penses quarter 1802, ch. 9, Vol. iii. $6. For the general and incidental expenses of the quartermasters' depart- Incidental exment, consisting of postage on letters and packets received and sent by masters de officers of the army on public service; expenses of courts-martial, mil- partment. itary commissions, and courts of inquiry, including the additional compensation of judge advocates, recorders, members, and witnesses while on that service, under the act of March sixteen, eighteen hundred and two; extra pay to soldiers employed under the direction of the quarter-21, 22. Vol. ii. p. 186. masters' department in the erection of barracks, quarters, storehouses, 1819, ch. 45. and hospitals, in the construction of roads, and other constant labor for p. 488. 1854, ch. 247, periods of not less than ten days, under the acts of March two, eighteen hundred and nineteen, and August four, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, including those employed as clerks at division and department headquarters; expenses of expresses to and from the frontier posts and armies in the field; of escorts to paymasters and other disbursing officers, and to trains where military escorts cannot be furnished; expenses of the interment of officers killed in action, or who die when on duty in the field, or at posts on the frontiers, or at posts and other places, when ordered by the Secretary of War, and of non-commissioned officers and soldiers; authorized office furniture; hire of laborers in the quartermasters' department, including the hire of interpreters, spies, and guides for the army; compensation of clerks to officers of the quartermasters' department; compensation of forage and wagon-masters authorized by the act of July fifth, eighteen 1838, ch. 162, 10. hundred and thirty-eight; for the apprehension of deserters and the ex- Vol. v. p. 257. penses incident to their pursuit; and for the following expenditures required for the several regiments of cavalry, the batteries of light artillery, and such companies of infantry as may be mounted, viz. the purchase of travelling forges, blacksmiths' and shoeing tools, horse and mule shoes and nails, iron and steel for shoeing, hire of veterinary surgeons, medicines for horses and mules, picket ropes, and for shoeing the horses of the corps named; also, generally, the proper and authorized expenses for the movement and operations of an army, not expressly assigned to any other department, two million dollars. For mileage, or the allowance made to officers of the army, for the transportation of themselves and their baggage when travelling on duty without troops, escort, or supplies, two hundred thousand dollars. Mileage. tion. For transportation of the army, including baggage of the troops when Transportamoving either by land or water, of clothing, camp and garrison equipage, from the depots of Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and New York to the several posts and army depots, and from those depots to the troops in the field, and of subsistence stores from the places of purchase, and from the places of delivery under contract, to such places as the circumstances of the service may require them to be sent; of ordnance, ordnance stores, and small-arms from the founderies and armories to the arsenals, fortifications, frontier posts, and army depots; freights, wharfage, tolls, and ferriages; the purchase and hire of horses,, mules, oxen, and harness, and the purchase and repair of wagons, carts and drays, and of ships and other sea-going vessels and boats required for the transportation of supplies, and for garrison purposes; for drayage and cartage at the several posts; hire of teamsters; transportation of funds for the pay and other disbursing departments; the expense of sailing public transports on the various rivers, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic and ports. Pacific; for procuring water at such posts as from their situation require it to be brought from a distance; and for clearing roads and removing obstructions from roads, harbors, and rivers to the extent which may be required for the actual operations of the troops in the field, five million dollars. Public trans Water. Obstructions in roads, rivers, and harbors. Hire or com mutation of quarters, huts, For hire or commutation of quarters for officers on military duty; hire of quarters for troops, of storehouses for the safe-keeping of military stores, and of grounds for summer cantonments; for the construc- &c. VOL. XV. PUB.