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 556 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 231. 1873. wHire ofqnar- For hire of quarters for officers where there are no public quarters, "°· sixteen thousand Eve hundred dollars. Contingent For contingencies, namely: Freight; ferriage; toll; cartage; wharf- °XP°“S°”* age; purchase and repair of boats; labor; burial of deceased marines; stationery, telegraphing; apprehension of deserters; oil, candles, gas; repairs of gas and water fixtures; water-rent, barrack furniture; furniture for officers’ quarters, bed—sacks, wrapping-paper, oil-cloth, crash, rope, twine, spades, shovels, axes,. picks, carpenters tools; repairs to fireengines; purchase and repair of eng1ne—hose; purchase of lumber for benches, mess—tables, bunks; repairs to public carryall; purchase and repair of harness ; purchase and repair of hand-carts and wheel-barrows; scavengering; purchase and repair of galleys, cooking-stoves, ranges, stoves where there are no grates; gravel for parade-grounds, repair of pumps; brushes, brooms, buckets, paving, and for other purposes, twenty- Sounding, be- five thousand dollars: Provided, l`hat the Secretary of the l\avy be, and g<=§:£>¤¤¤ he hereby is, authorized to make soundings between the western coast of Ill - • · • Sm, S 1 J. _ the United States and Japan, for scientific purposes, and for the purpose Q am APM of determining the practicability of laying a telegraph cable between _No appropria- those points: Provided, That no appropriation of money shall be made ,,,,.,_;e,,g;,,,S_ this apltfshag be exlpended on account of vessels or naval engines contracte or uring the war. Appeals in prize fSi:o. 2. That the S;1'preme Court inlay, if; in Es judgment, the plprposes °·‘*s°’* 0 justice require it, ow any amen ment, eit erin orm or sn stance, &;m°ndm°m" of any appeal in prize cases, or allow a prize appeal therein,‘if it appears that any notice of appeal or of IIICGHDIOH to appeal was filed with the clerk of the district court within thirty days next after the rendition of the final decree therein. Acts of Sec. 3. That the act of Congress approved December twenty-first, 186;;, cli. gg, ’ erliciency of the navy," and the act approved June twenty-fifth, eighteen vol xiii- p- 420, hundred and sixty-four, entitled "An act to amend the act of the twenty- ESL2a,: 5:38 first December, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled ‘An act to nny officer before further promote tho efhciency of the navy, shall not be hereafter con- ' Arruovmn, arc 3, 873. March 3, 1873. CHAP. CCXXXI.— An Act makin Agpropriations jbr the Service of the Post·o_§i'ee Department fir the Year ending Jgne t irtieth, eighteen hundred and seventyfonr. Be It enacted the Senate and House of Representatives of the United A,,p,-0pr;_,,t;0u States of Amer1,ca, in Congress assembkd, That the following sums be, {gr l’<>i¤·¤il1¤¤ and the same are hereby, appropriated for the service of the Post-office °p" m°"' Department for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, out of any moneys in the treasury arising from the revenues gitisgchlg   gfegaid élepartment, in conformity to the act of July second, eighteen hun- · · · · r an t irty-six, as follows: Inland mails. h For iplancd mail trapsportndon, fourteen million eight hundred and forty t ousu.11 an twenty dollars. Llesserrgers. d Igor play of msilgnessengers, six hundred and seven thousand one hunre an seven dollars. Route-agents. h Fprépay of route-agexpsheight hundred and eighty-four thousand seven un r an ninety-six dollars. mgsgpglggpste Sa Ian;  ofdmail-ropte mespiengprp, one hundred and seventy-one thounc wo un ret an six y- ve dollars. Locaisgena. _ pg   of local agents, ninety-five thousand one hundred and fifty- eig dollars. Clerks. I or pay of railway post-office clerks, one million two hundred and fifty- seven thousand one hundred and fifty-seven dollars.
 * 01*% part for for such purpose: And provided further, That HO m011€y 2tpp1‘Opt‘lat6d by
 * g?1;,§h·pl·329 eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled "An act to further promote the
 * {g;:SS;;§*gQ;W° strued to retire Lgny pfficef before sixty-two years of age.