The weekly Oregon statesman., July 24, 1872, Page 6, Image 6

cers where there are no public quarters, one
thousand Hire hundred and Ihirty-D lire dol
lars and thirteen cents
For forage for hone beltongtng to field
and staff officers of the marines, one thousand
four hundred and forty-seven dollars and
thirty-four cents.
For Indispensable miscellaneous artlolnt
for the use of the marine tarrock at Brook
lyn, New York, and for other p.st, seven
hundred and thirty-ouu dollar., and sixty
cents.
This Item and the two preceding Hem arc
for the fiscal year er.ding June thirtieth, eigh
teen hundred and seveuiy-onc.
Kor hire of officers' quarters where there
are no public quarters, eight thousand three
hundred and nrtv-four dollars.
For forage for horses for Held and staff offi
cers, three thousand live hundred and forty
doll.irs-
For pay aooouut per diem to marl ne band
one thousand five hundred dollars This Item
and the two proceeding riems are for the fin
al year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-two.
Kor completion ol the snrvey of a route for
a ship-canal between the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans by the routes Tehuanlepecaud Nicar
agua', with reports upon the" same, twenty
thousand dollars; ami to complete the survey
of I lie Daricn route, five thousand iMillars.
INTEHIOU DEPARTMENT.
rKXHioN-urrifK.
.To reimburse the contingent fund of the
Penslon-OHlce for expense Incurred In re
moving the jiaper and file of said office to
thcSeatun House, and in refitting room In
said building, the sum of tun thousand lire
hundred and fitly-seven dollars ami soveuty
clclit cents.
To ni.v six clerks of class one awl six clerks
of class two, to b: employed in the examina
tion f claim lor pensions to the survivors of
the war of etghleon hundred and twelve,
which the Secretary is hereby authorlied to
employ for one year, and no lonirer, hrteen
thousand six hundred dollars; and Disappro
priation is available fur said purpose for one
year, and no longer.
For deficiency for fuel and lights in the In
terior Department, one thousand two hun
dred aud eiglity-two dollars.
LAND-OKEICK.
For contingent expennes of district land-offices
for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy, Are thousand
dollar.
To supply ilencleney In the appropriation
for the expanse of depositing nubile moneys
f.n- the fiscal rear endiug June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-one, eight
thousand dollars: and for a defleience In the
appropriations for clerks in the office of the
surveyor general ot California, fire hundred
ilnllars
PATENT OFFICE.
To provide for the plate of an Official
Gazette of the Pateiit-Gtlice alistracts of the
drawings of patents issued, thirteen thousand
three hundred and thirty-three dollars, to be
exended under the direction of tlie Conmis
rtouer of Patents: Provided, That one copy
f Hid Gazetto shall be furnished to each
S:nator, Representative, and Delegate in
Congress ; anc one copy each sliall be sent to
tight such public libraries as may be designa
ted by each Senator, Representative, and
Delegate, and two copies to the Library of
Congress: Provided further. That a snb-senptton-prtee
of not less than lire dollars
per annum for said Gazette shall be charged
to each subscrllier ; and all sums received
feora such oubscriptiou shall be, on or before
the first day of each month, paid into the
IrcMiiry.
rOR THE 1XBLIC PRINTING.
Kot the a ldttlonal expense of printing and
stitching the Patent-Office Official Gazette,
with the abstracts of specifications aud draw
ings, five thousand four hundred and twenty
five dollars.
crssrs.
To supply a deficiency in the appropriation
for the expenses of the ninth cons us, twenty
thousand dollars, and meh sum as may be
nocesarv to pav the remainder due census
takers, for taking the eighth census: Provl
ded. That the amount ot money paid under
this appropriation shall not exceed In all
iwemy-nve tnuusanauouar.
franc w
Columbia Institute for the Deaf and Dumb:
For mrnisiilng ami fitting up the buildings of
the Institution, six thousand dollar. '
For repairs of buildiiiKS of said institute
during fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eigh
teen huudrep and seventy-two, three thou
sand five hllkdre I dollars
To commence the proper fitting tip. In
llre-uroof manner, of the vattcaut apartments
In the Smithsonian Iiislllutlnn-buildiug for the
proper distribution and exhibition of the gov
ernment collections of natural history, geolo
gy, and mtncra'.ogv. five thousand dollars.
For the preparation and publication ofthe
maps, charts, geoli-gical section", and other
eogravldgs necessrrv to illustva e the final
report of ihe United States geological survey
ofthe Territories by Professor Ilayden, ten
thousand dollars, to be expended uuder the
direction of the Secretary of the Interior.
For the payment of clerks in the office of
the survevor general of the State of Louisia
na, one tiiousand five hundred dollars.
For repair and improvement of the Con
gressional cemetery, to be exjiended nnder
tlie directign of the warden and vetryof
Washington parish. District of Columbia,
three thousand dollar.
For the oompletlcn of the United Stales
conrt-house at Charleston, South Carolina,
one hundred and two dollars and eight cents
CAPITOL EXTENSION.
For the pnrpose of buying and putting In
place a new beller, water-tank, ami steam
pump In the south wing of the Capitol, ten
thousand dollars ; and the disbursing clerk of
the Interior Department Is hereby required
to disburse all raonevs appropriated for the
United States Capitol extension and improve
ment of the grounds, ami to receive therefor
an annual compensation of one thousand dol
lars to be paid from said appropriation, from
October first eighteen hundred and seventy
one ; Provided, That in the adjustment of the
aciountsof F. W. Clemoiw, late disbursing
agent of the Capitol extension, the accounting
officers of the treasury are hereby authorized
and directed to allow him the sum of eight
hundred dollars to be paid from the appro
priation heretofore made for expenses ot the
ninth census as compensation lor Increased
responsibility and labor lu disbursing said ap
prosr tat ions from October first, eighteen hun
dred and seventy, to September thirtieth,
etghteed hundred and seventy-one.
For additional lamps ami service-pipe In
the east and west parks, Capitol grounds four
thousand dollar.
INDIAN BUBKAU.
For this amount, to pay to the Seneca Indi
an the Interest due on the sum of forty thou
sand dollars, held In trust for them as provid
ed In the treaty of February twenty-third,
eighteen hundred and sixtr-seven, from June
eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight,
the date of the ratification of said treaty, to
November first, eighteen hundred ami aeven-ty-ooe,
the data when Interest on Mock pur
chased with said sum ol forty thousand dol
lar commenced to accrue, lx thousand sev
en hundred and thlcty-thros dollars and
thirty-three cent, which amount shall be paid
direct to said Seneca Indiana, and hot to an
agent, attorney, or other person claiming to
act for them.