-5 Heating and cooking stoves. Ordnance ser vice. tion of temporary huts, hospitals, and stables, and for repairing publis buildings at established posts, two million dollars. For heating and cooking stoves, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the ordnance service, required to defray the current expenses at the arsenals of receiving stores and issuing arms and other ordnance supplies; of police and office duties; of rents, tolls, fuel, and lights; of stationery and office furniture; of tools and instruments for use; of public animals, forage, and vehicles; incidental expenses of the ordnance service, including those attending practical trials and tests of ordnance, small-arms, and other ordnance supplies, two hundred thousand dollars: No part to pay Provided, That no money appropriated by this act shall be used to pay for any new cannon or small-arms. for new cannon or small-arms. Purchase of For purchasing three acres of land adjoining Federal Square at land for Spring- Springfield armory, three thousand dollars. field armory. Armories and Watervliet. St. Louis. Benecia. Vancouver. Mount Ver non. Watertown. Allegheny. Fort Monroe. Frankford. Kennebec. New York. Pikesville. Preservation and repairs of works of defence. Appropriation history of rebellion, how to be applied. for medical, &c. FOR REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS OF ARMORIES AND ARSENALS. For arsenal and armory at Rock Island, Illinois, three hundred and eighty thousand dollars: Provided, That eighty thousand dollars of said sum shall be devoted to the development of the water-power to carry out existing contracts. For Watervliet arsenal, West Troy, New York, twenty thousand dollars. For arsenal at St. Louis, Missouri, five thousand dollars. For Augusta arsenal, Augusta, Georgia, ten thousand dollars. For Baton Rouge arsenal, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For Benecia arsenal, Benecia, California, ten thousand dollars. For Vancouver arsenal, Vancouver, Washington Territory, five thousand dollars. For Mount Vernon arsenal, Mount Vernon, Alabama, five thousand dollars. For Watertown arsenal, Watertown, Massachusetts, fifteen thousand dollars. For Allegheny arsenal, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, five thousand dollars. For Fort Monroe arsenal, Old Point Comfort, Virginia, four thousand five hundred dollars. For Frankford arsenal, Bridesburg, Pennsylvania, eight hundred and eighty dollars. For Kennebec arsenal, Augusta, Maine, two thousand dollars. For Leavenworth arsenal, Leavenworth, Kansas, five thousand dollars. For New York arsenal, Governor's Island, New York, three thousand dollars. For Pikesville arsenal, Pikesville, Maryland, eight hundred dollars. For the preservation and necessary repairs of the fortifications and the works of defence, two hundred thousand dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That of the appropriation of sixty thousand dollars for publishing the medical and surgical history of the rebellion and the medical statistics of the provost marshal general's office, made in an act approved July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, thirty thousand dollars shall be devoted to the preparation and publication of five thousand copies of the medical statistics of the provost marshal general's bureau, and that the work shall be compiled and completed by assistant medical purveyor J. H. Baxter, under the marshal gener immediate direction of the Secretary of War, and without the interference of any other officer. 1866, ch. 296. Vol. xiv. pp. 310, 311. Medical statistics of provost al's bureau. CHAP. LIII. — An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act for the Relief of the Inhabitants of Cities and Towns upon the public Lands," approved March two, eighteen hun dred and sixty-seven. June 8, 1868. 1867, ch. 177 Vol. xiv. p. 541. Inhabitants of towns, &c. may do. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the inhabitants of any town located on the public land of the United States may avail themselves, enter public if the town authorities elect so to do, of the provisions of the act of March lands occupied two, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act for the relief of as town sites at minimum price, the inhabitants of cities and towns upon the public lands:" Provided, &c. if authoriThis act shall not prevent the issuance of patents to persons who have ties so elect to made, or may make, entries and elect to proceed under existing laws: Patents to isAnd provided further, That no title under said act of March two, eighteen sue to those hundred and sixty-seven, shall be acquired to any valid mining claim or making entries under existing possession held under the existing laws of Congress: Provided also, That laws. in addition to the minimum price of the lands included in any town site No title given entered under the provisions of this act and "An act for the relief of the to valid mining inhabitants of cities and towns upon the public lands," approved March Costs of surtwo, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, there shall be paid by the parties vey, &c. to be paid. availing themselves of the provisions of said acts all costs of surveying and platting any such town site, and expenses incident thereto, incurred by the United States, before any patent shall issue therefor. APPROVED, June 8, 1868. CHAP. LIV. - An Act to extend the Time for completing the military Road authorized by an Act entitled "An Act granting Lands to the States of Michigan and Wisconsin to aid in the Construction of a military Road from Fort Wilkins, Copper Harbor, Kewenaw County, in the State of Michigan, to Fort Howard, Green Bay, in the State of Wisconsin." claim. June 8, 1868. 