CHAP. 24.—An act to amend Section fifty-four hundred and fifty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to counterfeiting Jan. 16, 1877. R. S., 5457, p. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Section fifty-four hundred and fifty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and 1063, amended. the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: Counterfeiting, "Every person who falsely makes, forges, or counterfeits, or causes or procures to be falsely made, forged, or counterfeited, or willingly etc., coin, etc. aids or assists in falsely making, forging, or counterfeiting any coin or bars in resemblance or similitude of the gold or silver coins or bars which have been, or hereafter may be, coined or stamped at the mints and assay-offices of the United States, or in resemblance or similitude of any foreign gold or silver coin which by law is, or hereafter may be, current in the United States, or are in actual use and circulation as money within the United States, or who passes, utters, publishes, or sells, or attempts to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or bring into the United States from any foreign place, knowing the same to be false, forged, or counterfeit, with intent to defraud any body politic or corporate, or any other person or persons whatsoever, or has in his possession any such false, forged or counterfeited coin or bars, knowing the same to be false, forged or counterfeited, with intent to defraud any body politic or corporate, or any other person or persons whatsoever, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, and by imprisonment at hard labor not more than ten years. Approved, January 16, 1877. Penalty. CHAP. 25.—An act to amend an act entitled "An act authorizing the repavement of Jan. 16, 1877. Ante, pp. 93, 207, amended. Time for paving Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of said act, and the act amendatory thereof, approved August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, as provides that the said pavement shall be fully completed and ready for use January fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, is hereby amended so as to extend the time for the com- Pennsylvania avepletion of said work to the first day of June, eighteen hundred and nue extended. seventy-seven: Provided, That the sureties in the contract for doing Proviso. said work shall file with the said Paving Commissioners their consent in writing to the extension of time provided for in this act and in default thereof that the contractors shall file a new bond to the satisfaction of the said Paving Commissioners, before said contractors shall be entitled to any benefits under the provisions of this act. Approved, January 16, 1877. CHAP. 27.-An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. Jan. 19, 1877. Ante, p. 8. Appropriations. 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, for the payment of pensions for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight: For pensions for Army invalids, for widows, minors, and dependent Army pensions. relatives, and for survivors and widows of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, twenty-seven million three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, including such contingent expenses as may be recommended by the Commissioner of Pensions, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior; which shall be stated in the annual report of Commissioner of 224 1974, c. 335, 18 Stat., 115. R. S., 4781, p. 936. Pensions; and hereafter he shall report the total annual amount paid For Navy pensions to invalids, and for widows and dependent relatives, five hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; for fees of examiningsurgeons, two thousand six hundred dollars; for fees for preparing vouchers and administering oaths, as provided by the several acts of Congress, three thousand four hundred dollars; compensation to pensionagents, two thousand dollars, including such contingent expenses as may be recommended by the Commissioner of Pensions, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the appropriation aforesaid for Navy pensions, and other expenditures under that head, shall be paid from the income of the Navy pension fund, so far as the same R. S., 4755, p. 932. may be sufficient for that purpose, as provided by the act of July eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy. Proviso. Approved, January 19, 1877. Jan. 20, 1877. Jail on Judiciary moved. Use of material. CHAP. 31.-An act authorizing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to remove the jail on Judiciary Square to grounds near to the Washington Asylum for the use of the District. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and empowered to tear down and remove the jail situate on Judiciary Square, in the city of Washington, and with the material thereof, and such other as may be necessary, to locate and construct, within the present year, a suitable building or buildings for the workhouse of the Washington Asylum, for the Location of new use of said District, upon the following grounds, namely: Upon the public reservation in said city of Washington now occupied in part by buildings. the buildings of the Washington Asylum, beginning on the east side of Nineteenth street east, at the southwestern angle of the ground occupied by said Washington Asylum; running thence south along the east line of said street to the point at which the north line of E street, if pro longed, would intersect the east line of said Nineteenth street east; run ning thence east three hundred feet, thence north to the south boundary of the asylum grounds; thence west three hundred feet to the point of Use of new build- beginning; and that it shall be lawful to use said building or buildings and grounds for the imprisonment, under the laws, of persons sentenced ings. to imprisonment by the police court of said District, or by the Supreme court of said District in cases appealed from said police court, for violation of the municipal laws or ordinances in force in said District. SEC. 2. That said Commissioners shall not expend more than fourteen thousand dollars in and about the aforesaid work of tearing down, Appropriation. removal, and construction; which sum is hereby appropriated for that purpose out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 3. That, for the removal of earth and rubbish, grading, sewerage and other improvements of Judiciary Square, the sum of two thousand Appropriation. dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in lieu of the money to have been derived from the sale of the jail in said square and appropriated June three, eighteen hundred and seventy-four. Limit of cost. Grading, etc., square. 