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VOL. 3. ii mi 'inn Ti ;fKim rTBLtSHKn EVERY S ATl'RPAT BT CO LI'. V.VACLKVE. C.OBSEB OF fEBllT Asn '-n. ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1871. NO. 47. TERMS IN ne Yenr ;ix Months...... Single Copies... ADVANCE. Three Dollars Two Dollars Ten Cents ADVE'.tTISIX RAXES. Transient advertisement, per Square , first insertion, ; lines or lc Insertion, SI. li:trjor a.lvertiscuieuU il.eral terms. of ten $J : each subsequent iae.r'.ed on the most JOB WORK, received M VP- stock NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. JOHN CONNEn, B A M K I Iff G AUD. EXCHANGE OFFICE, ALBANY, OREGON'. of colored aria' rswivcl new .'i- '- -- kV -ii v-i.,.1 l printing in it betfr ...nmr and fi :t V per c v. re offer-."! in this city Agen.s for the Register. The ...Mowing gentlemen ara authorized- to re- su'os -ription, auvertying. .".,- in.l receivt f; t-le.. for tbj Rkgistbb : i n m iMITH. E ......... n V'- S. H- t l'tl ttiiiw. fv.K H I'ME. Es.j .V. It. KfRK. Eq K. E. W IlKE'iKR. Eq T II. 'lEVX'M.PS. K-q O. - TOMPKINS. Esq.'. L. 1-. FIS'lEll. 1.j ....llarrisbnr. . Lebanon. iirown-v illr . ... Seio. ....alem. .Ilarrisburp. ....'Frisco. DEPOSITS RECEIVED SUBJECT TO check at sight, lutcrest allowed on time deposits in coin. Exchange on Portland, Sun Francisco nnd New Turk for sale at lowest rates. Collections made anil promptly remitted. Refers to II. V. Corbett. Henry Foiling, W. ?. I.a.ld. ,JS3r Banking hours frmn S A. w. to 4 r. x. -tV - Albany, February 1, 1871. 22v3 - C. MEALEY DEALER IN A MANUFACTURER OF "O" Xt 3NTX 3? XT XX DEIS 2 and-- CABINET WARE ! J i ocltliii, Etc., Corner First and Broad Albin streets, AlItAXr, OR EG OX. J. tt: ' it ris-.u It:.. IV.rtl.i-- -'.n::v an i '"rN'vE!.nit at law .. ! ! I IV.'t tei. On .1 v . uri . Sir.. Oce. Hot.!. PAK.Tlcri.AH ATTU1IUS PAID TO "Ti osnzRs or ax.x. kinds. ADVERTISEMENTS. LOOK HERE ! SAXFUAIVCISCO STOKE! CORXEB FIRST AND FF.BBT STREETS, ' ALBANY...... OREGON. Keeps constantly on hand a foil assortment of STOVES. POMPS & TINWARE ! I will have for sale the celebrated Diamond Rools. cook stove, and other leading stylo. Also, manufacture all kinds of . ' Tin, Copper aud Slieet-lroii Wartv in the boat style, at lowest rates, FOR CASH or COUNTRY PRODUCE. Always nn band a full supply of The Purest Wines and Liquors, , fr Medicinal purposes only. A well selected stock of , i , Kroceries and Crockery will always be found at my establishment. I will sell all (roods in my bongs, for Cash or Produce on delivery, cbeajwr than ever before ofTWred in this market. All kinds of repairing done, on short notice, and entire satisfaction warranted, at luy Stove and Tin Store. JULIUS G1XADW0IJL. Nov. 19-11 in his Una .t .;i -ft Str cr'or an.t Tnf-ri -r i;;Yin; .-pvi'-.a. :.t ! of l.'bts in all parts "f v I I , ..'.i.u-.io : dli'kArxes m ank v .;i .'j. n.-.- the l.tt jiuie.idmcni. to the . h8 ..l.taine-i fir in nli debts atrK-tMl ,! mn-irv 1-r. 1m5'., without reirard to tho hi.-ii tHe afelts may finally pay. Nov. m-r -. 1 l'-v.-.y O,. to-.er ISfiS-3 JIIK'.F. KEI3AY. JOSEPH HANNeS. KELSAY & HANNOX. Attornoys anJ Cnwllo!"s at Law. I ; Partners fur Linn county.) OFFICE In r.t Offii-e Building, (np stairs). Alb.Kiy, Linn county. Ore :ou. . 9tfv3 L. STRUCKMEIE3, -ilkSjUtiiiailJl AiauwA, ALBANY, .OREuOS. JUST RECEIVED, A LAUttE AND WELL ?:c -te I atock of French Cood. ronsistin Caimere-. Heavers and Dtwlrii:a. and all manner f Fancy GKd of tie best I'jaiiJy. r 'r Suits m.id to r-lr. :i GEO. F. SETTLEftUER, I Ii XJ O O 1ST. (Successor to D. W. Wakefield,) Iarrishs New Building-, I'irst Slrcet, ALBANY, OREtJOX. ! i i t t ! i I DEALER IN- Drugs and Medicines, CHEMICALS, BUILDERS, ATTENTION SASn, BLIAD AXD KOOR F A C T O R Y S. n. 1LTDOI SE. S. WniCHT. J. F. iickkxstr, AIjTIIOUSE & 0., LTOX STRKET, (oj THE RIVER BA5l), ALBASY, ad ara prepared to to Doors, OREGON. Order, and PAINTS. OILS, GLASS, ETC. 4:.V I.. STRUCK MI :r & co. W. IJcialfey. f i rcNTLEMEN-S ROOTS MADE TO ORDER ji n fii- rt uutk-.-. a:id ffiih ntalueii and dis- 1-n e.i. . -Al Kinds of Kc?aiiin Eanc. A!-.inv. June 11, 1S70 40 ; ' I. 15. KICE, PmSICIAN AND - V4any, - A' articles Trarranted pnre and of the best qnality. Physicians Prescriptions carefully compounded. Albanv. Oct. 17. l8r.S-6tf 31. S., ; IUR&E0N, o t o mWtCE- TlIE , - - - Orcjoa, 0UT1I SIDE OF MAIN 3,1 VERY, S T A FEED & SALE B L E S! AX.2ANT, OREGON. treet. Albany, April 70.-S2 IuCoi, hand aad receiving. 7. S. 10NSTAXTLY i Ur -t.K k of Groceries and Provisions, Wood and Will .w Ware. Tobaoeo, Cisrars, Con t'ecUonery. Yankee X tins, 4c. c. Wholesale and Retail. p:Mite R. C. Hill 1 S-raV" dros store. Alb any. Ore. -on. jn4070 liOMGOJIERY & BARTGES, PROPRIETORS. Trox.i3irirGrS, such as Crown, Panel, Band, and Section Mold of all sixes. WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES ! Flooring, and all other kinds of , fliiildiiis lalcrial ! OFF IC I A L.J . , Laws or ibe United stales, PASSED AT TRB 1ST SESSION OP 42D COXORESS. AN ACT relating to moneys paid into the courts of the United btates.' Be it enacted by the Senate and Hnnte of Hep- renentntieem ftf the United Stutee ' of America tn Conurem aesembled. That all moneys in the regis try of any court -f the liniteu btates,. or in the bunds or under me control 01 any omcer 01 tacit court, which were received lu any canse penning or adjudicated in sueh court, shall, within thirty days after the passage of this act, ba deposited ith the .treasurer, an assistant treasurer, or a designated depositary of the United States, in the name ami to toe credit ol sum court.. And all such moneys whirb are 'hereafter