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6 FORTY-XlNTH CONGRESS. Sess. l. Cus. 22, 24. 1886. during the service of the soldier or sailor. And all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. _ Claimagentsnot Sec. 2. That no claim agent or attorney shall be recognized in the '·* "“ '°°°8“i’°d- adjudication of claims under this act, nor shall any such person be entitled to receive any compensation whatever for services or pretended services in making applications thereunder. Approved, March 19, 1886. Mm-, 26 1386, CHAP. 27.-An act to provide for certain of the most urgent deficiencies in the ap- ———¥——- propriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes. ` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Uf=·=¤¤ 4¢fi9i¤¤- States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums, or so °V "l‘l"°l‘"”"°“· much thereof as may be necessary, be, andthe same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtietb, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and prior years, namely: T reasu ry De- TREASURY DEPARTMENT. partment. gpm.,} agents_ For compensation of special agents to examine the books, accounts, · and money on hand at the several sub-treasuries and depositories, including national banks acting as depositaries under the act of August sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, being deficiencies as follows: For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, five hundred and eighty-nine dollars and sixty-five cents; for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, four thousand dollars. Repairs. For the annual repairs of the Treasury building, being for the service gm the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, six thousand dol- Mwpzgfcu of rnorlmnriolv or noon-msnns. ‘ To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the propagation of food-fishes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, twelve thousand dollars. mg? D°P¤\'*· WAR DEPARTMENT. Artilieinl limbs, For artificial limbs and appliances, or commutation therefor, and °"°· transportation, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, one hundred and seventyfive thousand dollars. Funeral experi- To reimburse the appropriations for the Quartermasters Department ·*¤¢ G°¤°¤‘¤iG¤¤*· of the Army for expenses attending the funeral of General Grant paid by authority of Executive order directing General Hancock to give General Grant an imposing funeral, twelve thousand and thirty-seven doélars and ninety-three cents. _ Steuographer, o pay the three items of expense referred b General Han ¤¤l¤rr¤¤w, mile- the Secretary of War, namely: for hire of stenographer, one hghcdirdd '¤“· and ninety-nve dollars; telegrams received and sent, four hundred and fifty-two dollars and eighty-three cents; mileage expenses, three hundred and ;fifty-three dollars and sixty-eight cents; in all, one thousand and one dollars and fifty-one cents, or so much thereof as the Secretary of War may find to be due and unpaid. Undcmkor. .To pay the bill of Stephen Merritt, undertaker, for embalming burial casket and ornamentation thereof, canopy, catafalque and othei- necessary articles and services furnished by him at reasonable prices and which remain unpaid, six thousand three hundred and three dollars and seventy-five cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and found upon examination by the Secrehry of War to be just and proper charges.