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For nine circuit judges, to reside in circuit, fifty-four thousand dollars. For salary of the reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, two thousand five hundred dollars.

For salary of the marshal of the Supreme Court, three thousand five hundred dollars.

For salaries of the district judges of the United States, including the salaries of the retired judges of the eastern district of Texas, eastern district of Wisconsin, and of the district of Delaware, one hundred and ninety-three thousand dollars.

For salaries of the chief justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia and the four associate judges, twenty thousand five hundred dollars.

For compensation of the district attorneys of the United States, nineteen thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.

For compensation of the district marshals of the United States, eleven thousand nine hundred dollars.

For salary of the warden of the jail in the District of Columbia, two thousand dollars.

COURT OF CLAIMS.

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Pay of judges,

For salaries of five judges of the Court of Claims, at four thousand five hundred dollars each; the chief clerk, three thousand dollars; and clerks, baliffs, &c. assistant clerk, two thousand dollars; bailiff, one thousand five hundred dollars; and messenger thereof; in all, twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.

For stationery, books, fuel, labor, and other contingent and miscella- Contingent exneous expenses, three thousand dollars; for reporting the decisions of penses, reporting the court, clerical hire, labor in preparing and superintending the decisions, &c. printing of the tenth volume of the Reports of the Court of Claims, to

be paid on the order of the court, one thousand dollars; and for prepar

ing a digest of the decisions of the court for the past twelve years, one thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars.

To complete repairs commenced last year, five hundred and fifty Completing redollars.

To pay judgments of the Court of Claims, four hundred thousand dollars.

pairs.

Judgments.

· DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

&c.

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.-For compensation of the Compensation of Attorney General, eight thousand dollars; solicitor general, seven thou- Attorney General, sand five hundred dollars; three assistant attorneys-general, at five assistants, clerks, thousand dollars each; one assistant attorney general of the Post Office Department, four thousand dollars; solicitor of internal revenue, five thousand dollars; naval solicitor and judge advocate general, three thousand five hundred dollars; examiner of claims, three thousand five hundred dollars; law clerk, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred dollars; stenographic clerk, two thousand dollars; two law clerks, at two thousand dollars each; six clerks of class four; additional for disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; one telegraph operator, at one thousand dollars; five copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; two assistant messengers; two laborers; and two watchmen; in all, eighty thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.

Contingent ex

For contingent expenses of the Department, namely: For furniture, and repairs, one thousand five hundred dollars; for care and subsist- penses. ence of horses, one thousand four hundred dollars; repairs to carriages and harness, six hundred dollars; for law and miscellaneous books for the library of the Department, three thousand dollars; for the same for the Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury, five hundred dollars; for stationery, two thousand five hundred dollars; for miscellaneous 43-2-PUB 24

Postage-stamps.

Pay of Solicitor of Treasury, assist ant, clerks, &c.

Rent of offices.

Expenses of na

ending June 30, 1876.

expenditure, such as telegraphing, fuel, lights, labor, and other necessaries, six thousand dollars; in all, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars.

For official postage stamps for the Department of Justice, ten thousand dollars.

OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR OF THE TREASURY.-For compensation of the Solicitor of the Treasury, four thousand five hundred dollars; assistant solicitor, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; one messenger; and one laborer; in all, twenty-eight thousand and sixty dollars.

For rent of the portion (four floors) of the building occupied by the Department of Justice, fourteen thousand dollars.

SEC. 2. That for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen huntional loan for year dred and seventy-six, the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated to defray the expenses of the national loan, for the following clerical and other employees, and for labor, tools, and necessary materials, namely:

In Office of Secretary of Treasury.

In Office of Treasurer.

In Office of Register.

In Office of First Auditor.

In Bureau of En

ing.

In the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury: Two principal clerks, at two thousand eight hundred dollars each; two assistant clerks, at two thousand four hundred dollars each; fourteen clerks of class four; eight clerks of class three; six clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; forty copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; eight messengers, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; twenty-one assistant messengers and laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; and twentytwo laborers, at not exceeding two dollars and twenty-five cents per day; making, in all, the sum of one hundred and thirty-four thousand nine hundred and thirty-three dollars and fifty cents.

In the Office of the Treasurer: Seventeen clerks of class four; six clerks of class three; five clerks of class two; nine clerks of class one; one hundred and forty-five counters and copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; nine messengers; and twenty-six assistant messengers and laborers; making, in all, the sum of two hundred and fourteen thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.

