Huntingdon Journal

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VOL. 46.
niTNTINGDON^ PA., JULY 12, 1871.
NO. 27.
'lie Huntiugdon Journal.
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Professional Cards. A.   OllBISON.   Attorney-at-Law,
OJiec, Z-ll Uill slrcLt, lluutingiion. Pa. tmay.ll.-n.
Dll, J, 0. FLEMMING respectfully offers his professional .scrvrccs to the cili/.ons f Huntingdon and vicinity. Office second fluor of lunninghuin's buildinii, on corner of 4th aud iliJl :troct. " ' lu.iyl' I. I
Unitetl States Laws.
[Published by Authority.] L A AV S
OF THE
UNITKD STA'J'H.S P.VSSED .VT Tin;
Tllir.l) Si:S.-IOS of   tuk FOUIY-lfllt.^T CO.NUIIKSS.
[Genkr.vl natche—No. iS.]  . AX ACT iiKikiiij: ajipiopriiitions  i'.t  tlic .siijipoit fif thfi iuur; fyr theyear eadiiig June thirty, oij^htcoii hundrcl und sov- i.'iity-twOjtind tbr other purposes. D:^ it enacted hy ihc Senate niid Home of Representatives of the  United Iflales of America    in    Congress    assembled,   That tile i'oMo'n'ing sums ))C. and  tho  same   are hereby .ippropriatcd. out of any moneys in the   treasury    not    otherwise  appropria¬ ted, fur liie cupp»rt of thi  army  fur   t!ic year ending June  thirty,   ciglweon   hun¬ dred and seventy-two :
r.-.r expen.ses of the comm.mdin,:^ (icn- oral's uilice, five ihousniid dulhas.
I'^ir cxp:^ii.sos of recruirin'r and trans- ]IInil.tiun—01—iL'iiiiiit.M, U!H! lllUUlred and twenty-live   thousand    live   Iiundred  and
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C.   5IADDBX,   Attonicy-'at-Liw
Office,  No. —, llill  sircct, Huntin;,'don, .;,. [ap.TJ.Tl.
IHriLLIAM A. FLKmTxG, Attorncy-
VV at-La.v, nimlinj!do„,Pa. Special attentiou ¦iven tfl collections, and all other ligal liusiucss ttended to with eare and promptness, OITicc, N'o. 2'J, HiU street. " [apH».'71.
VTILES   Zl'ON'T.MYRR,   Attornoy-at-
iJ-l- Law, ilui.- ;h,: I:.!-.. :•:... will.-.ttcndpromptly o itll legal !)u.<i!K.-r. .,;;]¦¦'• in Cunninsham's uew .nilding. [j.an.4.'71.
DU. G. ». ARNOIA); Graduate of the ¦University of Pennsylvania, olTcrs his pvo- essional services to Ihe peoplo of lluntingdou and ¦i»;inity, .     . »¦
REFEttt.vcE:—Dr, B. P, Hook, of "Loysville, Pa., vith whom he formerly practiced:   Drs.  BtillAiu^ \gncn: of Pbiladelphia. Office on Wtshinatun street, ^'."cst Uuntingdon, [ap.l»,'71.
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A/TILLEIl k IJUWIANAN;
DENTISTS,
Ko. 22s Hill Street,
llU.N'i'lXinJON, PA. April 5, Tl-ly.
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mark. Pa.
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D      CALDWELL,  Attornev -at -Lti • Xo.  Ill, Sdstrcet. OlKc- Si.      ¦ .   .•¦¦ 3y Alessrs. "U'oode & WilliaU!-,>.:.
f^     L. ROBB, Dcntis;. .fi)-.  ¦¦:  -
VX.    lirown's new buildiut;. N ¦. .   ./
lluntingdon, P,i, ^ ; :-...
11. 11. 11,'^^IESTLING,
respocti'ully oilers his professional  svvvi to the citizens o,'' Iluntingdon and vicinity.
O'iSecremoved to Xo. liISi Hill  strcot,   (Suit Rt-itnixo.) [iipi-..'),'71-ly
JR. DURBORROW, Attorney-at- • Law, Huntingdon. Pa., will priivtice in thc several Courts of Huiitiagdou county. IV.rti.ulai- attentiou given to the scUIcincnt of cstalcs <.;'deca¬ dents.
Oliioe in ho .TooitSiL liaildiug. [!V'r.l.7l.
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of Washingt! 1, Pa.
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strect.s. Hun- [ .ian.12'71.
K ALLEN LOVELL. Attorney-at- » Law, Uuntingdon, Pa. Special lutcution given to CoLLEcTio.N-s of all kinds : lo lue settle¬ ment of Estates, .tc.: and all other Legal Busiuess prosecntod with fidelity and dispatch.
.rcr OiTice in rouni lately o,-ciii.ied l.v It. Miit-i- ripccr, J-.'sr|. " ¦   Lj;ih.4,'7l.
W. MYTON, Attorney-at-Law,-IIun-
tin^don. Pa.   OlHcc with J. Scwcll Slcivart,
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J    HALL MUSSER, Attorney-: •    Huntiug,lon, Pa,     OH.ic,  second Leister's new building, Hill etrect.        [jnx
71.
M.  k  M.
at-Law, Uu
ds of legal bu
.   LYTLE,   Attorneys-
iugdon. Pa., will attend   lo less entrusted to thoir care. i.leofUill street, fourlh.loor
SYLVANUS BLAIR, Attorney-at-
> Law, Huntingdon, Pa.   OlBee, Hill  street,
> doors west of Smith. ' [jan.r7l.
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J A. POLLOCK, Surveyor and Real • Estate Agent, Huntingdon, l'a„ will atteud to Surveying in all ita branches. Will ol.^o buy, sell, or rent Farms, Houses, and Ileal Eslate of ev¬ ery kind, in any part of tbc Unitcl .States, tcud^ for a circnlar. [,ian.4'7l.
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J. A. DEAVER, having located
fran!:!invillc, offV-rs his iinin-ssioniil sjr- to tbc comuuinity. r.i;in. I,'71.
tf • and Oonerail'laiui .igent, liunliiigdon. Pa., S.ddiors' claims-against the (joverutncnt for baek pay, bij^unty, widows' and invalid pensions aWjiid- cd'to with great eare and promptness.
Offiee on Uill street. [jan.1,'71.
SCOTT,  BROWN  &   BAILEY,   At- torneys-at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa.    Pensions, nd all elaims of soldicr^and soldiers' heirs f
cii;!ifyxl>i]la
I'ur contiii.uvnt expenses of the Adju- tiiiit Goiieral's dei)uitment at the head¬ quarters (if niilltiiry divisions and dcpart- meiils, five thous.and dollars.
For the expenses of the signal service of tiie army, iive thousaud dollars.
Fur piiy of the ariiij', and fur payment to discltarged soldiers for elotliing not dr.ivrn, twelve million threo hundrod thous¬ and dollar.s, of whieh sum oue hundied thousind tlollars, _and no more, rihy ho expended fur pay of Indian scouts.
