New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-21

GERS of the army, and under his supervision
and direction.
To pay five laboters in the old part Of the
Capitol and five watohmen in reservation
two, twenty per centum on their pay Tor
the years ending June thirtlethr eighteen
| hundred and sixty-nine, and June thlrtleth,
eighteen hundred and seventy, rs author
iz.d by the eighteenth section of the act OF
July twenty eighteen hundred and
sixtv-six, two thousand eight hundred a6e
eighty dollars, oS SO much as III"
| necessary
BUREAU OF REFCGHE5, FBs.
| ABANDONED rH.
For collection aBer g Is?gitimate claims II
prizeinoney, a5nand sailors, viz: For sala-
c"lor"1 so1lthts and clerks; rent Of office,
RES 92hH lights; stationery and printing:
| tntaa,s furniture and repairs; mileage and
+ transportation Of officers and agents; teIe
graphing and postage, one hundred thou
sand dollars; provided, shat the Bureau OF
Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
shall be discontinued from and after June
thirteth. eighteen hundred and seventy
two. and that all agents, clerks, and other
empIoyes then on duty shall be discharged,
exceDt such as may be retained by the Sec
rotary Of War for the purposes OF this pro
wise: and all acts and parts Of acts pertain
inc TO the collection and payment OF boun-
SNASA
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 Tor
the purpose.
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; repairs and transportation,
seventy-t0ar 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 thictieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-twO, the
Frecdmen's Hospital in the District Of Co
lumba shall, until otherwise ordered by
Congress, be continued under the supervi-
sion and control of the Secretary of Var,
who shall make all estimates, and pass all
accounts and be accountable to the treas
uIy 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 bal
Ietius, to be displayed in chambers of COM
merce and boards OF trade rooms; Tor books
and stationery; and tor 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 70 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 commercial 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 SOM
pany which shall neglect or refuse to
| transmit Geographic communications be
tween eaid 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 sig, and at 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
rral of the restrictions and obligations
required by the act approved July twenty
! fourth, eighteen hundred and siX1y-six, en-.
| titled IAN act to aid IN the construction Of
| telegraph lines, and TO secure to the gov.
Grument the use of the same, for postal,
military. and other purposes" if such com.
! pany. its agents. or employees shall hereafter
! refuse or negEecs to- transmit any such tele-
! graphic communications as are provided for
iC n, nj. AIT nv ha
| ton approved the ninth day OF February,
! eighteen hundred and seventy, ito author
! lze the Secretary OF War to provide for
| taking meteorological observations at the
| military stations and other points OF The in
| terror If The continent and for giving notice.
! On the Northern lakes ana seabOard of the
! approach and force Of storms" such tele.
! graphic company shal forfeit and pay to
The United States not less than one hun.
! dr2d and not exceeding one thousand dol
! lars for "aoh refusal or neglect aforesaid, to
! DC recovered by au 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.
| lara.
| Secret service fund: To enable the Score.
| cary Of the Treasury to settle the accounts
! Of discussing officers for expenditures al.
ready made in pursuance Of law. which viii
! nos involve any actual expenditure, but
merely - transfer on she books Of the treas
| uGv. 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 ID. C. Buell., while in command
of the army in Kentucky and Tennessee,
| the sum of twelve hundred dollars.
Military eOnvicts at State penitentiaries
For payment of costs and charges of State
peniteEtiaries for the care, clothing, main
tenance and medical attendance OF United
States military c0nvicts confined in them,
sixtytive thousand dollars.
Retunding 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 dnllAra