ALBANY REGISTER
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OFFICIAL.
Laws of tbe United States.
PASSED AT THE THIRD SESSION OF THE
EllHTY-SEOOND CWGRE3S.
General Nature-No. 56.
AN KCT making appropriations to supply
deficiencies in the appropriations for ihe
sen dee of t he government for t tit- fiscal
vear ending Juno thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-three, ana lor oth
er purjioscs.
fit itnmrtfd bv the S IMItt nnd '"" "
ica tn 0.H'T.V That thefolow-
ing sums be, and theyare hereby, appro
priated, out of anv money i" the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to supply de
ficiencies in t hi' appropriat ions for t he ser
vice Of the government for the fiscal yew
ending .lnne thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and scventv-three, nnd for former years
and for oilier parpoaoa, uauieij .
SENATE.
Forcloksto committees, pages, nnd so
forth, for the fiscal year ending June thir
tleth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two,
eight hundred and sixty-tour dollars: for
compensation and mileage, seven thou
land dollars; tor folding documents and
materia!-, four thousand tle hundred
dollars and for furnitureand repairs, six
thousand live hundred dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
For publishing the laws of the seeond
session. Forty-second Congress, for the fis
cal year eighteen hundred and seventy
two, twenty-four thousaiul and fifty-six
dollars.
For additional eniniensatinn to the con
ulsotthe United States at Ilavreandl.a
Kochelle. for extraordinary services din ing
the late war in Europe, to lie paid
from the unexpended balance remaining
to the credit of the appropriation fordi-
Elomaiie ami consular war expenses in
ondon, Tal is, Heriin, and Madrid, such
minis us the Secret an-o State may allow,
with the approval (it the President, not
exceeding fifteen hundred dollars.
For stationery, book-cases, seals, anus of
the United States, presses, dags, rent, post
age, and miscellaneous expenses, for the
fiscal vearseigliteen hundred and seventy
twoaiid eighteen hundred and seventy
three, sixty-five thousand dollars.
To nuv the disbursing clerk of the De-
Sirtmeiit (if State additional compenaa
on for dial)ursing moneys appropriated
for the huildlng now being erected lor the
use of the War, Mate, and Navy Depart
ments. until the thirtieth of June, eight'
een hundred and seventy-four, a sufficient
am is hereby appropriated.
For expenses of the mixed commission
on American and British claims, including
salaries of eoinmissioner and agent, and
expenses of the detense of the United
States against claims presented lxu'ore said
commission, tor the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sev
enty four, twenty-six thousand one hnn
dred and sixty-six dollars, to he expended
under the direction of the Secretary of
State.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
For furniture, carpets, desks, tables,
chairs, shelving for lile-rooms. lioxes, re
pairs Of funiitnre, cases, oil-cloths, mat
ting, rugs, chair-eovers, and cushions, re
pain and laving of carpets, and other mis
cellaneous exienses, for the fiscal year
eighteen hundred and seventy-three, ten
thousand dollars.
SUNT, BRANCHES, AND ASSAY OFFICES.
Branch mint at Carson city, Nevada :
For salary of coiner for fiscal year eight
een hundred and seventy-three, two thou
sand five hundred dollars.
For wages of workmen and adjusters for
fiscal years eighteen hundred and seventy
two and eighteen hundred and seventy
three, sixteen thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses tor fiscal years
eighteen hundred and seventy-two and
eighteen hundred and seventy-three, forty-four
thousand dollars.
Branch mint, Charlotte, North Carolina:
For rejiairs, fixtures, apparatus,and chem
icals, for the fiscal year ending June thir
tieth, eighteen hundred and seventy, five
hundred and six dollars and forty-two
oenta.
Mint at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
For wages of workmen lor the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-one, six thousand two hun
dred and seventy-seven dollars and seventy-lour
cents.
For the amount required to make good
to the Treasurer of t fie mint a loss in the
redemption of folly-four million seven
hundred nnd nltietv-four thousand five
hundred and fifty-seven dollars and eight
cents, for the fiscal yean ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
one, and June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-two, four thousand four hun
dred and eighty-one dollars and seventy
eight cents.