For this amount, to replace the sum appro
priated by the act of July twenty-eighth,
eighteen hundred and alxty-eiz, nnder the
provision ol the sixth article of treaty with
the Seminole of March twenty-first, eighteen
hundred and atxty-dx, al ninth article of
the treaty with the Creek of June fourteenth,
eighteen hundred and atxty-six, for the erec
tion of agencv bnlldlns on the reservations of
said tribes, twenty thousand dollars
For this amount, to enable the Secretary of
the Interior to supply the Raw tribe of Indians
In Kansas with nibstlnence, to relieve their
Immediate and pressing want, the same to
be reimbursed to the United States, from the
proceeds ofthe sale of tend of the said Indi
ana, when the same (hall have been sold un
der existing treaty (tipulatton, ten thousand
dollars
For this amount, or o much thereof as may
be necesary. for subsisting the Naraio Indian
in New Mexico, for the fiscal year ending
Jane thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
two, sixty thousand dollars
For this amount, or so mnch thereof as may
bo neccsary, to subsist the Apache Indians o 1
Arizona aim ew tuexico uuriux use remain-
dor of the present fiscal years Who shall be I
iiwui IliM miwnslMin Iml tNl.ifftllfv romslii !
there, or who shall otherwise maintain pence- I
ful relations with the United Staler, one hmt
rtred and iwentv-five thonsand dollars.
For this amouiil or so much thereof as may
be neceKuy, for the stilwliuenee, clTtealion. t
and care ol the Artckarec, tiros Ventre, and
M.i ids n Indians, at Foil Uerihold agency.
Dakota, iluring the remainder of the present 1
fWtd year, rorty thousand dollars. i
For this amount, to bo expended ttntlei the
direction of the ecretary of the lulerior, in
provltltng substinciicc and clothing lor the
O-age Indians, and aiding them In establishing
themselves In their new homes, to be roim
b irscd to the United States from the Interest
on the net proceeds of the sale of their lands
in Kansas, as provided bv Hie second article
ofthe treaty with theUn nt and Little Usages,
of September twenty-nine, eighteen huii'lrel
and sixty-five, and the twellth section of the
act of J n" I v llllcoii, eighteen hundreil and sev
enty, fifty thousand dollars : Provided, That
no jerson shall receive anv part of the money
appropriated bv this act for any services or
protendtd services as attorney counsellor or
agent for any trilie, or Indian, or Indians for
whom any part of there appropriation" are
made. Any person violating this provision
shall 1ms deemed guiltv of a misdemeanor, and
shall be lino I in double the amount so receiv
ed. For this amount, being the balance on ac
count due the Quapaw Irilie id' Indians for a
certain tract of laud in the Slate of Kansas,
containing seven thousand six hundreil aim
thirty-two hundredths acres ceded by said
tribe'to the 1'nlted States in acconlance with
the terms f the fourth article of the treaty
with Senecas Mixed Senecas, and Shawnees
(,iiiaiaws confederated Peoria. Kaska-kias,
Wont, I'canKesnaw, (.ill a was ol isamnanis
Fork and Hoclie de lkEtif, and cer.nin Wyan
riottr. concluded Februnrv twentv-third, eigh
teen hundred anil sixty-seven, (Statutes, vol- !
lime fifteen, page five hundred and thirteen,)
four thousand Ave hundred dollars and forty
cents.
For this amount, to betaken from any fund s
In the Treasury ot the United Suites belong
ing to the confederated Isinds of Peoria,
Kuskaskias, Weas ami Plankeshaws, to make
g'Hl to the yuaiaw tribe of Indians the esti
mated value of !iKlileeti thousand live hun
dred mil twenty-two and titty hundredths
acres of land lying south of Ka n'sns, ceded by
Ihrin to the I" tilled States under the terms of
the fourth article of ihe treaty with the Sen
ecas, Mixed Sonecnstind Shawnees Ju:ia,
confederated Penrias, Kaskaskias Wens and
Pinkesbaws, Ottawns of lilunchards Fork,
ami Koche de Iheuf, and certain WyamliHts,
oocluded February twenty-third, eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven, (Statutes volume
fifteen, page live hundred and thirteen,) which
lands were by the twenty-second article of
said treaty, granted ami sold to the confedera
ted bauds' of Peoria, Kaskasklas Weas, and
Piankeshawa, at the tame rate as paid Ity the
government, twenty-one thousand three hun
dred dollars and eighty-seven cents.
JUDICIAL.
DISTRICT COt' RTS OK Tit K CNITED STT A RS.
For salaries of district judges for the fiscal t
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-two, fourteen thousand three
hundred anil twenty-lire dollars. I
For ilef raving tlie expenses of the courts of :
the Untied Males, luo uilingthe District of Co- i
liimhia ; for jurors and witnesses and expeu- !
scs of suits in which the United Slates a re con- '
corned, of prosecutions for offenses committed ;
against the cnited Mates; lor i ne saie Keeping i
ot urisoner : and for I lie expenses which may
he incurred in tlie enforcement of the act of
February' twenty-elghili.eighteen hundred and
seventy-one, for the four months ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and leveuiy-two,
one million dollars.
To enable Hie commissioners on rcvlsslon of
the statutes of the United States to expedite
the work and furnish clerical and other assist
ance, and supply contingencies the sum of
nine thousand dollars is hereby appropriated.
to be paid from time to lime as tlie Atork pro-
gresses uisn vouchers approved by all ihe j
t be commissioners : Provided, That this ap
propriation shall continue available unttljuue
thirty, eighteen hundreil and seventy-three.
To enable the cleik of the Court of Claims
I to pay attorneys', commissioners', and mar
i shals'fees for the years ending June thirtieth,
eiglllcvii iluuilipi aiiM Kcicmjiwiuwiiin tun-
tteth, eishteen hundred and seventy-one,
eurht hundred dollars: and for attorneys' ami
commissioners' tees, paid by the clerk of the
court 1 u eccess of the appropriations for Ihe
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and seveuiy. three huniire I and forty-aueilo,-(
lars and fmrteen cents.
Topiircha-.e books for the Department of
Juliee, two thousand five hundreil dollars
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his discretion to pay the judgment entciv t
ir.tllu ci rcmi coon i inc luiicii cuttivs
UicMorthern district of Florida, In the case of
Theodru 'f . Edgerton against Jesse W. t'lil-
pcisT, deputy collector ami insjieetor 01 cti.i
toins at Cedar Keys, district of saint Marks,;
Fiori'la. on the seventeenth day of December, j
eighieen hundrei and seventy, for the sum of I
iweniy-seven inoiisaim lour nunoreu uoiiars,
wtih costs, tweulv-slx dollars, and Interest at
the rife of six per centum :r annum from
date of judgment until (Mid, a siitlicicnt sum
is herebv appropriated- j
That tlie Secre.ary of tlie Treasury lie an- I
thorued and directed, in the adjustment of
the accounts of William E. Parties, United
States marslial for the eastern district ofTex
as, to allow eight hundred and twenty-five
dollars and seventy-five cents money paid
bv said Parker for ihe traveling expenses of
Thomas II. Duval, Judge of the western dis
trict of Texas for holding two terms of the
United Stales circuit and district court at
Ualveston. and one at Brownsville, in Texas,
undor the direction of Mr. Justice Swayne.
