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1.4,0 FORTY SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 88, 89. 1880. 0¤¤¢i¤s¤¤<=i<>¤- For contingent expenses of United States consulates, such as stationery, bookcases, arms of the United States, seals, presses,. and flags, rent, freight, postage, and other necessary miscellaneous matters, including loss by exchange, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Spanish Claims For salaries and expenses of the United States and Spanish Claims C°mml°¤l°“· Commission, namely: For commissioner, three thousand dollars; for counsel, three thousand dollars; for secretary, nine hundred dollarsfor messenger, three hundred dollars; for translation, stationery, and other contingent expenses, seven hundred and fifty dollars; making in all the sum of seven thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars. Rmb of P1`i¤<>¤¤· For rent of prisons for American convicts in Siam and Turkey, and for wages of keepers of the same, including loss by exchange, two thou- · sand dollars. ' For rent of prison for American convicts in China, one thousand Eve hundred dollars. For wages of keepers, care of offenders, and expenses, nine thousand _ five hundred dollars. For rent of prison for American convicts in Japan, seven hundred and fifty dollars. {For wages of keepers, care of offenders, and expenses, five thousand do lars. Rent e f court- For rent of court-house and jail, with grounds appurtenant, at Yeddo h°“°°» &°·» Y°dd°· or such other place as shall be designated, three thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. _ Rent of build- For rent of buildings for legation and other purposes at Peking, or ull-5*% P°k¤¤· such other place as shall be designated, three thousand one hundred dollars. Bringinlg heme For bringing home from foreign countries persons charged with crimes, P*2*¤°¤¤_° MG ***1 and expenses incidental thereto, including loss by exchange, five thou- "‘"”1‘ °"'“‘°°‘ sand dollars. Relief of Ameri- For relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, wu ¤°**m°¤· sixty thousand dollars. lzesene from For expenses of acknowledging the services of masters and crews of ¤h1I>W¤'°°k· foreign vessels in rescuing American citizens from shipwreck, four th0u· sand ilvc hundred dollars. _Shipping e n rl For expenses of shipping and discharging seamen at Liverpool, Lon- $:ghMs1¤s ¤<>¤· don, Cardiff, Belfast, and Hamburg, six thousand dollars. Neutrality act. To meet the necessary expenses attendant upon the execution of the neutrality act, to be expended under the direction of the President, pur- R_ SH tgp suant to the requirement of section two hundred and ninety-one of the Revised Statutes, five thousand dollars. ,,,,,.,1.,;,,,,,, 0,,,,,,,, To provide the American cemetery at Smyrna with a wall, gates, and tory at Smyrna. other improvements, five hundred dollars. (,,,,,0 S ,,,,,,,,01 For annual proportion of the expenses of Cape Spartel light, on the light. coast of Morocco, two hundred and eighty-five dollars. Wm Ow, and For allowance to widows or heirs of deceased diplomatic and consular heirs of diplomatic officers for the time that would be necessarily occupied in making the and ¤¤¤¤¤1¤r ¤¤¤— transit from the post of duty of the deceased to his residence in the °°”· United States, five thousand dollars. Approved, May 14, 1880. May 14, 1880. CHAP. 89.-—An act for the relief of settlers on public lands. _ _ Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of rescntattoes o the United of mwgzt States of Aynertca in Congress assembled, Thalsgivphen a pre-empties, home- ·stead, or timber-culture claimant shall file a written relinquishment of his claim in the local land-office, the land covered by such claim shall be held as open to settlement and entry without further action on the part of the Commissioner of the General Land Oiiioe. - -