1874, c. 455, Approved, January 20, 1877. CHAP 34.-An act making appropriation for the improvement and repair of the CHAP. 36.—An act making appropriations to supply certain deficiencies in the Con- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Jan. 24, 1877. Appropriation for military road. Jan. 26, 1877. Payment to dis Under resolution of August fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventysix, to pay to the members of the Capitol police and employees of the charged employés. House discharged by reason of the reduction of force provided for in the act of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, being only those employees who were discharged on and subsequently to the fourteenth of August, eighteen hundred and seventy-six three thousand four hundred and sixty-six dollars and six cents. Clerks to com Under joint resolution of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, to pay clerks to committees of the House to August thirty- mittees. first, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, two thousand two hundred and sixty dollars. Under resolution of August fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventysix, to pay William H. Smith, from December first, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, to March fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, at three dollars and sixty cents per day, three hundred and thirty-eight dollars and forty cents. Under resolution of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventysix, to pay Hugh J. Mohun, messenger, from August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, to August thirty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, sixty-one dollars and twenty cents. Wm. H. Smith. Hugh J. Mohun. W. M. Merrick, W. Garnett. Under resolution of August ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, to pay W. M. Merrick, W. II. Trescott, and Henry W. Garnett, counsel W. H. Trescott, H. for defense in the case of Hallet Kilbourne versus Michael C. Kerr and others, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one-half of which only may be paid to them by the Clerk of the House during the progress of the suit. Under resolution of December thirteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, to pay the clerk to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, from December thirteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy six, to March fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, three hundred and twenty-eight dollars. Clerk to Com mittee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. Frank C. Hop Widow of Mi Under resolution of December nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, to pay Frank C. Hopkins the sum of six hundred dollars kins. for services rendered as clerk to the Committee of Ways and Means in the absence of the clerk of that committee during the 44th Congress. Under resolution of December twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, to pay the widow of Michael C. Kerr, late Speaker of the chael C. Kerr, doHouse, four thousand six hundred and sixty-nine dollars and eighty-six cents. ceased. Ventilation of Under resolution of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventyhall of Representa- six, to provide for the expense of the ventilation of the hall of the House, to be expended under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol, three thousand five hundred dollars. tives. Folding docu ments. C. L. Freeman. John T. Chauncey. Henry Lewis. Miscellaneous committees. For material for folding documents, three thousand dollars. For amount necessary to pay the foreman of the folding-room from August fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, to March fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, seven hundred and sixty-one dollars and twenty-five cents. For the payment of C. L. Freeman for services rendered in folding room House of Representatives from August fourteenth, to September first, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, seventeen days at sixty dollars per month, thirty-three dollars and thirty-five cents. To pay John T. Chauncey from June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, pursuant to resolution of the House of December thirteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, at the rate of three dollars and sixty cents per day, during the time of his employment the amount necessary therefor. To pay Henry Lewis for labor in the Doorkeeper's Department performed during the months of September, October, November and December eighteen hundred and seventy-six, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars per year, two hundred and forty dollars. For miscellaneous items, and to defray the actual necessary expenses of items and special the Committees making investigations ordered by direction of the House and to pay expenses necessarily incurred in connection therewith thirtythree thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; twentyfour thousand five hundred and forty-six dollars and thirty-nine cents of which shall be exclusively