paid into courts or received by the officer thereof shall b?. forthwith deposited, in like manner.' PranVeJ, That nothing bereiu oh all be eoifsmiod to prevent the delivery of any such money upon aevnrity, according to agreement of parties under the di rection ot the court. Sec. 2. That no money deposited as aforesaid shall be withdrawn except by iirder of the judge or judges ot said courts respectively, in term or in vacation, to .be signed by sm-h judge or judges and to be entered and certified of record by the clerk, and every such order ' hall state the cause ia or on account of which it is drawn. ' Sec. 3. That at each regular aud stated session of said courts the clerks thereof shall present an account to said courts of all moneys remaining therein or subject to the order thereof, stating in detail in what causes said moneys are deposited and in what causes paymei ts have been made, which account and the voucher thereof shall be filed in court. - t' Sec. 4. That if any clerk or other officer of a conrt of the United M.iles shall deposit any mo ney belonging in the registry of tho court, in vio lation of this act, or shall retain or convert any such money to his own use. or to the use of any other person, be shall be (Itemed pnilty of em bezzlement, and, on onvirtiim.sbail bepuri.h"fd by a fine of not le?a than five hundred dollars and not more than the amount embezzled, or by im prisonment for a terra of not Ks than one jear nor more than ten years, or both, ot the discre tion of the court. 7 ' Sec. 5. That if any person shall knowingly re ceive from a clerk or other officer of a court of the United States, any money belonging in the registry of said court, as a deposit, loan or other wise, in violation or this ait, be shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement, ami shall be punished as piovidid in the last preceding section. Sec. 6. Tliat the act entitled "An act directing the disposition of money paid irto the courts of the I'nited Sta.es," approved April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and lourti-cn, and the act sup plementary thereto, approved March thinl, eight evn hun.lred aud seventeen, be and the sumo arc hereby repealed. ApprovedMarch 24. 171. s President to appoint R. nt in tkc United States sent of the Senate appoint, George A Stevens to the active list of the navy, with the rank of lieu tenant commander. ' Approved, April 19, 1871. JE ARE PREPARED TO FURNISH the public with ueat turnouts in tne way of Stylish Buggies & Carriages Are prepared to do MILL WORK : furnish Sha ker Fans, Zigzag Shakers, Suction Fans. Driving Pulleys, of any kind, at our Factory on Lyon street', (on the river bank), next below MarkhamV warehouse ALTIIOUSE & CO. Albany, February 0, 1S69- 4 THE OX.D STOVE DEPOT ! toOJi! W. J. BtLTABtPF.I.. AXDUEWS. Hiltabilel & Co., 7 V.EALER5 IX GROCERIES AND PRO 3 f : .vision. Wool and Willow- Ware, Confuc nery, Tobacco, Cirs, " Pipes. Xotions, etc. Frtt i-trct t, - adjoining the B l.k, Albany, -i--..n. vl '. m. iT-tfKi l. j. . rioi.pn,: . A. aMirn. Mitchell, Dolrh & Smith, t TT'iaXEY'S asd COUNSELLORS at LAW, Solicitors in Chancery and Pr.Mrtors in Ad ; iralry. 0;n.-e over the old Post Oi2cc, Front ret. Portland, Oregon. I JASSB3 A. WARNEK, CiviJ Eiis.ineci & Surveyor. T PREPA11ED TO ItO SURVEVlXtJ AND . : ... i - On the most reasonable trms. Our livery is all new and of the latest styles, and we thall take pride in giving our patrons as neat and reliable an outfit as can be obtained in the State. Horses boarded at reasonable rates, by the week or month." - Hacks and Can-iases furnished for parties, Ac. A sharj of public patr'.nsre is solicited. JOXTUOMEKY 4 BARTGES. Albanv. December 17. 1370-15 Er2ia :eririr. L -"es im-irore I S.itar Commta. r 1 rs by mail promptly a. t n l. d t . Resi lesice on 4th -Su, opposite Dr. Tate's residence, Alhanr Oregon. riI9 om " , rOWf.I.L. ' I FI.IXN. Powell & Flisin, VTT3RXEYa & COUXSELLORS AT LAW and S !i- ii 'rs in C'hancvry. , -,- (t. FUnn, Notary Phli,)r ToanV,- Orra-'in., . (TulW.t;..n anA ...... I o.(ly attnule 1 to. ; QEO. W. GRAY, t. J. ron.I SOLICIT THE PAT- tnwr- of all person, 'lesir "X A RTIFI'TAL TEETH and ! ItST CLASS DENTAL opera- ...ii-.uj 'imini3Kren 'ur the pain- , -w -ttr-icti ,n of teeth, when desired. Charges moWate. Office in Parrish It Co.'t brl -k bl.K-k. Rcsi nee. first house south of Congregational Cburcb. fronting on Conrt Unnss Idoek. . Albany, Oregon, July 2, 1370-43 WAITED. 10 OflfV B"SDE1S OF OATS, for JUlf winch tbe highest market price ftU be paid, in CASH, at the store of ' " - N. 8. DU BOISE. for-?; w.'l4 in "iited quantity, for whWb the highest market price will be paid in esn. Call and see me. Albany, Aug. 20, 1870-50 C20.00ADAY! JO MALE AND FEMALE AGENTS ' x introduc the eelebrated . .' ' $25 OO BlCIiEYE SHl'TTLE SCWIXG CTtTw ALIKE ON BOTH SIDES, and O th '" "r licensed -huttle sewing machine in thj C.n.. .1 c tlea. sold for lass than $40, to use the e. limited Wilson feed, and are acknowledged bv all to hfl thit html funil. mb.Ma. l:-u. heary acwioff. in tbe market. Outfit fri. A THE SEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LlrlS Insurance Company of Boston is the only lopany on this coast, governed ny ine Massachusetts Non-Forfeiture Law. Thia comnanv was incorporated A. D. 1S.15, and has accumulated assets of over $800,000 00. Tho following lapsed policies bpve been paid on ibis coast under this law : Over due at time No. of po'icj-. of death, v A mt. insured. 1. 0i4 6 months. ." ;i:'.tll3 4 months. : 10,0011 :'.8J5 : 3 months. 