Skc. 2. Tliat the proper accy tinting officers
lie, and hereby are, authorized and required
in the settlement of all accounts for the ser
vices of laborers workmen, and mechanics
employed by or on behalf of tho Government
of tho United Slates between the twenty
lifth day of June, eighteen hundred aud sixty
eight, I he dale of the act constituting eight
hours a day's work for all such laborers
workmen, and mechanics and the nineteenth
day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine,
the dale ol the proclamation of the President
concerning sued pay, to se:tle and pay for the
same, without reduction on account of reduc
tlou of hours of labor bv said act. when it
shall be made to appear that such was tlie
sole cause of tho reduction of wages nt'
sufficient sum for said purpose is hereby ap
propriated out of any money In the treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
Sec 3. That ail persons born In the district
of countrv formerfv known as the Territory
of Oregon, and subject to the jurisdiction of
the United States in the same manner as if
born elsewhere in the United States
Sec. 4. That the appropriation for building
a pier at Lewes I cla ware, contained In sec-,
lions twelve ami thirteen of the act approved
Julv fifteen, eighteen hundred and seventy,
entitled "An act makins appropriations for
sundrv civil exnenses of the irovernment for
the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundrei j
anil seventy-one, ana ior oiner purposes oc,
and the same i hereby, continued until June
thirty, eighteen hundred ami seventy-three.
Skc. 5. That the Secretary of the Treasury
be, and be Is hereby, authorized and directed
to pay to the lawful owners or their legal
representatives, of all cotton seized after the
thirtieth dar of Juno, eighteen hundred and
sixty-five, by the agents of the government
unlaw fully and in vlo'ation of their instruc
tions I be net proceeds without interest, of
the sales of said cotton actually paid into t he
treasury of the United State : Provided.
That the receipt thereof sliall be taken ami
received in full satisfaction of all claims
against the United States for or on account of
the seizure of said cotton ; and a sufficient
am for such pay Men t is hereby appropria
ted out of any money in the treasury not oth
erwise appropriated : and provided further.
That the foregoing provisions shall not apply
to any claim now pending before the Court of
Claims nor toany claim not filed in the
Treasury Department within fix months af
ter the passage nf this act; and the sum of
twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropria
ted for the pavmcnt ofthe necessary expense
of defending the United States In respect to
claims for said proceeds to be expended nnder
the direction ofthe Secretary of the Treasury.
Approved, May 18, 1871.
GENERAL NATTRE -No. 71)
AS ACT rrgnlatlng the mode ol making pri
vate contracts with Indians
S '?
BP it rnatttd by the Senate and House
of Rtpretintatirei of the UnitrdStatei of
A ssmra in Conorest atMtmbltd.
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mttereaflcrnoooLtxaU or agreemeut
any kind shall be made bv any iicrson with
anv trine 01 Indians or individual lnuiaii or
Indians, not a citizen ofthe 1'nlted States for
I h. mvmiml of fl.llv.rir of nnv numrl' or
other tiling of value, in present or In prnspect-
ive, or lor the granting or procuring any priv
ileges to him or her, or any other ierson or
ltersons in comiocrulioii ol services ler sum
Indians relative to Ihelr lands or to any c'ainn
grooving out 01, or m 1 entrance to, aiii;nrus.
installments or other nioncv. claims de
mands, or thing, Ulster laws or tveaties vvuh
the t'niled States, or official acts of any officers
thereaf, or in any way counseled witli or dm:
from the United States, unless such contract
or agreemeut l in writing, and executed mid
unproved in the manner hereinafter tlirec:-
riia'.a. That all contracts or agreement', be
tween such parties mid for such purposes as
named In the first section of this act sliall be
in writing, a ilup'ieate or copy id' v hich slitill
lie dillvercd to each jwrty thereto, at herein
after provided. All such contrahts sliall be
executed bt loie a jndge of a court of record
mid approvel in writing thereon by the Secre
tary ol the Interior and commissioner of indl
nn Allalrs. Such contract or agreement shall
contain the names ef all parlies In interest,
their residence and occujiatloii : but tlio-e
made with a trilie by their tribal authorities,
the scope of authority and the reason for ex
ercising that authority shall lie given specilic.
ally. .Mich contracts or agreements sliall
state the time wliea and place where made,
the iinrtlcular purpose for which made, the
sKvial thing or tilings to lie done under it,
and, if for the collection of money, the basis
ol the claim, the source from which it is to be
collected, the disposition to te. made of it when
collected, the amount or rate ier centum of
Ihe fee in all cases ; and if any contingent mat
ter or condition constitutes a part ol the con
tract or agreement it shall be specifically sot
forth : Provided. That all such contracts sliall
have a fixed limited time to run, ami shall In;
Invalid unless so hiniie I: And provided. That
such contracts slmil not be assignable, in
whole or In imrt, unless the names of the as
signees and ihelr residences and occupations
lie entered in writing upon the contract, and
the consent of the Secretary of the interior
and Commissioner of Indian Affairs to such
assignment be also em lor sed thereon : And be
II further provided. That the judge before
whom such contract or agreement Isexecutcd
sliall certify officially Ihe time when
und place wliere such contrct or agreement
was exetited, and that it was in his presence,
and who are the interested parlies thereto, as
stated to him at the time, the parties present
making the same; the source and extent of
authority claim! at the lime by the coiurac:
ing 'writes to make the contract or aKreemcnt,
and whether made In person or by ageu( or by
attorney of either party or parties
Skc. 3. Thut no mouev shall be paid to any
agent or attorney by an officer of the United
Slates under such contract or agreement, oth
er than the lees due him for services reudei-ed
thereunder: but the moneys due the trtl,
Indian, or Indlnnsa I lie case may be, shall be
paid by the United States through its own of
ficers or agents to the party or parties enti
tled thereto: Provided, That no money or
tiling shall be paid to any person for services
under such contract or agreement, nnti I such
person shall hare first filed with I tie nimmis-
sinner of Indian Affairs a sworn statement.
