The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-12-23

For deficiency In the pay Of certain employeleh in
tho Agricultural Department., ono thousand one
hundred and ten dollars, Or % much thereof as Is
necessary. Proridsd, That their annual compensa-
ton Is no. increased thereby beyond the amount
hIed by Law.
Por services performed In the Patent 0ficc, under
direction Inc sioncr Of Patents, rum August
nrst eightssu handred and sxty-fve, 70 April frst,
eighteen hunsrcd and xtyninc, by CLERKS and n.
sstant examiners acting rs assistant examiners and
examiners ut the rates liked by Law for the respec-
tive grades In which such services we're PeIformed,
the sum Of ten thousand seven hundred and hy one
dollars and forty-four cents Pocsdsf, That the
compensation thus paid shall not exceed That re-
cslyed by those duty enrolled ~ examiners and as
si..ant examiners during The same period. :,
the District VI Columbia lying outside OF the cities
Of Washington and 6corgetown, TO be expended by
the commissioners OF primary schools under The
Of The o. hs o aaa
To pay william Fisher, OF San Jose, California,
for supplies furnished scamen and marines OF The
United StAtss Navy who were employed with ths
f0rnia, thrve thousnd and seventy -a,s dollars,
Tocompensate the widow Of the late VIZ. HUBBARD,
for the statue 20 Arlington executed by him, said
sum 10 be in full ofAil demands Tor said statue, two
thousand dollars.
SIC. ?. x.d Be % J4,th,r snsefsd, That the ac-
counting officers OF the Treasury Department are
hereby authorized 10 credit G. n. FELTON,, treasurer
Of The branch mint at san franeisoo, With satssn
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paid TO Edward Wheaton FOR clerical services per
brmed In his once.
Sac J. A.d BE- % Tsrthsr snsefed, That the seere.
tary Of the senate be- and he hereby Is directed 70
pay 10 the First National Bank of The city Of Wash
ngton the sum Of sixteen hundred and thirteen dol.
lars and sxty-one cents, with Interest," nom June
faction u money advanced 70 defray the expenses
OF tho Joint Select Committee on Ordinances and that
the receipt OF said bank shall be deemed suficent
voucher 10 the settlement % The sccounts with the
/ Tx.slss IIIs. rfTaAn
SEC. 4. ksd b, % Jnrti,r snoefed, That tho Com.
missioner % the bureau OF Refugees, Freedmen, and
Abandoned Lands be, and no Is hereby, directed.
out OF the fund In said bureau for the education Of
ffeedmen to pay 10 Wherefore University situated
In 0reene county, Ohio the OF twenty dve thou
sAnd dollars and 10 Lincoln University, situated In
iars. In and Of lie objects OF said Institutions
Approved, July Is, 1870.
AN ACT making appropriations for the support Of
the army fbr the year ending juno thirty, eigh
teen hundred and seyenty-one, and for other pur-
poses
N, n,.setsd by tAs Senate and Hosss Of Reyrssss.
fafnes Of hs Uait,d States Of america IN Congsss
sssewttes, That the following sums be, and the
sane are hereby, appropriated out OF any moneys
In the treasury not otherwise sppropIated for the
support OF the army for the year ending tho thr-
tieth Of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-one
For expenses Of recruiting and transportation OF
recruits, four hundred and seventy-tuo thousand
dollars.
For pay OF the army twelve million nine hundred
and thirty-ave thousand three hundred and ninety
dollars.
For Communication in lieu Of forage for officers
Quartsrmaster's department. two thousand dollars.
Yor payments 10 DISCHARGED soldicrs for clothing
not drawn, two hundred thousand dollars. And the
proper accounting officers q the treasury are here.
6y authorized and required 10 transfer nom any
surplus Of the past appropriations FOR the pay OF
the army or Of the volunteers" not otherwise dis
posed Of by law, such sum ~ may be sufficient TO
ments to discharged soldiers for clothing not
drawn" for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy.
For subsistence In Mind for regular troops and
employeIels, four million thirteen thousand nine
hundred and seveDtyseven dollars and twenty-five
cents.
For contingencies Of the army, eighty thousand
dollars.
FOR army medical museum, hvo thousand dollars.
