The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1829-06-04
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LAWS OF rus UNtTEp STATES PAssEo AT rrf
SECOND SESSION OF THE rwESTIETH
coNGRFss.
An act 10 authorize subscription for stock
on the part Of he Uniie'l States, in the
louisville aud Portland Canal Company
BE IL enacted Ly he Senate and H1sss OF
RepreStata,ioes Of hc United States 0f u
meyicn IN Congress assembled, That the
Secretary ofthe Treasury be- and he here
by ls, authorized and directed TO subscribe
Tor or purchase, in the name and for the
nee Of the United States, any stock which
may have been forfeited 10 the Company,
aud which shall be undisposed of on the
fourth day Of March next, not exceeding
thirteen hundred and fifty shares, of the
Capital Stock of the Lou-svllle and Port
land Canal Company; and 10 pay for the
same, when called upon by said Company
out ofany money in the Treasury, not 9th
erwise appropriated: ProDided Said shares
can be had for sum not exceeding one
hundred dollars each.
Sec. 9 find be 1. further enacted, That
the said Secretary of the Treasury shall
vote for President and Directors Of said
Company, according to such number Of
shares, and shall receive, upon the soid
. stock the proportion of the tolls which shall,
from time TO time, be due 10 the United
States for tho stock aforesaid.
Approved, Cd March, 1899.
An act making additional appropriations
for the support of the Navy of the Uni,
ted States for the year one thousand
eight hundred and twenty nine.
BE IL enacted by The Senate and House of
Representatives. Of the United States Of "A.
mericd an Congress assembled, That the
defrayiDg the expenses of the Navy for the
year one thousa nd eight hundred and twen.
ty-nine the following sums be and the same
are hereby, RESI- pectively appropriated in ada
dition to the several SUMS appropriated by
the act Of the twenty fourth of May, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty eight,
10 wit:
For the pay and subsistence Of the off :
GERS, and pay Of the seaman, other than
those at navy yards, shore stations. and IN
ordinary, nine hundred and eighteen thou.
sand five hundred ard fourteen dollars.
For pay, Subsistence, and allowances Of
officers, and pay Of the seaman at navy
yards. shore stations, hospitals. and in ordi
nary. one hundred and sixty two thousand
mne hundred and thirty three dollars.
For pay Of Superintendents, Naval con
structors, and all the civil establishment, at
the several yards and stations, forty four
thousand seven hundred and seventy sev-
en- dollars.
For provisions, three hundred md twen-
ty-four thousand three hundred dollars.
For repairs of vessels in ordinary, and for
wear aud tear OF vessels in commission,
three hundred and fiftv six thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars
For medicines, surgical instruments, and
hospital stores, twenty thousand two hun
drcd and fifty dollars.
For ordnance. and ordnance stores, thir-
ty-seyen thousand five hundred dollars.
For repairs and improvements at navy
yards,o one hundred and seventy eight thou.
sand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For defraying the expenses that may &C
crue during the year one thousand eight
hundred and twenty. nine, to wit: for freight
and transportation Of materials and stores
ofevery doscription;for wharfage and dock.
age. storage and rent. travelling expenses
of officers, and transportation Of seaman,
house rent, chamber money, and fuel, ard
candles to officers, other than those attach
ed 10 the navy yards and stations. and for
officers in sick quarters, whore there is no
hospital and for funeral expenses; for
commissions, clerk h,re, office rent, station
ary, and fuel to Navy Agents; for premi
ums and Incidental expenses Ofrecruitlng;
for apprehendng deserters; for compensa
ton TO Judge Advoc ates, for per diem al
lowance for the persons attending courts
martial and courts ofinquiry, and TO officers
engaged on extra service beyond the lin
its of their stations; for printing and for
stationary ofevery description, and for books
maps, and charts nautical and matheuatic.
al instruments, chronome'ers. models, and
drawings; for purchase and repair fsteam
and fire engines, and for machinery; for
purchase and maintenance of oxen and
horses, and for carts, wheels, and work
mans tools Of every description; for poet.
age Of letters on public service; for pilot
are; for cabin furniture of vessels in com
mission, end forniture for officers houses
atnavy yards; for taxes on navy yards and
public property; for assistance rendered to
vessels in distress; for incidental labor at
navy yards not applicable 10 any other ap
preparation; for coal and other fuel, ,forages,
foundries. and steam engines; TOR candles,
oil.,nd fuel for vessels in commission and IN
ordinary; for repairs of magazines and pow
der houses: for preparing moulds for ships
to be built: and for no other objects or pur
pose whatever. one hundred and ninety
FIVE thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses for objects a.
rising during the year one thousand eight
hundred aud twenty nine and not herein
before enumerated. three thousand seven
hundred and ffty dollars.
For the reimbursement ofthc marsha' of
Florida. for expenses incurred in the case
Of certain Africans who were wrecked on
the coas, of the United Staes. and for the
expense vi exporting them 10 Afsics, six.