266 FORTYSIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 235. 1880. traveling expenses of agents in goingto and returning from Alaska, at six hundred dollars each per annum; 111 all, seven thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars. R,evenue-steu.m- To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to use revenue-steamers for 61* f°T P¤°*°¢*i°¤ the protection of the interests of the government on the seal islands, the ?f g°v" P m °“t seaotter hunting grounds and the enforcement of the provisions of law interests in seal- . ’ ,,Sh,,m,S_ in Alaska, twenty thousand dollars. Rebel archives. Examination of rebel archives and records of captured property: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to have the_records of captured I and abandoned property examined, and information iurmshed there from, for the use and protection of the government, five thousand dollars. Lands, &o., of Lands and other property of the United Si ates: For custody, care, and tho Uniwd $****06- protection of lands and other property belonging to the United States, five thousand dollars. _ M o s s ongors of For the payment of the messengers of the respective States_ for con- SMUS q<>¤V<>5*i¤s veying to the seat of government the votes of the electors of said States ¥£°;,¤_;§(,:I}2°;‘;’g for President and Vice-President of the United States, at the rate of V , c,,_pm8m,,,,,, twenty-five cents for every mile of the estimated distance by the most pay on usual road traveled, from the place of meeting of the electors to the seat of government of the United States, computed for the one distance only, nine thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. b 1’,;",.° 551*** °*` For purchase of law-books and suitable books of reference for the "" " °' I m"' library of the Treasury Department, one thousand dollars. For the collection of statistics relating to the annual production of the precious metals in the United States, five thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. National Board National Board of Health: For salaries and expenses of the National Of Health- Board of Health, and to carry out the purposes of the various acts creat- Appropriation. ing the National Board of Health, seventy-five thousand dollars, o1- so 1’»ro•:iso. much thereof as is necessary: Provided, That twenty-five thousand dol- 1879, oh. 11, lars of the appropriation made by act of June second, eighteen hundred Sess- 1, 7- and seventy-nine, entitled "An act to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the United States ", shall be applied ` to the same purposes. For aid to local quarantine stations and for aid to local and State boards of health, to be used in case of epidemic, one hundred thousand I’¢·omo. dollars: Provided, That fifty thousand dollars of the appropriation made l879, oh. 11. by act of June second, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled “An Sm- L 7- act to prevent the introduction of contagious or intectious diseases into the United States", shall be applied to the same purposes. i,,,..,.,,,,,,,,,,,,] For salary of a clerk, who shall be a stenographer, to the Internasmmoi·yCoiig¤·os¤, tional Sanitary Congress to be called by the President, at the rate of <=l<>¤‘k- six dollars per day while actually employed, a sufficient amount to pay said salary is hereby appropriated. ltr-pairs, li ii lk- To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to provide for the repairs of
*il:)°é·I;’¥:·H· the bulkhead or seawall of the marine hospital at Key West, Florida,
Koy West. ’ one thousand dollars. UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT. SIGNAL SERVICE. O; so rv atior; _ Observation and report of storms: For the expenses of the observagtgrmsf “P °’ t ° tion and report of storms by telegraph and signal for the benefit of commerce and agriculture throughout the United States; for manufacture, purchase, and repair of meteorological and other necessary in strumen ts; for telegraphing reports; for expenses of storm-signals announcing the probable approach and force of storms; for continuing the establishment and connection of stationsat life-saving stations and light-houses; for instrumentshelters ; for hire, furniture, and expenses oi offices mamtmned for public use in cities and ports receiving reports, for river re-
