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TIC PR YCICIAN AND SURGEON. hay ing returned from Clearfield county and perma nently located in Shirleysburg, offers his proles sins tl services to the people vi' that place and sur rounding country. pr. 3-1872. DR. H. W. BUCHANAN, DENTIST, No. 228 Ilill Street, HUNTINGDON, PA. • July 3,'72. D't. F. 0. ALLMAN can be con sulted itt his office, at all hours, Mapleton. P... [tnercho,72. DCALDWELL, Attorney -at -Law. • No. 11t, 3d street. Office formerly occuplei by Messrs. Woodsy 4t Williamson. [apl2,'7l. DR. A. B. BRUMBAUGH, offers hi: professional services to the community. Otfiee. No. 523 Washington street, one door can of the Catholic Parsonage. [jain.4,'7l. EJ. GREENE, Dentist. Office re. • moved to Lciater's new building, Hill stree Pe•ttingdon. C:l_, L. ROBB, Dentist, office in S. T. ‘...A • Bri.wn's now building, No. 520, Hill St. Huntingdon, Pa. [apl2,'7l. HGLAZIER, Notary Public, come) • of Washington and Smith etreets, Hun tingdon, Pa. Dan-12'71. HC. MADDEN, Attorney-at-Law • Office, No. —, Hill street, Huntingdon Pa. [ap.l9, 71. JFRANKLIN SCHOCK. Attorney • at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Prompt attentio. given to all leg.) business.. Office 229 Hill street corner of Court House Square. T FRANKLIN SCHOCK. Attorney. Ls • at-Law, HUNTINGDON, PA. june26,'72-6m, JSYLVANUS BLAIR, Attorney-at ts • Law, Huntingdon, Ps. Office, Hill street hree doors west of Smith. [jan.4'7l. T It. DURBORROW, Attorney-at e-P • Law, Huntingdon, Pa., will practice in th several Courts of Huntingdon county. Particula attention given to the settlement of estates of dece dents. °Tice in he JOURNAL Building. [feb.l."7l. W. MATTERN, Attorney-at-LaddJ • and General Claim Agent, Huntingdon, Pa. Soldiers' claims against the Government for boot pay, bounty, widows' and invalid pensions attend ed to with great can: and promptness. Office on Hill street. [jan.4,'7l. K. ALLEN Lovett. .1. HALL MUSSER. LOVELL & MUSSER, Attornejs-at- Law, HUNTINGDON, PA Special attention given to COLLECTIONS of al kinds; to the settlement of ES TATES. At. ; an all other legal business prosecuted with fidelity en. dispatch. [no.6, 72 - vr i [LES ZENTMYER, 4ttorne3r-at- A3A- Law, Huntingdon, Pa., will attend prompt]. 03 all legal business. Office in Cunningham'sn ne; b gilding. [jan.4,'7l. B. Recce egramx. 1 ra. H. Yteem I a. a. M . NEU. P.TREKIN, MASSEY & M'NEIL. Attorney's-at-Law, Huntingdon, Po. Office. No. 300. Hill street. [dec.l7-3mos. M & M. S. LYTLE, Attorneys -a- • at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa., will attend te all kinds of legal businees entrusted to their care. Office on the south side of Hill street. fourth dons west of Smith. Dan. 4,71. 111 p, A 0 RBISON, Attorney-at-Law. -A-as• face, 321 Hill street, Huntingdon, Pa. [may3l;7l. JOHN SCOTT. S. T. BROWN. J. H. BAILEY c,ICOTT, BROWN & BAILEY, At- K- 7 turneys-at- Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Pensions. and all claims of soldiers and soldiers' heirs against the Government will be promptly prosecuted. Office on Hill street. [jan.4,'7l. -NV - HALLAM A. FLEMING, Attorney. at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Special attention given to collections, and all other legal business attended to with care and promptness. Office, No. 22 3 , Hill street. [apl9,'7l. Hotels. MORRISON HOUSE, OPPOSITE PENNSYLVANIA R. R. DEPOT HUNTINGDON, PA J. H. CLOVER, Prop April 5, 1871-Iy. WASHINGTON HOTEL, S. B. BOWDON, Prop'r. IT Corner of Pitt & Juliana Stn., Bedford, Pa. !nay]. VXCHANGE HOTEL, Huntingdon, ALA Pa. JOHN S. MILLER, Proprietor. weary 4, ISM Miscellaneous E. pasta, A. ICENS.D.E. I J. MARCH. I DAVID MINGLE BIRTOL, KENNEDY & CO. rlottrly Franklin Jfanvfaclureny Company.] Manufactures Flooring, Siding, Doors, Sash. Shutters, Mimi, Nfoulding, Scroll Work, Counters, 'Shelving, Wood Turnings, Rabbis, Spokes, Dent Work, Forks, Rakes, Brooms, Pick, and Hammer Handles, all kinds of Furniture, dc. Our Machinery tip, very best quality and giving our entire being of attention to the business we are able to manufacture all of the aboved named articles, as well as many others, in the best style and always promptly. All orders addressed to BARTOL, KENNEDY lt CO.: Huntingdon. Pa.. ',sill receive our immediate attention. Price list furnished when desired. Lumber taken in eleblogo for all kinds of work. Tan. •".1. ISN. R• A. BECK, Fashionable Barber - 1 -1/0• sod Hairdresser. Hill street, opposite the aoslin if ace. MI kiwis of Tonics sod Pomades }Ler on hanJand for sale. [apf9~ 71-6 m The Y untingdon Journal. [oFFIcIAL.] T. A_ AV S OF THE UNITED STATES {GENETLAL NATURE.—No. '77.] AN ACT to remove political diAabilities . impose] by the fourteenth article of the amendments of the Constitution of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and loose of Rep resentatmea of the United States of America in Conoress assembled, (two thirds of each house concurring therein,) That all political disabil ities inirsed by the third section of t' fourteenth article of amendments of the Constitution of the United St tes are here by removed from all percent wh tursoaver, except Senators and Representatives of the Thirty sixth and Thirty seventh C m ,:resses, officers in the judicial, niiliiory, and naval service of the United States. head of Departnienis, and foreign minis ters of the United States. Approved, May 22, 1872 [GENERAL NATURE—NO. 109.] AN ACT in regard to the c..mmencement of increased pay to promoted officers in th 3 navy. Be it enacted by th. Senate and House nf Itspresentativcs of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the .dau,e in s,etion seven of the act of July ifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy. 'making appropriations fir the naval ser vice for the year ending June thirtieth. 3ighteen hundred and saveuty one, and l'or other purposes," which enacts "that hereafter that the increased pay of a pro. nvited officer shall commence from the 1:.t,3 he is to take rank as given in his :ommission," be, and the same is hereby, repealed : Provided, That if such officer shall have been promoted in course to fill vacancy, and shall have been in the per :mmlm of the duties of the higher zrade from the date he is to take rank, he may be allowed the increased pay from :hat date. Approved, June 5, 187:1. [GENERAL NATURE—No. 136.1 Acr for the relief of John C. Beau moot. Be it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United States, of America in Congress assembled, Mit the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, restore John C. , Beaumont to the position & captain on the active list, to take psi ;ion at the foot of the .list of c ipt tins : Provided, That the pissaze of this act shall nut entitle the said John C. Beau- mont to draw any additional back pay. Approved, June 10, 1872. [GENERAL, NATURE—No. 100.1 AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to establish and protect natimial conetetie,," approved February 22d, 1867. Be it enacted by the Smote and House I Representatives of the United States of merica in Congress assembled, That from nd after the pass•ige of this act allsoldiers utd sailors honorably discharged from the service of the United States, who tnly die n a destitute c Pnilition, shall be allowed mrial in the national