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For the care and management of the reservation established at the village of Sulphur, in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, all money received from sales of any buildings on said reservation, as well as all money heretofore received or that may hereafter be realized for the use of the waters of the springs and creeks within the reservation, or for the use and occupancy of the land or the buildings thereon, through leases, permits, or otherwise, is appropriated. (Indian act, sec. 18, p. 121.)

For payment of the appraised value of town lots held by citizens of the United States within the limits of the tract of land ceded to the United States by the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, at or near Sulphur Springs, in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, so much as may be necessary is appropriated. (Indian act, sec. 18, p. 121.)

For salaries of judges of circuit courts in Hawaii, at $3,000 each, for the fiscal year 1905, so much as may be necessary is appropriated. (Legislative, etc., act, p. 154.)

For preparation and publication of post-route maps, in addition to the specific appropriation therefor for 1905, the proceeds of sales of such maps to the public is appropriated. (Legislative, etc., act, p. 176.)

For salaries of United States judges retired under section 714 of the Revised Statutes, so much as may be necessary for the fiscal year 1905 is appropriated. (Legislative, etc., act, p. 183.)

For payment of interest on judgments against the District of Columbia, from the date said judgments became due until date of payment, a sufficient sum is appropriated. (Deficiency act, p. 310.)

To enable the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives to pay to the officers and employees of the Senate and House borne on the annual and session rolls on the 1st day of March, 1904, including the Capitol police, the official reporters of the Senate and of the House, and W. A. Smith, Congressional Record clerk, for extra services during the first and second sessions of the Fiftyeighth Congress, a sum equal to one month's pay at the compensation then paid them by law is appropriated. (Deficiency act, p. 330.)

For payment of interest on certain judgments which have been rendered by the United States courts on mandate of the Supreme Court of the United States and by the circuit court of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, and not appealed, for which the United States is liable, a sufficient sum is appropriated. (Deficiency act, p. 333.)

For payment of interest on final judgments and decrees rendered against the United States under the act of March 3, 1887, to provide for the bringing of suits against the Government of the United States, from the date thereof, a sufficient sum is appropriated. (Deficiency act, p. 366.)

For complying with the provisions of sections 4 and 6 of the "Act to provide for the removal of snow and ice from the sidewalks of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," approved February 10, 1904, all assessments collected thereunder and deposited in the Treasury of the United States are appropriated. (Act, Feb. 10, 1904, sec. 7, p. 399.)

For payment of the compensation and expenses of the commission and the compensation of jurors to assess damages on account of changes of grade due to construction of the Union Station, District of Columbia, and for payment of appraisements or awards of damages, so much as may be necessary is appropriated. (Act, Apr. 22, 1904, sec. 7, p. 403.)

For payment of the amounts of judgments and awards for lands taken under the provisions of an "Act for the extension of Eighth street NW., or Wrights road, District of Columbia," a sufficient sum is appropriated out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. (Act, Apr. 22, 1904, sec. 7, p. 415.)

For payment of the amounts of judgments and awards for lands taken under the provisions of an "Act for the extension of Twenty-third street from S street to California avenue," District of Columbia, a sufficient sum is appropriated out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. (Act, Apr. 22, 1904, sec. 7, p. 418.)

For payment of the amounts of judgments and awards for lands taken under the provisions of an "Act authorizing the joining of Kalorama avenue," District of Columbia, a sufficient sum is appropriated out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. (Act, Apr. 28, 1904, sec. 7, p. 420.)

For payment of the amounts of judgments and awards for lands taken under the provisions of an "Act to connect Euclid place with Erie street," District of Columbia, a sufficient sum is appropriated out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. (Act, Apr. 28, 1904, sec. 7, p. 422.)

For payment of the amounts of judgments and awards for lands taken under the provisions of an "Act for the widening of V street northwest," District of Columbia, a sufficient sum is appropriated out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. (Act, Apr. 28, 1904, sec. 7, p. 425.)

For payment of the amounts of judgments and awards for lands taken under the provisions of an "Act for the opening of connecting highways on the east and west sides of the Zoological Park, District of Columbia," a sufficient sum is appropriated out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. (Act, Apr. 28, 1904, sec. 7, p. 427.)

