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To Jay F. Shearman, one hundred and ninety-seven dollars;

Payment of judgments of Court of

To James Hughes, one thousand nine hundred and seventy-six Claims-Continued. dollars and twenty five cents;

To George Allman, three thousand and eighty-three dollars and eighty-one cents;

To John W. Burton, four hundred and forty-eight dollars and twenty cents:

To Henry C. Goodell, one hundred and seventy dollars and seventy-five cents;

To Robert Barber, two hundred and fifty-three dollars;

To James C. Anderson, three hundred and ten dollars;

To Bushrod W. Bell, one thousand and seventy-six dollars and thirty-five cents;

To William G. Bogle, eight hundred and seven dollars and twentyfive cents;

To Wyatt M. Elliott, seven hundred and eleven dollars and ninetyfour cents;

To James E. Reed, one thousand two hundred and thirty dollars and five cents;

Proviso.

be certified to Congress.

To Theodore Yates, four hundred dollars; in all, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand six hundred and twenty-six dollars and nineteen cents: Provided, That none of the judgments herein provided for shall be paid until the right of appeal shall have expired. That hereafter it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to certify to Congress for appropriation only such judgments of Judgment claims to the Court of Claims as are not to be appealed, or such appealed cases as shall have been decided by the Supreme Court to be due and payable. And on judgments in favor of claimants which have been appealed by the United States and affirmed by the Supreme Court, interest, at the rate of four per centum per annum, shall be allowed and paid from the date of filing the transcript of judgment in the Treasury Department up to and including the date of the mandate of affirmance by the Supreme Court: Provided, That in no case shall interest be allowed after the term of the Supreme Court at which said judgment was affirmed.

JUDGMENTS UNITED STATES COURTS.

Interest allowed.

Proviso.
Limit.

Judgments United States Courts.

For payment of the final judgments and decrees, including costs of suit, which have been rendered under the provisions of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the bringing of suits against the Government of Vol. 24, p. 505. the United States," certified to Congress at its present session by the Attorney-General in House Executive Documents Numbered Three hundred and thirty-seven, and four hundred and thirty-four, fortythree thousand two hundred and sixty dollars and seventeen cents, annum from the date thereof until the time this appropriation is est on the respective judgments at the rate of four per centum per For the payment of the final judgments and decrees rendered under the provisions of the act of March third, eighteen hundred Vol 24, p. 505. and eighty-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the bringing of suits against the Government of the United States," certified to ConOne Hundred and twenty-nine, and in House Executive Document gress at its last session in Senate Executive Document Numbered Numbered Three hundred and thirty-seven, Fifty-first Congress, first session, sixteen thousand three hundred and four dollars and eighty-eight cents, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay such costs of suit as have been adjudged in each

made.

Proviso.

ney-General.

case, and also interest on the respective judgments at the rate four per centum per annum from the date thereof until the time this appropriation is made.

Provided, That no one of the foregoing judgments shall be paid Certificate of Attor except upon the written certificate of the Attorney General that the question of law which it was necessary to decide adversely to the United States in rendering such judgment, is not involved in any case of the United States then pending and undecided in the Suprem Court.

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FOX AND WISCONSIN RIVERS IMPROVEMENT.

To pay in full the amounts certified by the Attorney General ir Senate Executive Documents numbered Forty-two and Ninety-nine Fifty-first Congress, first session, to be due the several commission ers for services and expenses in ascertaining the flowage damage caused by improvements of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, in the State of Wisconsin, as follows:

To Commissioner Joseph C. Burdick, six thousand eight hundred and forty-two dollars and fifty cents;

To Commissioner J Volney Swetting, four thousand three hun dred and forty-seven dollars;

To Commissioner B. L. Cornish, six thousand seven hundred and eighty-five dollars;

To Commissioner Samuel Vincent, three thousand one hundred. and five dollars;

To Commissioner J. W. Watson, two thousand eight hundred and forty dollars and fifty cents;

To Commissioner Franklin Bowen, two thousand three hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents;

To Commissioner Otis F. Chase, one thousand six hundred and thirty-three dollars;

To Commissioner William Decker, two thousand four hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty cents;

To Commissioner W. F. S. Root, two thousand one hundred and sixteen dollars;

To Commissioner George H. Buckstaff two thousand eight hundred and eighty-six dollars and fifty cents; in all, thirty-five thousand three hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifty cents.