1863, ch. 104. Vol. xii. p. 797. tended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asssembled, That the time for completing Time of comthe military road, and for the sales of lands, authorized by an act entitled pleting military "An act granting lands to the States of Michigan and Wisconsin to aid road, &c. exin the construction of a military road from Fort Wilkins, Copper Harbor, Kewenaw county, in the State of Michigan, to Fort Howard, Green Bay, in the State of Wisconsin," approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be, and the same is hereby, extended to March first, eighteen hundred and seventy. APPROVED, June 8, 1868. - An Act to further provide for giving Effect to the various Grants of public June 8, 1868. Lands to the State of Nevada. Selection of vada under rail 1864, ch. 36. Vol. xiii. p. 30. 1866, ch. 166. Vol. xiv. p. 85. Pre-emption Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of Nevada is authorized to select the alternate even-numbered sections within the lands by Nelimits of any railroad grant in said State, in satisfaction, in whole or in road grants by part, of the several grants made in the following acts of Congress, to wit: Congress. the act organizing the Territory of Nevada, passed March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-one; the act admitting the State of Nevada into the Union, passed March twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixtyfour; and the act concerning certain lands granted to Nevada, passed July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six: Provided, That this privilege and homestead. shall not extend to lands upon which there may be rightful claims under Land taken the pre-emption and homestead laws: And provided, That if lands be at minimum price of $2.50 selected, the minimum price of which is two dollars and fifty cents per per acre to equal acre, each acre so selected shall be taken by the State in satisfaction of two acres at $1.25 per acre. two acres, the minimum price of which is one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre: And provided further, That the lands granted in the eighth and Certain selecninth sections of the said act admitting Nevada into the Union shall be tions when to be selected within four years from the passage of this act, and the period for the selection of said lands is hereby so extended. made. Agricultural college lands. 1862, ch. 130. Vol. xii. p. 508. 1866, ch. 209. Vol. xiv. p. 208. Land district created. Location of office. Boundaries and locations of land office may be changed. Selection of agricultural college lands by California. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the lands known and designated for the establishment of an agricultural college by the act of July second, cighteen hundred and sixty-two, and the acts amendatory thereto, shall be selected in the same manner and of the same character of lands as may be selected in satisfaction of any other grants referred to in the first section of this act. But this act shall not authorize the selection of lands valuable for mines of gold, silver, quicksilver, or copper. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the county of Esmeralda, in the State of Nevada, and the counties of Mono and Inyo, in the State of California, are hereby created a land district; and the land office for such. district shall be located at Aurora, in Esmeralda county; and the President shall be authorized hereafter, from time to time, as circumstances may require, to adjust the boundaries of any and all of the land districts in said State, and change the location of the land office from time to time, when the same shall be expedient. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the lands granted to the State of California for the establishment of an agricultural college by the act of July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and acts amendatory thereto, may be selected by said State from any lands within said State subject to pre-emption and sale: Provided, that this privilege shall not extend to lands upon which there may be rightful claims under the preemption and homestead laws, nor to mineral lands: And provided further, Limitation up- That if lands be selected as aforesaid, the minimum price of which is two on such selec tion. dollars and fifty cents per acre, each acre so selected shall be taken by the State in satisfaction of two acres, the minimum price of which is one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre: And provided further, That such selections shall be made in every other respect subject to the conditions, restrictions, and limitations contained in the acts hereby modified. APPROVED, June 8, 1868. June 17, 1868. CHAP. LXI. — An Act making Appropriations for the naval Service for the Year end ing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. Navy appropriation. Pay of officers and seamen. Preservation of vessels, materials, stores, repairs, &c. Bureau of yards and docks. Navy yard at Portsmouth; Boston. