336 THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 156. 1858. Kay Wm- Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida, seventy—!ive thousand dollars. T Garden Key, Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Tortugas, Florida, one hundred and fifty °"“g”· thousand dollars. San Francisco. Fort Point, San Francisco, California, one hundred and twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Contingent ex- For contingent expenses of fortifications, preservation of sites, protec-
°&§°"m' tion of titles, and repairs of sudden damage, thirty thousand dollars.
p.,m{,,,,.,,Qt For construction of permanent platforms for modern- cannon of large platforms fOr calibre in existing fortifications of important harbors, thirty thousand dolwvy guns' lars. Claims. For the payment of claims favorably reported upon by the board of army officers (appointed under the sixth section of the act approved August thirty-first, ehghteen hundred and fifty-two) in their final report to 1§gi°;·U°i0%6· Congress dated April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-tive, seven 'p'thousand eight hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty-two and one third cents. Bpgigesénc-on For the construction of bridges and the improvement of the crossings §°;m;°;Q_k_°,'; of streams on the road from Fort Smith, in Arkansas, to Albuquerque, Albuquerque, in New Mexico, fifty thousand dollars; and that the sum of one hundred N"' M°X*°°· thousand dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended in completing conbuRg2‘; gpgé}; nected sections of the road extending from Albuquerque, in the Territory W,.gd_ q ’ of New Mexico, westward, on the route to the Colorado River, on, or near the thirty-fifth. parallel of north latitude. Balances ofap- Sec. 2. And be at further enacted, That the balances from the approgaggggglz fg;;` priations for " preventing and suppressing Indian hostilities, and for travof india., mmm. elling allowance of volunteers," already expended in the payment of gm. hgvam b¤ Florida volunteers called into service by authority of the War Departxpm ° ° ment, may be applied by the accounting officers of the treasury to the settlement of the accounts of paymasters by whom said balances were _ disbursed. Ongzgliggslggfd Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any commmism. 0;,,,, of missioned officer of the army to administer the prescribed oath of enlistenlistment to re- ment to recruits; Provided the services of a civil magistrate authorized
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mm, · Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there be appropriated, out Pm-Wings of of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for preparinv sailing charts of · . . . . ° Bhmngg stmt, the drawings of the sailing charts of the Bhermg’s Strait and North Pa- &c. expedition. eilic Exploring and Surveying Expedition under the control and direction of the Secretary of the Navy, but not for printing the same, six thousand seven hundred dollars. Act of 1847, Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the eleventh section of the act
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lgygglign gn the making provision for an additional number of general officers and for ¤¤kii¤5‘¤’ Wy. fs- other purposes," which deprives sutlers in the army of their right to a P°$;°L‘ix' {,.185. hen upon any part of the pay of the soldiers, or to appear at the pay table to receive the soldiers pay from the paymaster, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. mggzlzwihzgho Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That all the existing laws, or parts 0,- mm,§,.y Sim of laws which authorize the sale of military sites which are or may become useless for mill- useless for military purposes be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and
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proviso_ laws of the United States: Provided, further, That the provisions of the 1856. <>¤- 129- act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, relative to cer- 4***% P· 67- tain reservations in the State of Florida, shall continue in force. Armovnn, June 12, 1858.