Assay-office lit New York : For wages of
Workmen for I lie fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
three, four thousand five hundred dollars.
For salary of deputy treasurer for the
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-two, one thousand five
hundred dollars.
For Incidental and contingent expenses
forthe fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-three, thir
teen thousand dollars.
Assay-office at Boise city. Idaho: For
amount due on construction of the assay
office for tbe fiscal year ending June thir
tieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two,
one hundred and thirty-two dollars and
thirty-seven cents.
INTERNAL REVENUE.
For compensation and actual necessary
traveling exi:ns.s of Internal-revenue
gangers, for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
three, nine hundred thousand dollars.
For compensation of internal-revenue
rtorekeepers, lor the fiscal year ending
June thirtiet h, eighteen hundred and seventy-three,
six hundred thousand dollars.
coast survey.
For survey of the Atlantic and Golf
coasts, for the fiscal yeurs ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
two and eighteen hundred nnd saventy
three, sixty-one dollars and twenty-six
cents.
For the survey of western coast forthe
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, one thousand
seven hundred and twodollnrs and eighty
three cents.
For extending tbe trlangulatlon of the
Coast Survey to form a geodetic connec
tion between the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts, for the fiscal year ending June tnir
tleth, eighteen hundred ilnd seventy-two,
sixty-four dollars and sixty-six cents.
For pay and rations of engineers em
ployed in the Coust Survey, for the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-three, five thousand dol
lars. LIGBT-H0C8E EKTAtlLISHNKKT.
To pay seventy-seven keeper of light
Bpose) tar the fiscal you ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
three, forty-six thousand two hundred
'""replace buoys already lost, and to
meet emergencies that may arise, forthe
fiscal vear ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-three, one hundred
and ten thousand dollars.
TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS.
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA.
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I Anrll first to Sunc thirtieth, eighteen hun
dred and seventy.aspercertiticnteof First
Comptroller, tot fiscal year ending June
i thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
two, four hundred and sixty-nine dollars
; and seventy-eight cents.
Gor Icgis ativecxponses forth? year end-
1 ing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
I seventy-three, three thousand, and fifty.
j four dollars.
TERRITORY OF COLORADO.
! For amount due to Edward MeCook,
governor, on account of his salary from
April first tojnne thirtieth, eighteen hnn-
dred and seventy, as per certiffcatcof First
Comptroller, for the fiscal vear ending
! June thirtieth, eighteen hundred nnd scv-
; cnty-two, one hundred and ninety-seven
dollars and fifty-two cents.
I For amount required to pay printing ex
penses lor the ninth session of the leglsla-
: tore, convened January first, eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, two thousand
I seven hundred and forty dollars andsixty-
; lour cents.
TERRITORY OF MONTANA.
! For amount due First National Bank of
Washington, District of Columbia, as-
j signcc oi John P. Bruce, for printing, third
j session legislat ive assembh , for fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
' and sovcnty-one.one hundred and twenty-
two dollars and fifty cents.
TERRITORY I K NEW MEXICO.
j For per diem and mileage of memliers
' nnd onleewof the legislat ive assembly con
, vened December fourth, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-two. nine hundred and
I fifty-nine dollars and eighty-live cents.
I For rent of office, fuel, lights for secre
; tary's office, for fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
three, one thousand live hundred dollars.
I
TERRITORY OF UTAH.
I For current and contingent expenses of
the Territory, for the fiscal vear ending
I June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three,
two thousand five hundred
dollars,
l To lay the just expenses and emolu
ments of the marshal of the United Slates
I tor the Territory of Utah, incurred and
earned in the service ol process and per
forming other official duties pursuant to
' the decision of the supreme court of said
Territory, that it was the duty of said
j marshal to serve all process ol said su
preme and the district courts of said Ter
' ritory, twenty thousand dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary: Pro
mt tt. That the accounts of said marshal
' shall Ijc settled by the same officers and
j us)n the same principles required by law
: in respect to his accounts as marshal of
; said courts w hen exercising jurisdiction
, as circuit and district courts ol the United
Slates.
TERRITCRY OF WASHINGTON.
