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 270 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 373. 1896. and eighteen of the Revised Statutes, and for no other purpose whatever five thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this amount be used in defraying the expenses of any person subpoenaed by the United States courts to attend any trial before a United States court or preliminary examination before any United States commissioner, which expenses shall be paid from the appropriation for “Fees of witnesses, _ United States courts." EW<¤lg'¤ ¤·>1¤¤¤·*··¤ Bonw or Corzrnor., WonLn’s Cormnnran Exrosrrron: To pay Gsgerment com amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury, on °‘ C"““°‘· account of the appropriation for “Expenses, Government Board of Control, World’s Columbian Exposition," two hundred and iorty-seven dollars. Thomas W-P¤¤¤¤r- To enable Thomas W. Palmer, President of the World’s Columbian A”"’ P’2°' Commission, to make payment for all claims now due and outstanding against said Commission, six thousand five hundred and seventeen dollars and sixty-seven cents, which shall be in full for all such claims. Th¤¤¤¤•·T·F¢>l>l>¤· Cnrmrr IN Aocomvrs or Tnomns J. Homes: The accounting oni- ,$,f,°f'{{Q,l,{T,‘}1{,'§;`f§`:. cers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to allow and M- credit in the accounts of Thomas J. Hobbs, disbursing clerk, Treasury Department, the sum of nine thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven dollars and eighty-three cents, disbursed by him under the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury from the appropriation for expenses vox. zo, p. 289. of Treasury notes, Act of July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, for salaries of additional employees appointed under said Act, which amount was disallowed by the accounting officers under the provisions vcr2z. p· 25 of section four of the Act of August lifth, eighteen hundred and eighty- two. — » · · mgggggmz ·=¤•¤>¤¤· Cusroms smwwn: To defray the expenses of collecting the revenue ` from customs, being additional to the permanent appropriations for this purpose, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, one million one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. £_•:c¤·;=_x;¤¤¤,5*{:n¥,¢; The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to expend,h·om the m,, in pm, rn; appropriation for collecting the revenue from customs, to provide for the §*g';flPg;E·:V*1§Q;:Qd purchase of the necessary land, and for the construction and equipment nano. " of sampling works thereon, or for the leasing of suitable buildings and WL 28·*’·”“3· equipment for the sampling and assaying of imported silver ores and other ores containing lead at El Paso, Texas; Northport, Washington; and Bonner’s Ferry, Idaho, and at such other ports as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury the interests of the revenue demand, _ the sum of forty-five thousand dollars, to be available for the iiscal year z‘;_";{’,,g amp,,, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven: Provided, That the Secretary of om. the Treasury is hereby authorized, in case of importation of said ores at ports at which no facilities are provided, to send a portion thereof to any port having said facilities, at which port said portion may be sampled and assayed. The collector at the port of importation shall thereupon liquidate the entry upon said assay. In no instance, however, shall a less portion than one-fifth of any importation of ores be sampled and assayed. §_}g;§;··;$ g·;_·§§··_;·_, REFUND T0 s. R. Fowma inn SoN: rmt uic Secretary or the wir. Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to refund to S. R. Fowle and Son, Washington, North Carolina, the sum of one hundred and eighty-seven dollars and eight cents, to reimburse them for tariff exacted and collected from them February sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, by A. Mayo, deputy collector of customs, Washington, North Carolina, on cargo of salt imported in schooner Cora from Saint Kitts, \Vest Indies, to Washington, North Carolina. qénssgsseerxpcnsm, Nnwsrnrnns AND nooxsz To pay amounts found due by the ” "‘”"“”’ °acconntin g officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation for “Contin gent expenses, Treasury Department: Newspapers and books,” twenty-one dollars and thirty-three cents. E:;,? gigs;. thAsslaY é>F1fondAhrftH§;1ipNA, Monuiuz For wages of workmen, ° · ree un re an y dollars. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury