INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. Interior Department. Offices for surveyor-general Rent of Office for Surveyors-General: For rent of surveyor-general's office in Oregon, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, in Oregon; including pay of messenger, one thousand dollars. For rent of surveyor-general's office of California and Arizona, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, including pay of messenger, two thousand dollars. California and Arizona; Washington Territory; For office rent for the surveyor-general of Washington Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For office rent of the surveyor-general of Kansas, fuel, books, stationery, Kansas; and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For office rent of the surveyor-general of Iowa and Nebraska, fuel,, Iowa and Nebraska; books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For rent of surveyor-general's office in the Territory of Dakota, fuel, Dakota; books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general of Colorado and Utah Territories, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For rent of office of the surveyor-general of Idaho, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general of Nevada, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Montana, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. Colorado and Utah; Idaho; Nevada; Montana. Statistics of mines, &c. See post, pp. 306, 349. Mining. For collecting statistics of mines and mining, twenty-five hundred dollars, to be expended under the direction of the commissioner of the general land office. For expenses of receiving, arranging, and taking care of copyright Receiving, &c. books, charts, and other copyright matter, one thousand eight hundred copyright books, dollars, to be paid out of the patent-office fund. Public Works under the Supervision of the Architect of the Capitol Extension. For repairing and finishing the capitol extension, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That no improvements, alterations, or repairs of the capitol building shall be made except by direction and under the supervision of the architect of the capitol extension. For the repairing and finishing the work on the new dome of the Capitol, five thousand dollars. For painting the exterior of the eastern portion of the City Hall in Washington, fourteen hundred dollars. For resetting steps, calking cornice, and painting, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For repairing rough-casting and other plastering, one hundred dollars. For sundry brick and carpenter's work, three hundred and fifty dollars. For renovating and ventilating court-room, four hundred dollars: Provided, That the corporate authorities of the city of Washington appropriate and expend a like sum for painting and repairs of the western portion of said building. &c. Annual re For the annual repairs, such as painting, glazing, keeping roofs in order, also water pipes, pavements, and approaches to public buildings, fif- pairs. teen thousand dollars. For continuing the work on the north front of the patent-office build- Patent-office ing, and for improving G Street from Seventh to Ninth Streets, ten thou- building and G sand dollars. Smithsonian Institution. - For the preservation of the collections of the exploring and surveying expeditions of the government, four thousand dollars. street. Smithsonian Institution. Metropolitan police. Cities of Metropolitan Police. For salaries and other necessary expenses of the metropolitan police for the District of Columbia, two hundred and Washington and eleven thousand and fifty dollars: Provided, That a further sum, amountGeorgetown and ing to one hundred and five thousand five hundred and twenty-five dolWashington County to pay lars, shall be paid to the said metropolitan police force by the cities of certain sum, and Washington and Georgetown, and the county of Washington, (beyond the in what propor- limits of said cities,) in the District of Columbia, in the proportion corresponding to the number of patrolmen allotted severally to said precincts; and the corporate authorities of said cities and the levy court of said county are hereby authorized and required to levy a special tax, not exceeding one third of one per centum, to be appropriated and expended for said purpose only, for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. tion. Special tax therefor. Expenses of collecting revenue from sales of public lands. Registers and receivers. Incidental ex penses. Surveying public lands in Minnesota; in Dakota; in Nebraska; in Kansas; in Idaho; in Colorado; boundary line between Colorado and Nebraska; in Nevada; in Arizona; in California; in Oregon; Proviso. Expenses of the Collection of Revenue from Sales of Public Lands. For salaries and commissions of registers and receivers of public moneys at sixty-six land offices, two hundred and forty-four thousand eight hundred dollars. For incidental expenses of the land offices, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars. Surveying the Public Lands. - For surveying the public lands in Minnesota, at rates not exceeding ten dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, seven dollars for township, and six dollars for section lines, twenty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Dakota Territory, including the lands along the Red River of the North, at rates not exceeding ten dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, seven dollars for township, and six dollars for section lines, twenty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Nebraska, at rates not exceeding ten dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, six dollars for township, and five dollars for section lines, forty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Kansas, at rates not exceeding ten dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, six dollars for township, and five dollars for section lines, forty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Idaho, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten for section lines, fifteen thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Colorado, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, forty thousand dollars. For surveying the boundary line between the State of Nebraska and Territory of