For amount due Elisha P. Ferry, gover
nor, for salary from June flfih'to June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
two, as per adjustment of account by First
Comptroller, for fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
two, two hundred and fourteen dollars
and twenty-eight cents.
F'or contingent expense of secretary's
office, lor the year ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-three, one
thousand five hundred dollars.
TREASURY-MISCELLANEOUS.
To pay the commissions allowed by law
and now due collectors of customs acting
as superintendents of lights, sixty thou
sand dollars.
For a new boiler and to complete the
steam-heat Ing apparatus of the Treasury
Department building, nine thousand dol
lars. F'or completion of the lmtldimj forthe
custom-house at Saint Paul. Minnesota,
thirty-four thousand nine hundred and
forty-three dollars and fifty cents.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury
to settle the accounts of disbursing ohicers
and agents for expenditures of the Freed
men's Bureau already made under orders
of superior officers, which will not involve
any actual expenditure, a transfer on the
hook of the treasury of seventy-live thou
sand dollars is hereby authorized.
For compensation to designated depos
itaries under t be fourth section of the act
of August sixth, eighteen hundred and
forty-six. torthe collection, safe-keeping,
transfer, and disbursement of the public
revenue, ten thousand dollars, for the fis
cal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-two and eighteen
uunureu anu seventy-tnree.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF THE UPARTERMASTER-OENERAL
Contingent : For stationery, office-furniture,
repairs, and so forth, lor the fiscal
year eighteen hundred and seventy-three,
two thousand dollars.
MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT.
Quartermaster's department :
Regular supplies: For stoves for heat
ing and cooking ; fuel for officers, enlisted
men, guards, hospitals, storehouses, and
offices; forage forthe horses, mules, and
oxen of the Quartermaster's department
at the several postaand stations, and with
the armies inilie field, and for horses of
the several regiments of cavalry and hat-
tertesoi artillery, ami sucn companies of
infantry and scout b as maybe mounted,
and for the authorised number of officers'
horses, including bedding for the animals,
straw for soldiers' bedding, stationery, in
cluding blank books for the Quartermas
ter's depart men t,oei1iil cat es or discharged
soldiers, blank forms for Pay and Quarter
master's departments, and for the print
ing of division and department ordorsand
reports, each item being for the service of
the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-two,
three hujidredand ten thousand
dollars,
F'or stoves for heating and cooking, fuel
for officers, enlisted men, guards, hospi
tals, storehouses and ollices, for fiscal year
eighteen hundred and seventy-three: for
age for the horses, mules and oxen of the
Quart ennaster's department at the several
posts and Stations, and with the armies in
the Held, nnd for the horses of the several
regiments of cavalry and batteries of ar
tillery, such companies of infantry and
scouts as may he mounted, and for the au
thorized number of Officers' horses, in
eluding bedding for the animals, straw for
soldiers' hetfdmg, stationery. Including
blank 1kk1;s for the Quartermaster's de
partment, certificates of discharged sol
diers, blank forms for the pay and Qnar
teruiuatcr'sdepurtments,and fortlic print
Ing of division and deirtinent orders
and reports, each Item being for the fiscal
year eighteen hundred and seventy-three,
five hundred and ninety thousand dollars.