To pay E. E. Chapin for rent of office for use of the special assistant United States attorney appointed to represent the Government in the Fox and Wisconsin River suits, and the Government commis sioners, from June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and January first, eighteen hundred and ninety, at the rate of two hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum, seven hundred and eightyseven dollars and fifty cents.

For payment of the judgments and awards rendered against the United States for flowage damages caused by the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, in the State of Wisconsin, under the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, as reported to Congress by the Attorney-General in compliance with Senate resolution of August first, eighteen hundred and ninety, in Senate Executive Document Numbered Two hundred and six, Fiftyfirst Congress, first session, one hundred and twenty thousand four hundred and two dollars and seventy cents.

And any suit now pending in the courts of the State of Wisconsin brought under the provisions of the "Act to aid in the improve ment of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers in the State of Wisconsin," approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, to recover from the United States damages for alleged flowage of lands, may be removed for trial into the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Wisconsin by either party thereto upon

the

filing in the court where said suit is pending of a petition for such
removal and a bond as now provided by law for the removal of
causes. The presentation and filing of said petition and bond shall
operate to remove said suit, and thereafter it shall be proceeded with
in said circuit court of the United States: Provided, That no bond
on such removal shall be required of the United States.
SEC. 2. That for refunding to States expenses incurred in raising
volunteers under act of July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and
sixty-one, as certified to Congress at its present session in House
Executive Document Numbered Four hundred and thirteen, namely:
To the State of Massachusetts, twenty-six thousand two hundred
and twenty-eight dollars and forty-four cents.

To the State of Pennsylvania, seven thousand five hundred and
forty-six dollars and eighty-three cents.

Proviso.

Refund to States.
VOL 12, p. 274.

Massachusetts.

Pennsylvania.

Iowa.

Texas.

hostilities, etc. Vol. 22, p. 111.

To refund to the State of Iowa amount certified under same act, six hundred and thirty-three dollars and ninety-four cents. To reimburse the State of Texas, in full, for expenses incurred in repelling invasion and suppressing Indian hostilities, ascertained to Suppressing Indian be due under act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and certified to Congress at its present session in House Executive Document Numbered Four hundred and thirteen, one hundred and forty-eight thousand six hundred and fifteen dollars and ninety-seven cents: Provided, That out of this sum the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to F. R. Diffenderffer and Company, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, three thousand five hundred and seventy-eight & Co. dollars and seventy-nine cents, and the balance thereof to the State

of Texas.

Proviso.

F. R. Diffenderffer

Ante, p. 57.

To reimburse the State of Missouri the amount found due under Missouri.
the act approved April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety,
and certified to Congress at its present session in House Executive
Document numbered four hundred and forty-eight, for moneys ex-
pended by it since eighteen hundred and eighty-two, for military serv-
ices rendered by officers and enlisted men of the Missouri militia in
the suppression of the war of the rebellion, nine hundred ninety-six
dollars and thirty-six cents.

SEC. 3. That for the payment of the following claims certified to Claims certified by be due by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department accounting officers. appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or

under

carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section five of the

act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and under Vol. 18, p. 110. appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under section two of the act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as fully set forth in House Executive Document Numbered one hundred and forty-four, Fifty-first Congress, first session, there is appropriated, as follows:

CLAIMS ALLOWED BY FIRST COMPTROLLER.

STATE DEPARTMENT.

Vol. 23, p. 254.

Claims allowed by First Comptroller.

State Department.

For contingent expenses State Department, seven dollars and Contingent expenses.

sixty-five cents.

For foreign intercourse, as follows:

Foreign intercourse.

For salaries chargés d'affaires ad interim, two hundred and eight Chargés d'Affaires.

dollars and thirty three cents.

For contingent expenses foreign missions, fifty-two dollars and

nineteen cents.

Contingent expenses missi ns.

For salaries consular service, thirty-one dollars and sixty-six Consular salaries.

cents.

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For salaries consular officers not citizens, thirty-one dollars and forty-three cents.

For pay of consular officers for services to American vessels and seamen, three hundred and fifty dollars and thirty-eight cents.

For contingent expenses United States consulates, three hundred and twelve dollars and thirteen cents.

For relief and protection of American seamen, fifty-three dollars and ninety-seven cents.

For refund of consular notarial fees, one hundred and thirteen dollars.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

INTERNAL REVENUE: For salaries and expenses of collectors of internal revenue, seventy-eight dollars and fifty cents.

For salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers of internal revenue, one hundred and fourteen dollars.

For expenses of assessing and collecting internal revenue, ten dollars.

For redemption of stamps, sixty dollars.

