Chapter 33.
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CHAP. 33.— An act making appropriations to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out the provisions of section two hundred and fifty-four of the Revised Statutes, and to appropriate forty thousand dollars for the miscellaneous expenses of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes. Jan. 29, 1879. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That to enable the Secretary ofAppropriations.Transportation of coin. the Treasury to meet the expenses of the transportation of coin and bullion sixty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: *Provided,* that this appropriation*Limit of cost*. be made available on and after the passage of this act, and that the amount paid for the transportation of gold coin from San Francisco to New York shall not. exceed one fourth of one per cent, and for the transportation of silver one per cent, and for intermediate point at proportionate rates corresponding to the distance.
To meet the miscellaneous expenses of the House of RepresentativesHouse miscellaneous expenses. to be disbursed by the clerk of the House the stun of forty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not 276 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 33, 34, 35, 36. 1879. otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available after the passage of this act. Senate contingent fund.That the sum of ten thousand dollars be and the same hereby is appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; which sum shall be placed to the credit of the contingent fund of the Senate to be applied toward defraying the expenses of such investigations and inquiries as have already been, or may hereafter be, directed by the Senate during the Forty-fifth Congress.
Committee on Army reorganization.For expenses of the Joint Committee to take into consideration the subject matter of reform and reorganization of the Army, two hundred and thirty-two dollars and sixty-seven cents. Committee on transfer of Indian Bureau.For expenses of the Joint Committee to take into consideration the expediency of transferring the Indian Bureau to the War Department, nine hundred and fifty-three dollars and sixty cents. Approved, January 29, 1879.