New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-17

70 pay five laborers in the old part of the
Capitol, and five watchmen in reservation
two, twenty per centum on their pay fol
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
sixtyssix, two thousand eight hundred and
eighty dollars, or so much as may be
necessary.
| BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AMI
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,
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 boun-
| ties, or other moneys due to eolored 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
| rations; clothing; rent Of hospital buildings,
/ fuel and lights: repairs and transportation,
| seventy-fouP 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
Freedmen's 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
ury of the United States for all 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 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
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 telegraphic 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 and
siXty-six, 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
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 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
ton approved the ninth day of February,
eighteen hundred and seventy, F'to 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 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: To enable the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to settle the accounts
of disbursing 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 paw
the expenses incurred, on the part of the |
United States, in the arbitration had be- |
tween the United States and the Green Bav
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.
For the establishment of an astronomical |
base, and continuance of military and geo.
graphical surveys and explorations west of |
+ba ono hTIndrpdth Tneri6ian Of 1Onoi+nda |