The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-11
OFFICIAL.
laws OF THE UNITED STATES.

LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
An Acr making Appropriations for the support o. the
Army for the Year ending thirtieth june eish'sen
~ hundred and sixty-six se -e
III n,e,,d In the Senate and House Of Representatives
of be United States of america ~ empress dSssnoeo'
That the following &c, and the same aie herepy ~
propriated out OF any money III the tIeaSar NO. t
wear ending the threth OF June, eighteen horeu ana
sxtysix: . ,..
For expenses of recruiting, transportation OF recruits
and compensation to citizen surgeons Tor medcl ateho
ance three hundred thousand dollars
For bounties and premiums for the enlistment 81 re-
crits for the regular army three hundred and nifty tou
sand dollars
For nav of the army, ten million dollars, M
For Communication OF officers subsistence, one miinon
.even hundred and and ortyseyen thousand three nun
dred and twenty-four dollars - ,,.- - =, 49,,
For Communication Of forage for officers horses oie nun
dred and four thousand six hundred deiiais
For payments in lieu of clothing for officers servants
a;.htytwo thousapd seven hundred and sixty dollars
For navments to discharged soldiers for clothing not
drawn one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. . (
Enr nav OF volunteers, two hundred minon COLLARS.
For subsistence in kind for regulars, volunteers ana
drafted men nnety-two million seven hundred ana
siohtytwo thousand and orythrec dollars aud seventy
cents. =,
For the regular supplies of the quarermaser's de,
ortmsnt consisting of fuel for the officers, enlisted
man Guard hospitals, storehouses and oihces OF forage
an kind for the horses mules and oxen iof the quarter
masters department at the several posts ana stations
and with the armies in the field; for the horses OF the
seyer, regiments of cavalry the batteries OF artillery
and such companies of infantry as may be mounted ami
for the authorized number Of officers horses wien serv-
;ng In the field and al the outposts including bedding ior
the animals: of for soldiers bedding and OF st-
tonery including blank books ior the qusrtehas.el
denartmen certificates for discharged soldiers, blank
forms for the pay and quarernasers departments anu
for the printing of division and department oders ana
reports, fifty million dutais'
Fortbe incidental expenses of the quartermasters de-
partmant consisting OF postage on letters and packages
received and sent by officers of the army on public ser
vice: expenses Of couItsmaral military commissions
md courts of inquiry, including the addlonai compe
nation of iudge advocates recorders, members, anti wit
nesse, while on that service: under the act OF March
sixteenth eighteen hundred and two extra pay to SOL
djers employed under the direction OF the qharternas-
ters department. in the erection OF hatlacb3 quarters
storehoses and hospitals in the construction of roads
and on other constant labor for periods OF not less than
ten days. under acts of March second eighteen hundred
and nineteen and August fourth eighteen hundred and
hfty-fur including those employed as clerks at division
and department headquarters expenses of expresses to
and from the frontier posts and armies in the he OF es
cors TO paymasers and other discussing ocers ana 10
trains where military escorts cannot be furnished eX-
penses of the internent Of officers Killed IN action or
who die when on duty in the field, or at posts ON the
frontiers other posts and places when ordered by
the Secretary of War and OF noneonmssonsa 9ileers
in the qiIarermasters department. including the hire 81
interpreters SPIES and guides for the army compensa
ton of clerks to officers Of the duartemasters depart
mept: compensation of forage and wagon masters, au
thorized by the act of July fifth, eighteen hundred and
thiry-eght for the apprehension OF desertefs and the
expenditures required for the several regiments Of cav
airy the batteries of light artillery and such companies
of infantry as may be mounted viz the purchase Of
travelling forges backmths and shooting TOOLS horses
and mule shoes and nails iron and steel for shocng hire
of veterinary surgeons medicines Tor horses ana mules
picket ropes and for shoong the horses OF tile corps
named also, generally, the proper and authorized ex
penses for the movements and operations of an army
not expressly assigned to any other department. ten mil
lion dollars. a.4 ..
For the purchase of cavalry and llery horses twen
ty-One million dollars.
For transportation Of officers baggage, FIVE hundred
thousand dollars.