showing each particular act or service under
tlie com mot, giving date aod tact la detatUand
the Secretary ofthe Interior and Coinmisston-
er of Indian Affairs shall determine therefrom
whether, In their judgement, such contract or
agreement lias been compiled with or fulttled :
it so, the same may be pftid, and if not, it shal I
be paid in proportion to the services rendered
under the contract ; Provided, 'I hat all such
contracts or agreements hereafter made In vio
lation nf the provisions or this act are heTeby
declared null and void, and all money or other
thing of value paid to any person by any In
dian or trilsf, or any one else tor or on his or
their behalf, on account of such services in
excess of the amount approvedby said Com
missioner and Secretary for such services may
be recovered by suit lu the name of the Uni
ted States in any court of the United States
regardless of the amount in controversy, one
ha:f of which shall le paid to the person suing
6 the same, and the oilier ha'f shall be paid
into the trcasiirv of the Untied States for Hie
use of the Indian or tribe by or for whom it
was paid; and the person so receiving said
money, aud his aiders and abettors shall, in
aiditlon to the forleiture of said sum, lie ul
jcet to prosecntlou for misdemeanor in any
court ot the United States ami, on conviction,
sliall be lined not less ihan one thousand dol
lars and imprisoned not less than six months;
aud it shall bethedutvof alldisirlct at tonic vs
i ot tlie United Stales to prosecute Mich cases
when anullcd to to do no. and tlieirfalliireand
reiTO 4ml! be grounds for their removal
from office; and anv Indian agant or other
ron In the employment of the Unltedstates
w ho sha I ', In violation id the provisions of this
, a' i, ist, rvtin.iioti, ,r ill aii nay am in i in;
; ,lu,(;ing ef such contra.' ts of agreements. In
making sneh payments as are bore prohibited,
rn.ui, in a'luition to ine punisuniem nerein
lm)Msed on Ihe person making said contract
or receiving said money? be, on convietiou.
dismissed from the service of the Unlte'l
States and be forever disqualified from hold
ing any office of profit or trust under ihe same.
Apprved, May 21, 1H72.
iiENEKAI, NATCI1K No. 7A
AN ACT making appropriations Tor the
consular and illplomailc servk-e of the gov
ernment for ihe year ending June thirtletlu
eighteen huntireii and seventy-three, ami
for other purjioses
lie it tnncttd by the Sr'tatn omi Home
nf UrpreHtntativci J the t'nitrd Statu of
America in C'jwjrvat attembletl.
That the following sums be, and the same
are hereby, appropriated for flic service of the
fi-uil year ending the thirtieth of June,
eighteen hundred and seventy-three, out of
any money In Ihe treasury mil otherwise ap
propi kued, for tlie objects hcreaflerexpressctl,
namely :
For the falaries of envoys extraordinary
and ministers plenipotentiary to Great Hrit
aln, France, Germany and Uussla, at seven
teen thousand Ave hundred dollars each, sev
enty thousand dollars
To Spain, Austria, Brazil, Mexico, Japan,
China and Italy at twelve thousand dollar
each, eighty-four Ihou&ind dollars.
To Chili and Peru, at ten thousand dollars
each, twenty thousand dollars
For ministers resident at Portugal, Switzer
land, Greece, Belgium, Netherlands Den
mark, Sweeden and Norway, Turkey, Ecua
dor, Columbia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guatemal,
Icamgua, cosia idea, Honduras aim Salva
dor, Ilawalien Islands and the Argentine Re-
Iiiiblie, at seven thousand five hundred dol
ars each, one hundred and forty-two thousand
five hundred dollars: Prorlilcd. That on
and after June thirty, eighteen hundred and
seventv-three, there shall be but one minister
resident accoedlted to Guatemala, Costa Rk-a,
Honduras Salvador and Nicargua, aud that
the President be authorized to select the
place of residence for the minister in any one
oi tnosesiaies.
For minister resident at Urugiia, also ac
credited to Paraguav, eleven thousand two
hundred rml any dollars
For salary of minister resident and consul
Senerel at Haytl, seven thousand five hundred
ollars
For minister resident and consul general at
Liberia, four thousand dollars.
For salaries of secretaries of legation at
London, Paris and Berlin, at two tiiousand
six hundred anil twenty-five dollars each,
seven thousand eight hundred and seventy -five
dollars
To enable Robert C. Scbenck. minister lo
Great Britain, to employ a paivate amanuen
sis according to joint resolution approved
January eleventh, eighteen hundred and
seventy-one, two thonsaud five hundred dol
lar. For sa1a.ues of secretaries of legation to
Austria, Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Russia and
Spain, at sne thousand eight hundred dollar
each, ted thousand eight hundred dollars
For salaries of assistant secretaries of Ihe
legation to France, Great Britain and Ger
many, at two thousand dollars each, six
thousand dollars
For salary of the secretary f legation
(acting also as intepreter) to China, five thou
sand dollars.
For salary of the luterpreterof the United
States legation and consulate general in Tur
kev, three thousand dollar ; and on and after
the passage of this act the duties of secretary
of legation shall be performed by the Inter
preter at Constantinople.
For alarv of Interpreter and secretary of
legation to Japan, two thousand five hundred
dollar each, five thousand dollars ; and the
office of secretaiy of legation to Japan is
hereby authorized and establ Ished.
nor compensation or enarge u anarie ati
, i Interim, and for compensation of diplomatic
"f 0fflcerg'or tie United ISwtes abroad forty
thousand dol'ars: Provided, That no com
I i ensalion or allowance shall lie made toany
! such officer after ihe termination of his offl
I cial functions other than for such times as
shall necess-irllv be occupied In his direct re
turn to the Uidted Mates, and tho proviso In
the clause in the act of March third, eighteen
hundred and seventy-one, entitled An act
maki'ig appropriation In supply deliciecies
for the .-i rvi.-o ol" the government f r the fi--,-al
year ending June llilrtic'.h. eighteen hun
dred and seventy, and June thir.ieth, -i:!:i-eeu
hundrei nnti seventy-one. and for isl.er
purposes" "For salaries of Unltiii suites
minister abroad," ami so forth, be, and ihe
same is hereby, repealed.
For cnniiMjiisation of agents appointed !
Ihe President to examine consular accounts,
a authorized by ihe second section of the act
approved July eleventh, eighteen bundled
and seventy, ten thousand dollars ; and fri in
and after the close of the llscnl year ending
Juno thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
Ihrge, sai l appropriation shall cense, and all
acts or parts of nets Inconsistent Hiticw U h Is-,
and the same are hereby, Tepea'ed.
For contingent expense f foreign Inter
course proper, and all of the missions abroad,
one hundreil thuinawul dollars. .
or salaries of consuls general, consuls,!
vice consuls, commercial gen's, mid thirteen
consular clerks, including loss or exchange.
