Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-07-05
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u4ws OF the United State

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U4ws Of the United States,
pSSED At THE SECOND SESSION
OF THE TWENTY-NlNTH CONGRESS.
CHAP. 46.-An Act making appropriations FOR the ma.
val service for the year ending the ihitleih June
ono thousand eight hundred and forty-eirht.
Sec. l.-De It enacted by the Senate and House oil
Representatives Of the United States of America in
Congress assembled That the following sums be- and
the same are hereby Appropriated for the naval service
for the year ending on the thirieth June
eight hundred and foriy-eight:
For pay Of thirteen additional assistant surgeons
whose appointment Is hereby authorized twelve thou
sand three hundred and ffty dollars.
That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby
authorized to appoint Pyroiechnst for the service
the navy, nj an annual salary of fifteen hundred dol
lars, which sum is hereby appropriated Out If any mo
ney in the treasury otherwise appropriated, as full
compensation for the services of said Pyroechnist.
For provisions for commission. warrant, and petty oil
cers and scamen, including engineers and marines a
taehed 10 vessels for servcc nine hundred and Sc
venty-six thousand six hundred and sirlysi1 dollars
and eghty-one cents.
And there shall be allowed, instead Of the sum now
allowed by law. three cents per day in lieu of The spi
Tit rations In the navy be paid monthly such per
may elect TO receive the same, who shall aclu
ally draw their rations In kind.
For additional clerk for Bureau OF Provision and
Clothing, one thousand dollars.
For surgeons necesSaries and appliances for the sick
and hurt Of the naval service, including The marine
corps, including three thousand dollars for pay of The
superintendent who shall be either captain, com
nander or lieutenant in the navy, forty thousand two
hundred dollars.
For the increase, repair, armament, and equipment OF
the navy, and wear and tear of vessels in commission
including coal for and purchase Of hemp, i've
million five hundred Thousand dollars.
For ordnance and ordnance stores, including inciden
tai expenses three hundred and seventy one thousand
three hundred and ninety dollars.
For nautical books, maps, charts and instruments
binding and repairing the samn and all the expenses oi
the hydrographcai office, twenty five thousand nine
hundred and forty dollars.
For contingent expenses that may accrue for the fol-
lowing parposrs Freight and transporation print
ing and stationery advertising In newspapers; hooks
maps, models and drawings; purchase ana repair oi
fire engines and machinery; repair OF steam engines,
and attendance on the same III yards; purchase aud
maintenance of horses and oxen, and driving teams;
carts, timber wheels and wnrkmen's tools oil every de-
scrption and repairing the same postage Of letters on
public business coal and other fuel and oil and can
dies for nuvy yards and shore stutions cleaning and
clearing up yards incidental labor not chargeable 10
any other appropriation; labor attending the delivery
oil public and supplies on foreign sia0ns wharf
ace, dockage, storage and rent; travelling expenses oil
officers, funeral expenses, commissions, hire u agents;
clerk hire store rent cffce rent stationery, and fuel 10
navy agents and naval storekeepefs ags, awnings and
packing boxes; fixtures for officers quarters; premiums,
and Incidental expenses Of recruiting; experimenting
deserers; per diem allowance 10 persons attending
martial aud courts of inquiry. or other service
authorized by law; compensation 10 judge advocates;
potage, and towing vessels; assistance rendered 10
vessels in distress, six hundred thousand dollars.
For enabling the Secretary of the Navy 10 test by
perments the value the navy of Earles patented in
ven,ion for the preservation Of canvass five thousand
dollars.
For contingent expenses for ects not hereinbeore
enumerated, five thousand dollars.
For the support OF the civil establishment al the srve
raj aavyyards, the officers and others to be PAID the
annual compensation that was allowed to them sere-
rally the making appropriations for the naval SER
vice for the year ending the reth June. one thou
sand eight hundred and ioryseven except as herenai-
"a nYayiIed.
AT KITTERY, MAINE.
For pay OF storekeeper naval constructor, inspector
clerk to the stoekeepe clerk 10 the naval constructor
and porter thousand six hundred and fifty dol
AT CHARLEsTowN, MASSACHUSETTS.
For pay OF storekeeper naval constructor, measurer
and inspector Of timber clerk 10 the yard two clerks 10
the commandant three clerks 10 the soiekeepe clerk
10 naval constructor keeper OF magazine aud porter
eleven thousand one hundred and eighty 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 to the storekeeper
clerk the naval constructor keeper Of magazine and
porter eleven thousand one hundred and eighty dollars
AT PHILADELPHIA.
