The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-08-22
For the purchase of saltpetre and brim
,tone. fortv thousand dollars:

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stone, forty thousand dollars;
For the expense of preparing drawings
of uniform system of artillery, and for
other supplies in the ordnance department,
three thousand dollars;
For CO ntinuipg the barracks, quarters,
&c. at Fort Levenworth, thirty thousand
dollars;
For continuing the barracks, quarters,
&c. at Fort Wayne, twenty thousand dol
lars;
For continuing the barracks, quarters,
&c. at Fort Smith, fifty thousand dollars;
For continuing the barracks, quarters,
&c. at Plattsburg, twenty thousand dol.
lars;
For continuing the barracks, quarters,
&c. at Fort Jesup, ten thousand dollars;
For repairs of arsenals damaged by
storms and fire, the'sum of nineteen thou
sand seven hundred and sixty.fve dollars;
For preventing and snppressing hosiililies
in Florida, to be expended under the di.
rection of the Secretary of War, confor-
mably to the acts of Congress of the nine.
teenth of March, and the second of July,
eighteen hundred and thirty.six, and The
acts therein referred to, vix: For forage
for the horses of the mounted volunteers
and militia, and for the horses, mules, and
oxen in the service of the trains; for freight
or transportation Of military supplies Of
every description, from The places of pur.
chase to Florida; for the purchase of
wagons, harness, boats, and lighters, and
other vessels, of horses, mules, and oxen,
TO keep up the trains, tools, leather, and
other materials for repairs, transportation
!; within Florida, including the hire of
steamboats, and other vessels for service
-! in the rivers and on the coasts. and the
expenses of maintaining the several steam.
boats and transport schooners connected
with the operations of the army, hire of
mechanics, laborers, mule drivers, team
sters, and other assistants including their
subsistence; for miscellaneous and con-
tingent charges, and for arrearages in
eighteen hundred and thirty-hye, eighteen
hundred and thirty-six, eighteen hundred
and thirty seven, eighteen hundred and
thirty eight, eighteen hundred and thirty
nine, and eighteen hundred and forty,
three hundred thousand dollars. For an
outfit for Charge d'Affaires to the Re.
public Of Texas, four thousand five hum
dred dollars; For repairing the roof to the
public store at the custom house in the
city of Philadelphia or for new roofing
the same with copper. as shall be directed
by the Secretary Of the Treasury, after
causing careful surveys of the condition
of the said building to be made, sum
not to exceed three thousand two hundred
dollars. For the pay of the commissioner
appointed by the Governor of the Terri
toryof Iowa to act on the part of that
Territory, in conjunction with the COM
missioner appointed by the United States,
in ascertaining, running and marking, the
southern boundary line of the said Terri.
tory, in conformity with the act of Con-
gress of the eighteenth of June. eighteen
hundred and thirty.eight, the sum Of one
thousand and ninety six dollars; For the
payment of expenses incurred under the
direction of the Joint Committee on the
Library, in the erection Of shelves and
book cases in the committee rooms of the
Capitol, for the reception of books and
documents to be transferred from the Lii
brary to the several committee rooms, a
sum not to exceed one thousand two hun.
dred and fifty dollars. For the purpose of
enabling the Secretaries of the War. and
Navy Departments to place in state of
safe preservation the specimens of natural
history which are now deposited in their
respective Offices, or which may be brought
there, resulting from surveys of the un-
explored portions of our own country,
or from the exploring expedition now in
the South Seas, by the authority, and at
the expense of the United States, or other
wise, sum not to exceed FIVE hundred
dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the sum of three thousand dollars, ap-
propriated by the act of Congress of the
twelfth of June, eighteen hundred and
thirty-eight, to ascertain and designate the
boundary line between the State Of Michi-
gan, and the Territory Of Wisconsin be,
and the same is hereby, reappropriated
to be expended under the direction of the
Secretary of War for the accom- plishment
of the same object.
Sec. 8. and be it further enacted, That
in case of deficiency Of receipts of
revenue from customs, or lands, or other
sources, or of failure on the part of the
late deposite banks or of the Bank of the
United States of Pennsylvania to pay the
debts due from them, or to become due in