1,000 2iin 10 days. ' 2,500 3S559 ' i 11 months - i,000 Had the above policies been in any other com pany, thev woutd have neen loneiiea. . - - . i , .i . The above facts sneas tor inerancura, i the wine and prudent fuetber comment is unnec essary. KVKU?ON' & MIDDLEMISS, - GENERAL AGENT?. : : SAN FRANCISCO. L . FLINN, Local Agrent, t I Albany, Oregon. February 25. 1371-237 JOII BRIGG, DEALER It STOVES, COOK, PARLOR & BOX. of the best pattern- AT.ao Tin, Miieet Iron and -Copper "vv tiro I and the usual assortment of Famishing Goods t be obtained in a TTXJNT AN ACT authorizing th. II. Lauison a h-.'Uten navy. ' lif it ena'-ted by the Senate and ILtnae of licp-r-"ciitntive ff the I'nited Stutte nf Aweiiea in Ctnufrei' amtmhied. That the President of tbe Uni';ed Stales be, and hereby is, authorized to nominate R. H. Lamsou a lieutenant in the United States Navy. App.oved, March 27, 1871. AN ACT to re-establish the office of surveyor at Eastport, Maine. Be it eur.td y 'b -Stn --4 f tt'p- rementritieee nf f. t'miteil Stotcmnf America iVX-o-tjreoe amtemhled. That the office of surveyor 8t the port of Eastport. formerly existing by law and abolished by the Secretary of tbe Tr-asnry, be and is hereby re-estailis::eu and rr.aieu, ana shall hereafter exist, subject to the same laws and restrictions that appertained to the same before it was abolished; but it shall hereafter be known ns the office ot surfeyor of Eastport and the dis trict of Passamaquodcy bay. Approved, March 30, 1871- .. . t. t AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to di vide the State of Virginia into two judicial dis tricts." ! Be it enacted by the Senate and Ilonte of Rep-re-eutittiret of the I'nited State of America in Vou ireie aaeembled. That tho second clause of the eixlh section ot" the act aforesaid, of which this act is an amendment, is amended as follows: "That the clerk of tbe clreuit or district court of tbe eastern district of Virginia shall transmit the original papers and cettified copies of all orders in any suit or proceeding wbii h shall be removed for further proceedings from the eastern district to the western district of Virginia, as authorized by the first clause of ths said sixth section of the act aforesaid, to tbe clerk of the court to which such suit or proceeding shall be rcmoveilt to gether with a statement of all costs: and all fur ther proceedings shall be bad in the court to which the same shall be removed as i'" tl.e said suit or proceeding had originally been com menced therein.' Approved, April 4, 1871. .- - AN ACT making appropriations to supply de ficiencies iu the appropriations for the .scrv ice of the year ending June thirtieth, eigh teen hundred and seventy one, and for tbe ad ditional appropriations for the service of the ycur ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and aeventy-two, aud for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Jl'p reaeutatiree of the United Statet of America in Con- greet tLseembled, That in order to carry into effect too proviaious ol an act entitled "An act grant ing pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of tbe war of eighteen huudred and twelve, and the widows ot the deceased soldiers," approved Feb ruary fourteen, eighteen hundred and seventy -one, there be, aud is hereby, appropriated, oat of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appro priated, tor the payment, during the remainder of tiie fiscal year, ot two clerks of class three, four clerks ot class two, nineteen clerks, of class one, and two assist ant messengers iu the Pension Offiee, to be appointed by the Secretary of tbe Inte rior, eight thousand two bnudred and sixty dol lars ; for office rent, furuitnre, and contingent ex penses of said ofiibe for the same period, six thousand five hundred dollars ; and fur the payment during tbe fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, of four clerks of class three, eight clerks of class two, forty-eight clerks of class one, aud throe assistant messengers in said office, to be ap pointed by tbe Secretary of the Interior, seventy 8cvcq thousand three hundred and sixty dollars ; aud lor office rent, furniture, stationery, and con tingent expenses of said office during tbe said year, seven thousand dollars : I'rorided, That nothing in any act contained shall be construed to alter or amend an act entitled "An act to de fine the duties of pension agents and prescribe tbe mauner of paying pensions, and for other pur poses," approved July eighth, eighteen hundred aud seventy ; but ths provisions of said act are hereby declared to be in lull force and effect, and appltcabio to the prosecution of claims to pen sion, and to tbe payment of pensions which may be allowed under any or all tbe various acts of Congress granting the same ; and that S3 much of the appropriation provided for in the act mak ing appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for tbe year ending June thirty, eigh.eeu .hundred and seventy-two, approved March three, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, "to be expended in the detect! n and prosecution of crimes agninst tbe United States," as may, in t: e judgment of the Attorney General, be neces sary, may be used during tho current fiseal year. That ail books, records, papers, and documents relative to transactions of or with the late so-called government of the Confederate States, or the government of any S.ale lately in the insurrec tion, now in the possession, or wbieh may at any time come in the possesion, of the government of tbe I lilted Mates, or or any department tnereoi, may be resorted to lor information by the board of commissioners of claims created by act ap proved March tbrce, eighteen hundred and seventy-one ; nnd copies thereof, duly certified by tiie officer havinn custody of tha same, shall he treate l with the like furee and effeet as the original. i'or the rebuilding of tbe Cnlholic orphan asy lum at Charleston, South Carolina, twelve tbous and dollars, in coiistilerat ion of tbe services ren dered by the sisters ot Our Lady of Mercy, Charleston, South Carolina, to the siek and Wounded Union offitere and soldiers, while said city was under bombardmeut during the war. . Sec. 2. lhat there is hereby appropriated to pay the salary for the remainder of the present and for the next fiscal year, of the Assistant At-X..r..