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine: For pay of commission, warrant, and petty officers, and seamen, eight million dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For preservation of wood and iron vessels and ships in ordinary, and for those that are on the stocks; vessels for the naval academy; for purchase of material and stores of all kinds; labor in navy yards; tools, transportation of material, repair of vessels, and maintenance of the navy afloat, three million dollars. Bureau of Yards and Docks. For contingent expenses that may accrue for the following purposes, viz. For freight and transportation; for printing, advertising, and stationery; for books, models, and drawings; for the purchase and repair of fire engines; for machinery of every description; for purchase and maintenance of oxen and horses, and driving teams; for carts, timber-wheels, and workmen's tools; for telegrams and postage of letters on public service; for furniture for government offices and houses; for candles, oil, and gas; for cleaning and clearing up yards; for flags, awnings, and packing boxes; for rent of landings; for tolls and ferriages; for coal and other fuel; for water tax and for rent of stores, eight hundred thousand dollars. Navy Yard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. For the necessary repairs of all kinds, fifty thousand dollars. - Navy Yard at Boston. For repairs of buildings, and repairs of all kinds, one hundred thousand dollars. Philadelphia; Navy Yard at Philadelphia.- For repairs of all kinds, fifty thousand dollars. Navy Yard at Washington.— For repairs of all kinds, eighty thousand dollars. Navy Yard at Norfolk. For preservation of the yard and the necessary repairs of all kinds, fifty thousand dollars. Washington; Norfolk; Navy Yard at Pensacola. For preservation of the yard and the Pensacola; necessary repairs of all kinds, fifty thousand dollars. Navy Yard at Mare Island. For repairs of all kinds, sixty thou- thou-Mare Island. sand dollars. Naval Station at Sackett's Harbor. - For repairs and the general care of the public property, two thousand dollars. Naval Station at Mound City, Illinois. - For the necessary repair of the levee and yard buildings, twenty-seven thousand dollars. Naval Station at Key West. For necessary repairs of wharves and buildings, three thousand dollars. - Naval Asylum at Philadelphia. For furniture and repairs of same, one thousand dollars. For house cleaning and white-washing, eight hundred dollars. For general improvement and repairs, five thousand dollars. Naval station at Sackett's Harbor; Mound City; Key West. Naval Asyl um. Civil estab and naval store ents of mechani For pay of superintendents and the civil establishment at the several navy yards and stations under the control of the bureau of yards and lishment at navy yards, &c. docks, and at the navy asylum, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That Appointment the civil engineer and naval storekeeper at the several navy yards shall of civil engineer be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of keeper at navy the Senate, and that the persons employed at the several navy yards to yards. superintend the mechanical departments, and heretofore known as master mechanics, master carpenters, master joiners, master blacksmiths, master boiler-makers, master sail-makers, master plumbers, master painters, mas- Superintendter caulkers, master masons, master boat-builders, master spar-makers, cal departments master block-makers, master laborers, and the superintendents of rope to be skilled in walks, shall be men skilled in their several duties and appointed from their duties and civil life, and shall not be appointed from the officers of the navy. appointed from civil life. Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting. For the purchase of hemp and other material for the navy; for the purchase of coal and the transportation and other expenses thereon; for the purchase of various articles of equipment, viz. wire rope and machinery for its manufacture, hides, cordage, canvass, leather, iron cables and anchors, furniture, galleys, and hose, and for the payment of labor for equipping vessels, and manufacture of articles in the navy yards pertaining to this bureau, one million dollars. For expenses that may accrue for the following purposes, viz. For freight and transportation of materials and stores for bureau of equipment and recruiting, expenses of recruiting, transportation of enlisted men, printing, postage, advertising, telegraphing, and stationery for the bureau of equipment and recruiting, apprehension of deserters, assistance to vessels in distress, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For the pay of superintendents and the civil establishment at the several navy yards under this bureau, eighteen thousand dollars. Bureau of Navigation. For navigation apparatus and supplies, and for the purposes incidental to navigation, viz. For compass stations and for repairs and care of same, four thousand dollars. For services and materials for correcting compasses on board of vessels, and for testing compasses on shore, three thousand dollars. Bureau of equipment and recruiting. Bureau of navigation. |