cemeteries_ of the Jnited States. Approved, June 1, 1872. [GENERAL NATURE-NO. 101.] .1N ACT relative to the entry and clear ance of ferry boats and of bonded cars pa-sing from one State to another thro' foreign contiguous territory. Be it enacted by the &nate and Housg f Representatives of the United S!ates of America in Congress assembled, That res. ;els used exclusively as ferry boats carry ing passengers, baggage, goods, wares, and merchandise shall not be required to enpr And clear, nor shall the masters or persons in charge of such vessels be required to )resent manifvsts, nor to pay entrance or :lear.ince fees, nor fees for receiving or .;ertifying manifests, but they shall, upon rrival in the United States, be required to report such baggage, goods, wares, and merchandise to the proper officer of the customs, according to law. SEC 2. That railroad cars or other ye hicks laden with goods, wares. and mer ,hundise, sealed by a customs officer, un ler the provisions of section six of the act f July 28th, 1869, and the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, passing From one port or place in the United States to another therein, through foreign con tiguous territory, shall be exempt from the': payment of any fees for receiving or certi ijing manifests thereof. Approved, June 4, 1872. [GENERAL NATURE—NO. 119.] IN ACT to authorize the appointment of deputies of clerks of circuit and district courts. Be it enacted by the Ssnate and House of Representatives of the Called States of Amerira in Congress assembled, That a deputy or deputies of any clerk of any court of the United States may be appoint ed by such court upon the application of the clerk, and be removable at the pleasure ,f the court; and the compensation of any such deputy shall be paid by the clerk ; and in ease of the death of the clerk, his deputy or deputies shall, unless removed by the judge, continue in office and per ((inn the duties of the chirk, in his name. until his successor be duly appointed a id' qualified; and fir the defaults and mis feasances in office of any such deputy. whether in the litotinie of the clerk or af ter his death, the clerk, and his estate. and the sureties in his official bond shall be liable; and his executor or adm'n'stra lor rhall have such remedy for any such defaults or misfeasances committed alter his death as the clerk would be entitled to if the same had occurred in his lifetime. Approved, June 8,1872. [GgNERAL NATURE—No. 113 4N ACT to Continue the act to authorize the settlement of the accounts of officers of the army and navy. Be it enacted by the Smote and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, ghat the act to authorize the settlement of the ac counts of the officers of the army and navy, approved June 23d, 1870, shill continue and be in force for two years from June 23d, 1872, and no longer. Approved, June 7, 1872. . [GENERAL NATURE-NO. 115 ] • AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate the diplomatic and con sular systems of the United States." ap proved August 18th, 1856. Be .macted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Slates of dznerica in Congress assembled, That Schedule C of section three of au act en titled "An act to regulate the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States," approved Auguot ltith, 1356, be amended a as to add to the consuls in Brazil a con sul at Santarem. Approved, June 3, 1872. ENERA . II , NATURE--,NO. 102.] AN ACT further regulating the construc tion of bridges across the Mississippi river. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Anerica in Congress assembled, That alz bridges hereafter constructed over and across the Mississippi river under authori ty of any act of Congress shall be subject to all the terms. restrictions, and require ments contained in the fifth section of an act entitled "An act to authorize the con struction of a bridge across the Mississippi river, at or near the town of Clinton, in the State of lowa, and other bridges acr•ss said river, and to establish them es p - st roads," approved Apr 1 let, 1872; end in hooting any such bridge the Secretary of War shall have due regard to the security and convenience of navigation, to conve nience of access, and to the wants of all railways and highways crossing said river. Approved, June 4, 1872. [G ENERAL NATURE-NO. 123.] AN ACT to declare the true intent and meaning Jr seetjon two of an act entitled "An act to establ:sb a uniform system of bankruptcy through Out the United States," approved March 2, 1867. Be it enacted by the &nate and House of kpresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the powers and jurisdiction granted to the several circuit coact, of the United States. or any justice theicof, by section two of an act entitled “Au art to - establi-h a uni foim system of bankruptcy throughout the United States," approved March 2d, 1867. may be exercised in any district in which the powers or jurisdiction of a circuit court have been or may be emlfdred on the dis trict court far such district. as if no such powers or jurisdiction had been conferred on such district c mrt ; it being the true intent and etc inina. of said act that the system of bankruptcy thereby established shall be uniform throughout the United States. Approved, June 8, 1872. [GENERAL NATURE-NO. 124 AN ACT concerning the circuit and dis trict courts of the United Stites for the district of Ktnsas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Kpresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act the May term of the circuit court, and the October term of the district court, of the United States for the district of Kansas, shall be commenced and held Lt the city of Leav enworth. Kinsas. Approved, June 8, 1872. AN ACT making Appropriations for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep lesentatives of the United States of America en Colinas assembled. That the f flowing sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the fis cal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hund red and seventy three, viz : TREASURY DEPARTMENT. For Life Baying Stations.—For salaries of two superintendents of the life saving stations on the coast of ',mtg. Island and New Jersey, at one thousand five hundred dollars each, three thousand dollars; and for one superinlendeot on the coast of Cape Cod and Block Island, Rhode Island, one thousand dollars. For fifty four keepers of stations, at two hundred dollars each, ten thousand eight hundred dollars. For pay of crews of experienced surf men at such stations and for such periods as the Sec retary of the Treasury may deem necessary and proper, seventy nine thousand five hund red and twenty dollars. For contingencies of life saving stations on the coast of the United States, fifteen thou sand dollars. For the establishment of life saving stations on the coasts of Cape Cod and of Block Island Rhode Island, fifty thousand dollars : Provid ed, That all life saving stations hereafter erect ed shall be erected under the supervision of two captsins of the revenue service, to be des ignated by the Secretary of the Treasury, and to be under his directibn. Revenue Cutter Service.