St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-10-30


lion five hundred thousand dollars.
To meet the demands upon the bureau
for freight and transportation of stores,
for candles, fuel :; for tools and repairing
same at eight inspections for books and
blanks for stationary for furniture
and repairs of same in offices of paymas-
tiers and inspectors for telegrams and
postage; tolls and fer.iiges and for ice,
one hundred thousand dollars
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
For necessary repairs and improve
ments of hospitals and appendages, in
cluding roads, wharvcs, walls, outhouses,
sidewalks fences, gardens, farms, paint
ing, glazing, blacksmiths', plumbers, and
masons' work for furniture, thirty thou
sand dollars
For pay of the civil establishment un-
der this bureau, at the several navy hospi
tails and navy yards, sixty thousand dol
lars.
Murine Corps.
For pay of officers, non-commissiened
officers, musicians, prlvates, clerks. mes
sengers, steward, nurse, and servants
for rations and clothing for officers ser
wants, additional rations to officers for
five years service for undrawn clothing,
one hundred and serenity thousand dol
lars.
For provisions, one hundred thousand
dollars.
For clothing, one hundred thousand
dollars,
For fuel, ten thousand dollars.
For military stores, viz: Pay Of me
chanics ; repair of arms purchase OF ac-
coutrements ordnance stores, flags,
drums, flies, and other instruments, five
thousand dollars.
For transportation of officers, their
servants, troops, and for expences Of re-
cruiling, twelve thousand dollars
For repair of barracks, and for rent of
officers where there are no public build
ings, ten thousand dollars.
For contingencies, viz Freight fer
rlage; toll carriage; wharfage purchase
and repair OF boats compensation of
Judge advocates per diem for attending
courts-martia, and courts ot inquiry, and
for constant labor house-rent in lieu of
quarters, and commutation for quarters
to officers on ship-bOard burial of de-
ceased marines; printing, stationary,
postage, telegraphing ; apprehension Of
deserters; oil, candles, gas; repairs OF
gas and water-fXtures; water rent, for
age, straw, barrack furniture furniture
for officers quarters; bed sacks, wrap
ping paper, oil cloth, crash, rope, twine,
spades. shovels, axes, picks, carpenters
tools: keep OF a horse for the messenger
repairs 10 tireengines purchase and re-
pair of engine hose purchase of lumber
for benches, mess-tables, hunks repairs
10 public carryall purchase and repair
of harness purchase and repair of hand
carts and whcelbarrows; scavengering
purchase and repair Of galleys, cooking
stoves, ranges stoves where there are Hu
CRATES gravel for parade grounds re-
pair Of pumps furniture for staff and
commanding officers offices brushes,
broom-, buckets, paving, and Tor other
purposes, seventy-iive thousand dollars.
SEC. =. And be it further enacted,
That the number Of pers"ns authorized
to be enlisted into the navy Of the Uni
ted States, including seamen, ordinary
seamen, LAIN ,Jsmen, and mechanics, and
including apprentices and boys, is hereby
fixed AMI established at eight thousand
five hundred, and no more.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted,
That all unexpended appropriations ex-
isting oil the first day OF July next, for
any of the several heads o. appropriation
provided for liz this act, shall be carried
10 the surplus fund, unless the same is
necessary to pay expenditures made dur
ing the current fiscal year. or unless the
same is necessary TO execute contracts
made before said date.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted,
That the Secretary of the Treasury Is
hereby directed i'll his next annual esti-
mates oi appropriations to state all the
balances OF appropriations made prior to
ihe present session OF Congress, for each
branch Of the public service, and femaIn-
ing unexpended on the first day of July
next, and designate the amounts necessa-
ry to execute contracts or pay expendi-
lures properly chargeable 10 each Of such
balances.
Approved, June Il, 1868.