Tour hundred anil
follows ;
Ixteen thousand dollarf, as
!
L CONSULATKS tiKNKIJAL.
SciiKm I.K B.--Alex,nlrla, Ca'culta. Con
stantinople' Fraiikfort-on-l he-Main, llavann,
Montreal, Shanghai, Kelrut, Tampleo. Lou
don, Palis.
II. COXSULATKH.
ScilKDl'tE II.- Aix-la-Chapelle, Aeapiileo.
Algiers Amsterdam, Antwerp, Aspinwall,
ltangkok, ISasle, Belfast, lluenes Ayres Bor
deaux, linemen, Hrliidisl, ItoiiloKiie. Barcelo
na. Cadiz. Callao. Canton. Chemnitz, Chln-
Kiang, CUflou, CoatlciHik, Cork, Denierara, '
DumC-e, Klsinore, Fort Krie, Foo-Choo, Fun- i J
clKit. fienevii, lienoa. tisintiiiar, i.uisgow,
Inslerk-h, Halifax, liambiirg, Havre, I loins
lulu, Uoug-Kong Hankow, Hakodadi, Jerusa-
lem, Kutuigawa, Kingston, iJamalc;!,) Kings- '
ton. iCanaila,) I.a liochelle, Laguayrs Leeds ;
Leghorn, Lelpsk1, Llsbbn, Llverpisil, Lyons .
Malaga, Malta, Manchester, Maniaiiz, ;
Marseille. Manriius Mclls-nrne. Mislna, ;
Miinieh, Mahe. Nagasaki. Nap es, Nassau,
;Wst Indies.) New Castle, Nice, Nantes
lidrssa, Otairtn, llsa.va, Palermo, I'aiuiiiia,
Pernamhuco, PU-tou, Port Malion, Port Sai l.
Prescolt, Prince Ktlward Islarel, yueliec. Itio
de Janeiro, Kotterdum, Sim Juan del Sur, San t
Jiuin, t Porto ltieo,) Stiint John's (Cana.la
Kst,l s ntiagoilM culia. Port Sarnia, Home,
Singapore. Suiyrna,Suthampton.Siiiiit I'eters
burg. Santa Crtu, (We-t iisbes.) (
Saint Thomas Spezzla, Stuitgardt, Swatow.
Saint Helena, Tangier, Toronto, Trieste,
Trinidad de Cuba, Trti'i, Tunis, Tunstall,
Tien-Tstu, Turk's Island, Valirals, Vera
Cruz, Nlenna, Valencia, Winilsor, (Canala
West,) .urlc.h, llirmingnam, wirmen nun
Winnipeg, (Sidklrk settlement, ItritUh North
America.) Amoy.
III. CONSULATES.
Sc'IiKnci.K C Anx Caves Italila. Ii'avia,
Ilav of Islaisls Caiie Hay ticu, Candia. t a pi
Tow n, Carlhagena, Cevlon, Cobija. Cyiirus,
Faiklaml, Islands Fayal, liusyaqoil, nay
inas, Maraiiham, Mataram-as Mexwo, Moiue
videth IMS, Pavtn, Pani, Paso ilcl Norte.
Piraeus Kin ;rantle. Sunt Ca'harlne. San
ti.igo, (Cjiiw Venie.) sietltn. Tabaleo. TahJ-t,
Talcahuunu, Tumls-z, 'enWie, Wlntlsor.
(Nova Scotta,) Zanzibar. Ami there may lsr
appointed a consul a' Wiislsor, Nova Scotia,
at an aiiuuai salary of one tltoosHiid dolkirs
IV. COMMKKOIAL AtiKNCIKS.
SiliKDfl.EC. Anvsir Hirer, Apti.tJilitsm,
Saint Paul de Loamki, Lam ha a svibluilla.
V. COMMEUCIAL AIJEXCIKS.
SCHEIU I.E 11 - Ma dagas-ar, San Juan del
None, Saint Domingo.
For Interpreter lo the consulates in China.
Jaiiati and Siam, Including loss by exchange,
tlie thousand seven hutidre I dollar-.
For marshals for the co isular courts in
Japan, including that of Nagasaki, ami to
ciiuia, Maui, ami iurse, incosuug ta-a u
exchange ihcreon, seven thousand sevcu
dred dollars.
For st.vloncrv. book cases anus of the ,
United Stales, seals, presses and Dags aul
pavment of rent, freight, posiagu and nils
lUttliineous cxiienses lii,:lndliig loss by ex
cliange thereon, sixty thousand dollars: l'ns
vldwl, That none or the btsiks puli'lslied ny
tlie government, and usually known bv the
name of "public documents" shall hereafter
be supplied to the legation and consulates of
the I nite l Stales except such as shall have
Is-en first designated by the Secretary of Sta'e
bv an order, to lie recorded in the State De
partment, as suitable for and required bv the
legation ami consulate to which it sliall be.
suiiplietU
For expenses of interpreters guards, an l
other ma ters at the consulates at Constanti
noplo, Smyrna, Candia, Alexantlria, Jerus;ilein
and Beirut, in the Turkish dominions, three
thousand dollars.
For rent of pnons for American convicts
In Siam and Turkey, ami for w astes of the
kcOers of ihe same, including loss by ex
cliango, four thousand dollars
For rent of prison fur American convk-.ts iu
China, one thousand live hundred dollars ,
For wages of keepers, care of offenders ami
cxisuiscs ten thousand dollars
For rent of prison for American convicts
in Japan, seven hundred and fifty dollars
For wages of keeiers care of offenders and
cxieiiscs five thousand dollars.
For expenses Incurred in bringing home
from foreign countries jicrsons charged with
crime, and expenses incident I hereto. Includ
ing loss by exchange, live thousand dollars.
For relief and protection of American sea
men in foreign countries eighty thousand dol
lars. For expenses whk-h mxy lie Incurred in ae
knoledging the services of masters and crews
of foreign vessels in rescuing Amencan citi
zens from shipwreck, five thousand dollars.
To meet the necesary exiwnses attendant
upon the execution of Ihe neutrality act, to 1
expended under the direction of the Presi
dent, In confonnltv with the third section of
the net of may first, eighteen hundrodaiid leu,
entitled "An act fixing .he em:ns-ulon of
ministers and consuls residing on the coast of
Barliarv. and for other purposes" twenty
thousand dol lars
To meet the payment of the ninth annul In
stalment of the priniortton contributed bv the
Unitee States toward the capital Izatjon of the
Scheldt dues slxtv-slx thou sain I Ave hundred
and eighty-tour dollars,
The coriiDcnsatlon of the chief clerk of the
Department of State shiill boat the rate of
two thousand five hundreil dollars per an-
nuin, beginning with the first day of July,
eighteen hiindre 1 and seventy-one.
