ADDITIONAL URGENT DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION ACT.

[PUBLIC-NO. 105.]

By the Act Making appropriations to supply additional urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, and for prior years, and for other purposes, approved April 16, 1906.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six, and for prior years, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely:

DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

To meet the actual and necessary expenses of the delegates of the United States to the Third International Conference of American States to be held at the city of Rio de Janeiro, beginning on the twentyfirst day of July, nineteen hundred and six, and of their salaried clerical assistants, to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of State, and to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven, seventy-five thousand dollars

To enable the Government to participate in the Second International Peace Conference to be convened at The Hague, the Netherlands, and for the payment of the compensation and expenses of a commission thereto on the part of the United States, fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction. of the Secretary of State, and to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven

To enable the Government to participate in the International Conference for the Revision of the Geneva Convention of August twentysecond, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, which is to convene at Geneva, Switzerland, on June eleventh, nineteen hundred and six, and for the payment of the compensation and expenses of delegates thereto on the part of the United States, of whom one shall be an officer of the Army and one of the Navy, fifteen thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, and to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven..

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

For transportation of fractional silver coin, by registered mail or otherwise, ten thousand dollars; and in expending this sum the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to transport from the Treasury or subtreasuries, free of charge, fractional silver coin, when requested to do so: Provided, That an equal amount in coin or currency shall have been deposited in the Treasury or such subtreasuries by the applicant or applicants. And the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress the cost arising under this appropriation..

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.

To enable the Interstate Commerce Commission to give effect to the provisions of the Act to regulate commerce and all Acts and amendments supplementary thereto, including the joint resolution "instruct

$75,000.00

50,000.00

15,000.00

10,000.00

ing the Interstate Commerce Commission to make examinations into the subject of railroad discriminations and monopolies in coal and oil, and report on the same from time to time," approved March seventh, nineteen hundred and six, the sum of forty-five thousand dollars is hereby transferred to said Commission, and made available for the remainder of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six, from the balance of the appropriation of five hundred thousand dollars for the enforcement of "An Act to regulate commerce" and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, and other Acts mentioned in said appropriation, made in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and four, and reappropriated for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six by the sundry civil appropriation Act, under the Department of Justice: Provided, That the total amount that may be expended in the employment of counsel by the Interstate Commerce Commission shall not exceed the sum of forty-five thousand dollars during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six.

The Interstate Commerce Commission is authorized to employ such temporary employees as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of said joint resolution, approved March seventh, nineteen hundred and six, and to fix their compensation; but clerks and stenographers shall be appointed only on certification by the Civil Service Commission.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA..

For contingent expenses of the government of the District of Columbia, including the same objects specified under this title of appropriation in the District of Columbia appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six, two hundred and seventy-nine dollars and nine cents...

For contingent expenses, horseshoeing, furniture, fixtures, oil, medical and stable supplies, harness, blacksmithing, gas and electric lighting, flags and halyards, and other necessary items, for the fire department, two thousand five hundred dollars...

For the collection and disposal of garbage and dead animals, miscellaneous refuse and ashes from private residences in the city of Washington and the more densely populated suburbs; for collection and disposal of night soil in the District of Columbia, and for the payment of necessary inspection, livery of horses, and incidental expenses, forty-six thousand six hundred and forty-six dollars and forty-two cents, 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 the Treasury of the United States...

WAR DEPARTMENT.

For completion of the contract for grading and filling the reservation at Washington Barracks, District of Columbia, entered into by Captain John Stephen Sewell, Corps of Engineers, in May, nineteen hundred and three, twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars...

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

For the completion of the resurveys in San Diego County, California, authorized by Act of Congress approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, including the surveying out by metes and bounds of all valid claims of record up to March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and six, twenty thousand dollars

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$279.09

2,500.00

46,646. 42

25, 500.00

20,000.00

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees, exclusive of salaries and labor, unless specifically ordered by the House of Representatives, twenty-five thousand dollars

For fuel and oil for the heating apparatus, five thousand dollars.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to transfer on the books of the Treasury Department from the amount to the credit of the appropriation for public printing and binding for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, the sum of forty thousand dollars to the appropriation for leaves of absence, Government Printing Office, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, to enable the Public Printer to comply with the provisions of the law granting thirty days annual leave to the employees of the Government Printing Office during the balance of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six. Approved, April 16, 1906.