For allowance to oSiccrs of the army fbr transportation of themselves and their baggage, when traveling on duty, witliout troops, escorts, or supplies, one hundred and lifty thotK,and dollars.
For gener.il expenses, such as addition¬ al eompensation of judge advocates, re¬ corders, mcnibors, and v>'iliiessc3 while on court-martial servieo, and traveling ex¬ penses oipiiymtister.s' clerks, :iiid postage on letters aiid pac'Ka;;fs, and telegrams re¬ ceived and sent by oiiiccrs of the army on public business, ono hundred thousand dollars.
P'or subsistence of regular Crr.ops, en¬ gineers, and Ir.dian scouts, two milliou nine hundred thotisand dollars, of wliieh sum fifiy-flve thou.sand dollars, and no more, mtiy bo expended fur subsistence ol' Indian scouts.
For regular supplies of the Quarter¬ master's department, to wit: For the reg¬ ular supplies of the Quartermaster's de¬ partment consisting of i'uel i'or oificers, en¬ listed mon, guards, hospitals, storehouses, and oUiccs; of llirage i',1 Icind for the horsos, mulos, tmd oxen of tlie Quarter¬ master's department at tho several posts :ind stations, and with the armies in the field; for the horses of the several rcgi- miSnts of cavalry, the batteries of artillery, and sueh ctfnipaiiies of infantry as may be mounted, and for the authorized numbjr of oificers'horses vrlicn serving tho field, and r:l the o-it-pu.'is. JMcaiiliug Lc.MJiig ior. th J animals; ,,1 sl.raw tor soldiers' b'-'dding; aud of stationery, iiiclading blank bo jks for- the Quarterm.ister's de¬ li;,- i;::'nt. ccrtiiicatc:? I'nr discharged sol- :' . . iii.iilv fo'l'Uis for thc Pay and Quar- ,I.!;.:.; r's dopartments, and for printing ..;¦ i''\ ¦;;!>:; ¦..•.¦.-i department orders and rc- :: ,: . :'i;'.. ;..:l;lon dollars.
I'l.r extra pay to soldiers cmpioyed un- I stores or supplies taken or furnished du dor tlie dircctioTj of the QuartcnnaitcrVf*ing the rebellion for t"(te usa of tho arury Department, in the  erection of barracks, I of the United Stittcs in
the Gove Offic
iment wil! b, I Hill street.
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osocutc'il. Ijrin.!.';
DR, D, P. MILLER, Office on Uill street, iu tlio room iorracrly oet'upiiil by Dr. John M'Cullocb, Jlimtingdon, Pit., wouM les- pectfany bflVr his proiWpional serviees to the eiti- »ons of ]Iimtiug;don and vicinity. [jan.^.'7I.
R. I'ATTON, Dr-aggist and Apoth-
• ecary, opposite the Kxchange Hotel. Hun¬ tingdon, Pa. Prescriptions accurately coraponndod. Pure Liquors ft,r Medicinal purpo.^c.^.    [uuv.2;j,'7«.
DR. A. B. BRUMBAUan, cJrcrs his prof»'5sion;il .=rrvift- tu lhe eommunity. Oiliae on Washington street, onc door cast of the Catholic Parsauage. ^ [jan.'l,71.
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J. GREENE, Dentist.    Ofiicc re¬ moved to Leister'sncwhHilding.Hill slreet
Miscellaneous.
X>OBT. KINQ, Jlerchant Taylor, 41'i
-JL\i    AVashington street, Huntingdon.  A., a lib¬ eral share of patronage rcsnectfullv solieilrd. _ .Anril 12, ISTI.
•^EAR THK RAILROAD DKPOT,
t'OK. AVAYNE .-ind .ir.Vf.\T.A ,«T!;i:,':TT
UNITED STATES IIOTEL, noi,ijr>.AYi=i!uu(j, p.v.
M'CLAIN & CO., Pboprikto^s. Meh 1,1-1 f
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XCHANGE  HOTEL,   iluntingdon,
I'll. .lUllX .S. :dlLJji;il, Proprietor.
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((uartcrs, storehouses, and hospitals, in tlie construction of roads, and otheV constant labor, for psriods^f not less than tan days, uudor the'atts ot ilarch twu, eighteen hnndred and nineteen, and August four, eighteen liuudred aud fifty-four, incliid- ing these employed as clerks at division antl dcpaifluent headquarters; expenses of expresses t<) aud from the frontier posts and armies in the field; of escorts to pay¬ masters and ether disbursing officers, and to trains Avhere military escorts cannot bo lurnished; expenses of the interment of officers killed in aetion. or wh,. die when on duty ii; tl:L' li.!,'. or at ji.-.;! on the f.-o.,iiri-s. (I,- ::: I,. >:< :w,,l ,.rl.fr ;,1-'™. ^vhcIl ordered by the Soti-<:tary of War, and of uou-commis.sioued officers and soldiers; authorized oflicc furuiture, hire of labor¬ ers in the Quartermaster's dj^iartnicnt, in- eluding the hire of interpreters, spices, and guides f;.r th-j arer,'; compjasaticn of clerks to 1 iil-.i-s ui' the Quartei-niaster's department: >¦'iap,:;.-,ti.!n of forage and wagon-masijis, authorized by tho aet of Ju.y five, eigbteen hundred and thirty- eight ; fir t!;e iipprthonsion of deserters, and the expenses incident tj their pursuit; and iot tbe followiug expenditures re¬ quired fir tho several regiments of caval- iy-, the )):i!tci-;LS „:' l!;;lit :,rtiil,ry. :;od such cuiiipui.vj- of iiil'uilry i^^ ia::y bo niouiited, iiii!i:ciy : Tiv-' parciri-e rf tr.iv- eling forges, blac:;s;uiths' ¦.r,::\ :^[..,Ai^'.: to.ih, hor.=e and mule sliocsaii'l ii:i\U. [¦:.:'.;. aud steel for siioeing, liire of veterinary surgeons, medicines for horses and mules, picket ropes, andiVn- shceing t':!e b:.r3:\s oJ corps u:i;i;ed ; al.so, generally, tho ]v.?pcr and fttithorized exponses ibr tlie inuveuiciit and oper.'.iioas of au ariay uiit i;xpve;s!y a;:.sigucil 1:1 .iijy—other JepartmL-UT, nine hundred thonsand dollars..
