Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-01-15

LAWS or THR UNITEU STATES
Brassd at he second Session Of the Forty-secont

tleth eighteen hundred ana heVenty-thteet VIZ:
UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT..
For improving lincoln park, building pavements
openIng walks, and lodge, five thousand i've hun
FSr Improving reservation on New York avenue
and Eighteenth street, seven thousand five hundred
"' Ior repairs Of government waterpipes and fire
NIL 20 and purchase OF apparatus for cleaning watel
Mines ten thousand dollars; for purchase OF spar
Tows cages, boxes, and care OF the same, nve hun
GTsS 6S sae iams dns hundred dollars FOR abstnS
nnlsapGea, one thousand dollars.
For improving reservations on different avenues
For casual repairs Of Navy YARD bridge and Upper
bridge three thousand d0llarA
wAsHIRaTOH AQUKDUCT.
For repairs OF dwellings for keepers Of the water
gates one thousand i've hundred dollars
For completing the Parapet,s Of CABIN John bridge
thirteen thousand nine hundred and thirty-fouf
dollars ,. ...., A., -, . ,
NJ Inc Potomac with the reservoirs and with the
ofice in washington, two thousand i've hundred
Fsr maintenance, including superintendence sal
aries Of gate keepers, and general repairs, fifteen
Nor compIeting the necessary excavation Of dlstri-
butng reservoir, eleven thousand Ave hundred and
nity dollars.
feet in diameter from the central gae-honse 70 the
anluent gate-hOuBe, twenty-five thousand nine hun
bred and thirty-two dollars.
For purchase of land for road from the Great falls
TO conduit road three thousand one hundred and
thrty.nine dollars; and all the foregoing apPropria-
hereby made available Immediately upon the pas
For rebuildIng the Chain bridge. on the Potomac
river one hundred thousand dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary: PrOBidea, That the
bridge shall be rebuilt as o substantial Iron struc-
ture, upon plans to be approved by the Chief of En-
gineers OF the army, ana under his supervision and
direction.
and i've watchmen in reservation TIVE, twenty per
centum on their pay for the year ending June thir-
teth eighteen hundred and slxty-nine, and June
thirIeth, eighteen hundred and seventy, author
igsd BY the eighteenth section of the act OF Juy
twenty-elghth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, two
thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars, or 30
much as may be necessary.
BUREAU or REFUGRss, FREEDMEN AND ABANDONED
LANDS.
ey, and other Legitimate claims of coiOred soldiers
and sailors viz: For salaries OF agents aud CLERKS;
rent OF once, fuel, and lights stationery and print
lng; Office furniture AID repairs mileage and trans
pOrtaton OF officers and agents; telegraphing aud
postage one hundred thousand dollars fT0Uaied,
That the Bureau OF Refugees, Freedmen and ADan.
dDaed Lands shall be discontinued from and after
June thrtieih eighteen hundred and seventy-two,
und that all agents, clerks, and other employers
then on duty shall DO discharged, except such as
may be retained by the Secretary OF War for the
purposes OF this proviso; ali acts and parts OF
acts pertaining 10 the collection aud payment Of
bOunlies, or other moneys due to coOred soldiers,
sailors, and marines or their heirs, shall remain
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
For the support Of Freedmens Hospital and Asy-
lum at Washington, District OF Columbia via: Pay
OF medical officers and attendants; medicines, med
teal supplies and rations; clothing; rent OF hospital
buildings. fuel and lights; repairs ana transporta-
lion, seventyfOur thousand dollars: FToUided, That
no part OF sad 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
thltherf ON some olher government hospital: Pro-
pided That after June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
anu seyenty-twO, the Freedmens Hospital In the
laha mt nth
by Congress, be continued under the supervision
and control of the Secretary OF War who small make
all estimates, and pass ali accounts, and be account
able TO the treasury OF the United States for all
pendltures.
SIGNAL OFFICE.