-y jiu&ciral. authorized to be appointed by the act ot tho'insnreEiiniS of Congress, six lEousaud five hundred aud twenty-five dollars, r so much thereof a may be necessary. , e-EC. 3. 'J be following slated sums arc hereby appiopriatcd for the purposes hereinafter ex pressed, viz : " To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for contingent expenses of the House of Representa tives for tbe prekent fiscal year, the same to be added to the appropriation "for ' miscellaneous items, five thousand dollars. atts ; of the United States courts," and having been, by existing laws covered into the, treasury, of tho United States, be,, and the same is hereby, reappropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and shall be expended in accordance with the provisions of the act mak ing the original appropriation. To supply a deficiency in tbe appropriation for folding documents and materials for the House of Representatives, twenty thousand dollars. Senate of tbe United States : For labor, three thousand dollars; for clerks to committees, pages, horses, and carryalls, fifteen thousand dollars. Fur compensation of tbe clerks in tbe office of the survey or general of Minnesota, employed upon work consequent npon the special appropriation for the survey of the public lands within the lim its of the grant to the Northern Pacific railroad, per act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, nine thousand two hundred dollars, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventytwo. To pay Dexter R. Crocker for carrying the mail from Canyoaville, Oregon, to Yreka, California, from the twenty-fourth of April to the ninth of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, one thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars. For payment of B. R. Harlow, late marshal of the southern drstrict of New York, for expenses incurred in arresting one Mott, in San Francisco, for vio'ation of revenue law iu said district, five hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be due. 1 Sec. 4. That in addition to. the cleikships au thorized by tbe act approved May five, eighteen hundred and sixty, tho Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to promote from the clerks of class one employed in tbe Cen sus Office, three to be clerks of class four, seven to bo clerks of class three, and fifteen to be clerks of class two, and the sum of seven thousand six hundred dollars is hereby appropriated to pay tbe increased salary : Provided, That no increase in the total number of clerks employed in said bu reau shall be deemed t i be authorized hereby : And provided farther,- That the authority for additional clerkships of the second, and fourth class shall terminate one year from date. For tbe purpose of carry ingout the stipulations of the treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-tbrce, between the United States of America and bis Majesty tbe King of tho Bel gians, providing for the payment of interest in the matter of the capitalization of -the Scheldt dues, being a deficiency in tbe appropriations for the payment of the seventh annual instalment due tbe government of Belgium under said treaty, April first, eighteen hundred and and seventy-one, and the eight annual instalment, due April first, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, twelve thous and dollars, in coin, or so much thereof as nay be necessary. .-.- For the completion of the custom-house at Saint Paul, Minnesota, thirty-five thousand one hun dred and sixty-three dollars and sixty-five cents, beirg tbe amount of a balance of an appropriation for tnat building now standing to its credit en tbe books of the t asury, but unavailable under ex istinglaws. ;-: That section two of "An act making appropria tions for sundry civil expenses of tbe government for the fiscal year coiling Juno thirty,, eighteen hundred and seventy two, end for other pur poses," approved March three, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, be and hereby is, amended by striking out after the words "for eastom-house. Astona, Oregon," tbe word "coroplution," and inserting; in place thereof "continuation of the construction." .