For purehi-se of horses for  the cavalry
j tmd artillery, and for Indian- scouts, fmr bundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For transportation of the army, includ¬ ing b:!ggage of the troops \'.-hcn moving eithor by land pr water ; ofclothing, camp and garrison oqnip.ige from the depots of Philadelphia and Jeli'ersonvillc to the sev¬ eral posts and army depots, and from thoso depots to the troops in the field; and < f sub.sistence stiiros from the phic-cs of p'jr- ehaso, aud from the placci of delivery un¬ der contract, to .such places as the circum¬ stances of the service m:iy require them to bo sent; of ordnance, oi'dnance stores, and small-anas from the fonndrioi and armories to the arson;ds, frontier posts, and army depots; freights, wharfage, tolls, and ferrLtges; thc purchase and liire of horses, mules, oxen, and harness, and the purchase antl repair of wngnns, carts, and dr:iys, tsnd of ships aud other sea-going A'^ssels, and boats required for trtinspprta- tiun of supplies and i'or garrison purjiose*;
i I'or dray:uiy :ind_ cartii^e at the several ,i' llratssters, transportation of i . ..<'. other disbursing depart¬ uicnis; liio c-qiouse of sailing pubiie transports on tbe various rivers, thc Gulf of 3Icxico, and the Atlantie aud Pacific; for procuring water at such post's as, from their fciluation, retpiire it to be bronght from a disfciuco; and i'or cle:iring roads harbirs, and rivers, to the extent Avhich nviy be re<iuired i'or tho actual operations oftbe rroops in the field, four million dol¬ lars.
i'or hire of qu;iTterF for tffiecrs on i;iil- itarj-duty, hire of quiirters ior troops, of sLorehun.ses for the safe-keeping of milita¬ ry stores, and of grounds for sumtiier can¬
tonments ; for thc construction of tempo¬ rary huts, hospitals, and stdiles; and for repairing publie buildings at established posts, one million dollars.
For heating and cooking stoves, five tlift-.i.sand dollars.
For purclnisc and nr.inuf icture of cloth¬ ing, c.unp and garrison equipage, and for preserving and repacking stock of clotuing, camp and garrison equipage, and materials on band at the Schuylkill ai-senal and oth¬ er depots, five thousand dollars.
For establishing and lunimaining na¬ tional c-.'motcrios. two bundred thousand d.jllars.
Por army cont4ngoncies, nasnely : Sueh expenses as are not provided for by other estimates, embracing all branches of tho military servieo, fifty thousand dollars.
For purchase of medical and hospital supplies, p.iy of private physieians employ¬ ed in emergencies, hire of hospital titten- danfs, expon.sjs of purveying depots,^ of medibtd examining boards, and incidental ei^pon.sosof the Medical department, two hundred tho'asaod doll:irs.
l'"or the Army ?.fedical I'lusoum and lliUUlt'ill tinri (jtligr neccss:iry v,-orks for tlfe library of the Surgeon General's office, .seven tho'usand dollars.
For trials Avith torpedoes for h:irb*or and land defense and to instruct tlie engineer troops in their practical constructioii und application, ten thou.sand uollaK;.
For complclion of bari-ack.s and oiliecr.«i' t(uarters at the engineer depot at Willet's Point. New York, twenty-five tbousand dullars.
]''or repair;; ;;no pr.;>'.'iv;:i.ii,n of bridge cqu'^^iago, tcn tlioiis;ii,J dollais.
For purcha.se and sujiply of material and lab.'r iiir rcjiairsof qu;irte;s and bar¬ racks at engineer posts, tw.i thousand dul¬ lars.
For tbe ordnance service rc:|uire.! to defray tho expenses at tha .ar.senals; of re¬ ceiving stores and issuing anus and other ordnance supplies; of police and office duties; of rents, tons, fuel, and lights; of statiouery and office furnituro , of tools and instruments for use ; of public ani¬ mals, forage, and vehicles; incidental c.x- jK-uscoofthe ordn;inee service, including those attending practical trials aud tests of ordnance, small arms, and other ord¬ nance supplies, two hundred thousand dol¬ hirs.
For manufacturing metalic arr.aiunition ior small arms, one hundred lhous:ind dol¬ lar.-^.
For overhauling, pres.n-ving, and clean¬ ing new ordnance stores on hand in the arsenals, seventy-five thousiuid .dollars.
For sea-co.ist cannon, and c;ii'riagcs for the same, two hundred  thousand   dollars.
i'or purcha.se and ordnance stores, to fill requisition of troops, fifty thousaml I dollars.
For manufacture of arms atthe national armory, ono huudred and fifty thousjnd dollars.
SF.r. '2. That the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby anthoriaod to nominato, and. by and with tho advice and cin:-cnt of the Sen:ite, ap¬ poiut a board • : < -¦...¦ '¦ ' .;icrs, to bo d-^-i- iiiu;^t.a a, ,.-.   . ¦ .cfdm^, to   cm-
sis:, ui'tiiroc I       ; . -, \,uo   niiai! *bo
conimifsioncd I'ur two yoars, a.uJ.jthx)ii duty it .oliall be to receive, examine, and co;!'.;;(I.,-r !lie justice and validity of such ci:i::i.s ::s sh:'.!! be brought belore them, of those citizens who ro'diaiuod loyal ad¬ herents fo the causo and thc government of^the Llnited States during  the  Av.ir,   for
in States proclaimed as-in insurrection against the United St!Ue.s, inoludingjho use and loss of ves¬ sels or boiits while cmpioyed iu fhe mili¬ tary service of the United States. And tha said commissioners in considering s;dd claims shall be satisfied frum the testimo¬ ny ot witnesses under oati*, or from other sufficient evidence, which shtill accoinjiaijy each claiui. taken under such rules and regulati.'ii-i as tho coniniissioners may adopt, ui' the loyalty and adherence ofthe | dred dolhrrs cliiimant to the eause and the government of the United States beforo and at the time oftbe taking or J'urui.^hing of tbe Jiroperty iin- Ai'liich any cl;iim shall be in;iii", and nf the quantity, quality, aud value oi' tho property alleged to have been takeu or famished, Md the lime, place, and materia! cireuuistanccs of the taking or furnishing oi" the same. And, upon satisfactory evidence of tlie justice and validity of any claim, t!ie' commi.ssioncrs snail rejiort tlieir opinion iu writing in each ca.se. and shull certily the nature, amount, and value of lhe property faken, i'ariiishod or used as aforesaid. And each claim which shall be considered, and re¬ jected as unjust and invalid, shall like¬ wise bo reported, Avith the  reasons  ther
thority to appoint one clerk and one short baud reporter, to be paid quarterly at tlic rate of two thousand five huudred dollars por annuin each, and one messenger, to be paid at tLe rate of oue fhonsaiid two huu¬ dred dollars per annuui, Avho iiiall perform the services required oftbem respeetiveU', and said board shall bo furthc.- alloAved thc necessary actual expenses ol office rent, furniture., fuel, stationery, and printing, fo be certified by the president d' the botird, and to be audited on 'voucheis, ami jiaid as othor judicial cxpm.ses aro.
Sec. li. That a sufficient ippropriation to carry this act into efl'ect is hereby made out of any money in the treasury not oth- erAvise appropriated.