For ira sportaton of the army including the baggage
of the troops when moving either by land water; Of
clothing camp and garrison equipage from the depots at
Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and New York to the several
posts and army depols and from those deots to the
places of purchase and from the places of delivery under
contract such places the circumstances of the
vice may require them 10 be sent Of ordnance ord
stores and small arms, from iounderes and arm0
ries to the arscnalS iorcaton frontier posts, and
army depots ireights wharfage, tolls and feiages for
the purchase and hire of horses mules, oxen, and ir
ness and the purchase and repair of wagons carts aud
drays and of ships and other segong vessels and boats
required for the transportation OF supplies and for grri
purposes for drayage and carriage at the several
posts; hire OF eamstcrs transportation OF funds for the
pay and other dsbursine departments the expense Of
sailing public transports the rivers, the Gulf
OF Mexico, and the Atlantic and Pacific: and for proc
ing water at such posts FROM their situation, require
II to be brought from distance; and for clearing roads,
and removing distractions froa roads, harb0rs, and riv
srs to the extent which may be required for tho actual
operations OF the troops in the field thirty million dol
lars.
For the hire Communication of quarters for officers OH
military duty; hire of quarters for troops of store
houses for the safe keeping Of military storcs of grounds
for summer cantonments for the construction of tempo
rary huts hospitals and stables and for repairing public
buldingsat established posts five million dollars.
For heating and cooking stoves hundred thousand
dollars.
For constructing and extending the telegraph for mill
fary purposes and for expenses in operating the
five hundred thousand dollars.
For supplies transportation, and care of prisoners of
war, one million of dollars
For clothing for the army camp and garrison equip
age, and for expenses of offices and arsenas fifty million
dollars.
For contingencies of the army four hundred thousand
dollars
For the medical and hospital department SIX million
dollars
For expenses of the commanding generals office ten
thousand dollars.
For the secret service, hundred thousand dollars
For armament of Notifications three million five hun.
drod thousand dollars.
For the current expenses of the ordnance service one
million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
ror ordnance ordnance stores, and supplies including
horses anu the purchase and Manufacture of army ac-
couements ana morse equipments for volunteers and reg
ulars, twenty million dollars 70
FOR tne manufacture OF arms at the national armory
three million five hundred thousand dollars ''
For REPAIRS improvements and new machinery at thu
national armory, one hundred thousand dollars
For the purchase of gunpowder and lead two million
i've hundred thousand dollars.
For repairs and improvements ut arsenals ineluJno
new and additions to present buildings and machinery
tools, and fixtures, five hundred thousand dollars
For signal service OF the army, hundred thousand
dollars. |
For salaries of two clerks in the signal Office two ,hou
sand eight hundred dollars.
SEc.2. And be further enacted That to supply de-
hcency in the appropriations for tho current fiscal year.
for ordnance, ordnance stores and supplies including the
purchase and manufacture of arms announcements and
horse equipments for volunteers and regulars the sum of
seven millions OF dollars hereby appropriated out Of
any money IN the treasury not otherwise appropriated
SEC j. And De IL further enacted That from and after
the hrst day OF March, eighteen hundred and sixty-fve
and during the continuance OF the present rebeon the
Communication price of officers subsistence shall he sfv
cents per ration P0rided That said increase shall moi
apply to the communication price of the rations of any az
cer above the rank Of breye brigadergeneral or ofanv
officer entitled to communication for fuel quarters
SEC. L. And be it further enacted That all officers of
volunteers now i'll commission below the rank of briga
dier-genera, who shall continue III the military service
to the close of the war, shall be entitled TO receive
upon being mustered out of said service three months
pay proper,
SBc. D. And b. further enacted That commissioned
officers of the army, serving in the field shlhereaiter
be permitted TO purchase rations for their use
credit from any connssary of subsistence at prices
ana the amount due for raons purchased shall be 70
ported monthly to the paymasergenera to be deducted
nom the payment next following such purchase And
the Secretary OF War hereby directed to issue such or
ders and regulations he may deem best calculated Ia
insure the proper observance hereof.
SEC U. And be IL further enacted That the Secretary
OF War hereby authorized and directed 10 cans to
90 to be furnished to the enlisted men of The army a.
Sost prices exclusive OF the cost of transportation 10