The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-05
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city, whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary
the Treasury, the public convenience will be sub
served thereby; and the sum OF ten thousant
dollars is hereby appropriated, payable out Q
any moneys in the treasury not otherwise aPpro
the Secretary of the Treasury, in the eonstruc
tion of vaults and the fitting up OF offices in thu
said custom-ho1se building for the proper re-
ceipt, custody, and disbursement of such public
money as may be deposited therein.
Sec. IL. And be it further enacted, That the
treasurer of the mint of the United States, by
virtue of that office assistant treasurer Of the
United States at Philadelphia, is authorized to
designate from among the clerks in his said OF
ces respectively, one to act as chief clerk to the
treasurer of the mint, and one other to act as
chief clerk to the Assistant Treasurer of the Uni
| ted States.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That, in
case of the sickness or unavoidable absence oi
the treasurer OF the mint, he may in his discre.
ton, authorize the respective chief clerks to act
in his place, and to discharge all the duties re-
quired by law of the treasurer of the mint or as
sistant.trcasurer of the United States at Phil
adelphia.
Sec. H. And be it further enacted, That the
chief and other clerks in the treasury department
OF the mint shall giqe such assistance in the as
sistant-treasury of the United States at Phiadel-
phia in the receipt, custody, and disbursement
| OF the public money, as may be required of them
by the treasurer, with the responsibility for
the faithful performances of such duty as is i'm
posed upon them by the laws in force for the
government of the mint and the officers and clerks
thereof.
Sec. Is. And be it further enacted, That the
secretary of the senate be directed to pay out of
the contingent fund.- for such extra messengers
pages, laborers, and services for the Senate during
the present session, as the committee to audit and
control the contingent expenses of the Senate
may approve and direct.
Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That an as
sistant collector of customs shall be appointed
! at the port of New York, in the mode prescribed
law for the appointment of deputy collectors, at
an annual compensation Of five thousand dollars,
who shall perform such duties, and exercise such
powers now devolved on the collector as may be
assigned to him by that officer; and all the Off
cial acts of said assistant, in pursuance of such
assignment shall be valid in law as if performed
by the collector himself: Provided, That the col
lector shall be responsible for the official acts
aforesaid of said assistant, and that additional
APPROPRIATION shall be made TO: the payment of
his compensation.
Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the
signal corps of the army shall, during the present
rebellion, be organized as follows There shal be
one chief signal officer, colonel, who shall be
signal officer of the army; one leutenant-colo-
mel; two majors, who shall be inspectors; and
for each army corps or military department there
shall be one captain and as many lieutenants, not
exceeding eight, as the President may deem
necessary, to be appointed by the President, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
who shall receive the pay and emoluments of
cavalry officers of similar grades; and for each
officer of the signal-corps there may be enlisted
or detailed one sergeant and six privatcs, who
shall receive the pay of similar grades of engineer
soldiers: Provided, that no officer or enlisted
shall be allowed to serve in the signal CORPS
until he shall have been examined and approved
by a military board, to be convened for that pur-
pose by the Secretary of War.
Sec. Is. And be it further enacted, That the Of
icers and enlisted men herein provided for shall
subject articles They
may be mounted upon horses, the property of the
United States, and shall serve in any military de-
partment, or with any forces to which they may
be ordered. And officers of the army who may
be appointed in this corps may, after the rebel
lion, be restored to their respective regiments or
corps, and receive the same rank and promotion
as if they had continued to serve therein.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That there
shall be appointed in the Office of the signal Off
ticers and men for the organization of the signal
corps, as herein provided, preference shall be Civ
en- to such as have served faithfully, now
serving in the acting signal corps of the army.
Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That, in
order to allow time for their thorough examna-
ton, the President may appoint the officers au-
thorized by this act during the recess of Con-
gress which appointments shall be submitted to
the Senate at their next session for their advice
and consent.
Sec. 2l. And belt further enacted, That the sum
of thirteen thousand dollars be, and the same is
hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for
rcconstructing the bridges and market-house in
Georgetown, built across the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal and for raising the same so as to open
a convenient outlet to the trade of the canal to
the Potomac River in place of that which has
been interrupted by the occupation of the aque
duct connecting the Chesapeake and Ohio, and
the Alexandria Canals, a bridge for the tr:ns-
portaton of supplies for the army of the United
States across said river; said sum to be expended
under the direction of the President of the Chesa
peake and Ohio Canal Company.
further enacted,
Secretar, of the Treasury be, and he is hereby di
rcctcd out of any money in the treasury not 9TH
the State of Minnesota, or his duly authorized
agent, the COSTS charges, and expenses properly
incurred by said State in supprcssing Indian hos
tilities within said State and upon its borders, in
the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two not ex-
ceeding two hundred and fifty Thousand dollars,
to be settled upon proper vouchers, to be filed
and passed upon by the proper accounting officers
of the treasury: Provided That in determining
the claims to be allowed under this act, the same
principles, rules, and regulations, shall be OBJ
served by the accounting officers in auditing said
expenses as have been applied to the claims al
lowed to states under the act approved July
twenty seventh, eighteen hundred and siXty-one,
entitled An act to indemnify the States for eX-
penses incurred by them in defence of the United
States"
Sec. %. And be it further enacted, That SO
much of the act approved the eighteenth of Aug
ust eighteen hundred and ffty-six, entitled IAN
act to regulate the diplomatic and consular sys-
TENS of the United States, as prohibits the grant
ing of passports to any other than citizens of the
United States, shall be, and is hereby repealed, so
far as that prohibition may embrace any class of
persons liable to military duty by the laws of the
United States.
Sec. "a And be it further enacted, That the
President of the United States be, and he is here
by authorized, whenever in his Judgment the pub
lie interest may so require, to discontinue the
sulate of the United s atcs ut Trinidad de Cuba,
and to appoint at Cienfuegos, in that island,
consul with the same salary and emolumcnts as
those now allowed by law to the consul at Trini-
dad de Cuba.
Sec 25 And be it further enacted, That every
Judge advocate of court martial or court of in
quiry hereafter to be constituted, shall have pow
er to issue the like process to compel witnesses
to appeal and testify which courts of criminal ju
risdction within the state, territory or district
where such military courts shall be ordered to sit
may lawfully ISSUE
Approved, March 8, 1868.
CHAP. Xxx.
An Act for increasing the Revenue by Reserva-
ton and Sale of Town Sites on Public Lands.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF Rep
reScntatiyeS, of the United States of America in