For Incidental expenses, consisting of
postage and telegrams or despatches re
ceived and sent on public business, extra
ly to soldiers employed under the direc
tion of the Quartermaster's department
In the erect ion of Itarracks. quartcrs.store
houses, and hospltuls in tbe construction
of roads and other constant labor, for perl-
ods not less than ton days, including those
emploved as clerks at division and depart-
ment headquarters, and hospital-stewards
on clerical duty ; expenses of WCpresstt to
and from the frontier-posts and armies in
the field; of escorts to paymasters nnd
oilier (r.snursing omccrs, anu 10 irams,
where mililarv escorts cannot be fur
nlshed : expenses of the interment of offi
cers killed in action, or who die w hen on
duty in the field or at postson the frontier
or oi her places, when ordered by the Sec
retary or War, and of noncommissioned
officers and soldiers; authorized office-fur-nitnre;
hire of lalKir in the Quartermas
ter's department, including Ihe hire of in
terpreters, spies, and guides for the army;
compensation of clerks for officers of the
Quartermaster's department ; compensa
tion of clerks for officers of the Quarter
master's department; compensation of
forage and wagon masters: for the appre
hension, securing, and delivering of de
serters, and the expenses incident to their
pursuit, and for the following expendi
tures required for the several regiments
of cavalry, the lotteries of light artillery,
and Stietl companies Ol infantry nnd scouts
as may be mounted, viz: the purchase of
traveiing-forges, blacksmiths' and shoeing
loo's, horse and mule shoes and nails, iron
and steel for shoeing; hire of veterinary
surgeons; medicine for horses and mules;
picket-ro)es; and for shoeing the horses
of the corps nnuiet; also, generally, the
proper and authorized expenses for the
movement and operations of the army not
cxpresslv assigned lo anv olher depart
ment, tor fWalu'nr eighteen hundred and j PUBLIC LANDS,
seventy-two, two hundred thousand dol- i jor office of surveyor-general of Idaho,
lars. I for fiscal vear ending June thirtieth, eight-
F'or incidental expenses, a above set een hundred and seventy-one, ten dollars
tort li, for fiscal year eighteen hundred and an i eighty-seven ecu's,
seventy-three, one hundred thousand dol- for office Of surveyor-general of Oregon :
lars. I For clerks In his office, lor fiscal year end-
Army transportation. ing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred And
F'or transportation of the army, includ-1 seventy, one hundred and sixty-one dol
ing the baggage of troops, while moving lars anil ninety-one cents,
either by land or water; of clothing, camp, Stirvevor-general of Washington Terrl
nnd garrison equipage, from the depot sat jtory: For clerks jn his office, for fiscal
Philadelphia and Jeffersonville to the sov- year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hnn
era! posts and army depots, and from these I dred and seventy, sixty-eight dollars and
depots to the troops in the field ; ol horse- ', ninety-four cents,
equipments and of subsistence stores from i For surveyor-general of California: For
(he places of purchase and from the places i rent of office, fuel, books, stationery, and
of deliver)', under contract, to such places other incidental expenses, for fiscal vear
as the circumstances of the service may lending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
require them to be sent: of ordnance, ord- and seventy-three, four hundred and
nance stores, nd smuU-arins, from Ihe ! eighty dollars and four cents,
foundries and armories lo the arsenals, I yr recorder of land titles in Missouri,
fortifications, frontier posts and army de- ! forfiscalyearsendiugJnnethlrtietli,clglit
pots; freights, wharfage, tolls, and for- I een hundred and seveniy-two, and June
riages; the purchase and hire of horses, thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
mules, oxen, and harness, and the pur- throe, one thousand dollars.
( base and repair of wagons, carts, nnd For surveying the public lands in N'c
drays, and oi dirts and other sea-going vada, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars
vessels, and ofliqats required forthe trans- per mile for standard, twelve dollars for
portatlon of supplies and for garrison pur- 1 township, and ten dollarsfor section lines,
poses; for drayageand cartage at the sev- j four hundred and seventy-eight dollars
cr.il post; hire oi teamsters; transport a- ! and eighty-eight cents,
tlon of funds for the pay and other (lis- ! For surveying the public lands in Mon
Imrsing departments; the expense of sail-, tana, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars
ing public transortson the various rivers, j per mile for standard, twelve dollars for
the (iulf of Mexico, the Atlantic, and the township, and ten dollars for section lilies,
Pacific; for procuring water at such posts one thousand and eight dollars and fifty
as from their situation require lhat it eight cents.
should lie brought from a distance; and i For surveying tho public lands in Wvo
for cleaning roads and for removing oil- j mtug, at rates not exceeding fifteen (io!
struction8 from foods, harbors, and rivers, i lars per mile for standard, twelve dollars
to tile extent which may lie required for ! for township, and ten dollarsfor section
the actual operations of the troops inlho ! lines, one hundred and forty-six dollars
field, for fiscal year eighteen hundred and and fort -eight cents,
seventy-two, six hundred thousand dol- F'or surveying the public lands in Ne
lurs. I braska, at rates not exceeding ten dollars
For transportation of the army. Includ- ! per mile for standard, seven dollars tor
ing the items as above set forth, for fiscal I township, and six dollars for section lines,
year eighteen hundred and seventy-three, oue hundred and thirty dollars and nine
five hundred thousand dollars. i cents.
