Appropriations, Sc.-Continued. Object of appropriation. Amount. Brought forward Department, $300,000; for the War Department, $120,000; for the Navy Department, $65,000; for the Interior Department, $225,000; for the Agricultural Department, $15,000; for the Department of Justice and the Attorney-General's Office, $10,000; for the Supreme Court of the United States, $25,000; for the supreme court of the District of Columbia, $5,000; for the Post-Office Department, $175,000; and for both Houses of Congress, $648,507.56. For lithographing, mapping, and engraving for both Houses of Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Court of Claims. For printing at the Government Printing-Office, twenty thousand copies of the report of the Commissioner of Education for the use of the Commissioner, $10,000; ten thousand of said copies to be for the use of the House, five thousand for the use of the Senate, and five thousand for the use of the Commissioner of Education.... TREASURY DEPARTMENT. FOR LIFE-SAVING AND LIFE-BOAT STATIONS. For salaries of two superintendents of the life-saving stations on the coasts of Long Island For one hundred and fifty keepers of stations, at $200 each.. For pay of crews of experienced surf-men at such stations and for such periods as the Secre For fuel for one hundred and fifty-five stations and houses of refuge; repairs and outfits for the same; supplies and provisions for houses of refuge and for shipwrecked persons succored at stations; traveling-expenses of officers under orders from the Treasury Department, and contingent expenses, including freight, storage, repairs to apparatus, medals, stationery, advertising, and miscellaneous expenses that cannot be included under any other head of life-saving stations on the coasts of the United States... And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, whenever he shall deem it advisable, to acquire, by donation or purchase in behalf of the United States, the right to use and occupy sites for life-saving or life-boat stations, houses of refuge and sites for pierhead beacons the establishment of which has been, or shall hereafter be, authorized by Congress. REVENUE-CUTTER SERVICE. For the pay of thirty-four captains, one hundred and one lieutenants, and sixty-three engi neers, and for pay of pilots employed. For rations of thirty-four captains, one hundred and one lieutenants, sixty-three engineers, and for rations of pilots employed. For pay of eight hundred and sixty petty officers, seamen, cooks, stewards, boys, coalpassers, and firemen For rations for eight hundred and sixty petty officers, seamen, cooks, stewards, boys, coalpassers, and firemen, three hundred and thirteen thousand and nine hundred rations, including the liquor-equivalent For fuel for thirty-eight vessels, repairs and outfits for same, ship-chandlery and engineers' stores for same, traveling-expenses of officers traveling on duty under orders from the Treasury Department, commutation of quarters, and contingent expenses, including wharfage, towage, dockage, freight, advertising, surveys, and miscellaneous expenses which cannot be included under special heads $1,625, 507 66 30, 000 00 10,000 CO 11, 500 00 10, 000 00 30,000 00 2,400 00 157, 680 00 30, 000 00 361, 300 00 25, 583 40 283,000 00 98,000 00 260, 000 00 NATIONAL CURRENCY. Provided, That the national-bank notes shall be printed under the direction of the Secre tary of the Treasury, and upon the distinctive or special paper which has been, or may hereafter be adopted by him for printing United States notes. For expenses of operating macerating-machine For paper, engraving, printing, express charges, and other expenses of making and issuing the national currency, to be disbursed under the Secretary of the Treasury 200, 000 00 For transportation of notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, finished and unfinished.. 3, 000 00 50,000 00 NATIONAL LOAN. For paper for notes, bonds, and other securities, including mill expenses, boxing, and transportation For labor, (by the day or piece or contract,) including labor of workman skilled in engraving, transferring, plate-printing, and other specialties necessary for carrying on the work of engraving and printing notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, the pay 250,000 00 Carried forward 3,427,971 06 Appropriations, Sc.-Continued. Object of appropriation. Amount. Brought forward for such labor to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury at rates not exceeding the For materials other than paper required in the work of engraving and printing.. Provided, That the above-named notes, currency, and other securities of the United States be executed with not less than three plate-printings: And provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall have executed one or two of such printings by such responsible and capable and experienced bank-note companies or bank-note engravers as may contract for the same at the lowest cost to the Government, and at prices not greater than those heretofore paid for the same class of work; no company or establishment executing more than one printing upon the same note or obligation, and the final printing and finishing to be executed in the Treasury Department. JUDICIARY. For defraying the expenses of the Supreme Court and circuit and district courts of the United Provided, That the compensation of the counsellor of the United States provided for by section five of the act of Congress creating a Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims, approved June 23, 1874, shall not exceed $8,000 per annum. For expenses to be incurred in the prosecution and collection of claims due the United States, to be disbursed under the direction of the Attorney-General.. For defraying the expenses of defending claims under the convention with Mexico of the 4th For this sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of For repairs and preservation of the court-house building in the city of Washington, and for tiling the basement-floors