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454, FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. »GII. 133. 1875. panics to spe in ing a suit in the Court of Claimsfor the charges for such transports. (*0**** °*` °1°““°· tion, and recovering for the same 1f found egtitledttheretodbg virtue of th l s_f ce rior to the passage o t is ac · provide that the $*¤*¤*° °*` uml? cltdmmior lsliichnchalrges shall not have been barred by the statute of “‘”‘°“°· limitations at the time of bringing the suit, and e1ther_party shall have Appeal. the right of appeal to the Supreme Oourt_of the United States; And Proviso. providedfurtlacr, That the foregoing provision shall not apply_for the current iiscal year, nor thereafter, to roads where the sole condition of transportation is that the company shall not charge the Government higher rates than they do individuals for like transportation, and when the Quartermaster-General shall be satlslied that this condition has been iaithfully complied with. _ _ _ “ emma, For hire of quarters for olilcers on military duty,_h1re of quarters for troops; of store-houses for the safe-keeping of military stores, offices, and of grounds for camps and summer cantonments and for temporary frontier stations ; for the construction of temporary huts and stables; and for repairing pgbgo buildings at established posts, one million five hundred thousand dollars. _ 0<>3¤¤f¤·¤$ii§¤ wi For construction and repairs of hgspitals, one hundred thousand dolre )l1lI.'B 0 OSPI-‘ ·" ‘· its- lars. mC1oth_ing and For purchase and manufacture of clothing and camp and garrison ¢¤¤¤1>-¤<1¤¤D¤s¤~ equipage, and for preservmgand repacking stock of clothing and camp and garrison equipage, and materials on hand at the Philadelphia, Jeffersonville, and other depots of the Quarterm aster’s Department, one mill- Proviso. ron four hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this sumshall be paid for the use of any patent process for the preserva- M0,,,,,,,,m,,,,,_ tion of cloth from moth or mildew. _ - For maintaining and improving national military cemeteries one hun- Nmoml 6cm6W died and lift thousand dollars7 ries._Y · Army sontingen- For Army contingencies not provided for by other estimates, embracoics- ing all branches of the military service, one hundred thousand dol· Proviso. lars: Provided, That none of the money hereby appropriated shall be expended, directly or mdrrectly, for any use not strictly necessary for, and directly connected with, the military service of the Government. treriicai are nes- _Fcr purchase of medical and hospital supplies, pay of private physipiwl supplies- crans employed in emergencies, hire of hospital attendants, expenses of purveying depots, of medical examining boards, and incidental expenses 1 of lghe xgdgzal Dgpggtmienbti two hundgeg thousand dolllarsdl wm Army Medica or_ rmy rea useuur an or me rea an o er nec y M¤¤¤¤¤¤- gvorks for the library of the Surgeon General’s Office, ten thousand dollars. Engineer depot For engineer depot at `Willetls Point, New York, namely, remodeling st Willcws Point- portmns of fbridge equipage, and forfthe current expensges of pho depot, pure asc o engineering materm. s or use in‘1ns uc ion o engineer léattglion, apclhpm·chase and repair of instruments for general service of e orps o `ngineers, nine thousand dollars. _·pm·p°d0 tram., For torpedo experiments in their application to harbor and land dosnd instruction. fensie, and for insgructiora of pngineer battalion in their preparation and app ication ten thousand o lars. 0;,;,,,,,,0., mom, For the ordnance service required to defray the current expenses at the arsenals; of receiving stores and issuing arms and other ordnance supplies; of police and office duties; of rents, tolls, fuel, and lights; of stationery and office furniture; of tools and instruments for use; of public animals, forage, and vehicles; incidental expenses of the ordnance service, including those attending practical trials and tests of ord- _ _ nance, small arms, and other ordnance supplies, one hundred and uesrrreiren upon twenty-five thousand dollars: Promdedh That none of the money °¤l>¤¤d¤°¤*¤· hereby appropriated shall be expended, directly or rndirectly, for any use not strictly necessary for, and directly connected with, the military service of the Government; and this restriction shall apply to the USB Ngeignritmbs ex- of public animals, iorage, and vehicles: And. provided further, That . gtzlsctionzi :6;:,; mane of the money lperipbydappropriated shall be expended for the G011- 0, ,,,,,m,,,g,,_ s. uc ion or repair o url ings.