Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-04-25
LAW OF THE UNITED STATES.
(By Authority.)

OF the navy of the United States
Tor the year one thousand eight hun
i dred and nine.
! Be 1t enacted by the Senate ,anr
House of Representatives, of the Uni;
ted States of America in Congress.
assembled, That for defravinr the
[ expense of the military establishment,
OF the United States, for the wear one
! thousand eight hundred and nine. for
the Indian department, and for the
expense OF Notifications, arsenals, ma.
gaines and armourics, thu following
sums, be, and the same hereby are re-
sPectlvely appropriated, that is to say :
For the pay of the army of the Uni
ted States, eight hundred and sixtv
eight thousand two hundred and FORTY
dollars.
For forage, sixty four thousand six
hundred and twenty four dollars
for subsistence, six hundred and
torty-one thousand two hundred aud
twenty-eight dollars and thirty.Gve
cents
FOR clothing, two hundred aud nine
ty-tAree thousand two hundred and
sixty-four dollars:
For bounties and premiums, fifteen
thousand dollars:
For the medical and hospital depart
men's, forty-hve thousand dollars:
For camp equipage, fuel, tools and
transportation, two hundred and sew.
tnty-thousand dollars;
! For ordnance, sevcnty.6ye thousand
dollars:
| For purchasing horses, saddles and
brides tor the light drag rooms, and for
the light artillery, ffty-one thousand
seven hundred and twenty dollars
For forage for the horses for the re-
slment of light artillery, ten tho sand
eight hundred dollars
For forti6cations, arsenals, mara.
zines and armouries. two hundred an J
nineteen thousand and thirty four dol
lars and seyenty-6ve cents
For purchasing maps, plans, boak $
anu Instruments, two thousand 6vr
hundred dollars
For contingencies, fifty thousand
! dollars
For the salary of clerks employed
In the military agents Offices, and in
the Office OF Inspector of the army
enree Thousand five hundred dollars
For the Indian depart nent, one hun.
dred and twenty-five thousand six hun
dred dollars
FOR the purpose of paying lanes
rowell, late collector of Savannah. the
amount OF monies advanced bv him m
solomon Ellis, contractor for supply
ng ratlons to the troops of the United
states, In the state of Georgia, inclu-
ding acommission oftwo per centum
90 the collector, twenty-seven Thousand
SIX hundred and twenty-one dollars
and eight cents
For the purpose of paying Ferdinand
fhinizy' late contractor for supplying
the troops IN Georgia, a balance due
10 MIN as admitted by the comptroller
or the treasury, on the twenty. fourth
OF July one thousand seven hundred
and nlnety-nine, one thousand three
hundred and ninety-three dollars and
thirty nine cents.
oec. Z. And be it further enacted
That for defraying the expenses of the
navy OF the United States, during the
yer one thousand eight hundred and
nine, the following sums, Including
therein the sum of four hundred thou.
sand dollars, already appropriated BY
an act, entitled C An act authorisino
the employment of an additional naval
torce," the following sums be, and the
same are hereby respectively appro.
Prlated, that is to say
For the pay and subsistence Of thu
officers, and pay of the seamen. one
million three hundred andtwentv tbre,
thousand and seventy dollars
For provisions, FIVE hundred an,
sixty-seven thousand seven hundre,
and sixty five dollars
For medicines, instruments an,
hospital stores, thirty-6ve thousan,
dollars ~
For repairs Of vessels, four hundre,
and torty-hve thousand dollars
For freight, store rent, commission
to agents, and other contingent exncn
SEES. one hundrad 81 cr. =,