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 FIFTYFOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 373. 1896. 267 CHAP. 373.-Au Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appro- ·T¤¤w8, 1896. priatious for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, ti and for prior years, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the ibllowin g sums be, Deiicieucies approand the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury P"“°'°““‘ not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for prior years, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely: STATE DEPARTMENT. sms Department. CONTINGENT EXPENSES: For care and subsistence of horses and 0¤¤ti¤g¤¤¢¤xpe¤¤¤¤- repairs of wagons, carriage, and harness, rent of stable and wagon shed, ` care of clocks, telegraphie and electric apparatus, and repairs to the same, and for miscellaneous items, not including the foregoing, live hundred dollars. For stationery, furniture, fixtures, and repairs, and for the purchase S*>¤¤s>¤¤r:r,¤w- of passport paper, one thousand dollars. SUEVEY nm Exumurion, NICARAGUA CANAL: Nicaraguan Canal Cgjfggggy 0****** Commission: To enable the Secretary of State to pay an additional .~.·1amomip..y,em. allowance as compensation to the members of the Nicaraguan Canal V°L28·P·°"“· Commission appointed under the Act of March second, eighteen hun- - dred and ninety-five, as well as to meet a deficiency in the sum heretofore appropriated for the purposes of the Commission, six thousand one hundred and seventy-six dollars. RELIEF OF SUBJECTS OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS: To pay out of F*;¤*is¤ G¤v*>¤¤- humane consideration, and without reference to the question of liability mbliaiius orsupjms. therefor, as follows: To the Italian Government for full indemnity to the heirs of three of I*“1Y· _ its subjects who were riotously killed, and to two others who were injured, in the State of Colorado by residents of that State, ten thousand dollars. To the Government of Great Britain, as full indemnity to certain G’°“* B’i'·*‘i'*· British subjects, as follows: To James Bain, who was assaulted and injured in the State of Louisiana by residents of that State, one thousand dollars; To Frederick B. Dawson, wife and daughter, for loss of property and bodily injuries inflicted in the State of Nebraska by residents of that State, one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, two thousand eight hundred dollars. To the German Government, as full indemnity to the family of G***'***¤**Y· George Pauls, a German subject, mate of the Germain bark Edward Pens, whose death was alleged to have been caused by carelessness in working the United States revenue-cutter Colfax in the harbor of Wilniingtoin, North Carolina, two thousand dollars. Rnmizunsmmnr or A. YVAT'1‘.AND E. A. MITCHELL: To reimburse ,,;},3,],;*,;*** =*¤·* E· A- A. Watt and E. A. Mitchell, of Newcastle, New South Wales, for nssmsimemm. losses sustained by each through the payment of certain drafts illegally drawn on the Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury by George T. Baggs, late United States commercial agent at N ewcastle, New South Wales, and purporting to be on account of the business of the United States Government, aggregating one thousand six hundred and ninety-seven dollars and ninety-nine cents, together with interest thereon to date of nnal settlement of the claims by the Treasury Department. FOREIGN INTERCUURSE, Foroignintercourse. SALARIES, onsiteés n’ArrA1REs AD INTERIM: To pay amounts found 3 dQ';1=;;ggj1 •*'A¤’=·**¤· due by the accounting officers on account of salaries, charges d’afiaires ` ad interim for the iiscal years as follows: For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-ii ve, three hundred and eighty-four dollars and sixty-one cents.