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ground, twontv-flve thousand dollars: Pro vided, That Ihe iltle to said real estate shall be vested in Hie United sta.e for the use of aald hospital, and tbat no part ol 'he real or personal propurtv now bold or tobc hereafter acquit ed by Baid "institution shall be devoted to anv other purpose than a hospital for wi -men and lying-in anylum without tho consent ol Hie United States; and that In addition to the directors, whose appolntmeuls are now provided bv law, there shall be three other directors appointed In Ihe following manner: One Senator by the President of the Senate, and two Representatives by iho Speaker of the House ; these directors suall hold thcirof flee for a ihe term of a single Congress, and be eligible to a repio4ninient. For alteration and rclrs of sold building, Ave thousand dollar", to lie expended under the direction of the board of directors of said Institution. for repairs to roof and out buildings alter ations in wards, and repairs to heating appa ratus, two thousand dollars For the National Soldiers and Sailors' Or phans' Home of the city of Washington, Dis trict of Columbia, fifteen thousand dollars, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secre tary of Ihe Interior, For custody and repair nf government hos pitals on Judiciary square, three thousand do'lars. For care, support, and medical treatment of sixty transient paupers, medical and surgical patients, in some proper medical Institution in the city of Washington, undur a contract to be formed with such Institution, twelve thou sand dollars, or so much l hereof as may be necessarv, under the dlrecdlon of the Secreta ry of War. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. For preservation ol the collections of (be surveying and exploring expeditions of the government), fifteen thousand dollars. For ihe completion of ihe hall required for the government collections, ten thousaud dol lars. CALITOL EXTENSION. For finishing and repairing the work on the Kapilol extension, and for completing the flagging of ths upper terraces, fifty thousand dollars. For annual repairs of t he old port ion of the Capitol building, for painting, glazing, keep ing ronfs In order, water-pi lies, pavements, ami approaches to the building, ten thousand ilollars: Provided, That a sufitcieui portion of such appropriation shall lie expended, under the direction of tbearchltect of the Capitol ex tension, to keep In order ihe arch-wavs, door ways, rotundas, and corridors of ihe Capitol. For finishing and repairing the work on the new dome of the Capitol, four thousand dollars. And so much of the sum appropriated Id the deficiency act approved May eighteenth, eighteen hundred ana scveuty-two, lor boiler, water-fan k. and steam pump In the south wing of the Capitol its may not bo expanded pre i oHS to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, may be expended during tbefls Ml year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hun dred and seventy-three. For continuing the work of grading and filling, and for planting Ihe grounds around the Capitol, paving B street north, from Del-, eware to ew Jersey avenues, and l lie quad rant, thence to Pennsylvania avenue, and for curbing ami paving the loot-ways around the Capitol grounds, thlrly-fivc thousand dol lars, which shall be available immediately: Provided, That the grades of the streets and avenue in the vicinity of die Capitol be, and the same are barely, established in conformity Willi the plan approved by Ihe mayor of the citv of H ashingtoii, the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, and the archi tect of the Capitol extension, aa authorized by thejoi it resolution approved Julv four teem h, eighteen hundred and seventh; and for this purpose the plan made by William Forsyth, surveyor, dated January twenty third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, on file In the office nf the architect of the Capitol extension, shall be considered authentic. BOTANICAL GAKDKN. For reconstructing ihe eastern parallelo gram of the conservatory- In Ihe Imtar.ical garden, to make It correspond with that at the west ot the rotunda, thirteen thousand dol lars. For extending the propagating houses, (in cluding ihe use of the sash from the old por tion of the conservatoif ,l and for general re pairs to buildings, four thousand live hundred dollars. For the construction nf a sewer and Irap across Third street, to convey the drainage of the botanical garden I o the main sewer, tiro hum Ire I dollars. For continuing fence and erecting gateway on Third strlet, seven thousand five Hundred dollars. LIBRARY OF CONOIIEStt. For additional heating apparatus In the li brary of Congress, to he expended under the direction of the architect of Ihe Capitol ex tension, two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be ne.