Approveil, May 22, 1H72.
General nature No. 69.)
AN ACT to authorize the oonstmctlon
certain bridges across the Mississippi river, i Ihe provisions ol mis act snail oe auoweu ami
and to establish the same as post-roods. paid in tue same manner, and out of the same
. appropriation provided for in the act organ
ise it enacted by the Senate and Hon of izing the said commissioners of claims, being
Reprnentativf of the United Stile, of i an act entitled' An act making appropriation
. r si i , j i for the support of the armv for the year end,
America in tony ret a'sembled, ! lug June thirtleln, eighteen and seventv-two.
That It shall be lawful for the Western i and lor other purposes" approved March
Illiuols Bridge Comiany, corporation exiat- third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.
Ing under the laws of the State of Missouri, ; Sec. 6. That It shall be fheuty of the aid
to build a bridge across the Mississippi river commissioners of claims to receive, examine,
at the city of Qulncv, Illinois for the purpose i and consider the justice and validly of such
of crossing persons and property, such as are t claim as shall be brought before them of those
usually crossed on wagon-pridges : and also citizens who remained loyal adherant lo the
lo lav on and over said Bridge railway tracks i cause awl government of the United Stales
for the more perfect oounection or anv rail- i during the war, for stores or supplies taken or
roads tliat are or sliall lie constructed 'to the : furnished during Ihe rebellion lor the use of
said river at or opposite said point, and that, I the navy nf the United Stales, In the same
when constructed, all persons and property j manner and with tlte like e fleet as they arc
a aforesaid, and also ail train of all road I now required by law to do In the case of
terminating at said river, at or opposite said 1 stere or supplies taken or furnished fc r the
point, shall be allowed to cross sahl bridge! use of the armv.
for reasonable compensation, to be nude to Approved, May 11, 1KT2.
the owner of stud bridge, nnder the limlta- j
lion and condition hereinafter provided; and i
in case of an v lltlxatlon or al lozed obsimtion ;
to the free navigation of said river, the cause i
may be tried before the district court of the I
United States of any State In which any por
tiou of said obstnicf ion or bridge touches ; and 1
that all railway companies desiring to use the 1
said bridge sliall nave awl be entitled to equal
right and pnve leges in tlie passage of the :
same, and lu the use of the machinery and 1
fixtures thereof, and of all the approaclie
thereto, under and upon such term and con
ditiona a shall be prescribed by the Secreta
ry of War, upon hearing the al legal ions aud
proofs of lira parties In cade they shall not
agree.
sic. i. Thai said bridge may, at the option
of ihe eomdtiny building the same, be built
either as a pivot diaw-midge, or with r.n
b.eken or4 eontinmeis sjiaiis: Provide I, Thai
11 the said bridge .-liali bcniadew lilninbrokcii
er continuous sns. It shall not lie of less
elevation, in any cas ilmu fifty Ict-f alsivu
hll -water innrk", as undcrMood at the jioint
1 1 l'cailon, to ihr Imiiii ui chord I lite bri Ire .
i,i r shall tin: sjiaiis of iaid bridge Is: les Hi m
two hiitilned and Itlti feel In leiiglh,
n-id Ihe piersofsaid bridge hliall Ite jtiirailet
w ith the current of tlie riveo, and the m ini
s I an shall le over Ihe main channel ol the
nver. hiiiI nm less than three hundred feet in
length : And provided also. That it said bridge
shad be consi meted ns a isvtHdraw-brt'lge.the
Mime shall lie eonsirnc ed with the draw
over Hie main channel of Ihe liver at anaecet
llile point ami mivlgnble itohd. and w ith spans
of not less lhan one hoiHlred and sixty feet In
leng'h, in the clear, oil each side of the cen
nal or pivot pier of the draw ; ami the next
atliolui' siuins to the draw shall not lie less
ilmu I wo hundred and tiliy feet, if the proper
location of ihe draw over the channel will
adiiiil sans off his width Between II ami the
shore, and said spans shall not lie less than
liiiitv Ivet shove low-waler mark, and not less
1 tmnteii feet alsive extreme high water mark,
nieasurliiir lo the bottom chord ol the bridge.
and the piers or stld bridge shall nc parallel
wlih tne current of the river; And provided
also. That saitl draw shall lieoismed iirompt-
Iv. iiisin reasonbV slenal. for the fwssace of
Ifoais w hose const ruction sliall not lie such n
to admit of Ihelr imssage under Ihe permanent
sians of said bridge, ex.tejit when trains are
Hissing over t he same ; but In no case shall
unnecessary delav occur lu upcnlng the atd
draw during or after Ihe passage ol trains.
SKC, 3. That any bridge constructed under
this act, ami according in Its limitations, sliall
lie a law ml structure, and shall I' known
and recognized at a isist-foule, iism which,
also, no higher charge sliall be made for the
transmission over the same of thenmi , the
Ihr tnsins ami intuit: inns of war of tne United
Stnl4, tluin the rate per mile paid for their
raiisisiruuiiin over tlie raiinwis or piiiiuc
hlgawai lea ling to sai l bridge, and the
United S ate shall have the right of wav tor
I osl a I telegraph jiurpow across sild bridge.
skc. 4. Dial said company may execute a
mortgage iqion said brldgt, and issue lionds
Iiaialne, prirs inl and interest m gold or
liiled S'ales curreis-v.
Str. J. That the right to alter or amend
this nc: mi as to pi-evem or remove all ni.ceri
til obstruction to Ihe navigation of said river
by the constructkm of said bridge, is hereby
expressly reserved : and the said brstge sliail
be built under and sulseet to such regulations
for ihe security ofthe navigation or said river
a lb Secretary of War sliall presence ; and
tlie said bridge' shall Is', at all limes so kept
and managed a to offer reasonahl and propere
mean for ihe nngeof vesnds.
Skc. C. That the plan and spe-ifleal kms,
with the necessarv drawings of soi l bridge,
shall he suhmttteif to the Secretary of War,
for his apiroval, and until heapirovetheplan
and l's-.ttlon of sail bridge it shall not be
built or commenced ; and -hould any change
lie made in Hie plan of said bridge during ihe
progress of the work thereon, such change
shad Is iilvl to the approval of the Secreta
ry of War nd all changes In the construction
or any alteration of snld bridge. Unit may lw
directetl at any time by Congress, shall lie
made at the cost and exiene of the owners
thereof.