Barracks and quarters : For rent or hire For surveying tho public lands In Kan
of quarters for troops, and for officers on sasat rates not exceeding ten dollars per
military duty; of store-houses for safe- I mile for standard, seven dollars for town
keeping of military stores; of offices ; of j ship, and sixdol'ars tor section lines, six
grounds lor camps and cantonments, and
for temporary frontier stations; for con
struction and repair of temporary huts, of
stables and other military buildings nt
established posts, and for repairs of build
ings occupied by tbe army, for fiscal year
eighteen hundred and seventv-rtirec, two
bundled and fifty thousand dollars.
Clothing and equipage : For purchase
and manufacture of clothing, cunip and
garrison equipage, and for preserving and
repacking stock of clothing, camp and
garrison equipage, and materials on hand
at the Schuylkill arsenal and other depots,
lor fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-three,
one hundred and thirty thou
sand dollars.
PAY DEPARTMENT.
General expensesof Paymaster-General's
office :
For postage on letters and packages, and
telegrams received nnd sent by officers of
the army on public business; the addi
tional compensation of judge-advoaiies,
recorders, members, and witnesses, w hlle
on court-martial service, and the travel
ing exiienses of paymaster's oieiks, fin
fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy
two, six thousand dollars.
For postage on letters and packages re
ceived and sent, by officers of the army on
public service ; cost of telegrams : com
pensation oi citizen witnesses attending
upon courts-mart isl, mililarv com mis- i
sions, courts of Inquiry, and traveling ex
penses of paymasters' clerks, lor fiscal
yeareigbteen'htmdred and seventy-three,
seventy-five thousand dollars.
Mileage, Paymaster-General's office : For
allowances ma le to officers ol the army
fortiim!.ortitonnf.the.nelv
hazmittewb.cn traveling on duty without
'troojis, escort, or supplies, for fiscal year
eighteen hundred and seventy-three, sev
en ty-flve thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of War to pay
certain indebtedness Incurred by the offi
cer in charge of public buildings ami
ground in (lie city of Washington during
the fiscal year ending Junet hiit lei b. eight
een hundred and seventy, in furnishing
t ho Executive Mansion, one thousand lour
hundred and ninety-live dollars and thirty-six
cents; and Ihe officer in charge of
the public buildings and grounds shall
have the rank, pay, and emolument of a
colonel.
To enable (he Secretary of War to pay
W. 11. Shirley, for additional clerical ser
vices heretofore employed by him ill the
investigation and settlement of accounts
lor abandoned and captured proporty, one
thousand dollars.
SIGNAL SERVICE.
01ervation and report of storms: For
expenses of the manufacture, purchase, or
repair of meteorological and olher neces
sary Instruments for telegraphing reports;
for' expense of storm-signals, announcing
Hie prolsihle approach and force ol storms;
for hire, furniture, and expenses of offices
maintained for public use, in citicsorpost
receiving reports ; for maps, bullctins.and
ko forth, lobe displayed in chambers of
Commerce and Ijoards'of trade rooms, and
tor distribution to agricultural, scientific,
anil other associations; for books and sta
tionery ; and for Incidental expenses not
otherwise provided for. for Ihe fiscal year
of eighteen hundred and seventy-three,
eigbly-elght thousand dollars.
MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT.
To enable the Secretary o tbe Treasury
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lo -eiuc in,: Hccounis ,n iiimmmiug uju-
cers for expenditures already made in pur
suance of law, which will not Involve any
actual expenditure, a transfer on the hooks
of the Treasury of two hundred and seventy-five
thonsaud dollars is hereby au
thorized. To pay bills tor medical attendance and
medicines furnished by citizens to officers
and men tin detached service, such bills
not having been presented until after the
close of the fiscal year, eight thousand
dollars.