- - . . s I - For completion nf tbe eourt-honse and : post office building at Des Moines, Iowa, six thousand eight hundred and fifty-six dollars. Sec. 5. That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, appropriated by act approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, for the purchase of site, and the erection thereon of a Kepairm neatly and protnpttg ercnted, -TSB 2T on reatonable term: - 'Short reckonings, make long friends." Front street -....Albany. Next door to Mansfield A Co. . dec5'68-I , " A - Stitch - in Time) Saves Nine !" - - TURNING. Z3 ' OO i "A, o H H f . C.R it PEARSON, Gen. Ait.. Alnsny, Oregon. I AV PBKPARKD TO DO ALL KINDS OF TURNING! I ke p on hand and make to crder . RAWHIDE-BOTTOMED CIXAIBS, . ABO .. ... SpinniBff Wheels.! Shop near the "Magnolia Mills." ' JOHN M. METZLER Albany, Nov. 8, I8AK-I . ... NEW STTXVB PICTURES. , THE REM BRANDT I Is the most popular style : of Photograph bow .U un MB.. A J WrX'TL-D ,4 lttJ . t - -' l t Albany, Oregon. Jan. Fire" anil Marine Insurance Company ! r Xos. 416 and 418, California street : San Francisco, - - ! - California. STOCKHOLDERS INDIVIDUALLY LIABLE Cash Capital, lu Gold Coin, TSO,000. Deposit In Oregon, SSO.OOO. Louses Primptly ami EquiUthly Affmted - Antl Paid in Gold Com. ' THIS COMPANY having complied with the laws of Oregon, by making a deposit of fifty th.maand dollars. Is now prepared to eflect insur ance acainst Loss ' or Damage bv Fire, and also against Marina and Inland Navigation' risks, on liberal terms.. ... ,! ;.; GUST AVE TOUCHARD, Pres. ' CHAS. D. HAVEN. Sec'y. JT. C. MENSENHAX.IV, Agent for Albany. Albany, 1871-18 i ALBAr BOOK STOKE. ESTABLISHED IN. 1856. , IS.-'-'jA.- FREELAND, BE A L E R i IN EVERY VARIETY OP Miaeellaneoas Books, School Books, Blank Books, Stationery, 4e. Books imported to erder at ihorf notiee. . s ' ' Albany, Oregon, Deoembs 8, 17. i u i AN ACT relating to tho harbor at Buffalo, New j mi Be it enacted by the Senate nnd Ilonte of Repre- tentatitet of the Imled Utatet oj America, in Conarett attembled, That the Secretary of V, ar be authorized, wheu in bis judgment be thinks it will be for the inter, st of tbe United States, to extend or continue the contract for tbe improve ment of the harbor at Buffalo, made and entered into upon Ih twentieth day of January, eighteen bunured and sixty-eight. Approved, April la, lail. AN ACT to authorize tho payment of duplicate cheeks of disbursing. officers. Be it enacted by the Senate and Honte of Bnpre- tentatxeet of the tmtvd &latct of America, t Conarett attembled, That in place of original checks issued for pensions, when lost, stoleu, or destroyed, disbursi .g officers and agents of the United States are hereby authorised, a ter tneex piratiun ot six months from the date of sueh checks, to issue duplicate checks, and tbe Treas urers, assistant treasurers and designated deposi tories of tho United States are directed to pay such checks, drawn in pursuance ot law by such officers or agents, upon notice ana proof ot tne loss of tbe original check or checks, under such regulations in regard to their issue and payment. and npon tbe execution ot sucn oouas, witn sure ties, to indemnify tbe United States, as tbe Secre tary of the Treasury shall prescribes Prwided, That this act shall not apply to any check ex ceeding in amount the sum of five hundred dol lars. Approved, April 19, 1871. AN ACT to create a port of delivery at Potomac, , - Virginia, and for other purposes. , ; . Be it enacted by the Senate and Honte of Repre sentative of the United State of America, in Vongret attembictl, l hat alt tne waters, snores, bays, harbors, creek., and inlets on . the- south side of tbe river Potomac, comprehended between Boyd's Hole and Cockpit Point, now a part of the collection district of Tappabonnock, Virginia, be, and tbe same are hereby annexed to tbe col lection district of Alexandria, Virginia, f " '- Sec. 2. That Potomac, in tbe State of Vir ginia, shall be, and is hereby, e- nstituted and created a port of delivery within tbe collection district of Alexandria, and there shall be ap pointed at a compensation not exceeding the rate of one thousand dollars per annum, a deputy col lector of customs, to reside at said port, who shall, perform: such duties as may be conferred upon him, in pursuance of law, by the Secretary of tbe treasury. ; :-. - .-tii- -f-.r-; - ,; fisc. 8. That all acts and parts of act. estab lishing ax Dumfries, in the collection -district of Tappahanaoek, Virginia, a port of delivery be and the same are hereby repealed. . Approved, April 19, 18TL . -t , , ; AN ACT for tbe restoration of Commander George A. Stevens, United States navy, to the active from the retired list. Be it enacted by the Senate and Botuu of Repre tentatieet of the United- Suite of America, in Gtmgrt attembled, That the President of the United States be and is- hereby-authorised to nosainata, sad by end with the edTiee and eo- To supply a deficiency in the appropriations for the service of tbe Independent Treasury, fur the fiscal year, as follows: For clerks and messengers in tho office of tbe assistant treasurer at Raititnore, six thousand seven hundred aud fifty dollars. . For clerks and messengers iu the offioe of the depository at Cincinnati, five thousand two hun dred and fifty dollar. Forrb-rks and messengers in the office of the depository at Chicago, one thousand one , hun dred dollars. For cl. rks and messengers in the office of the depository at Louisville, eight hundred dollars. For salary of assistant treasurer at New Orleans, t make bis compensation four thousand five hun dred dollars, as p. ovidvd by existing laws, five hundred dollars. For contingent expenses, under tho act of August sixth, eighteen hundred and forty six, for the collection, sate-keepiug, transfer , and disburse ment of the public revenue, fifty thousand dollars; Provided, That no part of said sum shall be ex ported for clerical services. ; t For salaries and expenses of the direct tax com missioners of ftoutb Carolina, and of their clerks, from July first, eighteen hundred and seventy, until tbe closing of their office, three thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For tbe support of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hun dred and seventy-two: . For salary of the governor of the District of Colnmbia, three thousand dollars. For salary of the secretary of the District of Columbia, two thousand dollars. " For compensation