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422 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 144, 145. 1867. Disbursing all the bids with the names of the bidders. All persons not holding c0m· 3£°°; °’E°°P’*» missions in the regular army of the United States, who shall be intrusted b,,,,d,_ gm, with the disbursement of the funds appropriated for the works named in this act, shall be required to give bond and ample security for the faithful United States application of the same, and no such disbursing officcr in the army of the °m°?" “°“ *0, United States shall receive any commission or compensation for making

Qvi·0$°$i;`s` such disbursements. And the moneys hereinbefore appropriated shall

bursemeuts. _ remain and be at the disposal of the Secretary of War, and subject to his ,°‘¥;P;gl;::$;?;’ control for the purposes named in this act, until the several works and pmt crm., ssc- improvements herein provided for are completed, any law or regulation

            • 5* of WM'- to the contrary notwithstanding.

_ _ Sec. 4. And be it jitrt/ter enacted, That the Secretary of War is herem_E;:;';{‘s“*;"S* by directed to cause examinations or surveys, or both, as aforesaid, to be both, to i,¤’mM;(, made at the following points, namely: At the harbor of San Francisco, ¤¤Vi¤‘l<>¤¤ Points. California, with a view to the removal of “Blossom Rock," if the same

}`°l,,;h;f;:,*Qg;‘f should be found necessary and essential to commerce; at Crescent city

tions; harbor, California; at Duxbury beach, Massachusetts; at mouth of Menomonee river, Green bay; at Saugatuck harbor, mouth of Kal[a]mazoo river, in Michigan; at Port Clinton, in Ohio; at Pultneyville, Lake Ontario, New York; and of the Tennessee river, from Chattanooga to its mouth; at Reedy island and Liston (tree) point, in the Delaware river and bay; at Richmond’s island, Cape Elizabeth, the Union river and the Gut opposite the city of Bath, Maine; the Connecticut river, between Hartford and its mouth; at Block Island, in the State of Rhode Island, the reefs in Lake Michigan, near the harbor of Racine, in Wisconsin, with a view to a lighthouse and breakwater thereon; and the Potomac river, in the District of Columbia. to be continued Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War is ’*.°i;*”·"'°"‘“” hereby directed to cause a continuance of examinations or surveys, or pomboth, at the following points, namely: Of the Mississippi river, above the Falls of Saint Anthony and between the Falls of Saint Anthony and Rock Island rapids; of the Wisconsin river, and to continue the survey of the Illinois river, in accordance with the recommendation of General J. H. Wilson, in his report of January twelve, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. And he is also directed to cause plans and estimates to be made of the most practicable and effective mode of improving the harbor at Galveston, Texas, and of erecting suitable breakwater at that point. Approved, March 2, 1867. March2 1867. CHAP. CXLV.—An Act to ovide or a tem ara In a 0 am "` i the Army of tg United States, dbd jidé othe;rm;’eu:`;0?c;.P y f Ofiur Be it enacted by the Senate and &use of Representatives of the United 0n£>;J\jS°€);;€’Y ,S2ates of America in Congress assembled, That for two years from the ,,,8 umk of first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, all officers of the army nmjor-general to below the rank of major-general, including the professors at West Point,

:3"§lf‘:$'_‘1’°“° shall be paid an addition of thirty-three and one third per centum to their

years; present pay proper; and the pay and emoluinents of all Held and other of field Md mounted officers shall hereafter be the same as is now provided by law $,2;*;*ted °m` for cavalry officers of like grades. Increased pey Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That section one of the act entitled n‘:€S;‘::;‘:f‘;‘é,_ "An act to increase the pay of soldiers in the United States army, and K.", and ,0;,;;,,,., for other purposes," approved June twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty- y:r\>:h?;ti¤¤¤¤¢i tour, be, and the same is hereby, continued in full force and effect for fiom 8,0} °’"`“ three years from and after the close of the rebellion, as announced by the i President of the United States by proclamation, bearing date the twentieth ,864 0h_14B §r day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. vnrixm, p,’144, Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the joint POS!. P- $08- resolution approved July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, 611-