The Arkansas banner., 1847-04-21

VT 'neh y-sefen; smith shop and plumbers shop. ana aralns to reservoir and pipes to sthery; shell mouse, loiners' and carpenters shops and rigging oit and Tor repairs of a kinds ninety thou. sand SIX hundred and 6ity-ive dollars.
 fl Brooklyn.
 For repairing wharyes ia front of and F cis- teTns 10 reservoir C. completing eob-w wharf filling In tip1ber pond and dredging channels; sheIl-hoase on gnnbock, afd for repairs of all kinds, ify -one thousand eight hundred and forty eight dollars.
 Eos dry-dock, two huRdred and seventy five thousand dollars, That from and after the passage of this act all monies derived from the sale of all stores and other articles belonging tp the navy shall revert to that appropriation from which such stores and other articles were originally purchased; and the Secretary of the Treasury Is hereby authorized and directed io refund to the appropriation for 'ciothias for the navy, the proceeds ei all sales oi 1 condemned navy clothing which have been paid in- to the treasury of tie United States subsequent Io the first day of August, eighteen hundred and forty four, as shall appear from the accounts of the BG- reau of Provisions and Clothing, and the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury and it shall not be lawful hereafter to make transfer from the clothing fund, or the head of appropriation for .sciothing for the navy, to any other head of appropriation, except in the adjustment of the accounts of disbussng off, cers, at the office of the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury.
 Al Philadelphia.
 For outside piers of wharyes numbers two and three; wharf number four. and outside pier of Der fouI; workshops on side number ten anchorage and repairs of all kinds forty thousand four hundred and sixteen dollars. .4t Washington.
 For trip-hammer. in anchor shop, and blow ing ohain-cable fires in hydraulic proving ma chine shop; new boiler to steam engine number two; converting number eleven to an iron foundry; temporary laboratory building, and repairs of all kinds, thirty thousand five hundred and forty eight dollars.
 ,A Gosport.
 For completing storehouse number thirteen, and launching slip number fory eght new wharf where small shears stand, and for repairs of all kinds forty i've thousand two hundred dollars.
 fl PenSacoia.
 For completing stoIehoase number twenty five and tmber-shed number twenty six; blacksmith shop and steamengine permanent wharf; exlen- ding and completing coalhouse completing line house, and for repairs of all kinds, fifty eight thou sand and seventeen dollars.
 fl Memphis.
 For blackmith's shop steam engine and boilers for ropewalk; joiners shop and store house, (one witg;) sawmi commandant's house and offices; foundation ot wall to enclose yard embankment and excavation, and for repairs of all kinds one hundred and two thousand two hundred and five dollars.
 .lt Seckeu'S Hdrbor.
 For construction of officers quarters, and for re- pairs of all kinds five thousand dollars.
 For the improvement and repairs oi ihe several navy hospitals, YIz
 rAt Chelsea, five thousand four hundred and eighty dollars and fifty four cents.
 At Brooklyn, tNenty-two thousand three hundred and ninety dollars.
 At or near Gosport, five thousand six hundred and thirty-iour dollars.
 At Washington, one hundred dollars.
 At Pensacola, thirty thousand four hundred and 1oriy-one dollars and seventy five cents.
 For magsazlasss f sIassacnusetts, two hundred dollars.
 Al Brooklyn. eight hundred dollars. ~ At Washington, one hundred dollars.
 Al GosPort, three hundred dollars.
 Marine Corps.
 For pay of officers, non commissioned officers, musicians pryates, and servants serving on shore, and subsistence of officers, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
 For clothing, forty thousand five hundred and forty eight dollars
 For fuel. fifteen thousand four hundred and sixty Dine dollars.
 For military stores, repair of arms. pay of armo- rers, accoutrements, ordnance stores, Aags drums. flies. and musical instruments, four thousand three handfed and five dollars
 For transportation of officers and troops, and for expenses of recruiting, eight thousand dollars.
 For repair of barracks, and rent of temporary barracks six thousand dollars.
 For contingencies. viz:
 Freight, ierriage, toll, wharfage, and carriage !; compensation to judge advocates per diem for at- teuding courtsmartial and courts of inquiry: per diem to enlisted men on constant labor; house rent where no public quarters are assigned the burial of deceased marines printing, stationery, forage postages, and the pursui, of deserers candles and oil straw, barrack furniture, he'd sacks, spades axes shoTels picks, carpenters tools, and keeping a horse for the messenger, fifteen thousand dol lars.
 That the first section of the act of fourth of Au- gust eighteen hundred and forty-iwo. entitled 'sAn act making appropriations fer the naval service for the year one thousand eig ght hundred and iorty-wo shall not be construed as applying to the appoint meut of boatsWans, gunners, carpenters, and sail makers.
 sscc s ind be q farther e4aeted, That se much of the proviso of inc act of third of March, elsh teen hundred and forty three, entitled ''An act king appropriations tor the naval service for the half calendar year beginning the first of January, and ending the thirtieth day of June. eighteen hua- dred and forty four requires that provisions and all other materials Of every and nature, for ihe use of the navy, be furnished by contract with the lowest bidder, after advertisement, shali be and the same is hereby so far modified, that il shall not saiy to butter or cheese destined for the use ol our navy, or litbSs coAudbdB1 Oi War Ats'i 1t shall be lawful that contracts for those articles for the use of the navy be made, heretofore, for pc riods longer than one year. f in the opinion of the Secretary of the Navy, economy and the qualIty of the ration Ill be promoted thereby.
 SEC ,. And be II further eaacted, That the act of June seventeen, eighteen hundred and forty -four, entitled "An act making appropriations for the Da val service for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of June. eighteen hundred and forty -hve, which directs that the Secretary of the Navy shall order a competent commissioned or warrant officer of the navy 10 take charge of the naval stores for foreign sqaadrons ia place of naval storekeepers at each of the foreign ports where said stores may be deposited, and where storekeepeT is necessary, be, and the same is hereby, so far modified as 10 authorize the selection and appointment oi citizens other than naval officers to De stoEekeepers for eign stations, when suitable naval officers cannot be ordered on such seniee, oI when ia the opinion of the Secretary of ihe Navy, the public interest will be promoted thereby. Persohs Sc selected and appointed to receive the same compensation as how