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OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
PASSED
AT THK FIRST SESSION OF THE
FORTY-THIRD OONURESS.
AN ACT to establish certain post-routes.
Be it enacted, bp the Senate and House of
R prejK-ntativex of the t 'nueil States of Amer
ica in Congress (issembled.
That the following are hereby established
as post-routes :
ALABAMA.
From Monroeville. via Newton Academy
to Pine Apple.
From Rutledge, via Helicon, Arams, Ar
cadia, Strata, Mount funnel, and Hickory
iirove. to ietonaienee.
From Ozark via Westville, uoievme.
High Bluff, and High Fulls, to Geneva.
Front Abiiuvillc. via Currcnum's linage
and Echo, to Ozark,
(mniTrov, via In ton Hill, to Clayton.
From Pine Apple, via Butler Springs and
Meniiingliain, to (Greenville.
From Itavnor ville. via Hi-.urgs. Farmer-
vill, and Pleasant Hill to Pleasant Hill
Station.
Froin Garland, via Marlmgton ana But
ler Springs, to Monterey.
Fram Stnrdevant, via Cowpen's New
Site, Goldvllle, Eiuuckfiiw, and Daviston,
to Loulna.
From Rockford to Stunlevant.
From Fredonia to Buffalo.
From Wedowee. via High Shoals and
State Line, Georgia, to r ratiklm.
h rout weilowee. via VVnon's rppn. Lnl
ina, Double Head, Mtlltown, and Bethle
hem, to Buffuhi.
From Bocktord. via V eogufkaand Mar
ble Vallev. to Childersbnrg.
rrom Asniaua. via Garry, unn khu,t,
Bluff Springs, Pinckneyville, and Hock
neyville, to Stnrdevant.
From Wetunipka. via Syke's Mills and
Traveler's Rest, to Rock lord.
from Lincoln to Talladega.
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Level. (1 motley and liabliit Town to Jack
sonville.
From Kdwardsvillc, via Corn (irove and
De Anncrsville. to Oxford.
From Ashland, via Copper Mines. Fhvt
Bock, Helta, Chulatlunee, Arbaeoochce,
Beirs MilK, and Wehoga, to Edwardsvllle.
From Five Mile, via Havana, anu Green
Spring, to Acron.
rrom Hrasu ureeK, via morgan sjuiug,
to Marion.
From Indian Hill, via Ironville, Jeneho,
to Marion. .
FrojfTiistloosa, via Northport, Feni
valejNc CoiinelPs, Moore's Bridge, Sew
toiivllleand Davis Creek, to Fayette Court
House.
From Hnntsville. via Brick School House
and Madison Croos Beads, to Simmon's
Store.
From Hnntsville, via Balch's Mill,
Cluttaville, and Centre Hill, to Athens.
From Frankfort, zia Blue Lick, Pleasant
Site, and Rock Creek to Cherokee.
From Auto o Big Pond.
From AllslKirougli to lticeson.
From WUuitc"s, via Jone's Chaptl, to
Houston.
From Houston, via Thorn Hill and Ha
lev's, to Pikeville.
From Blountsville, viaHanoeville.Ryans
Creek, and Spring Hill, to Hoastou.
From Ashland, via Coleta, Waldo, and
Ironu. toTull-.elegu.
From Allen's Factors- to Jasper.
From Elkiuont to Pettusville.
From Florcnoe to Lexington.
From Pikeville to Pierce's Mills.
From Warrior Station, via Hulseys
Stand, Pinhook and Democrat, to Jasiier.
From Bogersville, via Lexington, to Ap
pleton. Tennessee.
ABKANSAS.
From De Witt to Lonoke.
From Hope Station, via Clayton, Falcon,
Tjiiiuii-l ine. tn Mairnolia.
From Camden, via Rosston, to Hope Sta
tion, on tuc Cairo ami r uinra ramuau.
From Preseott to Centre Point.
From Brinklev to Clarendon.
From Desark "to Augusta.
From Lewisviiie to Tearcana.
CAL1FOKN1-V.
From Strawlx-rrv- ralley, via Scales Dig
inus, to Port Wine.
From Yreka, via Humbug Creek and
Buckeve Bur. to Oak Pair.
Frorii Middletown to Uncle Sam.
From Cotton wuod to Vilas's Mill.
From Fort Bl'lwell to RenOi Nevada.
From Granada to Fort Union, New Mex
ico.
DAKOTA.
From Medary to Lake Benton, Min
nesota.
From Dell Rapids to Wicklow.
From Medary, via Like Village. Sisseton
and Richville, lo Breckenridge, Minnesota.
From Yankton, via Walshtown to Lake
Kauipeska.
From Fargc to Norman.
FFrom Fireste:l to Ijike Kampeska.
From lxdi to Yankton.
From Wahpeton to St.. Ransom.
From Ziskou to Scotland.
DELAWARE.
From Felton to Wbibleysburgh.
From Harrington to Cnion Corner, In
the Strte of Mar land.
FLORIDA.
From Aucrum to Jasper.
From Black Caeek to Crawfordville.
From Dunn's Lake, via Woodland, to
Pilatka.
From Fort White, via Itchetuelcnee, to
LakelHty.
From Archer, via Wacahootee, to Flem
ington. From Gainsville, via trdon, to Waldo.
From Gainsville, via Barnes' Store and
PinevUle, to Archer.
From Newnansvilld, via Noble's Hill, to
Fort White.
From Etonian to Pilatka.
GEOBGIA.
From Waverly Hall to Warm Springs.
From Carrolton via Powder Springs and'
Dark Corner, to Villa Rica.
From Hazelhurst via Feronia, to Dor
miny'sMill. From Alapaha to Irwinville.
From Dublin via McRee, to Honse Creek.
From Haw kins vi lie and Vienna, via
Drayton and Danville, to Amerieus.
From Greenville to Hogansville.
From Sparta to Linton.
From Mount Airey to Clarkesville.
From Dahlonega, via Porter springs
(Jefferson Logan's) to Blairsville.
From Temperance to Chancy.
ILLINOIS.
From Wellington, via Fountain Creek
and Ash (irove to Buckley.
From Cain, via Goose Island, Thebes,
East Cape Girardeau, and Clear Creek, to
Jonesborough.
From Granville to Peru.
From Kampsville to Pearl Station.
From Pearl Station, via Bee Creek and
Kampsville, to Hardin.
From Montrose, Iowa, via Nauvoo to
Adrian.
INDIANA.
Froom Deedsville to Perrysburg.
IOWA.
From South English to Harper.
From Pella, via Peoria, to New Sharon.
From Ottuuiwa, via Ormansvllle' Ah
Groue, and Soap Valley, to Unionvllle.
From Batavia to Bblngdon.
From New London to Columbus Junc
tion. From Guthrie Centre, via Coon Bapids
and Carrolton, toGlidden.
From Cherokee, via South O'Brien and.
Prtnghar, to Sheldon.
From Traer, via Crystal and Badger
Hill, to Liacomb,
From St. Charles, via New Virginia, to
Osceola.
KANSAS.
From Eldorado to Tesdale.
