New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-22

| Capitol, and five watchmen in reservation
! two, twenty per centum on theig pay for
the years ending June thirtieth, eighteen
| hundred and sixty-nine, and June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy, as author
! lied by the eighteenth section of the act Of
| July twenty-eig nth. eighteen hundred and
I siXty-siX, Two thousand eight hundred and
eighty dollars Gr so much as may be
necessary
! BUREAU OF REFUGEES. FREEDMEN AND
| ABANDONED LANDS.
For collection and payment of Bounty,
prize-Hnone". and other legitimate claims OF
! colored soldiers and sailors. viz: For Sal8-
F.; ries OF agents and clerks: :erS OF office,
fuel, and lights: stationery and printing:
Office furniture and repairs mileage and
transportation 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
| 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 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 tie support of Freedmen's Hospital
| ana Asylum at Washington, District of
| Columbia, viz: Pay of medical officers and
| attendants; medicines, medical supplies and
| rations; clothing; rent OF hospital buildings,
/ fuel and lights: repairs and transportation,
seventy-topr thousand dollars; provided,
~, o,+ ne l5o+i Cl,o
| 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
| thther from some other government hos
| pital; provided, that after June thirtieth,
| eighteen hundred and seypnty-two, the
| Freedmens Hospital in the District of Co.
| lunbia 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
| uYy Of the United States fOr 81 eXpendi-
| lures.
SIGNAL. OFFICE.
For manufacture. purchase or repair OF
| meteorological and other necessary instTU.
ments for telegcaphing reports; fer 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
shelters; for hire, furniture and expenses of
offices maintained tOg pnbiic use III cities or
posts receiving reports; for maps and buI-
letiHs, 70 be displayed in chambers OF com
merce and boards of trade rooms; for books
and stationery; and for incidental expenses
not otherwise provided for. eve hundred
| and fifty thousand dollars; provided, that
| the Secretary OF War be and he hereby is
authorized and required 30 provide, Ia the
! system OF observations and reports IN
! charge OF she chief signal 0tticeS OF the
| army. for such stations. reports and sig
! mails as may be found necessary for the
| benefit OF agriculture and commercial in
Herests: and provided. that 10 part OF this
| appropriations nor OF any appropriation tor
| the several departments Of the government,
| shall be paid to any Geographic cOm.
pany which shall neglect 0H refuse 20
tCansMi: teIegraphic communications be-
tween said departments, their officers
| agents or employees. under the provisions OF
fhe second section OF chapter tive hundred
and thirty of the statutes OF the United
| States for the gear eighteen hundred ana
! siXty-siE, and az 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
erai, of the restrictions and obligations
required by the ace approved July twenty
fourth. eighteen hundred and siXty-six, en-
titled IAN act 70 aid AZ the construction Of
telegraph lines, and to secure TO the gov
ernmenc the use OF the same. tor postal,
military, and other purposes II such com
panv. its agents, or employees shall hereafter
Teiuse'Or neglect 20 transmit any such fele.
graphic communications as are provided tOp
by the aforesaid act, OK by the joint resolH-
ton approved fhe ninth day OF February,
eighteen hundred and seventy, 't3 author
lze the Secretary Of War 10 provide for
taking meteorological observations at the
military stations and other points OF the in
terror Of the continent, and for giving notice
on the Northern lakes and seabOard of the
approach and force of storms such tele-
graphic company shall forfeit and pay to
the United States not less than one hum
bred and not exceeding one thousand dol
lars for each refusal or neglect aforesaid, TO
be recovered by an action or actions at law
il ang district court OF the United States
MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS.
70 provide for Che 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.
Secree service fund: To enable enc Secre-
farv Of the Treasury 80 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 % Benn Pit.
man for transcript Of his Photographic
copy Of the record and proceedings Of the
court Of inquiry in relation 10 the conduct
of General .. c. 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 G0nvlcts confined II them.
siXtV-fve 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
insurrectionv tive hundred thousand dol
lars.
To enable the Secretary Of War 90 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 head9tones
upon the graves Of soldiers IN the national
cemeteries. the sum of two hundred thou
gand dollars.
For the establishment of an astronomical
base, aud continuance Of military and geo
graphical surveys and explorations west of
the one lundredth meridian Of longitude,
under the direction of the Secretary Of War,
seventy five thousand dollars.
For the purchase and preparation 0tlnstru-
mpnts for a proper observation Of the transit