New school

building in Georgetown, D. C.

General ex

penses.

Services render

ed board of public

works.

Fire department.

Balance due board of health.

That for the purpose of paying for the erection and furnishing of the new school building in the city of Georgetown, District of Columbia, and for putting the grounds in order, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifty thousand, eight hundred and sixty-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. The money hereby appropriated shall be disbursed under the supervision of the Commissioner of Education, and shall be regarded as a loan, to be hereafter reimbursed to the Treasury of the United States by the District of Columbia.

To pay a portion of the general expenses of the District of Columbia, to be expended by the commissioners of said District, seventy-seven thousand seven hundred and sixty five dollars and eighty-six cents. For services rendered to the late board of public works, twenty-eight thousand six hundred and nineteen dollars and sixty-eight cents.

For balance due on bills of fire department for the years eighteen hundred and seventy-one and eighteen hundred and seventy-two, nine thousand and thirty-three dollars and seventeen cents.

Balance unpaid due to board of health from District of Columbia, by act of said District legislative assembly of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, thirteen thousand three hundred and twelve dollars and seventy-one cents: Provided, That the board of audit for the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, directed to receive William Bowen. and audit the claim of William Bowen for abating certain nuisances, under a contract with the board of health of said District, for filling lots numbered thirty seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty-two and forty three, in square numbered five hundred and forty-five; and lots one, six, and seven, in square numbered eight hundred and forty-nine; and parts of lots numbered one, and two in square north of square numbered eight hundred and fifty-three; and lots eleven and twelve in square numbered nine hundred and ninety-six; all in the city of Washington, and to report the same to Congress at its next session.

neers.

Expenditures of Estimated expenditures of board of audit from January first, eighteen the board of audit. hundred and seventy-five, to June first, eighteen hundred and seventyAssistant engi- five, twenty-five thousand dollars; salaries of assistant engineers, from January first, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, to June first, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, eighteen hundred dollars; total, seventyseven thousand seven hundred and sixty-five dollars and eighty-six cents.

Reform-School

buildings.
Valuing Govera-
ment property in
D. C.

For annual repairs of the Reform School buildings in the District of Columbia, one thousand dollars.

To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay the persons employed to make a valuation of Government property in the District of Columbia, under section thirty-six of the act approved February twenty-first, 1871, c. 62, s. 36, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, twenty-five hundred dollars: Prov. 16, p. 426. vided, That no portion of this amount shall be paid except for time actually employed in or about the making of said valuation.

Washington

Aqueduct.

Road between reservoir and Great Falls.

Disbursing-clerk

ment.

For the Washington Aqueduct: For building dwelling and office for gate-keeper at the receiving reservoir, three thousand dollars; For continuing, widening, and macadamizing road-way between the distributing reservoir and the Great Falls, five thousand dollars.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

To pay the disbursing-clerk of the Department of State additional of State Depart- compensation for disbursing moneys appropriated for the building now being erected for use of the State, War, and Navy Departments, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-five, five hundred dollars. For publishing the laws of Congress in the newspapers for the fiscal tain laws in news- year eighteen hundred and seventy-three, necessary to effect a transfer in accounts and involving no appropriation out of the Treasury, fifteen thousand dollars

Publishing cer

papers.

FOREIGN INTERCOURSE.

Salaries of con

&c.

Stationery, arms,

To effect a transfer of accounts in the State Department, involving no appropriation out of the Treasury, viz: For salaries of consuls-general, suls-general, conconsuls, vice-consuls, commercial agents, and clerks, for the fiscal suls, vice-consuls, year eighteen hundred and seventy-one, three thousand two hundred and fifty-three dollars and ninety-seven cents; and for salaries of consulsgeneral, consuls, vice-consuls, commercial agents, and clerks, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-two, one thousand four hundred and six dollars and fifty-four cents; in all four thousand six hundred and sixty dollars and fifty-one cents; and for stationery, bookcases, arms of the United States, seals, presses, and flags, and payment rent, &c. of rent, freight, postage, and miscellaneous items, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-two, ninety-five dollars and eighty-six cents; and for stationery, book-cases, arms of the United States, seals presses, and flags, and payment of rent, freight, postage and miscellaneous items, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-three, two thousand six hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty-two cents; in all two thousand seven hundred and sixty-five dollars and thirty-eight cents; and for salaries of interpreters to consulates in China, Japan, and Siam, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-four, eight hundred and thirty-eight dollars and seventy eight cents.

That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized to rent, Buildings for lefurnish, and keep suitable buildings, with grounds appurtenant, at gation at Peking. Peking, for the use of the legation in China, at an annual cost not exceeding five thousand dollars; 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 five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, therefor.

Little, Brown &

1874, c. 328, ante,

From the unexpended balance of the appropriation made in chapter three hundred and twenty-eight of the acts of the first session of the Co. Forty-third Congress, for the publication of the laws of Congress in newspaper and pamphlet form an amount not exceeding six thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to pay the balance justly due to Little, p.90. Brown and Company, of Boston, and to secure to the Government the ownership and possession of the stereotype-plates of such laws now owned by said Little and Brown.

Public docu

ors.

The Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized to send, until the first day of December, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, such pub- ments to governlic documents as are are prescribed by law to be sent to the governors of States and Territories under his written frank free of charge through the mails.

To enable the Secretary of State to settle the adjusted accounts of Oscar Malmros, Oscar Malmros, consul at Pictou, one thousand nine hundred and fifty C. Dunn, and C. H. dollars and forty-five cents, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred Royce. and seventy-two; and C. Dunn, consul at Hakodadi, two hundred and sixty-seven dollars and ninety-nine cents, being for the same year; and C. H. Royce, consul at Prague, sixty-eight dollars and eighty-six cents, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-three; in all two thousand two hundred and eighty-seven dollars and thirty cents.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT

INDEPENDENT TREASURY.

To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to effect a transfer of accounts, involving no appropriation, out of the Treasury, namely:

Compensation to

For compensation to designated depositaries for receiving, safely keeping, and paying out public moneys for the fiscal year eighteen designated deposihundred and seventy one and prior years, two thousand three hundred taries. and forty two dollars and nine cents.

Contingent ex- For contingent expenses under the act for the collection, safe-keeping, penses for collec- transfer and disbursement of public moneys for the fiscal year eighteen tion, &c., of public hundred and seventy-four, eight thousand seven hundred and forty dollars and sixty-four cents.

money.

TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS

Territory of Dakota: For amount due J. M. W. Jones for stationery for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-two, one hundred and thirty five dollars and seventy five cents.

Territory of Wyoming: For amount due J. M. W. Jones for stationery for fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy one and prior years, six hundred and seventy-seven dollars and sixty one cents.

Territory of New Mexico: For amount due Manderfield and Tucker for printing in the English and Spanish languages the laws, journals, bills, &c, for the twenty first session of the legislative assembly, as per letter of the First Comptroller of the Treasury, being a deficiency for the fiscal year, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, four thousand three hundred and seventy-eight dollars and twenty-four cents.

Territory of Washington: For amount ascertained to be due and unpaid for printing done and executed for the legislative assembly, as per letter of the First Comptroller of the Treasury, being a deficiency for the fiscal year, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and prior years, six thousand four hundred and fifty-one dollars and forty-six cents.

To pay Milton Kelly balance due for printing laws and journals of the of the seventh session of the legislative assembly of Idaho Territory, five hundred and thirty-eight dollars and ninety-three cents.

For legislative expenses of Wyoming Territory, namely: For stationery, rent, fuel, lights and furniture, one thousand dollars, for incidentals of secretary's office, seven hundred and ten dollars, in all one thousand seven hundred and ten dollars

MINTS AND ASSAY OFFICES.

United States mint at Denver: To repay the United States assistant treasurer at Philadelphia for loss on coinage of one unparted gold bar, received from the assayer of the mint at Denver, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-four, one dollar and thirty-seven cents.

For freight on bullion and coins for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-four, five hundred and thirty-three dollars and sixteen cents. United States mint at Philadelphia: For improving facilities for water supply by artesian well, ten thousand dollars.

For transportation on bullion and trade dollars for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-four, seven hundred and seventy three dollars and seventy cents.

United States mint at San Francisco: For wages of workmen and adjusters, being for fiscal year, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, thirtyseven thousand dollars.

For contingent expenses, being for the same year, nineteen thousand dollars.

United States mint at Carson: For wages of workmen and adjusters, being for fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-five, sixteen thousand dollars.

For contingent expenses, being for fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-four, four thousand dollars.

For contingent expenses for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-five, seventy-nine thousand dollars.

For wastage on refining of silver during the fiscal year, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, eight hundred and four dollars and seven cents.

Assay Office at New York: For wages of workmen, being for fiscal year, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, ten thousand dollars.

For contingent expenses, being for the same year, ten thousand dol lars.

Boise City assay

Assay office at Boise City, Idaho: For fuel, crucibles, chemicals, lights, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-four, one hun. office. dred and seventy seven dollars, and fifty cents.

MISCELLANEOUS.

For repairs of sidewalk on Fifteenth street, opposite the Treasury Building, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, a transfer on the books of the Treasury is hereby authorized of fifteen dollars and sixty seven cents.

Furniture

for

For furniture and repairs of same for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, a Treasury Departtransfer on the books of the Treasury is hereby authorized of forty-two dollars and eighty-seven cents.

ment.

For stationery for the Treasury Department and its several bureaus, Stationery for for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-four, one hundred and Treasury Departseventy-six dollars and thirty cents.

For amount due James S. Dean for supplies, furnished supply steamer Fern, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-three, one hundred dollars.

For amount due for publishing advertisement for proposals for furnishing rations for revenue vessels, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-one, sixteen dollars.

ment.

James S. Dean.

Advertising for rations for revenue

vesels.

Transportation

For transportation of United States securities prior to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, as per certificate of the accounting of U. S. securities. officers of the Treasury, twenty thousand five hundred and fifty-nine dollars and seven cents.

National Bank

For amount due National Bank Note Company, as per certificate of the First Comptroller of the Treasury, for the fiscal year eighteen hun- Note Company. dred and seventy three, one thousand five hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents.