From Wilson, via Sylvan Grove. Vesper,
Pottsborgh, Ingalls, and Blue HUls, to
Beloit.
From Granite Bluffs, via Long Island,
Norton Centre, and Graham Centfe, to
Ogallah.
ferom Eldorado, via Towanda and Ben
ton, to Wichita.
From Caploma to Sebet ha.
From Ballard Fallsto Watervllle.
From Dow Creek to Amerieus.
From McPherson, via Delmore, to Box-bury-
From Clyde, via Seapo, to Belleville.
From Darlington to Mew ton.
From Vinton to Junction City.
From Lost Creek to Fort Lincoln.
From Dodge City to Camp Supply.
From Jewell, via Ionia, and Crystal
Plain, to Gaylord.
From Aubrey, via Wea, to Louisburg.
From Empire, via Farms, to Crooked
Creek.
From Peabody, via Swopes Mills, Plumb
grove and Calrboo, to Towanda.
FroffiFrom Dodge City, qia County Seat
to Scine' Lxige Comanche Counties,
bom Parks Fort to Norton.
From Hutchinson, via Westminister, to
Leonville. '
From Long ton, via Indian Creek, to
Charlestown.
From Clyde, via Kimball City, to Cuba.
From Bnsscll, via Paradise Creek, and
Books Centre, to Logun.
From Coffey ville, via Osage Agency, Sac
and Fox Agency, Wa-pa-la-tha Isabelle to
Cherokee Town, In the Chickasaw Nation,
there to connect with route from Atoka
to Fort Sill, Indian Territory.
KENTUCKY.
From Mayfield, via Pottsvile, Lowe's
Kansas, to Viola.
From Tompkinsviile, via Dicken's Land
ing, to Judlo.
From BarlxrarvUle, via Paynes, to
Bushe's Store.
LOITISIANA.
From Booner, via Vienna and Greens
boro, to Homer.
From Homer to Hsynesville.
From Vienna, via Greensboro, Colvin,
Shcrrod, Tulip, Athens and Ereka, to Ger
mantown. From Trenton to Mars Hill.
From Bonner, via Shiloh, to Sparsville.
From Bonner, via Vernon and Wmnneld
to Alexandria.
From Arcadia to Homer.
From Arcadia, via Lilierty Hill, to Sa
bine. From Mount Lebanon, via Athens, to
Homer.
From Mount Lebanon, via Sparta, Sa
bine, and pine Ridge, to Winnfield.
From Monroe to Brewsterville.
From Shrevuport to Conchetta.
From Mansfield to Conchetta.
From New Iberia to Loreauville.
From Covington, viaMandervUle Bayou,
La Comb, and Bow Fonco, to Indian
Village.
MAINE.
From Bethel to Albany.
From East Auburn, via Turner Centre,
to East Turner.
MICHIGAN.
From Reed City, via Brookside, Chase,
and 8aminitvtlle, to Baldwin.
From Plainfleld, via Iosco, to Fowlcr
ville. From Houghton to Atlantic Mine.
From Big Prairie to Morgan Station.
From Bad Axe to 1 .ainotte.
Fmm Tvre lo Cass tit-c.
From Hartlaud, via Highland, to High
land ftation.
From Ortonville, via Oak wood, to Thom
as Station.
MINNESOTA.
From Hancock Station to Appleton.
From Worthington to Shetek.
From Rtchwood to White Earth.
From Walxishaw to Alma. Wisconsin.
From Fergus Falls, via Clitherall and
Otter Tail City, to Perham.
From Winnebago Citv to Soint JafSes.
From Fail-mount to Estherville.
From Blooming Prairie to Dodge Centre
From Blooming Prairie to Geneva.
From Wells toNorthwood.
From Wadena to Parker's Prairie.
From Lynd to Lake Benton.
From Lake Benton to Flundreau.
From Scambler or Pelican Lake to Aud
ubon.
From Murray Centre, via LowviUe and
Lake Sarah, to Winona and Saint Peter
Railroad.
MISSISSIPPI.
From Lainar, via EarlvGroveandMonnt
Pleasant, to Kossville, Tennessee.
From Pittsborough, via Banner and Par
is, to Oxford.
From New Allwnv, vta. Molina, Clays
ville and Dumas, to Ripley.
From Greenwood, via Leigh's and Gar
vin's, to Johnsonville.
From La Grange, via Bellefontaine,
Monte Vista, Hopewell and Benela, to
Pittsborough.
From La Grange, via Fame and Hohen
linden, to Houston.
From Louisville, via New Prospect and
Pensacola, to La Grange.
From Torka, via Oak Bldge, Conway,
Thomastown and Newiiort. to Goodman.
From Carthage, via Standing Pine, High
Hill, New Ireland and County Line, to
Luke.
From Balcigh, via Shongela, PinevUle
and Homewood, to F'orest.
From Paulding, via Shady Grove, Mon
trose and GarlandvUle. to Sewton.
From Morton, via Polkville. Dobsonville,
Rocky Creek, Overby's and Mays Mills, to
Westville.
From Columbia to Monroe.
From Ellisville to Waynesborough.
From Friar's point to Jonestown.
MISSOURI.
From Pattonsburg Station, via Pattons
burg. Burr Oak, HamptonviUe, Martins
ville and Jewett, to Allendale
From Breckenridge, via ProetorviUe.
Catawba, Osterville, Black Oak, Tinney's
Grove, New Hone and Morton to Hardin.
From Springfield, via Chastain's, Dutch
Store, White (Juk Springs, Reed's Store,
White River, Buckner's Mill. Blind Stand,
to Harrison, in the State of Arkansas.
From Lamar, via Nashville. Medoc, Geor
gia City and Galesburg, to Minersville.
rrom Nevada, via Minora, Meaien s
Mill, Newport. Sylvania to Greenfield.
fv
From Mount Vernon, via Heal on, Ha-
yen's and Rock Prairie, to Dadeville
I rom Cassville to Dadeville.
From Commerce, via Hamburg and Ben
ton, to Morley.
From Libertyville to Knob Lick.
From Dexter, via Cotton Hill, Olarkton,
Kennett and Cotton Plant to Homersville.
From New Madrid to Sikeston.
From Bloomfield to Castorvllle.
MONTANA TERRITCRY.
From Phillipsburg to the Rock Creek
Mines,
NEBBASKA.
From Cottonwood, via Wayland, Crts
well, Pleasant Home, and Willard, to Lone
Tree.
From Table Rock, via New nbme Beat
rice. F'rom Plum Creek to Arrapahoe.
From Donnebrog to Loup City.
r rom Aurora to ione x ree.
From Townaend to Laona.
From Holland o Hickman.
From Era to Empire.
From Saint Helena to Gayville, Dakota.
F'rom Schwedt, via Bismarck, to West
Point.
From Zurich to Grand Island.
From Wild Turkey, via Lebanon, to
Valley Grange.
F'rom Red Willow to Valley Grange.
F'rom Red Willow, viaCuluertson, to the
Western line of t he State.
F'rom Crowellton, via Huntsville, to
Loup City.
From Plumb Creek, via Williamsburg
and Orleans, to Granite Bluffs, Kansas.
From Springdale to Willow Springs.