of the members of the coun cil of the District tf Columbia, four ttojrand four hundred dollars. For compensation of tbe board of public works of the District of Columbia, ten thousand dol lars s Provided, That no person shall be entitled to draw a salary as a member of the board of pub lic works who is paid a salary for the discharge of the duties of any other officer under the govern ment of the United States ; and said board shall be held to be an existing board for all the pur poses specified in the "Act to provide a govern mont for tbe District of Columbia," from and af ter tbe appointment and qualification of the mem bers thereof. . For the repair of the damages caused by fire npon the eadet barracks at West Point, ten thous and dollars. - To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pur chase of Messrs. Little, Brown and Company, two thousand copies of the sixteenth volume of the United States Statutes at Large, for distribution agreeably to the acta of Congress directing the distribution of the other volumes, seven .thousand dollars. - -- '.::-.- To pay William Hardin a balance due him un der bit contract for surveying tbe public lands in Nebraska, three thousand six hundred dol lars. .- I ;" -.v" - ? To suddIv a deficiency in the appropriation for clothing for the Marine Corps, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, fifteen thousand dollars. -- For payment to the reporters of the Senate and House for tbe Congressional Globe of tbe usual additional compensation ' for reporting the pro ceedings of the first session of. tbe. Forty-second Congress, five hundred dollars each, five thousand dollars... ..... To enahle the President to carry out the provis ions of tbe aot of Match third, eighteen hundred and seventy -one, authorizing him to prescribe rules and regulations for tbe admission of persons into tbe civil service, and so forth,, tea thousand dollars. '.:,- t -j For expenses of the Joint Select Committee on Alleged Outrages in the Southern States, the sum or unity thousand dollar, ana any unex pended balance Of tbe appropriation for the select committee of the Henate on the subject shall be earned to m a novo appropriation. In addition ttieretu, said snms to ue earned lor this purpose to tbe contingent fund of the Semite, and to be expended npon Touchers of the chairman of said joint committee r Pnmded, That the sum of nine thousand seven hundred and thirty-five dollars and twenty-two cents, being an unexpended bal ance of an appropriation by act of March third, eishteen hundred and sixty-nine, i "for parebase of building known as Clab House, at Charleston. South Carolina, sad tbe fitting up thereof for the post-office and court-house building iij OnriUt.. Nebraska, the same beiag unexpended, is hereby revived wticeaj.proprfaael.fiis selili y.ii,e i , . Sec. 6. That any appropriation, heretofore made for any public works, buildings, or grounds, for the year commencing July first, eighteen hun dred and seventy-one. shall be available for the current year: Provided, That no expenditure be yond the several sums already appropriated shall lie authorized by this section. And that the ap propriation for the payment of the sa'ary and trav eling expenses of a special agent of tho Treasury Department, and for the salaries of all supervis ing inspectors, local inspectors, and clerks em ployed in the administration of the steamboat in spection laws, made under section first of "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses ot tne government tor inn year ending June thirty,' eighteen hundred aud seventy-one," , approved July fifteen, eighteen hundred and seventy, and still remaining unexpended, shall be applicable, as heretofore, to tbe payment of such salaries and expenses nntil sufficient revenue shall accrue therefor under the provisions of section sixty-six of "An act to provide for the better security of life on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and for other purposes," approved Feb ruary twcn:y-eigbt, eighteen hundred and seventy one : the amount paid under the provisions of this section to be reimbursed to the treasury out of the revenues received under tbe provisions of said act of February twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and seventy-r.ne. . And tbe appropriation "for the survey of the boundary line between Idaho and Utah Territo ries," contained in the act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for other purposes, approved March three, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, is hereby made subject to present use. Sec. 7. That the sum or twenty tnontand five hundred and twenty three dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and tho same is hereby, appropriated to pay tbe claim of Robert T. Kirkpatrick, provided for in joint ret olution approved ceoruary nitecntn, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. Sec. 8. That so much of tbe appropriation for paying the expenses of taking tbe ninth census of the United States contained in the act making ap propriations for sundry civil expenses of tbe gov ernment fur the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, approved .March third, eighteen nuudred and seventy-one, as may be necessary, may be used during the current fiscal year; and tbe proviso in tbe eighth section of said act is amended by adding after tha words "eight dollars per day" the words "ex elusive of mileage." . fcKC v. x hat tbe appropriation of thirty thous and three hundred and twenty-six dollars "for necessary expenses ' in the erection, furnishing machinery," and so forth, of the branch mint at Carson City, contained