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12 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 20, 21. 1867. House. That the oflioers aforesaid be also authorieed to appoint three additional wutchmen, one for each of the eastern ·port1cos and the carr1agc— Pay of watch- ways under the same. Each watchman so appointed shall receive an an m°¤· nual compensauion of one thousand dollars, payable on the order of the sergeant-atrarms of the Senate and the sergeant-at-arms of the llouse, or Appmpi-iation either of them, and the amount of money necessary to pay smd watch-

’e¥}'°’°"° 6s°“l men from the date of their appointment untillthe end of the present fiscal

•‘ te . year be. and the same is hereby, appropria _ _ for next fiscal For the compensation of said watchmen for the Hscal year ending une YW`; thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, the sum of eleven th0u>and dollars is hereby appropriated. _ for additional For the compensation of an additional lxeutenantand private of the °¤l°°"t.“gd VQ;] Capitol police, authorized to be appomted by the presnding officers of the 31:23. api two houses of Congress, from the date of their appointment until the close of the present fiscal year at the rate paid others of the same grade, sc much money as may be necessary is hereby approprigtedhaad for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundre an sixty-eign, the sum of thirt -three hundred dollars is hereby appropriated. Y . Sergeaiimt- The sergeant-at-arms of the Senate and the sergeant-at·m·ms of the "ms °f S°““t° House are hereby authorized to select a pattern Sor a uniform for the ilencci ixggsnlgiigl Capitol police and watchmen, and furnish to each member of the force T¤¤¤i¤l5 ¤¤if<>r¤¤ two suits per year, at a cost not to exceed fifty dollars per suit, and also "’ pQ’l‘°° ml to furnish said thrce with the necessary belts, arms, and so forth, at a cost wll2:l;i·lllli;M not to exceed twenty dollars per man, and the amount of money necessary &b°l¤¤» °"m’¤ to carry this provision into effect is hereby appropriated out of any naoney °' in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, payable upon the certificate Appropriations. of the officers above named. One half of the moneys hereinbefore approprinted shall be paid into the contingent fund of the Senate, and the other half into the contingent fund of the House of Representatives. .$Cl‘}§(%I\llf;lt" Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sergeant-at-arms of the

lLl2;,t§,g?°° l Senate and of the Houselof Representatives are authorized to intake such

secure the Cupi- rulee and regulations asht iey may eem necessary to preserve e peace ml {Wm d°l`**°°‘ and secure the Ca 1tol from defacement and for the rotectxon of the pubment &,c - . .p P . maj args; and lic property--therein, and shall have power to arrest and detain any person deem. persons violating sand rules, until such person can be brought before the proper

£;;f‘3§Lg:°&c_ authorities {br trial, without farther order of Congress. _

Ap3r¤priii:ii.i.s Sec. 3. And be at _/larlher enacted, That all moneys appropriated for TM W l=¤*l¤i*§l‘*¤ the Washington aqueduct and for the other public works of the District m:',°lsm wt; of Columbia shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of pendad. War. This not may S20. 4. And be iifurther enacted, That all laws inconsistent with this be "l°°’“‘l‘ act are hereby repealed. APP1{OVED, March 30, 1867. lliareh 80, 1867. CHAP. XXI. -.411 Act amendutvry 1y' the organic Act of Colorado Territory. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Sass;?,,,, of ghg States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter the sessions of l¤:¤¤l¤¤V¤ M- the legislative assembly of Colorado Territory shall be biennial. Memmmbly M p°l` bers of the council shall be elected for the term of four ears d orado I`erritory Y_ v an mem' to he biennial. bers of the house for the term of two years, and shall receive the sum of b€}S°;?“t§§ six dollars per day instead of three dollars ll0l‘€l'.0fo1'B allowed, and shall cu and of ul, also receive the same imleage now allowed by law. h<>;}S<>- d _ Sec. 2. And be it_)‘·in·t/wr enacted, That each house shall have authoragfy ““ m‘l°' ity to elect, in addition to the officers now allowed by law, an enrolling Euehimugg clerk, who shall receive five dollars per day. The chief clerk shall remny ¤l<=¤¤ M1 ¤¤- eeive six dollars per day, and the other officers elected by said levislature rolling clerk. . _ ° my of clerks shall receive five dollars per day each. gud other om- Sicc. 3. And be it further enacted, That the members of the legislative BIS.