F'rom North Loup, via Ord, to North
west corner of t he State.
From Edgar, via Oxbow, Nelson, Supe
rior, and Reubens, to Jewell, Kansas.
From Orion, via Stromburg, to Clark
ville. NEVADA.
From Oceana, via Beta via, to Bolivia
City.
From Humbolt Wells, via Spruce Moun
tain, Shelbonrne, Duck Creek, Mineral
City and Patterson, to Pioche.
From Mill City to Central Mining Dis
trict. NEW HAMPSHIRE.
From Antrim to North Branch.
From Brookltne to Townaend, Massa
chusetts. NEW MEXICO.
From Santa F'e via Penasco to Taos.
From Las Vegas via Sapcllo to Mora.
NEW YORK.
From Rome to Lowell.
From Saugerties via 0.uarryville to Pa
lenville. .
From Saugerties via Unionvllle West
Saugerties and Plattskill Clove to Hunter.
From Dry Brook to Dean's Corner.
NORTA CAROLINA.
From Henderson ville to the Forks of
Pigeon.
From Bakers ville to Johnsons' City. Ten
nessee. From Ashville, via Democrat, to Flagg
ponds, Tennessee.
From Cunningham's Store to Woodlawn.
From Cashier's Valley via Henry Jack
son's Joy's Tannery and George's Mill to
WalhaUa, South Carolina.
From China Grove via Bastian's Cross
Roads, Helig's Mill, Drys Mill, Reldenour'B,
to Kendall's Store.
OHIO.
From New Matamoraa to Lawrence.
OREGON.
From Eugene City via McKenzie, Salt
Spring, Deschutes wagon Road, and Santi
am Road, to Upper Ochooo.
From Antelope Valley via John Day's
Biver, Butte Creek Lone Bock, WiUqw
Creek to Hepners.
From Canyon City to Wlnnemuoca, Ne
vada. F rom Oakland via Cole's Valley, French
Settlement to Looking Glass.
From Lebanon, via Harris Ranch, Pil
grims' Camp, to Crawfords ville.
From Scio, via Mount Pleasant, Jordan
Valley, to Fox VaUey.
From Canyon City via Susan ville. North
F'ork, John Day, Willow Creek to Scotts.
From Newport via Seal Bock on beach of
Pacific Ocean, Mouth of Alsea Biver and
Peake'd Mill to Alsea Valley.
PENNSYLVANIA.
From Bakers town via Mars Post-Office
at Parks Mills, to Evansburg and Harmony
to Beaver.
From Berllsville viaZollarsvilleand Lip
pincott, to Waynesburgh.
From Fisher's Ferry via Augusta, to
Seven Points.
From North Wharton to Forest House
Post-office.
From Newton Hamilton, via Vinevard
Mills and Gennany Valley to Shirleysburg. !
SOUTH CAROLINA.
From Rock Hill to Lancaster Court
nouse.
From Chester to Lancaster Court House.
TENNESSEE.
From Speedwell, via Head of Barren, to
Clear Springs.
From Thorn Hill, via Anderson, Daltons,
and McIIenry Brays, to Sneedville.
r rom Ajuw-renceourg to Loretto.
From Centreville to Iuy's Mills.
From Centreville to Bum's Station.
From Butler, via Gran ville Stouts to Roar
Mountain.
From Showers Cross Roads via James
Powells". North Frk Camp Ground, to
mouth of Elk, in North Carolina.
r rom ( auiden. v la Cherevule. Etna, and
Hawosville, to lKxatur-iUe.
Froxn OecatorviUe. via HawesviHe, Su-
gartree and (oxburg, to Camden.
r rom llenaersou station via Milnm, to
Lexlmrtoii.
From Henderson Station via Jack 'sCrcek
and Centre Point, to Sultillo.
From Lawrenceburg to Lorcdto.
From Centreville to Ivy Mills .
From Centreville to Britts Landing.
From Pulaski to Brick Church.
From Columbia, via Santa Fe and Lick
Creek, to Burns Station.
From Purdy to Stantonville.
From McKcnzie , via Como, Cottage
Grove, and Crossland, Kentucky, to Mur
rav, Kentucky.
From McKenzie via Macedonia, Win
setts' Mills and Fount 's Store, Sandy Hill.
TEXAS.
From Lovelady, via Pennington and
Centralia, to Homer.
From Anahuac to Turtle Bayou.
From Greenville to Ten-ell.
From Leon Springs in Bexar County, to
Curry's Creek.
From Burnet, via Backbone Valley, to
Fredericksburg.
From Double Horn, via Smithwick's
Mills and John B, Williamson's to Liberty
Hill.
From Floresville to Ploosanton.
F'rom Eagle Pass, via Pendencia, Coriza,
and South Ranch, to Laredo.
From San Antonio to Ranch del Alamo
on t he Rio Grande River.
From Cent re Station to Las Vegas.
VERMONT.
From Morrisville, via Ceatreville, Eden,
Lowell, and Westlleld, to Norih Troy.
WEST VIRGINIA.
From Greenland via Rorbough's to
Hopeville.
From Lulieck to New England.
From Lubeck to Wadesville.
From Webb's Mills to Big Bend.
WISCONSIN.
From Glen Haven, via North Andover
to Bee town.
From Ahnapee, via Forestville and Tor
nado, to Little Sturgeon Bay.
From Bailey's Harbor to Ellison Bay.
F'rom Sturgeon Bav, via Ship Canal and
How's Pier, to Clay Banks.
F'rom Casco, via Lincoln and Rosiere to
Brussell.
F'roni New Hope to Alhan.
From Steven's Point to Linwood.
F'rom Menominee, via rairie Farm and
Barron to Bice Lake.
F'rom New Richmond, via Block Brook,
to Clear Lake.
F'rom Lincoln Centre to Shiloh.
F'roni Manitowoc to East Wrightstown.
F'rom Fuirchild, via Osseo, to Mondovi.
From Nelllsville to Greenwood.
WYOMING TERRITORY.
From Cheyenne, via Fort Fotterman, to
Bozeman in the Territory of Montuna.
lYom Chevenne, via Pole ('reek. Horse
Creek, Hawk Springs and Red Cloue Agen
cy, to Whetstone Agency, Dakota Terri
tory. Approved, F'ebruory 4, 1874.
AN ACT to amend the act entitled "An
act relating to the enrollment and license
of certain vessels."
Be it enacted by the Senate and Houxe of
Representatives of the United States of Amer
ica in Congress assembled,
That the provisions of the act relating
to the enrollment and license of vessels
navigating the western rivers and the
waters on the northern, northeastern, and
northwestern frontiers of the United
States, otherwise than by sea, approved
F'ebruarv twenty-eighth, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-rlve, are hereby extended
to include all Vessels of the United States
navigatingthe waters of the UnitedStates.
Approved, April 17, 1874.
AN ACT to authorize the employment of
certain aliens as engineers and pilots.
He it enacted by the Senate and House of
Heprescrtfaliws of the trniied States of Amcr
ca in Congress assembled.