of the same Provided, That hereafter the building shall be under the supervision and control of the Attorney-General. MISCELLANEOUS. For the continuation of the geological and geographical survey of the Territories of the United States, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876: by the first division, under F. V. Hayden, in Colorado and such adja. cent portions of Utah and New Mexico as were not explored the preceding year, $75,000; and by the second division, under J. W. Powell, in Utah, $25,000; in all, $100,000, to be immediately available... For the preparation and publication of the maps, charts, geological sections, and other engravings necessary to illustrate the reports of the United States geological and geographical survey of the Territories: by the first division, $20,000; and by the second division, $20,000; in all, $40,000, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.. For collection of mining and mineral statistics, under charge of Prof. Rossiter W. Raymond, the amount to be immediately available, to be expended, and to be for the completion of the work For three thousand six hundred copies, including paper, of the map of the United States, prepared in the General Land-Office For completion of the jail in the District of Columbia, in accordance with the plans and speci. fications therefor.... For fencing and inclosures around said jail For heating-apparatus, $29,900, after advertisement, to the lowest responsible bidder: Pro- To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase a suitable safe for the use of the disburs That the additional compensation authorized by section 4744 of the Revised Statutes, to be paid to clerks detailed to investigate suspected attempts of fraud upon the Government through and by virtue of the pension-laws, shall be the actual and necessary expenses of transportation, and a per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence, not exceeding $4 per diem. Carried forward $3,437, 971 06 1, 125, 000 CO 200,000 00 50,000 00 3, 000, 000 00 8,000 00 50,000 00 5, 000 00 5, 000 00 8,000 00 25, 000 00 1,200 00 3,000 00 100, 000 00 40, 000 00 15,000 00 6, 000 00 140, 057 93 9,900 00 29,900 00 5, 691 00 2, 000 00 5,274 75 8,271,994 74 Appropriations, &c.—Continued. Object of appropriation. Amount. Brought forward For continuing the inquiry into the causes of the decrease of food-fishes of the coast, of the rivers, and of the lakes of the United States. For the introduction of shad into the waters of the Pacific States, the Gulf States, and of the For preparation of illustrations for the report of the United States Commissioner of Fish and For engraving and printing certificates of Centennial stock for the International Exhibition Provided, That this appropriation shall not be construed as in any manner committing the Government of the United States to any other payment whatever to meet the expenses of said exhibition. To enable the Clerk of the House of Representatives to pay the fourteen crippled and dis- To enable the Clerk of the House to have prepared for the Public Printer copies of all the For the purchase of a noiseless steam-pump for the heating and ventilating department of the For salaries and traveling-expenses of agents at seal-fisheries in Alaska: one agent, at $3,650 To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to adjust the account of the expenditure for "dies, paper, and stamps for the Internal Revenue Department," for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, a transfer on the books of the Treasury of such sum as may be necessary is hereby authorized: Provided, That the same shall not involve any actual expenditure of money from the Treasury. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to collect, procure, preserve, and arrange for use all vouchers, papers, records, and evidence, and to take and examine testimony as to claims against the United States, to be paid only upon the certificate of the Commissioners of Claims, the unexpended balance of the sum of $20,000 of the re-appropriation made by act of June 23, 1874, is hereby continued and rendered available for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to have the rebel archives and records of captured annum To defray the expenses of conducting the sanitary service of the District of Columbia.. Provided, That the commissioners of the District shall pay concurrently for such service to the board of health a like amount out of the treasury of the District of Columbia, which they are hereby authorized and required to do. For the payment of the salaries of the inspector of gas and meters, and assistant inspector, for the District of Columbia. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to repay Jacob Parmerter, of Plattsburgh, New York, the amount paid by him in satisfaction of a judgment rendered against him for an official act as collector of customs for the district of Champlain Carried forward... $8, 271, 994 74 5, 000 00 47,500 00 1,000 00 30,750 00 12,549 60 Indefinite. 1,000 00 1,500 00 1,000 00 60,000 00 13,350 00 125,000 00 200,000 00 6, 000 00 5,000 00 1,060, 000 00 185,000 00 26, 117 50 3,000 00 684 10 10,056, 445 94 To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay Charles Morgan for general average on the To pay Thomas J. Durant for preparing a revision of the laws in relation to the District of To enable the Joint Committee on the Library to purchase such works of art for ornament- And no work of art not the property of the United States shall be exhibited in the Cap- To enable the Postmaster-General to pay for not exceeding 30,000 copies quarterly of the That section 8 of the act approved June 23, 1874, "making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the year ending June 30, 1875, and for other purposes," be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows: Insert the word "ounce" in lieu of the words two ounces." That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized to rent, furnish, and keep suitable buildings, with grounds