The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-03-08

AT Chelsea, five thousand four hundred and eighty dol
lars and ftty-lour t IL 500 ,
nInety dollars.
Al or near ospor five thousand hundred and thirty
Al Washington, hundred dollars
AT Pensacola thirty thousand four hundred and iory-one
dollars and seven'y-fve cents
For magazines, viz;
At Charleston, Massachusetts two hundred dollars
Al Brooklyn, eight hundred dollars
At Washington, one hundred dollars
Al Gospon, three hundred dollars
MARINE CORPS
For pay OF officers officers musicians
prvaes serving Shore and subsistence Of
officers hundred and fifty thousand dollars =,
For clothing forty thousand five hundred and ioryeght
dollars.
For military stores repair of arms, pay ofannorers,
coutrcmcts, ordnance flags, drums iies and ll
steal Instruments four thousand three hundred and five dol
lars. .la.
For transportation of officers and troops and for expenses
Of recruiting eight thousand dollars.
For repair Of barracks and rent temporary barracks
six thousand dollars.
For contingencies, viz;
Freight erriage toll, wharfage, and carriage; oompen-
martial and courts of inquiry per diem enlisted
constant labor house rent where no public quarters are
onery forage, hostages, and the pursuit of desertes
candles and oil; straw, banaek furniture bed sacks,
a horse for the messenger fifteen thousand dollars.
That the first section of the OF fourth of August egh
preparations the naval service for the year thousand
eight hundred and ortywo shall be construed APP
SEC q And Be il further enacted That so much of the
forty three, entitled san making appropriations for
the. naval service for the half calendar year begin
jung" jung n egheen h""ded and as quay
that provisions and all other materials of every name
and nature, for the of the navy, be furnished by
with the lowest bidder, after advertisements shall
be and the is hereby far modified. that it shall
apply butter cheese destined for the OF our navy
or things eontraband of And it shall be lawful that
for those articles for the of the navy be made
IA hpr Nor han one wear / in he
opinion of the Secretary of the Navy economy and the
ps Of the ration viii be PsnoeS Rs,ety ys ,o, Of
seventeen, eighteen hundred and forty four, entitled 'An
ss e Seh ay hs hs
and foryfve which directs that the Secretary of the
officer OF the navy take charge of the naval for for
egn squadrons in place of naval orekecpers aeach of the
where is BE- and the same
hereby, far modified authorize the selection and APP
ponnent of citizens other than naval officers to
keepers foreign stations when suitable naval officers
cannot be ordered such service, or when in the opinion
NOTED thereby Persons selected and appointed to
ceve the same compensation as now allowed and 70 enter
into bond with security as is required by law Of officers of
Sec dad be further enacted, That the pay of fremen
and coaheayers employed in the naval service shall here
be fixed by the President of the United States the
same manner as is now provided by law for the pay OF
marines: and much of the of Congress, approved
August thirtyrs eighteen hundred and forty-two entitled
in the the United States fixes the pay Of trenen
and coalheavers be, and the same is hereby repealed
proprated in this act for pay of the navy" and contn
gent xpenses enumerated, exceeding
weight thousand and hundred dollars may be expend
ed under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, for
REPAIRS Improvements, and instructions Fort Severn,
Annapolis Maryland and for the purchase of land for the
Of the naval school at that place. exceeding twelve
SEC. lind be further enacted, That every ca of
the loss capture OF vessel belonging the navy of the
United States the accounting officers of the treasury, under
the direction of the Secretary of the Navy shall be- and
they hereby authorized in the settlement of the
OF the pnrser OF such vessel credit him with sneh portion
of the OF the provisions clothing, small stores, and
money, with which he stands charged the books of
Fourth Auditor of the Treasury, they shall be satisfied
inevitably lost by such capture loss ola public
sci and such purser shall be fully cxoneraed by such cred
it, from all liability of the provisions clothing,
small stores, and money proved TO have been captured
or lost.
SEC. T. and be further enacted That the Secretary of
the Navy be- and he hereby authorized and directed
such experiments TO be made under the immediate
direction and superntendence of Urah Brown shall
thoroughly the efficient properties of liquid fire.
and the practical utility of a shotproof steamship (the
invention of said Brown) for coast and harbor de-
fence; said experiments TO be made in the pres
rotary of the Navy for that purpose and it shall be the
duty of the said Secretary report to Congress, the
earliest practicable period thereafter the of such
experiments and his opinion whether the interest of the
United States would be promoted by adopting this nven
ton Of national defence. That said Brown
shall receive the OF six dollars per day while engaged
and other necessary expenses PrOrided lie shall be
employed for time exceeding six months And that
sum not exceeding thousand dollars be, and the
is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury
otherwise appropriated for deiaying the expenses
said experiments
JOHN w. DAVIS
Speaker of the House of Representatives. f
G.. M. DALLAS,
Vice President OF the United States and
President of the Senate.
APPROVED March 8. 1877.
JAMES X POLK