Appropriations, fc.-Continued. Object of appropriation. Brought forward... For furnishing power to the shops already built... And this sum and the appropriation for said bridge for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, shall be expended in accordance with the joint resolution in relation to the Rock Island bridge, approved July 20, 1868, and the contract between the United States and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company; and the Secretary of War shall, within six months from the passage of this act, notify said railroad company to remove, from said island and from the Mississippi River, all piers, abutments, embankments, erections, structures, or tracks connected in any way with the old bridge or tracks of said railroad company over or across said island or either branch of said river; and in case of refusal of said railroad company to comply with such notice for the period of six months, then it shall be the duty of the Attorney-General of the United States to commence, or cause to be commenced, such legal proceedings against said railroad company as may be necessary to protect and enforce the rights of the United States in that behalf: Provided, however, The Secretary of War may permit the north pier of the old bridge to remain, in accordance with the joint resolution of Congress approved March 3, 1873. For sewers, building new roads, care and preservation of water-power, painting and care and preservation of permanent buildings and bridges, building fences and grading grounds, and repairs and extension of the railroad... For new machinery and shop-fixtures for shops. For Springfield armory, Springfield. Massachusetts: For repairs and preservation of grounds, buildings, and machinery.. For Benicia arsenal, California: For one carpenter's shop For continuing the boring of artesian well, or, if artesian water is procured, for putting down permanent iron pipe and turbine-wheel to force water to reservoir For repairing roads and building sewers and drains.... For permanent repairs of post, machinery for shops, and for fences... For repairs of smaller arsenals, and to meet such unforeseen expenditures at arsenals as acci- To enable the Secretary of War to purchase Gatling guns for the Army and Navy. And the Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause an examination to be made into the Amount. $16, 644, 556 83 18, 500 00 13, 000 00 15, 000 00 10,000 00 20,000 00 35, 000 00 5, 665 00 3,000 00 4,000 00 50,000 00 50,000 00 75,000 00 Indefinite. SIGNAL-OFFICE. Observation and report of storms: For expenses of the observation and report of storms by Provided, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay the expenses of operating and keeping in repair the said telegraph-lines out of any money received for dispatches sent over said lines; any balance remaining after the payment of such expenses to be covered into the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt; the money received in any one fiscal year to be used only in payment for the expenses of that year. And a full report of the receipts and expenditures in connection with the said telegraph-lines shall be made quarterly to the Secretary of War through the Chief Signal Officer. And the Chief Signal Officer shall have the charge and control of said lines of telegraph in the construction, repair, and operation of the same. And so much of this appropriation as may be necessary, not to exceed $30,000 in all, shall be used in constructing a telegraph-line from Fort Marcy to Fort Bayard, in New Mexico, and from Fort Bayard to Camp Grant, in Arizona. Carried forward 415, 000 00 88,000 00 17,446, 721 83 Appropriations, &c.—Continued. Object of appropriation. Brought forward.. NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN LAKES. For continuation of the survey of northern and northwestern lakes..... Amount. $17,446, 721 83 150,000 00 MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS. For geographical surveys of the Territories west of the one hundredth meridian 40,000 00 To pay John M. Burns, contestee, expenses in contested-election case of Burns vs. Young, tenth district of Kentucky. To pay Andrew Sloan, contestant, expenses, case of Sloan vs. Rawls, first district of Georgia. To pay John J. Davis, contestee, expenses, case of Wilson vs. Davis, first district of West To pay Benjamin Wilson, contestant, expenses, case of Wilson vs. Davis, first district of To pay J. M. Hagans, contestee, expenses, case of Martin vs. Hagans, second district of West To pay M. L. Bell, contestant, expenses, case of Bell vs. Snyder, second district of Arkansas. To pay John D. Young, contestee, expenses, case of Burns vs. Young, tenth district of Ken- To pay L. C. Gause, contestant, expenses, case of Gause vs. Hodges, first district of Arkansas. That so much of section 38 of the Revised Statutes as requires the Clerk of the House of Representatives