Seo. 7. That the Secretary gf War, bo, and ho is heroby-irathorized anil direoted to negotiate ivith a. respon.sible party to buibl and operate a telegraj)h line from Yanetou, Dakota Territory, tn Fort Ran¬ dall, Dakota, .and thence to Fort Sully, if, in the opinion of tho Seeretary of war, the public service demands such exten¬ sion. And ujion the conijiletion of each hundred uiiles o^' saicl line.to. the satisl'ac- [Tiiin'of the Secretary'of War, he is au¬ thorized to pay the party constructing the same the sum of eight thous.and dol¬ lars; and upon the completion of the Avliole line he shall p;iy, as aibresaid the sum of eight thousand dollars per Uiile iur any number of miles the sam may extend oA-cr the number of even hun¬ dreds: Provided, That the money so paid shall be refunded fo the United Sfates in the use of said telegraph line at rates not higher than charged private individuals, nor higher than may, in tho opinion of Slid Socretary, be jnst: Provided, aI:;o, That Avhen the money tidvanced by tbe said Secretary of War shall be refunded, as above jirovidod, the Llnited States shall have no title to nor lien upen said linc, but may at all times use the same for pub¬ lic purjioses at sucb rates'.as m:iy be  just.
Sec. 8. That an amount necessary fo enable fhe Secretary of War to carry into effect the provisions of the foregoing i tion is hereby approjiriated cut of any money in the ti casury not otherAvise ap¬ propriate I.
Skc. 0. That, in accordance Avith the fiftb section of the act ajiproved July two, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled "An ixt to ameud an act entitled -An act to aid in the constniction of a railroad and telegrajih lino from tho Jlisaouri river fo tho Pacific-ocean, and to secure tothe governnient the use of the same for jiostal, military, and other purposes,' approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty- lAvo," the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to pay over iu money fo the I'acific Railroad Companies mentioned in said act, and performing services for the United States, one-half of the compensa¬ tion at fhe rate provided by law ibr such serviees, heretofore or hereafter rendered : Provided, That this section shall not be construed to afi'oct the legal rights of the goverument or tho obligations of fhe com¬ panies, except as herein specifically pro¬ vided.
Aj-.proved, Marcli 3, 1871.
[t;r,.M;K-\i. Natuhk—No.   ,Otl.] AN ACT makiug appropriations  for   tiio
 rrpoir , p»-..i. i)"!!!,:,!!., nny    nrnii|J j^iait.  u£.]
ceit:iin pidilic works on rivers and har¬ bors, and for other purjjoscs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rtpresentatires of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the foUoAving suuis of money bo, and are here¬ by, appropriated, to be paid out of any inmicy in tho treasury not otherwise appro¬ priated, fo ba expended under the direo¬ tion of the Secretary of Vi'ar, i'or the repair, preservation, and completion of thc folloAv¬ ing public works hereinafter named :
For imptovement of Superior City h:ir- bor, Wisconsin, sixty thousand dollars.
For improA-emcnt of JLirquefte harbor. Lake Superior, Michigan, sixty thousand dollors.
For improvement of Green Bay harbor, Wisconsin, seventeen thousand  five  hun-
fbr ; and no claimant shall  AvithdraAy ^ny UKiic.i;:'evidence submitted in sujiport  of
;-!::.'. •';. Tii:it s;iid .coniuii.-sioncrs shall c;n-ii tiku i:i-> o:::!! of ' ilico provided by i:!w tu ';:,¦¦ i;ikci! iiv ;:il oihccrs of the United .States, aud siiaii jirocood without delay to discharge the duties under this act. The Prosident of the United Slates shall designate in his apjiuintment one of said commiasioners to be president of the b,Ka-a, Ulld .-li.iU lie aoUivi;i,..a 10 mi any vacancy Avhicli may occur, by reason of dcalh or resignation, in said board; and c;ich commissioner shail have authority to administer o:iths and tiffiruiatioiis, and to take the depositions of AvitncsfCi in all matters pertaining to their duties. Th'e said commissioners shall moet and organ¬ ize s;iid b.'aird, ahd hold their sessions at Washinglon. Tivo members of the board ,sh.all ccnistitute it qnornin fir the tran.sac- fi.':i I'f loi-iiness, ami fas .agreeniuut oftwo ^!; ¦'.''. ¦';. . : '0 all (juestions in controversy. ','.¦:¦ -.'.'. . iumis.sionerssh.'.ll have authori¬ ty to UKike aud' publish rules ibr their procedure, not inconsistent with fhis act, and shall publish notice ot" thoir sessions. 'They shall keep a journal of tbcir pro''eed- ings, to be signed by the president of fhe board, and a register ofall clainis brought before the'board, showing tho date of jirc- senfiition, nuuiber, name, and residence of cbiiniant, subject-matter and amount of cbiim, aud the amount, if any, alloAvcd ; Avhich "records shall be open to the inspec¬ tion .of tho Presidont and Attorney Gen¬ eral ofihe Unitod States, or of such offi¬ cer as tho Presiilent may desienate.
S::r'. .|. Thai r-.niini^siuii^M-s :di ul ni:ike report ul'ill.-i:- i::'u;e.'il::iu^. ::n.! of 0;;ch chiiui conbidercd by theoi, ai. the com¬ mencement of each session of CongTcss, to thc Siieaker of the lltiuse of Representii¬ tives, Avho sh:ill l;iy the s:iino before Con¬ gress fir. Consideration; ;-,nd all claims Avithin tbis iict and nut jn-esentcd to said board shall bo barred, .-ii! ! i-haU not bo enterfciiiicd by any d. ;i:r. i,.;c:ii ufthe Gov¬ ernment   witbsjit    iurtl.Li    iiutiuirity   ui'
S:;r. ,T.' That the cuiumi-.-iuoeis of claims sbail bo jiaid (juarterly under this act, at the rate of fivo thousand dollars per annuin each, tind they shall  have  au-
For improveuient of Manitowoc harbor, Wisconsin, eleven tlious:in'd dollars.
For improvement of Sheboygan harbor, Wisconsin, fifteen thousand dollars.
For iniprovemeut of Port Wasbington harbor,'Wisconsin, fifteen thousand dol¬ lars.
For improvement of Milw:(ukee harbor, AVisconsin, thirty-eight thousand   dollars.
For improvenient of Racine harbor, Wisconsin, fen thousand dolbirs.
For inipr.rvcmont of I'vouusha harbor, Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars.
For inijiroveuient of T.wo-Rivers harbor, Wisconsin, twenty-five thtwsand doiiars.
For imjjroveiueut of Ahnapee harbor, Wisconsin, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For improvement of harbor at mouth of Menomonec river, Wisconsin and Michi¬ gan, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For improveuient ofthe n.irth and south brjiuches of fhe Shrewsbury river, New Jersey, fourteen thousaud dollars.
For improvemont of Anx Rees Scies harbor, Michigan, fen thousaud dollars.
For fhe improvement of South river, New Jersey, titteen thousand dollars.
For the removal of obstruction's of Sa¬ lem river, New Jersey, four thousait<i dol¬ lars.
For iuiproveuient of Manistee harbor, Michigan, nine thousand dollars.
For improA-ement of Ouachita river Irom the Louisina State line to the toA\'u of Ark¬ adelphia, in the State of Arkansas, on said river, tAventy-five thousaud dollars.
