For the payment to Samuel H. Robinson for services rendered in connection with the sanitary improvement of the Treasury Department Building in a proper sanitary condition by improved plumbing sewerage, five hundred and ninety-five dollars.

REFUND TO SAMSON B. ALLEN: To refund to Sampson B. Allen that portion of the amount collected from him by the collector of customs at New York as alien tonnage dues on the schooner Lady Ellen and deposited in the Treasury, which has since been remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, one hundred and ten dollars and nineteen cents.

REFUND TO PETER FRENCH: To refund to Peter French, late collector of customs at Sitka, Alaska, the amount paid by him for advertising the sale of Government property under direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, there being no appropriation available for payment of the same, two dollars and sixty-six cents.

REFUND TO THE CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT FOR WASHINGTON TERRITORY: To refund to the clerk of the third judicial district court of Washington Territory the sum of six hundred and sixty-two dollars and eleven cents, being the proceeds of sale of three hundred and thirty-five saw logs deposited with said clerk pending a suit of replevin brought by the United States against George Bratton and Charles Page to recover said logs, as unlawfully cut on public lands, and by him erroneously deposited in the Treasury, judgment in the case having been rendered in favor of the defendants.

Payment for Losses by sinking of Schooner Carrie, of New Haven, Connecticut: To pay to the following-named persons the following sums, respectively, in full satisfaction and discharge of all claims in their behalf against the Government of the United States, or any of its Departments, officers, or employees, on account of the collision between the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey schooner Eagre and the said schooner Carrie, or any of its consequences, namely:

To William A. Woodward, managing owner of the Carrie, in full for himself and all his partners therein, one thousand two hundred dollars.

To Joshua M. Chappell, of New Haven, Connecticut, master of the Carrie, in full, one hundred and ninety-eight dollars.

To Leopold J. Petersen, of New Haven, Connecticut, seaman of the Carrie, in full, one hundred and ten dollars.

To George H. Smith, of New Haven, Connecticut, of and in full, for the firm of J. and G. H. Smith and Company, consignors and owners of the cargo of the Carrie, five hundred and ten dollars; in all, two thousand and eighteen dollars.

ELECTORAL MESSENGERS: For the payment of the messengers of the respective States for carrying to the seat of Government the votes of the electors of said States for President and Vice-President of the United States at the rate of twenty-five cents for every mile of the estimated distance by the usual road traveled from the place of meeting of the electors to the seat of Government of the United States, computed for one distance only, for the service of fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, nine thousand dollars, or so much. thereof as may be necessary.

FISH HATCHERY, DULUTH, MINNESOTA: For the completion of the fish hatchery on Lake Superior, near Duluth, Minnesota, including its equipment, water supply, and the construction at the station of ponds for the cultivation of trout, four thousand dollars.

REFUND TO ISELIN, NEESER AND COMPANY: To repay to Messrs. Iselin, Neeser and company, amount of excessive interest collected in error by the United States district attorney at New York, in the settlement (without suit) of a claim against said firm for duties on merchandise imported by them; the amount having been covered into the Treasury, eighty dollars and ninety-six cents.

To refund to the heirs of C. A. J. Flemister, the balance of the proceeds of a sale of certain real-estate of said Flemister, covered into the Treasury, over and above his indebtedness to the Government, four hundred and seventy-five dollars.

LIGHT-STATIONS.

CASTLE HILL LIGHT-STATION, RHODE ISLAND: That the appropriations made for the establishment and completion of a light-house and fog-signal at Castle Hill, entrance to Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, by the acts of August fourth, eighteen hundred and eightysix, and March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, are hereby made available without condition for the purchase of a suitable site at the entrance of said harbor, and for the erection and completion of a light-house and fog-signal.

REIMBURSEMENT OF KEEPERS OF LIGHT-STATIONS FOR PERSONAL LOSSES: To reimburse the keepers of light-stations at Matagorda, Texas, and Sabine Pass, Louisiana, for personal losses incurred by them during the storms of August and October, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, five hundred and eighty-two dollars and seventy-five

cents.

