Evening star., 1870-03-05
OFFICIAL
LAWS OF The UNITED STATES.
Passed at Second Session Of Forty.frst Coneress
TPUBLIC-No. 131

PUBLIC-No. I31
AN At Ior the temporary relief Of the poor and
destitute people III the District of Columbia.
BE it enacted by the .Senate and House of Repre-
sentat.res Of the Cnited States of Americd in Com
gress assembled, That the Secretary of War be-
and he Is hereby, instructed to make such or
sr aeIs as may be necessary for the temporary re-
lief, In cases Of absolute necessity, of the poor
Oh the cities Of Washington and Georgetown
until otherwise ordered by the President of the
United States; and that the amount thus to be
expended shall not exceed the sum OF thirty
thousand dollars; which sum is hereby appr0-
priated for that purpose ont of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated
PrOrided, That relief shall be afforded by the
Secretary Of War under this resolution only
upon the recommendation OF the Washington
Association for the Improvement of the Com
dition OF the Poor, or the National Freedmen's
Relief Association, or the Industrial Home
School. That the Secretary OF War NAV agree
with the benevolent associations aforesaid or
with other persons, to furnish the supplies nee
essary 10 carry this act into effect, whenever
IN his opinion, the same can be furnished at a
wise.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That the Sec
retary Of War be, and he is hereby authorized
to furnish, upon the recommendation of the
Washington Association for the improvement
On the Condition OF the Poor, or the National
Freedmen's Relief Association, or the Indus
trial Home School, condemned clothing and
other articles, not suited for army purposes. for
distribution by them among the poor and desti-
ten thousand dollars, and the persons charged
with the expenditure OF the aforesaid approSri-
auon snail, SO Tar as may be practicable, provide,
labor and materials for labor so as 10 prOmote
and improve the condition of the poor.
SEC 3. And be itfsrther enacted, That the use
OF the buildings in Judiciary Square, occupied
az az store-houses by the medical department OF
the army, be granted, until otherwise ordered by
the President. to the WOmen's Christian Asso-
clanon OF washington, for the purpose Of ena-
;bnng sald association to give employment to
SIC. 4. And be 1t further enacted. That the par
ties hereinbefore named to whom the distriDu-
ton Of the said fund is intrusted shall make
report to Congress on the first Monday in De-
cember next of their action, when the sum
hereby appropriated shall have been expeudeI.
Approved, February Is, 1870.
IPUBLIC REsoLUT1oN-No. 1O1
hKsOLUTION donating to the public schools
OF Washington. District Of Columbia the
frame building located at the southeast cor
north, in said city.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Repyeseuta-
tires Of the Tinted States Of America in Co,1ress
assembled, That there be donated to the civ of
Washington, for the use Of the public schools of
said city, the frame building now in the posses
sion of the Freedmen's Bureau, located on the
soutneast corner OF Twenty-secOnd street west
and L street north, and that the commissioner
OF said bureau be. and he is hereby authorized
and directed to turn over said building to the
mayor OF washington for the purpose stated,
the transfer to take effect from December one
eighteen hundred and sixty Eight.
Approved, February ~, 1870.
lPUBLIC REsoLUTrON-NO. H.
JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the Secretary
OF War to place at the disposal OF Z" Bridg -
Battery Association" at Chicago, Illi,,vis,
certain captured ordnance.
Be a. resoired by the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentdtir<s Of the United States Of America IN Com
gress assembled, That the Secretary of War be,
and he is hereby, authorized and directed 10
place at the disposal OF the " Bridges Battery
Association" at Chicago, Illinois, ten captured
twelve-pounder guns of obsolete patterns now
condemned and In store at the Rock Island Ar
senal to be placed around a large and beautiful
lot in ROsehil Cemetery, at Chicago Illinois.
Approved, February 81, 1870.