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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 54.6. 1898. 64] ' MISCELLANEOUS. Miscellaneous. . d0li;g;:tenogr·apher to the Solicitor-General, one thousand six hundred ,,c§*tg=_·;,g;:gl·agf¤ Se To enable the Attorney-General and the Secretary of the Interior to _S¤l¤¤¢i<>¤ of prim have prepared plans, specifications, and estimates, and for expenses “‘°°* °"°" connected with the selection of a prison- site south of the thirty-ninth degree of north latitude and east of the Rocky Mountains, under the provisions of the “Act for the erection of United States prisons and for the imprisonment of United States prisoners, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to be V°l·2°· 1*8*9- immediately available, fifteen thousand dollars. DEFENDING SUITS IN CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES: For Defemiins num in deiraying the necessary expenses incurred in the examination of wit- "m""‘ nesses and procuring of evidence in the matter of claims against the United States, and in defending suits in the Court of Claims, including ,£_•¤¤h spclwion the payment of such expenses as in the discretion of the Attorney- ° ° General shall be necessary for making proper defense for the United States in the matter of French spoliation claims, to be expended under ` the direction of the Attorney—General, forty thousand dollars. PUNISHING VIOLATIONS or THE INTERCOUBSE ACTS AND FRAUDS: .P¤¤i¤l=i¤qs vi¤1~— For detecting and punishing violations of the intercourse acts of Con- ,i2°#:I§§;,§":§£?§'§°° gress and frauds committed in the Indian service, the same to be expended by the Attorney—General in allowing_ such tees and compensation of witnesses, jurors, marshals and deputies, and agents, and in collecting evidence, and in deiraying such other expenses as may be necessary for this purpose, ten thousand dollars. PnosEoUTIoN on mmms: For the detection and prosecution of “{¤{Bg··¤¤**¤¤ rf crimes against the United States, preliminary to indictment; for the ` investigation of official acts, records, and accounts of marshals, attorneys, clerks of the United States courts, and United States commissioners, and for this purpose all the records and dockets of these officers, without exception, shall be examined by the agents of the Attorney- General at any time; and for the inspection of United States prisoners and prisons, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney- General, forty thousand dollars. PBOSEGUTION AND COLLECTION or CLAIMS: For the prosecution °,fi;>¤¤¤¤¤¤¤·· ¤¤¤·» ¤f and collection of claims due the United States, to be expended under °' the direction of the Attorney-G eneral, five hundred dollars. TEAVELING EXPENSES, TERRITORY OF ALASKA: For the actual grusstk and necessary expenses of the judge, clerk, marshal, and attorney, when ”" "“ °"°"°°' traveling in the discharge of their official duties, one thousand dollars. RENT AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES, TERRITORY OF ALASKA: For R¤¤'=·¤*¤- rent of offices for the marshal, district attorney, and commissioners; furniture, fuel, books, stationery, ·and other incidental expenses, six thousand dollars. Burnnmes ron Umrnn S·rA·rEs oormrs, ALASKA; For repairs Com l·¤*l·¤¤¤·- and preservation of buildings in the custody of the United States marshal for the District of Alaska, and for the construction of a fireproof vault in Juneau, Alaska, for the preservation of court records, to be expended by the Attorney-General, and to be available until expended, five thousand dollars. DEFENSE IN INn1AN DE1·REDAT1oN cLAms: For salaries and mg·gjj;1=g,§;¤x·,jj_·¤¤·1* expenses in defense of the Indian depredation claims, fifty-two thou- ~ ' sand dollars; and any unexpended balance of the appropriation for this purpose for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight may be used for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. Cormsm. ron mission lNmANs: To enable the Attorney-General [C-, ¤¤¤¤l f¤¤¤*¤¤*¤¤ to employ a special attorney for the Mission Indians of southern Cali- ' fornia, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, five hundred dollars. vox. xxx--41