The Yellowstone National Park: Historical and Descriptive

by Hiram Martin Chittenden

APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.

Act	June 20, 1878.	To protect, preserve, and improve the Park	$10,000 00
"	Mar. 3, 1879.	To protect, preserve, and improve the Park	10,000 00
"	June 16, 1880.	To protect, preserve, and improve the Park	15,000 00
"	Mar. 3, 1881.	To protect, preserve, and improve the Park	15,000 00
"	Mar. 3, 1881.	Deficiency for 1880	89 76
"	Aug. 5, 1882.	Deficiency for 1881	155 00
"	Aug. 7, 1882.	For protection and improvement of Park	15,000 00
"	Aug. 7, 1882.	To reimburse P. W. Norris for salary and expenses, April 18, 1877, to June 30, 1878	3,180 41
"	Mar. 3, 1883.	For protection and improvement of Park	40,000 00
"	July 7, 1884.	For protection and improvement of Park	40,000 00
"	Mar. 3, 1885.	For protection and improvement of Park	40,000 00
Joint Resolution of July 1 and July 15, 1886		Compensation of Superintendent and employes for month of July, 1886	934 25
Act	Aug. 4, 1886.	For construction of roads and bridges	20,000 00
"	Mar. 3, 1887.	For construction of roads and bridges	20,000 00
Act	Oct. 2, 1888.	For construction of roads and bridges	25,000 00
"	Mar. 2, 1889.	For construction of roads and bridges	50,000 00
"	Aug. 30, 1890.	For construction of roads and bridges	75,000 00
"	Sept. 30, 1890.	Reimbursement of Superintendent Conger	169 37
"	Mar. 3, 1891.	For construction of roads and bridges	75,000 00
"	Aug. 5, 1892.	For construction of roads and bridges	45,000 00
"	Mar. 3, 1893.	For construction of roads and bridges	30,000 00
"	May 4, 1894.	For erection of court-house and jail	5,000 00
"	Aug. 18, 1894.	For construction of roads and bridges	30,000 00
"	Aug. 18, 1894.	For salary of Commissioner provided by Act of May 4, 1894	1,000 00
"	Mar. 2, 1895.	For construction of roads and bridges	30,000 00
"	Mar. 2, 1895.	For salary of Commissioner	1,000 00
"	Mar. 2, 1895.	For reimbursement of John W. Meldrum	385 75
Total			$596,914 54
Receipts from leases			$8,358 94
Expenditures from same			4,053 45
Balance			4,305 49
Outlay for 23 years			$592,609 05
Average annual outlay less than			25,000 00

APPENDIX D.

LIST OF SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.

Name.	Length of Service.	Compensation.
Nathaniel P. Langford	Appointed May 10, 1872; removed April 18, 1877	No compensation.
Philetus W. Norris	Appointed April 18 1877	Do.
	Commissioned July 5, 1878; removed February 2, 1882	$1,500 per annum.
Patrick H. Conger	Commissioned February 2, 1882; resigned July 28, 1884	$2,000 per annum.
Robert E. Carpenter	Commissioned August 4, 1884; removed May 29, 1885	Do.
David W. Wear	Commissioned May 29, 1885. Congress failed to appropriate for office from August 1, 1886	Do.
Capt. Moses Harris	Acting Superintendent of Park. August 10, 1886, detailed by Secretary of War, in pursuance of Act March 3, 1883 (22 Statutes, 627). Relieved from duty June 1, 1889	No compensation other than army say.
Capt. F. A. Boutelle	Acting Superintendent of Park; assigned June 1, 1889, relieving Capt. Moses Harris	No compensation other than army pay.
Capt. Geo. S. Anderson.	Acting Superintendent of Park; assigned January 21, 1891, relieving Capt. F. A. Boutelle	Do.

APPENDIX E.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LITERATURE OF THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.

The following bibliography is intended to contain the names of such books and magazine articles in the English language as treat in whole or in part of the Yellowstone National Park. It does not include references in encyclopedias or school textbooks, nor, with few exceptions, articles from the daily or weekly journals. Those who desire to consult the more general literature relating to the geysers and hot springs of the world are referred to the excellent work of Dr. A. C. Peale, published in 1883, in the Twelfth Annual Report of Dr. Hayden, pp. 427-449.