-csn ry. To enable ihe librarian to procure for the llbrarwf Congress the English county hlsto rles, the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may bo necessary. For an additional appropniailon, to be ex pended under the direction of the Joint Com mittee on the Library, lo decorata the Capitol with such works of'art as miy be ordered and approved bv said committee, as provided by act approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-fix, fltleen thousand dol lars; and said committee, whenever, in their judgment. It shall be expedient, arc author ized to accent any work of the fine arts on behalf of Congress, which maybe offered, land to assign the same such place lu the Cap itol as l hey may deem suitable, and shall have the supervision of all works of art that may be p'aced In the Capital. For the publication of three volumes of Wilkes' Exploring Expedi'ion, agreeaelv to act of May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, uiue thousand dollars. Toinab'ethe Joint Committee on the Li brary to purchase Moran's large painting of the Canyon of the Yellowstone, ten thousand dollars. SURVEY Or THE COAST. For continuing the survey of the Atlantic, and Gulf coasts nf the United States, and Lake Champlaln, including compensation of civi tans engaged In the work, and excluding pay and emoluments of officers of the army and navy, ami petty-officers and men nf the navy employed In "the work, three hundred and ninety-one thousand ilollars. Enr continuing the survey of the western coast of the United S ales, Including compen sation of civilians engaged In ihe work,., two hundred and forty thousand dollars. tV... ...... ...I ,.Ha... ,.P .,l, ,,.., IV... U steamers used In tho Coast Survey, no longer aupptieu ny me .navy jepiirinieut, ten inou sand dollar?. For continuing the publication of the obser vations made in the progress ol Coast Surrey, includii g compensation for civilians engaged in the work, the puhllca ion to be made at the Government Printing office, ten thousand dol lars. For repairs and maintenance of the comple mint of vessels used In the Coast Survey, forty-five thousand dollars. For extending the frlangulation of the Coast Survey so aa to form a geodetic connec tion between Ihe Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United .Slates, and assisting in the State surveys. Including compensation of ci vilians engaged in the work, thirty-six thou sand dollars. UNDEB THE WAR DEPARTMENT. ARMORIES AND ARSENALS. Springfield armory, Springfield, Massachu setts: For repairs and preservation of grounds, buildings, and machinery ; and for curbstone for armory grounds fronting on Bute street, twenty-two thousand dollars. Bock Island armory and arsenal, Rock Is land, Illinois : For new forging-shop of same dimensions and architecture as shops already built, except that It will be only one story high, one hundred and fifty-five thousand do' lars; for new ilnlahtng-shop for armorv, two hundred thousand dollars ; for new fireproof barracks for enlisted men. Including mess building, bakery, and laundry-building, ninety-five thousand dollars; for new powder magazine, fifteen thousand dollars; lor c.m- Sletliig development of tho water-power, one nndred awl ten thousand dollars; for the construction of avenues and road to the Bock Island wagoa-brldge, and to ibe new bridge across the Mississippi river, to the city of Davenport, and tor building a ralln ad to connect the present araenal railroad with the Chicago and Bock bland railroad. When changed to Ita new location at the lever end : -" 1 rj of the Island, and for building (wo 'entrances to tho inland from tho two bridges, and an Iron fence connecting tho two entrances, and between tho railroad and tho public wagon-road-on one side and the arsenal on the other side, twentv eight thousand dollais; lor the new machinery for the new shops already comp eted, twenty thorn ami dollars : for lay ing wafer-pipe, three thousand dollars; for putting six watcr-whecis ( sixty-five horse power each ) in the new dam, with shafting and machinery, for transmission of power to the shops already in use, twenty-six thousaud dollars; in all, six hundred and fifty-two thousand dollars. For completion of the wngor.-road bridge connecting Mollne with Hock Island, one hundred thousand dollars. For the construction of the Rock Island bridge, the balance of Ihe appropriation, con tinued by l he act of March third, eighteen hundred anil seventy-one, which may lie ex pended at the close of the present fiscal year, is hcruby re-appropriafed. Beukia arsenal, Benlcla, California: For boring artesian well, twelve thousand six hundred and eighty-seven ilollars; forbnlld lng new wharf, eleven thousand four hundred and ninotv-elght dollars; for removing bank In front of office, and tilling up ravine, live thousand six hundred and eighty-seven dol lars; for necessary grading ol public grounds, eight thousand eight linn Ired and eij-h'y dol lars; for repairs of workshops, store-houses, and quarters, five thorn a id six hundred dol lars; In all, forty-tour thousand three hun drcd and fifty-two dollars. Columbus