs of Saa Fran
Cisco. . .k.
t 8so. 3. That the office of surveyor of
customs, created by act ; of Congress
July one, eighteen hundred and seventy
for tbe port of Vallejo, la California, is
abolisbep, and ia Ken or such surveyor
of customs a deputy collector of customs
is hereby authorized to perform the
same service and receive the same rata
ot compensation a is provided ia this
act for the deputy 'collector at the port
of Eureka or the port of Wilmington. ,
I Approved, Maroh 3M 187L. '.
' .ri.rsiX : .lOtlVurV fr
: , . i ivi ' A ' .iilljf'JJi-i t!:r.-:
AN ACT to extend the benefit of tbo
. : donation law of September twenty
, seven, eighteen bandred and fifty, to
: certain persons. No. 63.
, j? it enacted by the Senate and Hons
of Sepretentatimea of tha United State of
America, aa Congret atsembed t , :
Be it enacted ba tkm Sematmt amd Home, af
) Kepreeentattve of the Umted Statee of Amet-
j ."? mmfr-h'-T oxtail
- j That the time specified la tha fourth
-aectiion of tbe act of C0ngrer approv
ed Jno third, aigh teen bandred aad
' fiftysix, entitled 41 Aa act making a
-cgraat of altarabta aeetio at the pa bis
lead to tha State of Michigan to aidia
: the ooostraetioat Of aertaia railroad b ia
:'said State, aad for ether pnrpoees,"for
the reversion to the, Uaited State of
tb e ians graeted ay aaia net to aia ia
tba construction of a railroad from Pera
''Marquette to Flint, aad the same it
. hereby, farther extended for tb period
of five year from aad after the passage
of thisact rfj: ,, : -
ISbo. a. TTiafthe Buteof MTchigan
may authorise t& aal of sixty sections
of tha land greeted to aid the construc-
ttoajnfji awidi railroad from Para Mar-
"quette to Flint, whanaver and a oftaa
a the governor of aaid State shall ear
tify that ten addttteaal mile of said
' 'railroad ia completed and ia running
order as first elaM railroad : Provided
' That aaid laadf authorised to be cold
aa aforesaid shall include only lands
c sUuaxed' apposite 'to adr ootarmiaaaa
- with tbe eompleteo sections : JLna pre
abided, That ia case said, railroad shall
not be roily wompietea rrom rimi to
f Like, Micbigaa .withla.th Um a ex.
; tended by thil act, all the lands Incla
l dd la said grant to which the right to
aall sball not then bave attached iball
: rever to the United, fcltatee., H mti
a'l lApproved, March 3, l871aoJ ;i
1 ,01 ao
(That all persons who, at the time of
settlement, possessed the qualifications
prescribed ia tba; fourth , aad fifth sec
tions of A a act to create the office of
surveyor general of tbe public laada la
Oregon, and to-provide for tbo survey,
aad to make donations to settlers of tba
said pnblio laada,' approved Septem
ber twenty-seven, eign teen haadred and
fifty, aad wa made bona fide aettle-
ment upon xbe Sand claimed by the
Paget Sound Agriealtoral Oempanf ,in
Waahiagto Territory, witbia tab time
limited for settlement by said aot - aad
tba amendment thereto, shall be, and
are hereby d eclated to be, entitled to
all tbe privilege aad benefit of aaid
act aad amoadaxaata, " r..T -'- '
f Sao, 2, ThtthrigbUand privilege
Of heir aad assigns under tba aaid do
nation law, and tha amendment there
to, shall be, aad Bra' hereby,; extended
to tne netrs ana assigns ot tne aetuers
named in the first section of the act.''
AN ACT making on' approprlatioa for
the contingent faad of the House of
IJe S'eeoloeeT hri (L denote and Borne of
BepfeeentrnVee vj 1 -the i tVmtod- Stat', of
America in CViayraH nmtmUodt -
1 That tba awMnf firbsen tboaaaad dol
lars be, aad the same la hereby, appro
priatel out " "ay .money la tb treaa-
ory not. o -lie appropriateo,. ior
isceiianeo. t lms under tne boa a or
contingent expense ' of tb House of
aprseattlvss.j artoiM 'icir
Approved, February 13, lSTIr't "'5
ResoLUTidir Of general if a-
, TURB. N0. 3J. ;?."
