, 1868-03-27
TPUBLIczNo. II

TPUBLIc-No. 7.
An ACT making appropriations to supply defS
cieucies in the appropriations for the execution
of the reconstruction laws, and for the service
of the Quartermasters department of tie govS
ernmeht, for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1868, and for other purposes.
Be ii enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentdfives of the United States of America in Con-
orsss a,semBled That the following sums, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the
same are hereby, appropriated, out of any mon
eys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
for the objects hereinafter expressed for the fs-
cal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred
and sixty y-eight, namely:
To provide for the expenses of carrying into
effect the "Act to provide for the more efficient
government of the rebel States - For the first
military district, the sum OF fifty thousand dol.
lars for the second military district, the sum
of one hundred and ten thousand dollars for
the third military district, the sum of ninety
seven thousand dollars for the fourth military
district, the sum of one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars and for the fifth military district,
the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dolls
lars making in all the sum of six hundred and
ffty-seveu thousand dollars.
To supply deficiencies in the service of the
Quartermpsters department, to wit:
For regular supplies, three million five hun>
dred thousand dollars.
For incidental expenses, seven hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
For the purchase of cavalry. and artillery
horses, four hundred thousand dollars.
For transportation Of the army, seven million
three hundred and fifty thousand dollars; maxi
ing in all the sum of twelve million dollars.
Office of the Chief of Engineers:
To supply deficiencies in the Office Of the
Chief of Engineers for blank books, stationery,
and miscellaneous items, two thousand dollars.
Building corner of and Seventeenth streets
To supply deficiency for fuel compensation of
fireman, and miscellaneous items, eight thousand
dollars.
LEGISLATIVE.
For increased compensation to Congressional
Printer, to June thirty, eighteen hundred and
sixty.eight, one thousand three huadred and
forty four dollars and forty.fOur cents.
To supply deficiency in the contingent eI
penses of the House of Representatives for the
present fiscal year, the following sums, namely
For stationery, fifteen thousand dollars Pro-
vided, That from and after the third day Of
March, eighteen hundred and sixty eight, no
Senator or Representative shall receive any news
papers except the Congressional Globe, or sta
tionery or commutation thereof, exceeding one
hundred and twenty-five dollars, for any one
session of Congress.
For furniture, repairs, and packing boxes for
members, twenty thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous items, fifteen thousand dol.
lars.
For folding documents, including materials,
fifty thousand dollars.
For newspapers, twelve thousand Eve hundred
dollars.
To supply deficiency in the contingent ex.
penses of the Senate for the present fiscal year,
namely
For clerks to committees, and pages, horses,
and carryalls, thirty. three thousand eight hum
dred and four dollars.
For additional messengers and laborers, fifteen
thousand dollars.
For labor and materials in the folding.room,
to be provided by the Sergeant-at arms, five
thousand dollars
JUDICIARY.
For salary of the Marshal of the Supreme
Court Of the United States, from April third.
eighteen hundred and sixty seven to June thirty,
eighteen hundred and'sixty- eight at thirty five
hundred dollars per annum, four thousand three |
hundred and fifty .hve dollars and seventy seven
cents.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
For amount required for salary of Commission.
er, to March thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty
seven, one hundred and ninety two dollars.
SEc. 2. And be il further enacted That so much |
OF the first section Of the act of March third |
eighteen hundred aud nine entitled "Au act |
further to amend the several acts for the estab, |
ishment and regulation of the Treasury, War,
and Navy Departments, as authorizes the Press |
ident, on the application of the Secretary of any
department, to transfer the moneys appropriated |
for a particular branch of that department to |
another branch of expenditure in the same de-
partment be, and the same is hereby repealed !
and all acts or parts Of acts authorizing such |
transfers of appropriations be and the same are
hereby repealed, and no money appropriated for
one purpose shall hereafter be used for any
other purpose than that for which it is appro-
priated. SCHUYLER COLFAX
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
b. F. WADE,
President Of the Senate pro tempore.
Endorsed by the President: Received Fridav. |
January 81, 1865"
NOTE BY TIE DEPARTMENT OF SrATE.-Tbe |
foregoing act having been presented to the Pres.
ident OF the United States for his approval. and
not having been returned by him to the House
OF Congress in which it originated within the
time prescribed by the Constitution Of the Uniten
0'ates' has become Law without his approval |