arsena', Columbus, Ohio: For care and repair of public buildings and grounds, nine hundred and fitly dollars. Charleston arsenal,ChHrleston, South Caro lina: For putting slate root on foundery build ing, one thousand three hundred dollars; for relaying floors in store-houses, one thousand two hundred dollars; for general repairs of public buildings and grounds, two hundred dollars; In all, two thousond seven hundred dollars. Detroit arsenal, Dearlsmvillc, Michigan : For painting and repairing public buildings, five bund red dol lars, " Fort Monroe arsenal, Old Point Comfort, Virginia: For completing gun-yard fence, brick foundaliou-wail, audience of old musket-barrels, three lliniiraud dollars; for re pairing store-houses, fur (minting and reralr Ing public buildings three thousand dollars ; in all. six thousand dollars. Fort Union arsena , Fort Union, New Mexi co Territory: For repaid ig store-houses, magazine, barracks, workshops, office, quar ters, Inclo -lug wall, and fences, three thous and five bundled dollars. Frankfort arsenal, Brilcsburgh, Pennsyl vania: For repairs of public buildings and grounds, three thousand dollars. Kennebec arsenal, Augusta, Maine : For re pairing public buildings, grounds, and fencos, one thousand dollars. Leavenworth arsenal, Leavenworth, Kan sas: For additions to subalterns' quarters, one thousand and ihlrty-slx dollars and nine ty cent; for repair to pub ic buildings, cis terns, drains, and walks, three thousaud six hundrod dollars; lor building a cistern for Use of steam-engine, fivehundred and fifty dol lars; for purchase of steam pump, boiler, pipe, and putting up the rame, for the purpose of supplying water to the arsenal, including construction of water-lank, one thousand dol lars; for putting up fence along new wagon road to rallrua i-tirldge, and along railroad to railroad-bridge, time thousand two hundred and eighty two dollars and fifty cents; for re pairing main fence inclosing arsenal, one thousand and seventy-eight dollars; for mac adamizing road leading to arsenal from main road to Leavenworth, and for roads around arsenal building, one thousand five hundred dollars; In all, twelve thousand and forty seven dollars and fort y cents. New York arsenal, Governor's island. New York harbor, New York: For repairs of steam-engines, tanks, Urc-apparatns, d.wks, drains, am', grounds, and purchase of hose, nine thoii-and dollar.. ; for grading and im proving pub! ic grounds, two thousand dol lars: for repairs of pub'i; buildings, six thousand dollars; for extending and repairing fences, six hundred dollars; In all, seventeen thous and six hundred dollars. Magazine, Boston: For a new house for shell and powder filling, twelve thousand dol I lars. I Saint Louis arsenal, Missouri : For pur chase of new boiler lor steam-engine at wa- ter-works, one thousand dollars; for general repairs of public buildings and Inclosing fen cos, Jefferson barracks, Missouri, two thoits- ! and dollars; in all three thousand dollars. San Anlnrdo arsenal, Sau Antoriq, Texas: For taking down walls and rebuilding with cut stone ihe building used as an armory shop, nine thousand ilollars; for erecting a frame, siore-hotisc one hundred by tweiity live faof, one story, four thousand dollar's; for building a cistern to supply the post with water, two thousand dollars; for retiring and painting pub ic buildings and fences, nuo thousaud dollars; in all, sixteen thousand dels lars. Vancouver arsenal, Vancouver, Wa'blug ton Territory : For repairing store-houses, workshops, quarters, barracks, fences and ; grounds, one thou and dollars. ) Wa hlngtnn arsena', Washing on I Istrlt tof Columbia: For coping for lUcTiuiiig-wnll on ! nor her. i from of arsenal grounds, and for entrance gates at the let initiation of Four- itinl-a-haii stree', three thousand ilollars, WalervHw arsenal, West Troy, New York: For repairing public buildings, fifteen hun dred dollars. Watertown arsenal, Watcrtown, Massachu setts: For repairs of roofs and tainting build ings and fences, five thousand dol lars ; for re pairing and painting officers' quarters and renewing furnaces and water-closets, three thousand dollars. Contingencies of arsenals: For repairs nf smaller arsenals, and lo meet such tinforscen expendii ures at arsenals as accidents or oth er contingencies during the year may render necessary, ten thousand dollars: Provided. That no money appropriated by this act shall be paid as commissions upon any labor or ma terials furnished the United Slales- For continuing the surveys of the northern and northwestern lakes, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. And this ap propriation shall be available faom the lime of the passage of this act. Ilt'ILDINON ANDGROVNDS IN AND AROrND WASHINGTON. Repairs, care, and Improvement of public buildings, ground, and works In the District I nf Columbia, under the direction of ihe Chief I Kngi neer of t he armv, viz: For lence lor propagating garden and lodges In public grounds, live hundred dollars. For