SEc. 7. Tli.it the Warsaw aud Alexander
BridgeComivnij-j their successors and assigns,
a eorioratlou existing under and by virtue of
the laws of the Mate of Missouri, be, and is
hereby, authorized lo const met and maintain
a britlge over Ihe Mis.sslpi river nt and be
tween the citv of Warsaw, In Hannock coun
iv, and State of Illinois and the city of Alex
andria, in ( lark county, and State of Missouri:
nisi the bridge authorized to Is-built by this
, section is hereby declared lo lie a isist-route,
' and sliall huvea'll ihe privileges and lie siilyoct
i lo all the terms restrictions, and requlnnents
contained In the foregoing sections ol this
a -t ; Provklwl, That the construction of the
, britlge mentioned In this section sliall Is- cmv
, incuced within eighteen monihaf,er ihe ;i -age
of this act.
Approved. May 17, 1.S7J.
(.KNKRAl. NATVRE-No IskI
AX Airr to authorize tlie eoinnilsoioners of
hmi-vuuis to apint Miwlal cominis-imiers to
ke testimony, ami lor other purioses.
e if eaiictrd Ltf the Semite ami t o
JirftreweHttttirrrm tJ' the I'tlilnl Stntet
A'tierirn in Vmvjrr umeitthtttl :
That the commissioners orclaims shall have
authority lo aps)int special commissioners to
lake test'timim, to be used lu eases iwudlng
Uiore iliein, who sliall nave authority to ad
minister oaths and affirmations, and to lake
Ihe depositions of witnesses: Provided, The
claliiK'iits sliu 1 my tlie lees of such special
commissioners for taking the dciositiniis of
witnesses called by Ihem ; but such fees shall
In no ea excels! len cents jier lollu if the
claim is tes than one thousand dollars.
sbc. 2. Tlial anv htsoii who sluid know
ingly ami wilfully swear falsely before the
said eoiniuissioiM'fs of claims or either of
tlnm, or before any siecial commissioner aji
poluiei by virtue of this act, in any nutter or
e'aiin pending before said cominissloucrsshall
Is-tlei-ined guillv of isrjury, and, oiiconvlo
tlon thurivil. shall lie p'liiislied in the same
manlier prescrilKl by law in ass of wilful
ami corrupt perjury.
Sec :(. Tliat the commlsshiner of claims
may apirilnt anil employ agents, but not more
than three at any lime, whose duly it shall be.
under the direct ion ami authority of said com
missioners lo investigate c aims pending
iK'lore them, to procure evidence. In secure
the attendance of witnesses on Isdialf of Ihe
government, and to examine the same, and
lo cross-examine Ihe witnesses produced by
claimants, and to perform such other duties
as in-iy be require! of them by said commis
sioners, who may discharge them at anv time.
The said agents sliall lu allowed ihelr actual
and noccsseav traveling excuses ; the expen
ses old out in Investigating claims, procuring
witnesses and taking testimony, andsix dol
lars er day while employed in the discharge
of their duties ; of all w-lilcli, at the end of each
mouth, thev shall make a statement in detail,
spec.il'ving the amounts by t hem paid out, lo
to w liiim paid, when ami v, here and for w liat
piirfHise, amd the number of ilays employed
in their duties, aue sliall transmit the same,
duly certified, to the commissioners
But no claim where the amount exceeds ten
thousand dollars sliall lie examined, decided,
and reported by the commissioners to Con
gress, except the testimony en behall of tlie
claimant If such case shall have been taken
orally before the commissioners or someone
of them personally, or shall have licen taken
' previous to t he third ilay of Marv h, eighteen
Hundred ami i seventy one, to pe ueu in me
Court of Claims or before some department of
tlie government.
Skc. 4. That the commissioners may emp'oy
three additional clerks at a salary ol onelhoii
saml two hundred dollars ts-r year ; and may
employ, at the usual rates, sivh assistance for
t he short-hand resreer as may be necessary,
from time to time, in reKirtliig, copying, and
prering for Congress the oral testimony
taken in cases before tlie said commissioners
of, Sec. 5. 1 hat all the expense iHiirrei under
GENERAL NATtRK-NO. t.)
AX ACT to establish Ihe pay of enlisted
men of the army.
Be it enacted by the Senate and oaf of
Reprefn'atieet of the United Slatem of Amtt
tea im CoHyree wntmkted.
That from and after the first day of Jnly,
eighteen hundred ami seventy-two, the
monthly- pay of the following enlisted men
of ihu army shall, during the first torm of en.
. listmcui, I a.- follows, with fur co:.ti;- iit ad-
! dll Ions lhrets hereinnfter provlr!l:
i Sergeaat malors of rtiralrv.nrillrrv.ar.il
lnf:m,r, tneut - hn e dol ars.
.ia'etm ister serirennts rf i-ava'rv. artll'
rry. and inl mtry, lwenly-lliree dollar.
Chief lri:iiiX'ttrs of e.naln, iii'ini-'si
dollars.
Principal mutielai's of artllli r nnti Intnnt-,
ry. iwt'iitr-tnn ,tol )lr--.
i l l er ei:rgtan ol c.ta r-, ! i n wo
do' ill s.
First serceints nf civa'rv. iir i'Nn, ami
Iplanirv, l w oi l y-: w o . I,.t l;, , -.'
Sergeants or cava rv, artillerv, anil lutiiu
ry, sevcntiitn dollars.
"Coi-isirals of cavalry and titrld artil'erv,
tllteeil dollars.
ttiiorals of ai-tillerv and iefaatrv, Cliieo
hi! lars.
Sa Id'ers of c.ivalr;,, tifteen tlnl ari.
It acksiaitbs and lan ii rs ol cavali " . Hflrrn
dollars. ' r
Truins-!ers of cavalry, thirteen dol'ars.
Musicians nf. in iilery and infant r , I hi in rn
dol ars.
Privates of cav.Vry, ar'Plerv. and Itifan'
ry, thirteen dollars.
Hospital slewar-i-, first e'ss-.thiiivtlollar-.
Ho pi al sU'Wanls.MstMid c'.a-s, twi :if,-tw.'
diill.irs.
IIts.)itt,-il stcwanls, Ihlr 1 c'ass, tweutv do'
lars. r linan.x' sergiwiil of i-1s thirl -f utr
dollars.
ssMtteaut nitijors of engineers Ihlrtv-six
dollars
yiuimrni.ister sergfatits of engineers,
thirty-six dollars.
SHtiirgents of euglueers mid onlli ance, thlr-ty-i'oiir
dollars
Corpora's of engineers and ordli.ance,
twenty dollars.
Musicians of engineers, thirteen dollars
Privates (llrsf class) of ehiuevrs ami onll-uais-e,
seventeen dollars.
Privates (sivond clasnr of engineers and or
dinance.' I hi rteen dol lars.