applied to pay fees of witnesses summoned before Committees of the House, and other expenses incident to investigations not otherwise provided for. That the expenses of members of Committees directed to make investigations at points other than the Capitol, shall only be paid their actual and necessary traveling expenses while engaged in the performance of said duties: Provided further, That eight thousand dollars of this sum may be used for purposes other than those relating to investigations. Expenses of members of committees. Proviso. Funeral expenses of late Speaker. Official postage For balance necessary to pay the funeral expenses of the late Speaker, six hundred dollars. For official postage-stamps for the office of the Sergeant-at-Arms of Sergeant-at-Arms. the House, two hundred and seventy dollars and ninety cents. Compensation SENATE. For compensation and mileage of Senators for the current fiscal year, and mileage of Sen- ten thousand three hundred and eleven dollars and seventy-two cents. ators. Messengers. Clerks to committees and pages. Miscellaneous items. Stenographers. Expenses of Committee on Privi For nine messengers, from January first to March fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, at the rate of twelve hundred dollars per annum, eighteen hundred and sixty-four dollars and seventeen cents. For clerks to committees and pages for the current fiscal year, five thousand dollars. For miscellaneous items for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-six, two hundred and fourteen dollars and eighty-five cents. To pay the stenographers for the select committee of the Senate appointed to investigate the election in the State of Mississippi the amounts certified to be due by the chairman of said committee, one thousand five hundred and eighty-one dollars and thirty cents. To defray the actual and necessary expenses of the Committee on leges and Elections. Privileges and Elections, and other expenses necessarily incurred in making the investigatious directed by Senate resolution of December fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, in the several States named therein, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; said appropriation to be paid into the contingent fund of the Senate; and the disbursing officer of the Senate shall How advanced. advance such parts of the sum above appropriated to the Sergeant-atArms of the Senate as the chairman of said committee shall in writing direct, for the purposes aforesaid; and the Sergeant-at-Arms shall, as soon as practicable, make a detailed report of the expenditures thereof, with proper vouchers, which, when so made, shall be received by said disbursing officer, and returned with his accounts to the proper officer of the Treasury Department. MISCELLANEOUS. To provide for a deficiency in the contingent expenses of the Depart ment of Justice arising from omissions in enrolling act of last session "making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the year ending June 30, 1877, and other purposes" eleven thousand dollars to be disbursed under the Attorney General. For transportation of notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, being a deficiency for the current fiscal year, forty thousand dollars. For the purchase of coal and labels for the Botanical Garden, five hundred dollars. Approved, January 26, 1877. CHAP. 37.-An act to provide for and regulate the counting of votes for President and Vice-President, and the decision of questions arising thereon, for the term commencing March fourth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-seven Jan. 29, 1877. Counting votes for President and Meeting. Order of counting votes. Duties of tellers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Senate and House of Representatives shall meet in the hall of the House of Representatives, Vice-President. at the hour of one o'clock post meridian, on the first Thursday in February, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-seven; and the President of the Senate shall be their presiding officer. Two tellers shall be previously appointed on the part of the Senate, and two on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate, all the certificates, and papers purporting to be certificates, of the electoral votes, which certificates and papers shall be opened, presented, and acted upon in the alphabetical order of the States, beginning with the letter A; and said tellers having then read the same in the presence and hearing of the two houses, shall make a list of the votes as they shall appear from the said certificates; and the votes having been ascertained and counted as in this act provided, the result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, and the names of the persons, if any, elected, which announce. of vote. ment shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected President and Vice-President of the United States, and, together with a list of the votes, be entered on the journals of the two houses. Upon such reading of any such certificate or paper when there shall be only one return from a State, the President of the Senate shall call for objections, if any. Every objection shall be made in writing, and shall state clearly and concisely, and without argument, the ground thereof, case of one return, and shall be signed by at least one Senator and one member of the House of Representatives before the same shall be received. When all objections so made to any vote or paper from a State shall have been received and read, the Senate shall thereupon withdraw, and such ob. objections. jections shall be submitted to the Senate for its decision; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall, in like manner, submit such objections to the House of Representatives for its decision; and no electoral vote or votes from any State from which but one return has Announce ment Objections in form of. Proceedings on |