For improveiueut of Pere Jlarqiiette liarburi JlieTiigan, ton thousand dollars.
For improvement of Pentwater harbor, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For imjiroA'.caient of White River h:ir- bor, Michigan, twenty thousand dollars.
j''or improveuient of Muskeg.m harbor, Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars.
For imiirovement of Grand Haven har¬ bor, Michigan, six thousand dollars.
For improvement cf Black L,ake harbor, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.
For improvement of .Saugatuek harb:ir, Michigan, ton tbousand dolhirs.
For imjiruveuient of Cheboygan harbor, Michigan, teu thousand dollars.
I'or improveuient of South Haven har¬ bor, Michigan, fifteen thoastind dollars.
For improvement of Saint Joseph Iiar¬ bor, Michigan, ton thous:ind dollars.
For improvement of Saint Mary's_ Falls canal and Saint Mary's river, Michigan, tAvo hundred and fii'ty thoasand dollars.
Fur improvement of Au sable river, i'lichigan, ten thousand dollars.
For harbor of refuge, L:ike Huron, Michigan, une hnndied   thousand   dollars.
Eor imprOA'cmont of Clinton river, Jlich¬ igan, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For improvement of S:iinf Clair fl:its, Miehigiiu, oue tlioii-:iiid live hundred dol¬ lars.
For improvement of Toledo Imriior, Oliio, fifty thousand dollars.
For imjirovement of Ashtabula liardor, Ohio, fifteen thousand dollars.
For clearing and buoying   the   channel
of the Scbuykill river, fit its mouth, at Gibson's point, and above to the Chestnut street bridge, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, ten thousand dollars.
For improvement of Erie harbor, I'enn¬ sylvania, tweuty niue thousand dollars.
For improveuient of Cbieago harbsr. Il¬ linois, one Iiundred thousand dollars.
For harbor of refuge, at C;ilumct, Illi¬ nois, fifty thonsand dollars.
For improvement uf .Michigan City har¬ bor, Indiana, fi.'toen thu'.is;iiul dollars.
For improvement of .Dunkirk harbor. New York, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For imjirovement of Port .IcS'erson har¬ bor. Long Island. New York, fifteen thou¬ sand dollars.
Por improvement of Buflfalo harbor, New York, one huudred thousand dollars.
For improA-ement of Olcott harbor, Noat York, five tbous.-.nd dollars.
For iuiproveuient of Oak Orchard h;ir- bor, New York, ten thousand dollars.
For imjirovement of Charlotte harbor. New York, ten thousand dollars.
For improvement of Little Sudus haibor, Xow York, fifteen tbousand dollars.
For improvement of Pultneyville har¬ bor, NeAv York, five thousand dollars.
For improvement of OsAvego harbor, Ncav York, one hundred thousand dollars.
For inijirovemonts of Ogdensburg hor¬ bor, New York, twenty-fiva thous-md dul- liars.
For improveuients oi'Plattsburg harbor, Now Vork, fifteen thousand dolLirs.
For the iinpro\-cmeiit of i'ecoiiic river, below thc village of llivorhead, Long Is¬ land, five thousand doihirs.
For imjirovement : 1 i^arlington h;;rb.)r, Ve-rmont, thirty thor..-..ad dollars.
For the jii'eserviitio.i of the fidls of Saint [•Anthony, .-md the navig;ifi'>n of the M:s- sissipjii river livforo fiia same, fifi'y. thou¬ sand dollars.
- For impiovonient of tho Ouachita river, in Louisiana, from the Arkausas State line to thc month of said rivor, tAvonfy-six thonsand dollars.
]''or improvement of the upper Missis- sipjii river,and removing snags, and dredg¬ ing, forty two thousand dollars : Provided, Tliat no pnrt ofsuch sum shall be paid for the use ofany patent or jiatented machiue in Avhich any enginoor or officer empluyed by the goA'crnmeut may be interested.
For improvement of the Jliunesoti riv¬ or, ten fhous:ind dollars.    .
For improvement of fhe Rock Isl lad rapids, one hundrod and'fifty thou.sand dollars.
For improA-ement of the De.s Moines rapids, tAvo hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For improvenient uf tlic 3Iississippi, Mis.souri, and Arkansas rivers, one hun¬ dred and fifty thou.sand dollars.
For improvemont of tho moufh of the MissLssijijii river, one hundred and tweiity- ftve thousand dollars.
For imjirovement of the filis of the Ohio river, and Louisville canal, two hun¬ dred and fifty thousand dollars.
- • For improvemont of the Obio river, fii'ty thousand dollars.
For improvement of Qac.:n.-t iwn har¬ bor, iMaryiaud, five thoii.'^a:i(i.doir.;rsi~'
i'ur iiiijirovomeut of harbor at Caiu- hrM.j... '.t:,vvloo.-l. fll Ibnnsan.-l dollars.    _.
For imtiroveinent of the ship-channel in the Patapsco river aud Chesapeake bay, leading toward tlie harbor of iJaltiiaore, fifty thousand dollars.
For i'mprovement of tbe (haiinoi at the mouth of Cape Fear rivor, Nortli C:iroliiia, seventy-five thoiLsand dolhus.
Fur improvement of Roaiio'Ee river, be- loAV Wcldon, Nortli Carolina, twenty tliou¬ sand dollars.
For improvement of thc .-hip-caual in Charlcstou harbor. South Carolina, thir¬ teen thousand dollars.
For improvement of the James river, bcloAV Richmond. Virginia, fii'ty thousand dollars.
For in:pruvcmjiit if the Appomattox river, below IV-torsburg, Virgiuia, ffty tbousand doll:irs.
For improvement of the Rappalnmnock river, Virginia, fifteen thousand dollars.
For improvement of the Hudson river. New York, forty thousand dollars.
For improvement of tbc Eiisl. rivor. New York, forty thousand dollars,
For improvement of Pawtncket river, Rhode Island, seven thou.-iaud dollars.
For cuiistruction of brcakiA'ater at Block fsland, Rhode ,islaud, seventy-five thou¬ sand dillars.
For improvement of PaAvtuckot river, Rhode Ishind and 'Coniiectjcut. !^n tb ou¬ sand dollars."
For improvement uf Th:imes rivi.r, Con¬ necticut, fifteen tlifiusaud dollais.
For improA'ement of Conr.oeiicut river, above Hartford and be'.o'w Holy eke, tAventy thousand dollars.
For iinprovoincat of Conncclicut river, bclo.y Hartford, thirty-five thousand dol¬ lars,
I'^or improvement of Neiv Haven harbor, Connecticut, forty thonsand doiiars.
For iuiproj'cment of the Housaf :.oiie riA-- er, Connecticut, fifteen   thousand  dullars.
Por improvement of Bridgeport harbor, Connecticut, tAvcnfy thous:ind dollar.s,
For improve.nent of Taunton river, Massachusetts, ten fhoiLsand ddlaxs.
