New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-16

3 GERS of the army, and under his supervisio
and direction.
To pay five laborers in the old part of tn
: Capitol, and five watchmen in reservation
two, twenty per centum on their pay TO
the years ending June thirtieth, eighteel
: hundred and sixty-nine, and June thirtieth
eighteen hundred and seventy, as author
lied by the eighteenth section of the act o,
July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred anC
sixty-six, two thousand eight hundred ant
eighty dollars, or SO much as may b.
necessary.
BUREAU OF REFUGEES, Freedmen AM
ABANDONED LANDS.
For collection and payment of bounty
prize-rnoney, and other legitimate claims O.
cOlOred soldieTs and sailors, viz: For saIa
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 ports of acts pertain
! ing to the collection and payment of bOuH-
ties, or other moneys due to COlOred soldiers,
sailors, and marines, or their heirs, shall re-
main in force until otherwise ordered by
Congress, the same to be carried into effect
by the Secretary of War, who may employ
| such clerical force as may be necessary for
| 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
seyenty-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 sevpnty-twO, the
| Freedmens Hospital in the District of Co
| lumbia shall, until otherwise ordered by
! Congress, be continued under the supervi-
sion and control Of the Secretary of War.
who shall make all estimates and pass all
accounts, and be accountable to the treas
ury of the United States for all expendi-
lures.
SIGNAL OFFICE.
For manufacture pnrchase or repair OF
meteorological and other necessary instru-
LI4CHlsJ lOI LSICSIGpulLS IVpOIIS5 lDE OK
penses 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 i'll cities or
posts receiving reports; for maps and bull
letins, 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
and fifty thousand dollars; provided, that
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
mails 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 governments
shall be paid to any Geographic cOm-
pany which shall neglect or refuse to
transmit Geographic communications be-
tween said departments, their officers,
agents or employees, nader the provisions of
the second section of chapter two hundred
and thirty of the statutes of the United
States Tor the year eighteen hundred and
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 AN act to aid III the construction of |
telegraph lines, and to secure to the gov |
ernment 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.
M n ~
by the aforesaid act, or by the Joint resOlu- |
ton approved the ninth day of February, |
eighteen hundred and seventy, "t0 author |
lie the Secretary Of War to provide for |
taking meteorological observations at the |
military stations and other points Of the n-
terror Of the continent, and for giving notice
on the Northern lakes and seabOard of the |
approach and force of storIns,' such tele-
graphic company shall forfeit and pay to
the United States not less than one hun
dred and not exceeding one thousand dol
lars tor each refusal or neglect aforesaid. to
be 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, one hundred thousand dol
lars.
Secret service fund: To enable the Secre-
tarv of tho Treasury to settle the accounts
Of disbursng 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
ury, fifty thousand dollars
10 provide for the payment TO Benn Pit.
man for transcript of his photographic
copy of the record and proceedings of the
court Of inquiry in relation to the conduct
IF General d. c. Buell., while in command
ii the army in Kentucky and Tennessee,
.he sum of twelve hundred dollars.
Military cOnyicts at State penitentiaries:
For payment of costs and charges of State
1enitentiaries for the care, clothing, main
enance and medical attendance OF United
States military COnVicts confined in them.
,ixty-tive thousand dollars.
Retunding to States expenses incurred in
'alsing volunteers: To indemnify the States
or expenses incurred by them in enrolling,
.quipping, and Transporting troops for the
lefense of the United States during the late
five hundred thousand dol
ars.
To enable the Secretary of War TO paw
he expenses incurred, on the part of the
United States in the arbitration had be-
Ween the United States and the Green Bay
nd Mississippi Canal Company, thirteen
thousand seven hundred and thirteen dol
ars and ninety seven cents.
To provide for the erection OF headstones
pom the graves Of soldiers In the national
CEMETERIES the sum of two hundred thou
and dollars. {
For the establishment Of an astronomical |