Su'. 2 That lo the rales of iav nlnve e-tabli-httil
nue dollar per month sluill 1st added
for the third year of enitsiineu. one dollar
mure -r monlh tor Ihe loiinh year, and one
dollar iwre per month for fifth year, uiaklng
in all three dollars' Incn-ase sr mouth tiir
the last year nf the first eiillsliuent of rach
eiillste'l man itauie, In i lie tlr.-t ne,"imi of this,
act. But ihls increase sliall lie eousiilered as
re!aiiied niy, and sliall not lie luiid in l tie 4il-dli-r
inilll hisilivhtirre from Ihe sorvk-e, and
shall Ine forfciu-d unless lie sliall have served
hotiestly and f.il tifuiiy lo the ilalc of dis
charge. And ail former laws concerning re
tained iwy f ir privates of the anuy are here
by reseiuiled.
Six'. 3. That all the enlisted men enumera
ted In tlie first section of this nci who have
re-cuHs:ed or who sliall hereafter re-enlist
under the provisions of the act of August
fourth, eighteen hundre i and tifti-lotir, shall
lie paid at tlie rales allowed In the second
section nf this act to llnve serving in Ihe fitili
vear of ihelr first enlistment : Provkled.
That one dollar per month shall Iwreislne-i
from the lav of the re-enlist ed men. of
whatever grade, named in the first section of
this act. during the w hole perim! of their re
enlistment, to be paid to the soldier on hi dis
charge, but to be forfeited unless he shall
have served honestly an I faithfully to the date
of discharge.
Skc. 4. That enlisted men, now in the ser
vice, shall receive Hie rates oi pay established
lu Ihls act according to the length of their
service, and nothing contained in Ihls act
sliall be construed as affecting the additional
monthly pay allowed for re enlistment
by the act ot Augint r'.irtb,vlgbtettnhuiidreili
a:id fifty-four.
Approved, May l!72.
General, n atciie Xo. 68.)
AN ACT to ( s'ahllsh a -ystem of detosits l
levent ileserlio", and e evnte the condition
ol tlie rank and file of the army.
He it ewtrte'l jf the Semite rtn't e -f
Kprf-i1l't1trt iJ th. I'hiXeJ St-itil f Amrr-
iro in f 'iM'irs n.t ,,
That any enlisted man of the army may de
psit his savings. In sums not lest, ilni' five
dollar, with any army isiymns'e:-, wim shall
furiti-h linn a tleisisi -l.kj In w hi. h -tall lie
catered the nam of the paym-lster an,i of tl e
ssiolier, and the ausHtut, date nisi place' of
siK-h deposit. The money mi dejsisited shal?
1? accounted for in Ihe same nun, tier as niher
public I'iumU, and shall )iass to the credit .f
tho appropriation for the pay of the aroiiv
and shall not Ik sulii'.t to lortettiire by si-ii-lence
of court-inani.tl, Isit shall lie foifeile-l
by ileser; ion, and sliall not be lici-muied lo
in' vu I mull final pa moot on dlsidiarge, or
to the heirs or representatives of a deceased
soldier, and that such deposit leexem from
liability for sneh soldier's debts: Provided.
That the government shall l liable lor the
amount deposited to tlie person so dessUin;
the si me.
Sec. 2. That for any sums of not loss than,
fily dollars so deposited for the period of six
months or longer, tlie soldier, on his final
discharge, shall beiaid Interest at the rate of
four per centum per annum.
SEC. S. That the money valueof all clothhig
overdrawn by tne soldier beyond his allow-a:i-e
shall be charged against him, every six
months, on the muster-roll of biscomiaiiy,ov
on his final statements if sooner discharged.
The amount due him for clothing, he having
drawn less than his allowance, sliall not lie
paid to him until his final discharge from tlie
service.
Skc. 4: That tlie system of deposits herehi
established shall be carried lntoexecution un-
tersuch regulations as maybe established
bv Ihe Secretary of War.
Skc 5. That the amount of deposit and
lothlng Uilances accumulated to the soldier's
credit under tlie provisions of sections one,
amiinreeoi nils act snail, when payame lo
tlie soldier upon Ills discharge, to lie pakl out
ofthe appropriations for " iay of Ihe army"
wr me men current nscal vear.
Sec. 0. Tnat all actsatid iirtsof aetsineon-
slstent with the provisions of this act are
hereby reiieak-t
Approveil, May 15, 1S72.
Gf.nf.kal natvhe No. 72.
,N ACT to fix the limes for holding United
States conns in the eighth circuit.
Be it enacted by the S-mite and Ihiun
of iieprenrnlalices of the United Sl-itei vf
America m tvngrru attenibled.
Thai the circuit court of Ihe United Stale
for the several iitriclscomirislng the etfrhth
iislielalcireuU sliall here Iter lie hekl as lul
ows; MtNsorRI. In the districts of Missouri.
commencing on the third Monday of March
and Ihe third Monthly of Se4erulirr in cacn
vear. -J
Arkansas -In the eastern district of Ar
kansas, commencing on the second Monrav
of April and the fourth Monday ol October In
each vear.
NfbkaskA.-In the dlsirie
111 riet of Nclrrasxa.
Mnndayin Mav and
commenelnc on Ihe first
I tie Decors! .Monday in .November In eacn
year.
low A.- In theditrk-tof Iowi, commencing
on Ihe secmd Mnntlay of May and the second
Monday of October In each year.
Kansas In 'the district of Kamas com
mencing on Ihe first Monday of June and the
fonnh Monday of Novenihefin each year.
MinnewiTA.- lu the district of Minnesota,
commencing on the third Monday in Juno
and the second Monday of 1 ecemlicr in each
year.
" Sec. 2. Thai Ibis act riiall take effect on Ihe
first day of July, eighteen hundreil and seven
two; ami all act prescribing other limes for
holding the trrms of said courts are, so far as
they conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. S. That no action, suit, proceeding, or
process In any of the saki courts shall abate
or be rendered invalid -by reason of this act,
but the same (hall. In tie several districts be
deemed lo be returnable to, pending and tria
ble lu. ihe terms aud circuit courts hereby es-
rtabitshed, next after the return day thereof.
Approveil, May 21, l7i.
General natcrk- No. 68.1
An actio regulate ihe salary of the consul at
Tien Tsin, China.
. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Rrpretenttititet of the United Siatet of
America m Vmgrett aettmbled,
That the salary of the United States consul
at Tien Tsin, Cliina, shall, from and after the
Eassage of this act, be thirty-five hundred doi
irs: and the law rrgulutliig the duties of sal
aried consul shall guvcrn aaVl consul.
Appro vol. May 17, U7J.