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FORTY-—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 293, 294. 1870. 315 To pay William Fisher, of San José, California, for supplies furnished WiUi¤¤¤ Fi¤h¢r· seamen and marines of the United States navy who were employed with the army during the Mexican war in conquering California, three thousand and seventy-five dollars. To compensate the widow of the Inte W. J. Hubard, for the statue of W- J- H¤l>¤¤‘d» Washington executed by him, said sum to be in full of all demands for ?m°° °f Wash` said statue, two thousand dollars. mzmm Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the accounting officers of the gwgym, be Treasury Department are hereby authorized to qredit. C. N. Felton, ¤U¤W¤d G- N- treasurer of the branch mint at San Francisco, with sixteen hundred and F°"°°"‘ forty-seven dollars and ninety-six cents, paid to Edward Wheaton for clerical services performed in his office. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the secretary of the Senate Paymenteo be, and he hereby is, directed to pay to the First National Bank of the Fmt N°*l°”°‘ city of Washington the sum of sixteen hundred and thirteen dollars and £,gg,,°g¥.zi;Q sixt;y·one cents, with interest from June three, eighteen hundred and fcrexiwuscsof sixty-seven. in satisfaction of money advanced to defray the expenses of °°'“”““°°‘ the joint select committee on ordnance, and that the receipt of said bank shall be deemed a sufficient voucher in the settlement of the accounts with the Treasury Department. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the commissioner of the bu- Paymentsco reau of refugees, freedmen, and abandoned lands be, and he is here- Wm?°’*`°’°°U”*‘ by, directed, out of the fund in said bureau for the education of freed- ::i‘:i}’¤?3gm§Q§:` men, to pay to Wilberforce University, situated in Greene county, Ohio, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, and to Lincoln University, situated in Chester county, Pennsylvania, twelve thousand dollars, in aid of the objects of said institutions. A1>1¤novE1>,Ju1y 15, 1870. HAP. CCXCIV. —An Act makin A ro riations or the Su rt o the Arm C Year ending June thirty, eigheengcundgedpand seve}/dy-one, angrdar 0{lzer Purpggr [he Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Me D7aited States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and {$*97 ¤PP*'°‘ the same are hereby, appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not P"°‘°‘°“‘ otherwise appropriated, for the support of the army for the year ending the tbirtietb of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-one : — For expenses of recruiting and transportation of recruits, four hundred Recruiting. and seventy-two thousand dollars. For pay of the army, twelve million nine hundred and thirty-five thou- Pay. sand three hundred and ninety dollars. For commutation in lieu of forage for of’dcers’ horses, where the same is Qommutatiou not furnished by the quartermasterk department, two thousand dollars. "‘l‘°“ °f f°’“€°• For payments to discharged soldiers for clothing not drawn, two hun- dD?S¤}¤¤fz?d§¤I- dred thousand dollars. Aud the proper accounting officers of the treasury kgs °r° °t ' are hereby authorized and required to transfer from any surplus of the Transfer of past appropriations for the " pay of the army, or of the volunteers," not s;lT;'gi';;:f“PP'°" otherwise disposed of by law, such sum as may be sufficient to cover P ’ dedciencies in the appropriations "for payments to discharged soldiers for clothing not dro,wn," for the Hseal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy. For subsistence in kind for regular troops and employe[e]s,four million $¤bSi¤¤¢¤<=¢· thirteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven dollars and twenty-two cents. For contingencies of the army, eighty thousand dollars. Contingencies. For army medical museum, five thousand dollars. M“*°“"'· For medical and other necessary works for the library of surgeon- MEdic¤|,&¤· general’s office, three thousand dollars. wi; s' d For expenses of commanding-general’s office, five thousand dollars. gw8g1g':;;?