For payment of forty two dollars and forty-two cents, amount certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department to John B. Eugene late lieutenant of the Forty-third regiment, Wisconsin Infantry.

John B. Eugene.

Adams' Express

For amount due Adams' Express Company, as per certificate of the First Comptroller of the Treasury, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred Company. and seventy-four, one thousand three hundred and seven dollars and forty cents.

For paper, engraving, printing, express charges, and other expenses Expenses of issuof making and issuing the national currency, for the fiscal year eighteen ing national curhundred and seventy-five, two hundred and sixteen thousand dollars.

rency.

To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to adjust the account of the Dies, paper, and expenditure for dies, paper, and stamps for the Internal Revenue stamps for InterDepartment", for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hun- nal-Revenue Dedred and seventy-four a transfer on the books of the Treasury of such partment. 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 Clerk of the House to pay Frank Morey the amount given him by Resolution of the House of Representatives of the Forty-first Congress, June second, eighteen hundred and seventy, for expenses as contestant in Forty-first Congress, three thousand dollars.

Proviso.

Frank Morey.

Administrator of

To enable the Attorney General to pay to the administrator of A. F. Reynolds, late of Woodford county Illinois, the amount due under the A. F. Reynolds. award of the district court for the Northern district of the State of Illinois, the sum of one thousand two hundred and eighty-two dollars and thirty-five cents.

To pay F. H. Johnson, Thomas S. Burr, John A. Hurley, and George F. H. Johnson, T. T. Howard for eighty-five days each attendance upon the Joint Select S. Burr, John A.

Hurley, George T. Committee to investigate the affairs of the 'District of Columbia, in Howard. charge of valuable papers, one hundred and twenty dollars each.

Court-house, &c., at Omaha.

Court-house, &c., at Indianapolis. Custom-house at

Portland, Oregon.

Toledo.

To pay W. D. Mims for witness fees for attendance upon Congressional Committee of Elections in Louisiana, fifteenth of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, one hundred and eleven dollars.

The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to pay R. A. Connolly not exceeding fourteen hundred and sixty dollars, the amount of a draft drawn by Major Houston, United States Engineers, in charge of harbor improvements at Chicago, upon the United States Depositary at Chicago, October second, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, which was burned in the "Chicago Fire", October ninth, eighteen hundred and seventyone upon satisfactory proof being furnished him that said draft was burned and destroyed, and had not been paid.

To pay Morgan Rawls contestee expenses, case of Sloan vs. Rawls, First district of Georgia, one thousand five hundred dollars.

To pay John P. C. Shanks, contestant expenses, case of Shanks vs. Neff, Ninth district of Indiana, one thousand and forty dollars.

To pay George Q. Cannon, contestee expenses, case of Maxwell vs. Cannon, delegate from Utah, seven hundred and fifty dollars.

To pay George R. Maxwell, contestant expenses, case of Maxwell vs. Cannon, delegate from Utah, seven hundred and fifty dollars.

To pay George A. Sheridan, contestant, expenses case of Sheridan vs. Pinchback, at Large from Louisiana, one thousand seven hundred and thirty-five dollars.

To pay Effingham Lawrence, contestant expenses, case of Lawrence vs. Sypher, First district of Louisiana, two thousand dollars: Provided, That no person who shall hereafter be seated by this House shall have any benefit of this appropriation.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

For the completion of the following public buildings: For the courthouse and post office at Omaha, Nebraska, ten thousand dollars; post office and court house at Indianapolis, Indiana, twelve thousand dollars. For the completion of the custom house and post office building at Portland Oregon, as per, deficiency estimate of Supervising Architect of the Treasury, forty thousand dollars.

Furnishing cusFor furniture, fixtures, carpets, and furnishing of the following new, tom-houses at Mil- or newly newly repaired public buildings, namely; custom house at Milwa ukee, Boston, waukee, Wisconsin; custom house at Boston, Massachusetts; and custom house at Toledo, Ohio, forty thousand dollars; and from the unexpended balance of appropriation for additional site and extension of the post office building in Boston, there may be expended a sum not exceeding fifty-nine thousand three hundred and forty-four dollars and two cents. For repairs and fitting up the old mint building for Government offices at San Francisco, thirty thousand dollars.

Repairs of old mint-building at

San Francisco.

Lot in Columbia,

S. C.

Furniture for

court-house at Columbia, S. C.

Repairs of custom-house at Newport, R. I.

Public store at Newport, R. I.

Vaults, safes, &c.

Fuel, lights, &c., for public build ings.

For purchase of lot of land in the City of Columbia, South Carolina, next adjoining United States court house lot and to extend the same, five thousand dollars

For furniture for United States court house and post office, at Columbia South Carolina, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For repairing damage (caused by fire) to the building for custom house and post office in Newport, Rhode Island, seven thousand four hundred and nineteen dollars and forty-three cents.

For the erection of a building for storage and other purposes connected with the custom house at Newport, Rhode Island, three thousand seven hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents.

For vaults safes, and locks in public buildings, five thousand dollars. For fuel, lights and water for public buildings, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-five, forty thousand three hundred and thirteen dollars and twenty-six cents; and the unexpended balance