New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-20

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For Saint Louis arsenal Saint Len;s n.
souri,: Officers quarters ON jefferson Pl sr
racks ordnance reservation, eighteen thor
sand dollars. A0u
For San Antonio arsenal, San An+o,..
Texas: Erecting store building for st.bIaOO'
wagon house and store room for foros,
harness and tools, three thousand doI,ase'
repairs of officers quarters, Office an
! painting fences, roofs and cutters of nn dIa
buildings, two thousand five hundred SaS
lars.
For Vancouver arsenal, Washington To.
ritory: Repairs to public buildings ana
grounds, one thousand dollars. Au
For Washington arsenal, Wasbjny.o,
District OF Columbia: Improving maos1;ntt
grounds. two thousand dollars. 'Ae
For Watervliet arsenal, West Troy. Ma,
York: Repairs to buildings, roofs and ns'
manent sheds, three thousand dollars! ~
pairs to bridges, roads, fences and inclos;n.
walls, one thousand dollars
For Watertown arsenal, WATERFOWL. No,
sachusetts: Repairs of buildings, ground.
and machinery, five thousand dollars.
For contingencies of arsenals: Repairs a,
smaller arsenals, and to meet such upfors
| seen expenditures at arseDals as acciden,,
or other contingencies during the wear ma
render necessary, ten thousand dollars.
BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN Am
ABANDONED LANDS.
For collection and payment of bounty
prize money, and other legitimate claims ~
| colored soldiers and sailors, viz: For sala
| ries of agents and clerks; rents of Offices
| fuel and lights; stationery and prinfine
office furniture and repairs: mileage ana
transportation of officers and agents; tele
graphing and postage, eighty-seven tbop.
sand five hundred dollars.
For support of Freedmens Hospital and
Asylum at Washington. District Of Colum
bia, viz: Pay of medical officers and attend
| ants; medicines, medical supplies, and "a
| tions; clothing; rent of hospital buildings
| fuel, and lights; repairs and Transportation
| seventy-eight thousand dollars: PROVIDED
/ That no part of said appropriation shall be
used in the support of, or to pay any of the
| aforesaid expenses on account of any Der.
| sons hereafter to be admitted to said hos
| pital and asylum, unless persons removed
| thither from SEINE other government bos
| pital.
SIGNAL OFFICE.
For manufacture, purchase, or repair me-
neurological and other necessary instru
ments; for telegraphing reports; for ex
penses of storm signals announcing proba-
BILE approach and force of storms; for
instrument shelters; for hire, furniture, and
expense of offices maintained for public usA
in cities or posts receiving reports; for maps
and bulletins, to be displayed in chambers
of commerce and boards of trade rooms; for
books and stationery, and for incidental
expenses not otherwise provided for, one
hundred and two thousand four hundred
and fifty-one dollars; provided, that no part
of this appropriation, nor of any appropria-
ton for the several departments of the gov.
eminent, shall be expended for telegraph.
ing between said departments and THEN
officers or agents, except at rates first to be
established by the Postmaster General
under section two of chapter two hundred
and thirty of Statutes of eighteen hundred
and sixty-six.
MISCELLANEOUS.
For contingencies of the army, namely:
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury
to settle the accounts of disbursing Officers
for expenditures already made in pursuance
of law, which will not involve anv actual
expenditure, but merely transfer on the
books of the treasury, two hundred thou
sand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury
to settle the accounts of disbursing officers
Cor expenditures already made in pHrsu.-
ance OF law, which will not involve any ae-
tual expenditure, but merely transfer on
the books of the treasury, seventy-fve
thousand dollars.
For payment of costs and charges of State
penitentiaries for the care, clothing, main
tenance. and medical attendance of United
States military convicts confined in them,
fifty thousand dollars.
For continuing the surveys of the north
ern and northwestern lakes, one hundred
and seventy-fve thousand dollars.
LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT
For repairs and incidental expenses in
rentting and improving light houses and
buildings connected Herewith, two hun
dred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For salaries of seven hundred and thirty
two lighthouse keepers and light beacon
keepers. and their assistants, four hundred
and thirty nine thousand two hundred dol
lars.
For seameu's wages, rations, repairs,
salaries. supplies, and incidental expenses
OF twenty-five ight-vessels, and seven re
lief hght-vessels. two hundred and sixty
one thousand six hundred and forty-seven
dollars and fifty cents.
For expenses of raising. cleaning paint
ing, repairing removing, and supplying
losses OF buoys, spindles, and day-beacons
ana Tor chains, sinkers, and similar neces-
sanes, two hundred and seventy-fve thou
sand dollars.
For repairs and incidental expenses in
renewing, rettting, and improving fog
sishals ana buildings connected Herewith,
thirty thousand dollars
For expenses of visiting and inspecting
lights and other aids to navigation. two
thousand dollars.
FOR supplying the light-hou and bea
con lights on the Atlantic, Gulf. Lake, and
faclhc coasts with oil, wicks. glass chin
neys, channels skins, spirits of WINE, whiting,
polishing powder, towels, brushes. soap,
paints, and other cleaning materials. and
Tor expenses Of repairing and keeping in
repair Illuminating apparatus and ma
chlnery, and of guaging, testing, transpOr-
'ation, delivery OF oil and other supplies for
lighthouses, and other incidental necessary
expenses, three hundred and thirty-one
thousand seven hundred and seventeen
dollars.
SURVEY OF THE COAST.
For continuing the survey of the Atlantic
anu gulf coasts of the United States. and
Lake Champlain. including compensatien
u civllians engaged in the work. and ex
'iudlng pay and emOluments of officers Of /
ne army and navy and petty officers and
men OF the navy employed in the work
dollars. 'Ao 'no"S"nS
For continuing the survey of the Western
coast OF the United States. includinc com
'ensatlon of civilians engaged in the work
,wo hundred and forty thousand dollars: |
7roflued, that the operations shall inclnde |
photographic development of the dan
sers OF ocean navigation between San
Diego and Panama.
For pay and ratiOns of ENGINEERS for the
teamers used in the coast survey. no longer 1
! pplled by the Navy Department. five
thousand dollars.
OF continuing the publication of the OBJ
itatIons made in the progress of coast
un .es, ,iHciudng compensation for civilians
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