New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-16
GERS Of the army, and under his supervision


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
sixty-six, two thousand eight hundred anG
| 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
! coIored 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 colored 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-four 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
Freedmen's 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 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
no Gaarafonu Of War ho 6o To-, -
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 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 and
sixtysix, and at rates of compensation
therefor to be established by the Postmaster
General; provided also, that whenever any
telegraph company shall have fled it's 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 "An 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 OF 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, "to author
ize 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 seab0ard Of the
and force of storms" such tele- |
graphic company shall forfeit and paw 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
ars.
Secret service fund: To enable the Secre-
JarV OF the treasury to settle the accounts
If 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
Try, fifty thousand dollars.
10 provide Tor the payment to Benn Pit
nan for transcript of his photographic
copy of the record and proceedings of the
court Of inquiry in relation to the conduct |
II General ID. G. Buell., while in command
II the army in Kentucky and Tennessee.
he sum of twelve hundred dollars.
Military convicts at State penitentiaries:
Cor payment OF costs and charges of State
)enitentiaries for the care, clothing, main
enance and medical attendance of United
states military convicts confined in them
ixty-tive thousand dollars.
Retundlng to States expenses incurred in |
aising volunteers: To indemnify the States
or expenses incurred by them in enrolling,
quipping, and Transporting troops for the
License OF the United States during the late
five hundred thousand dol
ars.
To enable the Secretary of War to paw
he expenses incurred, on the part Of the
United States, in the arbitration had be-
ween the Upited States and the Green Bay
nd Mississippi Canal Company, thirteen
thousand seven hundred and thirteen dol T.
ars and ninety seven cents.
To provide for the erection OF headstones
pom the graves Of soldiers IN the national
the sum of two hundred thou
and dollars. {
For the establishment Of an astronomical
ase, and continuance of military and geo 1
raphical surveys and explorations west of
ne one hundredth meridian of longitude, i
nder the direction of the Secretary of War, t
3venty five thousand dollars. {
For the purchase and preparation ofinstru- t