New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-18
GERS Of the army, and under his supervision

eV4s y! tAe dEuyy anu uQueE 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 tbirtieth. 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
prizemoney, 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-
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-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 Seventy-tw0, the
Freedmen's Hospital in the District of Co
| lumbia shall, until otherwise ordered by
| Congress, be continued under the superyi-
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 telegrapbing 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 III 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
| aAl cd hat
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
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 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 fled 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 II 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
-rsl 41,o 1r,y,
ton approved the ninth day of February,
| eighteen hundred and seventy, "t0 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 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 Bonn 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 c0nvicts 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-five thousand dollars.
Reminding to States expenses incurred in
raising volunteers: To indemnify the States
for expenses incurred by them in enrolling,
equpping, 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