Appropriations, &c.-Continued. Object of appropriation. Amount. Brought forward. Surveying public lands: For surveying the public lands in the following States and Terri tories, to wit: New Mexico, $684.41; Oregon, $1,305.27; Washington, $215.42; Dakota, $139.63; Montana, $332.65; Utah, $147.70; Nevada, $146.22; in all $2,971.30, for the fiscal year 1875 and for prior years, as more fully set forth in the estimate of deficiencies, being House Executive Document No. 69, 43d Congress, 2d session.. For rent of offices for surveyors-general in Washington Territory, California, and Oregon, $708.69, for the fiscal year, as more fully set forth in the above-named executive docu ment Indian Office: For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary to make up defi- For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to enable the Secretary of the For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary to re-imburse appropriations for the For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the costs adjudged against the eastern band of the Cherokee Indians in the suits at law and in equity between them and William H. Thomas and others, lately determined in the circuit court of the United States for the western district of North Carolina, and including compensation to special counsel, and for other purposes, in pursuance of the act of Congress of July 15, 1870, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General For this amount, to enable the President of the United States to carry out the provisions of of the third article of the treaty with the Kickapoo Indians of June 28, 1862, to be paid, under such rules as the Secretary ofthe Interior may prescribe, to seven Kickapoo Indians, who have become citizens of the United States, the same being their proportion of the sum of $100,000 provided for said tribe for educational and other beneficial purposes per treaty of May 18, 1854... And the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to sell for their benefit United States stocks amounting to $3,249.32, being the proportion of said persons of $137,400, held in trust for the Kickapoo tribe of Indians; the proceed thereof to be paid to the seven per. sons who have elected to become citizens of the United States as above. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized, with the consent of the citizen class of Pottawatomie Indians, to sell not exceeding $20,000 worth of their bonds now held in trust by him, and to apply the proceeds of such sale in the purchase of subsistence, seeds, and agricultural implements, and for other beneficial objects, for said Pottawatomies. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized, with the consent of the legislative council of Choctaw Indians, to sell not exceeding $200,000 of the bonds now held in trust by him, and to pay over to the accredited agent of said Choctaw Indians, to be designated by the legislative council of said nation, arising from the proceeds of the sale of said lands. For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay deficiencies for ex- For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the balance found due For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the subsistence and support of For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to meet certain liabilities incurred during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, in providing subsistence supplies for the Navajo Indians in New Mexico... For subsistence of Apaches of Arizona For this amount, to be applied in the payment of liabilities contracted on account of the serv. ice at the Malheur agency, Oregon, during the third and fourth quarters, 1873, as per statement of S. B. Parrish, late commissioner in charge, on file in the Indian Office, being a deficiency for the fiscal year 1874.. SEC. 2. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, in addition to amounts appropriated by the act approved June 23, 1874, for service of the PostOffice Department, out of any money in the Treasury arising from the revenues of said Department. $1,897,919 19 $2,971 30 708 69 75, 000 00 14, 681 39 40,000 00 25,795 13 15, 000 00 2,364 86 15,975 83 1,439 36 120, 000 00 17,364 71 120, 000 00 16,000 00 Carried forward 2,365, 220 46 Appropriations, &c.-Continued. Object of appropriation. Brought forward..... For compensation to postmasters............................... Provided, That if the revenues of the Post Office Department together with the amount appropriated by the above-mentioned act as a deficiency shall be insufficient to meet the appropriations of this act, then the sum of $450,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, as an additional deficiency in the revenues of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875. To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for advertising for service of the Post Office De- To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for contingent expenses for the fiscal year ending To enable the Postmaster-General to adjust and pay the compensation for the transportation of mails on railroad routes, according to the provisions of "An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the year ending June 30, 1874," approved March 3, 1873, he is hereby authorized and empowered to use for this purpose so much as may be necessary of the unexpended balance of the amount appropriated for deficiencies in the revenues of the postal service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873. SECTION 3. That to enable the Postmaster-General to carry out, so far