CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. Claims, Auditor for Interior Department. For contingent expenses, Department of the Interior, four hundred Contingent expenses. and thirteen dollars and fifty-four cents. For surveying the public lands, twenty-seven thousand six hundred and sixty-seven dollars and twenty five cents. For pay of Indian agents, six hundred and eighty-eight dollars and twenty-nine cents. For buildings at agencies, and repairs, sixty-one dollars and seventyfive cents. For telegraphing, and purchase of Indian supplies, seven dollars and nineteen cents. For transportation of Indian supplies, five hundred and eighty-nine dollars and thirty-nine cents. Surveying. Indian Department. Repairs to buildings. Purchasing supplies. Transportation,sup plies. Police. For pay of Indian police, thirty-two dollars and thirty-three cents. cents. For support of Sioux of different tribes, subsistence and civilization, five hundred and fifty-eight dollars and seven cents. For support of Sioux of different tribes, beneficial objects, six dollars and ninety-eight cents. For support of Indians of Fort Hall Reservation, three dollars and sixty-seven cents. Sioux. Support, etc. Fort Hall Indians. For Indian schools support, one hundred and sixty-one dollars and thirty-seven cents. Schools. For Indian school transportation, four hundred and sixty-four dollars Transportation. and seventy-five cents. For Indian school, Chilocco, Indian Territory, twelve dollars and sixteen cents. Chilocco. For Indian school, Genoa, Nebraska, fifty-five dollars and forty-five cents. Genoa. For Indian school, Salem, Oregon, one hundred and forty-six dollars and seventy-seven cents. For incidentals in Arizona, including support and civilization, twentyfive dollars and ninety-nine cents. For incidentals in Montana, three dollars and eighty-eight cents. For incidentals in South Dakota, five hundred and seventy-nine dollars and seventy-five cents. For surveying and allotting Indian reservations, three thousand four hundred and fifteen dollars and one cent. Salem. Incidentals. Montana. South Dakota. Surveying, etc., reservations. For army pensions, six hundred and fifty-five dollars and twenty Pensions. Army. cents. For navy pensions, twelve dollars. Navy. For fees of examining surgeons, army pensions, twenty-five dollars. Examining surgeons. Contingentexpenses. Claims, Auditor for CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE STATE State, etc., Depart AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. For salaries, chargés d'affaires ad interim, two hundred and fifty-two dollars and eighty cents. For salaries, secretaries of legations, nine dollars and seventy-nine cents. For contingent expenses, foreign missions, one hundred and thirtyseven dollars and three cents. For contingent expenses, United States consulates, thirty-five dollars and sixteen cents. For water boundary, United States and Mexico, fifty-six dollars and fifteen cents. Department of Jus tice. Defending suits. Utah courts. Indian Territory courts. Marshals. Attorneys. Special assistants. Clerks' fees. Commissioners' fees. Miscellaneous. Department of Agriculture. Animal Industry Bu reau. Weather Bureau. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. For defending suits in claims against the United States, fifteen dollars and fifty cents. For expenses of Territorial courts in Utah, seventeen dollars and fifty-five cents. For expenses of United States courts at South McAlester and Ardmore, Indian Territory, eighty-seven dollars and three cents. For fees and expenses of marshals, United States courts, three hundred and forty-seven dollars and eighty cents. For fees of district attorneys, United States courts, eight hundred and ten dollars. For pay of special assistant attorneys, United States courts, three thousand six hundred and thirty five dollars and ninety-two cents. For fees of clerks, United States courts, two hundred and sixty-seven dollars and eighty cents. For fees of commissioners, United States courts, one thousand six hundred and thirty dollars and twenty-one cents. For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, one hundred and seventy-six dollars and forty cents. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. For salaries and expenses, Bureau of Animal Industry, ninety-two cents. For general expenses, Weather Bureau, fourteen thousand and fortythree dollars and sixty cents. Claims. Auditor for CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE POSTPost-Office Depart OFFICE DEPARTMENT. For advertising, thirty-eight dollars and fifty-four cents. For mail depredation and post-office inspectors, two dollars and eighty-two cents. For post-office cars, twenty-five dollars and eighty-four cents. For foreign mail transportation, one thousand seven hundred and forty-one dollars and ninety-nine cents. For star transportation, two hundred and eighty-two dollars and seventy-seven cents. For railroad transportation, twenty thousand two hundred and eight dollars and ninety-seven cents. For miscellaneous, First Assistant Postmaster-General, one thousand one hundred and fifty-three dollars and seventy-five cents. For stationery, two dollars. For special-delivery fees, one dollar and eighty-four cents. For free delivery, one hundred and thirty-five dollars and eighty