318 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 124. 1869. A¤‘$¢¤¤l¤- For grading and draining public grounds at said arsenal, five thousand dollars. Ilcnocia. For Benccia arsenal, Benecia, California. five thousand dollars. \\msr:ow¤. For WVatortow11 arsenal, Watertown, Massachusetts, five thousand dollars. }Tncr>ncy _ For paving and curbing Taconey Street, opposite Frankfbrd arsenal, %;3fl;}b‘;l&l‘£;;‘i Pennsylvania, one thousand three hundred and mn€ty-three dollars and mt], tW€l]lCy cents. For: Monroe. For Fort Monroe arsenal, Old Point Comfort, Virginia, one thousand dollars. Leavenworth. For Leavenworth arsenal, Leavenworth, Kansas, five thousand dol- Inrs. Pikusvillo. For Pikcsvillc arsenal, Pikcsvillc, Maryland, Hvo hundred dollars. oiiomingencies. For contingencies of arsenals, tan thousand dollars. &,l_‘;’iff;;Ql;°;‘,z For tho preservation and necessary repairs of the fortifications and (imnoé. other works of defence, two hundred thousand dollars. { lélljmfy <l<>· ];¢‘or surveys for military defences, two hundred thousand dollars. °l}_;){;)‘,0,.mg gx_ And tho Secretary of War is hereby authorized to have prepared and pcditiun and published the report of the results of the exploring expedition and suri3;`;“g’1;’;l:g‘°°f vcy of the line of the fbrticth parallel: Providecl, That the cost of tho pmvis0s_ same shall be defrayed out of existing appropriations in the War Dnpartment. And provided further, That the letter-press work shall bc done at the public printing office. Road from pu For the purpose of cutting out a road from Du Luth to the Bois·fort
Indian reservation, in Minnesota, there is hereby appropriated the sum
tion. . ot ten thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Scoretary of Wax-. m}:;03;W&;°‘“‘ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be no new commisuntil inninny sions, no promotions, and no enlistments in any infantry regiment until ncgl¤nrc¤nrsa¤·<=rc- the total number of infantry regiments is rc<luc<·d to twenty-five ; and Qi:;" l° °“°"lY' the Secretary of War is hereby directed to consolidate the inmntry rugilnmutry rogi- ments as rapidly as the rcquiremcms of the public service and the reduc-
l*° °°¤· tion of the numbur of officors will permit.
N,},,,],],,. Oy SEO. 3. And be it furiher enacted, That no appointments of brigndic·r- b»·i5.n.1·.·r-gm generals shall be made until the number is reduced to lcss than eight; glfflj‘t_"""‘““l “’ and thex·cafter there shall be but eight brigadier-generals in the army. rl·3nlie¤tmunts to Size. 4. And be it jicrtbcr enacted, That l1crcaftcrtl1e term of enlist- ¤¤ £iv¤1a·T¤··s~ mont shall he five years. I u ‘ .- . . bc disuaulécdo Sec. 0. And be ztfurther enacted, That of the fiflccn bands now in the excepctlnu. at scrvicc, organized under the provisions of section seven of an act enti- ·;; . - - . . . .
- 9 WY “°‘“l° tlcnl “An act to increase and hx the military peace cstnl>l1shm<ent of the
gguq, c|,_ 2;,9, §1_ United States," approved July twenty-(eight, eighteen hunclrod and sixty- Vol- XM p- 3¤53· six, all, oxccpt the bnnml at the military acmloniy, shall be lnonorably dis- CV F churgorl without dolay, and shall receive inll pay and allowance to the m_m;;°w'L'g'0n_ date of such <lischarg<;: Provided, That there shall be culistcd in each listrml in anon regiment, a chief musician, who shall be instructor of music, with a sul-
- f’é¥"'*°**'·—d“‘ ary of sixt dollars n month and the allowances of a. uartcrmastcrtres, pay, &c. surnam], q
polxlggmggnd Sec. 6. And be it jlzrther enacted, That until 0tl’1c1‘wlS0 directed by promotions in law there shall be no new appointments and no promotions in the adju- $::3;* tant-g<:ncrnl's clcnnrtxncnt, in the inspector-g¤;noral’s clopurtxncrit, in the ScO°VO]_ JQVL p?!-)' d€pHl‘lmGl1f, H1 the ql1a1‘t;€1'r1msl`.u1‘s’ department, m the COIlUDl$S2lX`_Y p. 54. tlcparrrncnt, in tho ordnance department, in the cnginccr departmrnt, and Bmvch Fmk m the medical department. ,,0,,0 0,,.;;.0 to bm. 7. And be it fu-!/zcr enacted, That brevet rank shall not entitle pmwionco, sm. an oflirnr to pwceclcncee or command uxccpt b s ccial assi nment of the gm,). &, , . . Y P g .. ,0 Mm·u0;:\{¤0Y I resident. but such assignment shall not cncitlo any officer to addmonal ` , llowanc<·s. psy, &c. PTY m` il » Arr1c0v1cD, March 3, 1869.
