The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-12
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
An Act making Appropriations for the Support Of the
Army for the Year ending thirtletn June, elghteeh
hundred and sixty-six. s.-..
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House Of Representatives
of the United States of america IN Congress dSseR0ed
That the following te and the same are hereby APP
propriated, out OF any money IN inc ieary nor t
wise appropriated for the support OF the army or the
year ending thrtieth OF june eighteen hundred and
sixty-sx:
For expenses of recruiting, transportation of recruits
and compensation to citizen surgeons for medical attend
ance, three hundred thousand dollars
For bounties and premiums for the enlistment Of re-
cruits for the regular army three hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars.
For pay of the army, ten million dollars
For Communication of officers subsistence one million
seven hundred and and ortyseven thousand three hun
dred and twenty-our dollars FL
For Communication OF forage for officers horses, one nun
dred and four thousand six hundred dollars
For payments in lieu of clothing for officers servants
sighty-two thousand hundred and sixty dollars
For payments to discharged soldiers for clothing not
drawn, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
For nav of volunteers two hundred million dollars
For subsistence in kind for regulars volunteers and
drafted men, ninety-two million seven hundred and
eghtytwo thousand and fortythree dollars and seventy
cents.
For the regular supplies of the quartermasters de-
partment consisting Of fuel for the officers enlisted
men, guard hospitals storehouses and offices; OF forage
In kind for the horses mules and oxen for the quarter
masters department. at the several posts and stations
and with the armies in the field for the horses of the
several regiments of cavalry the batteries of artillery
and such companies Of infantry as may be mounted, and
for the authorized number of officers horses when serv
ing in the field and at the outpots including bedding for
the animals; of straw for soldiers bedding and OF sta
tonery including blank books for the quarermasters
department certificates for discharged soldiers, blank
forms for the pay and quarternasters departments and
for the printing OF division anu department ouet5 ana
reports fifty million dollars
For the incidental expenses of the 1urermasters de-
parnent consisting OF postage on letters and packages
received and sent by oncera Of the army public
xpca vunnaa apfcO
and courts of inquiry including the additional compen
saon of judge advocates, recorders members, and wit
nesses while that service: under the act OF March
sixteenth eighteen hundred and two extra pay to SOL
ders employed under the direction of the quartermas
ters department. in the erection of barracks quarters,
storehouses and hospitals; in the construction of roads,
and 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
yfour including those employed clerks at division
and department headquarters expenses of expresses to
and from the frontier posts and armies in the fields of
cors to paymasters and other discussing officers and 10
trains where military escorts cannot be fnrnished ex-
penses Of the interment of officers killed in action
who die when on duty in the field. or at posts ON the
frontiers at other posts and places when ordered by
the Secretary of War; and of noicomnlsoned officers
and solders authorized office unitnre hire of laborers
in the quartermasers department. including the hire of
interpreters Spies and guides for the army; compens
ton Of clerks to officers of the quarterasters depart
ment compensation OF forage and wagon masters a-
thorized by the act of July fifth, eighteen hundred and
thry-eght for the apprehension OF deserters and the
expenses incident to their pursuit. and for the following
expenditures required for the several regiments OF
airy the batteries of light artillery and such companies
of infantry may be mounted, viz: the purchase of
travelling oges blacksmiths and shooting TOOLS horses
and mule shoes and nails iron and steel for shoeng, hire
of veterinary surgeons medicines for horses and mules
picket ropes and for shoeng the horses of the corps
named; also, generally, the proper and authorized
penses for the movements and operations of army
not expressly assigned to any other department. ten mil
lion dollars
For the purchase OF cavalry and artillery horses twen-
ty-one million dollars. .
For transportation of officers baggage, five hundred
thousand dollars. .-H
For transportation of the army, including the baggage
of the troops when moving either by land WATER of
clothing camp and garrison eaupage, from the depos at
Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and New York to the several
posts and army depots, and from those depos to the
troops In the ed and of subsistence stores from the
places of purchase and from the places of delivery under
contract to such places the circumstances of the
vice may require them to be sent; OF ordnance ord
nance stores, and small arms from boundaries and
ries to the arsenas Qualifications, frontier posts and
army depots reight wharfage tolls, and errages for
the purchase and hire Of horses mules oxe and har
and the purchase and repair of wagons carts and
days and Of ships and other seagong vessels and boats
required for the transportation of supplies and for garr
son purposes for drayage and carriage at the several
posts hire OF teasters transportation OF funds for the
pay and other dsbursng departments; the expense of
sailing public transports the various rivers the Gulf
of Mexico, and the Atlantic and Pacific; and for procur
ing water at such posts from their situation, require
it to be brought from distances and for clearing roads
and removing distractions from roads, harbors and rv
er to the extent which may be required for the actual
lars ' - ' ''N'' WV
For the hire Communication of quarters for officers on
on military duty; hire of quarters for troops of store
houses for the safe keeping of military stores of grounds
for environments; for the construction OF tempo
rary huts, hospitals and stables and for repairing public
buildings at established posts, five million dollars
For heating and cooking stoves, hundred thousand
dollars, lss-o1 s-if=
For constructing and extending the telegraph for mill
fary purposes and for expenses in operating the
i've hundred thousand dollars.
For supplies transportation, and 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 t
For expenses of tho commanding generals Office ten
thousand dollars.
For the secret service one hundred thousand dollsrs
For armament of Notifications three million five hum
dred thousand dollars.
For the expenses of the ordnance service one
million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
For ordnance, ordnance stores and supplies including
hofses ana the purchase and manufacture of army
courements and horse equipments for volunteers and
nlars, twenty million dollars
For the manufacture of arms at the national srmory
three million five hundred thousand dollars
For repairs improvements, and new machinery at the
national armory, one hundred thousand dollars,
For the purchase Of gunpowder and lead Two million
I'VE hundred thousand dollars.
For repairs and improvements at arsenals including
new and additions to present buildings, and machinery
TOOLS and fixtures, five hundred thousand dollars.
For signal service OF the army, one hundred thousand
dollars.
For salaries of two clerks in the signal Office two thou
sand eight hundred dollars.
$50. 2. And be further enacted That to supply de-
6ciency in the appropriations for the current fiscal year.
for ordnance ordnance stores andsupplie including the
purchase and manufacture OF arms accoutrements, and
horse equipments for volunteers and regulars the of
seven millions of dollars is hereby appropriated out of
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
Sec D. And De further enacted That from and after
tho first day OF March, eighteen hundred and sixty-fve
and during the continuance of the present rebellion the
Communication price of officers subsistence shall be fifty
cents per raton Pr0pided That said increase shall not
apply the Communication price of the raons of any Of
fce above the rank of brevet brgadiergenera any
officer entitled to Communication for fuel or quarters
SEC L. And be 1t further enacted That all officers of
volunteers in commission, below the rank of brga-
diergeneral who shall continue in 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. -s-ts Z
SEC g. And be q further enacted, That commissioned
officers of the army serving in the field shall hereafter
be permitted purchase Iatons for their own use, on
credit from any conimsary of subsistence at cost prices
and the amount duo for rations purchased shall be re-
ported monthly to the paymasergcnera to be deducted
the Secretary of War hereby directed to issue such
des and regulations he may deem best calculated
Insure the proper observance hereof
SEC Q. And be further enacted, That the Secretary
Of War hereby authorized and directed to cause obac
co to be furnished to the enlisted of the army al
cost prices exclusive Of the cost of transporta tion
acn Quantities as they may require not exceeding six