repainsftiel.and slmi'ar ncceesnries,for Executive mansion: For repairs to the m in lons,ten thousand dollars for fuel, fire fhous and dollars forrefurnishingthe same,lwelve thousand dollars; for repairs and care of green-house, including new floor, flower stands, and pipes, ten thousand dollars ; for constructing six hundred and thlrtv-liiur feet of sewer for drainage, three thousaud dol lars. For lighting the Capitol end Executive man sion and grounds: For lighting Capitol and Executive Mansion and pub ic grounds, forty live thousand dollars; aud the officer charged with the disbursement of this appropriation shall hare the entire care and control of the consumption of the gas used for lighting blinding and grounds herein provided for. For lamps and - lamp posts fur center and sonih walk, west Capitol grounds, five hun dred dollars; for pav of lamp-lighters, gu nning, plumbing, lamps, posts, andrepaiisof all sons, fifteen thousand dollars. Improvement and care nf public grounds: For annual repair .f fences around reserva tions, two thousand dollars; for manure, nud hauling same on public grounds, fire thin sa id dol'ars; for painting iron fences aro in . r.t -ervatlons, and around War and Navy tc panments, four thousand dollars; for im provement, care, and protection of seals, an I for fountains and fish-pouds In ('a, I ol grounds, three thousand dollars; for p r chasc of seats for Capital grounds, one tnoti sand dollars; for hire of carta for (u'llic grounds, five thousand dollars; for purchase and repair of tools for public grounds, two thousand dollars; for purchase of trees, tree-boxes, and whltcna hi ig fences, Ave thousand dollars; for purchase ol flower pots, mats, twine, and g asses, one thousand dollars. For care and Improvement of grounds south of Executive Mansion, including pur chase of tiees. making walks, and grading, ten thousand dollars ; for repairs of green house at propagating garden, three thousand dol lars. For Improving Franklin square, introduc ing water, gas, lodge, and urinals, six thous and five-hundred dollars. For improvement of Monument grounds, Siding road, walk, draining, purchase and filing gravel for walks and roads, trues, and shrubs, as per plan, fifteen thousand dollars : and sold grounds shall be considered as portion of the public grounds in the city of Washington ami shall be under the same control as the other public buildings and grounds in the city ol Washington, In con formity wiih the net of March second, eight een hundred ami sixty seven. For improving aud grading Armony square, making aud graveling walks, roads, purchase of trees, and drainage, ten thousand dull.: re. For ihe improvement of Judiciary square, by introducing water, drainage, purchase of trees, and oieuiug and grading walks, twelve thousand live hundred dollars. For care and Improvement of Ihe Smithso nian grounds, two thtaisand dollars. For completing improvements and for care nf I.afavetlc square, three thousand five hun dred dollars. For improvement of Farragut square, flvo thousand dollars. For grading, opening walks ami roads, and f raveling Ihe same, drainage, purchase of rees and shrubs, for improvement of reser vation between Third anil Sixih streets, aa per plan, ten thousand ilollars; for remov ing snow nnd ice from pavements and walks one thousand dollars. For starting a nursery for Improvement of public grounds, two thousaud dollars. For Improving Lincoln park, building pave ments, opening walks, and lodge, fire thou sand five hundred ilollars. For improving reservation on New York avenue and Eighteenth street, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For reiairs of government water-pipe and fire plius, nnd purchase of apparatus for cleaning water-pipes, len thousand dollars: for purchase of sparrows, cages, boxes, anil care of (he same, live hundred dollars; for purchase of iree-markers, anil marking the same, one hundred dollars; for abating nui sances, one thousand dol lars. For Improving reservations on different avenues, twenty thousand dollars. For casual repairs of Navy Yard bridge and Upper bridge, three thousand dollars. WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT. For repairs of dwellings for kceiers of the water-gates, one thousand live hundred dol lars. For completing the parapets of Cabin John bridge aud other bridges on the line of i Im aqueduct, thirteen thousand nine hundred and thirty-lour ilollars. For a dial telegraph connecting the Great falls of the Potomac Willi Ihe reservoirs and with the office In Washington, two thousand five hundred ilollars. Fornialutenanccinclitdingiinieiliviendence, salaries of gate-keepers, and act.cral reptirs, fifteen thousand dollars, For completing Ihe necessary exeat a' ion of distributing reservoir, eleven thousand live biinerud and fifty tlol lars. For furnishing and laying a cast-iron pipe four feet in diameter from tite central gate house lo the etlluent gate-house, twenty-two thousand nine hundred and ihiity-l wo dol lars. For purchase of land for road from the (Ireat lit. Is lo conduit read, three thousand one hundred and thlrty-nlnc dollars; and all the foregoing appropriations fur the survice ol the Washington aqueduct are hereby ma le available immediately upon Ihe passage of this act. For rebuilding the Chain bridge, on the Potomac river, one hundred thotisaup dol lars or so much thereof as may In neeeesary: Provided, That the bridge shall be rebuilt as a substantial iron sUuctiioc, upon plans lo be approved by iho Chicl of Engineers of the armv, and undvr his siiiervlslou and direc tion. To pay five laborers in Ihe old part of Ihe Capitol' and flvo watchmen In re.