Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-09-06
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF The UNITED STATES,
p.ased at the Second Session of the
Forty-Second Congress.

An Aof mains preparations for sundry civil ex.
Of the ssStss IoT 1ne meal year end
| three, and for other purposes
For repairs Of dwellings for keepers of the water
| gates, one thousand five hundred dollars
For COMPLETING the parapets Of Cabin John bridge
thirteen thousand nine hundred and thirty -four
Fer dial telegraph connecting the Great falls of
the Potomac with the reservoirs and with the office
IN shineten. two thousand five hundred dollars.
lOI nalb'ebance, including superintendence sala-
9, sa,e keepers, and general repairs fifteen
For completing the necessary excavation OF dis.
sn5 s9 reservoir, eleven thousand i've hundred
For furnishing and laying a c.st-iron pipe four
feet in diameter from the central use ts the
sInent gate house, twenty two thousand nine hun.
For purchase of land for road from the Great falls
~ conduit road, three Thousand one hundred and
ations for the service of the Washington aqueduct
are hereby made available Immediately upon the
For rebuilding the Chain bridge, on the Potomac
iiver, one hundred thousand dollars, OF so much
theTeOl as may be necessary: PTOrJfsd. That the
bridge shall be rebuilt as a substantial iron struc.
,nfe' ulon plans to be approved BY the Chief OF
hhgl6ters OF the army, and under his supervision
To pay i've laborers in the old part of the Capitol
aDG nye Vstchmen in reservation two, twenty per
centum their pay for the years ending June thr-
tit;h, eishteen hundred and sixty niae, and June
t'irtfeth, eighteen hundred and seventy. author
lied by the eighteenth section Of the act Of July
twenty eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty six, two
much as may be necessary.
BJ sEAU OF REFUGEEs, FREEDMEN AND ABANDONED
For collection and payment OF bounty, prize.
money, and other legitimate claims of coiored sol
diers and sailors. viz: For salaries of agents aid
clerks; rent of Offices, fue, and lights stationery
and printing; office furniture and repairs; mileage
and transportation OF officers and agents, teles ph
ipg and gcstase, one hundred Thousand dollars:
PJ9r.dsd, That the Bureau Of Refugees, Freedmen,
snd Abandoned Lands shall be discontinued from
ard after June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy two, and that all sgents clerks, and other
employ then on duty shall be dschAr ged except
suehs as may be retained By the Secretary of War
i9r the purposes Sf tins prGSyise and all acts and
msnt OF bounties, or other moneys due to colored
soldiers sailors and marises. or their heirs, shall
remain In force until therwise ordered by Congress-
he same to be carried isto effect by the Secretary
OF War, who may employ such clerical force as may
For the support Of freedmen Hospital and Asy-
lnm at W eshlpgton, District Of Columbia, viz: Pay
OF medical officers and attendants medicines med-
cal supplies, and rations; clothng rent of hospital
buildings, fuel s and lights repairs and
That no part Of said priatien shall be used
support Of or to pay any Of the aforesaid expenses
to .sid hospital and ssyirm unless persons removed
Tha ser
and seventy tive, the Freedmen's Hospital ia the
bY Congress, be Continued under the superSision
and control OF the Secretary Of War, who shall
secOuntahe to the Of the United States for
all expenditures.
Fer manufacture, purchase, or repair Of meteorol-
cgicaI and other necessary instruments; FOR teIe.
graphing reports for expenses of storm signals an
throughout the United States, for the benefit Of
commerce and sgricuhure; for instrune Mt shelters
for hire, furniture, and expenses Of Offices msin
tsined for public use in cities or posts receiv
PLAYED in chambers Of commerce and boards
Of trade rooms; for books and stationery
yidfd for, two hun ired and fir ) thoussnd dollars:
PORTED, That the Secretary Of War be, ana he
hereby IL, authorized and required to provide in
: records Of
tbe chief signal officer of the army, for such sta.
for the benefit OF agrS ard commercial inter-
es's: And pTOrided, That part Of this appropria
partmepts of the government, shall b. paid t. any
telesraph c1mpa which shali neglect or refuse 10
Departments, their officers. agents, or emp!oyees.
Ger the Proy isOn " the second section OF chap
United states for the year eisteen hundred and and
siStysix ard at rates of compensation therefor TO
Proridsd also, That whenever any telegraph CON-
Eany shall have filed its written acceptance with
curih Eighteen hundred sR4 ssysx ent aity
lines, and te secure to the government the me- of
the same, for postal military and other purposes
hereafter refuse or neeiect to trsn1pit asy sn
telegTsphic communications as provided for by
sl seventy auhor1s tie sesressrg Of War
ricr OF the continent and Tor giving notice on the
ioIisit and to the United States not les, than
lars for each refusal neglect aforesaid 10 be re-
Severed by an actor or actions at law, In any dis
MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS
,o To provide FOR the psyment under existing laws
States CEs IN
dred thousand dollars.
,secret-service fund: To enable the Secretary of
the Treasury to settle the accounts Of disbursina
officers for expenditures already made In pursuance
ture., but merely q TRANSFER on the books Of the
treasury, fifty thousand dollars. '''
atraoscript Of his Phonosraeh COPY Of the record
and proceedings Of the court Of inquiry 10 relation
sum Of twelve hundred dollars. '"'
payment q cost. and Charges Of
for the care, clothing, maintenance, and medical
nned in them, sixty-fve thousand dollars. '' 'ou'
keiunding to States expenses incurred in raising
transporting troops for the defense Of The United
States curing the late instruction, five hundred
To enable the Secretary Of War to pay the ex.
the arbitration had between the United etates and
the Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Company,
thirteen thousand seven hundred and thirteen dol
To provide for the erection Of headstones upon the
sum Of two hundred thousand dollars '''' inc
Fer the establishment Of an astronomical base,
and continuance OF military and geogra phical sur
yeys and explorations west OF the one hundredtb
meridian OF IoHRiu de, under he direction of the
Secretary Of War, seventy five thousand dollars
For the purchase and prepar alton of instru
Tor q proper observation Of the transit Of Venus,
which Is predicted to occur the eighth OF Decem
Der, eighteen hundred and seventy four ifty thou
ssnd dollars, to be expended under the direction of
commission. TO be imposed of the Su pernten lent
and two OF the professors Of mathematics OF the
navy attached 10 the Naval Observatory, the Pres.
icent 81 the National Academy Of Sciences aud the
Superintendent Of the Coast survey Proridef, That
no contracts or engagements shall be made for such
instruments to an amount exceeding the sum here
by appropriated.
For pedestal for the equestrian statue Of General
Winfield Scott aut horZed by act of July ffteepth,
eighteen hundred and seventy, forty twe thOus And
dollars.
For expenses Of the United States commissioners
10 the Intern stional Peutentiary CouRres, At Lon
don, in eighteen hundred and seventy two, Ave
Thousand dollars.
For ex peDses Of the United States commissioners
to the Inter national Statistical Congress at Saint
Petersburg, five thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary Of the Interior to nrov de
q Law library for the Territory Of Colorado two
thousand FIVE hundred dollars said library to be se-
leeted by the chief justice Of said Territory.
For preparing and printing a series of MAPS not
e. cee ding twenty IN number TO illustrate graph.
fcally the quarto volumes OF the ninth census
twenty i've thousand dollars.
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