—Thirty four cap tains, one hundred and one lieutenants, and sixty three engineers and pilots employed, three hundred and sixty one thousand three hundred dollars. For rations for officers : Thirty four .cap tains, one hundred and one lieutenants, sixty three engineers and pi.ots, twenty five thou sand five hundred and eighty three dollars and forty cents. For pay of crews: nine hundred anal forty two petty officers, seamen, cooks, stewards, bob, coal passers, and firemen, two hundred and eighty tour thousand two hundred and ninety two dollars. Marine hospital Seraice.—For supplying de ficiency in the fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen, one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars : Provided, That no part of this sum shall be used to support any sick or disabled seamen entitled to be received into a marine hospital, by contract at the lowest bid der, except when, in the ju lgment of the sec retary of the Treasury, the acceptance of the lowest proposal will, for other reasons, equally secure the proper care and treatment of marine patients. National atrrency.—For paper, engraving, printing, express charges, and other expenses of making and issuing the national currency, one hundred thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to Warrington Sommers a sum sufficient to !make his sa'ary, from October first, eigh teen hundred and sixty eight, to June first, eighteen hundred and sixty nine, that of a fourth class clerk in the fifth auditor's office. one hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. &nate. For folding documents and material for she same eight thousand dollars. For labor, eight thousand dollars. For the expenses of the joint select commit tee on alleged cutrages in the Southern Stases, the sum of one thousand four hundred and sixty three dollar,. and twenty five cents, said sum to be carried for the purpose to the con tingent fund of the senate. Judiciary. For defraying the expenses of the courts of the United States, including the District of Columbia; for jurors and witnesses, and ex penses of suits in which the United States are concerned, of prosecutions for offences com mitted against the United States; for the safe keeping of prisoners ; and for the expenses which may be incurred in the enforcement of the act, relative to the rightofeitizens to vote, of February twenty eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy, or auy acts amendatory thereof oesupplementary thereto, three million two hundred thousand dollars ; of which sum two hundred thousand dollars shall he available for the expenses incurred during the present fiscal year, the said act being hereby supple mented and amended so as to further provide as follows: "That whenever, in any :minty or parish, in any congressional district, there shall be ten citizens thereof of good standing who, prior to any registration of voters for an election for representative in Congress, or prior to any election at which &representative in Congress is to be voted for, shall make known, in writing, to the judge of the circuit court of the United States for the district wherein such county or parish is simate, their desire to have said registration or elec lection both guarded and scrutinized, it shall be the duty of the said judge of the circuit court, within not less than tan days prior to said registration or election, as the case may be, to open the said court at the most conven ient point in said district; and the said court, when so opened by said judge, shall proceed to appoint and commission, from day to day, and from time to time, and under the hand of HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1873. the said judge, aid under the seal of said court, for such election district or voting pre cinct in said congressional district, as shall, in the manner herein prescribed, have been applied for, and to revoke, change, or renew sMd appointment from time to tittle, two citi =is, residents of said election district of voting precinct in said county or parish, who shall be of ditibrent'political parties, and aisle, to read end right the English language, and who shall be known and designated as super visors of election ; and the said court, when opened by the said judge as required herein. shall, therefrom and thereafter and up to and including t: nay fo:lowing the day of the election, be always opec for the transaction of business under this act; and the powers and jurisdiction hereby granted and conferred shall be exercised, as well iu vacation us in term time. For the support and maintenance of con victs transferred from the Districtof Columbia. ten thousand dollars. For defraying the expenses of defending claims under the convention with Mexico of fourth July, eighteen hundred and sixty eight, to he expended under the direction of the At torney GenCral, ten thousand dollars. For payment of the necessary expenses in curred in defending suits against the Secreta ry of the Treasury, or his agents, for the seia ure of captured or abandoned property • and for the examination of witnesses in claims against the United States pending in any de partment; and for the defence of the United States in the court of claims, to he expended under the direction of the Attorney General, thirty thousand dot ars, no part of which shall be paid to attorneys or counsellors at law for professional services, for appearing and as sisting in the trial of causes in the supreme, circuit, or district courts of the United States, or court of claims ; and that the Attorney General make report to Congress at the end of the fiscal year of the manner of the capon diture of this fund, and to whom and fur what purposes paid. For expenses to be incurred in the prosecu tion and collection of claims due the United States, to be disbursed under the direction of the Attorney General, twenty fire thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to collect captured and abandoned property of the United States, and to collect, and procure; and preserve all colic iers, papers, records, and evidence, and to take testimony as to claims against the United States, to be paid only upon the certificate of the commissioners of claims, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Miscellaneous For continuing the collection of statistics of mines and mining, to be laid before Con gress, to ue expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, fifteen thou sand dollars. For the continuation of the geological sur vey of the territories of the Unite i States by Professor F. V. Hayden, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eiehteen Itutedred and seventy three, seventy five thou sand dollars. For completing the survey of the Colorado of the West and its tributaries by Professor .1. W Powell, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, twenty thousand dollars. To pay the hoard of public work of the Dis trict of Columbia the porportion of the cost properly payable by the United States g,or ' erument for the inng of the canal from Say enth street west to Seventeenth street west, and of the coast of the i..tercepting, Fewer along the canal adjoining the property of the United States government, said work being under the direction of the board of public works, sixty eight thousand three hundred and sixty five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, That all pay ments made under this and the preceding ap propriation shall be made only upon vouchers approved by the officer in charge of the pub lic buildings and grounds of the District ; and no portion of the money herewith appro priated shall be used by the boarl of public works for any other purpose whatever than the purpose that is named in the said last two paragraphs. And the land made by the fill ing up of the said canal is hereby declared to be the property of the United States. And the said appropriations shall not be construed to create or imply any obligation on the part of the part of tae United States, inany respect whatever in future. Supervising Inspectors on Steam- Vessels.