New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-09
rs Of the army. and under his supervision

and direction.
To pay five laborers in the old part of the
Capitol and five wabchmen in reservation
two, twenty per centum on their pay for
the years ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-nine. and June thirtleth,
eighteen hundred and seventy, as author
lied by the eighteenth section Of the act OF
July twenty-eghtb, eighteen hundred and
sixty-six, two thousand eight hundred and
| eighty dollars. or SO much as may Oe
| necessary.
| BUREAU or REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND
ABANDONED LANDS.
For collection and payment of bounty.
| prize-moncy, and other legitimate claims OF
| col0red soldiers and sailors, viz: For sala-
ries of agents and clerks; rent Of office,
fuel, and lights stationery and printing:
| Office furniture and repairs; mileage and
transportation OF officers and agents; tele-
! graphing and postage, one hundred thou
| sand dollars; provided, that the Bureau OF
| Refugees. Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
| shall be discontinued from and after June
| thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
| two, and that all agents, clerks, and other
| employees then on duty shall be discharged,
except such as may be retained by the Sec,
| rotary of War for the purposes of this pro
| viso: and all acts and parts Of acts pertain
| ing to the collection and payment OF boun-
| ties. or other moneys due to c0lored soldiers
| sailors and marines. or their heirs, shall re-
| main in force until otherwise ordered by
I Congress, the same to be carried into effect
| bv the Secretary OF War, who may employ
such clerical force as may be necessary Tor
| the purpose.
For the support Of Freedmen's Hospital
and Asylum at Washington. District OF
! Columbia, viz : Pay Of medical officers and
| attendants; medicines medical supplies and
| ratOns: clothing; rent of hospital buildings
! fuel and lights; repairs and transportation,
| seventy-toUr 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
! persons hereafter to be admitted to said
! hospital and asylum, unless persons removed
! thither from some other government hos
| pital; provided that after June thiftieth
| eighteen hundred and seyenty-tW0, the
| Freedmen's Hospital in the District Of Co
| lumbia shall, until otherwise ordered by
| Congress, be continued under the superyl-
sion and control of the Secretary of War
| who shall make all estimates, and pass all
| accounts and be accountable to the treas
urv of the United States for all expendi-
| lures.
SIGNAL OFFICE.
| For manufacture, purchase or repair OF
meteorological and other necessary instTu-
ments; for telegraphing reports; for eX-
| penBes of storm signals announcing prob
| able approach and force of storms through
out the United States for the benefit OF
| commerce and agriculture; for instrument
| shelters; for hire, furniture and expenses Of
| offices maintained for public use III cities or
| posts receiving reports; Tor maps aHd bull
| Eetins, to be displayed in chambers of com
merce and boards of trade rooms; for books
| and stationery; and for incidental expenses
| not otherwise provided for, two hundred
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| the Secretary of War be and he hereby is
authorized and required to provide, in the
system of observations and reports in
! charge Of the chief signal officer Of the
| army, for such stations. reports and sig
nails as may be found necessary for the
| benefit of agriculture and commercial in
| terests; and provided, that no part OF this
appropriation, nor OF any appropriation for
| the several departments OF the government.
shall be paid to any Geographic com.
| pany which shall neglect or refuse 10
! transmit Geographic communications be
tween said departments, their officers,
agents or employees, under the provisions CT
! the second section of chapter two hundred
and thirty of the statutes Of the United
| States for the year eighteen hundred ami
| siXty-SiX, and at rates OF compensation
therefor to be established by the Postmaster
| General; provided also, that whenever any
| telegraph company shall have filed its writ.
! ten acceptance with the Postmaster Gen
| eral, of the restrictions and obligations
required by the act approved July twenty
! fourth, eighteen hundred and siXty-siX. en-.
| titled IAN act to aid IN the construction of
| telegraph lines, and to secure to the gov.
| Grnment the use OF the same, for postal
| military, and other purposes" if such com
| pany, its agents, or employees shall hereafter
refuse or neglect to transmit any such tele.
| graphic communications as are provided tor
| by the aforesaid act, or by the joint resOlu.
| ton approved the ninth day Of February.
! eighteen hundred and seventy, "t9 authOro
4! Ize the Secretary Of War to provide for
! taking meteorological observatiOnst at the
military stations and other points of the III
F.! terror OF the continent and for giving notice
! on the Northern lakes and seabOard Of the
| approach and force OF storms" such tnle.
! graphic company shall forfeit and pay TO
| the United States not less than one hume
| dred and not exceeding one thousand dol.
| lars for each refusal or neglect aforesaid, 10
| he recovered by an action or actions at law,
| in any district court Of the United States
MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS.
! To provide for the payment under exist.
! ing laws for horses and other property lost
/ or destroyed in the military service OF the
| United States. enc hundred thousand dol
! Jars.
| secret StIFltb lulu. 1 q tDdBlS JEc GeCFG-
! tarv of the Treasury to settle the accounts
| Of disbursing officers for expenditures al
! ready made IN pursuance Of law, which will
| not involve any actual expenditure, but
| merely transfer on the books of the treas
urv. fifty thousand dollars.
| To provide for the payment to Benn Pit
man for a transcript Of his photographic
| copy Of the record and proceedings Of the
! court of inquiry in relation to the conduct
/ Of Ea0pTal n q Ruail rliln in n nd
| Of the army in Kentucky and Tennessee,
| the sum of twelve hundred dollars.
Military cOnviCts at State p6nitentiarias:
| 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.
| siXtYtive thousand dollars.
Refunding to States expenses incurred in
| raising yOlun teers: To indemnify the States
for expenses incurred by them in enrolling,
equipping, and transporting troops for the
defense of the United States during the late
insurrection, five hundred thousand dol
lars.
TO enable the SECRETARY of War to pay
the expenses incurred, on the part of the
United States, in the! arbitration had be-
tween the United States and the Green Bay
and Mississippi Canal Company, thirteen
thousand seven hundred and thirteen dol
lars and ninetY-SeVen cents.
To provide for the erection OF headstones
upon the graves of soldiers IN the national
cemeteries, the sum of two hundred thou
sand dollars.
For the establishment Of an astronomical
base, and continuance Of military and geo
graphical surveys and explorations west of
the one hundredth meridian of longitude,
under the direction of the Secretary Of War.
seventy five thousand dollars.
For the purchase and preparation ofinstru