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 THIBTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 23, 24. 1861. 279 same is hereby appropriated, in like manner, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred sixty-one: For the support and maintenance of the penitentiary in the District of mnxmmry. Columbia, seven thousand nine hundred and eighty-one dollars and eighty cents. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of ten thousand one Om t. A d. hundred and fifty dollars appropriated for the contingent expenses of the ,0, 0?°;,.€,,l;,; omce of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department, in for P. 0. Depart- “ An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial m"“*" expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," approved February twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, shall be applied, so far as may be necessary, to pay 1861, ch. 44, for stationery, horse for use of the office, lights, washing, towels, ice, and “”“= P· 13* miscellaneous items, in addition to the items mentioned in said appropriation. Approved, July 27, 1861. Cmm. XXHI.—An Ic! to provide for the Payment ty Une Police organized by the July 27, 1861- United Stale jbr the City lg Baltimore, and to enable 4 e Mint to furnish small Gold """"—"—"" Cams, and to provide for Mann;/`acture or Purchase of Field Signak. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stain of America in Congress assembled, That for the maintenance of said Payment of police there is hereby appropriated,out of any money in the Treasury not U¤i9°d S*¤'E°° P°‘ otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. h°° m B°mm°r°` Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That of said sum not more than How moneyto twenty thousand dollars shall be expended in any one month for said pur- be °xP°¤d°d· pose, and that the same shall—cease when the said police are dismissed from service by the United States: And provided, That the disburse- Disbursements, ments of the amount hereby allowed shall be made only with the sanction Mw ¤¤¤°*i°¤~‘=d- and by the authority of the Commanding General of that Military Department. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there be and hereby is appro- Appmpl-mam,. priatcd, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following sums, viz : To enable the mint to furnish such small gold coins as may be required Mm, for the public service, forty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For the manufacture or purchase of apparatus and equipments for field Field signals. signals, five thousand dollars. Avrnovnn, July 27, 1861. Gun. QIV,—An Act to increase the present L6lita1jyEstablishmmt of dm United July 29, 1801. S"““‘ 1861, cn. 47. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Post, p. 314. States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be added to 1,,C,€,s,,,,fmm_ the regular army, as now authorized by law, nine regiments of infantry, tary establishone regiment of cavalry, and one regiment of artillery; each regiment “"g“‘ umd n of infantry to consist of not less than two nor more than three battalions, of  ,.°;gi_ as the exigencies of the public service may, in the opinion of the Presi- ments. dent of the United States, demand ; each battalion to consist of eight com- Bam;;,-,,,,_ panics; each company to consist of one captain, one iirst and one second companies. lieutenant, one first sergeant, four sergeants, eight corporals, two musicians, and as many privates, not exceeding eighty-two, as the President of the United States may, according to the requirements of military service, direct. The regiment of cavalry hereby authorized shall consist of not C,,,,],,, mg;. 11101*8 than three battalions of not more than two squadrons each; and ment. each squadron shall consist of two companies, each company to be com- Squadrons. posed of one captain, one tirst and one second lieutenant, one tirst ser-