in the act making appro priations for sundry etvit expense 01 the govern. mentfortbe fiscal year ending June thirtieth. eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for other purposes, approved Alarch third, eighteen nun dred and seventy-one, is hereby made subject to present use. bsc to. lhat tbe appropriation for building a pier at Lewes, Delaware, contained in sections twelve and thirteen of tbe act approved July fif- tecntn, eighteen huudred and seventy, entitled An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other purposes," be. and the same is here by, continued nnltl June thirtieth, eighteen faun- urea ana seventy-two.. Sec. 11. That there be added to the miscellan eous item of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives the sum of two thousand five hun dred aod.sixty-three dollars and thirty eents, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the bal anee remaining unpaid npon the aeoouonU of witnesses who appeared before the sub-committee of the Committee of Elections of tbe House of Representatives, charged with the investigation, to tne summer or eurnteen Hundred and sixty nine of the election of .Louisiana in eighteen hun dred and sixty eight, s And for two thousand copies of Barclay's Digest, ordered by resolution of the House of July fourteen, efarhteea hundred and seventy, two thonsand dollars ; also for pages in in xiouse oi Representatives, one thonsaad live Hundred and forty-three .dollars ' and fifty nine eents. For the compensation of an assist, ant jo rnal clerk In the House of Representative, for tbe fiscal year ending Jnne thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, twenty-live hundred and ninety-two dollars. ' And for one thousand eopiea ol the "Constitution of tbe United State, with Rules of the Senate." eomniled bv Wm. J McDonald, under a resolution of the Senate of March fourteen, eighteen hundred and seventy one, one thousand dollars. For the payment of clerks of committees of tbe -House, in aocorJanoe with the rs olution of the Haas of tbe tenth in stant, two thousand dollars. , ,, ' .- Sec. 12. That the provisions or tne eievenm section of the act approved July fifteenta. eighteen hundred Bdd seventy, entitled act making appropriations for sundry civil expense of the government for tbe year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other purposes," be, and hereby are, ex tended so as to include such persons as are actually em ployed in the States lately in insurrection, in con nection with the Treasury Department, as offices of the United States during the year of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven in connection with the revenues of the government ; and an amount suf ficient to carry out tbe provisions of this section, not exceeding fifteen thonsand dollars, is hereby appropriated out of any money . in the treasury; not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 13. That the following sum, or aa auc. , thereof as may be necessary, for subsistence, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen bun- rirnd and eventv-two. jjt the Arapsboe, Chey enne, Apache, Kiowa, and Comanche Indians wbe ; have been collected ana locaiea npon lum reser vation set spart for their use and occupation by the treaties made with them in eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, two hundred thousand dollars. Sec. 14. That tne commissioner ot vow uercm. T..n.l nit,, lii fherebv authorized to approve the survey of the eastern boundary of Nevada, made by Isaac E. James, no. withstanding any depart ure fnm instructions which, in the opinion ef said Cominis ioner, does not materially impair the accuracy of the work. Sec. 15. That the privileges of the act entitled "An act to reduce internal taxes, and for other purposes," approved July fourteen, eighteen hun dred and seventy, be, and are hereby, extended to tbe port of Detroit, in tbe Mate or jaicnigan. Sec. 10. mat any oona nue www muw homestead or pre-emption laws of the United States who has filed the proper appliestion to enter not to exceed one quarter-section or tne pwo lie lands in any district land office, sad who bss been subsequently appointed a register or receiver. may perfect the title to tDe saia tana unaer wo preemption laws, by furnishing the proof and making the payments required by law, to the sat isfaction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. , Sec. 17. That from and after the pssssge of this act all powers conferred upon certain persons ss commissioners, by tbe act approved June twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy, for the improvement or M street, sons west, ana oy tbe act approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, for the improvement of the Wash ington City canal, shall be transferred to tbe Board of Public Works of the District of Colum bia ; and the persons acting as commissioners un der said acts are hereby directed to transfer to said board of public works all books, papers and other property In their possession pertaining t the works under their charge ; and private prop erty shall be as.rsed for tho improvement of M street, and Seventh street south west, from B street to tbe river, heretofore authorized by law, as pro vided in the act of February twenty-first, eight een hundred and seventy-one. And in case said board shall, under said act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, decide to epea said canal, they are hereby empowered to open both its branches, so as to connect with tbe gov ernment canal at the arsenal : Provided, That the cost of said work shall not exceed the amount al ready fixed by law