State journal & flag., 1846-12-11
PuBLIc.-No. l76.


AN ACT making appropriations for the Ma.
val service for the year ending on the thirt-
eth June, eighteen hundred and forty
ISEc. IL Be 1t enacted By the Senate
and House of Representatives. of the United
States Of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums be, end the same are
hereby appropriated for the naval service, for
the year ending on the thirtieth June, eighteen
hundred and forty seven:
For pay of commission, warrant, and petty
officers and seameII, including the engineer
corps OF the navy, three million five hundred
and seventy-on thousand seven hundred and
thirty five dollars
Passed midshipmen performing the duties of
master, under the authority of the Secretary OF
the Navy, to receive the compensation allowed
to such higher grade, while actually SO employs
ed.
For provisions, including transportation, COOS
perage, and other expenses, eight hundred and
sixty nine thousand seven hundred and twenty
two dollars;
For surgeons necessaries, and appliances
for the sick and hurt of the naval service, ill.,
GLIDING the marine corps, twenty-one thousand
and seventy-two dollars:
For the increase, repair, armament, and
equipment Of the navy, and wear and tear Of
FCooClo III COdl lOT
ers, and hemp, one million fit Y thousand dol
lars, aud the President is hereby authorized to
construct by contract, any vessel or steamer
for the public service, when in his opinion the
same can be done with equal efficiency and on
terms more economical than in the present navy
yards.
For ordnance and ordnance stores, including
al Incidental expenses, three hundred and sew
enty-one thousand eight hundred and twenty
dollars
For books maps. charts, and instruments,
binding and repairing the same, and all the ex-
penses Of the photographed Office, thlrty-fve
Thousand uine hundred dollars
For contingent expenses that may accrue for
the following purposes, viz: For freight aud
transportation printing and stationery /; books.
models, and drawings; purchase, and repair of
fre-engines, and for machinery; repair Of
stea,n~engines, in yards purchase aud main,
tenance Of horses and oxen; carts, timber
wheels, and workmen's tools postage of let.
tiers on public service; coal and other fuel, and
oil and candles for navy yards and shore sta
tons incidental labor, not chargeable 10 any
other appropriations labor attending the de-
livery of public stores and supplies OIL foreign
stations; wharfage, dockage storage, and rent;
travelling expenses of officers funeral expen-
ees commissions, clerk hire; store rent, Office
rent, stationery, and fuel to navy agents and
storekeepers premiums, and incidental expen
SEES of recruiting; experimenting deserers; per
diem allowance to persons attending courts
martial and courts of inquiry. or other services
authorized by law compensation to Judge ad-
vocates; pilotage and towing vessels, and assIs.
lance rendered to vessels in distress, five hun-
dred and fifty thousand dollars;
For contingent expenses for objects not here
inbefore enumerated, five thousand dollars;
For the support of the civil establishment at
the several navy yards, the officers and others
to be paid the annual compensation that was
allowed to them severally in the act making
appropriations for the naval service for the year
ending on the thirtieth Jure, eighteen hundred
and forty-six, except as hereinafter provided
Al KIrTERY, MAINE.
For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor,
inspector of timber, clerk to the yard. clerk
to the commandant, clerk to the storekeeper,
clerk TO the naval constructor, and porter, sew.
en- thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.
AT CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHU-
SETTS.
For pay of Sorekeepers, naval constructor,
measurer and inspector of timber, clerk to the
ward. two clerks to the commandant three clerks
to the storekeeper, clerk to naval constructor,
keeper ofmagazine. and porter, eleven thousand
one hundred and eighty dollars,
For repairs of the sheer wharf, Charlestown
navy yard, twelve thousand dollars.
AT BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor
measurer and inspector of timber, clerk 10 the
yard, two clerks to the commandant, three clerks
10 the storekeeper, clerk to naval construction,
keeper Of the magazine, and porter, eleven thou.
sand one hundred and eighty dollars.
AT PHILADELPHIA.
For pay Of storekeeper, naval constructor
measurer and inspector Of timber, clerk to the,
ward, clerk to the commandanf, clerk to the
storekeeper, clerk to naval constructor, and por
ter, seven thousand seven hundred dollars !:
Provided, That when the duties of the clerk
to the yard and clerk to the commandant are
performed by the SEINE person, he shall not re-
ceve a greater compensation than twelve hun
dred dollars per annum.
AT WASHINGTON.
4 For pay of storekeeper, measurer and in>
spector of timber, clerk TO the yard, two clerkt
70 commandapt, clerk to the storekeeper, keeper
of the magazine, and porter, six thousand six
hundred and eighty dollars.
AT GOSPORT, VIRGINIA.
For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor,
measurer and inspector of timber, clerk to the
yard, two clerks to commsndant, three clerks
to the storekeeper, clerk to the naval constrnc-
Der, keeper Of the magazine and porter, eleven
thousand one hundred and eighty dollars.
AT PENSACOLA.
For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor,
clerk to the yard, two clerks to the comman-
jant, two clerks TO the storekeeper, and porter,
eight thousand and fifty dollars.
AT MEMPHIS, TENN ESSEE.
For pay of storekeepef. clerk 10 the yard,
clerk to the commandment. aud porter, three thou
sand three hundred dollars: Provided, That The
Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby
authorized, when in his opinion the public in
terest will permit it. to discontinue any of the
( vii Offices and employments herein provided
Or at the navy yards, or to discharge the keep