For nav of storekeepe naval constructor, measnrer
and inspector Of TIMBER clerk 10 the yard clerk to the
commandment, clerk to the storekeeper, clerk 10 naval
constructor, and porter, seven thousand s.ven hundred
dollars. "
For paw Of sorekeeper, measnrer and inspector Of tim
ber clerk to the yard TWO clerks 10 commandat clerk
TO the storeeeper keeper Of the magazine, aud porter
six thousand ak hundred and eighty dollars
AT GOSPoRT, VIRGINIA.
For pay of siorekeeper, naval constructor msasnfei
and of timber clerk 10 the yard two clerks 10
commandment. three clerks 10 The storekreper CLERK e
the naval constructor keeper Of the magazine and por
ter, eleven thousand one saa[sa ana e'sy DOLLARS
For nav Of sorekeeper naval constructor, clerk IL
the yard clerks 10 the commandment two clerks to
the storekeeper and porter, eight thousand and fifty
dollars.
For pay Of sorekeeper, clerk TO the yard, clerk 10
the commandant, and pote, three thousand three nun
For improvements and necessary repairs Of navy
yardg--yiz: ,,
Tor extending kuee-dnck wall, and filling In Tor Gin
and anchor wharf, rebuilding wharf hummer one, cst-
ern near mast and boai-house number hheen and Tor
repairs of all kinds, fhrtyone thousand i've hundred
and tw ntyeieht dollars. That the Secretary Of The
Navy Is hereby directed 10 cause TO be constructed al
each Of the navyyards at ktcty Philadelphia and rea
sacola floating dry-dock for ships Of the line, with ba
sin and railways Philadelphia and reference thereto
at the other places such plan may be preferred by
the Secretary OF the Navy the said dock al Pensacola
10 be completed with all possible despatch; and the
sum of fifty thousand doll rs Is hereby appropriated To-
wards the said dock at Kiery; fifty thousand dollars
towards said dock al Philadelphia; and Two hundred
and (iy thousand dollars towards said dock al Pcnsa
COLA ont Of any money in the treasury not otherwise
'pf''i AT CHARLEsToWN.
For whirf number s,1yfour, and repairs OF dry dork
number fifty -four; timber dock and bridge across TIM
her dock: brick barn be erected number twenty
seven smith shop and plumbers shop, anu drains 10
reservoir, and pipes TO snithery; shel-housr )oncrs
and carpenters shops and rigging loft, aud nr repairs
of all KINDS n,nely-sevtn thousand SIX hundred ana
NV AT BROOKLYN.
For remaining whaIves in front Of ID and F.; cislefns
70 reservoir c. completing coawhafi hlling IN timber
pond and dredging channels; shell house on gun block
and for r. pairs of all kinds. fty-cne thousand eight
hundred and forty eight dollars
For ary dock two hundred and seventy five thou
,and dollars. That fi0m and after the passage OF This
nct ali moneys derived from the sale of all stores and
articles belonging TO the navy, shall revert 10 that
appropriation from which such stores and oher arces
were originally purchased: and the Secretary oil TINS
Treasury Is Hereby authorized and directed to refund
10 the appropriation for "clohng for the navy" the
Of ai sales nf condemned navy clothing winch
have been paid into the Treasury Of the United stale
subsequent the first day of August eighteen hundred
and forty four shall appear from the accounts OF The
Bureau Of Provisions and Clothing and the Fourth An
dior Of The Treasury and il sha not be lawful hereai
ter to make transfers from the clothing innd, q" III.
head OF the appropriation for ciothins Tor tf navy,
oany other head or appropriations except in the adjust
mrni or thr accounts Of discussing officers al the office
az the Fourth Auditor Of The Treasury:
AT PHILADELPHIA.
For outside piers of wllarves NUMBERS Two and three
wharf number four and outside pier Of number four
workshops Oh site number lem anchorage and repairs %
al kinds forty seven thousand Tour undteu anu s'x
teen dollars. - -
For hammer in anchor shop, and blowing chain
cable fires in hydraulic proving machine shop; new
boiler steam engine number iwo; converting humble
eleven 10 iron foundry temporary laboratory h,illd
iny and repairs Of MI kinds, thirty thousand hve nun
dred and forty-eieht dollars.
AT GOSPORT.
For completing siorehause number thirteen, AM
launching slip number forty eight; new wharf whrf'
small shears now stand, and for repairs Of all kinds
t,yy tnotl Sand two hundred GOIars.