New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-30

| To pay five laborers in the old part OF the
| Capitol, and five watohmen in reservation
| two, twenty per Centum on their pay lot
| 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 eighth, eighteen hundred ana
sixty-six, two thousand eight hundred ana
| eighty dollars, or so much as may be
| necessary.
BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND
| ABANDONED LANDS.
| For collection and payment of bounty,
| Drize-1nOnev, 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
| 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
| tbirtieth. 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
| retary of War for the purposes OF this pro
| yis0: 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 Nlay be &ecessary toy
| the purpose.
For the support of F'teedmen's Hospital
| and ASYLUM at Washington, District OF
| Columbia, viz: Paw of medical officers and
| attendants; medicines, medical supplies and
| ratiOns: 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-twO, the
| Freedmens Hospital in the District Of Go
| lumbia shall, until otherwise ordered by
| Congress- be continued under the supervl-
| sion and control of the Secretary Of War,
who shall make all estimates, and pass all
| accounts, and be accountable 30 the treas
ury Of the United States for 81 6xpendj-
| tureRo
SIGNAL OFFICE.
| For manufacture, purchase or repair OF
| meteorological and other necessary instru-
ments for telegraphing reports; for ex"
penses of storm signals announcing prob
| able approach and force OF storms through
| QUE the United States, for the benefit of
| commerce and agriculture; for instrument
| shelters; for hire, furniture and expenses Of
| offices maintained for public use IN cities or
| posts receiving reports; for maps and bul-
| ietins to be displayed in chambers Of com
merce and boards of trade rooms; for books
| and stationery; and Tor incidental expenses
not otherwise provided for, two hundred
| and fifty thousand dollars; provided, that
O. az Eyn,- t,o ,v,A ha bopf .hTTT
| 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 oomperciai 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 to
! transmits Geographic communications be-
! tween said departments, their officers,
agents or employees, under the provisions OF
| the second section Of chapter two hundred
| and Thirty of the statutes Of the United
| States for the year eighteen hundred anu
| sixty and at rates of compensation
| therefor to be established BY the Postmaster
| General; provided also, that whenever any
| telegraph company shall have fled 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-siE, en-
titled "AH act to aid IN the construction OF
telegraph lines, and to secure to the gov
eminent the use Of the same, for postal,
military, and other purposes" if such com
panYs its agents. or employees shall hereafter
refuse or neglect TO transmit any such teI6
graphic communications as are provided fog
| by she aforesaid act or by the Joint resOlu-
tion approved the ninth day Of February,
eighteen hundred and seventy, ITO author
ize 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 Cor 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 hun
bred and not exceeding one thousand dol
lars for each refusal or neglect aforesaid, 20
be recovered by an action or actions at law,
ID apy district court of the United States.
MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS.
10 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 She secre.
tary Of the Treasury TO settle the accounts
Of discussing officers for expenditures al
ready made il pursuance Of law, which will
not involve any actual expenditure. but
merely a transfer on the books o? the tyeas-
urY. fifty thousand dollars.
70 provide for the payment 20 Bern PITT
man for transcript OF his photographic
copy Of the record and proceedings of the
court Of inquiry in relation TO the conduct
Of General 3. G. Buell.. while ia command
of Che army in Kentucky and Tennessee,
the sum Of Twelve hundred dollars.
Military convi0ts at State penitentisTies:
For payment of costs and charges OF State
penitentiaries for the care, clothing, main
tenanGe and medical attendance OF United
States military cOn7icts confined in them.
siXty-tve thousand dollars.
Reiupding to States expenses incurred in
raising volunteers: 70 indemnify the States
for expenses incurred by them IN enrolling,
tquipping, and Transporting troops for the
defense of the United States during the late
insurpectioro fge hundred thousand dol.
lars.
To enable she Secretary OF War 80 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 anG thirteen dol
lars and ninety-seven cents.
To provide for the erection OF headstones
upon the graves Of soldiers an the national
cemeteries. the SUM oS two hundred thou
sand dollars.
For the establishment OF az 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 o. War
seventy FIVE thousand dollars.