— For carrying out the provisions of the act for the better protection of the lives of oassengers on vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam and of the acts amendatory thereof, the following sums, six.: For salaries f steamboat inspectors : Pay ment ofamlaries of supervising. inspector gen eral, supervising inspectors, local inspectors, assistant inspectors, and clerks, one hundred and sixty five thousand four hundred dollars. Contimgent expenses of steamboat inspect ion service: Expenses of instruments station ery, meetings of board of supervising inspect ors, mileage of supervising inspectors, at one thousand dolla-s each, and other miscellaneous expenses, ninety one thousand dollars. fo enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay under existing laws contractors for car rying the mails for services rendered prior to July first. 1869, thirteen thousand four hun dred and sixteen dollars. To pay Edward R. Furguson his salary as supervising inspector of steamboats, from March third, 1R72, to May twenty second, 1871, four hundred and twenty eight dollars and fifty seven cents. For loss and expense involwed in the re coinage of gold coins in the treasury which are below standard weight, •tnder such reg ulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Nary to reimburse the funeral expenses of the late Admiral David G. Farragut, two thousand dollars, to be paid to his widow. Public works under the Treasury Department. Public Buildings. Treasury building, Washington, District of Columbia: For annual repairs and improce menta, fifte, n thousand dollars ; for improve ments and repairs of heating apparatus, nine thousand dollars. For bontinuation of the construction of the building, for a custom house at Charleston. South Carolina, ore thousand dollars. For c.mtinuation of the canstruction of the building fur past office and court house at Columbia, South Carolina. fifty thousand dollars. For paving, grading, and fencing the ap proaches to the building for a custom house at Mechias, Maine, two thousand doilars. Fer continuation of the construction of the building for n custom house at New Or leans, Louisiana, three hundred thousand dollars. For continuation of the construction of the building for a post office and court house at Omaha, Nebraska, one hundred thousand dol lars For continuation of the extension of the building for court house and post office at Baltimore, Maryland, fifty thousand dollars. , For continuation of the construction of the building for the Department of State, Wash ington, District of Columbia, eight hundred thousand dollars : For the east wing of the State, War, and Navy Departments, foul hundred' thousand dollars: Provided, That alr appropriations for buildings under the Treas ury Department shall hereafter be available immediately upon the approval of the acts containing such appropriations. _ . To commence the erection of a building at Cincinnati, Ohio, for the accoramodation of the United Statetceurt. custom house, United States depository, post office, internal revenue and pension offices, and for the purchase at private sale, or by condemnation, of ground for a site therefor, the entire cost ofcomple tion of Which building. is hereby limited to two million two hundred and fifty thousand dol lars (inclusive of the cast of the site of the same), seven hundrol thousand dollars; and the act of March twelve, 1872, authorizing the pnrchase of a site therefor, is hereby so amended as to limit the cost 3f the site to a sum not exceeding five hunCred thousand dollars. To commence the erection of a building at Hartford, Connecticut, for the accommodation of the custom house, post office pension office, United States circuit and district courts, and internal revenue offices, one hitedred thousand dollars. To commence the erection of a fire proof building at Albapy, livew York, for the accom mattion of the custom home, post office, United States circuit and district courts, and internal revenue office., one hundred thousand For necessary furniture and outfits for the post office and subtreasory building at Boston, and for preparing the approaches thereto, fifty .bonsand dollars, to be plid out of the appro priation already made. To purchase additional ground adjoining the site of the building occupied for the pur poses of the ILIUM States court house- and post office, Madison, Wisconsin, eleven thpu sand dollars. For machinery and apparatus for the new branch mint building at San Francisco, Cal ifttrnia, oat hundred and sixty thousand ollars Lighthouses, Reacons, and Fog Signal.. Burnt Coat Harbor light station : For t, beacon lights, to serve as a range on the coast of Maine, ten thousand dollars, and any bal ance of the appropriation of ten thousand dollars by act of March third, 1872, that may remain i❑ the treasury June thirtieth, 1872. For a ste,m fog signal on Seguin is'and, at the mouth of the Kennebec river, on the coast of liaise, five thousand dollars. or lighthouse at Vil)od Ead, Provincotown harbor, — Massachusetts, fifteen' thousand do] For re-establi.hing and sitting up two small beacon lights in the harbor of Newberry port, the site of one of which has been washed by a storm, ten tho•isand dollars. For steam fog signal at Beaver TAB light statioi, on the coast of R:tode bland, five thousand dollars. For erecting a portable beacon at Bullock's pgint, on the east side of Providence river, Rhode Island, one thousand dollars. For fig bell for Newport Harbor lig,ht station Rhode Island, eight hundred dollars. Fur ntablishin a eta tin f,g signal at Point Judith light station, coast of Rhode Island, five thousand dollars. For completing the light house at Long Beach bar, Gardiner bay, Long island sound, according to the original design, twenty thousand dollars. For a small , ight to mark the entrance to the anchorage inside of Shipping point, Poto mac river, Virginia, nine thousand dollars. For completing the light house tower and buildings at Bodie's island, North Carolina, fifteen thousand dollars. For rebuilding keeper's dwelling, and ren ovation and repairs at Cape Lockout light station, North Carolina, five thousand dollars. For a second-class light, on.or near Hunting island, South Carolina, twenty five thousand dollars; and such site as may be necessary for such light shall be selected on lands now in the possession of the Halted States by the light house board, and such site shall be ex empted from the operation of any law pro viding for the restoration to the fa rmer owners of lands sold for direct taxes. For completing the rebuilding of the first class light house and keeper's dwelling at Saint Agustine, Florida, in addition to any balance of the former appropriation that may remain unexpended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy two, twenty thousand, dollars. For completing the erection of the iron light. house structure on the foundation at South west Pass light station, Louisiana, twenty five thousand dollars. For erection of a light house on the north side of Presque isle, Erie, Pennsylvania, fifteen thousand dollars. For rebuilding the light house and keeper's dwelling at Gibraltar light station, in the . Detroit river, Michigan, ten thousand dollars. Light House Establishment.