Total, Additional Urgent Deficiency Act ...

$25,000.00 5,000.00

274, 925. 51

ISTHMIAN CANAL DEFICIENCY ACT.

[PUBLIC NO. 3.]

By the Act Supplemental to an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the construction of a canal connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans," approved June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and two, and making appropriation for Isthmian Canal construction, and for other purposes, approved December 21, 1905.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the two per cent bonds of the United States authorized by section eight of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the construction of a canal connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans," approved June twenty-eight, nineteen hundred and two, shall have all the rights and privileges accorded by law to other two per cent bonds of the United States, and every national banking association having on deposit, as provided by law, such bonds issued under the provisions of said section eight of said Act approved June twenty-eight, nineteen hundred and two, to secure its circulating notes, shall pay to the Treasurer of the United States, in the months of January and July, a tax of one-fourth of one per cent each half year upon the average amount of such of its notes in circulation as are based upon the deposit of said two per cent bonds; and such taxes shall be in lieu of existing taxes on its notes in circulation imposed by section fifty-two hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes.

SEC. 2. That there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of eleven million dollars to continue the construction of the Isthmian Canal, to be expended under the direction of the President in accordance with the said Act to provide for the construction of a canal connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, approved June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and two, and for each and every purpose connected with the same, the said sum to continue available until expended: Provided, That all expenditures from the appropriation herein made shall be reimbursed to the Treasury of the United States out of the proceeds of the sale of bonds authorized in section eight of the said Act approved June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and two

SEC. 3. That the President shall annually, and at such other periods as may be provided, either by law or by his order, require full and complete reports to be made to him by the persons appointed or employed by him in charge of the government of the Canal Zone, the construction of the Isthmian Canal, and the operation of the Panama Railroad, including an itemized account of all moneys received and expended, which said reports shall be by the President transmitted to Congress. The President shall annually cause to be made, by the persons appointed and employed by him in charge of the government of said Canal Zone and the construction of said canal, estimates of expenditures and appropriations, in detail as far as practicable, which estimates shall cover all annual salaries paid to persons employed on said work, excepting laborers and skilled laborers, and shall be submitted to Congress in the manner provided in section five of the Act entitled "An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes. And no money shall be expended for any of the purposes of constructing and maintaining said Isthmian Canal, or for any expenses incident thereto, except in accordance with appropriations made by Congress.

Approved, December 21, 1905.

$11, 000, 000. 00

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATION ACTS.

[PUBLIC-No. 186.]

By the Act Making appropriations to supply additional urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to transfer to the credit of the appropriation "Fees of witnesses, United States courts, nineteen hundred and six," sixty thousand dollars of the unexpended balance of the appropriation "Fees of witnesses, United States courts, nineteen hundred and five," and to the credit of the appropriation "Fees of jurors, United States courts, nineteen hundred and six," thirty thousand dollars of the unexpended balance of the appropriation "Fees of jurors, United States courts, nineteen hundred and five."

To meet the expenses of opening to entry and settlement during the fiscal years nineteen hundred and six and nineteen hundred and seven the ceded lands of the Flathead Indian Reservation in the State of Montana, under Act of April twenty-third, nineteen hundred and four; the Crow Indian Reservation in the State of Montana, under Act of April twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and four; the Yakima Indian Reservation in the State of Washington, under Act of December twenty-first, nineteen hundred and four; the Shoshone Indian Reservation in the State of Wyoming, under Act of March third, nineteen hundred and five, and such other Indian reservations that may be open to entry and settlement during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven: Provided, That the expenses pertaining to the opening of each of said reservations and paid for out of this appropriation shall be reimbursed to the United States from the money received from the sale of the lands embraced in said reservations, respectively: Provided further, That clerks detailed to assist in the opening of said reservations, while on such duty, shall be allowed per diem, in lieu of subsistence, at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each, and actual necessary expenses for transportation, including necessary sleeping-car fares.

Approved, May 31, 1906.

$25,000.00

[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 28.]

By the Joint Resolution To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for assistant custodians and janitors of public buildings.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of forty-five thousand dollars to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for pay of assistant custodians and janitors, including all personal services in connection with the care of public buildings