RELIEF OF MAJOR JARED A. SMITH, UNITED STATES ARMY: To enable the proper accounting officers of the Treasury to settle the accounts of Major Jared A. Smith, United States Army, late engineer of the fifth and six light-house districts, for Mosquito Inlet light-station, Florida, third quarter of eighteen hundred and eightyfour, authority is hereby granted for the allowance of the sum of two hundred and thirty-five dollars and twenty-five cents, being the balance of a payment made by him under authority of the Secretary of the Treasury for expenses incurred in connection with the transportation and interment of the remains of Major O. E. Babcock, United States Army, formerly engineer of said districts, and burial of the remains of L. P. Luckey, his clerk who were drowned while attempting to land on the coast of Florida for the purpose of inspecting the work of constructing the light-house at Mosquito Inlet, Florida.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

For the redemption of one certificate of indebtedness issued by authority of section seven of the act of the legislative assembly, approved June twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, dated July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, of the denomination of fifty dollars, with interest at the rate of eight per centum per annum, numbered thirteen hundred and seventy-one, payable July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, one hundred and ten dollars.

POLICE DEPARTMENT: For salaries of three matrons for police stations, at six hundred dollars each; for accommodations for matrons.

at police stations, three thousand two hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; in all, five thousand dollars, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.

To enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to repair or reconstruct such portions of the fire alarm and police telegraph lines of the District of Columbia, as may be in their opinion, absolutely necessary for the public safety, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, said sum to be available until March fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.

ASSESSOR'S OFFICE: For stationery, printing, supplies, and recorder of deeds for furnishing list of transfers, eight hundred and nine dollars and sixty-five cents.

COLLECTOR'S OFFICE: For printing, stationery, and furniture, three hundred and sixty-four dollars.

MARKETS: For fuel, hardware, and plumbing, fifty-three dollars and nineteen cents.

ENGINEER'S OFFICE: For stationery, printing, fuel, forage, and horseshoeing, three hundred and eighty-six dollars and four cents. IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS: For improvement of streets and avenues, northeast section (granite paving blocks), one hundred and thirty-nine dollars and twelve cents.

TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE SERVICE, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: To pay Standard Underground Cable Company for underground cable laid in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and since used by the District Government for fire-alarm, two thousand nine hundred and fifty-one dollars and seventy-cents.

POLICE COURT: For stationery, fuel, ice, gas, and witness fees, ninety-three dollars and thirty-nine cents.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS: The Commissioners are hereby authorized to pay to the principal of the normal school of the seventh and eighth divisions, five hundred dollars, out of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for salaries of teachers for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, in order to make the salary of said principal one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. For repairs and improvements to school buildings and grounds: For lumber, cement, paint, and glass, one hundred and thirtyseven dollars and fifty-one cents.

For stationery, printing, ice, gas, and supplies, four hundred and ninety-four dollars and eighty-four cents.

For industrial instruction, namely, for lumber, hardware, and dry goods, three hundred and thirteen dollars and fourteen cents

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES: For advertising special tax list, one thousand eight hundred dollars.

For printing checks, damages, forage, care of horses, horseshoeing, fuel, ice, gas, and repairs, one thousand two hundred and eightyseven dollars and seventy cents.

FOR PAYMENT OF JUDGMENTS: For the payment of judgments against the District of Columbia as follows:

Samuel C. Mills, four hundred and ten dollars, together with eighteen dollars and seventy cents costs;

Henry Green, by John Jackson, seven hundred and fifty dollars, together with thirty-two dollars and seventy cents costs;

Edward Coleman, nine hundred and fifty dollars, together with ninety-seven dollars and forty-five cents costs;

District of Columbia versus Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company (two cases), fifty-one dollars and twenty-five cents costs;

Virginia L. Cartwright, one thousand five hundred dollars, together with seventy-one dollars and seventy cents costs;

Enoch Ridgeway, five hundred dollars, together with one hundred and twenty-two dollars and fifty cents costs

s;

R. S. Thomas, three hundred and seventy-five dollars, together with sixteen dollars and twenty-five cents costs;

William C. McGill (balance), one hundred and sixty-three dollars and fifteen cents

s;

Raleigh Sherman, three hundred and seventy-eight dollars and ninety-six cents, together with nineteen dollars and ten cents costs; Mary L. Paschal, twenty-eight dollars and thirty cents costs; Abraham Kaufman, eight hundred dollars, together with twentyseven dollars and sixty cents costs;

Henry Ruppert, four hundred dollars, together with forty-three dollars and seventy cents costs;

James Stewart, fifty dollars, together with three dollars and twenty cents costs;

Louisa Hilton and Mary Hilton, seven hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifty cents together with ninety dollars and forty cents costs;

Margaret and Catharine Harrigan, five hundred dollars, together with forty-six dollars and fifty cents costs;

Annie Clarkson, one thousand dollars, together with thirty-six dollars and fifty cents costs; in all, nine thousand two hundred and forty-five dollars and forty-six cents, together with a further sum sufficient to pay the interest on said judgments from the date the same became due until the day of right of appeal shall have expired. SALE OF BONDS: To supply the deficiency in the amount realized from the sale of bonds in which the ten per centum retained from contractors was invested, one thousand five hundred dollars.