For itjiproveuient ot llyaiiiiis harbor, 3Ia,ssachusotts, ten fhiiusand doUais.
For improvemeut of ProvincefOAVn luir- bar, Massachusetts, sis fhou.sand dollars.
For iuiproveineiit of Plymouth harbor, Mass.Tehusetts, fen thous:ind dollars. ^^'or  improvement   of   Boston   harbor, iSssachuselts, aie hundred thousand dol¬ lars.
For improvement of jlerrimac river, abovo Ilaverliill, SMassachusofts, twonty- five thousand dollars
For improvement of Kennebunk river, Maine, five tbou.-iand dolbirs.
For imjirovement of Saco river, Maine, fifteen thousand dollars.
Fur improvement of Portland harbor, Maine, ibrty thousand dollars.
Fur imjirovement of the Cocheco river, Avithin the town of Dover, Now Ilamjisbire, ten thousand dollars.
For improvement of Kcnneboc river, above Ralloivcl!, Maine, ten thoasand dol-: hirs.
For improvement of Kennebec river, between trardiner aud Richmond, Jlninc, five thousand doiiars.
For improvement of navig.ition at the "irut," ojiposite Batb, Maine. ;^ix thous;uid fivo bundred dollars.
For iniprovemoitLuilthe I'cRobseol river, at Bangor, and below Maino, fifty thousand dollars.
Foi'Tinprovcment of Union river, ?daino, fifteen thousand dolbirs.
For imjirovement of Royal':- river,Maine, ten thousand dollars.
For imjirovement of Narragauges river Maine, twelve tbousand dolLirs. I
Fer improvement of r'idliv:;!! rivor. i 3Iaiuc, ten thousand dollars:
l-'or imjirovement of Whife, iilack. and ; Little Red rivers, in tbo State of Arkan- | sas, ten thousaud dollars. I
For improvement of Saint Francis river, iu the State of Arkansas, fen tbonsaud doll.irs.
Fur improvenient oftlie Litfle Missouri river, in the State of Arkansas, fen tho'j- sand dollars.
For inijirovenient of the Cumberland riv^' below Nashville, Tennessee, thirty thous:iHd dollars.
i-'or improvement of Galveston hirbor, Texas, twenty thousand dollars.
For construction of breakwater at Wil¬ mington harbor, Caliibrnia. two iiundred tliousitnd dollars. -"
For iaiprovcnient of the Umpqua river, Oregon, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars.
For fho imjirovement of fhe bar at the n.outh of the Saint John's river, Florida, fifteen thousand dollars.
For improvemcntof Mobile harbor, Al;i- baina, fii'iy thoasand dollars.
For improvemont of the Osage river, .^Iisiiouri, tAventy-five thuusand doiiars.
For iuipruA'cuient of tho harbor at Du Lii*h, llinnesota, sixty thousand  dollirs.
For improvement of t'ne AVidametfe river, tibove Oregon city, Oregon, sixteen thonsand dollars.
For examination and surveys for im¬ provement ou the northern and northwest- cm i:ikcs and rivers, and tho Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and for contingencies of riA-ers and harbors not provided for in fhis act, one hundred and seventy-five thousand doll:\rs.
Sec. 2. That all moneys heretoiore ap- jirojiriated fur the improvement of the Tennessee rivor. and stili unexpended, shall be expended, under thc direction of tbc Secretary of War, for the repair and completion of the works horcfofore begun between Knoxville and Chattanooga, and f r tho emtinuation of tho Avorks now in jiroi-'ress beloAV Chattanooga, including the MTtsdo Shoals.
Sec. 3. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause examinations or surveys, or both, to bo made at the foIloAV- ing Jioints, namely : At Gah'eston htirbor, fram the outer bar up to the Red Fish bar, on or nearest to the west shore; at Mis- sit:;ippi city, for harbor on Mississippi sound ; at 15lack river, Missouri, to Poplar bluff; at Current river, iMissauri, from its mouth, to Van Buten ; at Otter creek, Voraiont; at Norfolk harbor, "Virginia; at Eureka harbor, and at S.inta Cruz, Cali¬ fornia ; at Passaic river, between Newark and Pas.saic. Now .Jersey; for ship-canal i'rom the head of Sturgeon bay, Wiscon¬ sin, on thc line now opened across the portage througii the timber fo the shore of Lake Michigan, Avith estimates for con¬ structing flic samo one hundred feet Avide and thirteen feet deep; at East Chester creek cr inlet. New York; at Port Ches¬ ter harbor, New York; at Rondout har¬ bor, Hudson rivor, Ncav York; at Maumee river, above Toledo, Ohio ; at Fourebe La Faivo riA'er, Arkansas; ibr rcsurveying of Monroe harbor, Michigan ; for survey and cstimato for removing middlo ground at the mouth of Black iiver, iu Saint Clair rivor, Michigan ; harbor at Stonington, Connocticut; at Gr.ind Marias, Michigan; a'i~'St:Tiyr:iI<'t If.iy. Viv.jii.i.i ; nt .\wotink bay, Virginia; at Savann.alr harbor, Geor- .giiU^at Well's harbir, rilaine: at Coo.sa river, Alabama ; at Huntingdon" harbor, on south coast of^Long Island sound; and to couiplcto the survey of fho Cumberland river, and tho vesurvey of tbe Tennessee river, from iiroAvn's feri-y to Florence, -Vl.-ibama; at Cbocfawatehec river, Florida; at Aquia creek, "Virginia; ibr survey of White river, i'roui Buffalo shoals to the mouth of .lames fork, Jlissouri; for thc survey ofthe VA'abash rivor, from its moufh to the oity of Lafayette; fgr survey of the Jliiuoiigahela river, from New Geneva, in Pennsylvania, to MorgantOAvn, in West A'irginia; for a survey beginning at or near Guntersville, on tlie Tennessee river, to thc headwaters of the Warrior and Coo:fa rivers, in Alabama, Avith the view of determining the practicability of uni¬ ting the waters of the Tennessi;A riA'er with the Avafers of the AVarrior or Coosu river for the purpose of navigation, aud esti¬ mates for necessary locks and dams to ex¬ tend the n.avigation on s;iid river to fhe last-named plaee; for examination' and survey of thc Etowah river, i'rom ifs mouth up to Cartcrsville, Georgia,'and also for examination and snrvey of Atebafabiya bay and Calcasieu p;iss, Louisiana; of the Oostenauli river; from Rome, Georgia, up to the rao.nth of the Cousiwattee ; at Chattahoochee river, below Columbus, Georgia; at the mouth of the Saint John's river, from fljo outer bar to J:icksonville, Florida ; at tlie mouth of flic St. Mark's river, from Sjianish Hole to St. JIark's, Florida; at-ApalachicoLi kiy, Florida; at Tampa biy, at Tampa, Flurid:i; ibr resur¬ vcy of Fiitecn-niile falls ; :it Elizabeth and Nansemond rivers, Virginia; at C:imden, .\rkausas,'to Trinity, Loui.siana, on Ou;i- chita river: at Goldsboro, North Carolina, to the inonth of Neusc river ; atthe mouth of IiickJHg river, Kentucky, for harbor of refuge ; for survey of the Cujic Fear and Deep rivers, as far upasL;i'Gr.ange, North Carolina ; at CviA'rc rivor, Alissouri, from its mouth to JIoscow Jlills; at Bayon Bartholomew, from ifs mouth to the .Vr- kan.^as State line ; lorthe exaniin:ition and survey of the Tangipaha and Chii'uncte rivers, in the State of Louisiana; for the survey of Horse Shoo shoals, in tho Del:i- ware riv,-r, boloAV Philadelphia, Pennsyl¬ vania ; for tbe survey of the harbor of NorAvalk. Connecticut; for surveying the mouths of Quant ico and Choppa Wamttsie bays, Virginia ; for examination .and sur¬ vey of Red river, from tbe mouth to a point .above the raft in Louisiana.