for that purpose. That the sum of ten thousand dollars, or ao much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby ap propriated for the purpose of repairing end relay ing, where necessary, the pavement on Pennsyl vania avenue from Fifteenth street to the east side of Rock creek: Provided, That a like sum shall be expended for the same purpose by ,tbe proper authorities of tbe District of Columbia t And prorideti further. That the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company shall in like man rjmr rcnu'r portion thereof as thev1 are by """"T""Tin lr t ii T" dotu. uuir v u mvm ist-a v: s uueu a,.a uij iic n ill n l eawaapr-'- firnuW "Vieavperrlsion of tl Hoard of -Pub lie Works for the District ofXTotombia. " Sec. 18. That to correct an error In tbe enroll ment of the act approved March third, eighteen hnndrcd and seventy-one, making appropriation for the ncval service far the year ending June thirtieth eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for other purposes, the same be amended as fol lows: In section two, strike out all of the section from and inclnding the word "provided" where it first occurs, and insert in lieu thereof tbe follow ing; "And the Secretary of the Navy is author ized to invite, by public advertisement, plan and pecificafions for such dock, and to sward to any person not in the naval service, whose plans may be adopted by tbe Navy Department, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars. But no plan shall be adopted until it shall first receive tbe sanction of a board of not less than five experi enced officers, to be appointed by the Secretary of ' .1 x- . . c , i, . in x a- j , m majomy 01 wnom enau DO con structors and engineers, and one ef whom shall be an experienced civil engineer; and it shall be the duty of said board to consider all tbe plans and specification laid before it, whether the lame were prepared in tbe Navy Department or by par ties competing therewith, and the plans and spe cifications that shall be adopted shall be openedU to tbe inspection or ait persons who desire to be come bidders, for at lest ninety days before the awarding or said contract,'- r or throe assistant observers at the National Observatory, in addition to the sum appropriated by the "Act making appropriations for the naval service for tbe year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for other purpos es," approved March third, eighteen hundred and, seventy-one, five hundred dollars. . fcEC. IV. That so much of the proviso' In thm. act making appropriations to supply deficiencies,, and so forth, approved April twentieth, eighteen, hundred and seventy, as limits the completion, ot the marine hospital building at Chicago, Illinois, to a sura not exceedinz three hundred uunnnil dollars, ia hereby repealed ; and it shall be- law ful for the proper authorities to expend the money already appropriated for continuing the work upon sai.l building: Provided, That no park thereof shall be expended until plans and specU fiestions shall have been eomplcted that will limit tbe cost of said building to a sum, include ing all moneys already expended, not exceeding, three hundred and fifty-nine thonsand seven hun dred and seventy-nine dollars and . thirty-four cents. .- , ;, :- , 8bc. 20.' That tbe Sacvefarv nf Ik. TV.. be authorized to sell, for the best price in each that can be obtained, the marine hospital build. "R we cut vi ean sraneweo ; and the pro ceeds of such sale, or so much thereof aa may be necessary, shall be held and reserved as a road for the erection of a pavilion hospital om some uTcrmonit reservation m or near said city. If Congress shall hereafter so determine. - : Sec. 21. That there be aswpriated out of any money in the treasury not ouerwise appropriated twelve theasand dollars for the relief of destitute aged persons in the District of Columhia, such iwoi.ou miu uiainntttea ey swob- omcer or association of person in the District ef Co lumbia a the Secretary of War (hall designate. wu M m report oi iue aistrtDuttoB or the mo ney hereby appropriated shall be made -to . Con gress at its next session. - dec. ZZ. That the Secretary of War i authorised to , furnish, to the National Freedmen's Relief Association condemned cloth ing and bedding, if such there he on hanH not needed by the army, not exceeding Ave thousand " vaiue, iwr aistnimuou among laedesti. Sbo. 23. That the ase ef the baildiava la Ar. mory Square eeenpied by the Quartermaster' uepanment, u not needed ror the public service, be granted, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, to the association above maotiouod. for the purpose of still further enabling it to relieve the destitute persons above mentioned. ; . ,.,..; , Bsc. 24. That tbe provision, of the act entitled "An act making appropriation, for sundry civil expenses of the government lev tbe yeas ending J nae thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-ene, and for other purposes," for the erection ef a public building ia the city of Saint Louie, Mis souri, for tbe use of the enstoathense and ether eivil offices of the gorerament ef the United State, shall be extended and made available for and daring the year ending Jnne thirtieth, eight een ban it red and seventy-two. ...- E" That the salary ef the eoatel at Mate- : moras, Mexico, be esU.blL.hsd at two thousand dollars pe annam fur the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and thereafter., , ., . ... . That there be paid to the deputy esaistant treasurer la the office of the TTtlrlsnt treasurer ia the etty ef New York the ana of six hundred dollars, the same beisg a dedeieeoy to hi earn.