New Orleans Republican., 1872-10-25
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| the Years ending June thirtieth, eighteen
/ hundred and sixty-nine, and June thlrtleth,
| eighteen hundred and seventy, as author
| lied by the eighteenth section OF the act OF
July twenty eighteen hundred ana
| sixtv-six, two thousand eight hundred and
| eighty dollars, or so much as may De
| necessary.
BrREAU OF REFUGEES. FREEDMEN AND
/ ABANDONED LANDS.
For collection and payment Of bounty,
| prize-monev, and other legitimate claims OF
| colored 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
| TRANSFORMATION of officers and agents; teIe-
| 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
| emrloyes then on duty shall be discharged,
| except such as may be retained by the Sec
retary of War for the purposes OF this pro
| yiso; and all acts and parts OF acts pertain
inc to the collection and payment OF b0un-
ties, or other moneys due to coIored 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 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
rati0ns; clothing; rent Of hospital buildings,
fuel and lights; repairs and transportation,
1 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
/ thithrr from some other government hos
pital; provided, that after June thlrtieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-two, the
Freedmen's Hospital in the District of Co
| Iumbia shall until otherwise ordered by
Congress, be continued under the supervj-
sion and control of the Secretary OF War,
who shall make all estimates, and pass all
accounts, and be accountable to the treas
u1y of the United States for all expendl-
| lures.
SIGNAL OFFICE.
For manufacture, purchase or repair OF
| meteorological and other necessary lnStru-
| ments; for telegraphing reports; for eX-
| 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
!
offices maintained for public use III cities or
posts receiving reports; for maps and but
| Ietins. to be displayed in chambers of com
! merce and boards of trade TOoms 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 III
charge of the chief signal officer OF the
| army, for such stations, reports and sig
| nails as NAV 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 telegraphic COM
pany which shall neglect or refuse to
transmit telegraphic communications be-
tween said departl nents, their officers,
agents or employees, L nder the provisions of
the second section OF chapter two hundred
and thirty of the statutes of the United
States for the year eighteen hundred and
= sixtv-sx, and at rhtes 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 slxty-siX, en-
telegraph lines, anC TO secure 10 the gov
elnment 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 for
by the aforesaid act, or by the Joint resolu-
ti0n approved the ninth day oi February,
eighteen hundred and seventy, ito author
ize the Secretary of War to provide for
taking meteorological observations at the
military stations and other points OF the in
terror of the continent, and Tor giving notice
on the Northern lakes and seahoard Of the
approach and force Of storms 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 for 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 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 a transfer on the DOCKS OF The treas
ury, fifty thousand dollars.
To 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
OF General d. G. Buell., while in command
of the army in Kentucky and Tennessee,
the sum of twelve hundred dollars.
Military convicts at State penitentiaries:
For payment of costs and charges of State
penitentiaries for the care, clothing, main
tenance and medical attendance OF United
States military conyicJS confined IN them.
sixty-tye thousand dollars.
Refunding to States expenses incurred in
raising volunteers: 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, Eve 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 hundredtE meridian of longitude,
under the direction of the Secretary Of War,
seventy five thousand dollars,
For the purchase and preparation ofinstrl-
ments for proper observation of the transit
Of Venus, which is predicted to occur on
the eighth of December, eighteen hundred
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