Colorado, and that portion of the western boundary of the State of Nebraska embraced between the forty-first and forty-third degrees of latitude, estimated three hundred and twenty miles, at not exceeding fifteen dollars per mile, four thousand eight hundred dollars; to be expended under the direction of the commissioner of the general land office. For surveying the public lands in Nevada, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, fifty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Arizona, at rates not exceeding fif teen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ter dollars for section lines, five thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in California, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, fifty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Oregon, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, forty thousand dollars: Provided, That out of this appropriation the commissioner of the general land office may pay a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars for surveys of last year. For surveying the public lands in Washington Territory, at rates not Surveying exceeding fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars public lands in Washington for township, and ten dollars for section lines, fifteen thousand dollars. Territory; For surveying the public lands in New Mexico, at rates not exceeding in New Mexico, fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, five thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Montana Territory, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, twenty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Utah Territory, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, twenty thousand dollars. in Montana; in Utah; in Florida; Eastern boun For surveying public lands in the State of Florida, ten thousand dollars. For surveying the eastern boundary of Nevada, estimated four hundred and twenty-five miles, at not exceeding twenty-five dollars per mile, ten dary of Nevada. thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars, to be expended under the direction of the commissioner of the general land office. Public Buildings and Grounds. For repairs and improvements of public buildings and grounds heretofore under the direction of the commissioner of public buildings, to wit: For casual repairs of the navy yard and upper bridges, three thousand dollars. For repairs and taking care of the bridge at or near the Little Falls of the Potomac River, twenty-six thousand dollars. For repairs of the Long Bridge across the Potomac River, fifteen thousand dollars. For fuel for the President's House, five thousand dollars. For care and improvement of grounds south of the President's House, one thousand dollars. For extra labor in removing snow and ice from the pavements and public walks, five hundred dollars. For repair of water-pipes, one thousand dollars. For manure for the public grounds and reservations, and cartage of the same, two thousand dollars. For care of reservations on New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maryland avenues, three thousand dollars. For painting iron fences around the public squares and reservations, three thousand dollars. For annual repairs of the President's House, five thousand dollars. For care of the circle, one thousand dollars. For laying pavement through the mall along Sixth Street south, opened by act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixtyseven, two thousand dollars. For additional repairs of conservatory at the President's House, and for supplying the same with a suitable collection of plants to replace those destroyed by fire, five thousand dollars. For completing the culvert through the botanic garden, thirteen thousand dollars. For the further improvement of Lincoln Square, eight thousand dollars. For hire of carts on the public grounds, three thousand dollars. For purchase and repairs of tools used in the public grounds, one thousand dollars. For purchase of trees and tree-boxes, to replace, when necessary, such Repairs, &c. of public buildings and grounds. Navy yard and bridges. President's house and grounds, public squares, reserva tions, &c. Conservatory. Carts and tools. Trees and tree-boxes. Lighting capitol, &c. Water pipes. Stationery, &c. Office of registry of deeds of District of Columbia. William H. bonds held for as have been planted by the United States, to whitewash tree-boxes and fences, and to repair pavements in front of the public grounds, three thousand dollars. For lighting the capitol and President's House and public grounds around them and around the executive offices, thirty thousand dollars. For pay of lamp-lighters, gas fitting, plumbing, lamp-posts, lanterns, glass, paints, matches, materials and repairs of all sorts, five thousand dollars. For improvement of capitol grounds, two thousand dollars. For continuing the United States twenty-inch water main from its present terminus in north B Street on the east side of Delaware Avenue to the United States twelve-inch main on First Street east, ten thousand dollars. For purchase of stationery, books, maps, plans, office furniture and contingents of the office, three thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay for fitting necessary shelving, and for record books furnished or ordered for the office of register of deeds of the District of Columbia, during the period when Edward C. Eddie was such register, five hundred and fifty dollars. To pay William H. West for services rendered in taking care of and West, for care of keeping safely the bonds held in trust by the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefit of the Smithsonian Institution, from March first, eighteen hundred and fifty, to July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, two thousand five hundred dollars, to be paid out of the Smithsonian fund. Smithsonian Institution. Alphabetical list of private claims. Expenses of joint committee on ordnance. Mrs. Sarah F. Ames, for bust To enable the secretary of the Senate to complete the alphabetical list of private claims to the end of the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress, and to pay outstanding claims for services rendered in the preparation of said work under a resolution of the Senate of March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, two