A raaolatiea 'td'aatboviae tb reto
ratioa Of Beeteatta ' S. Bicbard td the
aativa IIM ta,ba Navy. "" ' '''
.tJtsasatd if tke&mt and Hot of. Rep
reeeneatioe of the United Stale of Aeeeri
oa in Congree aoeemlUedr r,,fiff y; 01-if
r That thd Presided ;f tha Csdted
8utes ba, and he ia, aotborised by ul
with the aaVta advice Bad canaaat of
tba Senate, to appaiat BsaJasBin SJ t
Richard a master am tad active Iks of
the navy, t to data.- f rom the twenty- ;
sixth day of Marah eighteen haadred ;
slxty-ntoe, with the pay of that grade !
from that data; A - -t
:J ft o-sA teti- s; ( i"i
-ae.I ai vvrtjiaooK c-t ofcpoil ioi
AN ACT to repeal an act entitled
"Aa aet Jan tba' arvy-of graata or '
-elaima of JaadiStapaaVad Jena eo
ond, eighteen haadred aad sixty-two.
B it nnacte.bp th Senmt and Bout of
: Mepreeentativ ta lAs United Stnte
America m Cngree ateembled j ,
,That an act eatitlfd "An aot for the
survey of arrant jar , clais of land." r
approred June second, .eighteen , ban-)
dred aad ixty-two,i beiag cbaptar XO
of tue act of theaeooad eaaioa of tho-;
Thirtyeventb Congres of tho United
States, bo, aad tba name ia hereby, re-,-.
pealed ; providad That tha repeal af
aid act r shall aot .affect aay ; right
bhretorore acq aired, aadar tba aasn, c
Approved, Fehraary 18, lal, a , , -j
t .- . ,, ,!
JOINT RESOLUTION to amead aeetiaa
four, act' of July twenty, eighteen
hundred and aixty-elgbs..j
Be it tnaaiti am liar SanaU mmet Hbmta
of Sepruentatimam oftiU United Slate of
America im, Cemgrau ammmbled t iitoi't.
That section foar of tho aot of Jaly
twenty, eighteen buadred. Bad ixty
eight, in ralatioa tq farmanted liqaora,
be ao ameadad not to apply to tba
making of fermented . liquids used for
tbe manufacture of vinegar exclusively;
bat nothing In this resolution shall be
construed to authorize tha diatillatioa
Of aach fermented liquids, except 1 act :
anthoriaed dUtillery , u :, ;
Approved, March 3. 187L
1 ,3UiV
AN ACT confirm! tka title to ooriaJa
anda fNoal3 icoftaui
JSs U hacfd 4y (J Smat and Jfows
of Sepratantativmrf, lha United t State of
America ia Congret aeeembled, ,
That tba itla tsadV certified to the
State of Iowa by tba Gonuaiasioaar f
I .cteAK, ' .aaaWoM .liitKiaot'tl ,
i j .c,""i:!
Ajaerica in CongrvaanMt& '- H
i That tha Secretary of -WarVBbd la
hereby, autboriaed .-and raqnirad, If ha
r ut
Approved, March 3, 1871. "
l-H 1 1 - j -'An .... 1-r.;t '! -:
5 . .- V - , ' 'i - !' - , -1
' AN ACT to cede to tba 8tate of Ohio r
the nnseld land in the Tirgiaia, xailii
itary district in said State.. . ; fc -j-;
Be it enacted by tha Senate and JToeee of ,
Repretentabzie in tk United State of t ,
America in Conre uembUd, . ..
That tha lands remalnlaa-
ed and ansold in the Tlrgtnia miliUry .
district ia tba, State ot Ohio be, and '
tba aame are hereby, eadad to tho ;
Bute of Ohio, upon tha condition fol- "
lowing, to wit: Any person who. at
tho tim of tha passage of this act, ia .
a bona fide tattler, oa aay portion of ' .
aaid land may hold not exceeding one
bandred aad sixty acre so by him 00
capied by hie pre-empting the aame ia
each manner aa tha legtslatare of tho
State of Ohio may direct. - t- ..
Approved, Febraary 18, 1871. j ;'Jo. 1
AN ACT to pay . two eompanie of
Oregon, voluataer.. t c.,)sjt,.k. tV,
) ... .. , ..
B it enacted by the Senate and Houte of
Rcpretentativee of the United State of
America in , Congre ememhled, vf .
:.. That tha aat Of Oongrea ontitlad, '.