That any alien who in the manner pro
vided for by law, has declared his Inten
tion to become a citizen of the United
States, and who shall have been a perma
nent resident ef the United States for at
least six months immediately prior to the
granting of such license, may be licensed,
as if already naturalized, to serve as an
engineer or pilot upon any steam-vessel
subject to inspection under the provisions
of the act entitled "An act to provide for
the better security of life on board of ves
sels propelled, in whole or in part, by
steam, and for other purposes," approved
F'ebruarv twenty-eighth, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-one.
Approved, Apri 17, 1874.
AN ACT to amend the act entitled "An
act for enrolling and licensing ships or
vessels to be employed ill the coasting
trade and fishenes, for regulating the
same," passed February eighteen, seven
teen hundred and ninety-three.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Amer
ica in Congress assembled,
That the at to which thisisasupplement
shall not be so construed us to extend the
provisions of the said act to canal boats or
boats employed on the internal waters or
canals of any State ; and all such boats, ex
cepting only such as are provided with
sails or propelling machinery of their own
adapted to lake or coastwise navigation,
and excepting such as are employed in
trade with the Canadas, shall be exempt
from the provisions of the said act, and
from the payment of all customs and oth
er fees under any act of Congress.
Approved, AprU 18, 1874.
AN ACT to amend the act entttled "An
act to regulate the carriage of passen
gers In steamehlps and other vessels,"ap.
proved March three eighteen hundred and
fifty-five.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Amer
ica in Congress assembled,
That the thirteenth section of the act
entitled "An act to regulate the carriage
of passengers in steamships and other ves
sels," approved March third, eighteen
hundred and fifty-five, be, and the same Is
hereby, repealed ; and that hereafter each
and every collector of customs to whom
shall be delivered the manifests or lists of
passengers prescribed by the twelfth sec
tion of the act aforesaid, approved March
third, eighteen hundred and flfty-flve,
shall make returns from such manifests of
lists of passengers to t he Secretary of the
Treasury of the United States, in such
manner as shoU be prescribed by that offi
cer, nnder whose direction statements of
the same shall be prepared and published.
Approved, May 7, 1874,
AN ACT in relation to the customs duties
on imported fruits.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri
ca tn Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Treasury is
hereby directed to suspend the repayment
of all duties heretofore paid on imported
fruits until further legislation by Congress
authorizing the same, or -until the final
decision of the Supreme Court, except in
casgs where suits in court have been dis
continued by instructions of the Secretary
of the Treasury. And the error in the
punctuation of the clause relating to fruit
plants in the fifth section of the act ap
proved June six, eighteen hundred and
seventy-two, entitled "An act to reduce
duties on imports, and to reduce internal
taxes, and for other purposes,"of inserting
a comma instead of a hyphen after the
word "fruit" Is hereby corrected, and said
clause shall read as follows: Frult-plunts
tropical and semi-tropical for the purpose
of propagation or cultivation: JWfcfod,
That the duties imposed by virtue of this
amendment shall not be levied or collected
upon fruits entered for consumption at
any port of entry prior to July first, eigh
teen hundred and seventy-four.
Approved, May 9, 1874,
AN ACT making appropriations for the
support of the Military Academy for the
fiscal vear ending June thirtieth, eigh
teen hundred and seventy-five.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
R-presentathvs of the United Slates a Amer
ica in Congress assembled,
That the following sums be, and the
same are herebv, appropriated, out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise ap-
propnateo, lor tne support oi mc nuiuu;
AmrttTiiv for the vear eudlmr June thirti
eth, eighteen hundred and seven tyMlTe:
For additional pay I ouicera, mm mm
pay of instructors, professors, cadets, and
musicians, two hundred and thirty-seven
thousand dollars.
F'or repairs and improvements, timber,
plank, boards, Joists, wall-strips, laths.
slllllgies. Slate, tin, sneet-ieuu, nans, atrewo
locks, butts, hinges, glass, paint, turpen
tine, oils, bricks, varnish, stone lime, ce
ment, plaster, hair, blasting-powder, fuse,
Iron, steel, tools, mantels, and other simi
lar materials, fourteen thousand five hun
dred dollars.
For iiay of citizen-mechanics and labor
employed upon repairs that cannot be
done by enlistetVmeuyeight thousand Col
lars. For fuel and apparatus, namely, coal,
wood, stoves, grates, furnaces, ranges, fire
bricks, and repairs of steam-heating appa
ratus, fourf eeri thousand dollars.
For gas-pipes, fixtures, lamp-posts, gas
lumps, gasometers, and retorts, and annu
al repairs, six hundred dollars.
F'or fuel for cadets' mess-hall, shops, and
laundry', three thousand five hundred dol
lars. F'or postage and telegrams, threo hun
dred dollars.
Fof stationery, blank-books, paper, en
velopes, quills, steel pens, pencils, lnucii
iure. wax. and ink. six hundred dollars.
F'or transportation of materials, dis
charged cadets, and ferriages, one thou
sand eight hundred dollars.
ror prilll.illg-iypc, uimci lain lur uimx,
diplomas for graduates, registers, and
lihink-s seven hundred dollars.
F'or compensation of pressman and lith
ographer, one nunoreo. uonars.
For clerk to disbursing officer and tntar-
teruiaster, one thousand six hundred and
flftv do.lars.
F'or clerk to adjutant, one thousand five
hundred dollars.
For Clerk to treasurer, one thousand five
hundred dollars.
For department of Instruction in mathe
matics, nnmelv: For repairs of lnstra
ments, fifty-dollars; text-books and sta
tionery tor instructors, tnuty uonars.
F'or denurtnient of artillerv. cavalrv. and
infantry tactics, namely: For tan-lark for
riduur-hall and gvuinasium, -three hundred
dollars ; repairing camp-stools, tents, and
camp furniture, fifty dollars; flooring and
mats, apiiaratus, and repairs of gymnasi
um, nve huiiored dollars; ciock ana lutni
ture for office of commandant of cadets.
seventy-five dollars; stattonery for use of
instructor ami assistants, one nunaroa
dollars ; foils, gloves, masks, fencing-jack
ets. and repairs, two hundred dollars.
For department of civil and military en
gineering : For models, maps, repairs of
instruments, text-books, books ot refer
ence, and stationery for vjbc of instructors,
nve hundred dollars.
F'or department of chemistry, mineral
ogy, and geology : For chemicals, includ
ing cnemicai apparatus, glass aim porce
lain ware, paper, wire and sheet metal and
ores, and photographic materials, nine
hundred dollars; rough specimens, files,
alcohol, lamps, blow-pipes, pencils, and
steel and agate mortars, lor practical in
struction in mineralogy; for fossils illus
trating the different rock-formations, for
dailv use in section-rooms, and for gjad
ual increase of the cabinet, eight hundred
dollars; repairs and additions to electric,
galvanic, magnetic, electro-magnetic,
magiieto-eleetric, pneumatic, and thermic
apparatus, and apjiaratus illustrating opti
cal properties ot suosiances. eight nun
dred dollars ; carpenters' and metal work
including materials for the same, flftv dol
lars ; pay of mechanic, to be employed In
chemical and geological section-rooms and
in the lecture-room, one thousand and
fifty dollars models and diagrams fifty
dollars; hooks ot reierence, text-Dooics,
and stationcrv. for the use of instructors.
and contingencies, three hnndred dollars ;
compensation to attendant, fifty dollars.
