Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-10-22

machinery twenty tcO OuSa00 sti0itarS.
For Benecia arsenal, California :
For blacksmith bishop, tl,irty-6ve thous-
and dollars, for transferring machinery
from the present shop. building to the
new shop-buildings, two thousand
three hundred and seventy-iye dol
lars szs. zs..
For repairing roads, buildings, sew
ers, drains and grading grounds, ten
thousand dollars. :: sS..r .>s.
For continuing the boring Of an
.artesian we'll, or. if artesisn water is
procured, for putting down permanent
iron pipes and turbine wheel, to be
run by flow Of water, to pump up wa
ter to the reservoir, five thousand and
forty seven dullars: ~
For machinery for shops, for fences,
and other similar neces.aries, four
thousand eight hundred and eighty Eve
dollars. , -
For repairs of arsenals: For re-
pairs Of smaller arsenals, and to meet
such unforeseen expenditures at arsen-
ais as accidents or other contingencies
during the year may render necessary
fifty thousand dollars. i.
- 10 enable the Secretary Of War to
provide for constructing military
bridge across the North Platte River,
at or near For, Laarmie, Wyoming
Territory, fifteen thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary Of War to
purchase for the United States, Of the
owners thereof, the lot and buildings
thereon, Immediately west Of Winder's
building on F street, Washington City,
aud tho house and lot in the rear OF
and Immediately adjoining the Army
Medical Museum, on Tenth street
Washington City, thirty-eight thous
rnd Eve hundred dollars, or So much
thereof as may be necessary for the
purpose: Provided, That the cost of
said lot adjoining Winder's building
shall not exceed thirty five thousand
dol'ars, and the cost Ct said property
adjoining the Army Medical Museum
shall not exceed three Thousand five
hundred dollars, and that payment
shall not be made for either lot until
the title thereto is perfect and the
property Tree of incumbrance.
1t is hereby declared that the north.
crn part Of. Woodlrwn Cemetery in the
city OF Elmira, in tho State of New
York; occupied by soldiers graves
shall be deemed national cemetery sc
far only that the head-stones Of said
soldiers graves shall be renewed and
maintained, and the graves cared FIR
under the provisions oflaw applicable
to national cemeteries.
That section second of an act enti
tied AN ret making appropriations fo1
the support of the army Tor the fisca
year ending June thirtieth, eighteer
hundred and seventy five, and for 9th
er purposes" passed at the present
session, shall be construed ~ direct III,
Third Auditor Of the Treasury to ce:-
tify to the Secretary Of the Treasur,
the sum necessary in the settleme Mt 0
accounts for steamboats, and other yes
sells, pending in his Office, under tn,
joint resolution approved December
twenty third, eighteen hundred ane
sixty-nine, and March third, eighteen
hundred and seventy one, and sait
sum so certified shall be excepted from
the operation Of the said seco..d sec
tion But nothing herein contained
shall be construed to effect the present
jurisdiction Of the Second Comptroller
Of the Treasury in this class of Ca les
Provided; That the Secretary Of Wa1
is authorized TO employ not exceeding
thirteen enlisted men foe one year II
the Ordinance Bureau,
10 enable the Secretary of War tt
begin the publication OF the cficia
records of the war of the rebellion
both of the Union and of the Confed
crate armies, the sum of fifteen thous
and dollars. And the Secretary O
War is hereby directed to have COPIED
for the Public Printer all reports, let
ters, kilograms. and general orders no
heretofore copied or printed, and prop
erly arranged in chronological order
For continuing experiments with
breech-loadlng cannon, under the di
rection ot the Secretary Of War, th'
SUN of ten thousand dollars is hereb,
appropriated.
For the purpose of testing Mr.. Lees
brecch-loading gun, under the direct
ion Of the Secretary Of War. the sun
OF ten thous and dollars is hereby ap
propriated
To enable the Secretary of War t.
alter certain stone buildings and maxi
the proper walls and constructions
around the same, to fit them for a
military prison, at Fort Leavenworth
Kansas, the sum of twenty-five thous
aud dollars
sIGNAL-OFFICE.
Observation and report Of storms: Fo
expenses of the observation and report 0
storms by telegraph and signals, for tn
benefit of commerce and agricultur
throughout the United States, for manu-
facture, purchase, or repairs Of meteoro
logical and other necessary instruments
for telegraphing reports, for expenses o
storm-signals, announcing probable ap
proach and force of storms, for continu
ing the establishment and connection O
stations at ife-stations and lighthouses
for instrument shelters, for hire, furni
ture, and expenses Of offices maintaine'
for public use in cities or ports receivin!
reports, for river-reports, for maps ant
bulletins t, be displayed in cham bers o
commerce and board-of-trade rooms ant
for distribution, for books and stationery
and for Incidental expenses not other
wise provided for, three hundred AM
fifty-five thousand three hundred ant
twenty five dollars.
To enable the Secretary Of War to e1
tend the line of military telegraph fron
Prescott to Camp Verde and Camp Az
ache in Arizona, four thousand dollars
Provided, That the Secretary of War be
and he is hereby authorized to pay til
expenses Of operating and keeping in re
pair the telegraph lines constructed an
operated by the War Department in sal