Aa act te authorize tba Secretary of
War to aettla aad adjat tba xaeaeee
of tho Roga rivar iadiaa war," ap i
proved the seven teen th of July, eigbteea
baadrad; aad fifty-four, ba, and tba i
same ia hereby, ax leaded to tho two -oompanias
of Oragoa Volaataara, eom-,
maadad by Caatasa Joaaa Walker
and Nathan Oiaey, called lata service
to suppress Iadiaa fioatilltiae ia Ore
goa ia aightaea haadred aad fifty-foar,
. i .r-w 4. G. BLAINE, . 1. i .
Speaker of the Homo of Repreeentatiree
SUliUYL.hiBOOLrAJL .V
Vice-Prendent of the United State emd i
I fC jPrmidimt of tha Senate.-1 , - ''
' Received by -tha Praaideat Jaaaary ' f
ai,-.isTi.'. - ' '
,,-,'" i
' Nora bt tbi DarxBTMBBT or Stxtb.
Tha foregoing aot baviag been areaeat
ad to tha President of the Uaited States . h
for hi approval, and aot having been ' t
retorned. by hint, to tb bona of Coa..s
grass ia which to wrlgiaatad witbia tha , 4
tim 'prescribed by' tha Constitution of ,.t
too yaitad. states, a a . pacosaa a Jaw. 4 ,
itboal hi appro val.l w t
AM, AUZ aappiemeatary to aa net ao"H
i atalib tha Dapartmaat of J satis. H
,(t-llw-83-mmihi.A -- w-S T
Beell,
RtBronntatixe. of iha Uaited State af A V.
iea) ' Conor aetembUd, . ' :' " . 4
1 Tha 4aer ahall boin tha DaparK -, "i
meat of Justiae aa additional MaimasU oi.
f thaA-ttornay Oaaaaaii who ahalL h'
a.M.W; 1m. Ik. 1 . . . r
-lKjriJ , aiuaai, B BBBf ,
with h ad vie aad aaaaaat of tha
onaa aadaaau aoid hi aOe antiln i
'A
f ,h I Hill urn' t Si !i
A RESOLUTION aatbrislne the Pres
ident to nominate,: aaa, oy ana wltn
the advice aad consent of tbe Senate,
to appoint Lyman G. Spanlding a
" master in- tka aavy of tho Uaited
SUtea. -
! ! .-aiv .ti'ivt if'fr?! etttori mv
O Be it enacted ia the Senate emd Bom
of Repreeentotteeoiof the United Statee of
Amerca m Vongreet aemblea tn 1 .
! . Kf r -. '.' . . ' - . - -
: That the "President of the United
States be, aad he 1 hereby, authorised
to nominate, aad,: by aad with tha ad
vice ud censeat of tb iSeoaAe, to ap
point iiymaa lit Apaaidmg, who ira-
signed as midsbipmaa ia Jane, aightaea
haadred and aixiyHsix, maater ia tbo
aavy of tho United Statee : Provided,
Tbat it appear apon examiaattoa that
he baa been relieved from, the physical
defect which led to his reatgnaHoa, aad
is otherwise phjaioaily , competaat for
srtle.4aiaaHQ or urqfe jsoarJ- oo
Approved, Marah 8j ii71. 41s
.- i ; , .eUiAmel o .ijTti. Htsa
' .sen'MBPtli i1! aVnd-jifel'jal w
( o debu dae from southern railroad
cerporattena, and (br other parpoae,
i-M0- 4b 4 4 aatii: KS-.-. ii
Wherea oertaiw antth ara now pend
ing in tas vattea enatea ooaru within
he Sute of TBBae, agalat eertalo
railroad aamoratioas ta that 8Ua. oa
account of property told to aaid corpo
rations by the govoiumeat, wblah aaiu
are caatastaa oy taetnefwaaaa ftorpo
ratifta ; aad wherea it ia for tha inter
est a thavramat o speedily adjurt
andjoollact tha elaima of the Uaited
States while aaoidrag litlgatioa aat
loss by tha inaolvaacy of aay aaefe irntl.
roaat xnererore - g
t Beit rttolved bit the Senate and Home
efBijii of the Umted State af iaco sor shall bo daly aaalilad, .ma U iU
A
eaw aa an- am aal a Bb,a mm..! aL a . e.
T 'o F"ii wo aataryror OUSV i
sasiataata of the AUoraay Csaaond. at .-.i iiv
Aparaad, .Febraary 88, 18tT, '"
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