as certain fourthclass offices are concerned, that provision of section 84 of the act approved June 8, 1872, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate, and amend the statutes relating to the Post-Office Department" which provides for the retroactive adjustment of the salaries of postmasters when there is an extraordinary increase in the revenues, he is hereby authorized and em. powered to use for this purpose the sum of $300,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of the unexpended balances of the amounts appropriated for the deficiencies in the revenues of the postal service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. SECTION 4. That the following balances of appropriations carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of the fifth section of the act approved June 20, 1874, being required to complete the service of the fiscal year 1872, and prior years, are hereby continued and rendered available for such purpose, namely: The Postmaster-General is hereby authorized to make such transfers in the accounts of his Department for the current fiscal year as may be necessary by reason of the change of the post-offices in the newly annexed part of the city of New York to stations of the New York City post-office. STATE DEPARTMENT. Amount. $2,365, 220 46 300, 000 00 150, 000 00 95, 000 00 17,000 00 For relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, being for the service of the fiscal year 1871... 122 00 For relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, being for the service of the fiscal year 1872 33 84 For salaries of consuls-general, consuls, vice-consuls, commercial agents, consular clerks, including loss by exchange, being for the service of the fiscal year 1871 978 97 For stationery, book-cases, arms of the United States, seals, presses, flags, rent, postage, TREASURY DEPARTMENT. To pay to internal-revenue collectors, assessors, and other internal-revenue officers their sal. aries commissions, and expenses allowed by law, as have been or may be ascertained and certified by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department; and to pay such further allowances as have been or may be granted to such collectors and assessore by the Secretary of the Treasury, in lieu of such salaries and commissions; and to pay miscellaneous expenses of carrying into effect the various provisions of the several acts providing for internal revenues, being for the service of the ten years ending June 30, 1872.. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed, in the settlement of the accounts of E. Boyd Pendleton, late col. lector of the fifth district of Virginia, to audit and allow such amounts as are shown to have been stolen or embezzled by his late deputy collector, R. W. Hobson; it first being proved, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that such embezzlements or larceny did not occur through any fault or negligence of said Pendleton: Provided, That in case any of the money so stolen or embezzled shall hereafter be recovered, the same shall inure to the United States. To pay such claims for services rendered and expenses incurred in detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons guilty of violating inter-revenue laws, or conniving at the same, as have been or may be allowed and certified by the proper officers of the Treasury Department, as provided by law, being for the service of the five years ending June 30, 1872. That the provisions contained in the act approved March 3, 1869, entitled "An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869, and for other purposes," limiting the compensation to be allowed for the disbursement of moneys appropriated for the construction of any public building was intended and shall be deemed and held to limit the compensation to be allowed to any disbursing officer who disburses moneys appropriated for and expended in the construction of any public building as aforesaid to of 1 per cent. for said services. 100 00 361 96 200,000 00 20, 000 00 Carried forward 3, 148, 817 23 To pay claims of officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army for back-pay that may be due them on pay-rolls, final accounts, and Treasury certificates, being for the service of the fiscal year 1871 and prior years.. To pay claims of officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army for back-pay that may be due them on pay-rolls, final accounts, and Treasury certificates, being for the service of the fiscal year 1872 To pay claims of officers and enlisted men of the volunteer service, or their heirs and assigns, for arrears of pay or balances that may be certified to be due to them by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department, being for the service of the fiscal year 1871 and prior years. To pay claims of officers and enlisted men of the volunteer service, or their heirs and assigns, For pay of superintendent of building occupied by Subsistence Department at No. 17 Madison For payment of amounts certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury De- For payment of amounts certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury De. For payment of amounts certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury De- For payment of amounts certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury De- For payment of amounts certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury De partment for incidental expenses of the Army, being for the service of the fiscal year 1872.. For payment of amounts certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department for rent or hire of quarters for troops, and for officers on military duty, being for the service of the fiscal year 1871 and prior years.. For payment of amounts certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department for rent and hire of quarters for troops, and for officers on military duty, being for the service of the fiscal year 1872.... For payment of amounts certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury De partment for purchase of horses for the cavalry and artillery, being for the service of the fiscal year 1871 and prior years.. For payment of amount certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury De To settle the claims of volunteers for pay while serving in the Indian war of 1855 and 1856 For contingencies of the Army certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury For payment of amount certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury De For payment of amount certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury De For payment of amounts certified by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department to Carried forward 23,711 75 25,095 95 597, 428 40 534, 147 23 14, 150 71 250 00 10 00 241 29 1,000 00 89, 971 06 48, 708 02 61, 907 01 835 17 5,625 08 3,882 20 77,643 58 948 88 27,668 00 15.00 3,110 00 5,866 74 12 65 160 00 154 20 699 92 34 12 63 88 49.66 4,672, 207 73 For payment of amount due Louis Dupleix for rent of room in which the archives of the land-office at Natchitoches, Louisiana, were kept for safe-keeping, from November 1, 1868. to April 16, 1871, inclusive, at the rate of $20 per month, being for the service of the fiscal year 1871, and prior years For the purpose of closing the accounts of certain receivers of public moneys acting as diabursing agents in the several States and Territories, as per letter of the First Comptroller of the Treasury, being for the service of the fiscal year 1871 For the purpose of closing the accounts of certain receivers of public moneys acting as disbursing agents in the several States and Territories, as per letter of the First Comptroller of the Treasury, being for the service of the fiscal year 1872.. For salaries and commissions of registers and receivers of United States land-offices for the fiscal year 1872 And to enable the accounting officers of the Government to settle the accounts of certain registers and receivers of the United States land-offices, a transfer (not involving any appropriation of money out of the Treasury) of a sufficient sum, not exceeding $10,000, is hereby authorzed. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. For payment of unsettled claims now pending before the Department for defraying expenses SEC. 6. That the Secretary of the Treasury, through the proper accounting officers, be, To enable the Department of Justice to settle with and pay John G. Hosmer, late sheriff of Cayuga County, New York, the disbursements and reward paid in the capture of the notorious counterfeiter, Thomas Ballard.. SEC. 7. That the Secretary of State is authorized to pay, out of any balance now remaining unexpended, of the moneys appropriated in joint resolution approved February 14, 1873, entitled "Joint resolution to enable the people of the United States to participate in the advantages of the International Exposition to be held at Vienna in 1873," the sum of $500 to each of the fifteen commissioners, appointed under authority of said joint resolution, who, in addition to undertaking reports upon special subjects at said exposition, either served upon international juries or were detained in Vienna by reason of assisting in the arrangement of the American department of the exposition, or the performance of other duties imposed upon them by the State Department for a period of more than seventy-five days, as shown by the records on file in the State Department. SEC. 8. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized, in the settlement of the accounts of John L. Smith, late Indian agent to the Otoes, now deceased, to consider and adjust the same upon the best evidence accessible to them, allowing such credits as may seem just and equitable, and with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 9. That the Military Academy band shall consist of one teacher of music, who shall be leader of the band, and may be a civilian, and of forty enlisted musicians of the band. SEC. 10. That the teacher of music shall receive $90 per month, one ration, and the allowance of fuel of a second lieutenant of the Army; and that of the enlisted musicians of the band, ten shall each be paid $34 per month; and the remaining thirty shall each be paid $30 per month; and that the enlisted musicians of the band shall have the benefits as to pay, arising from re-enlistments and length of service, applicable to other enlisted men of the Army. SEC. 11. That John T. Ensor, Zephaniah Poteet, and the other sureties of David L. Stanton, late collector of internal revenue for the fifth district of Maryland, by bond to the United States dated April 24, 1869, be, and they are hereby, released from their said liability arising from any defalcation of the said David L. Stanton, as such collector, and the proper officer of the Treasury Department be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to dismiss any and all suits that may have been instituted and are now pending in favor of the United States against the sureties aforesaid growing out of the default of the said collector. Carried forward.... Amount. $4,672, 207 73 590 66 4,500 00 1,500 00 4,000 00 20, 000 00 562 79 338 00 4,703, 699 18 Appropriations, &c.