Fr payment of costs and charges of
; Stale penitentiaries for the (are, clothing,
1 maintenance, and medical attendance of
j United States military convicts confined
i in iucih, live (iniusana uoniua.
MARINE CORPS.
For a deficiency in the appropriat ion for
clothing for the" marine corps, ten thou
sand dollars.
For a deficiency In the appropriation for
contingencies in the marine corps, ten
thousand dollars,
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
For clerks, copyists, messengers, and la
borer In the office of the Secretary, eighl
: thousand dollars.
! Contingent expenses: For expenses of
' packing and distributing Official do'U
. ments, for fiscal year ending June thir
! tieth. eighteen hundred andseventy-threv,
; two thousand dollars.
For the expense of preparing, engraving
; ami printing fifty mans for the Statistical
Atlas of the United States, based on the
1 results of the ninth census, to be compile 1
by Francis A. Walker, and to Ik- publtshc I
in an edition of three thousaiul copies,
thirty thousand dollars.
F'or compensation Of Francis A. Walker,
late Commissioner of Indian Adah's, for
' extra labor and services xtrformedby him
j while such commissioner, lu finishing fhe
report of the census, fifteen hundred dol
: lavs.
hundred and ninety-two dollars and live
cents.
For surveying the eastern boundary of
Nevada, two" hundred dollars.
F'or surveying the public lands in Idaho,
at rates not exceeding Iltteen dollars per
mile for standard, twelve dollars for town
ship, and ten dollars for section lines, one
thousand and thirteen dollars and eight
cent. The foregoing for surveys of pub
lie lands are for deficiencies in the appro
priations for the fiscal years eighteen hun
dred and seventy-one, eighteen hundred
and seventy-two, and eighteen hundred
and seventy-three,
F'or the building for the penitentiary in
Wyoming Territory, being amount of de
ficiency in the proceeds of internal reve
nue set apart for this purpose, lor the fis
cal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-one, thirteen thou
sand one hundred and ninety-six dollars
and sevcifty-seven cents.
EXTENSION OF CAPITOL GROUNDS.
.sql'ARESMX HUNDRED AND EIUHTY-SSV-EN
AND SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
EIGHT. To enable the Secretary of the Interior
to purchase Irom tin owners thereof all
the remaining real estate and Improve
ments thereon in square numbered six
hundred and eighty-eight, In the city of
Washington, necessary to be taken Incom
plete the purchase ot said square, and ol
square numbered six hundred and eighty
seven, in said city, authorized by sections
six, seven, eight, nine, ten, and eleven ot
an act entitled "An act making appropria
tion tor I lie legislative, executive, ami
hundred and seventy-three, and for otiiof
purposes,' approved May eight n, eighteen
hundred and seventy-two. the sum of two
hundred and eighty-four thousand one
hundred and ninety-nine dollars and fit
teen cents Is hereby appropriated: Pro
vkltf, That such real estate and improve
ments shall be purchased at the prices
fixed in the report of the commissioners
apisiintcd by tbe Supreme Court ol the
District of Columbia to appraise the value
of such property, made to said conn on
the twelfth day ol July, eighteen hundred
and seventy-two, and confirmed by said
court on the sixteenth day of October, In
said year: PrmUttd fwlher, That the sec
retary of the Interior Is hereby authorize I
to seu at public auction such materials In
the buildings In said squares, numbered
si.v hundred unilcighty-seven and six hun
dred and eighty-eight, as are not neces
sary for the pUbUc works in this District ;
ami from the proceeds of such sales shall
lie paid, by the Secretary of the Interior,
all act tial a'nd necessary charges for adver
tising, auctioneer's lees, extra clerical
labor, service of commissioners tor ap
praising the property Rtorcsatd, and such
01 her expenses as may have liecn incident
lo. and occasioned by, the appraisement
land purchase Of the real estate and Im
provements in me squares hereinbefore
named, and the stiles of the materials In
the building thereon; the remainder of
such proceeds, niter payment of all snch
charges and expenses, to iw applied to the
Improvement ami extension of the Capitol
grounds.