to omit from the pay-roll of Representatives and Delegates elect to Congress those holders of legal certificates whose election he may be notified will be contested, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. For collection and payment of bounty, prize-money, and other claims of colored soldiers and sailors; salaries of agents and clerks; rent of office; fuel, lights, stationery, and similar necessaries; office furniture and repairs; transportation of officers and agents, telegraphing and postage For the payment of bounties to sailors and marines under existing laws, $50,000, or so much For continuing the publication of the official records of the war of the rebellion, both of the To indemnify the States for expenses incurred by them in enrolling, equipping, and transport- To enable the Secretary of War to pay the claims of the Dakota volunteer forces, as examined and reported upon by Inspector-General James A. Hardie, United States Army, under the special act of Congress for that purpose, approved February 20, 1874, the sum of $33,980.304 be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, however, That the proper accounting offi cers of the Treasury shall further examine, pass upon, and approve said claims in the same manner as was provided for the adjustment of the Montana war-claims under the act of March 3, 1873 To alter three stone buildings, to fit them for the purpose of a military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and to build a suitable wall around the building.. Provided, That the amount herein appropriated shall be so expended as to complete the work. That there is hereby re-appropriated, for the payment of volunteers of Washington and Oregon Territories, who were engaged in the suppression of Indian hostilities therein in the years 1855 and 1836, and for the payment of claims for services, supplies, and transporta Carried forward 20,000 00 2,164 65 2,922 10 981 85 1,760 50 1,015 91 900 00 3,000 00 3,000 00 3,000 00 1,582 00 3,000 00 3, 000 00 773 17 75, 000 00 50,000 00 50,000 00 40, 000 00 600 00 8,000 00 250,000 00 33,980 30 100,000 00 18,291, 402 31 Appropriations, &c.-Continued. Object of appropriation. Amount. Brought forward.... tion incurred in the maintenance of said volunteers, and for horses, and other property lost or destroyed in said service, as provided for by the act of Congress approved March 2, 1861, entitled "An act to provide for the payment of expenses incurred by the Territories of Oregon and Washington in the suppression of Indian hostilities therein in 1855 and 1856," the sum of For completing south wing of the State, War, and Navy Departments, under the direction of To enable the Secretary of War to pay George W. Seibert for grading streets and sidewalks Provided, That, before the payment of the money hereby appropriated, good titles shall be made to the United States for such land as contemplated by said act and said report; and no more than the amount appropriated shall be paid for such sites. And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to accept for the United States, and free of expense to the same, a conveyance of the site of Fort McIntosh. And the Congressional Printer is hereby authorized to print and bind 5,000 additional copies of the Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion; 1,000 of which shall be for the use of the Senate, 3,000 for the use of the House of Representatives, and 1,000 for distribution by the Surgeon-General of the Army; and the Surgeon-General is hereby authorized to continue on duty in his office the acting assistant surgeons now employed on said history until the end of the next fiscal year. For the construction of a pedestal for an equestrian statue, to be furnished by the association hereinafter named, of Major-General James B. McPherson, who was killed at the battle of Atlanta Provided, That the design of said pedestal shall be approved by the Secretary of War, the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, and the corresponding secretary of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, or a majority of them: And provided also, That it shall be erected in Scott Square in the city of Washington, on or near its center, the ground of which shall be adapted to such erection by the discontinuance of the carriage-way connecting Vermont avenue now running through said square, and said square shall be hereafter known as McPherson Square. To enable the Secretary of War to acquire a full and perfect title to the "Brady collection BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IN AND AROUND WASHINGTON. For subdraining and repairing and regraveling the walks and roads of the Smithsonian For ordinary care of, and extension to, green-houses, and propagating garden. For ordinary care of Lafayette Square.. For removal of fences on the eastern and western sides of the Agricultural grounds during the present