For refunding taxes illegally collected, five hundred and fifty-one dollars and sixteen cents.

For drawbacks on stills exported, act March first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, forty dollars.

MISCELLANEOUS: For repairs and preservation of public buildings, eighteen dollars and twenty-five cents.

For pay of assistant custodians and janitors, fifty-nine dollars and forty cents.

For furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, seventythree dollars and seventy-eight cents.

For fuel, lights, and water for public buildings, two hundred and eighty-eight dollars and nine cents.

For heating apparatus for public buildings, one hundred and fiftysix dollars.

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

For expenses of inspectors General Land Office, one hundred and eleven dollars and twenty five cents.

PUBLIC LAND SERVICE: For salaries and commissions of registers and receivers, thirty-two dollars and twenty cents.

For contingent expenses of land offices, two dollars and fifty

cents.

For expenses of depositing public moneys, thirty-four dollars and fifty cents.

For depredations on public timber, two hundred and fifty-four dollars and eighty cents.

For protecting public lands, three hundred and forty-two dollars and fifty-five cents.

For expenses of hearings in land entries, two hundred and seventytwo dollars and seventy-four cents.

For surveying the public lands, two thousand and sixty-six dollars and eighteen cents.

For resurveys of the public lands, seven hundred and ninety-five dollars and seventy-five cents.

For re-imbursement to receivers of public moneys excess of deposits, five hundred and seventy-seven dollars and twenty-seven cents.

For payment to the State of Kansas on account of sales of land, one hundred and sixty thousand and sixty-seven dollars and fifty-one cents.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

For traveling expenses, Territory of Alaska, twenty dollars.
For rent and incidental expenses office of marshal, Territory of
Alaska, sixty-four dollars and sixty two cents.

For expenses of Territorial courts in Utah, one hundred dollars.
For salaries district marshals, thirty dollars and ninety-two cents.
For fees and expenses marshals United States courts, ten thousand
one hundred and eighty-seven dollars and forty-five cents.

For fees of clerks United States courts, four thousand nine hun-
dred and thirty-eight dollars and sixty five cents.

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For fees of commissioners United States courts, two thousand five hundred and fifty dollars and ninety cents.

Jurors.

For fees of jurors United States courts, seventy nine dollars and fifteen cents.

For fees of witnesses United States courts, two hundred and forty- Witnesses. four dollars and fifty-five cents.

For support of prisoners United States courts, three thousand seven hundred and forty-three dollars and forty three cents.

Prisoners.

For rent of court-rooms United States courts, one hundred and Rent, court-rooms. eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents.

For miscellaneous expenses United States courts, one thousand four hundred and twenty-six dollars and forty-five cents.

Miscellaneous.

Claims allowed by

CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST AUDITOR AND COM- First Auditor and
MISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.

For expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, five thousand
two hundred and sixty-one dollars and twenty nine cents.
For repayment to importers excess of deposits, sixteen dollars and

thirteen cents.

For repairs and preservation of public buildings, one hundred and sixty-six dollars and fifteen cents.

For supplies of light-houses, eight hundred and fifteen dollars.

Commissioner of Cus

toms.

Collecting customs.

Repaying importers.
Repairs, buildings.

Light-house sup

plies.

For salaries of keepers of light-houses, five dollars and fifty-four Light-house keep

cents.

For expenses of fog-signals, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight,

eleven dollars and fifty cents.

ers.

Fog-signals.

For expenses of buoyage,. eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, five Buoyage.
hundred and twenty-six dollars and sixty-eight cents.

For Light-House Establishment, eighteen hundred and sixty-one,
two hundred and fifty-nine dollars and thirty four cents.
For Life-Saving Service, one hundred and eighty-one dollars and
eighty two cents.

For salaries and expenses of agents at seal fisheries in Alaska, six-
teen dollars and ninety cents.

Light-House Estab

lishment.

Life Saving Service.

Alaska seal fisheries.

WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY SECOND claims allowed by SecAUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

For pay, and so forth, of the Army, eighteen hundred and eightyseven and prior years, twenty-seven thousand and thirty-three dollars and eighty-seven cents.

For pay, and so forth, of the Army, eighteen hundred and eightyeight, three thousand five hundred and forty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents.

War Department ond Auditor and Second Comptroller. Army pay.

For pay of volunteers, Mexican war, one hundred and seventy- Mexican volunteers. nine dollars and forty-three cents.

For pay of mounted riflemen (volunteers) under Colonel John C. Fremont, twenty-five dollars.

Mounted volunteers.

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