—For repairs and incidental expenses in refitting and improving light houses and buildings connected there with, two hundred thousand dollars. For salaries of seven hundred and thirty two light house keepers and light beacon keepers, and their assistants, four hundred and thirty nine thousand two bundrel dollar.. Department of the Interior. Pthlic Lands.—For rent of office of survey or general of Louisiana, fuel, books, station ery, sad other incidental expenses, two thou sand five hundred dollars; and for clerks in his office, one thousand sevelhundr,d dollars. For rent of office of surveyor general of Florida, fuel, books, stationery, and other in cidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dolitrs ; stud for clerks in his office, one tholsand seven hundred dollars. Fbr rent of office of 'surveyor general' of Minnesota, fuel, hooks, stationery, and other incidental expe ises, two thousand two hun drel dollars ; and for clerks in his office, three thousand seven hundred dollars. Nor rent of office of survey r general of Ida ho Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and oth er incidental expenses, two thousand five huidred dollars; and for clerks in his office, four thousand dollars. For rent of office of surveyor general of Nevada, fuel, books, stationery, and other in cidental expenses, three thousand seven hun dred dollars; and for clerks in his office, two thousand three hundred dollars. For rent of office of s:rveyor general of Washington Territory, fuel, books. stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars; and for clerks in his office, three thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Arizona Territory, at rates not exceeding fifteen dol lars per linear mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars far sec tion lines, !liken thousand do lars. For surveying the public lands in Califor nia, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard Ilnes, fourteen dollars for township. and twelve dollars for section lines, sixty thousand dollars. For survey of the southern boundary of Wyoming Territory, at a rate not exceeding sixty do lars per linear mile, estimated dis tance three hundred and seventy miles, twenty two thousand two hundred dollars. For survey of western boundary of Kansas, at a rate not exceeding forty dollars per linear mile, estimated distance two hundred and ten miles, eight thousand four hundred dollars. For survey of the north Pru boundary of Nebraska, at a rate not exceeding forty dollars per linear mile, the estimated di.tance being two hundred .d twenty miles, eight thousand four hundred dollars. For completion of survey now being execu ted between the ninety-sixth and ninety-eighth . meridan of west longitude, Indian Territory, ninety eight thousand dollars. For the continuation of the system of land maps of the committee on public lands, under direction of the clerk of the house, five hun dred dollars. Expenses of the Collection of Revenue from Sales of Public Lands.—For salaries and com missions of registers of land offices and re ceivers of public moneys at eighty one land offices, four hundred and fifty one thousand two hundred dollars. For expenses already incurred under in structions of the Secretary of the Interior for suppressing depredations on the public tim ber, and for expenses yet to be incurred during the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy two, and June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy three, on the same account, ten thousand dollars. Patent !)dice.—To provide for the plates of an official gazette of the patent office abstracts of the drawings of patents issued, forty thou sand dollars, to be expo:v:lA under the direc tido of the commissioner of patents. For deficiency in contingent fund, caused by carrying into effect the jJint resolution of January eleventh, eighteen hundred and sev enty one, requiring the commissioner of pat ents to keep on band tor sale copies of all specifications and drawings of patents, ten thousand dollars. Thatforty thousand dollars of the appropria Lion for lithographing, engraving, and so forth, ,for the public printing during the fiscal yam ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy three, be, and the same are hereby, transferred to the appropriation for the patent office, for photo lithographing, printing, and paper for the drawings of patents authorized by the joint resolution approved January elev enth, eirlitecn hundred and seventy one, en titled "Joint resolution providing for publish ing specifications and drawings of patent of fice." Metropolitan Police.—For salaries and other necessary expenses of the Metropolitan police for the District of Columbia, two hundrei and seven thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars: Prouirl4, Teat a further sum, am mat ing to one hundrel and three thousand nine hundred and forty fire dollars, sbaq be paid to defray the expenses of the said Metropolitan police force by the cities of Washington and Georgetown, and the noway of Washington, beyond the limits of said cities in the District of Columbia, is the proportion corresponding to the number of privates allotted severally to said precincts; and the corporate autliori : ties of said cities, and proper authorities o the District of Columbia, arc hereby author ized aid required to levy a special tax. no exceed:ng one third of ooe per ceutum, wine. shall be specially deposited once in sac. week, as such collections are made, to be ap propriated and expended for said purpose only, for the service of the fiscal year esdik June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sevent) three. Government hospital for the Insane.—Fob the support, clothing, medical and mom: treatment of the insane of the army and navy revenue cutter, and volunteer service, wh. may have become insane since their entry bite the service of the United States. and of the indigent insane of the District of Columbia in the governme:.t hospital for the insane. including five hundrea dollars for hooks, sta tionery, and incidental expenses, one hundred and twenty five tuo-sand dollars. For the erection, furnishing, and fitting of an extention of the hospital suf[acient is accommodate fifty four patients of the excite( class, thirty seven thousand eight hundrec dollars. rolumbia institution fur the Deaf amd Dumb. —For the support of the institution, ircludin salaries and incidental expenses, the mainte nance of the beneficiaries of the United States. and five hundred dollars for books and il us trio ive apparatus, furty eight thousand dollars. For continuing the work on the ineosure improvement, and grading of the grounds al the institu ion, six thousand do lars. To provide for payments due and unpaid on July first, eighteen hundred and seventy two, on the purchase by the institution of the es tate known as Keuall Green, szveuty thousand dollars: Provided, That before the expend! titre of any parr of this appropriation, by proper deeds of conveyance, to be approved by the Attorney General of the United States, all the real estate now owned by the said Columbia Institution fur the Deaf and Dumb shall be vested in the United States as trustee, for the sole use and purpose provided in the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Colum-. bin Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf Dumb and Hand," approved February six teenth, eighteen hund ed and fifty seven, and the several acts amendatory thereof. Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-is Asylum, and other Charities —For the sup port of the Columbia Hospital for Wonien and Lying in Asylum, over and above the probable amount which will be received from pay pa tients, eighteen thousand three hundred For purchase of the building now occupied by said hospital, with forty thousand feet of ground, twenty five thousadd dollars ; Pro vided, That the titre to said real estate shall be vested in the United States for the use of said hospital, and that no part of the real or per sonal property now held or to be hereafter acquired by said institution shall be devoted to any other purpose than a hospital for wo men and lying in asyhan without the consent of the United States ; and that in addition to 'the directors, whose appointments are now provided foe' by law, there shall be three other directors appointed in the following manner One senator by the presideat of the Senate, and two representatives by the speaker of the House; these directors shall hold their office for the term of a single Congress, and be eligi ble to re appointment. For custody and repair of government hos pitals on Judiciary square, three thousand dollars. For case, support and medical treatment of sixty transient paupers, medical and sur gical patients, in some proper medicalinstitu tins in the city of Washington, under a contract to be formed with which institution, twelve thousand dollars, or so much thereof, as may be necessary, under the direction of the Secretary of War. • Smithsonian Institution.—For preservation of the collections of tae surveying and explor ing expeditions of the government, fifteen thousand dollars. For completion of a hall requirsd for the government collections, ten thousand dollars. -- apitol Extensiou.:For finishing and cc pairing. the work on the Capitol extension, and for completing the flagging of the upper terraces, fifty thous and dollars For minusl repairs of the old portion of the Capitol building, for painting, glazing, keep ing roofs in oraer, water pipes, paverneets,and approaches to the bu Iding. ten thousand dollars : Provided, That a sufficient portion of such appropriation shall be expended, under the direction cf the architect of the Capitol extension, to keep in order the arch ways, door ways, rotundas, and corziders of the Capitol. Homilies! Carden.—For recoilstructigg the enstorn parallelogram of the conservatory in the botanical garden, to make it correspoqd with that at the west of the rotunda, thirteen thousand dollars. For extending the propagating houses (in eluding the use of the :,ash for the - old portion of the conservatory). and for general repairs to buildings, four thousand five hundred dol lars For the construction of a sewer and trap across Third street, to convey the dra nage of the botanical garden to the maine sewer. five hundred dollars. For continuing fence and erecting gateways on Third street, seven thousand fire hundred dollars. Library of Contrress—For additional beat- log apparatus in the library of coagreas to ba expended under the direction of the architect of the Capitol exteesion, two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. "To enable the librarian to procure for the library of Congress the English county histor ies, the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Survey of the Coast.—For continuing the survey of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the Uaited States, and Lake Cbamplain,inrluding compensation of civilians engaged in the work, and including pay and emoluments of officers of the army and navy, and petty officers and men of the navy employed in the work, three hundred and ninety one thousand dollars. For continuing the survey of the western coast of the Uaited Mates, including compen sation of civi iaus engaged in. the work, two hundred and forty thousand, dollars. For pay and rations of engineers for the steamers used iu the cost survey, no longer supplied by the Navy Department, ten thou sand dollars. For coutioeing the publication of the ob servations made in the progre,s of coast survey, including compensation for civilians engaged iu the work, the publication to be made at the government printing office, ten thousand dollars. For repairs and maintenance of the comple meat of vessels used in the coast survey, forty five thousand dollars. Fur extending the traugulation of the coast survey so as to form a geodetic connection between the Atlt.ntic and Pacific coasts of the United States, and assisting in the State our rep, including compensation of civilians en gaged it the work, thirty six thousand dollars. Under the War Department. Armories and Arsenals.—Springfield arm ory, hpringfield, Massachusetts: For repairs and preservation of - groundsi — buildings, and machinery; and for curbstone for armory grounds fronting on State street, twenty two thousand dollars. Rock Island armory- and arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois ; For new forging shop of same dimensions and architecture as shOps already built, except 'that it will be only one story one hundred and fifty live thousand dollars; for new finishing shop for armory, two hundred thous‘nd dollars, for new fire proof barracks for enlisted men, including messbuilding, bakery, and laundry building, ninety five thousand _ollarsi for new powder magazine, fifteen thousand dollars ; fur coal- _ . pleting development of the water power, one hundred and ten thousand dollars; for the construction of :avenues and roads to the Rock Island wageobridge, and -to-the. new bridge across the Slissiasiptai river, to the city of Davenport, and fur building a railroad to con nect the present arsenal railroad with the Chicago. and Rock . - bland railroad, when changed to its new location at the lower end of the island, and for building two entrances to the island from the two bridge,s andan iron fence connecting the two entrances, and be tween the railroad and the public wagon road on one side and the arsenal oat the other side, twenty eight. thousand dollars: for new machinery for the new shops already comple ed, twenty thousand dollars ; for laying water pipe, three thousand dohars ; for putting six water wheo:s (sixty five horse power each) in the new dam, with shafting and machinery, or transmission of pov rer to the shops alread: use, twenty six thowand dollars ; in •a:l hundred and fifty t wo thousand dollars. For completion of tl,c wagon road brifig , -onneeting Moline with Rock Island, one bun fired thousand dollars. For the construction of the Rock Islam iridge, the balance of the