To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight as follows: For salaries and contingent expenses, streets, public schools, buildings for schools, courts, miscellaneous expenses, health department, judgments, and water department, three thousand and ten dollars and seventy-five cents, as per estimates submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, Senate Executive Document Number Two Hundred and Fifty-two.

To supply deficiencies in the appropriation for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, as follows:

EXECUTIVE OFFICE: For stationery, printing, furniture, and livery, per bills on file in the office of auditor of the District of Columbia, seven hundred and two dollars and thirty-seven cents.

ASSESSOR'S OFFICE: For daily transfers furnished by recorder of deeds from January first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, per bill on file in the office of auditor of the District of Columbia, two hundred and eighteen dollars and fifty cents.

COLLECTOR'S OFFICE: For printing, per bill on file in the office of auditor of the District of Columbia, twelve dollars and thirty-five

cents.

ATTORNEY'S OFFICE: For stationery,, printing, and ice, per bills on file in office of the auditor of the District of Columbia, thirty dollars and twenty-nine cents.

PURCHASE AND REPAIRS OF PUMPS: For pumps, per bill on file in the office of auditor of the District of Columbia, fifty-seven dollars and twenty-nine cents.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS: For stationery, printing, ice, gas, and supplies, per bills on file in the office of auditor of the District of Columbia, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight dollars and eighty-eight cents.

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES: For general advertising, advertising proposals and notices, per bills on file in the office of auditor of the District of Columbia, two thousand and fifty-two dollars and nine cents.

For books for register of wills, printing, checks, damages, and other necessary items: To pay William Forsyth for surveying, per bill on file in the office of auditor of the District of Columbia, three hundred and twenty-eight dollars and nineteen cents.

HEALTH DEPARTMENT: For rent of office, rent of stable, printing, and forage, per bills on file in the office of auditor of the District of Columbia, three hundred and thirty-one dollars and twenty cents.

To supply deficiencies in the appropriation for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, as follows:

CLEANING TIDAL SEWERS: For lime and oil, per bills on file in the office of auditor of the District of Columbia, three dollars and fifty-three cents.

FIRE DEPARTMENT: For saddlery, ice, and gas, per bills on file in the office of auditor of the District of Columbia, one hundred and forty-one dollars and eighty cents.

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES: For forage, saddlery, and horseshoeing, per bills on file in the office of auditor of the District of Columbia, thirty dollars and sixty-three cents.

For advertising proposals and notices, per bills on file in the office of auditor of the District of Columbia, sixty-nine dollars and fifteen cents.

To supply deficiencies in the appropriation for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, as follows:

STREET LAMPS: For gas and erection of lamps, per bills on file in the office of auditor of the District of Columbia, two thousand and ninety-five dollars and sixty-four cents.

FIRE DEPARTMENT: For horseshoing and gas, per bills on file in the office of auditor of the District of Columbia, three hundred and ten dollars and seventy-seven cents.

To supply deficiencies in the appropriation for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as follows:

CURRENT REPAIRS TO COUNTY ROADS: For sand, per bill on file in the office of auditor of the District of Columbia, ninety-six dollars. To supply deficiencies in the appropriation for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, as follows:

DISTRICT OFFICES AND MARKETS: For repairs to wagon used by District offices, per bill on file in office of auditor of the District of Columbia, seventeen dollars and twenty cents.

That one-half of the foregoing amounts, to meet deficiencies in the appropriations on account of the District of Columbia, shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia, and one-half from any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated.

EMPLOYMENT OF SPECIAL COUNSEL: To enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to employ and pay special counsel to represent the District of Columbia in the case of Samuel Strong, authorized to be submitted to an arbitration board of three persons to be appointed by the President of the United States under the joint