fiscal year. For annual repair of fences For manure, and hire of horses and carts. $18, 291, 402 31 25, 000 00 750, 000 00 658 00 1,014 99 6,644 80 45, 000 00 25, 000 00 25, 000 00 10, 000 00 10, 000 00 10, 000 00 8,000 00 3, 000 00 2, 000 00 100 00 2, 000 00 8, 000 00 4,000 00 1,000 00 1,000 00 5, 000 00 1,000 00 For flowers, pots, twine, wire, and for Italian lycopodium For purchase of young trees and plants for nursery, and care of same.. For removing ailanthus-trees from the public grounds condemned by the board of health For completing the improvement of reservation numbered three, (Monument Grounds,) as For cutting down embankment on the nursery.. For taking up and relaying curb and flag south of the Executive Mansion... Carried forward 1, 000 00 2, 000 00 100 00 500 00 1, 000 00 500 00 1,000 00 20,000 00 1,500 00 1,250 00 19, 263, 670 10 Appropriations, &c.-Continued. Object of appropriation. Amount. Brought forward.. For repairing fountain south of the Executive Mansion, and for coping and center piece for same For fountains and watchman's lodge in Judiciary Square For the Executive Mansion, as follows: For repairs, $10,000 for refurnishing, $10,000; for For lighting the Capitol and the Executive Mansion, namely: For gas, $35,000; for pay of lamp-lighters, gas-fitters, plumbers, plumbing, lamps, lamp-posts, matches, material for the electrical battery, and repairs of all kinds, $15,000.. For new chandeliers for the corridors and passages of the House of Representatives, to corre- For fuel for watchmen's lodges and for the green-house at the propagating-garden.. ments... For annual repairs of bridges, such amount is hereby appropriated as may be turned into the Treasury from the sale of the old Anacostia bridge, on the completion of the new bridge. Washington Aqueduct: For engineering, maintenance, and general repairs, $15,000; for building an iron truss-roof and for furnishing and setting galvanized-iron cornice on the gate-house at Great Falls, $3,000.. Provided, That the lands belonging to the United States and lying around the receivingreservoir shall hereafter be controlled in connection with the Washington Aqueduct, and shall be under the charge and control of the officer in charge of said aqueduct: And provided further, That the chief engineer is hereby directed to notify the Washington and Georgetown Railway Company to remove their railway track from the Washington Aque duct bridge over Rock Creek, within one year from the date of said notice; and said company shall make such removal within the year aforesaid, and have the right to lay their tracks along 26th street from Pennsylvania avenue to M street north, and thence along M street into Georgetown, to connect with their tracks on Bridge street; and said chief engineer may establish and publish regulations prohibiting the passage of heavily-loaded wagons and carriages over said bridge. For removing embankment and opening an alley along the west end of the building corner of 17th and F streets.. $19, 263, 670 10 3, 000 00 5, 000 00 2,400 00 15, 000 00 30, 000 00 50,000 00 5,000 00 1,000 00 10,000 00 18,000 900 00 NAVY-YARDS AND STATIONS. For the naval station at New London: For labor, materials, and erections.. For the navy-yard at Pensacola, Florida: For continuing the rebuilding of the repairing- For the navy-yard at Mare Island, California: For continuation of begun work Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Chief Engineer of the Army, and the chairman of the board of revision of taxes of the city and county of Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania, are hereby created a commission for the purpose of making sale and conveyance of all the lands, docks, wharves, real property and appurtenances, rights, interests, and privileges of the United States included within the limits of, and known as the navy-yard in the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania; that for the purpose aforesaid, they shall, if they think best for the public interest, have the said property divided into lots or plots, and laid out into blocks and streets, conforming, as far as the interests of the Government will permit, to the blocks and streats of the said city in the vicinity of the said navy-yard; and they shall have the said property fairly appraised in such lots or portions as they think best, and shall have power to sell the same, or any portion thereof, at pubiic auction, after thirty days' notice in three daily papers of the largest circulation in the city of Philadelphia, at not less than the appraised value, to be paid for in cash within thirty days after making such sale, and, upon the receipt of such payment, to make good conveyance and title for the property sold and paid for to the purchasers or their assigns; that the money so received, less the neces sary expenses of this commission, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, and