F'or an elevator in the Senate wing of
the Capitol, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, to ha expended under the direc
tion of the Architect of the Capitol Kxlon-
sion
qv.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior
to defray the expenses incurred In execut
ing the provisions of the eighth miction of
the act unproved June twenty-fifth, eight
een hundred and sixty, entitled ''An act
making apiwoprintions lor sundry civil
expense of the government for the year
ending June thirtieth, elghteeh hundred
and sixty-one," being for the examination
if titles, surveys, plat,and appraisement,
forming the Imsisof the purchase bytlm
United S ales of squares numbered six
hundred an I eighty-seven and six hun
dre I and olgbty-olgitt, in the city of Wash
ington, District of Columbia, the sum of
seven thousan I dollars, or so much thero
Of as is necessary, Is hereby appropriated.
MISCELLASBOU8,
To enable the Secretary of the Interior
to pay Zebuloti It. Sturgos, assistant secre
tary hi sign patents ol public lands for tho
President, for the mom b of July, August,
and Seplembor.elguieen hundred and seventy-!
wo, dec hundred dollars.
To pay Alexander Lvucll for service
rendon 1 by him as gferk of the select
committee to Inquire lino matters Con
nected with the Union Pacific Railroad
Company, the Credit Moi filler, appointed
pursuant to House roso.ution of 'January
sixtli.elghtoen hnndiv land seventy-three,
tour htm ire I dollars.
To pay John (. Merrill for services as
messenger of the Senate, from July first,
eighteen hnn ire-1 an I scvenljr-two. to
I July ftrst, etgh ecu hundred an I seventy
I ihree,as authorised by resolu ton oi the
i Sena e pa- 1 June tenth, eighteen hun
drcdand seveuty-two, fourteen hundred
an i forty dol ur.
I To enable the Secretary Of the Interior
I to pay John w. Wright lor rent of build
ing, under lease duel Alay twentieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy, thirteen
thousand live hundred dollars; to enable
j the Secretary of the Interior to pay John
i W. Wright tor buildings, under lease dated
i June second, eighteen hundred and sev
I enty. two thousand six bun Ire I dollars;
and id pay John w. Wrtghtand Thomas
I Lewis tor rent of buildings, upder javt
luted June second, eigh ecu hundred and
I seventy, one thousand live hundred doi
i lars, making the lo.nl sum ol seventeen
I I bousnnd six him Ire I dollars.
j To enable i ho Commissioner of Pensions
to emp.oy certain lemi orary clerks in hi
! mil e for the current fiscal year, twelvo
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine
J do lars.
For this amount, or so much thereof as
maybe necessary, for I lie construction of
a wagon-road, b) which supplies may ha
I i runsporto I from u point on I he Son hern
I Pacific railway, in the Sintcol Minnesota,
known as lie I hake Crossing, to the Ited
1 Lake branch of t he agency for Ihe t'hii
I wn In liansot the Mississippi, five thou
sand dollars.
INDIAN Bt'RKAlJ.
That the Secivtary of the Treasury Is
hen by authorized an 1 directed to trans
fer Horn the prmec !- of sale of the Usage
Indian Ian Is in Kansas, made in accord
! ance with the twelfth section of t he act of
I Congress approved July fifleeulh, eight
een huudre I and seventy, the sum of ono
1 mi. .ion si hnn lie 1 nnd till) thousand six
j hundred dollars, or so much thereof as
I may be uoiossnry, lo pay lor lands pur
chase 1 b the Of ,, Until I he Cherokee,
and to place the same on t he books of his
Deiiartuicnt lotheciwlli ol tbe Cherokee
Indians, the same shall bear interest at
the rate of five per cent., in accordance
w iih the act of Congress approved Juno
fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two,
entitled "All act to confirm to the ilreal
and Little Osage Indians a reservation in
the Indian Territory," an 1 1 he act s of Con
gress therein injmt ioiivd ami referred to.
w henever the amount to lie so transferred
shall be certified to the said Secretary of
the Treasury by the Secretrryol the In
terior: Pruvitkd, That nothing herein
contained skull t- construed as in any
manner changing the provision of ses
tton tour of the act "making appropria
tions lor the current and contingent ex
nenses of the Indian depart ment, and for
fulfilling treaty stipulations with various
Indian tribes tor the year ending June thir
tieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four,
and for other purposes."
