New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-07
GERS of the army, and under his supervision

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| and direction.
To pay five laborers in the old part of Che
| 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 thlrtleth,
| 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 or REFUGEES. FREEDMES AND
ABANDONED lands.
| For collection and payment Of bounty.
Drize-monev, 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
| yisO: and all acts and parts OF acts pertain
! inc to the collection and payment Of bOun-
| ties, or other moneys due 10 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, VINO may employ
| such clerical force as may be necessary tor
For the support Of Freeimen'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 ct
| fhe 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 thIftleth
| eighteen hundred and seventy-tWO, the
Freedmens Hospital in the District of Co
| lumbia shall, until otherwise ordered by
Congress, be continued under the superVl-
| sion and control of che Secretary of Nar.
! who shalt make all estimates, and pass all
! accounts, and be accountable 80 the treas
u1y OF the United States 5or al expendl.
! SuTeso
| sIGSAH. OFFICE.
! Scr manufacture, purchase or repair OF
| meteorological and other necessary ln5tru-
ments; for telegraphlng reports; tor eX'
| nenseS of storm signals announcing prop
| able approach and force of storms through
I out the United States, fog the benefit OF
I commerce and agriculture; for instrument
| shelters; for hire, furniture aud expenses OF
! offices maintained for public use in cities OF
| posts receiving reports; !or maps and bui'
l letins. 20 be displayed in chambers of COM
I merce and boards OF trade rooms; for books
| and stationery: and for incidental expenses
: al 11p0y-iJai 4nn6Tp1
! and fifty thousand dollars: provided, that
! the Secretary OF War be and ne hereby is
| authorized and required 70 provide, in the
I system Of observations and reports IL
charge of che chief pgnaI officer of the
| army, for such stations. reports and sig
! mails as may be found necessary for the
| benefit OF agriculture and commercial in
| ferests: and provided that no part OF this
| appropriation, nor OF any appropriation for
| The several departments of the government,
! shall! be paid 20 any Geographic COM
I panv which shall neglect or refuse TO
! transmit Geographic 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
! sixfy-SiXo 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 Gene
egalo of the restrictions and obligations
| required by the act approved July twenty
! fourth, eighteen hundred and siXty-BiX, en-
titled IAN act 70 aid IN the construction OF
| telegraph lines, and to secure 10 the gOyo
eminent Che use OF the same. for postal,
! military. and other purposes" if such conn
] panyo its agents, or employees shall hereafter
getuse or neglect to transmit any such tele.
| graphic communications as are provided for
! by the aforesaid act, or by the joint yesolu-
! ton approved the ninth day OF February.
| eighteen hundred and SEVENTH ''to author.
| !ze the Secretary of Wax 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 stormse' such teiee
| graphic company shall forfeit and pay to
! the United States not less than one hun.
dred and not exceeding one thousand dOlo
lars for each refusal or neglect aforesaid, to
De recovered by an action or actions at law,
N any district court Of the United States.
MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS.
TO provide for che 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 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.
ugy. fifty thousand dollars.
To provide for the payment 20 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 D. G. 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 G0nEicts confined in them.
sixty-fve 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