cents.. For railway postal clerks, sixty-seven dollars and thirty-nine cents. For clerk hire, four hundred and forty-four dollars and five cents. For rent, light, and fuel, five hundred and sixty-eight dollars and six cents. For compensation of postmasters, five thousand and sixty-one dollars and seventy one cents. SEC. 3. That for the payment of the following claims certified to be due by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section five of the Act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under section two of the Act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as fully set forth in Senate Document Numbered Two hundred and seventy-four, Fifty-fourth Congress, first session, there is appropriated as follows: CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE TREASURY For enforcement of the Chinese exclusion Act, six hundred and thirty six dollars and thirty-five cents. For Life-Saving Service, four hundred and one dollars and sixty-one cents. INTERNAL REVENUE: For salaries and expenses of collectors of internal revenue, three hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty-six cents. For salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers of internal revenue, three hundred and eleven dollars. For refunding taxes illegally collected, four thousand nine hundred and sixty-three dollars and ninety cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE WAR DEPARTMENT. Vol. 23, p. 254. Claims, Auditor for Treasury Department. Chinese exclusion. Internal Revenue. Agents, etc. Refunding taxes. Claims, Auditor for War Department. Pay. For pay, and so forth, of the Army, nine hundred and eighty-two Army. dollars and fifty-nine cents. For pay of two and three year volunteers, two thousand four hundred and seventy-nine dollars and ninety cents. For bounty to volunteers, their widows and legal heirs, three thousand five hundred and thirty-two dollars and fifty-one cents. Pay, volunteers. Bounty, volunteers. For bounty under Act of July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and Additional bounty. sixty-six, six hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-six cents. For subsistence of the Army, three hundred and thirteen dollars and seventy-two cents. Subsistence. For incidental expenses, Quartermaster's Department, twenty-eight Quartermaster's Dedollars and seventy cents. For transportation of the Army and its supplies, five thousand four hundred and ninety-three dollars and thirty-two cents. For barracks and quarters, one hundred and twenty-two dollars and twenty-two cents. partment. Transportation. Barracks and quar ters. For Medical and Hospital Department, forty-eight dollars and thirty Medical Department. cents. For Signal Service of the Army, one hundred and ninety-two dollars and thirty-eight cents. For military telegraph lines, fifteen cents. For horses and other property lost in the military service, four hundred and seventy-four dollars and eighty-five cents. Signal Service. Telegraphs. Horses, etc., claims. Mexican war volun For pay of volunteers, Mexican war, twenty-eight dollars and ninety- teers. three cents. For pay, transportation, services, and supplies of Oregon and Washington volunteers in eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six, one hundred and seventy-three dollars and twenty-six cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE NAVY For pay of the Navy, seven thousand six hundred and ninety-seven dollars and sixty-nine cents. For pay, miscellaneous, fifty-two dollars and thirty-three cents. For mileage, Navy, Graham decision, five thousand five hundred and forty-six dollars and ninety-four cents. Oregon and Washington volunteers. Claims, Auditor for Navy Department. Navy. Miscellaneous. Mileage claims. Marine Corps. Bureau of Naviga tion. Bureau of Ordnance. Bureau of Equip ment. Bureau of Yards and Docks. Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. Bureau of Construc tion and Repair. Bureau of Steam Engineering. Frigates. Destroyed clothing. Enlistment bounties. Pacific Coast service. For pay, Marine Corps, eleven dollars and forty cents. For transportation, recruiting, and contingent, Bureau of Naviga tion, four dollars and forty-six cents. For contingent, Bureau of Ordnance, eighty-four dollars and seventy cents. For equipment of vessels, Bureau of Equipment, one thousand three hundred and forty-six dollars and twenty-four cents. For contingent, Bureau of Equipment, one hundred and seventy-nine dollars and seventy-seven cents. For maintenance, Bureau of Yards and Docks, twenty-one cents. For contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, eight hundred and sixty dollars and thirteen cents. For construction and repair, Bureau of Construction and Repair, forty-six dollars and sixteen cents For steam machinery, Bureau of Steam Engineering, thirty-five cents. For destruction of clothing and bedding for sanitary reasons, fortythree dollars. For enlistment bounties to seamen, five hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-eight cents. For extra pay to officers and men who served on the Pacific Coast, Act of March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, two hundred and seventy-nine dollars and forty-five cents. Claims. Auditor for CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR Interior