an amount equal to the sum so paid in is hereby appropriated to be expended by the Navy Department in removing the movable property of the Philadelphia navy-yard to League Island, and in building the necessary docks, wharves, shops, and buildings at League Island, and preparing the same for carrying on the business and work of a navy-yard at that place: Provided, That not more than one-third of the appraised value of the said property hereby authorized to be sold shall be expended within the next fiscal year: And provided also, That the said commission shall make a definite and specific report of all their doings under this authority to Congress at its next regular session, and at each regular session thereafter while said sale shall remain uncompleted For repairs at the different navy-yards and stations, and preservation of the same. For clothing for the Navy. To increase and improve the quarters at the United States Naval Academy.... Carried forward 40, 000 00 150,000.00 200, 000 00 200, 000 00 Indefinite. 500, 000 00 150,000 00 10,000 00 20,653,970 10 Improvement of grounds, Department of Agriculture: For labor, $6,000; manure and trees for arboretum, $1,500; for repairing concrete roads and walks, $500; for tools, wagons, lawn mowers, carts, and general repairs of the same, $600; for planting and completing improvement of new grounds, $1,000; for two flights of stone steps in front of the conservatory, $680; for two small fountains, $360; for purchasing and laying pipes, $1,350; in all.. UNDER THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Amount. $20, 653, 970 10 11,990 CO PUBLIC BUILDINGS. For completion of building, approaches and grading for custom-house, Charleston, South For continuation of building for custom-house and post-office, Atlanta, Georgia, the sum of.. For continuation of building for custom-house and post-office, Fall River, Massachusetts, For completion of building for United States post-office and court-house, New York, including For continuation of building for court-house and post-office, Hartford, Connecticut For continuation of building for custom-house and post-office at Grand Rapids, Michigan. For out-buildings, sewerage, fencing, and grading building for marine hospital, San Fran. 151,833 91 50, 000 00 100, 000 00 750,000 00 600, 000 00 25, 000 00 50, 000 00 40,000 00 12, 000 00 388,160 08 100, 000 00 18, 000 00 750,000 00 25, 000 00 50, 000 00 20, 000 00 100,000 00 100, 000 00 50,000 00 700, 000 00 25,000 00 For repairs and preservation of all the public buildings under the control of the Treasury To cover the expenses incurred by reason of the fire at the Navy Department on the 25th day of January, 1875, $12,000, to be immediately available 15,900 00 12,000 00 And hereafter no money shall be paid nor contracts made for payment for any site for a public building in excess of the amount specifically appropriated therefor; and no money shall be expended upon any public building on which work has not yet been actually begun until after drawings and specifications, together with detailed estimates of the cost thereof, shall have been made by the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, and said plans and estimates shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of the Interior, and the Postmaster-General; and all appropriations made for the construction of such building shall be expended within the limitations of the act authorizing the same or limiting the cost thereof; and no change of said plan involving an increase of expense exceeding ten per centum of the amount to which said building was limited shall be allowed or paid by any officer of the Government without the special authority of Con gress. For furniture and repairs of the same, and for carpets for public buildings under the control For fuel, light, and water, and miscellaneous items required by the janitors and firemen in For vaults, safes, and locks for public buildings under the control of the Treasury Depart ment For photographing, engraving, and printing plans of public buildings under the control of the For pay of custodians and janitors of public buildings under control of the Treasury Depart ment For the purpose of making plans and specifications for a public building at Auburn, New SEC. 2. That on and after July 1, 1875, the organization of the Treasury Department, and the several offices thereof, and the annual salaries paid to the persons therein, shall be as fol. lows, to wit: In the office of the Secretary of the Treasury: The Secretary, $8,000; two assistant secretaries, at $4,500 each; chief clerk, $3,000; one chief of division of warrants, estimates, and appropriations, $3,000; seven chiefs of division, at $2,800 each; eight assistant chiefs of division, at $2,400 each; two disbursing clerks, at 250,000 00 150,000 00 300, 000 00 200, 000 00 75,000 00 5, 000 00 100, 000 00 4,000 00 Carried forward.. 25,882,851 09 |