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 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 127-129. 1887. 40] RECRUITING SERVICE. _ Recruiting Serv- ICG. For expenses of recruiting and transportation of recruits from ren- Expenses. dezvous to depot, one hundred thousand dollars. SIGNAL SERVICE. Signal Service. For expenses of the Signal Service of the Army, as follows: Pur- Expenses. chase, equipment, and repair of held electric telegraphs; signal equipments and stores; binocular glasses, telescopes, heliostats, and other ' necessary instruments, including absolutely necessary meteorological instruments for use on target-ranges; telephone apparatus and maintenance of same, in all three thousand dollars. CONTINGENT EXPENSES. Contingent ex- , P011S8S. For contingent expenses of the office of the Lieutenant-General, one Lieutenant-Gem thousand two hundred dollars. °”l’S Olme- For contingent expenses of the Adjutant=General’s Department at the Adjutant·Generheadquarters of military divisions and departments, two thousand dollars. tug D;P*·*?m¤¤,;*· For all contingent expenses of the Army not provided for by other P,.0v';d8d°f;‘;Y "° estimates, and embracing all branches of the military service, to be expended under the. immediate orders of the Secretary of War, fifteen thousand dollars. Approved, February 9, 1887. r CHAP. 128.-An act to authorize Frank W. Hunt to erect and maintain a ferry Feb. 11, 1887. across the Missouri River at the military reservation of Fort Buford, Dakota Terri- **7;** tory. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That Frank W. Hunt, his heirs lH;“g‘1_?g;’§“;‘g -or assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to erect and maintain a ;°,,,,,,,m,, u fc,.,,, ferry either by wire, cable, or steam, across the Missouri River, at the soross Missouri - military reservation of Fort Buford, Dakota Territory, for a period of River, at Fort Butau years_ ford, Dakota. Sec. 2. That the rates of toll across said ferry shall be fixed or estab- Tolls. lished from year to year by the Secretary of War. _ Sec. 3. That while this charter is in existence no toll or charge shall MMS- be made. for crossing the United States mail over said ferry; that the point of crossing the Missouri River to establish this ferry shall be determined upon under the authority of the Secretary of War. Sec. 4. This act may be amended or repealed at any time. Approved, February 1], 1887. CHAP. 129.-An act to amend section sixteen hundred and sixty-one of the Revised Feb. 12, 1887. Statutes, making an annual appropriation to provide arms and equipments for the —····;—- mi itia. ' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ _ _ Statesof America in Congress assembled, That section sixteen hundred gm? f°’m*£$· and sixty-one of the Revised Statutes be. and the same is hereby, P 2{,0°‘,;,§‘;';d€d_ * amended and reenacted so as to read as follows:’ “ Sncmou 1. That the sum of four hundred thousand dollars is hereby Annual ap p roannually appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not P¤=¤¤°¤· otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of providing arms, ordnance stores, qnartermasteis stores, and camp equipage for issue to the militia. - sur 1.——vo1. xxrv-—>26