The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-06-20

contracts, three hundred and seseny thousand eiRht
Aundred and sghty-h,s dollars
For books maps, charts and INSTRUMENTS, binding
and repairing the same, and all expenses Of the by
biographical Office, twenty thousand Two hun
dfed dollars;
For grading and enclosing University Square IN
the city OF Washington, upon which The depot oi
charts and instruments has been erected, twelve
thousand i've hundred dollars
For improvements and necessary repairs oil navy
yards, viz
At Kittery. Maine, twenty.fonr thousand eight
hundred dollars
At Charlestown, Massachusetts, twenty-iour thou
sand five hundred and fifty dollars;
AT Brooklyn, New York, thiry-eight thousand
six hundred and eighteen dollars, and the unexpend-
ed balance Of the appropriation for the said navy
yard Of one hundred and twenty nine thousand one
hundred dollars, made by the act entitled IAN act
making appropriations for the naval service for the
year eighteen hundred and forty-two, approved on
the fourth day Of August eighteen hundred and Tor
tytwo, shall be Immediately expended under the d.
rection Of the Secretary of the Navy in continuance
Of the work already commenced at said navy yard
for the construction Of stone dry dock at the said
place, or in the construction of dry dock Oh some
other place, if he shall deem the better suited
for the purposes OF the navy in his discretion he
shall deem best for the public interest;
Al Philadelphia, fennsy lvania, nine thousand two
hundred and lwentytw dollars and sixty-sx cents
At Washington District Of Columbia, sixteen
thousand two hundred and sixty seven dollars
hundred and eighty dollars;
AT Pensacola, Florida, sixteen thousand three hun
dred and thirty dollars and the further sum
OF fifty thousand three hundred and seventy dol
lars, which, with the sum Of one hundred thousand
dollars heretofore appropriated for the construction
OF floating dry dock at that place, by the act Of
March third, one thousand eight hundred and forty
ty Three, making together the sum Of hundred
aud fifty thousand three hundred and seventy -one
dollars shall be expended in the construction Of the
fpt Tull~
wit: for permanent wharf, sixty thousand dollars /;
for ship house and building ship, forty thousand
dollars for a store house. twenty thousand dollars
for timber she'd twenty thousand dollars and for
temporary wharf ten thousand three hundred and
seventy one dollars according to the plan and re-
port communicated TO the Senate by the Secretary Of
the Navy in compliance with resolution Of The
twenty ninth April, one thousand eight hundred and
forty -four.
For the examination Of the navy yard and bottom
Of the harbor of Pensacola for the purpose of ascer
tanning whether dry dock can be constructed and
at what cost and whehera dry dock floating dock
with or without basin and railways would be most
suitable for tina, place. and the Secretary OF the Navy
is hereby directed to appoint competent board Of Of
hcers and engineer to examine and report 10 Con-
gress at its next session, the relative properties and
advantages of dry dock and of the different kinds
Of floating docks, with without basin and rail-
ways five thousand dollars. And that similar
animation be made at the navy yard near Portsmouth,
new hampshire, ana u report Uaue Oh inc cXPeOi'
ency of making dry dock there.
For magazines, viz
At Charleston two hundred dollars;
At Brooklyn, two hundred dollars
At Washington, two hundred dollars;
Al Norfolk, seven hundred and fifty dollars;
For contingent expenses that may accrue for the
following purposes VIZ
For the freight and transportation of materials and
stores ofevery descrpobor printing and stationery
for books maps, charts mathematical and nautical In
struLnents thermometers, models AID drawings for
the purchase and repair OF fIe-engines, and for ma
chneTy of every descriptions for the repair of stca uni
engines in yards; for the purchase and maintenance
of horses and oxen for carts, timber-wheels and
workmen's tools of evey description; for postage OF
letters public service for Goals and other fuel for
candles and oil for use Of vessels Of war in commits
sog and Of n.vy yaids and shore stations; for Incl
denial labor at navy yards and board vessels not
charseabie to any other appropriations for labor at
tending the delivery Of public stores and supplies on
foreign stations; for wi arfags, dockage and rent,
travelling xpenses of officers and transportation OF
seamen; house rent TO pusers, when duly authorized
funeral expenses commissions, clerk hire store rent,
Office rent stationery and fuel to navy agents and ma
val storekeepers; premiums and incidental expenses of
recruiting appfehending deserters; per diem allow
TO persons attending courts martial and courts
martial of inquiry or other services authorized by
Law; compensation to Judge advocates; printing and
stationery Of every description, aud for working the
hthoga press pota and towing vessels OF war
assistance rendered TO vessels IN distress; and Tor no
other purpose whatever, four hundred thousand
dollars
For contingent expenses for objects not herenbe-
fore enumerated, FIVE thousand dollars;
For coal and other fuel for steam vessels, forty
thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.
MARINE CORPS.
For paw Of officers, non-commissioned officers nu-
sicians privates and servants serving on shore and
subsistence Of officers, hundred thousand eight
hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty cents;
For clothing, forty thousand hundred and
rhirty-i,e dollars And the President Of the United
States hereby authorized TO direct the ira user Of
any unexended balance of sppropria ions heretofore
N AIDE for the pay subsistence of he marine corps
to the head al clothing for the marine corps;
For provisions, forty five thousand and eleven dol
lars and ninety five cents
For fuel, sixteen thousand two hundred and sew
eniy-four dollars and twelve cent?;
For military stores repairs Of arms, pay Of armorers
sccoutreDents, ordnance stores n tgs, drums, 6fes
and musical Instruments two thousand eight hu ndred
dollars;
For transportation Of officers and troops and for ex-
penses Of ecruiiing, eigh thousand dollars;
For repair of barracks and rent Of temporary bar
racks, 81, thousand dollars.
For contingencies, viz:
Freghts, ferriage, toll, wharfage and csrtaee com
pensston to Judge advocates; per diem for attending
courts martial ADD courts of inquiry, per diem to
listed men on constant labor; house rent where no
public quarters are assigned the burial Of dec, sed
mariners printing stationery; forage POSTAGE the
pursuit of deserefs; candles and oil straw; barack
furn ture bed sacks; spades; axes shoves; picks;
carpenters ,oo; and keeping horse for the messen-
ger, seventeen thousand nine hundred and eighty
dol srs
Section 2 ind be II further enacted That there be-
and there IS hereby, approprat,d the sum Of fifty
thousand dollars to pu chase American water roted
hemp for the Of the navy and to pay the co,t of
agencies Of purchase as cssb ished by law. nd no
further purchases OF fore On hemp shall be mad. for
the navy of the United States, except far as sup.
ply Of American hemp of proper quality and at as
cheap price cannot be obtained
Section }. -9rd be,i further enacted That so much
OF the first section Of the act eotitled to
gula ts he Of f, h. IL a