The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-10-18
OFFICIAL.
AVIS OF THE UNITED STATES PASSED
IL AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE
FORTy-SECOND CONGRESS.

IL AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE
CONGRESS.
IConcluded.l
For the support of Freedmens Hospital and |
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; re,
pairs and transportation, seventy -four Thousand
dollars Provided, That no part OF SAID appro-
priation shall be used in the support OF, OF "
nav any of the aforesaid expenses account of |
any persons hereafter to be admitted TO saiu nos
ptal and asylum, unless persons removed thith-
or fl ON some other government hospital Pro- |
,ided That after June thirtieth, eighteen hun
dred and seventy two the Freedmen's Hospital |
in the District of Columbia shall, until other
wise ordered by Congress be continued un nF ar
who shall make all estimates, and pass all &C
counts, and be accountable to the treasury OF the
United States for all expenditures I
SIGNAL orFIcR.
For manufacture, purchase, or repair OF me-
neurological and other necessary instruments; Tor
telegraphing reports; for expenses OF storm
signals announcing probable approach and force
of storms throughout tho United States, for the
benefit Of commerce and agriculture; for lns,ru-
ment- shelters for hire, furniture and expenses
of offices maintained for public use in cities or
posts receiving reports; for maps ana pulletlhs,
to be display ed IN chambers OF commerce ana
boards of-trade rooms; for books and stationery
and for Incidental expenses not Otherwise pro.
yides for two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars Provided, That the Secretary OF war be,
and he hereby is, authorized and required 10
provide in the system of observa tons and re-
ports in charge of the chief signal officer OF the
army, for such stations, reports, ana slgnais
as NAV be found necessary for the benefft OF agrl-
cultural and commercial interests: And propfd-
Ell, That part of this appropriation, nor OF any
appropriation for the several departments
of the Government, shall De pa'a sn, 70
neglect or refuse 10 transmit telegraphic commu-
picatons between said Departments, the oiilcers,
agents, or employees under the provisions o. Inc
of the Statutes of the United states Tor the year
eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and at rates or
compensation therefor to be established by the
Postmaster General. Provided also, That when
ever any telegraph company shall have HE'D Its
written acceptance with the postmaster Gene.
raj of the restrictions and obligations required
by the act approved July twenty-fourth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-six, entitled IAN act to aid In
the construction of telegraph ines, and to secure
to the government the use Oh tne same, lor pos,a'
it's agents, employees shall hereafter refuse or
neglect to transmit any such telegraphic commu-
nications as are provided Tor by Inc
aforesaid act, or by the joint resolu
ton approved the ninth day of February, eigh-
teen hundred and seventy, ITO authorize the sec
rotary of War TO provide for taxing meteorolos,
ical observations at the military stations and
other points of the interior OF the continent, ana
| for giving noice on the northern lakes ana sea-
board OF the approach and force OF storms, sucn
| United States not less than one hundred and not
exceeding one thousand dollars for each refusal
| and neglect aforesaid to be recovered by an &c.
ton or actions at law, in any district court OF
| the United States.
MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS.
| To provide for the payment under existing
| laws for horses and other property lost or de
| stroyed tn the military service OF the United
| States. one hundred thousand dollars.
| Secretseryioe fund To enable the Secretary
of the Treasury to settle the accounts OF disburs-
| ing officers for expenditures already made in
| pursuance of law, which will not involve any
| actual expenditure, but merely transfer on the
books Of the treasury, fifty thousand dollars.
| To provide for the payment to Benn Truman
for transcript of his photographic copy OF the
| record and proceedings of the court of inquiry
| in relation to the conduct OF General u. y.
Buell., while in command of the army In Ksr
| lucky and Tennessee, the gum OF twelve hundred
| dollars. -...
| Military conyicts at State penitentiaries: For
| payment of costs and charges OF State peniten.
tiaries for the care, clothing, maintenance and
| medical attendance Of United States military
convcts confined in them, sixty-five Thousand
dollars. -,
Reminding to States expenses incurred in rails,
ing volunteers: To indemnify the States for ex-
penses incurred by them in enrolling, equlppihg,
| and Transporting troops for the defence OF the
| United States during tho late instruction, hve
| hundred thou. and dollars.
/ To enable the Secretary of War to pay the ex-
penses incurred on the part of the United States
in the arbitration had between the United States
and the Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Com
pany thirteen thousand seven hundred and thir-
leen dollars and ninety-seven cents
To provide for the erection of headstones upon
the graves OF soldiers in the natl nal cemeteries
the sum of two hundred thousand dollars.
For the establishment OF an astronomical base
and continuance of military and biographies
surveys and explorations west of the one hun
dredth meridian of longitude, under the direction
of the Secretary of War, seyenty-hve thousand
dollars.
For the purchase and preparation OF instru
ments for q proper observation of the transit o.
Venus which is predicted to occur on the eight
| of December, eighteen hundred and seventy-foT
fifty thousand dollars, to be expended under thu
direction of n commission, to be composed OF tht
Superintendent and two OF the professors o
, mathepn tics of the navy attached to the Nava
Observatory, the President OF the National AGA
! denny of Sciences, and the superintendent OF thu
Coast Survey: ProUidsd, That no contracts o.
engagements shall 10 made for such instru
+ ments to an amount exceeding the sum hereby
appropriated
= raj Winfield Scott authorized by act Of Jul.
fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, forty
; two thousand dollars.
E For expenses of the United States commission
ers to the International Pententiary Congress
, | at London, in eighteen hundred ana seVenty-tW
Ave thousand dollars.
For expenses Of the United States commission
, ers to the International Statistical Congress q
. Saint Petersburg. five thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary OF the interior to pre-
2 vide law library for the Territory of Colorado
q two thousand five hundred dollars said librar
y to be selected by the chief justice of said Ter
: tory.
O not exceeding twenty in number, to iilustia
l. graphically the quarto volumes of the ninth Gel
70 sus, tw enty-five thousand dollars
y UNDER THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
NAVY YARDS.
Nayy.yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
l. For repairs of all kinds, seventy five thousar
dollars for repairs of floating do cks, eight
| thousand dollars. for permanent improvement