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632 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch. 791. *1900. ""’-‘*°· P·5°· in Uinta County, Wyoming, authorized by rovision in the sundry CIVII appropriation Act approved June fourt , eightcen hundred and ninety-seven ten tho.usand dollars. thepigtzlllggcords of OFFICIAL Rmcorms or THE Rmnmnmonz That the Secretary of Wa1· nxsmuuiicii m sen. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to furnish one complete '**°”·°‘°· set of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armnes to each Senator, Representative, and Delegate of the Fifty-sixth Congress not now entitled y law to receive the same; and in addition thereto he is also authorized and directed to f11rnish two complete sets of said work to each Senator, Representative, and Delegate of the_ same Congress, irresppctive of hfl aging been al;ead1y_suppl1¢;g, using flotxghii u se, as ar as ossi e, ose now s re in e ar e en gndipiiemaining ungold or unclaimed b beneficiaries desigiizted to receive them under the several Acts of Congress providing for the dis- {3¢;;i&m, mm tribution and sale of this [ipblication: Provided, That the Secretary i11g,etc..to coliupiere of War may call upon the public Printer to print and bind such num- ’°‘S· “““‘°""°d· ber or copies of certain volumes or parts as may be found necessary to complete the sets referred to. fofévrgft n<;}¤mg;j¤;¤; REPORT UroN CLAIMS 1*011 PRIVATE ·PROPERTY TAKEN IN THE mmnlspmaliimy mmm, TARY smxvrcm: For investigation of just claims against the United “'°' with S*’“”‘· States for private property taken and used in the militar service within the hmits of the United States during the war with Sypain, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and the Secretary of KVM lis lhereby authorized andhdirecteddto cause fto be °investi te a suc c aims an toascertain the oss an injury,i an , that mag; have been sustained by such claimants, and he shall report {0 _ Congress for its xzonsideration what amount or amounts he finds be {{0,;**;*; claims eqluitably due from the United States to such claimants: Promded, mma. That all claims not presented to the Secretary of War under this provision prior to the first day of January, nineteen hundred and one, shall not be considered by hllll and shall be forever barred. g0,?§§*;¤l §&{·1*;t;g{_ NATIONAL HOME FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS. For the support of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, as fo ows: · D¤Y*¤¤·°h*°· AT THE CENT1zAL.BRANcH, AT DAYTON, O1-Ho: For current exginses, namely: Pay of officers and noncommissioned officers of the ome, wish puch efzceptions as age hergnqitler notgd apd their clerks and or er ies; a so payments or c p 'ns an reious instruction, printers, bookbiuders, librarians, musicians, telegilgph and telqphone operators, guards, pohcemen, watchmen, and fire company; or all property and materials purchased for their use, mcluding 1‘B¥8.11'S not one by the Home; for necessary expenditures for articles o amusement, boats, library books, magazines, papers, pictures, and musical instruments, and for repairs not done by the Home; and for stationery, adgegtisingkleghal advice, flor payments due heirs of dggeasc-id(§11€?1mb<:1rs, an or suc o er e en ituresas can not ro er inc u un er other heads of expe11§i)ture, fifty-two thousgndpiveyhundred dollars. S¤'>¤im¤°e- For subsistence, namely: Pay of commissary sergleants, commissary clerks, porters, laborers, bakers, cooks, dishwas ers, waiters, and others employed in the subsistence department; the cost of all art1cles purchased for the regiular ration, their freight, preparation, and serving; aprons, caps, an jackets for kitchen and dinin -room emplo ees; . . . B Y . ofktobaccoé gftag dinggglgroorg ami kitchen §u{E1ture and utgnpils, ba ers an u c ers o an a iances, an eir re °r no one by the Home, two hundred and siizlty-five thousand dollaiigi H°“***h<>ld· For household, namel : Expenditures for furniture for officers’ quarters; for bedsteads, bedsding bedding material, and all other articles required in the quarters of the members, and for their repair if they