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THIRTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Suas. U. Ch. 70, 71. 1861. 199 regular army during the hostilities in which said volunteers were engaged, he shall allow for such supplies the prices paid for similar supplies for the regular army at the most convenient point where army supplies were furnished during said time, adding thereto the cost of transportation to the place where such supplies were furnished to said P’°"l*0- volunteers: And provided, further, That no compensation shall be made _ P¤5’m?¤*5_*<>l¤° for the services of any person in more than one capacity for the same m fuu°‘°hm“S' time ; and all payments made in pursuance of this act shall be received in full satistiiction and discharge of the claims upon which they are made. Sec. 2. And 6e it further enacted, That all claims for horses or other LOSS Of h°”°S· property lost or destroyed in said service shall be settled according to the act approved the third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, pro- Vgé? °h;H§29‘ viding for payment for horses or other property lost or destroyed in the iP. i military service of the United States. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there be paid to Robert J. R]i)“5’“‘3"i\“Lt Atkinson, Third Auditor of the Treasury, tbr the duties heretofore S03mI t in. performed by him in the investigation of said claims, the sum of one thousand dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 4. Ami be it further enacted, That for the payment of claims provided for in this act, the Secretary of the Treasury may, if he deem it _ Bonds may be expedient, issue to the claimants, or their legal representatives, bonds of ‘”“‘*d f" the , , _ payment of these the United States of a denomination not less than fifty dollars, redeemable olaimg, in twenty years,.and bearing interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum, with coupons attached, and payable annually or semi-annuallyat the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury. Approved, March 2, 1861. CHAP. LXTXI.——-An Act jbr the Payment of Expenses incurred in the Suppression of March 9, 1861. Zndzhn H0stilz`t£es in the State of Calyiyrnia. """`_*“_ Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of four hundred P=¤y¤¤¢¤tf<>r thousand dollars, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, be, and the §;Q§’;Qs?g;§§m same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- in California. wise appropriated, to defray the expenses incurred by the State of California, in the suppression of Indian hostilities therein, in the years eighteen hundred and Elly-four, fifty-ive, fifty-six, nt"ty-eight, and nity-nine, and the Secretary of the Treasury, when the said expenses of the State of California shall have been audited and allowed, shall be and hereby is authorized to pay the same in bonds of the United States authorized to be 1861, Cb_ e9_ issued by the act of February the eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Ame, p. 129. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Third Auditor of the Accounts of Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and required to audit the ae- ;l;‘é§;gi*f;€.f§_ counts of the said State of California for payments for the services of vol- umemf Suppliggy unteers, and for supplies, transportation, and personal services, Furnished &¤· or rendered to said volunteers in the Shasta expedition of eighteen hundred and fifty-four, in the Siskiyou expedition of eighteen hundred and fifty-tive, in the Klamath and Humboldt expedition of eighteen hundred and nity-tive, in the San Bernardino expedition of eighteen hundred and ftfty-f·ive, in the Klamath expedition of eighteen hundred and fifty-six, in the Modoe expedition of eighteen hundred and dtty-six, in the Tulare expedition of eighteen hundred and nity-six, in the Klamath and Humboldt expedition of eighteen hundred fifty-eight and fifty-nine, and in the Pitt River expedition of eighteen hundred and fifty-nine: Provided, That no _ 'higher rate shall be allowed or paid for the services of said volunteers mP§;§‘;l;’;;;’ than was paid for services in the same grade and for the same time in the mg mgum my, United States army serving in California, nor shall payment be made for the services of any such volunteers except for the time during which they