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650 THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. HI. Ch. 32, 33. 1868. WM D**P¤’*· For purchase of arms for volunteers and regulars, and ordnance and mm` ordnance stores, thirteen million two hundred and twenty-six thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight dollars. For purchase of gunpowder and lead, one million Svc hundred thousand dollars. To supply deficiency in the appropriation for the medical and hospital department of the army, four million four hundred and seventy-four thousand dollars. For surveys for military defences, including the purchase of campaign maps, manuscript surveys of railroads, canals, of lines within the States in rebellion, fifty thousand dollars. For subsistence in kind for regulars and volunteers, eigh[t]e<m million one hundred and sixty-thrc0 thousand four hundred and fif\:y·seven dollars and twenty cents. Comment Contingent expenses of the Hguse of Representatives. —-— For folding expenscsrbf documents, two thousand five hundred dollars. H°¤°‘E °f R°P"°‘ For- miscellaneous items, four thousand dollars. °°“mw°S’ For stationery, five thousand five hundred dollars. For furniture, repairs, and packing boxes for members, seven thousand dollars. of the Senate. Contingent expenses of the Senate. —- For miscellaneous items, Efteen thousand nine hundred and forty-two dollars and niucty-eight cents. For clerks of committees, messengers, pages, horses, and carry- aI1s, thirteen thousand seven hundred and eighty-six dollars and fifty cents. Puplic Public Prin¢€ng.——·T0 supply the deficiency in the appropriation for P"i”*"*S· paper for the public printing, two hundred and eighty-three thousand dollars. To supply the deficiency in the appropriation for the public printing, fifty thousand dollars. APPROVED, February 12, 1863. Hb- 14, 1863- Cru?. XXXIII.-An Act to incorporate the National Association for the Relkf qf ""`_"""` destitute Colored Women and Children. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United »·Nm0m,_1 Szates of America in Congress assembled, That Sayles J. Bowen, Daniel nssociqhion for Breed, George E. Baker, their associates and successors, being members m‘:J§I;;§0‘;;dd“' of said society, by paying into its treasury the sum of two dollars annuwomen and chil- ally, or life members by paying fifty dollars at one time, are hereby incord\‘¤¤ " i¤¤<>f- pm-ated and made s. body politic by the name of "Thc National Associap°m6d' tion for the Relief of Dcstitutc Colored Women and Childrcn,” for the pur- Purposes. pose of supporting such aged or indigent and destitute colored women and children as may properly come under the charge of such association; to provide for them a. suitable home, board, clothing, and instruction, and to bring them under Christian influence; and by that name shall have per- Powers. petuul succession, with power to usc a common seal, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded in any court of the United States, to collect subscriptions, make by-laws, rules, and regulations needful for the governmént of said corporation, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States; to have, hold, and receive real and personal estate by purchase, gift, or devise; to use, sell, or convey the same for the purposes and benefit 0f said corporation, and to choose such officers and teachers as may be deemed necessary, prescribe their duties, and fix the rate of their compensation. Omcm. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the officers of said association, shall consist of u president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and a board of managers to be composed of nine members, the whole to constitute an