New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-29

and direction.
| To pay five laborers in the old part of the
| Capitol, and FIVE watohmen in reservation
two, twenty per eentum on their pay Tor
| the years ending June thirtieth, eighteen
| hundred and sixty-nine and June thrheth,
| eighteen hundred and seventy, as author
| lied by the eighteenth section OF the act OF
| July tWenty-eighth. eighteen hundred and
sixty-six, two thousand eight hundred and
eighty dollars, or so much as may be
| necessary.
| BUREAU 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 saia-
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; 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 b0un-
| ties, or other moneys due to Col0red 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 the support of Freedmen,s Hospital
| ami 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,
| seyentv-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 seventy-two, the
| Freedmens Hospital in the District of Co
| lumbia 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 thetreas
ury Of the United States for al expendi-
| lures
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
out 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 bull
letins, to be displayed in chambers of com
merce and boards of trade rooms; 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 i'll
/ charge Of the chief signal officer Of the
| army, for such stations, reports and sig
nails as may be found necessary for the
| benefit of agriculture aud commercial i'll
| 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
transmit telegraphic 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 ana
siXty-siXy and at rates of compensation
therefor to be established by the Postmaster
General; provided also, that whenever any
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ten acceptance with the Postmaster Gem
eral, of the restrictions and obligations
required by the act approved July twenty
fourth. eighteen hundred and siXty-siX, en-
titled IAN act to aid III the construction Of
telegraph liness and to secure to the gov
eminent 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-
dad
by the aforesaid act, or by the Joint resolu-
ton approved the ninth day of February,
eighteen hundred and seventy, ''t0 author
lze 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 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 hun
dred and not exceeding one thousand dol
lars for each refusal OF 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 discussing 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 treass
ury, fifty thousand dollars.
To provide for the payment to Benn Pit
man for a transcript Of his photographic
copy Of the record and proceedings Of the
court Of inquiry in relation to the conduct
of General ID. c. Buell., while in command
of the army in Kentucky and Tennessee,
the sum Of twelve hundred dollars.
Military c0nvicts 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 conVicts confined in them.
sixtyti five 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
nsumection, five hundred thousand dole
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-seyen cents.
To provide for the erection OF headsGones
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 hundredth meridian of longitude.
under the direction of the Secretary OF War;