Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-23

departments, TWO hundred thousand dol
lars. .n2a r#Prfssi's ca
For the Army Medical Museum and medi-
cal and other necessary works for the library of
the ,t Surgeon General Gen Office, seven thousand
For trials with rtorpedoes for harbor and land
defense and to instruct the engineer troops in
their practical construction and application, ten
thousand dollars
For completion of barracks and officers quar-
tiers at the engineer depot at Willents Point,
New I ork, twenty-five thousand dollars
For repairs and preservation of bridge equip
age, ten thousand dollars. -- .,-r.ss mr. + )
For purchase and supply of material and Ia
Dor for repairs Of quarters and barracks at en-
gineer posts, two thousand dollars. F afs,
For the ordnance service required to defray
the current expenses at tho arsenals; of recev-
ing stores and issuing arms and other ordnance
supplies; of police and Office duties Of rents,
tolls, fuel, and lights OF stationery aud Office
furniture of tools and instruments for use of
public animals forage and vehicles; incidon-
tad expenses Of the ordnance service, including
those attending practical trials and tests Of ord
nance, small-arms, and other ordnance sup
plies, two hundred thousand dollars.
For manufacturing metallic ammunition for
small sTms, one hundred thousand dollars.
For overhauling, preserving, and cleaning
new ordnance stores on hand in the srsenals,
seventy-fve thousand dollars. ibff4I
For sea-coast cannon, and carriages for the
Same, two hundred thousand dollars.
For purchase and manufacture of other ord
nance stores, to fill rsqui.itioa of troops, Afty
| thousand dollars. ]f-iT- aret'
For manufacture Of arms ut the national
armory, one hundred and fly thousand dol
Skc. q That the President of the United
States shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to
nominate, and, by and with the advice and con-
! sent Of the Senate, appoint board Of commits
sioners, to be designated commissioners of
claims, to consist of three commissioners, who
shall be commissioned for two years, and whose
| duty it shall be to receive examine, and consid-
| er the justice. and validity Of such claims As
who remained loyal adherents to the cause and
| the government of the United States during the
war, for stores or supplies taken or furnished
| during the rebellion for the of the army of
the United States in States proclaimed a. in in
| surrecton against the United States, including
the use and loss of vessels or boats while en-
ployed in the military service of the United
| States. And the said commissioners in consid-
eriDg said claims shall be satisfied from the tes
| timony of witnesses under OATH or from otker
sufficient evidence, which shall accompany each
| claim, taken under such rules and regulations
| as the commissioners may adopt, of the loyalty
| and adherence of the claimant to the cause and
| the government Of the United States before and
at the time of the taking or furnishing Of the
property for which any claim shall bs made,
| and of the quantity, duality, and value of the
property alleged to have been taken or furnish
| ed, and the time, place, and material circurn-
1
/ And, upon satisfactory evidence Of the justice
1 and validity of any claim, the commissioners
| shall report theiropnionin writing IN each case,
and shall certify tho nature, amount, and value
1 of the property TAKEN furnished, used as
| aforesaid. And each claim which shall be con-
sidered, and rejected unjust and invalid, shall
| likewise be reported, with the reasons therefor
| and no claimant shall withdraw any material
evidence submitted in support of any claim
/ SEC. 3. That said commissioners shall each
| take the oath of office provided by law to be
/ taken by all officers of the United States, and
| shall proceed without delay to discharge their
duties under this act The President Of the
United States shall designate in his appointment
one ofsaid commissioners to be president of the
beard; and shall bo authorized to iii any
/ vacancy which may occur, by reason of death or
| resignation. in said board and each commits
| sioner shall have authority to administer oaths
witnesses in all matters pertaining to their duties
| The said commissioners shall meet and organize
j said board and hold fh cir sessions at Washing
! ton. Two members Of She board shall constitute
4 quorum for the transaction of business, and
i the agrcement'of two shall decide all questions
4 IN controversy. The said commissioners shall
| have authority to make and publish rules for
| their procedure, not inconsistent with this act
4 and shall publish notice of their sessions. They
1 shall keepa journal of their proceedings, to be
| signed by the president of the board, and reg
| ister of all claims brought before the board
| showing the date of presentation, number, name,
and residence ofocisimant, subject matter and
amount of claim, and the amount if any, allow
ed; which records shall be open to the inspec-
ten of the President and Attorney General of
the United States, of such officer As the Presi-
dent may designate.
| SEC 4 That said commissioners shall make
report of their proceeding, and of each claim
\ considered by them, at the commencement of
each session of Congress, to the Speaker of the
House of Representative, who shall lay the
same before Congress for consideration /: and all
L. IL a.
board shall be barred and shall not be enter
tanned by any department of the Government
without further authority of Congress. <.
SEC. 8. That the commissioners of claims
shall be paid quarterly under this act, at the
rate of five thousand dollars per annum each,
and they shall have authority to appoint one
clerk and one shorthand reporter, to be paid
quarterly ut the rate of two Thousand five hun
4 dred dollars per annum each, and ono msssen-
!. ger, to be paid at the rate of one thousand two
hundred dollars per annum, who shall perform
the services required of them respectively, and
said board shall be further allowed the Heces-
sary actual expenses of Office rent, furniture,
fuel, stationery, and printing, to be certified by
on vouchers, and paid as other judicial sx-
SEC. 6. That a sufficient appropriation to car
~ this act into effect is hereby made, out OF
any money in the treasury not otherwise appre-
priasted.
SEC. Z. That the Secretary of War be, and
he i, hereby, authorized and directed to. neso-
tate with q responsible party to build and oper-
ate telegraph line from Y ancton, Dakota Ter
. rfory, to Fort Randall, Dakota, and thence to
Fort Sully. if, in the opinion of the Secretary
4 Of War, the public service demands such eI-
! tension. And upon the completion of each
hundred miles of said line to the satisfaction oi
the Secretary of War, he is authorized to pay
the party constructing the same the sum .oi
eight thousand dollars; and upon the compile
ton of the whole line he shall pay, as aforesaid
number of miles the same may extend over the
Z number of even hundreds: Provided, That tbs
money SO paid shall be refunded to the United
States in the use of said telegraph line at rates
not higher than charged private, individuals,
II Secretary, be just: Provided, Also That when
p the money advanced by the said Secretary Of
Fl War shall be refunded, as above provided, the