For t hi- amount, to be paid to the Osage
Indians, hearing Interest at live per centum
per annum, in accordance wiih section
twelve of the act approved July fifteenth,
eighteen hundred and seventy, upon tbe
net avail of Osage trust and diminished
reserve lands soid by the Cnlled State
prior to November first, eighteen hundred
and seventy-two, one hundred and five
thousand seven hundred and twenty dol
lars and seventV-one cents.
For this amount, or so much thereof as
ma be necessary lo make up deficiency
in ihe appropriation for the fiscal vear
ending June t liirticlb, eighteen hundred
and se enty-l lireo, for the -u isistence and
support ot""Sioux of different tribes, in
cluding Santi-c Sions in the State of S
braska, and Poncas In the great Sioux res
ervation, and families of Sautec l akota
sioux. who have taken homesteads at or
near FlandreyUi ill Dakota Territory,"
three bundle I and fifty ihousand dollars.
For the following amounts, or so much
thercol us may be necessary to meet defi
ciencies In the appropriations for the year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and vcventj-three : For the general inci
dental expenses of the Indian service In
California, ten thonsaud dollars ; in Utah,
ten ihousand dollars : in Nevada, ten thou
sand dollars; in Dakota, five thousand
dollars; and in Molilalia, live thousand
dollars; amounting, in all, to forty thou
sand dollars.
Forfullllllng treaty with the Mcnomo
nee tribe ol Indians, being an amount er
roneously carried to the surplus fund, for
u-wn .w in v'onuiK ,iioic I lul l lei Ll, e i ;. n io n
I hundred au I sei enl y-onc, seven thousand
four hundred an l eight y-nlae dollars.
For this aniount, or so much thercol a
may he required, lor the purchase from
the Mississippi 1'iimjs oi Chlppi wu Indian
oneinwnhi)iof land in the While Earth
rescrvulloil 111 Minnesota, (or the use and
iieneili ol tin- Pembina liandof Cblppewas,
twcnty-ilve ihousand doiims.
For ibis amount, tr wi much thereof as
miiy be necestaiyitii aid and assmt iia,
Chlpi!wtu ol ihe IVmblna band in cmab
iltdiing ihemselves upon the White Earth
reservation in Minnesota, ten ihousand
dollars,
For this timonnt, or so uitioli thereof as
may be necessary, to meui tho dollclency
in the appropriation lor the fiscal year
ending June ihlrtleih, eighteen hundred
ami seventy-three, to stihsistaiid protxirlj
can- tor the Apache Indians in Arizona
and New Mexico, who have been, or may
be, collected on reservations In New Mex
ico and Arizona: J'roncfcd, That this ap
propriation shad be cm ended onh in bis
half ol those Indians who goand remain
upon laid reservation, and retrain irom
hostilities, one hundred and filly thousand
dol. nrs.
The Secretary of Ihe Treasury Is hereby
authorized to transfer irom the proceed
of sales of public lands one hundred and
seventy-lour thousand dvo hundred and
forty-eight dollars and eighty-three cents
to i he credit ol I he appropriation, "Fultlll
Ing treaty with StOCk'brfdgOS, proceeds of
land," tho aforesaid sum having been re
ceived from the sale, of the Slockbrtdgn
and Slunsee Indian land, and having
been erroneously covered into tbe treasury
tus receipts Irom sales ot public lands.
To enable the Secretary of War, accord
ing to t he act upon t hat subject passed at
the present session of Congress, i nay.
for expenses Incurred in suppressing In
dian hostilities in the Territory of Mon
tana it, Ihe jcar eighteen hundred and
slxly-seven, to the persons entitled there
to, the claims reported upon by lieneral
James A. Hardic, under tho provision of
section ten of an act entitled "An act mak
ing appropriation for sundry civil ex
pense oi the government! and for other
purposes, for tbe year ending June thin-