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 Department 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 1836 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 Amount. $3, 148, 917 23 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 89 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 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 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, ammended 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 be tween 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 bad 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. Carried forward Appropriations, fc.—Continued. Object of appropriation. Brought forward. For the improvement of the harbor at Racine, Wis. For the improvement of Saint Clair River at the mouth of Black River, Mich.. For the improvement of the Harbor of Refuge, Lake Huron .. For the improvement of the harbor at Monroe, Mich..... For the improvement of Saginaw River, Mich.. For the improvement of the harbor at Toledo, Ohio For the improvement of the harbor at Sandusky City, Ohio.................................................. For the improvement of the harbor at Vermillion, Ohio... For the improvement of the harbor at Black River, Ohio.............................................................................. For the improvement of the harbor at Grand River, Ohio For the improvement of the harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio.. For the improvement of the harbor at Conneaut, Ohio For the improvement of the harbor at Erie, Pa.. For the improvement of the harbor at Port Clinton, Ohio.............................................................. For the improvement of the harbor at Dunkirk, N. Y.. For dredging the mud bars in the Hudson River in front of Jersey City.... For the improvement of the harbor at Buffalo, N. Y., $100,000; and out of this appropriation the Chief of Engineers may pay Daniel E. Bailey the sum of $23, 287.76 for work done by him upon such improvement in 1873 and 1874, and for which he has not been paid, in full satisfaction thereof..... For the improvement of the harbor at Olcutt, N. Y For the improvement of the harbor at Oak Orchard, N. Y For the construction of an additional pier in the ice harbor at New Castle, Del... For the improvement of the harbor at Crisfield, Md For the improvement of the harbor at Pultneyville, N. Y For the improvement of the harbor at Great Sodus Bay, N. Y.. For the improvement of the harbor at Little Sodus Bay, N. Y For the improvement of the harbor at Oswego, N. Y.. .... For the improvement of the Falls of Saint Anthony, Minnesota, $100,000 and $25,000 of said amount may be expended for the improvement of the Mississippi River above the Falls of Saint Authony.......... For the improvement of the Minnesota River.. For the improvement of the Upper Mississippi River..... For the improvement of the Illinois River. For the improvement of the Des Moines Rapids, Mississippi River.. For the improvement of the Mississippi River, between the mouths of the Illinois and Ohio That $100,000 of this amount shall be used for and applied toward the construction of a For the improvement of the Upper Monongahela River, near Morgantown, W. Va For the improvement of the Great Kanawha River, West Virginia.. For the improvement of the Tennessee River, above Chattanooga. And below Chattanooga, including the Muscle Shoals... For the improvement of the Cumberland River, below Nashville.. Carried forward Amount. $717, 000 00 10, 000 00 15,000 00 78, 000 00 25,000 00 50,000 00 10, 000 00 25, 000 00 10, 000 00 10, 000 00 25,000 00 15, 000 00 10, 000 00 10, 000 00 200, 000 00 15,000 00 10, 000 00 100, 000 00 10,000 00 30, 000 00 75, 000 00 25, 000 00 1, 000 00 10,000 00 10, 000 00 15, 000 00 25,000 00 1, 000 00 80,000 00 5, 000 00 15, 000 00 35, 000 00 25, 000 00 100, 000 00 10, 000 00 10, 000 00 20, 000 00 25, 000 00 5, 000 00 37,317 50 10, 000 00 10, 000 00 16,000 00 90,000 00 5, 000 00 25,000 GO 10, 000 00 5, 000 00 100, 000 00 10, 000 00 25, 000 00 75, 000 00 480,000 00 50, 000 00 100,000 00 200, 000 00 100, 000 00 300,000 00 40,000 00 22, 000 00 300, 000 00 40, 000 00 360, 000 00 25, 000 00 4,296,317 5 Appropriations, fc.-Continued. Object of appropriation. Brought forward... For the improvement of the Yazoo River For the improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Provided, That this appropriation shall cease to be available when its necessity is superseded by any other work of improvement authorized by law. For the improvement of Red Fish Bar, in Galveston Bay, Texas.. For removing the raft in Red River. For the improvement of the harbor at Mobile, Ala.. For the improvement of the harbor at Cedar Keys, Fla... For the improvement of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers, Georgia.......... For the improvement of the Apalachicola River, Florida. For the improvement of the Choctawhatchie River, Florida and Alabama ..... For the improvement of the harbor at Charleston, S. C. For the improvement of the harbor at Savannah, Ga For the improvement of the Oostenaula and Coosawattee Rivers, Georgia For the improvement of the harbor at Baltimore, Md For the improvement of the Wicomico River, Maryland.. For the improvement of Aquia Creek, Virginia.. For the improvement of Occoquan River, Virginia... For the improvement of the Rappahannock River, Virginia For the improvement of the mouth of Nomini, Virginia.. For the improvement of the James River, Virginia. For the improvement of the South Branch of Elizabeth River, Virginia............. For the improvement of the Nansemond River, Virginia For the improvement of the Appomattox River, Virginia For the improvement of Cape Fear River, N. C... For constructing United States Pier in Delaware Bay, near Lewes, Del And that any unexpended balance of the amount mentioned in the act making appropriations for the repair, preservation, &c., of certain public works, &c., approved March 3, 1873, for the improvement of the channel of the Delaware River, at and near the Horse Shoe Shoals, be, and is hereby, appropriated, to be expended for the improvement of said River at such places between Petty's Island and its mouth as the Chief of Engineers of the Army may order and direct. For the improvement of the Delaware River, New Jersey, between Trenton and White Hill For the improvement of the Schuylkill River For removing obstructions in the East River and Hell Gate, New York. For a harbor at Fort Jefferson, N. Y.. ......... For the improvement of the Hudson River, New York. For the improvement of the Passaic River, New Jersey. For the improvement of the East Chester Creek, New York For the improvement of the harbor at Wareham, Mass... For the improvement of Taunton River, Massachusetts.. For the improvement of the breakwater at Block Island, Rhode Island 20,000 00 10,000 00 For the improvement of Pawcatuck River, Rhode Island and Connecticut And out of this appropriation $10,000 shall be expended at or near Bucksport Narrows. Ten thousand dollars of said amount may be expended for the improvement of Hingham For the improvement of the harbor at Plymouth, Mass For the improvement of the harbor at Provincetown, Mass For the improvement of the Lower Willamette and Columbia Rivers, from Portland, Oreg., to the sea.......... For the improvement of the Upper Willamette River, Oregon.. For the improvement of the Upper Columbia River For the improvement of the breakwater at Wilmington, Cal For the improvement of Oakland Harbor, California 100, 000 00 10, 000 00 5,000 00 20,000 00 25,000 00 35,000 00 30,000 00 For the improvement of the harbor at San Diego, Cal For a breakwater in five fathoms of water, to protect the commerce of Cleveland, Ohio.. For the improvement of the Sebawsing River, Michigan For dredging the bar at the junction of Pine and Saint Clair Rivers, Michigan Carried forward 100,000 00 80, 000 00 50,000 00 150,000 00 8.000 00 5, 000 00 6, 423, 517 50 |