Public Law 46–113

That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of pensions for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, being a deficiency appropriation for said year, and for other purposes:

Pension Office.—For pensions for Army invalids, widows, minors,

Army pensions.

and dependent relatives, survivors of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, and widows of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, eight million five hundred thousand dollars.

For Navy pensions, to invalids, widows, minors, and dependent relatives,

Navy pensions.

two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.

For the arrears of pensions due on claims in which the pensions were

Arrears of pensions.

allowed prior to January twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, five hundred thousand dollars, the amounts paid out respectively for Army and Navy pensions to be accounted for separately by the proper accounting-officers of the Treasury Department.

For pay and allowances for salary, fees, for preparing vouchers, rent,

Salaries, fees, postage, &c., for departments & bureaus, Washington.

Patent Office Official Gazette.

Appropriation.

fuel light, and postage on official matter directed to the departments and bureaus at Washington, fifteen thousand dollars.

Patent Office.—For payment for illustrations of the Patent Office Official Gazette, three thousand two hundred and ninety-nine dollars and twenty-two cents.

For continuing the work of adjusting and settling the claims of

Claims of the several States.

the several States, under the act of Congress approved September twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty, and the acts supplemental

1850, ch. 24,

Stat., 9, 510.

thereto and amendatory thereof, for swamp lands, including all claims for swampland indemnity,

Swamp lands.

1855, ch. 147,

Stat., 10. 634.

1857,ch. 117,

Stat., 11, 251.

Appropriation.

Whaling barks “Mount Wallaston” and “Vigilant.”

Appropriation.

under the acts of March second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and other acts, five thousand dollars.

Miscellaneous.—That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ one of the steamers of the Revenue Marine, now on the Pacific coast, for the relief of the officers and crews of the whaling barks “Mount Wallaston” and “ Vigilant”, now imprisoned in the Arctic Ocean; and such sum of money not exceeding six thousand dollars, as may be necessary to properly strengthen and equip such steam-cutter, and to carry out the object of this provision, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

SENATE. To pay George A. Clarke for services as messenger in charge of the official reporters’ room of the Senate from July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, inclusive, one thousand two hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, fifteen thousand dollars, for fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty.

UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. Propagation of Food-Fishes.—For continuing the work connected with the propagation of food-fishes, fifteen thousand dollars. FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 113, 115. 1880. Fish-Hatching Steamer.—For supplying the fish-hatching steamer authorized by and constructed under the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, with the necessary fish-hatching machinery and other furniture, twelve thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; and the Secretary of the Navy is hereby directed to place the vessels of the United States Fish Commission on the same footing with the Navy Department as those of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Coast and Geodetic Survey.—For the repairs and maintenance of the vessels used in the Coast and Geodetic Survey, ten thousand dollars. For the continuation of the Coast and Geodetic Survey in the eastern division (or Atlantic and Gulf coast division) seven thousand five hundred dollars. For the continuation of the Coast and Geodetic Survey in the western division (or the Pacific coast division), seven thousand five hundred dollars.