New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-26
ers Of the army, and under his supervision

| hundred ana 6lXtV-n1u6, ana y uu6 tulEtI6tu
eighteen hundred and seventyf as author
| lied by the eighteenth section OF the act OF
| July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and
| sixtv-six, 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 b0un-
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 tor
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-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 PASCAL
accounts, and be- accountable to the treas
ury of the United States fog al expendj-
tureso
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 III chambers of com
MERGE 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, III 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 70
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
siXtysX, 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 III the construction Vi
telegraph lines, and to secure 10 the gov.
eminent the use of the same, for postal.
military, and other purposes, il such com
pauy, its agents, or eInployesshall hereatteG
refuse OF neglect TO transmit amy such tele
graphic communications as are provided for
by the aforesaid act, or by the j0int res0lu-
tion approved the ninth day OF February.
eighteen hundred and seventy 't3 author
lie the Secretary OF Was TO provide for
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military stations and ether 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 fele.
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, 20
be recovered by ar action or actions at law
IN any district court of the United States.
MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS.
TO provide for the payment undes exist.
ing laws for horses and other property LOST
or destroyed IN the military service Of The
United States. enc hundred thousand dol
lars
Secret service fund: To enable Che Secre.
tary OF the Treasury to settle the accounts
Of discussing officers for expenditures al
ready made in pursuance Of law, which will
merely q transfer on the books OF the treas
ury, fifty thousand dollars.
10 provide for the payment TO Benn Ply.
man tor 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 Conyicts at State penitenfiaries:
Enr of f.nSfa and a1tAprna of Gta+A
penitentiaries for the care, clothing, main
tenance and medical attendance OF United
States military COnglctS confined in them.
sixty-tiye 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 30 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 III 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
the one hundredth meridian of longitude,
under the direction Of the Secretary Of War.
seventy five thousand dollars.
For the purchase and preparation ofinstrls-
ments for proper observation of the transit
of Venus, which is predicted to occur on
the eighth of December, eighteen hundred
and seventy four, fifty thousand dollars,