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 412 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 301. 1894. shall be transferred to the appropriation for “ current expeu ses, eighteen hundred and ninety-five," of that Branch Home, and thereafter all c_,m*,l;,§mb‘f,;’s"§°“,§’,; receipts on account of the effects of deceased members shall be credited mi11mt¤e¤¤»¤tex· to the appropriation for “ current expcnses" of the fiscal year during P"""“‘ which such amounts were received, and all repayments of such amounts shall be made from and charged to the like appropriation for the fiscal year in which such repayments shall be made. hgzlyiu °' K°¤°"*‘ The general treasurer shall give good and sufficient bond to the ' United States in a sum not less than one hundred thousand dollars, as the Secretary of War may direct, and to be approved by him, faithfully to account for all public moneys and property which he may receive, and the treasurers of the several Branch Homes shall give good and sufficient bonds to the general treasurer in such sums as he may require, · and to be approved by him, faithfully to account for all public moneys a d property which they may receive. “gQg*%¤·¤¤* *·° ”‘§A1'That the provisions of the fifth and sixth sections of the Act entitled VOI.19;p.335. ‘ “An Act establishing post-routes, and for otherxpurposes, approved ,. ~March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven," for the transmission W of official mail-matter, be, and they are hereby, extended and made " \ applicable to all official mail-matter of the National Home for Disabled . gi \Volunteer Soldiers, . K¤°¤*v*·*¤¤¤¤i¤¤- That all sums received from sales of subsistence stores or other property of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers shall be taken up by the disbursing officer under the proper current appropriation and be available for disbursement on account of that appropri- ·ation. ,,§§,‘§';,`,j" WY *° '·‘° That the Board of Managers shall classify all the officers and employees of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and establish a rate of pay and allowance for each class, and the rate so established shall not be increased by fees, perquisites, allowances, or advantages under any pretense whatever; and no employee shall be _ borne on more than one pay roll or voucher. °,'§§,“Qj,};f’g “¥’°““°“ That when an officer of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, not a member of the Board of Managers thereof, travels under orders on business for the Home he shall be allowed seven cents in lieu of all other expenses for each mile actually traveled, distance to be computed by the most direct through route. 0,’§_PjQ;§j__°’ B°““‘ That hereafter no member of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers shall receive any compensationor pay for any services or duties connected with the Home; but the _ traveling and other actual expenses of a member, incurred while upon , {,`,§{’§,‘$§·,,,,,, may M the business of the Home, may be reimbursable to such member; Procem names. mleel, That the president and secretary of the Board of Managers may receive a reasonable compensation for their services as such officers, not exceeding four thousand dollars and two thousand dollars, respec- _ tively, per annum. A"“""““°l’°°“°"· That hereafter, once in each fiscal year, the Secretary of War shall cause a thorough inspection to be made of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, its records, disbursements, management, discipline, and condition, such inspection to be made by an officer of the lnspector·General’s Department, who shall report thereon in writ- . ing, and said report shall be transmitted to Congress at the first session thereafter. ‘ ditzzrzugsd Terrirv- STATE on TERRITORIAL HOMES · For continuing aid to State or ‘ Territorial homes for the support of disabled volunteer soldiers in conv¤i.:».s,p.4s¤. formity with the Act approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen hun- ,,_m_ ° * “°‘ ruled, That onehalf of any sum or sums retained by State homes on account of pensions received from inmates shall be deducted from the aid herein provided for. www of pay. BAGK PAY AND BOVNTY: For payment of amounts for arrears of pay of two and three year volunteers that may be certified to be due by
 * ?; A id dred and eighty-eight, five hundred and seventy thousand dollars: Pro-