FIFTY-FOURTH CON GRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 420. 1896. 43] United States and of foreign governments, and other felonies committed against the laws of the United States relating to the pay and bounty laws, including four thousand dollars to make the necessary investigation of claims for reimbursement of expenses incident to the last R.S.,sec.4718,p.919. sickness and burial of deceased pensioners under section forty-seven hundred and eighteen of the Revised Statutes, and for no otherpurpose whatever, sixty-nve thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of Prgwiw. this amount be used in defraying the expenses of any person subpcenaed W‘°"°”°“‘ by the United States courts to attend any trial betore a United States court or preliminary examination before any United States commissioner, which expenses shall be paid from the appropriation for ‘*fees of witnesses, United States courts." PUBLICATION on SUPPLEMENT To REVISED.STATUTESt To enable .S;{·v¤¤¤·¤¤¤ ¢¤ Re the Secretary of the Treasury to pay William A. Richardson, when the m Sm`"°s' work shall be completed, for preparing and editing a Supplement to the Revised Statutes of the United States, for the nrst session of the Fifty- fourth Congress, under the Act of February twenty-seventh, eighteen V0]-27-1>·477· hundred and ninety-three, one thousand dollars. CoMPENsAT1oN IN 1.1EU on Mo1ET1Es: For compensation in lieu of Gompepsawiouiuinm moieties in certain cases under the customs revenue laws, fifteen thou- °f "“”°"°°‘ sand dollars. EXPENSES or Loon. APPnA1sEns’ MEETINGS: For defraying the L<>_¤=·1 ¤ppm¤¤r¤’ necessary expenses of local appraisers at annual meetings for the pur- m°°mg°° pose of securing uniformity in the appraisement of dutiable goods at different ports of entry, eight hundred dollars. ALASKAN SEAL FISHERIES: For salaries and traveling expenses of, Al¤¤k¤¤ M1 fisheragents at seal fisheries in Alaska, as follows: For one agent, three 1°i4g.,..t.,·,,,,;,,,.,,,,_,.,,,,_ thousand six hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant agent, two thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars; two assistant agents, at two thousand one hundred and ninety dollars each; necessary traveling expenses of agents actually incurred in going to and returning from Alaska, not to exceed five hundred dollars each per annum; in all, twelve thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish food, fuel, and Fwd ’¤<> ¤¤¢ir•>¤- clothing to the native inhabitants on the islands of Saint Paul and Saint George, Alaska, nineteen thousand five hundred dollars. For the protection of the salmon fisheries of Alaska, under the direc- $**:;*2**** ”3jl;°¤¤¤· tion of the Secretary of the Treasury, four thousand dollars. 'P` ' For publishing the President’s proclamation concerning seal fisheries P¤\>¤i·•Mnz pr<>¤1¤· of Bering Sea, and for protecting salmon fisheries of Alaska, as "'“"°""’°°‘ required by Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eigl1ty-nine, l'°l·25·v·*°°°· "to provide for the protection of salmon fisheries of Alaska," and for expenses of carrying out lease of and protecting seal lite on islands of _ Saint Paul and Saint George, Alaska, under sections nineteen hundred ppRéz·gjgf’·*’·’°· “"‘· and fifty-nine and nineteen hundred and seventy-one, Revised Statutes,' five hundred dollars. _ _ To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay necessary expenses ,mf,,;f_;;‘cf’°""g ‘°g of enforcing the conditions of section four of the Act approved April Vol.28.p.54. sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, giving effect to the award rendered by the Tribunal of Arbitration, at Paris, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one thousand five hundred dollars. _ ENro1w1·:MENT or THE Cnmnsn EXCLUSION Acer: To prevent ¤*¤*¤¤¤¤ ·¤¤*¤···>¤· unlawful entry of Chinese into the United States, by the appointment of suitable officers to enforce the laws in relation thereto, and for expenses of returning to China all Chinese persons found to be unlawfully in the United States, including the cost of imprisonment and actual expense of conveyance of Chinese persons to the frontier or seaboard for deportation, and for enforcing the provisions of the Act V012K p- 25. approvcd May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled “An Act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States/’ one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. ENFORCEMENT or ALIEN coNTnAcT-1.AnoE LAWS; For the enforce- W-'_5;i¤¤¤¤¤*¤¤¤·l¤b¤r ment of the alien contract-labor laws and to prevent the immigration of `