appropr.ation, con limed by the act of Mara third, eighteei iuudred and seventy one. which may be un• xpended at the close of the present fisca. sear, is hereby re-appropr.ated. New York arsenal, (I,veraor's Island, Ness York harbor, IN..w Yo.7k : For repairs of steau ..agines, tanks, tire apparatut, docks, drains Ind grounds, and purchase of hose, nine thou :and dollars ; for grad.ng and improving pub lic grounds, two thousann dollars: for repair. if public buildings, six thousand dollars ; fo: ,xtending and rep batlike, fences, six bake, altars: in all, s.,veuteen thousand six hull- Ired dollars. Magazine. Boston : For a new house fcr ;hell and powder filling twelve thousand do.: ars. Saint Louis arsenal, Missouri For porches:. if a new boiler for steam engine ..t Ovate: corks, one thousand dollars; for general ra ,airs of public budd ngs and iaclosing fences Jeffason barracks, Missoula, two taousana I.idars ; iu all, three thous and dollars. Wash ngton arsenal, Washington, Distric Columbia Fur coping for inc rising wall oa lortheru front of arsenal gross is, and fo gates at the termination of Four an t half street, three thousand dollars. Watervliet a ;meal, West Troy, New Yori. Air rep tiring public buildings, fif.een hundret dollars. For continuing the surveys of the northerr, and northwestern lakes, one tin :dred ans seventy . five thousand dollars. And this ap dropriation shall be available from the Ern. of the passage of this act. Buildings and Grounds in and around Washington.—Repairs, care, and improve meet of public builings, grounds, and work, an the District of Columbia, under the direc tion of the chief engineer of the arm), viz : For fuel for propagating garden and lodges in public grounds, five hundred dollars. Improvement and care of public grounds For annual repair of fences around reserve tions, two thousand dollars; for manure, and hauliug tile same ou public grounds, fib, thousand du'lars ; for p tintmg iron fi nee: around reservations, and around War and Navy departments, four thousand dollars ; for ',lire of cuts for public grounds, flea thousand dollars; for purchase and repair of tools for public grounds, two thousand dollars ; for purchase of trees, tree boxes, and whitewash ing fences, five thousand dollars. For improving Franklin square, introducing water, gas, lodge, and urinals, six thousauil five hundred dollars. For care and improvement of the Smith sonian grounds, tvo thousand dollars. For completing improvements and for care of Lafayette square, three thousand five hun died dollars. For improvement of Farragut square, five thousand dollars. Fcr starting a nursery for improvement of public grounds, two thousand dollars. For casual repairs of Navy Yard Bridge and upper bridge, three thousand dollars. Washington Aqueduct.—For repairs of dwellings for keepers of the water"gates, one thousand ' five hundred dollars. For a dial telegraph connecting the great falls or the Potomac with the reservoirs and with the office in Washington, two thousand five hundred dollars. For maintenance, ineludingsuperintendence, salaries, of gate keepers, and general repairs, fifteen thousand dollars. For purchase of land for road from the great falls to canduit road, three thousand one hun dred and thirty nine dollars.; and all the foregoing appropriations for the service of the Washington aqueduct are hereby made available immediately upon the passage of this act. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Aban doned Lands.—For cone:Awn and payment of bounty, p ize money, ans. other legitimate Claims of colored soldiers and sailors. viz : ror salaries of agents and clerks ; rent of of- Bees, fuel, and lights ; stationery and printing; office furniture and repairs; mileage and transportation of officers and agents ; tele ' graphing and postage, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the Bureau of Refu gees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands shall be discontinued from and after June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy two, and that all agents, clerks, and other employees then on duty sha 1 be discharged, except such as may be retained by the reeret. ry of War for the purpose of this proviso ; and all acts and parts of :tots pertaining to the collection and payment of bounties, or othcr.moueys due to colored soaliers, sailors, and marines, or their heirs, shall remain in orce until other wise ordered by Congress, the same to be car ried into effect by the Secretary of War, who may employ such clerical force as may be necessary for the purpose. Signal-Office.--:For manufacture, purchase, or repair of meteorological and other necessary instruments; fur telegraphing reports; for expenses of storm siguals anuouncing proba ble approach and force of storms throughout the Uuited States, for the benefit of commerce and agriculture ; , for instrument shelters, for hike, furniture, and expenses of offices Mal.- tained for public use in cities or posts receiv ing reports ; for maps and bulletins, to be displayed in chambers of commerce and boards of trade rooms; for books and stationery ; and for incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War be, and lie hereby is, authorized and required to provide, iu the system of observations and reports in charge of the chief signal officer'of the army, for such stations, reports, and sig nals as may be found necessary for the benefit of agriculture and commercial interests : And Pr.:tied, That no part of this appropriation, nor of auy appropriation for the several de partments of the government shall be paid to any telegraphic company which shall neglect or refuse to transmit teiegraphic commuuica lions between said departments, their officers, agents, or employees, under the provisions of the second section of chapter two hundred and thirty of the statutes of th., Uoited States for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and at rates of compensation therefor to be established by the Postmaster General. Miscellaneous Osjects.—To provide for the payment under existing laws for horses and other property lost or destroyed in the milita ry service of the United States, one hundred thousand dollars. Secret service fund : To enable the Secreta ry of the Treasury to settle the accounts of disbursiag officers for expenditures already made in pursuance of law, which w,ll not in volve auy actual expen liture, but lunar a transfer on the books of the treasury, lift thousand dollars. To provide for the payment to Bonn Pitman for a transcript of his phonograph c copy of the record and proceedings of the court of in quiry in relation to the conduct of General D. C. Buell, while in command of the army is Kentucky and lennessee, the sum of twelve hundred dollars. For the purchase and preparation of instru ments fora proper observation of the transit of Venus, which is predicted to oceer on the eighth of Dezember, eighteen hundred and sevonty four, fifty thousand dollars, to be ex pended unln the dirscioit of a c smmisson, to be composed of the superintendent and two of the profesmrs of m xtheinsties of the navy attached to the naval observatory, the presir dent of the national academy of sciences, and the superibtendent of the coast survey: Pro vided, That no contracts or engagements sit All be made for such instruments to an amount exceeding the sum hereby appropriated. For pedestal for the eqttestrain statue of General Winfield Scott, authorized by act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy. forty two thousanddo'lars.. eor expenses of the Usite I States commis sioners to the International Penitentiary Con gress at London, in eighteen hundred and seventy two, five thousand dollars. For expenses of the United States commis sioners to the International Statistical Con gress at Saint Petersburg, five thousand dol lars. To enable the Secretary of the interior to provide a law library for the territory of Col orado, two thousand live latadrel dc4lars, said library to be selected by the ehiefjustice of said Territory. For preparing and Twisting a series of maps no t exo peding twenty in number, to illustrate graphically the quarto volumes of the ninth consus,twenty five thousana do.lars. Under the Navy Department. Navy Yards.