Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-09-17

lfoIlOwlng sums be appropriated, in addition
to the unexp5ndcd balances Of former ap-
preparations, out Of any unappropriatcd
money in the Treasury for the naval SER
vice for the year one thousand eight hun
dred and forty-two, viz:
No. |. For pay of commission, warrant,
and petty officers and seamen, two million
three hundred and thirty-fve thousand dol
lars: PrOUidcd. That till otherwise ordered
by Congress the officers Of the navy shall
not be increased beyond the number in the
respective grades that were in the service
on the first day of January, eighteen hun
dred and forty-twO, nor shall there be any
further appointment of midshipmen until
the number in the service be reduced to the
number that were in service on the first day
of January, eighteen hundred and forty
one beyond which they shall not be increas-
ed until the further order of Congress.
No. 2. For pay Of superintendents, ma
val constructors. and all the civil establish
ments at the several yards, scvcnty-eight
thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.
No. g. For provisions. seven hundred
and twenty thousand dollars.
No. 4. For medicines and surgical in
struments, hospital stores, and other expen-
! ses on account of the sick, thirty thousand
dollars.
No. 5. For increase, repair, armament,
and equipment Of the navy, and wear and
tear OF vessels in commission, two million
dollars.
No 6. For ordnance and ordnance
stores on the Northern lakes, fify-ninc
: thousand and ninety-sevcn dollars.
No. 7. For improvement and necessary
! repairs of the navy yard at Portsmouth,
IL
! hundred and twenty-five dollars
No. 8. For improvement and necessary
repairs Of the navy yard at Charlestown,
Massachusetts, twenty-nine thousand dol
lars.
No. 9. For Improvement and necessary
repairs of the navy yard al Brooklyn, New
!. York, one hundred and twenty-nine thou
sand one hundred dollars: Provided, That
no part of this or any former appropriation
= to that object shall be applied to the con-
: struction of a dry dock at Brooklyn, except
a in payment for materials previously con-
+ tracted for and yet to be delivered. until
Vt suitable place shall be selected in the harbor
d Of New York. and the title to the land OBJ
4 tanned, and plan and estimate Of the cost
made, under the direction of the Secretary
Of the Navy. and approved bv him and the
- iCSluClA. [tNu JVUtfGtG, UtSO. L Hdl lIiC
s. Secretary of the Navy may, in his discre-
d ton, apply the sum Of one hundred thou
o sand dollars Of the amount hereby appro-
l. priated, and any balance of former appro-
e priations for the construction of a dry dock
II at Brooklyn, New York, to the construc-
Il ton of floating dock at the same place;
n and if any part Of this appropriation shall
t be expended upon the construction of
a.. /, al,
construction Of the dry dock shall be sus-
d pended until the further ord7r of Con
II gress.
1t No. 10. For Improvement and necessary
: repairs of the navy yard at Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, one thousand six hundred
dollars.
" No. IL. For improvement and necessary
4 repairs Of the navy yard at Washington,
K District Of Columbia, fifteen thousand three
" hundred dollars.
n No. ~. For Improvement and necessary
y repairs of the navy yard at Gosport, Nir-
ginia, ffty-siX thousand eight hundred dol
1t lars.
Is No. 49, For Improvement and neCessa-
It ~ repairs of the navy yard near Pensaco-
1t Ia. Florida. and for naval constructor at
n said place. thrty-f'e thousand three hun
iC' tbituiS'
No. II. For necessary repairs of the
hospital building and lis dependencies at
Il Chariestown, Massachusetts, three thousand
/ nine hundred and sixty dollars.
No. Is. For finishing copporing the roof
of the hospital building at Brooklyn, New
e York, fifteen hundred dollars.
No. lG. For necessary repairs of the
e hospital building and its dependencies at
Norfolk, Virginia, thirteen thousand seven
hundred and fifty dollars.
, No. II. For building an ice-house and
J. privies at the hospital at Pensacola, two
We thousand dollars.
II No. Is. For necessary repairs of the
=, Philadelphia naval asylum. one thousand
= three hundred dollars.
II No. 10. For defraying the expenses that
- may accrue for the following purposes, viz:
- For freight and transportation of ma
. terias and storos Of every description;
q for wharfage and dockagc; storage and
: rent; travelling expenses of officers and
u transportation of scamcn house rent 10
=. pursers, when duly authorized; for funeral
! expenses; for commissions. clerk hire, Office
rent stationery, and fuel TO navy agents;
- for premiums and incidental expenses of
rocruiting for experimenting deserters; for
- compensation to Judge advocates; for per
W diem allowance topcrsOns attending courts
martial and courts of inquiry, or other
services authorized by law; for printing