appurtenant, at Peking, for the use of the legation in China, at an annual cost not exceeding $5,000; that the period of such lease shall be for two or more years, and with renewals, as the Secretary of State shall determine; and that the sum of $5,000 is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropri ated, therefor. To pay the clerk to the Committee on Private Land Claims of the Senate.. That hereafter the salary of the supervising surgeon-general of the United States marine hospital service shall be paid out of the marine hospital fund, at the rate of $1,000 per year; and the supervising surgeon-general shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. COAST SURVEY. For every purpose and object necessary for and incident to the continuation of the survey of For repairs and maintenance of the complement of vessels used in the Coast Survey. For general expenses of the Coast Survey, in reference to the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific For rent of office in San Francisco, Cal ................. For the transportation of instruments, maps, and charts; the purchase of new instruments, Carried forward Amount. $10, 056, 445 94 3,000 00 3,300 00 15, 000 00 1,666 66 106,000 00 20,000 00 5,000 00 2,220 00 360, 000 00 231, 000 00 50,000 00 41,000 00 8,000 00 10, 000 00 5,000 00 2,000 00 2,000 00 8,000 00 16,000 00 10,945, 632 60 Appropriations, Sc.-Continued. Object of appropriation. Amount. Brought forward Piedras Blancas light-station, California: For completing station and establishing fog-signal at Piedras Blancas, California.. $13,881, 632 60 15, 000 00 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. PUBLIC LANDS. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Dakota Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses For rent of office of surveyor-general of Louisiana, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses. For rent of office of surveyor general of Florida, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses For rent of office of surveyor-general of Minnesota, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses.. 1,000 00 1,500 00 2,200 00 For rent of office of surveyor-general of Kansas, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses.. 2,400 00 For rent of office of surveyor-general of Colorado Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses 2,000 00 For rent of office of surveyor-general of California, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses. For rent of office of surveyor-general of New Mexico Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses.. 3,000 00 2,500 00 For rent of office of surveyor-general of Nevada, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses For rent of office of surveyor-general of Idaho Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses... 7,000 00 2,500 00 4,000 00 For rent of office of surveyor-general of Washington Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses.. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Oregon, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses.. 2,000 00 For rent of office of surveyor-general of Utah Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses For rent of office of surveyor-general of Montana Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Nebraska and Iowa, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses.. 2,000 00 3,000 00 2,500 00 For rent of office of surveyor-general of Wyoming Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses... 2,000 00 For rent of office of surveyor-general of Arizona Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause a careful examination to be made for the purpose of ascertaining whether any person, firm, or corporation is now occupying any larger portion of the lands known as Rancho Panoche Grande than is authorized and allowed by the laws relating to mining lands; and that he make full and detailed report of such examination to Congress at the beginning of the next session; and to enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry into effect this provision, the sum of $5,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated.. SURVEYING THE PUBLIC LANDS. For surveying the public lands in Louisiana, at rates not exceeding $12 per linear mile for township and $10 for section lines, $15,000. And it is hereby provided that, out of the appropriation for surveying the public lands in Louisiana for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, the sum of $4,200 may be expended in paying for clerical service in the office of the surveyor-general... For surveying the public lands in Florida, at rates not exceeding $12 per linear mile for standard lines, $12 for township, and $10 for section lines, and for closing up the expenses of the office so far as relates to the surveying of the public lands.. For surveying the public lands in Minnesota, at rates not exceeding $15 per linear mile for standard lines, $12 for township, and $10 for section lines For surveying the public lands in Dakota Territory, at rates not exceeding $12 per linear For surveying the public lands in Montana Territory, at rates not exceeding $15 per linear For surveying the public lands in Colorado Territory, at rates not exceeding $15 per linear For surveying the public lands in Idaho Territory, at rates not exceeding $15 per linear mile for standard lines, $12 for township, and $10 for section lines, and for heavily-timbered lands, at augmented rates, not exceeding $18 per linear mile for standard, $16 for township, and $14 for section lines... For surveying the public lands in New Mexico Territory, at rates not exceeding $15 per linear mile for standard lines, $12 for township, and $10 for section lines For surveying the public lands in Arizona Territory, at rates not exceeding $15 per linear mile for standard lines, $12 for township, and $10 for section lines Carried forward 2,500 00 2,500 00 5,000 00 15,000 00 10, 000 00 30,000 00 50,000 00 40, 000 00 75,000 00 60, 000 00 30, 000 00 40,000 00 20,000 00 14,316, 232 60 |