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 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 177. 1868. 111 J|EsceZZane0us.——For necessary expenses in carrying into effect the E¤P°¤*°¤ °*` several acts of Congress authorizing loans and the issue of treasury l;°;?;gQg."r°9'°` notes, one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, l That none of the said sum shall be used to pay commissions for the no part for purchase, sale, or conversion of the bonds or notes of the United States: °°mml”l°“S· And provided further, That all necessary letter-press printing and book- Printing and binding, in all the departments and bureaus, shall be done and executed at glndlng *" b° the government printingonice, and not elsewhere, except registered bonds ,;;K8g&>§;,;°m` and written records, which may be bound as heretofore at the department. except, ceo: For carrying out the provisions of the acts of the thirtieth of August, mgzgggwgsg - . . 990* eighteen hundred and fifty-two, for the better protection of the hves of mrs of steampassengers on vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and of the biggié h me acts amendatory thereo£ the following sums, to wit: For the salaries of Vol];  61: the supervising and local inspectors, eighty thousand four hundred dollars ; for the travelling expenses of the supervising inspectors, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, _ _ That no supervising inspector shall be allowed for travel in his district in agglxggr any one year a greater sum that one thousand dollars; for the travelling ;mv8i_ expenses of the local inspectors, twelve thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided further, That no local inspector shall be allowed thr travel in any one year a greater sum than five hundred dollars. For the travelling expenses of a special agent of the de- _ partment, one thousand five hundred dollars; for the expenses of the Spcclal ”g°“t‘ meeting of the board of supervising inspectors, including travel, printing of manual and report, three thousand five hundred dollars, and there Annual meetshall be but one meeting annually of the said board, which shall be at the  ?:SS‘;¥;;’;gs' city of lVashington on the second Wednesday of January in eaeh year; For g_ lf ` stationery, For furuiture of ofiiees and repair thereoi for repair and trans- mE`£;"(xE‘;;1”;c;‘&‘f1 portarion of instruments, and for fuel and lights, fifteen thousand dollars. mLms_ F or facilitating communication between the Atlantic and Pacific States 'f¢l¤gf¤Pl1_l>¤· by electrical telegraph, forty thousand dollars. ;:g€{}a€fg§m° For expenses in detecting and bringing to trial and punishment per- States. sons engaged in counterfeiting treasury notes, bonds, and other securities D°t°‘*’f"$i2E‘ °f of the United States, as well as the coins of the United States, and other gglinfguiélsjng frauds upon the government, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. To meet expenses incurred in the prosecution and collection of claims Qollection of due the United States, fifteen thousand dollars, to be disbursed under the %}g;;‘(‘§‘:gt;l;° direction of the Secretary of the 'l`rezisury. ` For supplying deficiency in the fund for the relief of sick and disabled Sick and disseamen, one hundred and lilly thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter “bggts£;”"°;?“‘ the Secretary of the Treasury shall communicate at each annual session amounts conw;. of Congress a full and complete statement in detail of the amounts col- ed Md <>XP¤¤d· leoted from seamen, and also the amount expended for sick and disabled °d]g°0}_,°°c€Y§;°; seamen, in accordance with the provisions of the act of May third, eigh- Vol. il. p. 192. teen hundred and two. For salaries of commissioners under "An act to provide For the re- Revision, &c. vision and consolidation of the statute laws of the United States," °f3:1“r;i;g {0n_ approved June twenty-seventli, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for m_pr;m,,'g,&c_ clerical services and other incidental expenses, the printing to be done by #{56, 9l¤· 1494 the government printing-office, seventeen thousand dollars. °XW' p`' For payment of the messengers of the respective States for conveying to MEsS,,,,gm the seat of government the votes of the electors of said States for President conveying elecand Vice-President of the United States, twenty-five thousand dollars. Om °f Towards rebuilding the United States Military Asylum for disabled ltebuilding soldiers at Togus, near Augusta, Maine, destroyed by accidental fire, :31;*;% **35;;*** twenty—Iive thousand dollars :` Provided, That the building shall be com- M; g ’ pleted without any further appropriation by the government. · Pr<>vis'0. For the payment for the Congressional Globe and Appendix, for the G1C§¤gre§sip¤¤l fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, twenty pegdfsn p`