Sec. 4 Th:it tho unexpended balances of appropriations made by the act approved Jtily eleven, eighteen hundred and .seventy, entitled '-An act making appropriations i'or the rep;iir, preservation, and couiple- f ion of cort:iin jiublic Avorlcs in rivers and harbors, and I'or other purposes," fior fhe Csc;il yoar ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-nne, aro hereby re- appropriated for the purposes therein spe¬ cified : Provided, That any part of tho ap- projiriation made by this act may, at the discretion of tha Secretary of AA'ar, be ap- jilied during the current fiscal year,
.Vpproved, Jlarch 3, 1871,
[GeNEU-VI,  NATUKE—No,  53.]
AN ACT uiaking appropriations for fhe service,of fho Post Office Dejiartment fir thc year ending Juno thirty, eighteen hundred tmd seventy-tAvo, and for other purp;'scs.
Bt: tt enacted by the Senate ttnd House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the folloAving sums be, and the same aro here¬ by, appropriated ibr the service of the Post Offioe Department for tho year ending .lune thirty, eighteen hundred and sqacu- ty-two, out of any moneys in the Treasury a:i.-iiig i'rum the revenues of said Aepart- me4t, iu eonfurliiity to the actof July two, eighteen bundred and thirty-six :
For   inbmd  mail transportation, twelve
million  three  hundred  and  twenty-nine dollars.
For pay of mail messengers, five hun¬ dred and six thousand two hundred and fourteen dollars.
Fur pay of route agcnt.s, seven hundred and eighty-six thous;ind five hiindred and sixty-nine dollars.
For pay of mail route messengers, fifty nino thousand four hundred and four dol¬ lars.
For p.ay of local agents, forty-nine thou¬ sand and forty-four dollars.
For pay of railway post office clerks, five hundred and eighty-five thousand three hundred and thirty-eight dollars.
For pay of baggage masters in charge of through mails, five thousand dollars
For foreign mail transportation, four hundred thousand dollars.
For ship, steamboat, and way letters, tcn thousand dollars.
For pay of postmasters, five million one liuudred   thousand  dollars.
For pay of clerks in post offices, two million six hundrod thousand dollars.
For pay of letter-carriers, one million foar luintTrcJ thousand dollars.
For Avrapping paper, thirty-five thousand dollars.
For twine, thirty-five tbonsand dollars.
For leffer-balanecs, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For p;iy of blank ageuts, ten thousand dollars.
For office furniture, tAvo thousand five hundrod ijollars.
For advertising, fifty thousand dollars : Provided, That no part of this sum shall be p:iid to any paper published in the Dis¬ trict of Columbia fir advertising mail routes other tban those in A^irginia and JIaryland.
For mauufaeture of adhesive postage stamps, ono hundred and fifty-nine thous¬ and dollars.
For manui'aeture of postage-stamped en¬ velopes and ncAvspaper wrappers, four hun¬ dred and fourteen thousaud two liuudred dollars : Provided, That no envelope as furnished by the government shall contain any lithographing or engraving,- and no printing except a printed request to return the letter to the writer.
For s:dary of distributing agents and a.ssistants, aud inoidcntal expenses of agen¬ cy, six thousand eight hundred dollars.
For mail depredations aad special agents, oue hundred and twenty-five thousand dol¬ lars.
For m:iil bags and mail bag catchers, one hundred and eighty tliousand dollars.
For mail locks and keys, forty tbonsand dollars.
For post-marking and canceling stamps for post offices, twelve thousand five hun¬ dred dollars.
Far balances due foreign countries, two hundred thousand dollars.
For preparing and publisliiug post-route maps, twenty thousand dollars.
For rent of post offices, fAvo bundred thou.sand dollars.
For fuel ibr pust offices, one hundred thousand dollars.
For light.-- for post offices, ono hundred nn.I ten thousand doUars.
For stationery and miscellaneons items for post oiBces, forty thousand dollars.
For registered package envelopes, fifteen thousand dollars.
For official envelopes for use of postmas¬ ters, thirty thousand dollars.
For envelopes for return of dead letters to Avriters, four thousand dollars.
For fees to United Sfates attorneys, clerks of courts, and United States mar¬ shals, ten thousand dollars.
For engraving, printing, tthd binding drafts and Avarranfs, three thousand five hundi-ed dollars.
For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars.
That no money appropriated by this act shall be applied to thc payment of the al¬ leged claim against the United States in favor of George Chorponning, noAv pend¬ ing before the Sixth Auditor of the Trea¬ surv, or any part thereof.
Sec. 2. That the folloiving sums, or so much thereof as maybe necessary, be, and the s inie are hereby, appropriated for the year ending Jnne thirty, eighteen hnndred and seventy-two. out of auy nioney in the freasury not otherwise appropriated, viz :
For steamship s-jrvice between San Francisco, Japan, and China, five hundred thousand dollars.
For ,')fe;imsliip servici between the Uni¬ ted States and Brazil, one hundred aud fift'.- thonsand dollars.
For steamship service between San Fran¬ cisco and the Sandwich Islands, seventy five thousand dollars.
Sec. ?,. That if the revenues of tho Post Office Department shall bo insufficient to\ meet the appropriations made by this aet, then the snm of threo million nine hun¬ dred and sixty-nine thousaud three hun¬ dred and eighty-three dollars, or so much thereof as may bo necessary, be, and the samo is hereby, ajijiropriated, ta bo paid out of any nioney in the treasury not oth¬ erwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in tlio revenne nf thc Posti-Offios Depart¬ ment for fhe year onding June thirty, eighteen hundred .and seventy-two-
Sec. 4, Tliat all bidders, upon CA-ery mail route, for the transportation of mails upon the same, shall hereafter accompany their bids (where they exceed flve thousand dollars) wifh a certified check or draft, Jiayable to tde order of the Postmaster General, of some reliable banking hou.se or lianking institiition, which check or draft shall not be less than five per cent, on the amount that they would receive in any one year under such bid. In ease any bidder, on boing aAvarded any such contract, shall fai! to enter into good and suffieient bonds to faithfullv c:irry oat such contract, such bidder or bidders shall f jrfeit tbo amount so deposited fo the l'uited States, for the nse of the Post Office Dejiartment; other¬ wise, such draft or cheek, so deposited, shall lie returned fo the bidder, to whom it belongs.