-erva ion two, twenty per centum on their pay for the years ending June thin ieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and June thlnidth, eighteen hundred and seventy, as authorized by the eighteenth section of Ihe act of July twenty eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars, or so much as may be necessary. BUREAU Of REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND ABANDONED LANDS. For collection and payment of bounty, prize-money, and other lesl.lraatc claims of colored soldiers and sailors, viz : For salaries of agents and clerks; rent of offices, fuel, mid lights; stationery' and printing; office furni ture and renuirs ; mileage and transixiriai ion of officers and agents ; telegraphlngand post age, one lnindredthousnnd dollars: Provided, Tin:: ihe Bureau ol Refugees, Freedmen, and A pandoned Lands shall bo discontinued from and after June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and scveuty-'.wo, aud that all agents, clerks, and ather imp'oyees then on duty shall be discharged, except such as may be retained by the Secretary of War for the purposes of I hi.- proviso; and nil acts and narls of acts lertaining lo the collection ami payment of lotiulies. or oilier moneys due in eoforml sol diers sailors, and mariuea, or t heir lieirs, shall remain in force until otherwise ordered by Congress, the same lnb carried into of fcctbyihe Secretary of War, who mav em ploy such clerical force as mav be neecssary lor the mir pose. For tho support of Frecdmen's Hospital and Asylum at Washington, District ol Col umbia, viz: Pay of medical officers and at lemlants; medicines, medical supplies, and rations ; clothing; rent of hospital buildings, fuel, aud lights : re si Irs and imnspnrtaiion, sevenly-fotir Ihoiimnd dollars: Provided, That no part of said tlppropria Ion shall be used in the support of, or lo pay any of ihe a I ore aid expenses an account ol anviersons hereafter to be admitted to said hospital and asylum, unless persona removed thither from some other government hospital : Provided, That after Juno thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, the Freedmen 's Hospital in the District of Columbia shall, until other wise ordered by Congress, lie continued under the supervision and, control of the Secretary of War, who shall make all estimates, anil pass all accounts, and be accountable to tho treasury of t lie United-Slates for all expendi tures. SIONAL-tFFIt'E. For manufacture, purchase, or repair of tnclcorological ami other necessary Instru ments; for telegraphing reports ; for expen ses of storm-signals announcing propablc ap proach and force of storms throughout the United States, for the lieneflt of commerce nud agriculture; for instrument-shelters; for hire, fundi in e. and expenses of officers main tained for public use in cities or posts receiv ing reports; for maps and bulletins, to bcdl -p ayed In chambers of commerce and boanis-of-trade rooms; for books an) stationery; and lor iueldenlal expenses not otherwise provided for, iwo hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary ol War be, and be hereby is authorized and required lo provide, in the system nf observations and reports in charge of Ihe chief signal officer of Ihe army, for such stations, reports, and sig nals as may lie found necessary for the bene fit of agriculture and commercial inter ests, And provibed, That no part of this a p proprlatlon, nor of any approyriation for the several Depratments of tliegovernment.shall be paid loany le egraphlc company which sha" I neglect or refuse to transmit (olographic communications between said Deimr.mcnts, their officers, ageuts, or employe, under the provisions of the section ot chapter two hun dred and thirty of Die statutes of iho United Slates for the year eighteen hundred and six-ly-slx, and at rales ol compensation therefor tii be cslab'lshed by the Postmaster Geuersl : Provided also, That whenever any telegraph company shall have filed its written accept ance with the Postmaster General, nf the re mrlcllons and obligations required bv ihe act approved July twenty-fourth, eighteen hun dred and sixty-six, emit led "An act to aid in the construction of telegraph lines, and to eecrre to the Government the use ot the same, for postal, miliary, and other purposes," if such company, its ageuts, or employees shall