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 6 FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch. 17, 18, 19, 20. 1874. Jam.28, 1874. CHAP. 17.-Au act to provide for the) purchase of fire extinguishers for fhe Capitol lll l11g. Be it endctcd by the Senate and Eahse of Representatives of the United Fire extinguishers Smzes of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Seuf‘“` C“Pi*°L ate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in cooperation wmh the Architect of the Capitol, be authorized to purchase 110t_ ezrceediug eight iire extinguishers, to be placed in those parts of the buxldmg, and those rooms most exposed to danger from ire; the purchase to be made after a proper test of the merits of the extinguishers offered shall have been made, and payment therefor to be made out of the coutmgcntiuuds of the respective Houses. _ Approved, January 28, 1874. __ J=¤L2§7Ll§7§;M__ CHAP. 18.—Au act to abolish the office of Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Bc it enacted by the Sonata and House of .Repr0semEatives of the United Ofhcp _ Dc p My States of America in Congress assembled, That the oflioe of Deputy Com- §**’g**{¤·¤j¤*§**<*¤` Ofmissioher of Internal Revenue, made vacant by the death of General ,,Q;0`§};};d_ °v°” “° B. J. Sweet, be, and the same IS hereby, abolished; and that the Secretary of the Txeusurymay, upon the recommendation of the Commissioner 0f internal Revenue, designate one of the two remaining deputy com- First deputy to be missiouers as First Deputy Commissioner, who shall perform the duties d°*il¥'m*°d· and be paid only the salary prescribed for the office of deputy commissioner hereby abolished. Approved, January 29, 187 4. Jnu.29, 1874. CHAP. 19.~—Au act authorizing coinage to be executed at the mints of the United ""‘"“'°;"""`" Stu-tes for threign countries. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United x, EX°°‘%*’°¤ °f fg States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for coin- §{giX;’§°°g° at ‘ago to be executed at the mints of the United States for any foreign country applying for the same, according to the legally prescribed standards and devices of such country, under such regulations us the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; and the charge for the same shall be equal to the expenses thereof, including labor, materials, and use of _ machinery, to be fixed by the director of the mint, with the approval of P*`°V¤¤°· the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That the manufacture of such coin shall not interfere with the required coinage of the United States. Approved, January 29, 1874. Jan. 29, 1874. CHAP. 20.—An act Providing for busts of the late Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney ”*“"—*"*" guadbgg Samuel Port and Chase, to be placed m the Supreme Court room of the United Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Busta of Clxiefstll/M8 of America, in Congress assembled, ·Thnt the Joint Oommittce of gmgvs T¤¤<>Y Md the two Houses of Congress on the Library be, and they are hereby ‘ ‘ euthomzed to procure and plaee in the room of the Supreme Court of the United States, busts of the late Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney and of the late Salmon Portland Chase. Appmpm,,,0,,_ SEO. 2. That for the purpose of carrying this act into effect, the sum of two thousand Eve hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may he necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money iu the Treasury not otherwise 3»j>[)1'0}_)I`i&C0d. Approved, Jzmuamry 29, 1874.