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in the office of the Quartermaster General, or any division thereof, equal to the pay of first-class clerks, which is hereby directed, such sum as may be necessary for this purpose.

SEC. 6.  And be it further enacted, * * * For salary of the superintendent of the building occupied by the Quartermaster General's office, two hundred dollars for the current fiscal year.

SEC. 7.  And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be directed to cause estimates to be made for the erection of suitable fire proof buildings for the War Department in Washington, stating the location and price of the land, and plans and cost of necessary buildings, to be reported at the next session of Congress.


Approved, July 28, 1866.

V...[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 70.]

A RESOLUTION to provide for the publication of the official history of the rebellion.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Joint Resolution entitled "A Resolution to provide for the printing of official reports of the armies of the United States," approved May nineteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2.  And be it further resolved, That the Secretary of War be and he is hereby, authorized and required to appoint a competent person to arrange, and prepare for publication the official documents relating to the rebellion and the operations of the army of the United States, who shall prepare a plan for said publication and estimates of the cost thereof, to be submitted to Congress at its next session.

SEC. 3. And be it further resolved, That the person whose appointment is hereby authorized shall receive a compensation for his services not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, to be paid monthly by the Secretary by [of] the Treasury, out

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