thousand dollars. That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses of the joint committee on ordnance, and that the same shall be drawn from the treasury, upon the order of the secretary of the Senate, as it shall be required; and any portion of the amount hereby appropriated that shall be allowed by the said joint committee to witnesses attending before it, or other persons employed in its service, for per diem travelling or other necessary expenses, and paid by the secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the orders of said joint committee, shall be accordingly credited and allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department. To enable the joint committee on the library to pay Mrs. Sarah F. of President Lin- Ames an additional compensation for her marble bust of President Lincoln, five hundred dollars. coln. For expenses of the trial of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, six thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid into the contingent fund of the Senate. For the purchasing of suitable sites for the erection of additional school-houses, and for the maintenance of schools in the county of Washington, outside of the limits of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, the same to be expended under the direction of the levy court of the county of Washington, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, ten thousand dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be, and is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of nine thousand two hundred and sixty-three dollars and eighty-five cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay balance due for the survey of lands embraced in the Osage Indian reservation, in the State of Kansas, under contract dated August fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, the said sum to be returned to the treasury out of the pro ceeds of the sale of said lands, as provided by treaties with said Indians. Appropriation Indian reserva SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of seven thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be for survey of necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not tions in Utah otherwise appropriated, to pay for the balance due for surveying several Territory; Indian reservations in Utah Territory; the survey of which was provided Vol. xiii. p. 68. for by act of Congress approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and sixtyfour. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the sum of thirty-nine thousand and fourteen dollars and sixty-three cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not heretofore appropriated, to pay for the survey of the Osage Indian trust lands ceded to the United States under treaty concluded September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, upon a contract made with the general land office under date of September eighteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and another contract for another portion of said trust lands, dated May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixtyseven; which survey is according to the provisions of the second article of treaty concluded with said tribe September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That there be, and is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three thousand three hundred and sixty-two dollars and three cents to pay the balance due for the survey of the lands embraced in the Omaha and Winnebago Indian reservation in the State of Nebraska, under contract dated August fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, as provided by a treaty with the Omaha Indians and authorized by act of Congress approved July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty six. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the commissioner of the general land office is hereby authorized to continue the extension of the geological explorations as begun in Nebraska under the provisions of the second section of the deficiency act of Congress, approved March two, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, United States Statutes, eighteen hundred and sixty-six and eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, page four hundred and seventy, to other portions of the public lands; and for that purpose the sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. 1864, ch. 77. of Osage Indian trust lands ceded to the United States. Vol. xiv. p. 688. Survey of lands in the Winnebago Indian reservation. Vol. xiv. p. 667. Vol. xiv. p. 318. Omaha and 1866, ch. 296. Geological explorations of public lands. 1867, ch. 168, § 2. Vol. xiv. p. 470. Commissioner rooms for busiof patents to rent ness of office. duction. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the commissioner of patents be authorized to rent, under the direction of the committees on patents of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, such rooms as may be necessary for the speedy and convenient transaction of the business of the office: Provided, That all the moneys standing to the credit of the Moneys received at patent "patent fund," or in the hands of the commissioner of patents, and all office to be paid moneys hereafter received at the patent office, for any purpose, or from into the treasany source whatever, shall be paid into the treasury as received, without ury without deany deduction whatever; and the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand Appropriation dollars is hereby appropriated for salaries and miscellaneous and contin- for salaries, &c. gent expenses of the patent office, and for withdrawals, and for monies [moneys] paid by mistake, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. And it shall be the duty of the commissioner of patents to communicate to Congress at the commencement of every statement of December session a full and detailed account of moneys received for moneys received duties on patents and for copies of records and drawings, and all other and expended. moneys received by virtue of said office; and of all moneys expended by him under and by virtue of this provision for said contingent and miscellaneous expenses, and for salaries, and the names of the persons to whom such salaries are paid, and the amount thereof paid to each. Commissioner to give detailed |