FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 88. 1876. 45 COMMISSARY·GENERAL’S OFFICE. That the sum of three hundred thousand dollars or so much thereof Subsistence supas may be. necessary, is hereby appropriated, and may be applied by Ph°¤· the Commissary-General of Subsistence prior to the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, to the purchase of subsistence-sup plies intended for the posts supplied through the Upper Missouri, and for other distant posts, which amount shall be deducted from the estimates for subsistence of the Army lor the next nscal year ; and this appropriation is hereby made available from the passage of this act. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. OFFICE on rms SECRETARY. For salary of inspector of gas and meters from August twenty-first, Ingpcctgy of ga, eighteen hundred and seventy four, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and meters. and seventy-five, at two thousand dollars per annum, being a deficiency ' for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy five, one thousand " seven hundred and twenty-two dollars and seventy-eight cents. For salary of assistant inspector of gas and meters from October first, Assistant ineighteen hnndred and seventy four, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred ¤i>¤¢l¤{>f <>f we ¤-Md and seventy-five, at one thousand dollars per annum, being a deficiency “’°t°'*’· for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-five, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For pay of William F. Price, messenger in the office of the surveyor· Wiiliew F·1’¤‘i<=¤- general of California, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-five, ninety-one dollars and fortyeight cents. For rent of rooms for the use of the Pension Bureau and Bureau of _R°°m¤ M P°¤· Education, for the Hscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred gggmgugiagdféifi and seventysix, nine thousand dollars. HOD_ For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the Commission_ to compensation not exceeding eight dollars per day to each member of mai ,W*°*{ lS'°"X the said commission for the time actually employed, and necessary inci- £‘}r,§f’;L'};1§§fg"°"° dental expenses of the commission appointed June eighteenth, eighteen ' hundred and seventydive, to treat with the Sioux Indians for the relinquishment of the Black Hills country in Dakota Territory, twenty- five thousand dollars: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be Proviso. so construed as to allow compensation to members of such commission who are prohibited from receiving the same by the provisions of section R_S_,ry6;,,p_31;,_ one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five, of the Revised Statutes of the United. States. MISCELLANEOUS For contingent expenses of the Department of Justice, namely, Contingent oxstationery, ice, and telegrams, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and D<>¤¤¤¤ D91>¤·¤*·- seventy-five, eighty-one dollars and fifty two cents. “‘°“t °f J““°‘°°‘ For payment of the necessary expenses incurred in defending suits Suits against against the Secretary of the Treasuryyor his agents, for the seizure of S°°'°*’;*fY°f '°'”‘ captured or abandoned property, and for the examination of witnesses um 6 °' in claims against the United States pending in any department, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy five, three · thousand three hundred and seventy-nine dollars and eightyeight cents. For continuing the introduction and propagation of useful food-fishes Propagation of in the public waters of the United States during the present season, f°°d·i*¤h°¤- seventeen thousand five hundred dollars, to be immediately available. For the purpose of paying the expenses of transportation, care, and Transportation, custody, arranging and exhibiting, and safe return of articles belonging GW. of ¤;**i°l°¤ *2* to the United States to be presented and exhibited in the United States €§§‘g;““"’l, EX'"' building at the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, during the year ‘
