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 108 THIR.TY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 110. 1852. thorizing appropriations for the subsistence of the army, for forage, for the medical and hospital departments, and for the quarter-master’s department, to be applied to any other of the above-mentioned branches of expenditure in the same department, and appropriations made for a specific object for one fiscal year, shall not be transferred to any other object, after the expiration of that year. Extra pay of Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act making M<¤i¤<>· of September, eighteen hundred and fifty, as provides extra pay to the lalgslllfhiggp commissioned officers and enlisted men of the United States serving in 5, &ls. l Oregon or California, be and the same is hereby continued in force for P06b P· 220- one year from the first day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and that the provision of the last-mentioned act be, and is hereby extended to New Mexico during the current year, provided for by this section, and that three hundred thousand dollars be, and is hereby, ap- Proviso. propriated for that purpose: Provided further, That said officers and men shall receive only one half of the increased amount over the regular pay allowed b law. I"°¤`*-m°¤l¤i°¤¤· Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all the unexpended balances remaining of sums appropriated for fortifications, and now liable to revert to the surplus fund, are hereby reappropriated. Rationfcr psy- Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That paymasters’ clerks shall ”°’·“°"“ °1°'k°· be entitled to receive one ration per day when on duty at their station;, to be commuted at the price now authorized when travelling on uty. Pay and opp-_ Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That for the pay and equipment $3:,5 gfommi as mounted riflemen, finding their own horses and forage, of the volun- {gg0mm_ teers serving under the command of Captain John C. Fremont, in California during the year eighteen hundred and forty-six, as appears by the muster-rolls on tile in the War Department, and for the subsistence and Settlement; of supplies consumed by said volunteers in said service, one hundred and °l9im¤ l`°*‘ ¤“P· sixty-eight thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in Phu t‘h°mf°r‘ the Treasury not otherwise approprated; and the Secretary of Vlfar is 1855.¤h· 169,§ 2. authorized and empowered to appoint three competent and disinterested officers of the army to examine and report to Congress upon all such claims as may be presented for funds advanced and subsistence and supplies of all kinds furnished or taken for the use of said command whilst thus engaged in the public service; and for the expenses of said bpard of officers the sum of two thousand dollars is hereby appropriate. Scttlementpf Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the second section of an f:f;“*:O‘;i;r'll;{;: act entitled "An act to provide for the settlement of the accounts of (jon; in Mmm, public officers and others who may have received moneys arising from 184¤.¤h· 126- military contributions or otherwise in Mexico," approved March third, Post, p 218. eighteen hundred and forty-nine, shall be so construed as to extend to o cers and other persons who were engaged in the collection of military contributions as collectors in any part of Mexico or California, during the war with Mexico. rayomnmniy Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be dig;*;‘¤°l° W¤¥· rooted to pay to each of the survivors, or to the heirs of those who have ' died, of the Seminole warriors who were mustered into the service of the United States at Fort Brooke, in December, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, an amount equal to three months' pay and allowances of a private soldier in the army of the United States: Provided, That the amount so paid shall not exceed three thousand eight hundred and Proviso. seventy dollars: And provided, also, That such amount paid shall be in tosbizch paylment full of all claims of said friendly Seminoles during the Florida war, for "‘ “ · compensation and for indemnity on account of losses sustained.
 * ·h° “"”g’é‘;,i}.*°‘ appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the thirgigmgnd fig: tieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, approved the twenty-eighth