New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-19
,ers Of the army, and under his supervision


and direction.
To pay five laborers in the old part of the
| Capitol, and FIVE watchmen in reservation
| two, twenty per centum on their 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 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 money, 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
| 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
.retary 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 cOl0Ted 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
! and Asylum at Washington, District OF
Columbia, viz: Pay Of medical officers and
attendants; medicines, medical supplies and
al Of hnSTital uilHinOS
J 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-tw0, the
| Freedmens Hospital in the District Of Co
| !umbia 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
uIy of the United States for all expendl-
| 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 aRd bull
| letus 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 in
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 and commercial in
| teFests; 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-six, and at rates of compensation
| therefor to be established by the Postmaster
| General; provided also that whenever any
IN y
ten acceptance with the Postmaster Gen
| eral, of the restrictions and obligations
! required by the act approved July twenty
! fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-siX, en-
| titled Gan 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
| pany, its agents, or employees shall hereafter
| refuse or neglect to transmit any such tele-
| graphic communications as are provided for
| by the aforesaid act, or by the Joint reSOlu-
J 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
bred and not exceeding one thousand dol
lars for each refusal or 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: 10 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 treas
| ury, fifty thousand dollars.
To provide for the payment to Benn Pit
| man for transcript OF his photographic
| copy of the record and proceedings Of the
| court Of inquiry in relation to the conduct
| of General D. 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 convicts confined in them.
sixty-tive 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
Instruction, five hundred thousand dol
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-seven cents.
To provide for the erection OF headstones
upon the graves of soldiers IN the national
cemeteries. the sum of two hundred thou
sand dollars.