Sec, 5. That it sh:ill be unlawful for the Newport and Cincinnati Bridge Company, or any other company, or person, to pro¬ ceed in the erection of the bridge now be¬ ing constructed ovor the Ohio river from the city ot Cincinnati, Ohio, to the city of Newport, Kentucky, and the approaches thereto, unless the said bridge shall be so constructed that the channel span of four hundred feet, as now located, shall hve un¬ der said span a clear headway, at low wat¬ er, of one hundred feot below auy point of said channel span, and in such case no draw shall be required in said bridge; all the other spans of said bridge, Avhich cover the Ohio river, to low-water mark, shal! have a clear headway of net less than sev¬ enty feet iiboA-e low-wator mark, and the other spans of the said bridge, extending to each shore, may be made of less eleva¬ tion tban seventy feet above loAV-watcr mark to accommodate a regular grade for the ap- jifroaclics to said bridge. .\nd when the foregoing rcfpiircments shall have been complied Avith by  the said  Newport and
Cincinnati Bridge Companj, the location of said bridge, its structures, and approach¬ es, shall thereupon be deemed to be legal¬ ized, and declared to be lawful gtrnctnres, and shall be reoognized and known as a post route. The plans for changes in such bridge, made necessary by this act, shall be submitted by said company to the Sec¬ retary of War for his approval. And, in the event of the Bridge Company making the changes provided for in this act, it shall be lawful for the said company, after they shall have made the changes in said bridge, and the approaches thereto, as herein provided, to tile their bill in equity against the United States in the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of Ohio, and full jnrisdioticoi is hereby conferred upon said court to de¬ termine : first, whether the bridge, accor¬ ding to the plans on which it ha» progress¬ ed at the passage of this act, has been con¬ structed so as substantially to comply with the provisions oflaw relating thereto; and, second, the liability of the United States, if any there be, to the said company by reason of the change by this act reqnired to be made; and if the said court shall de¬ termine that the United States is so liable, and that said bridge was so being built, then the said court shall further ascertain, and determine the anionnt of the actual and necessary cost and expenditures rea¬ sonably required to be incurred in making the changes in the said bridge and its ap¬ proaches as hereby authorized or required, in excess ofthe cost of building said bridge and appoaches, accordiog to the plan pro¬ posed, before the ehjJhges required by this act to be made. And the said court is hereby further authorized and required to proceed therein ti final decree as in other cases in equity. And it shall he lawful for either party to the said suit to appeal from the final decree of the said circnit court, to the Supreme Court ofthe United States as in other cases, and the Supreme Court shall thereupon proceed to hear and dertermine the said case and make a find decree therein, and thereupon,ifsuch deerce shall be in favor of said company, the Secretary ofthe Treasury ofthe United States shall, out of any moneys in the treas¬ ury not otherwise appropriated, pay to the said company such sum of money as shall by the said Supreme Court be so decreed to be paid to the said company: Provided, nevertheless. That no nioney shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the said company until the Supreme Court of the United States, npon appeal taken as aforesaid, shall render a final decree in the case in favor of said company. Approved, March 3, 1871,
[Ge.NEKAL NATUBB.—^No. 65.] AN ACT to renew certain grants  of land to the State of Alabama.
Be it enacted by the Senate (tnd Houte of Representatives of the United States of A'merica in Congress assemhled, That the grant of lands made to the State of Ala¬ bama by the act of Congress approved June tbree, eighteen hundred and fifty- six, entiitled '-An act granting pablic lands, iu alternate sections, to the State of Alabama, to aid in the construction of cer¬ tain railroads in said State," to assist iu the building ofa railroad from the city of Montgomery, Alabama, to some point on the Alabama and Tennessee State line, in the direction of Nashville, is hereby revi¬ ved and reuewed for the use and benefit of thc South and North Alabama Railroad Company, subject to all the conditions and restrictions contained in the act referred to, and subject to the further limitation, that if the said railroad is not completed within three years from the pas:«ige of this act no further sale shall be made for the benefit of said road, and thc lands unsold shall revert to the United States : Provid¬ ed, That the lands granted by the act here¬ by revived, except mineral lands, shall be sold to actual settlers only, in quantites not greater than one quartar section to any one purchaser, .dud for a price not exceed¬ ing two dollars and fifty cents per acre.
Sec, 2, That the right, power, and au¬ thority is hereby given to the company building the aforesaid railroad to take from the public land, adjacent to the lines of said railroad, earth, Btone,« and other materials for the coustructien thereof; and the right of w#y is hereby granted to the extent of one hundred feet iu width on each side of said railroad where it may pass ever the public lands, including'all neces¬ sary grounds fur stations aod structures connected therewith, not exceeding forty acres at any one station.
Approved, March 3, 1S71.
[Eesolctiok or assx&xh katubi—Ha. 19.J A RESOLUTION to amend a "Joint re¬ solution rela-ting to steamboats andother vessels  oAvncd in the loyal States," ap¬ proved December twenty-three, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. JSe it resolved by the Senate and Soute of St- presentativet of the   Unittd Statet of Aattriea, in Congress   assembUd, That "Joint resolation relating tn steamboats and  other  vessels owned  in tho loyal States," approved De¬ cember twenty-three, eighteen hundredand sixty nine, be, and tbe same hereby is, amended by adding Et the end thereof the following:   "or  in   conformity  with   the laws of the United States." Approved, March 3, 1871.
[RE30LCTI0S   OF   OENEBAL   NATUU NO.   20.]
A RESOLUTION authorizing the Presi¬ deut to nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to ap¬ point Lyman Q. Spanlding a master in the navy of the United States.
Resolved by the SenaU and Houte of Reprt- lentatives of the United Stata of Ameriea w Congress assembled, Th&l the Pre«identof the United States be, and he is hereby, au¬ thorized to nominata, and, by and with the advice and consent of theSenate, to appoint Lyman G, Spaulding, who resigned as midshipman in June, eighteen hundred and sixty six, master in the navy of the Unitod States : Prorided, That it appear upon examination that he haa been reliev¬ ed from the physical detect which led to his resignation, and is otherwise physically competent for service.
Approved, March 3, 1871.
[RESOLUTIOS of  QliCIKAL SATCKI NO. 21.]
A RESOLUTION for the relief of settlers on the public lands.
Resolved by the Senate and House o/ Representatives of the United iitatet of America iu Congress assembled. That set¬ tlers on the public lands of the United States who have been required to make proof and payment for their lands under the act to extend the provisious of the pre¬ emption laws to the Territory of Coloiido, and for other purposes, approved Jnly fourteen, eighteen hundred and seventy, and by instructions from the General Land Office, under date Jnly thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy, shall havc twelve months' additional time given them under which to make such proof and payment.
Approved, March 3, 1871,