For department of natural and experi
mental philosophy: For instruments to
determine magnetic intensity and decima
tion, six hundred dollars; compensation
to mechanic's assistant, one thousand dol
lars ; compensation to attendant, fifty dol
lars; repairs and contingencies, six hun-
ureu dollars.
For department ot practical military en
gineering: For i. lining-materials and for
profiling, fifty dollars; telegraphing and
signaling, tweiity-nve dollars; drawing
materials, stationery, and text-books,
t we nty- ft ve dol lars: repairs ot inst rumen ts.
twenty-five dollars; contingencies, twen ty
11 ve dollars; one five oared barge, four
hundred dollars.
F'or department of French : For text
books and stationery for the use of instruc
tors, seventy-five dollars.
For department of Spanish: For text
nooks and stationery for tne use of mstrue
tors, fifty dollars.
For department of law and ethics: For
text books and stationery and books of
reference for tlie use of instmctoi-s, fifty
dollars : J'rovideil, That the Secretary of
W ar may assign one of the judge advocates
of the Army to lie professor of law.
For department of drawing : For models
lor second class, one hundred dollars
tar-board for mounting models, thirty dol-
iiii-s ; lrumes ior securing models I rom in
jury, fifty dollars : colors, brushes, pencils
and paiier for the use of instructors, twenty-live
dollars.
For expenses of the board of visitors.
iour tnousamt two hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous and contingent ex
penses: F'or gas, coal-oil. candles, and
wicking for lighting the academy, cadet
barracks, mess-hall, offices, stable, and
side-walks, tour thousand dellars: water-
pipes, plumbing, and repairs, two thou
sand dollars; cleaning public buildings,
(not quarters,! live hundred and sixty dol
lars; orooms, iirusues, pans, tuns, soap,
and cloths, two hundred dollars; chalk
crayons, sponge, slate, and rubbers for
recitatien rooms, one hundred dollars
compensation of chapel-ojganlst, two linn
dred dollars; compensation of librarian
one nunurca ana twenty dollars; compen
sation ot non-commissioned officer in
charge of mechanics, flftv dollars: com
pensation of soldier writing In adjutant's
office, fifty dollars; pay of engineer of
heating and vent iliarmg apparatus for the
cauei-uan-ucKs, cuapei ana pmiosopnieai
academy, including the Mbrarv. ono thou
sand five hundred dollars; pay of assistan t
of same, seven hundred and twenty dol
lars; pay of five firemen, two thousand
two hundred dollars; Increase and expense
vi i ne notary, oooKS, magazines, penoui
cals, and binding, two thousand dollars.
For pay of librarian's assistant, one thou
sand dollars.
For contingencies for superintendent of
tne academy, one thousand dol lars.
For furniture for cadet-hospital and re
pairs, one hundred dollars.
For printing catalogue for library, five
hundred dollars.
Buildings and grounds: For redalring
;inu opening roaos ana walks, nve nun
dred dollars.
For continuing superstructure of the
new hospital for cadets, twenty thousand
dollars.
F'or continuing construction of sewerage
irom ourracKS ana quarters, three thou
sand dollars.
F'or repairs to reservohfs and increasing
vf monies, oue iiiousano. auuars.
Approved, June 6, 1874,
AN ACT making appropriations for the
naval service for the year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five,
and for other purposes.
Convention for the surrender Of criminals be
tween the United States of America and tlte
Republic of Salvador.
That the following sums be, and they are
hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the naval service of tho
Government for the year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
five, and for other purposes:
For pay of commissioned and warrant
officers, on shore, on special service, and
of those on the retired: list unemployed,
and for mileage and transportation of
officers traveling under orders, and for
pay of the petty officers, seamen, ordinary
seamen, landsmen, ana boys including
men of the engineers' force, and for the
Coast Survey service, eight thousand five
hundred men, six million two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Navy
Department, one hundred thousand dol
lars. For civil establishment at the different
navy yards, as follows :
At Kittery, Maine, eighteen thousand
seven hundred and fifty-nine dollars; at
Charles town, Massachusetts, twenty-three
thousand and ninety-three dollars and
forty cents: at Brooklyn, New York, twenty-three
thousand seven hundred and
eighty-nine dollars and forty cents; at
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, twenty-one
thousand two hundred and ninety-three
dollars and forty cents; at Norfolk, Vir
ginia, eighteen thousand five hundred and
thirty-eight dollars and twenty cents; at
Pensacola, Florida, eight thousaud one
hundred and forty-five dollars; at Wash
ington, District of Columbia, nineteen
thousand one hundred and twentv-three
dellars and twenty cents; at Mare 'Island,
California, twenty thousand three hun
dred and seventeen dollars and twenty
cents: and at League Island naval station,
Pennsylvania, four thousand six hundred
anil eighty dollars; making in aU, the snm
of one hundred and fifty-seven thousand
seven hundred and thirty-eight dollars
and eighty cents.
For civil establishment at the several
naval hospitals and naval laboratory,
thirty-nine thousand one hundred and
sixty-one dollars.
BCREAU OF NAVIGATION.
Eor foreign and local pllotatre and tow
age of ships of war, fifty thousand dollars.
or services ana materials in correcting
compasses on board ship, and for adjust
ing and testing compattscs on shore, three
thousand dollars.
For nautical and tronomical instru
ments, nautical lxxiks, maps, charts, and
soiling directions, and repairs of nautical
instruments for sUips of war ten thousand
dollars.
For books for libraries for shis of wax,
three thousand dollars.
For navy-signals and appratus, namely:
signul-llghts, lanterns, and rockets, in
cluding running-lights, drawings, en
gravings for signal-books, six thousand
dollars.
For compass fittings, including binna
cles, tripods and other appendagesof shite
compasses, to lie made in the navy-yards,
five thousand dollars.
For logs and other appliances for meas
uring the ships' way, leads and other ap
pliances for sounding, three thousand dol
lars. For lanterns and lamps, and their ap
pendages, for general use on board ship,
including those for the cabin, ward-room.
and steerage, for the holds and spirit-
room, tor decKs ana quartermaster s use,
live thousand dollars.
F'or bunting and other materials for
flags, and making and repairing flags of
all Kinds, Ave thousand dollars.
For oil for ships of war other than that
used for the engineer department, candles
when used as a substitute for oil in bin
nacles, running-lights, for chimneys and
wick and soap used in navigation depurt-
nieni, tweniy tnousana oouars.
For stationery for commanders and nav-
lgiitors oi vessels or war, two thousand i
oooai . I
vessels of war, one thousand dollars.
For steering signals and Indicators, and
for speaking-tubes and gongs, for signal
communication on board vessels of war,
two thousand five hundred dollars.
F'or contingent expenses of the Bureau
of Navigation : Freight and transporta
tion of navigation materials; instruments,
books, and stsres; postage and telegraph
ing; advertising for proposals; packing
Ixixes and materials; blank books, forms,
and stationery at navigation offices, four
thousand dollars..
