342 FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 361-363. 1872. 1862,ch. 127. July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, of amounts aid Vol. xii. p. 502. t d.- P 0 secon ass1stant and other surgeons, for services rendered 111 connection with raising and organizing volunteers within the State during the rebellion, are not admissible under the law, for the reason that the employ- ment of the said medical officers was not authorized prior to the act of July second, eighteen hundred and sixte-two ; and whereas it appears that said officers actually rendered Sald services, and were psud in good faith lyy the said State, and were subsequently mustered or employed m the service of the United States: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United P¤ym9nt to States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Twas. g;‘;‘;;i;'g‘g_f°' ury 'be, and he is hereby, directed, out of any money appropriated to vapped to pay G011b1I1I1B the settlement of accounts presented under the act of July §;.§S¤lS€°¤S» twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred slxty-0116, to pay to the governm- ’ of Connecticut, or to his duly authorized agents, any amounts advanced by the said State, in payment of extra surgeons or assistant surgeons for services rendered prior to their muster into the service of the United States; the said claims to be settled upon proper vouchers to be filed and passed upon by the proper accounting officers of the treasury. yslgpllgsémtes Sec. 2. That where the vouchers of other States, for payments made {Nuke claims to extra surgeons or assistant surgeons of militia or volunteers accepted upon proper into the service of the United States, are situated similarly with those of V°“°h”`S· Connecticut, the Treasury Department adjust and settle them according to the provisions of the foregoing section. Approved, June 8, 1872. Juno 8, 1872. CHAP. CCCLXII.—An Act authorizinhg the Oonstruetion of a public Building at Phila- ·····i—· dlelphia, Pennsylvania, for the Useof theP0st-office and United States Courts in said ztg. Be it enacted bg the Senate and House ey" Representatives of the United Site tp be pur- States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treas. gl;{‘;;?a‘Q;€‘gi'f&_ ury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a lot of ing for post-omce ground in the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, suitable md ¢¤¤¤¤S· for a site for the accommodation of the post-ollice and United States courts in said city, either ad`oini11 the site of the resent buildin used for said purpose, or elsewherellin said city, and to ereiit a building thereon at a cost, includin the cost of the round and remises so purchased, not exceeding the suin of one millioigi five hundiied thousand dollars; the Plans. plans for said building to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury No money to and the Postmaster-General: Provided, That no money which may herebe expended _ after be appropriated for this purpose shall be used or expended for the
- §3i;’;*élda3g° *8 purposes herein mentioned until a valid title to the land for the site of
jurisdiction such building shall be vested in the_Un1ted States, and unt11 the State of
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- :_ Pennsylvasia shall oedeti(ts£]lp1r1s;l;ct;o§ (QLGIL thelsame, lapd shall also duly
- _ re ease an ex mgu1s e m e a es e r1 o ax or in any leased way assess said site, and the property of the UnitedgStates that may be thereon, during the time that the United States shall be or remain the owners thereofl Approved, June 8, 1872. t-I- June 8, 1872. CHAP. CCCLXIII.—A.n Act to authorize the Orange, Alexandria, and lllzmassas _";"""" to Tim Trains and transport Freight and Passengers within the Be it enacted dy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of Americdin Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the
ma)! cmyymj Orange, Alexandria, and Manassas Railroad. Company, a corp0rat10u tqsgggsiznm chartered under theolaws of the State of Virginia, to exercise its functions DiS§rM0,C0lum_ as a common carmer, and transport passengers and freight within the bis. District of Columbia, and for this purpose shall have authority to run
