The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-04-20


LAWS or THE UNITED STATES, PASSED At TIRE
FIRST SESSION OF THE sIsErEEarH cosGREss.
PUBLIc-No. H.
AN ACT making appropriations for The
support Of the Navy of the United States
for the year one thousand eight hundred
and twenty-six.
BE il enacied by the Senate and House Of
Representatives. Of the United States of
.anlerica in Congress assembled, That, for
defraying the expenses of the Navy for
the year one thousand eight hundred and
twenty six, the following sums be, and the
same are hereby, respectively, appropri-
ated.
For thepay and subsistence Of the officers,
and pay ofthe seamen, other than those
Mt Navy Yards, shore stations, and in or
dinary, nine hundred and eight thousand
five hundred and ninety five dollars and
fifty cents.
For the pay, subsistence, and allowan-
ces of officers, and pay of seamen and 9TH
ers at Navy Yards, shore stations, hospi-
tals, and in ordinary, one hundred and for
. ty-one thousand six hundred aud thirteen
dollars and twenty five-cents.
For the pay of Naval Constructors, Su-
perintendents, and all the Civil Establish
ments at the several Navy Yards, and sta
tons, fifty two thousand two hundred and
forty dollars.
For provisions, three hundred and sew
eDty seven thousand eight hundred and
seventy one dollars seventy five cents.
For repairs of vessels in ordinary, and
for wear and tear Of vessels in commission,
three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For repairs and improvements of Navy
Yards, one huadred and seventy thousand
dollars, TO wit: Portsmouth, New-Hamp-
shire, ten Slsand dollars; Charlestown,
Massachusetts, forty thousand dollars;
New-York, thirty five thousand dollars !;
Philadelphia, thirty thousand dollars !;
Washington, fifteen thousand dollars; Cos
port, forty thousand dollars.
For a survey of the harbors Of Savan-
nah and BrunsHick, in Georgia, Beaufort
IN South Carolina, and Baltimore, Mary
land, with a view to ascertain the practi-
cal facilities Of those places for naval pur-
poses, ten thousand dollars.
For medicines, andsurgical instruments,
and hospital stores, and all other expen-
ses on account of the sick, forty-fve thou.
sand dollars.
For defraying the expenses which may
accrue during the year one thousand
eight hundred and twenty six, for the fol-
lowing purposes:
For freight and transportation Of mate
sials, and stores of every descriptio'i; for
wharfage and dockage for storage and
rent; for travelling, expenses Of officers,
and transportation of seamen; for house
rent or chamber money; for fuel and can
dies to officers, other than those attached
to Navy Yards and shore stations; for
commissions, clerk hire, Office rent, fuel
and stationery to Navy Agents, for pre-
miums anu incidental expenses of recruit
ing; for expenses of pursuing deserters;
Sor compensation To Judge Advocates; for
per diem allowance TO persons attending
Courts Martial, and Courts Of Inquiry, and
to officers engaged on extra service be-
vond the limits of their stations; for ex-
penses of persons in sick quarters; for bu-
irving deceased persons belonging to the
Navy! for printing and stationery OF every
description; for books, charts, mathema-
tcal and nautical instruments, chronome-
t,rs, models, and drawings: for purchase
and repairs offire and steam engines and
machinery; for purchase and maintenance
oil oxen aid horses, and for carts, wheels,
workmen's tools ofevery description; for
postage of letters on public service; for
piotage; for cabin furniture for vessels in
commission; for taxes on Navy Yards and
public property; for assistsuce rendered TO
public vessels in distress; for Incidental
labor at Navy Yards not applicable TO any
other appropriation for Goals and other flu
el for forges, folndries, steam engines,
and for candles, oil, and fuel for vessels in
commission, and in ordinary; and includ-
ing the expenses Of breaking up the sta
tons on the Lakes, and ut New-Orleans
and Barrataria, and for transporting the
articles from thence, and for no other OBJ
icct or purpose whatever, two hundred
forty thousand dollars.
Forcontingent expensesfcr objects aris-
ing during the year one thousand eight
hundred and twenty-six, and not herein
before enumerated, five thousand dol
lars.
For the pay and subsistence Of the Off
GERS, non-commissioned officers, musici-
ans, privates, and washeswomen Of the