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 FORTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 116. 1871. 525 their sessions. They shall keep a journal of thein proceedings, to be Journal. signed by the president of the board, and a register of all claims brought Register of before the board, showing the date of presentation, number, name, and °l“lm*· residence of claimant, subject-matter and amount of claim, and the amount, if any, allowed ; which records shall be open to the inspection of Records to be the President and Attorney-General of the United States, or of such ‘iP°“ {°'*“*P°°‘ officer as the President may designate. t'°°’ Sec. 4. That said commissioners shall make report of their proceed- C<>mmi¤$i0¤· ings, and of each claim considered by them, at the commencement of each $,:2 tgcggglggtof session of Congress, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who each session of shall lay the same before Congress for consideration ; and all claims C°38T““‘ within this act and not presented to said board shall be barred, and shall yegrisgilggtbi, not be entertained by any department of the government without further EWG6- authority of Congress. Sec. 5. That the commissioners of claims shall be paid quarterly under Pay of comthis act, at the rate of five thousand dollars per annum each, and they ml“f’l°,’;€";i rb shall have authority to appoint one clerk and one short-hand reporter, to hgilgryépzriggy, be paid quarterly at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per and ¤¤¢SS¢¤g¤¤- annum each, and one messenger, to be paid at the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, who shall perform the services required of them respectively, and said board shall be further allowed the neces- Office rent, sary actual expenses of office rent, furniture, fuel, stationery, and printing, Pmlungv &°· to be certified by the president of the board, and to be audited on vouchers, and paid as other judicial expenses are. Sec. 6. That a sufficient appropriation to carry this act 'into effect is APP¤>PFi¤¤°¤- hereby made, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 7. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized Secretary or and directed to negotiate with a responsible party to build and operate a x;“,,;?;‘,i:‘=;‘;;;c_ telegraph line from Yancton, Dakota Territory, to Fort Randall, Dakota, tion and Operaand thence to Fort Sully, if] in the opinion of the Secretary of Vifar, the fion of ¤¢l§z¤1ph public service demands such extension. And upon the completion of ,;,°n°,,;°E,,.,°}l°,€,,_ each `hundred miles of said line to the satisfaction of the Secretary of dall and Fort War, he is authorized to pay the party constructing the same the sum of Sulléli }.g‘_&g;__ eight thousand dollars; and upon the completion of the whole line he tiongand limshall pay, as aforesaid, the sum of eighty dollars per mile for any number whole ¤fli¤¤· of miles the same may extend over the number of even hundreds: Provided, That the money so paid shall be refunded to the United States in mlggigguzfiggid the use of said telegraph line at rates not higher than charged private in- in us, 0,,,,,,,, dividuals, nor higher than may, in the opinion of said Secretary, be just: Provided, also, That when the money advanced by the said Secretary of when refund- War shall be refunded, as above provided, the United States shall have ;’g,E':,2e:0§:;;f’s no title to nor lien upon said line, but may at all times use the same for public purposes at such rates as may be just. Sec. 8. That an amount necessary to enable the Secretary of War to APP¤>PFi¤¤i°¤· carry into effect the provisions of the foregoing section is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 9. That, in accordance with the fifth section of the act approved Secretary of July two, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled "An act to amend an gjgfigrpsggjcay act entitled ‘ An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph Railroad comline from the Missouri river to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the   government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposesf &c_ P’ approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," the Secretary of the 1862._9h· 120· Treasury is hereby directed to pay over in money to the Pacific Railroad v,‘§é,X’;‘hP,(g?‘ companies mentioned in said act, and performing services for the United Vol, Qui. P, ssa. States, one half of the compensation at the rate provided by law for such services, heretofore or hereafter rendered: Provided, That this section Legal rtglitsof shall not be construed to atiect the legal rights of the government or the obligations of the companies, except as herein specifically provided. ` Approved, March 3, 1871.