FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 424. 1899. 1093 and the post-oliice and subtreasury building, Boston, Massachusetts, twenty thousand dollars. SUPPRESSING GOUNTERFEITING AND otrnnn CRIMES: For expenses S¤1>12r¤¤¤i¤s ¤<>¤¤- incurred under the authority or with the approval of the Secretary of t°rf°m°g' the Treasury in detecting, arresting, and delivering into the custody of the United States marshal having jurisdiction, dealers and pretended " dealers in counterfeit money, and persons engaged in counterfeiting Treasury notes, bonds, national-bank notes, and other securities of the United States and of foreign governments, as well as the coins of the 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 two thousand dollars to make the necessary investigation of claims for reimbursement of expenses incident to the last sickness and burial of deceased pensioners under section fortyseven R.S.,sec.4718,p.919. hundred and eighteen of the Revised Statutes, and for no other purpose whatever, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That no part Pwvw of this amount be used in defraying the expenses of any person sub- Wm`€"°°` puanaed by the_ United States courts to attend any trial before 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."
COMPENSATION IN LIEU on MOIETIES: For compensation in lieu of I9¤¤¤p¤z¤¤¤¤¤¤i¤1i¤¤ moieties in certain cases under the customs—revenue laws, ten thousand ° "`°`°°°s` dollars. EXPENSES OF LOCAL APPBAISERS’ MEETINGS: For defraying the m,{;_,g¤¤l ¤1>i¤=·i¤¤¤¤' necessary expenses of local appraisers at annual me'etings for the pur- °°g°' pose of securing uniformity in the appraisement of dutiable goods at diiierent ports of entry, one thousand two hundred dollars. ALASKAN SEAL FISHERIES! For salaries and traveling expenses of “;;;¤¤k=¤¤ M1 Mhagents at seal fisheries in Alaska, as follows: For one agent, three thou- .igtm· Himsa. sand 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 w wives. clothing to the native inhabitants on the islands of Saint Paul and Saint George, Alaska, nineteen thousand five hundreddollars. In the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury any portion of this sum may be expended in transporting said native inhabitants to the mainland of Alaska. For the protection of the salmon fisheries of Alaska, under the direc- S¤1¤¤·>¤ ¤—1··—ri¤¤- tion of the Secretary of the Treasury, seven thousand dollars, to be immediatel available. ENFORCEYMENT OF THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT: T0 prevent Chi¤°¤° °¤°l¤¤i°¤· 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 Vohztp-25· approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled “An Act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States/’ one hundred and ten thousand dollars, and ot which sum one thousand dollars per annum shall be paid to the collector of customs at Port Townsend as additional compensation. ENFORCEMENT OF ALIEN CONTRACT-LABOR LAWS: For the enfor ze- mélienccnrrnct-bwr ment of the alien contract-labor laws, and to prevent the immigration‘ A of convicts, lunatics, idiots, and persons liable to become a public charge from foreign contiguous territory, one hundred thousand dollars. LANDS AND OTHER PROPERTY OF THE UNITED STATES; For cus- L¤¤d¤.¤¤¤ tody, care, protection, and expenses of sales of lands and other property