For payment of the amounts of judgments and awards for lands taken under the provisions of an "Act for the extension of Albemarle street," District of Columbia, a sufficient sum is appropriated out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. (Act, Apr. 28, 1904, sec. 7, p. 430.)

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For payment of the amounts of judgments and awards for lands taken under the provisions of an Act for the extension of Wyoming avenue to Twenty-third street west," District of Columbia, a sufficient sum is appropriated out of the revenues of the District of Columbia. (Act, Apr. 28, 1904, sec. 7, p. 432.)

For the care and custody of persons legally adjudged insane in the district of Alaska, until otherwise provided by law, under contracts authorized to be entered into by the Secretary of the Interior, a sufficient sum is appropriated. (Act, Apr. 28, 1904. p. 516.)

To enable the President in any case where the President of the United States has heretofore, under any act or resolution of Congress, caused any medal to be made and presented to any officer or person in the United States on account of distinguished or meritorious services, on a proper showing made by such person to the satisfaction of the President that such medal has been lost or destroyed through no fault of the beneficiary, and that diligent search has been made therefor, to cause to be prepared and delivered to such person a duplicate of such medal, a sufficient sum is appropriated. (Joint Resolution, Apr. 15, 1904, p. 452.)

To enable the President to negotiate and, if possible, conclude negotiations with the Government of Great Britain for a review and revision of the rules and regulations which now govern the taking of fur seals in the open waters of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, pursuant to the treaty articles of the award of the Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration, made at Paris, August 16, 1893; said review to determine what revision of these rules and regulations shall be made, if any can be devised and agreed upon, which will restore and preserve the fur-seal industry upon the Seal Islands of Alaska and abate the killing of nursing mother seals on the high seas, now permitted and conducted; and also to negotiate and, if possible, conclude negotiations with the Governments of Russia and Japan and other maritime nations to the end of securing their adherence to and a common agreement with the terms of any satisfactory revision of the rules and regulations which may be agreed upon by the Governments of Great Britain and the United States; and for all expenses incident to said review, investigation, acquisition of authentic data, and the preparation of expert reports of the case of the United States, ordered and approved by the President, a sufficient sum is appropriated. (Joint Resolution, Apr. 8, 1904, p. 563.)

. 1904–1905.

VIII. CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF APPROPRIATION BILLS, FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS OF THE FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS; ESTIMATES AND APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1904-5, AND APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1903-4.

[Prepared by the clerks to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives.]

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a One-half of the amounts for the District of Columbia payable by the United States, except amounts for the water department (estimated for 1905 at $132,756), which are payable from the revenues of the water department. bIncludes all expenses of the postal service payable from postal revenues and out of the Treasury.

eThis amount is exclusive of $8,697,037 to meet contracts authorized by law for river and harbor improvements inclnded in the sundry civil estimates for 1905. dThis amount includes 88,697,037 to meet contracts authorized by law for river and harbor improvements for 1905.

eThis amount is approximated.

This amount includes $56,500,000, estimated to meet the requirements of the sinking fund.

gIn addition to this amount, the sum of $7,872,200 is appropriated in the sundry civil act to carry o ut contracts authorized by law for river and harbor improvements for 1905.

for 1904. h No river and harbor bill passed for 1904, but the sum of $20,228,150.99 is appropriated in the sundry civil act to carry out contracts authorized by law for river and harbor improvements

iThis amount includes $7,872,200 to carry out contracts authorized by law for river and harbor improvements for 1905.

jThis amount includes $20,228,150.99 to carry out contracts authorized by law for river and harbor improvements for 1904.

after the close of the fiscal year.
kThis is the amount submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury in the annual estimates for the fiscal year 1904, the exact amount appropriated not being ascertainable until two years

act, $21,200,000; by the sundry civil act, $1,041,300; in all, $22,891,300.
In addition to this amount contracts are authorized to be entered into, subject to future appropriations by Congress, as follows: By the District of Columbia act, $650,000; by the naval

act, $22,526,000; by the sundry civil act, $7,850,000; by the act of March 3, 1903 (public buildings act), $5,153,859.34; in all, $36,989,859.34. m In addition to this amount contracts are authorized to be entered into, subject to future appropriations by Congress, as follows: By the District of Columbia act, $1,460,000; by the naval

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