For drawing, engraving, and printing
and photo-lithographing charts, electro
typing and correcting old plates, preparing
and publishing sailing directions, and
other hydrographlc information, twenty
thousand dollars; and for making charts,
including those of the Pacific coast, thirty
thousand dollars.
F'or fuel, lights, ond office furniture; care
of building and other labor; purchase of
books for library, drawing materials, and
other stationery; postage, freight, and
other contiugeut expenses, five thousand
dollars.
F'or rent and repair of building, two
thousand eight hundred dollars.
For expenses of Naval Observatory,
namely :
, For pay of one clerk, one thousand eight
hundred dollars.
F'or three assistants, at one thousand
five hundred dollars each.
For wages of one Instrument maker, one
messenger, three watchmen, undone port
er; for keeping grounds in order and re
pairs to bniidings: for fuel, light, and
office furniture; and for stationery, pur
chase of books for library, chemicals for
batteries, postage, and freight, and all
other contingent expenses, ten thousand
dollars.
For transcribing astronomical observa
tions upon sheets for publication, one
thousand two hundred dollars.
F'or one chronometrieal thermometer,
five hundred and flftv dollars.
For necessary furniture und equipments
for the new building for the great tele
scope, two thousand dollars.
F'or the last pay-men t for the great re-fracting-telescope.
ten thousand dollars.
F'or expenses of Nautical Almanac :
F'or pay of computers and clerk for com
piling and preparing for publication the
American Ephemeries and Nautical Alma
nac, eighteen thousand dollars.
For continuance of work on new planets
discovered bv American astronomers, two
thousand dollars.
For rent, fuel, labor, stationery, boxes,
expresses, and miscellaneovs items, one
thousand five hundred dollars.
BUREAU OF ORDNANCE.
For fuel and materials necessary In
carrying on the mechanical branches or
the Ordnance Department at the navy
yards and stations, seventy-five thousand
dollars.
F'orlabor at all the navy yards, two hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars.
For repairs to ordnance-buildings, mag
azines, gun-parks, machinery, and other
necessaries of the like character, ten thou
sand dollars.
F'or miscellaneous Items, freight, ex
charges and purchase of Instruments, five
thousand dollars.
For the Torpedo Corps :
F'or the purchase and manufacture of
gunpowder, nitro-glyeerine, and gun cot
ton, twelve thousand dollars.
F'or purchase and manufacture of elec
trical machines, galvanic batteries, and
insulated wire, twenty thousand dollars.
For purchase of copper, Iron, wood, and
.other materials necessary for the manu
facture of torepedoes, and for work ou the
same, twenty-five thousand dollars.
F'or construction of torpedo-boats pur
chase of coffer-work on hulks, and contin-
gent expenses, twenty-live thousand dol
irs. F'or repairs to buildings and wharves,
one thousand dollars.
F'or labor, including chemist, pyrotech
nist, electrician, machinist, and clerical
force, ilfteeen thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the ordnance
service of the navy, one thousand dollars.
BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RE
CRUITING. For equipment of vessels :
For coal for steamers' use, including
expenses of transportation; storage, labor,
hemp, wire, and other materials for the
manufacture of rope; hides, cordage, can
vas, leather; iron for manufacture of
cables, anchors, and galleys; condensing
and float-detaching apparatus; cables,
anchors, furniture, hose, bake-ovens, and
cooking stoves; lift-rafts; heating appa
ratus for receiving ships; and for the pay
ment of labor in equipping vessels, and
manufacture of articles in the navy yards
pertaining to this bureau, one million
sixty-five thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Bureau
of Equipment and Becruiting, namely:
For expenses of recruiting, freight and
tranrportation of stores, transportat ion of
enlisted men, mileage to honorably-discharged
men, printing, advertising, ex
penses of auction-sales, telegraphing, sta
tionery, apprehension of deserters, assist
ance to vessels in distress, and good-conduct
badges for enlisted men, seventy-five
thousand dollars.
BUREAU OF VABDS AND DOCKS.
For general maintenance of yards and
docks, namely : Freight and transporta
tion af materials and stores; printing,
stationery, ane advertising, including the
commandant's office; books, models, maps
and drawings; purchase and repair of fire
engines; machinery, and patent-rights to
use the same; repairs on steam engines,
and "at tendance on the same; purchase
and maintenance of oxen and horses, and
driving teams, carts, and timber-wheels
for use in the navy-yards, and tools and
repairs of the same; postage and tele
grams; furniture for the Government
houses and offices in the navy yards; coal
and other fuel; candles, ol. and teas: clean
ing and clearing up yards, and care of
buildings; attendance on fires; lights; fire
enflines and apparatus; Incidental labor at
navy yaras; water tax, ana for toll and
ferriages; pay of the watchman in- the
navy yards; and for flags, awning, and
nacklne boxes, and for contingent emn.
penses of yards and docks, (not exceeding
forty thousand dollars,) eight hundred
thousand dollars.
At the Naval Asylum, Philadelphia
Pennsylvania: For superintendent, six
hundred dollars; steward, four hundred
and eighty dollars; matron three hundred
and sixty dollars, cook, two 'hundred and
forty dollars; assistant cook, one hundred
and sixty-eight dollars; chief laundress,
ane hundred and ninety-two dollars; three
lauauresscs, at one nunaroa ana sixty
ti f rl, f ilnll. h i5rtif a,-i,1lir-a nnrl 1
waiters, at one hundred and sixty-eight
dollars each; six laborers, at two hundred
and forty dollars each; stable keeper and
driver, three hundred and sixty dollars;
master-at-arms, four hundred and eighty
dollars; corporal, three hundred dollars;
barlier, three hundred and sixty dollars;
carpenter, eight hundred and forty-five
dollars; furnaces, grates, and ranges, six
hundred dollars; repairs of all kinds, five
thousand dollars: and for suprort of bene
ficiaries, forty thousand dollars: In all,
fifty-three thousand two hundred and
seventy-three dollars; which sum shall be
paid out of the income' from the naval
pension fund.
BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY.
For the support of the medical depart
ment for surgeons' necessaries for vessels
in commission, navy yards, naval stations
Marine Corps, and Coast Survey, thirty
thousand dollars. '
For necessary repairs of naval labmtory,
hospitals, and appendages, including
roads, wharves, outhouses, steam heating
apparatus, sidewalks, fences, gardens, and
farms, five thousand dollars.
F'or con tlnaent expenses of the hin-Ki n
freight on medical stores, transport at ion
of insane patients to the Government
hospital, advertising, telegraphing, pur
chase of books, expenses attending the
naval medical hoard of examiners, pur
chase and repair of wagons, harness, pur
chase and feed of horses, cows, tree, gar
den tools, and seeds, twenty-five thousaud
dollars.
BUREAU OF PBOVISIONS AND CLOTH
ING. For pro vi sions for the officers, seamen,
and marines, one million three hundred
thousand dollars.
For purchase of water for ships, thirty
five thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses: For freight
and transportation to foreign and home
stations; candles, fuel; interior altera
tions and fixtures in inspection buildings;
tools, and renaring same at eight inspec
tions; special watchman In eight inspec
tions; books and blanks; stationery; tele
grams; postage and express charges; tolls,
ferriages, and car tickets; toe; and inci
dental labor not chargeable to other ap
propriations, fifty thousand dollars.
BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND RE
PAIR. For preservation of vessels on the stocks
and in ordinary; purchase of material and
u t om j nil trinket lalmr In unvv vnwla
and on foreign stations; preservation of
materials; purchase of tools; wear, tear,
and repair of vessels afloat, and tor gener-
al care and protection of the Navy in the
line oi construction ana repair; inciueniai
expenses, namely, advertising and for
postoges, three million three hundred
thousand dollars.
For protection of timber lands, five
thousand dollars.
BUBEAU O.F8TEAM ENGINEEBTNC.
For repairs and preservation of boilers
and machinery on naval vessels; and for
fitting, repair, and preservation of yard
machinery and tools and for labor in navy
yards and stations not before included;
and for incidental expenses; and purchase
and preservation of oils, coal, iron, aud all
materials and stores; and for completing
and erecting on lioard vessels compound
engines with boilers, one million eight
hundred thousand dollars.
NAVAL ACADEMY.
.For pay of professors and others: for
one frofessor of drawing, head of depart
ment,! two thousand five hundred dollars;
four professors, namely, one of mathemat
ics, (assistant,) one of chemistry, one of
English studies, history, and law, and one
of French, at two thousand two hundred
dollars each; twelve assistant professors,
namely, lour of .French, one of Spanish,
three of English studies, history, and law,
one of mathematics, one of astronomy,
and two of drawing, at one thousand eight
hundred dollars each; sword-master, at
one thousand five hundred dollars, two
assistants, at one thousand dollars each;
boxing-master and gymnast, at one thou
sand two hundred dollars; and assistant
librarian, at one thousand four hundred
dollaes; three clerks to superintendent , at
one thousand two hundred dollars, one
thousand dollars, and eight hundred dol
lars, respectlvaly; one clerk to command
ant of midshipmen, one thousand dollars;
one clerk to paymaster, one thousand dol
lars; one apothecary, seven hundred and
fifty qollars: one commissary, two hun
dred and eighty-eight dollars; one cook,
threehundred and twenty-five dollars and
fifty cents; one messinger to superintend
ent, six hendred dollars; one armorer, five
hundred and twenty-nine dollars and
fifty cents; one gunner's mate, four hun
dred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents,
and one ouarter-gunner, four hunred and
nine dollars and fifty cents; one cockswain
four Hundred and sixty-nine dollars and
fifty cents; three seamen in the. departs
ment of seamanship, at three hundred
and fortv-nine dollars and fifty cents each;
one band master, five hundred and twenty-eight,
dollars; eighteen first-class mu
sicians, at three hundred aud forty-eight
dollars each; seven second-class musicians
at three hundred dollars each; two drum
mers and one lifer, (flrlt-class,) at three
hundred and forty-eight dollars each; in
all, fifty-eight thousand eight hundred
and twanty-slx dollars.
Pay of watchmen and others : Captain
of the watch, at two dollars and fifty cents
per pay, nine hundred and twelve dollars
and fifty cents; four watchmen, at two
dollars and twenty-five cents per day,
three thousand two hundred and eighty
five dollars; foreman of the gas and steam
heating works, at five dollars per diem,
one thousand eight hundred and twenty
five dollare: twelve attendants at gas and
steam beating works of academy, at new
quarters for cadet-midshipmen, and at
school-ships, one at three dollars and fifty
cents, three at three dollars, and eight at
two dollars and fifty cents per day each,
eleven thousand eight hundred ana sixty
two dollars; three joiners, two painters,
and two masons, at three dollars and fifty
cents per day each, eight thousand nine
hundred and forty-two dollars and fifty
cents; one tinner, one gas fitter, and one
blacksmith, at three dollars and fifty cents
er day each, three thousand eight hun
red and thirty-two dollars and fifty cents.
Pay of mechanics and others : One me
chanic at workshop, at two dollars and
twenly-ftve cents per diem, eight hundred
and twenty-one dollars and twenty-five
cents; one master laborer, to keep public
grounds in order, at two dollars and twenty-eight
cents per diem, eight hundred
and thirty-two dollars and twenty cents;
fourteen laborers to assist in same, three
at two dollars per diem each and eleven at
one dollar and seventy-five cents per diem
each, nine thousand two hundred and six
teen dollars and twenty-five cents; one
laborer to superintend quarters of cadet
midshipmen, public grounds, and so forth
at two dollars and twenty-eight cents per
diem, eight hundred and thirty-two dol
lars and twenty cents; four attendants at
recitation rooms, library, chapel, and
offices, at twenty dollars per month each,
nine hundred and sixty dollars, twenty
servants to keep in' order and to attend to
quarters of cadet midshipmen, public
buildings, and so forth, at twenty dollars
per month each, four thousand eight nun.
dred dollars.
.Fbr pap of employees in the department
of steam-enginery, for machinist, boiler
makers, and others, eight thousand seven
hundred and sixty dollars.
br repairs and Improvement of public
buildings, and for repairing the wall In
closing the grounds of the academy, four
teen thousand dollars.
-AYr contingent expenses, forty-six thou
sand six hundred dollars.
MARINE CORPS.
For pay of officers of the Marine Corps,
and for pay of non-commissioned officers,
musicians, and others of the corns, three
three hundred and nineteen tnonsand
seven hundred and sixty eoilars; Fro
ruled That the office of commandant of the
Marine Corps having the rank of a'briga--dier-general
of the Army shall continue
untila vacany shall ooeur In the same, and
no longer; and when such vacany shall
occur in said office, immediately thereup
on all laws and parts of laws creating said
office shall become inoperative, and shall,
by virtue of this act, from thenceforth be
repealed: And providedfurthcr. That tbere
after the commandant ol the Marine Corps
shall have the rank and pay ot a colonel,
and shall be appointed by selection by the
Prisiden t from tye officer ofsaW corba.
fhr the civil force of the Murine Corps,
ten thousand dollars. , ... . .
Jbr pay of fifteen hundred privates, and
no more, two hundred and seventy thou
sand dollars. , ... .
For provisions, one hnndred tbensand
dForckthing, one hundred thousand dot-
laFor fuel, thirty thousand, eight hnn
dred and fifty-six dollars.
kw military stores, namely: fttnav
of mechanics, repairs of arms, purchase of
accoutennents, oronance stores, uubs,
drums fifes, and other instruments, nine
thousand dollars.
For transportation of troops, five thou
sand dollars.
Jbr tronsportatioa of officers traveling
wlthdut troops, one thousand dollars.
F6r repairs of barracks, and rent of
6fflces where there are no public buildings
six thousand dollars.
For forage for horses belonging to field
and staff effleers, three thousand dollars.
For hire of quarters for officers where,
there are no public quarters, ten thousaud
dollars.