-Continued. Object of appropriation. Amount. Brought forward.... SEC. 12 That section 3309 of the Revised Statutes be so amended that the word seventy, wherever it occurs in the same, shall be stricken out and the word ninety be substituted therefor. SEC. 13. That section 4 of the act of Congress entitled "An act for the government of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," approved June 20, 1874, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to substitute the word "June" for the word "March," and so as to provide that it shall be the duty of the collector of taxes to prepare a complete list of all taxes, and property upon which the same are assessed, in arrears on the 1st of June, 1875, and he shall within ten days thereafter publish the same, with a notice of sale, in the regular issue of a daily newspaper published in said District, to be designated by the commissioners of the District, twice a week for two successive weeks, giving notice that if said taxes in arrears, together with the penalties and costs that may have accrued thereon, shall not be paid prior to the day named for sale, the property will be sold by said collector at public auction at the south front of the court-house on the 29th day of June, 1875, between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and 2 o'clock p. m. of said day. Upon the day and at the place specified as aforesaid said collector shall proceed to sell any and all property upon which such taxes shall remain unpaid, and shall continue to sell the same from day to day thereafter between the hours aforesaid until all the property aforesaid shall have been brought to auction. Certificates of sale and conveyances shall be made to the purchasers at such sale in accordance with the provisions of an act of the legislative assembly approved August 23, 1871, entitled "An act prescribing the duties of certain officers for the District of Columbia and fixing their compensation," except that the deeds shall be executed by the commissioners of the District or their successors in office, instead of the governor and secretary. Said sale shall be subject to the same privileges of redemption that are prescribed by said act of the legislative assembly approved August 23, 1871. And on the 1st day of each succeeding month after the passage of this act, and until said sale, there shall be added upon all such taxes remaining delinquent and unpaid a penalty of one per centum upon the amount thereof, to be collected with such taxes. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the foregoing provisions are hereby repealed. SEC. 14. That hereafter the commissions of all officers under the direction of and control of the Secretary of the Interior shall be made out and recorded in the Department of the Interior, and the seal of the said Department affixed thereto, any laws to the contrary notwitstanding: Provided, That the said seal shall not be affixed to any such commission before the same shall have been signed by the President of the United States. And all commissions heretofore issued in conformity to the provisions of the 3d section of the act of 31st of May, 1854, and all official acts done by officers thus commissioned are hereby declared legal and valid. SEC. 15. That any Indian born in the United States, who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and who has abandoned or may hereafter abandon his tribal relations, shall, on making satisfactory proof of such abandonment, under rules to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, be entitled to the benefits of the act entitled "An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain," approved May 20, 1862, and the acts amendatory thereof, except that the provisions of the 8th section of the said act shall not be held to apply to entries made under this act: Provided, however, That the title to lauds acquired by any Indian by virtue hereof shall not be subject to alienation or incumbrance, either by voluntary conveyance or the judgment, decree, or order of any court, and shall be and remain inalienable for a period of five years from the date of the patent issued therefor: Provided, That any such Indian shall be entitled to his distributive share of all annuities, tribal funds, lands, and other property, the same as though he had maintained his tribal relations; and any transfer, alienation, or incumbrance of any interest he may hold or claim by reason of his former tribal relations shall be void. SEC. 16. That in all cases in which Indians have heretofore entered public lands under the homestead law, and have proceeded in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, or in which they may hereafter be allowed to so enter under said regulations prior to the promulgation of regulations to be established by the Secretary of the Interior under the 15th section of this act, and in which the conditions prescribed by law have been or may be complied with, the entries so allowed are hereby confirmed, and patents shall be issued thereon; subject, however, to the restrictions and limitations contained in the 15th section of this act in regard to alienation and incumbrance. Total.... By the act making appropriations for the repair, preservation, and completion of certain public For dredging the inside harbor at Duluth...... For the improvement of the harbor at Marquette For the improvement of the harbor at Port Washington, Wis.. 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