hereater refiise or neglect to transmit any such telegraphic communications as are pro vided for by tho afocesait act, or by the Joint resolution approved the neuth day 'of Febru ary, elghicen hundred aud seventy, "in au thorize the Secretary of War to provide for taking meteorological observations at the mil itary stations ana other points of the Interior of the continent, and for giving notice on the northern lakes and seaboard of the approach ami force of storms," such telegraphic oom iany shall forfeit and nay to the United States not less than one hundred and not exceeding one thousand dollars for each refusal or neg lect aforesaid, to be recovered by an action or actions at law, in any district court of the United states. MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS. Toprovlode for the payment under exist ing laws for horses and other property lost or destroyed in themllltarystfrviccnf I he United States, one hundred thousand dollars. Secret-service fund : To enable ihe Sccie larv of the Treasury to settle the accounts of disbursing officers tor expendstnres already made In pursuance of law. which will not In volve any actual expenditure, but merely a I ran sferon the books of the treasury, fifty thousand dol'ars. To provide fur the payment to Benn Pitman lor a transcript of his phonographic copy of Ibe record and proceeding of the court ol in quiry in re ation to the conduct of lleneralD. 0 Biiell, while lu command of the armv in Kentucky ami Tenneasee, the ram of twohas hundred dollars. Mi'liary convicts at State penitentiaries: For payment of costs and charges of State penitentiaries for the can-, clothing, malulen iii.ee, and medecnl attendance of United States military convicts confined In them, sixty-live thousand dol'ars. Rifiiiidiug to S atcs ex(ienseti incurred In raising volunteers: Toindemi ltty the States for expenses Incurred by ilu.ni in enrolling equipping, and transporting troois for the de fense ot the United States during Ihe late In surrection, five hundred thoiisanTdnllars. To unable the Secretary of War to pay iho expenses incurred, on the part of the United States, in the arbitration had between Ihe United States and the (5 recti Bay and Missis sippi Canal Company, thirteen thousand seven hundred and thirteen ilollars and ninety seven cents. To provide for Iho erection hf headsloncs upon the graves of soldiers in the national cemeteries, the sun of two hundred thousand dollars. For the establishment of an astronomical base, and continuance ol military and geo graphical surveys and explorations west of the one hundredth meridian of longitude, under the direction of the Secretary of War, seventy-five thousand dollars. For the purchase and preparation of Instru ments for a prrper observation of the transit of Venus, which Is predicted io occur on the eighth of December, eighteen hundred and Feventy-fonr, filly thousand ilollars. lo be ex pended under the direction rf a commission, to be compeced of Ibe Superintendent and two of Ihe professors of mathematics of Ihe navy attached to the Naval Observatory, the President of ihe National Academy of Scien ces, and the Superintendent of the'Coast Sur vey: Provided. That no contracts or en gagements shall be made for such instruments loan amount exceeding rhe sum hereby ap propriated. For pedestal for tho equestrian statute of General Wlnfleld Scott, authorized by act of July flfteenlh, eighteen hundred nnd seventy, forty-two thousaud dollars. For expenses of (he United Slates commss eiouers to the International Penitentiary Congress at London, in eighteen hundred and scvely-two, five thousand dollars. For expenses nf ihe Uulled Slates commis sioners to' tho International Statistical Con gress at Silut Petersburk, five thousand dol lars. Toenab'etho fleore'ary af ihe Interior lo provide a law lalnaryf r the Territory of Colorado, two thousand five hundred dol ;ars, said libiary lobe selected by Ihe chief justice of said Territory. For re airing and print lug a scries of maps, not exceeding twenty In number, to illustrate graphically the quarto volumes for Ilia ninth cehsus, l jsent v-tive thousand dollars. UNDER THE NAVY DEPARTMENT. NAVY-YAltDS. Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire : For repairs of all kinds, seventy-live thou sand dollars: for repairs of filiating docks, eighty thousand dollars; for liermanent im provements, namely, for bridge connecting Seavey's island, fouj thousand dollars ; in all, one hundred and fitty-ulnc thousand two hun dred collars. For constructing ane tea tng expcrlmdntal breech-loading boat-howitzers, Hut thou; and dollars. Navy-yard, Bostoh, Massachusetts; For re pairs of all kinds, seventy-live thousand dol lars. Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For re pairs of all kinds, one hundred thousand dol lars. Navy-yare, Wrshittgton, District of Colum bia: For repairs of all kinds, seventy-five thousand dollars. Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For repairs of all kinds, one hundred thousand dollars. Navy-yard, Pensaco'a, Florida: For re pairs of all kinds, twenty-live ibousnud dol lars. Navy-vard, Mare Island. California: For re- Eairsofall kinds, seventy -five thousand dol irs; for repairs of flcaling-docks, one hun dred thousand dollars; for permanent im provements, namely, for commencing dry dockl two hundred thousand dollars: contin uing qttai-wtil I and wharves, thirty thousand dollars; continuing of rail-tracks, five thou sand dollars ; in all, four hu ml red and ten thousand dollars. Naval station at League island, Pennsylva nia : For repairs and maintenance of embank ments and lor dredging, one hundred and fif teen thousand dollars. For naval station at New London, Connect icut : Fur building wharf, grading, for build ing storc-honse. antl for care and preserva tion of property, twenty thousand dollars. Naval statitm'at Key West, Florida: For repairs of all kinds, fifteen thousand dollars. Emergencies at naval stations: For emer gencies that may arise at i. aval stations, for ty thousand dollars. Under the department of agri culture. nUItfuIKUS AND GROUNDS. For Improvement of grounds: For labor, twelve thousand dollars ; for heating-apparatus for new grapery, two thousand dollars; lor material lor roads and walks, one thou sand five hundred dollars; for cast-iron la lsds for naming trees In arboretum, one hun dred dollars; lor tools, repairs, and black smithing, one thoiisnnd dollars; for draining tiles for grounds, live hundred dollars; for terrace-" a II si wo thousand live hum ed dinars; for repairing fence around grounds, one thou sand dol lars ; and lor a furnace in Ihe labora tory, four hundred dollars ; in all, twenty one' thousand dollars. Toward completing the museum under tho charge of Prolessor Townsend Glover, three thousand dollars. SEC. 1. Thai out of the unexpended balance of the appropriation (section twenty-seven of the act approved April twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one) for more effectually ' securing life and properly on the coasts of New ,)ei sey and Long Island, for the fiscal year ending Juue llurtielieih, eighteen hun dred and seventy-two, the sum of two hun dred thousand dollars is hereby excepted frem ihe operation of the fifth section ot the act of July twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy. Sec. 3. That the sum of two hundred and twenty-five thousand seven hundred and fifty one dollars and eight cents Is hereby appro priated to enable the Secretary of the Treas urv fo return to ibe clerk of ibe United Slates district court for the southern district nf Illi nois the one-baif of fonr hundred and fifty one thousand five hundred and two dollars and nix I ecu cents paid to sail Secretary by said clerk as prize-money, In pursuance of a decree ol -aid court made on the eleventh dav nf May, eight ocn hundred and sixty-four, which decree was afterward, to wit, on the ninth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, held to be erroneous and set aside by said court, and said money ordered to be returned Instill court for distribution lolhe lawful owners thereof; aud to this end that the sold Secretary cause to be transferred the said rum of two hundred and twenly-Avo thousand seven hundred and fifty-one dollars and eight cents from Ihe navy pension fund to Ihe credit of the Treasurer ot tho United States ; the moneys so directed lo be returned having been deposited to the credit of said fund on Iho twenty-third of May. eighteen hundred and sixty-four, by warrant numlier one hundred and sixty-nine. SEC. 4. Thin the primer accounting officers of the Treasury Department be. and .hey are hereby, authorized and directed, in adjusting the account of William Kapus, collector - f customs for the district of Alaska, to make an allowance for the compensation of Charles H. Pierce for services rendered in aid of the collection of ihe revenue from customs at the port ot'Oonulaska, In said district, of such sum as they may deem Just and equita ble for the time actually employed, not to exceed the rate of one thousand Ave hundred dollars per annum. Sec. 5. That to enable tho Secretary of the Inferior to jiay Siandlsh and Ballard, attor neys, their account for defending the register aud the receiver at Ionia, Michigan, the sum of one thousand dollars Is hereby appropri ated. That in tho settlement of judgments by the Court of Claims of the Supreme Court of the United Slates, hereafter to be rendered for captured or abandoned cotton, or in settle ments for cotton seized subsequent to June thirtieth, elghtein hundred and sixty five, the Secro'ary of the Treasu-y la hereby directed lo pay inch J i lgemen s, or the amounts as ascertained upon such set tlements In full without deduction on account of lutorna'-revenue tax upon cotton. Sn 7. That the accounting officers of the treasury be. and they are hereby, authorised and directed, lu ailjusilug the a. counts of the collector of customs for the port of Chicago, to allow him, as an cxofflclo depositary of monevs be'o glng lothe United States, a credit lor such sum or sums, In coin or cur rency, as mav satisfactorily appear lo have been held bv him, as such depositary, at the lime of the lire In said city on the ninth and tenth ilavs of October elghteeu hundred and seventy-one, nnd to have been loot or h trovedby fire. Approved, June lt, 187S. JVat. -Th pottal treaty vUh Bcutulor, A.