F6r contingencies, namely :Freight, fer
riage, toll cartage, wharfage, purchase anil
repair of boots, labor, burial of deceased
marines, stationery, telegraphing, appre
hension 61 deserters, oil, caudles, gas, re-'
pairs of gas and water fixtures, water rent,,
barrack furniture, lurniture for officers'
quarters, bed sacks, wrapping paper, oil
cloth, crash, rojie, twine, spades, shovels,
axes, picks, carpenters' tools, repairs to
fire engines, purchase and repair of engine
hose, purchase of lumber for benches,
mess-tables, bunks, repairs to jmbliecArry
all, purchase und repair of harness, pur
chase and repair of hand-carts and neel
bnrrows, scuvengering, purchase arid re
pair oi galleys. coOKing stov, ranges,
stoves where there ure no grates, graver
for parade grounds, repair of pumps,
brushes, brooms, -buckets, prving, and lor
other purposes, fifteen thousand dollars.
Approved, June 6, 174.
AN ACT to amend an act entitled "Ah act
to amend an act. entitled 'An act to re
duce duties on imports und to reduce in
ternal tuxes, and for other purposes,"'
approved March third, eighteen hundred
and seventy-three.
Re it enact'il by thr Senate and House of
Representative of the United States of Anu-r-tea
in Congress assembled.
That section third of an act entitled "An
act to amend an act entitled 'An net to re
duce duties on imporjs, and to reduce in
ternal taxes, and for other purposes.' " ap
proved March third, eighteen hundred
and seventy-three, be amended so as to
read as follows :
"Sec a. That foreign merchandise which'
arrived at a port of the United States on
or lwfnn 11w 1 1 . i ,-t t! , v .in..
eighteen hundred and seventy-two. arid
upon which duties were not paid prior to
August first, eighteen hundred and seventy-two,
though the same were not entered
or transferred to a public store or Ixinded
warehouse, shun le entitled to the bene
fits provided for in the eighth section of
the art entitled 'An act to reduce duties
on imports, and to reduce internal taxes,
aud for other purpose,' approved Juno
sixth, eighteen hundred ana seveniy-two,
the same as such merchandise would havo
been entitled to bad it actually been In
public store or bonded warehouse on or
prior to the thirty-first day of July, eight
een hundred and seventy-two: Provuled,
That the owner of such merchandise shall,
within thirty days from the passage of
this act make application therefor in writ
ing to the collector of the port at which
such merchandise arrived-"
Approved, June 3, 1S7L
AN ACT to increase tho pensions of sol
diers and sailors who have been totally
disabled.
Be, it enacted by the Senate nnrl House of
Representatives of the United States of Amer
ica in Congress assembled,
That section four of the net entitled "An
act to revise, consolidate, ani amend tho
laws relating to pensions,' aiid approved
March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three,
be so amended that all persons
who, while in the military omaval service
of the U united States, and In the line of
duty, shall have been so permanently and
totally disabled as to require the regular
personal aid and attendance of another
person, by the loss of the sight of both
eyes, or by the loss of the sight of one eye,
the sight of the other having been pre
viously lost, or by the lotf of both hands,
or by the loss of iKith feet, or by any other
injury resulting in total and 'permanent,
helplessness, shall be entitled to a pension
of fifty dollars per month; and this shall
be in lieu of a pension of thirty-one dol lars
and twenty-five cents per month granted
to such person by said section : l'rorided.
That the increase of iiension shall not be
granted by reason of any of the injuries
herein specified unless the same have re
sulted In pennunent total helplessness re
quiring the regular ptnvonal aid and at
tendance of another person.
Sec. 2. That this act shall take from and
after the fourth day of June, eighteen
hundred and seventy-four.
Approved, June 18, 1874.
AN ACT for the benefit of occupying claim
ants. Be it enac,ed by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United Slates of Amer
ica in Congress assembled.
That when an occupant of land, having
color of title, in good faith has made valu
able improvements thereon, and is, in the'
proper action, found not to be the rightful
owner thereof? such occupant shall be en
titled In the Federal courts to all the rights
and remedies, and, upon instituting t ho
proper proceedings, such relief as may be
given or secured to him by the statutes of
the State or Territory where the land lies,
although the title of the plaintiff in the
action may have been granted by the
United States after said . improvements
were so made.
Approved, June 1, 1874.
AN ACL changing the time of holding
circuit and district courts in Vermont.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Amer
ica in Congress assembler!,
That the term of the circuit court halden
at Rutland on the third day of (X-tober
shall be held on the first Tuesday in
October, and the term of the district court
holden at Rutland on the sixth day of
Octolier shall lie held on the first Tuesday
of October. The term of the circuit court
holden at. Winsdor on the fourth Tuesduy
In July shall Ik- held on the third Tuesday
In May, aid the term of the district court,
held at Winsdor on the Monday after the
fourth Tuesday of July shall "be on the
third Tuesday In Mav": 1'rovided, That
this act shall not apply to tin! next terms
Of the circuit and distriot court to lie
holden at Windsor, but the sumo shall bo
held at the times now provided by law.
Approved,-June 5, 1874.
AN A'CT to amend act entitled "An act to
provide for the establishment of a mill-,
tary prison and for its government,"
approved March third, eighteen hundred
and seventy-three.
Be it enacted bp the Senate and House ef
Representatives of the United States of Amer
ica, in Congress assembled.
That said act be, and the same is hereby,
so amended that all acts and things there
in required to be done and performed at.
Bock Island, In the State of Illinois, shall
be done and performed on the military
reservation ut Fort Leaveu worth, in the
State of Kansas : Provided, That the Gov
ernment buildings now on said military,
reservation at Fort Leavenworth shall bo
modified and used so fur as practicable for
the purposes of said prison;
Approved May 31. 1874.
31 ACT repealing the act enHtled "An act
fixing the, time for the election of Bep
resentatives from tlie State of California
to the Forty-fourth Congress."
Bettenaeted bp the Senate aril House of
Rejyresentatlres of the UnitedStates of Amer
ica in Congress assembled.
That the act entitled "An act fixing the
time for the election of Representatives
from the State of California to the Forty
fourth Congress," approved March third,
eighteen hundred and seven ty-threo, be,
and the same is hereby,repealed.
Approved, May 21 1874.
AN ACT gring the time for the election of
Representatives from the State of Penn
sylvania to the Forty-fourth Congress.
Be it enacted bp the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United' States of Amer
ica in Congress assembled.
That on the Tuesday next following the
first Monday In November, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-four, there shoU be elect
ed In each congressional district In tho
State of Pennsylvania one Representatlvo
to represent said State In the Forty-fourth
Congress of the United States.
Approved, June 18, 1874.
AJ ACT to extend the time for filing
claims for aldit tonal bounty under the
act of Jnly twenty-eighth, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-six.
fle it enacted by ike Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Amer
ica in Congress assembled.
That the time for filing claims for addi
tional bounty under the act of July twent-ty-eight.
eighteen hundred and sixty-six,
and which expired by limitation on tho
thirtieth day of January, eighteen hun
dred and teventy-four, be, and the same is
hereby, revived and extended until the
thirtieth day of January, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-five; and that all claims
for such bounties filed In the proper de
partment ufler the thirtieth day of Janu
ary, eighteen hundred and seventy-four,
and before the passage of this act, shall be
deemed to have been filed in duo rime,
and shall be considered and decMud Willi
out refiling.
Approved, June 18, 1874.
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