In the Office of the Register of the Treasury: Five chiefs of division, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; one disbursing clerk, at two thousand dollars; twelve clerks of class four; twelve clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; one hundred counters and copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; eight messengers; six assistant messengers and laborers, making, in all, the sum of one hundred and sixty-seven thousand nine hundred and forty dollars. In the Office of the First Auditor of the Treasury: Four clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; and two clerks of class one; making, in all, the sum of eighteen thousand six hundred dollars.

Bureau of Engraving and Printing: Chief of the Bureau, five thousand graving and Print- dollars; for payment of employees at a per diem, to be paid only for the Pay of chief of time actually employed, namely: two assistants, at eight dollars per bureau, employés, day; one accountant, at seven dollars per day; eight clerks, at four dollars per day; five copyists, at not more than two dollars and ninety cents per day; and six messengers or laborers, at two dollars per day; thirty thousand five hundred and nine dollars and fifty cents.

&c.

Estimates, when to be furnished.

SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of the heads of the several Executive Departments, and of other officers authorized or required to make estimates, to furnish to the Secretary of the Treasury, on or before the first day of October of each year, their annual estimates for the public service, to be included in the Book of Estimates prepared by law under his direction; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit, as a part Extracts from of the appendix to the Book of Estimates, such extracts from the ancluded in appendix nual reports of the several heads of Departments and Bureaus as relate to estimates. to estimates for appropriations, and the necessities therefor.

reports to be in

Approved, March 3, 1875.

CHAP. 130.-An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and for other purposes.

March 3, 1875.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriations States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and for sundry civil expenses for year the same are hereby, appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, ending June 30, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy- 1876. six, namely:

PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING.

For the public printing, for the public binding, and for paper for the public printing, including the cost of printing the debates and proceedings of Congress in the Congressional Record, one million six hundred and twenty-five thousand five hundred and seven dollars and sixty-six cents; and out of the sum hereby appropriated, printing and binding may be done by the Congressional Printer to the amounts following, namely:

For the Court of Claims, twelve thousand dollars; for the Depart- Courts and Dement of State, twenty-five thousand dollars; for the Treasury Depart partments. ment, three hundred thousand dollars; for the War Department, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars; for the Navy Department, sixtyfive thousand dollars; for the Interior Department, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; for the Agricultural Department, fifteen thousand dollars; for the Department of Justice and the AttorneyGeneral's Office, ten thousand dollars; for the Supreme Court of the United States, twenty-five thousand dollars; for the supreme court of the District of Columbia, five thousand dollars; for the Post-Office Department, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars; and for both houses of Congress, six hundred hundred and forty-eight thousand five hundred and seven dollars and sixty-six cents.

For lithographing, mapping, and engraving for both Houses of Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Court of Claims, thirty thousand dollars.

Lithographing.

cation.

For printing at the Government Printing Office, twenty thousand Report of Comcopies of the report of the Commissioner of Education for the use of missioner of Eduthe Commissioner, ten thousand dollars; 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 Superintendents. coasts of Long Island and New Jersey, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; one assistant to superintendent on the coast of Long Island, five hundred dollars; for one superintendent on the coast of Massachusetts, one thousand dollars; for one superintendent on the coasts of Maine and New Hampshire, one thousand dollars; for one superintendent on the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina, one thousand dollars; for one superintendent on the coast of Florida, one thousand dollars; for one superintendent on the coasts of Delaware and Virginia, one thousand dollars; for one superintendent on the coasts of Lakes Erie and Ontario, one thousand dollars; for one superintendent on the coasts of Lakes Huron and Superior, one thousand dollars; and for one superintendent for the life-saving stations on the coast of Lake Michigan, one thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand and five hundred dollars.

For new life-saving stations on Long Island Sound, one at Eaton's Neck, and one at Point Judith, ten thousand dollars.

For one hundred and fifty keepers of stations, at two hundred dollars each, thirty thousand dollars.

New life-saving stations.

Keepers of sta

tions.

Surf-men.

For five keepers of stations on the coast of Florida, two thousand four hundred dollars.

For pay of crews of experienced surf-men at such stations and for such periods as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem necessary and proper, one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.