- -Table showi owing the countries to which and the terms and condition on which Kcnador any for lettcrs, newspapers, nnd prints of nil kinds through the ordinary mails of the Unite! ward States. Countries. Australia, via San Francisco Austria, via Bremen or Hamburg.... Austria, via Cologne Bahamas Belgium Bermuda Belize, (British Honduras Bniill British Columbia Canada China, via San Francisco Costa Kica Cuba Denmark, via Bremen or Hamburg... Denmark, via Cologne in Dominica a.m.... East Indies, via San Francisco Ksypt, via Bremen or Hamburg Egypt via Cologne i. France, via direct steamer Germany, via Bremen or Hamburg... Oerinany, via Cologne Oibraltar Orcat Britain and Ireland Greece, via Bremen or Hamburg Greece, via Cologne Gnntemala Haytl.,,..., Holland Italy i Japan, via San Francisco Malta Mexico N.iw Brunswick if Newfoundland New Zealand.... Nicaragua..;.... Norway, via Bremen or Hamburg.. . . Norway, via Cologne Sova Scotio Portugal ..i Prince Edward Island : Prussia, via Bremen or Hamburg. . . . Prussia, via Cologne I Salvador Sandwich Islands Spain Sweden, via Bremen or Hamburg.... Sweden, via Cologne Switzerland Turkey, via Bremen or Hamburg Turkey, via Cologne Vancouver Island Venezuela West Indies, (British and Danish, hereinbefore mentionen) West Indies, (not British or Danish), .... uotl . Note The asterisk () indicates that prepayment is not obligatory in tho United Slates, ami consequently not in Ecuador. The absence ol tho asterisk denote that prepayment Is compulsory in the Culled States, and therefore the rates not marked with tin tin asterisk must always Ue collected In Bcuador nud paid lothe United States. . , Printed matter sent from the United States to fbrelgu countries mdst always Ire prepaid ; and the rates expressed in the tablo include the postage thereon betwemt Panama and the united Stales. Postal Adminis ti:ation i or Kit anon. ) For the mat; from.... to of 187... Nature of the correspondence. I i Prepaid letters from Ecuador lor lorctgn Amnion oi me lorciKii i countries in transit postage to account for V through the United I to the United States. ) States. Unpaid letters from 1 Ecuador tor foreign i countries In transit f ... ...t through the United I it,.r Prepaid newspapers and 1 prints irom ccimoor t Amount oi inc i iiuvu oumi for foreiim countries y and foreign postage to ac in transit through the count for to the United States United Slates. J Totals . Post Owes DarAnfliiMT, or TUB Unites States or Akehica. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT. For the mail dhixitthed from , to : ttnttbe .. recetrrdllit.. Nature of the correspondence. Prepaid letters from Ecuador for foreign I Amount ot countries in transit ) postage to transit through the I the United United States. I'nnaid letters from Ecuador for foreign i cowitrles lu transit through tho United I States. J Punaia,annftrfl unit 1 prints from Ecuador Amount of for fnrchrn cOantries and f'oreitrti in transit throneh the I count for to United States. Total . Post Orrici Def-aiitment or tub United Statis or Amebica Quarterly aceoual of the correspondence forivarded from Ecuador tv the United Statnsfor transmission in the United States mails to countries beyond, during the quarter ended 18 tuns wBicn EcuAPoq Date of the dispatcji of the malls. 187- Toial. Office of the Auditor of the TreMury for the PoBtoffloe, Department yf the Hutted States of America, to whlrh thw Utiles belong, will ft puViuft yt nit'. w.:k. New papw Prima ef aft other descrlp Letters. nous. vST &8 II wS If o 9 v .3 o !5 . k its ffl so tt e 3 N o X 5 o Of. 9a Cents. . ft) a fo i MO if 15 fi r. 10 in 10 10 H 10 10 H ai 10 7 10 10 6 15 18 10 10 10 10 10 IC JO s 10 li it 15 i 10 6 18 in 10 . . 8 per oz 14 10 lo i Cents. Cents. Cents. 8 1 1? 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Amount of postages due the SttBbar of ths letter hllhi. United 187- Dollars. n 00 a x & 01 o .Si B Si IaS 5 3 Bit jz e ft sn Francisco.. Sew York. Do Do Dn i Do San Francisco. Nvw ork. Sail Francisco. Sew York. Do Bo San Francisco. N York. Do Do Do Do Do So Do Bo Do San Francisco. New York. Do D.i Do an Francisco. Sew lork. Do Do Da m Do Do Do Do San Kraucisco. Mew York Do Do Do Do Do San Francisco. New York. Do Do i ConnEsroNnEticK WITH THE United States, Verification by the recclvlug ex change office. Amount of the postages due the United Stales. Dollars. Cents I CoBBEsrosoaacB ( WITH ( Ecu A unit. ...187..,- Verification by the receiving ex change office. Amount of the postages due the United States. j Dollars. Cents f COBBESPOH PENCE WITB f KCUAUOB. Statos. Cent. v 181. Audita,