For manufacture, purchase, or repair Of meteorol-
Oglcal and and other necessary ins ruments; for
teegraphing reports for expenses Of stOrm-signals
announcing probable approach and force Of storms
throughout the United states, for the benefit of
commerce and Agricultural for instrument shelters;
for hire, furniture, and expenses OF Ofees main
taned for public uae In cities or posts receiving
ports; for maps and bulletins, TO be- displayed In
chambers Of commerce and bOards-Oft trade rooms;
S not @ wo
hfy thousand dollars: Pr0Dided, That the Secretary
Of War be- and he hereby is, authorized and requl
red TO provide, In the system OF observations and
reports In charge of the chief signal ofcer of the
army, for such stations, reports and signals may
be found necessary for the benefit OF agriculture
and commercial Interests: And JrOpiiei, = hat no
part of this appropriation, or Of any appropriation
iOr inc several Departments OF the government,
Nilal be paid TO any teegTaphic company which |
shall neglect or refuse TO transmit Geographic COM
inunlcations between said Departments, their DILL
GERS agents. or employees, under the provisions OF
the second section OF chapter tW1 hundred and tar
yOf the Statutes OF the United States for the year
eighteen hundred and slxty-sx, and at rates OF
compensation therefor 70 be established by the Post
lnahter Generals IToptded also, That whenever any
telegraph company shall have filed its written az
cePtance with the Postmaster General, of the re-
hlrctOns and obligations required by the act appro-
Yed July twebtyfOurth, eighteen hundred aud sixty
six, entitled IAN act to aid In tho construction OI
telegraph lines, and to 10 the government the
Use VI the same, for postal military and other pur
poses, u such company, It's agents. or employees, |
sha hereafter refuse or neglect TO transmit any
such Geographic communications are provided |
Tor ny the aforesaid act, or by the joint resolution
bred and seventy, ito authorize the Secretary OF |
war TO provide for taking meteorological obserya-
lions al the military stations and other points Of the
interior Of the continent and for giving notice on
the northern lakes and seabOard Of the approach |
aml t9IGe OF storms" such telegraphlc company
shh forfeit and pay to the United States not less
llian one hundred and not exceeding one thousand |
nas Tor each refusal or neglect aforesaid 70 be
lrlct court of the United States.
MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS.
To provide for the payment under existing laws
inr horses aud other property lost destroyed In
the military service OF the United States, one hum
seGretseryiee fund: To enable the Secretary of |
the Treasury to settle the accounts OF dBDurslDK
officers for expenditures already made In pursuance
OF law, which Will not involve any actual e&pend
lure but mere transfer on the books OF the trersn
~ MY thousand dollars.
10 provide for the payment to Bonn Pitman for a |
Transcript OF the photographic copy of the recorl |
u proceedings OF the court Of inquiry In relation
70 me conduct Of General d. o. Buell., while IN nc
MANI Of The army In Kentucky and Tennessee, the |
SUN oi WE'VE hundred dollars.
Mlllaty conViCts 0i State penltentlaTies For pay
menu OF cost and charges OF state penitentiar es for
We care, olothing Maintenance. and medical at |
nulahceot United States military convics confined |
III theln, siNtyhve thousand dollars.
lteIuhuhR 10 States expenses Incurred In raising Il
h"uheersi TO Indemnity the States for expenses /
Incurred ny them IN enrolling, equlppng and trans
Itlhg troops for the defence OF the United states
ii lars.
IOenabe the Secretary Of War to pay the expen-
ses incurred on the part of the United States In the
nnluatlOn mad between the United States aud the Il
,,'e,n bay ana mississippi Canal Company, thirteen
mntty-seVen cents.
10 provide for the erection Of headstones upon /
we graves OF soldiers In the national cemeteries,
t's sum VI two hundred thousand dollars
ror me estsbli hment OF an astronomical base,
ahu continuance OF military geographical surveys
ahn operations west OF the one hundredth meridi-
~" o. longitude under the direction OF the Secretary
W az, AeVenty'nVe thousand dollars.
=, rOT tne purchase and preparation OF Instruments
W. q proper Observation of the tiansit OF Venus,
WHEN ~ predicted to the eighth OF Decem-
W. eighteen hundred and sweeney four fifty thou
s'ui aoilars to be expended under the direction of
n umlnsslOn, to be composed OF the Superintend-
81 an. TWO OF the professors OF mathematics Of the
lazy attached TO the Naval Observatory, the Preei
VHt Vi tue National Academy Of Sciences, and the