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235 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 55, 60. 1848. Incidental and For repairs and improvements; fuel and apparatus; forage for pub. °°¤'**“H°¤* °*‘ lic horses and oxen ; stationery, printing, and other incidents] and muses` contingent expenses, thirty tk0H5U1d ORC hundred and fifty-five dollars_ Library. For the increase and expenses of the library, one thousand five hun. dred dollars. Board of visit- For expenses of the board of visitors, two thousand dollars, °”· For barracks for cadets, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars, g;;‘:,°l;‘;‘ vim_ For expenses of the board of visitors, for the year ending the nhirriegh 0,,, M M8_ of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, two thousand dollars. Approved, May 31, 1848L May 31, 1848. Czar. LV.—An Act concerning Spanish Steammessels. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

 mss; United States of America in Congress assembled, That all lavvs now in

,,0,8,,1, Placed on force exacting higher duties on Spamsh steam-vessels arriving rn the aroma; upper- United States than are exacted on steam-vessels of the United States f°°* '°°’P"°°">'· arriving at Havana, or any other port in the Island of Cuba, be suspended, so as to place the said steamwessels on a footing of perfect reciprocity, the suspension to continue so long as such reciprocity shall be thereby secured, or until otherwise provided for by law. Higher duties Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any higher duties than ?;:';0”::?c;$£Z’; those before mentioned shall have been, or shall be, paid by any have heen paid by Spanish steamer arriving in the United States on or after the first day §g";;*j;*,.u:§;?1*» of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, the Secretary of ' the Treasury is hereby authorized to refund the same. Approved, May 31, 1848. June 2, 1848. CHAP. LX.—An Act to refund Money for Expenses incurred, Subsistemse or -——-———-—— Transportation furnished, for the Use of Volunzcers during the present War, before being mustered into the Service of the Uniud State:. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ry" the _ Provisions of United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions

 of the joint resolution approved March third, eighteen hundred and

extended saasm forty-seven, entitled "A Resolution to refund money to the States °;‘;;‘;“:e£:0f:;Q which have supplied volunteers, and furnished them transportation, Fncumd ro, vo;- during the present war, before being mustered and received into the

,;¤;5€¤:8iR¥i¤;m;¢Z service of the United States," be, and the same are hereby, exteudéd,

med mg, ssh so as to embrace all cases of expenses heretofore incurred in organvice. izing, subsisting, and transporting volunteers, previous to their being mustered and received into the service of the United States for the present war, whether by States, counties, corporations, or individuals, Pmviso. either acting with or without the authority of any States: Provided, however, That proof shall be made, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, of the amount thus expended, and that the same was necessary and proper for the troops aforesaid. APP’°P'i°*l°' Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That an amount sufficient to refund said expenses so incurred be, aud the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. °dI¤*;¤¤*c¤lll'2'- .Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, in refunding moneys undef cm, ° “ this act,,and the resolution which it amends, it shall be lawful to Pay interest at the rate of six per centum per annum on all sums advance [advanced] by States, corporations, or individuals, in all cases where the State, corporation, or individual paid or lost the interest, or is liable to pay it. Approved, June 2, 1848.