For medical and other necessary works, for the
library OF Surgeon Generals ONCE, threo thousand
dollars. -
For expense. Of the signal service OF the army,
Eve thousand dollars
For regular supplies Of the Quartermaster's do
partment, 10 wit For the regular supplies OF the
Quartermasters department, consisting Of fasi for
officers enlisted men guards, hospitals storehouses
and Offices Of forage In Kind for the horses, mules
and oxen OF the QuarteTmasters department at the
several posts and stations, and with the armies In
the held for the horses IL the several regiments Of
cavalry, the batteries OF artillery, and such CON-
panies of infantry NJ may be mounted, and for the
authorized number OF officers horses when serving
in the field, and ut the ouposts, including bedding
for the animals; OF straw for soldiers bedding and
OF stationery, including blank hooks for the Quar-,
termasters department., certificates for discharged
soldiers, blank forms for tho Pay and Quartermas.
ters departments, and for printing OF division and
department orders and reports, four million i've
hundred thousand dollars
For the general and incidental expenses OF the
Quartermaster's department. consisting Of postage
on letters and packets received and sent by Off.
GERS Of the army on public service expenses ..
courts-martial, military commissions, and courts VI
inquiry, including the additional compensation OF
Judge advocates, recorders, members and witnesses
while that service, under the act OF March six
teen, eighteen hundred and two extra pay to sol
ders employed under the direction Of the Quarter
masters department. In the erection OF barracks,
quarters, storehouses. aid hospitals, In the con-
struction OF roads, and other constant labor, for
periods Of not less than ten days. under the acts OF
March two, eighteen hundred and nineteen, and
August four, eighteen hundred and ffty-four. In
partment headquarters, expenses Of expresses 70
and from the frontier posts and armies In the Held
OF escorts 10 paymasters and other dishursing OIL
GERS and to trains where military escorts cannot DO
furnished expenses OF tho interment or officers
Killed in action OF who die when on duty on the
field or at posts on the frvntiers, at posts and
other places when ordered by the Secretary OF War;
and Of non-commissiOned officers and soldiers; an.
thoriIed Office furniture hire Of laboreIs in the
Quartermasters's department., including the hire OF
Interpreters, spies, and guides for the army com
pensation Of clerks ~ officers Of the Quarte-masters
department, compensation OF forage and wagon
masters authorized by the act Of July ave, eighteen
hundred and thlrty-eight for the apprehension OF
deserters, and the expenses incident to their pur-
suit and for the following expenditures required
for the several regiments OF cavalry, the batteries
light artillery, and such companies OF Infantry rs
may DO mounted, vis the purchase Of travelling
fOrscs. blacksmiths' aud shoeing tools, horse and
lie and stA mr. No
hire Of veterinary surgeons, medicines for horses
and mules picket ropes and for shooting the horses
Of the corps named also, generally, the proper and
authorized expenses for the movement and opera.
other department., eight hundred thousand dollars
For mileage. or the allowance made 10 officers OF
the army for the transportation OF themselves and
their baggage, when uaseililns On duty Without SI.
For taking meteorological observations and CIV
ing notice on northern lakes and seabOard OF APP
preach and force Of storms fity thousand dollars.
For transportation OF the army. including bag
water. of clothing. camp, and garrison equipage
nom the depots Of Philadelphia, CINCINNATI, and
New York N the several posts and army depots,
and nom those depots 10 tho troops In the field |,
chase, and nom the places Of delivery under con-
tract 10 such places the circumstances Of the SER
vice may require them 10 DO sent OF ordnsnce,
and armcrie. 10 the srsenals fortcations. frontier
posts, and army depots freights, wharfage, tolls
and ferriages the purchase and hire OF horses,
mules. oxen, and harness, and the purchase and 70
pair Of wagons, carts and dTays, and Of ships aud
other going vessels, and boats required Tor the
transportation OF supplies and for garrison purposes
for drayage and carriage at the several posts hire OF
transfers, transporta ion Of funds for the pay and
other disburing departments, the expense Of sailing
public transports on the various rivers, the Gulf OF
Mexico, and the Atlantic and Pacific for procuring
water at such posts A., ON their situation, require
Il 20 he brought from distance; and for clearn.
roads and removing distractions nom roads, har.
bors and rivers 10 the extent which may DO required
for the actual operations of the troops In the Held,
ave million dollars.
For hire or Communication Of quarters for officers
on military duty, hire OF quarters Tor troops OF
for the sAikeeping Of military stores,
and Of grounds for summer environments; for the
eonstructIon of Temporary huts HOSPITALS and sta