FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. (JH. 186,187. 1879. 469 Third. No profit shall be put on any books or tangible apparatus for Profits. the instruction of the blind manufactured or furnished by the trustees of said American Printing House for the Blind, located in Louisville, Kentucky; and the price put upon each article so manufactured or furnished shall only be its actual cost. Fourth. The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States shall have lVithh0lding in the authority to withhold the income arising from said bonds thus set °°m°· apart for the education of the blind of the United States whenever he shall receive satisfactory proof that the trustees of said American Printing House for the Blind, located in Louisville, Kentucky, are not using the income from these bonds for the benefit of the blind in the public institutions for the education of the Blind in the United States. Fifth. Before any money be paid to the treasurer of the American Bend of treasu- Printing House for the Blind by the Secretary of the Treasury of the ‘°”· United States, the treasurer of the American Printing House for the Blind shall execute a bond, with two approved sureties, to the amount of twenty thousand dollars, conditioned that the interest so received shall be expended according to this law and all amendments thereto, which shall be held by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, and shall be renewed every two years. Sixth. The superintendents of the various public institutions for the Ex-otnoio trusteducation of the blind in the United States shall each, ex officio, be a °°¤· member of the board of trustees of the American Printing House for the Blind, located in the city of Louisville, Kentucky. Sec. 4. That the trustees of said American Printing House for the Annual roport. Blind shall annually make to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States a report of the items of their expenditure of the income of said bonds during the year preceding their report, and shall annually furnish Vouchcm. him with a voucher from each public institution for the education of the blind, showing that the amount of books and tangible apparatus due has been received. Sec. 5. That this act shall take effect from and after its passage. In foroo. Approved, March 3, 1879. CHAP. 187.-An act making appropriations for the payment of the arrears of pen- March 3, 1879. sions granted by act of Congress approved January twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred ————————-— and seventy-ni.ne, and for other purposes 23, , )r)• Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be and hereby is Appropriations. appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following sums namely: For the arrears of pensions due on Arrears of ponclaims in which the pensions were allowed prior to January twenty- sions. fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, twenty-tive million dollars; the amounts paid out respectively for Army and Navy pensions to be accounted for separately to the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department. For pensions for Army and Navy invalids, widows, Army pensions. minors and dependent relatives for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth NNY 1>¤¤¤i<>¤¤- eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, one million eight hundred thousand dollars in addition to the amounts heretofore appropriated for those purposes, the amounts paid out on account of Army and Navy pensions respectively to be accounted for separately to the proper accounting officers of the Treas1u·y Department. For temporary clerks in the Pen- T 0 rn p 0 r a r y sion Office and for furniture, rent of additional rooms and other contin- g}g;kgm2f_°·> P"“‘ gencies fiftytwo thousand two hundred dollars in addition to the appro- " priations which have been or shall be made under other acts the same _ to be available until June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty: Pro- PWM0- vided, That no more than three thousand five hundred dollars shall be used for furniture, contingencies and rent. The pension agents shall receive for their services and expenses in Allvivewcev lo paying the arrears upon pensions allowed previous to January twenty- W6""-