—Navy yard, Portsmouth, New lampshire : For repairs of all kinds, seventy ive thousand dollars ; for repairs of floa. in; locks, eighty thousan 1 dollars ; for p:-emanent :nprovementz, namely, for bridge connecting ieavey's island. four thou , an.l dollars; in all, ins hundred and fifty n.ne thousand two hand ed dol:ars. For coastructing ar.d testing experimental )reech loading boat howitzers, ten thousand lo:lars. Eat orgenices at naval sttt'ont : or erne, ;ene;es th tt rn ty arise at nay 1 stations, forty tiousand Under the Departmen: of Agriculture. Buildings and Grounds. or improvement if grounds For labor, tw ve th a an 1 do! .ara ; for heating apparatus for new urapery, wo thousand dollars ; for material for roads end walks, one thousand fivc !tau ired dollars ; or cast irou labels fur nammg trees in aroor :tow, one hundred dollars ; for tools, repairs, nd blacksinitbing, one thousand dollars; for tiles for grounds, five hundred d, l• ors ; for terrace walls, two thousand live hued nd do:lars ; fur rep..i,ing fence arount grout di sue thousand dollars ;and for a furnaLe ip t aboratory, fonrhun !red dollars ; in an, tweu ty ne thousaud dollars. Toward completing museum nader the ALarge of Professor T r ownseud Glover, three ....and dollars. SEC. 2. That out of the unexpended balance ,f the appropriation (section twenty seven of he act approved April twentieth, eighteen red and seventy oae) for more effectually scoring life and property on the coasts of Sew Jersey and Long Island.. for the fiscal ear ending June thirtieth, eighteen and sev- ,iity two, the sum of two hundred thousand lollars is hereby e cepted from the operation u the fifth section of the act of July twelfth, t•igbteen hundred and seveuty. Sec. 3. That the sue. of two hundred and twenty five thousand sew-n hundred and fifty one dollars and eight cents is he eby appro rr.ated to enable the Secretary of tile Treasu ry to return to the clerk of the United States district court for the southern cistaiet of the one half of four hundred and fitly one thousand five hundred and two dollars and sixteen cents paid to said secretary by raid deli: as prize money, in pursuance of a decree it said court ma :e ou the eleventh day of May, tighteeu hundred and sixty four, which ecru° was afterward, to wit, on the ninth day of June, eig,liteen handy, d and sixty five, held to be erectile .us and set aside by said court, and said money ordered to be returned to said court for distribution to the lawful owners thereof and to this end that the said secreta ry cause to be transferred the said sum of two hundred and twenty five thotun,nd seven hundred and fifty one dollars and eight cents irons the navy pet-ion fund to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States ; the the moneys so directed to be returned having been deposited to the credit of said fund on the twenty third of May, eighteen hundred and sixty your, by warrant number one hun dred and sixty nine. SEC. 4. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department, be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed, in adjusting tae accounts of William Kapus, collector of customs for the district of Alaska, to make an allowance for the compensat on of Charter H. Pierce for serv:ces rendered in aid of the collection of the rev, nue tram customs at the port Onalaska, in said district, of such sums as they may deem just and equitable far toe time actually employed, no. to exceed toe rate of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum. SEC. 5. That to enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay Standish and Ballard, attor neys, their account for defending the register and the receiver at lonia, Micnigan, the sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated. iEC. 6. That in the settlement of judgments by the court of claims or the supreme court of the United States, hereafter to be rendered for cap ured or abandoned cotton, dr in settle. meats for cct:on seized subsequent to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to pay such judg,ment , , or the amounts as as • certained upon such settlements in full with out deduction on account of internal revenue tax upon cotton. SEC. 7. That the accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed, in adjusting the accounts of the collector of customs for the port of Chicago, to allow him, as an ex officio depositary of moneys belonging to the United. States, a credit for such sum or sums, in coin or cur rency, as may satisfactorily appear to have been held by him, as such depositary, at the time of the fire in said city on the ninth and tenth days of Octob r, eighteen hundred and seventy one, and to have been lost or destroy ed by fire. Approved, June 10, 1872. 1829. CHARTER PERPETUAL. 1527. FRANKLIN FIRE INSURANCE COMFY PHILADELPHIA Capital Aocrued and Prouituuut 2.916.316 88 Cash Assets, November 30. 167. 31.318.316 SS Premien., October, 187^ Premium., November. 15"."4 Amount insured in the Burned Dis trict. Boston 5455.196 60 Amount insured on Uutoklrte of Koine, 39,500 OU It has been definitely ascertained that 52,000 .'over all claims epee the last item, while sal rages already determined indicate a nct loss of not $400,000, Alfred G. Baker. Pre , ii drnt. George Pales, Vice Precicl. nt. .1. W. McAllister. Second Vice-President. Theo. Bogor, Secretary. • • noel W. Kay, Assistant Secretary. G. B. ARM IT 4,0194 CO, Agents for Huntingdon County. declS-3t. ‘,ITATEMENT Oki SCHOOL AO COUNT of Jacksnn toirnship School'Fund fur year Priding June 1, int. DR. To amount of school tax State appropriation By amount lifted and pail in or der $3017 :L Treasurer's per centage 45 2tl We, the undersigned Auditors of slid township. certify that the foregoing statement to just and correct. Witness oar hands the 30 any of N.svember.lsn .1. L. WILY ME. JOHN B. g 311711. }Auditors JNO. A. WILSON. dae.l7—st] Sl' RA Y LL.--rame to the re&th nee of the subset-11*r, living in Barree twp.. on or about ho let of October. 1572. a brindle bull, supposed to be three years old. Only mark is a small piece off the right ear. The owner will come tbrward. prove property, pay the usual ehargesand remove him, cr he will he dealt with as the laW 7j ,n 73-31. A. M. MYTON. i ,Iit()ATS FOR SALE. The eube.eiher has • lot of shoe. for .le °heap. Apply Boon. P. O. Dweintir. 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