Fuel; repairs For fuel for one hundred and fifty-five stations and houses of refuge; and outfits; sup- repairs and outfits for the same; supplies and provisions for houses of plies and provi- refuge and for shipwrecked persons succored at stations; traveling. sions; traveling expenses of officers; expenses of officers under orders from the Treasury Department, and concontingent expen- tingent 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, thirty thousand dollars.

ses.

Sites for life

&c.

And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, whenever saving stations, 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 pier-head beacons the establishment of which has been, or shall hereafter be, authorized by Congress.

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REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.

For the pay of thirty-four captains, one hundred and one lieutenants, and sixty-three engineers, and for pay of pilots employed, three hundred and sixty-one thousand and three hundred dollars.

For rations of thirty-four captains, one hundred and one lieutenants, sixty-three engineers, and for rations of pilots employed, twenty-five thousand five hundred and eighty-three dollars and forty cents.

For pay of eight hundred and sixty petty-officers, seamen, cooks, stewards, boys, coal-passers, and firemen, two hundred and eighty-three thousand dollars.

For rations for eight hundred and sixty petty-officers, seamen, cooks, stewards, boys, coal-passers, and firemen, three hundred and thirteen thousand and nine hundred rations, including the liquor-equivalent, ninety-eight thousand dollars.

For fuel for thirty-eight vessels, repairs and outfits for same, shipchandlery and engineers' stores for same, travelling-expenses of officers travelling 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, two hundred and sixty thousand dollars.

NATIONAL CURRENCY.

For paper, engraving, printing, express charges, and other expenses of making and issuing the national currency, two hundred thousand dollars, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That the national-bank notes shall be printed under the direction of the Secretary 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, three thousand dol

lars.

For transportation of notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, finished and unfinished, fifty thousand dollars.

NATIONAL LOAN.

For paper for notes, bonds, and other securities, including mill expenses, boxing, and transportation, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

For labor (by the day or piece or contract,) including labor of workman skilled in engraving, transferring, plate-printing, and other special

ties necessary for carrying on the work of engraving and printing notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, the pay for such labor to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury at rates not exceeding

the rates usually paid for such work, and for other expenses of engraving Engraving and and printing notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, printing.

one million one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.

For materials other than paper required in the work of engraving Materials. and printing, two hundred thousand dollars.

For the purchase of engravers' tools, dies, rolls, and plates, and for Engravers' tools, machinery and repairs of the same, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That &c.

the above-named notes, currency, and other securities of the United

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States be executed with not less than three plate-printings: And provi- Three plateded further, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall have executed one printings. 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 printing by conthan 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.

tractors.

JUDICIARY.

For defraying the expenses of the Supreme Court and circuit and district courts of the United States, including the District of Columbia;

Courts.

and also for jurors and witnesses and expenses of suits in which the Jurors, witnesses, United States are concerned, of prosecutions for offenses committed &c. against the United States; for the safe-keeping of prisoners; and for

the expenses which may be incurred in the enforcement of the act of Enforcement acts. February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, relative to the right of citizens to vote, or any acts amendatory thereof or supple. mentary thereto, three million dollars.

For the support and maintenance of convicts transferred from the District of Columbia, eight thousand dollars.

1871, c. 99, v. 16,

P. 433.

1872, c. 139, v. 17,

p. 61.

Convicts from D. C.

For defending suits and defraying expenses thereof in claims against Defending claims. the United States pending in any Department, and for the defence of the United States in the Court of Claims, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That Proviso. 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 twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ante, 246. seventy-four, shall not exceed eight thousand dollars per annum.

1874, c. 459, s. 5,

For expenses to be incurred in the prosecution and collection of claims Collection of due the United States, to be disbursed under the direction of the Attor- claims. ney-General, five thousand dollars.

For defraying the expenses of defending claims ander the convention Defending claims with Mexico of the fourth of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, to under convention be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, five thousand with Mexico. dollars.

For detecting and punishing violations of the intercourse-acts of Detecting, &c., Congress, and frauds committed in the Indian service, the same to be violation of interexpended by the Attorney-General, in allowing such increased fees and course-acts, and compensation of witnesses, jurors, and marshals, and in defraying such service. other expenses as may be necessary for this purpose, eight thousand dollars.

For this sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended Detection and under the direction of the Attorney-General in the detection and pros- prosecution of ecution of crimes against the United States, twenty-five thousand ted States. crimes against Unidollars.

Penitentiary in

For iron gratings for the windows, and putting up the same, in the building for penitentiary in the Territory of Montana, one thousand Montana. and two hundred dollars.

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