Department. Receivers. Surveying. Indian supplies. Transportation. Incidentals, South Dakota. Pensions. Examining surgeons. DEPARTMENT. For repayment to receivers of public moneys for excess of deposits, twenty cents. For surveying the public lands, twelve thousand five hundred and eighty-six dollars and twenty-three cents. For telegraphing, and purchase of Indian supplies, three thousand one hundred and ninety-one dollars and one cent. For transportation of Indian supplies, three hundred and twenty-four dollars and eighty-eight cents. For incidentals in South Dakota, eight dollars and fifty cents. For fees of examining surgeons, navy pensions, four dollars. Claims, Auditor for CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE STATE State. etc.. Depart ments. Department of State. Secretaries of lega tions. Contingent expenses, consulates. Services to American vessels. Department of Agriculture. Contingent expenses. Weather Bureau. Department of Jus tice. Marshals. AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. For salaries, secretaries of legations, ten dollars and thirty cents. For contingent expenses, United States consulates, seventy-nine dollars and seventy-four cents. For pay of consular officers for services to American vessels and seamen, twelve dollars and fifty cents. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. For contingent expenses, Department of Agriculture, six hundred and ninety-one dollars and twenty-three cents. For general expenses, Weather Bureau, one hundred and eighteen dollars and thirty-seven cents. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. For salaries, district marshals, nine dollars and thirty-four cents. For fees and expenses of marshals, United States courts, four thou sand one hundred and thirty-one dollars and thirty cents. For pay of special assistant attorneys, United States courts, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six dollars and thirty-uine cents. For fees of commissioners, United States courts, one thousand three hundred and fifty-five dollars and five cents. For fees of witnesses, United States courts, fifty-six dollars and seventy-five cents. Special assistant attorneys. Commissioners. Witness fees. Claims, Auditor for CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE POST- Post-Office Depart OFFICE DEPARTMENT. For advertising, seventy-one dollars and twenty-four cents. For mail depredation and post office inspectors, twenty-six dollars. For star transportation, thirty-four dollars and seventy-six cents. For railroad transportation, sixty-four dollars and seventy-three cents. ment. Postal services. Star routes. clerks. For railway postal clerks, twenty-seven dollars and thirty-nine cents. Railway postal For compensation of postmasters, two hundred and fifty-four dollars and ninety-one cents. To enable the Post-Master General to pay to Mary M. Force, postmaster at Selma, Alabama, the sum advanced by her in eighteen hundred and ninety, in payment of horse hire and the increased salary of B. M. Russell, a carrier of said office, when said account has been audited by the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, if the same is found to be just, one hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-two cents, and said Auditor is empowered and required to audit said account. Approved, June 8, 1896. CHAP. 386.—An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety seven. Clerk hire. Mary M. Force. June 9, 1896. Postal service ap Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated for the service of the Post-Office propriations. Department, in conformity with the Act of July second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, as follows: OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL. For advertising, five thousand dollars. For miscellaneous items in the office of the Postmaster-General, one thousand dollars. OFFICE OF THE FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL. Postmaster-General. Advertising. First Assistant Postmaster-General. Exceptions. For compensation to postmasters, sixteen million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That no post-office established at any county seat shall be abolished or discontinued by reason of any con seats to be continued. solidation of post-offices made by the Postmaster-General under existing law, and any such post-office at a county seat heretofore consolidated shall be established as a separate post-office at such county seat: Prorided, however, That this provision shall not apply to the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, or to Towson, Maryland: And provided further, That hereafter no station, substation, or branch post-office shall be established beyond the corporate limits or boundaries of any city or town in which the principal office to which such station, substation, or branch office is attached is located, except in cases of villages, towns, or cities of fifteen hundred or more inhabitants not distant more than five miles as near as may be from the outer boundary or limits of such city or town in which the principal office is located. For compensation to clerks in post-offices, ten million four hundred thousand dollars; six hundred thousand dollars of which shall be Restriction on estab lishing stations and branches. Clerks in post offices. |