The Arkansas banner., 1848-09-12
[PuEiJo-No. 75 :

l AN ACT making appropriation for tue naval ser-
 sice. for ths year snGing the thrtieth o June, 9ue l thousand eight han5red and 1orty-ulue-
 e lt rs,sfrf h t1e Seusle end ffggsz ef Rsnrs fIfvcs of ts, JsiEei Sigiss of 4nsrtes Congress assesbisf That ,i,e following sums be appropriated For the naval service, lor the y-1r eutiag June hr iieih, one thousand ciskJ huuqrec-uud foyt,-uiuc out oi auy unapPropria'ed money in tue treasury. l iu addition 10 tar Ol million fave uu nA red ihoasand dollars of the ueNpeite3 oalnca- of for mer oPproa riltions for the naval Serviee. Tho niaincer ot such incorporated balances after deduct ing The sum of one mjlIioa tvr huudrcI ihousaD! dollars, 10 bH carried 10 the surplus fund. For pay of commission. warrant. and petty off cers, and s"amen, including the engineer corps of thr y two million one hundred auI eighty mine thp0slmd two hundred and ceveI dollars For pay of sHperintendeu,s, naval constructors, add ail the civil establishments at thc several navy yards. seventy four thousand two hundred anl twenty dollars
 For prosisiout for commission. warrant and pet ty officers, snd scameu, including engineers aud sn- rnes attached t0 vessel for sea service six hundred and seventy seven thousand eigiJ huulir1 ant six ty dollars,
 For surgeons nccsssa.ies and appliances fer ti3e sick and hurt of the navy, including thr mari oa corps, twenty eight thousand five hunarai dollars.
 For incresse. repair, armanent aaI equipment for the navy, nc.nGieg and tenr o. sess-ls in commission. coal for steamers, purcha~" of hemp. and Oue lnlili0d tRo hnaaEeG thousand a-. tYs for completing four tFsi-os steamers, tao -.liJ3tap five hundred ane tiisty-onc thodsfh- four hga-re4 auG seysnty-i0ur dollars
 Fer ordnance and ordnance sto-es. including incidental expenses, two hundred ami eighteen thousand four hundred aud twenty dollars.
 For nautical books, maps, charts, instruments, binding and repairing the same, and sil expenses ot The hydrograPhiea oiice lbrtg five tho.isand d.l- ag=. And the Secrr tary oi the Navy .s hereby d. rrcted te capeud iivc thousand dollars, or 20 much as h.. ya,ioHs to h" made which have been recently rccom- rae HdeG e. hiH aF ti,= American Philosophical ~0- eiety and the Academy of Arts and Sciences.
 For the pay of the superintendent ot tas Naval Observatory at " ashiuCton city, who snail be a captain, commander. or lieutenant ia tine navy three thousand dollars, which shall be the salary per an of saii sGp,Ti tsndent. And the provision ia Inc act eatitlei ''AR gci making appropriations fbT the naval service for the year ending tbg ,nftien Of June, one thousand eishi huudrra and forty eight" NhEch is ID these wOfds, viz: ''Hcindjfrr three thousand dollars for pay ot the suprnnten- celt. @ ho shall be either captain, commander, or .ieuieaaI, in ths navy shall te construed to al,-
 10 ths super ,inni oi sad Naval Observatory PPa shall ,agy effect from and aflaE tho passaga @ 4Aat ac..
 Fof contingent eNprusss thai may arcrse fer line follow ing purposes. riz freight and ,rsnspottiiou printing and stationary; advertising iR newspapers books, mans, HloeiS, and draw ings; pnFct'ose and repair ci fire engines aud n4chiasFy; rePair oi aud attending steam engines in yauis; purchase aud support Of horses and and driving team caft-, tnaer wheels and lac purchase and repair ot work mcn's tools postage of pubiic letters. atnitprr for government houses fAel. oil. and candies Cor navy yards and s4ore stations: cleaning add clearing nP yards, watch fneu and iarideHta laboF not chafg-- able a any other appropriation; labor steudsng the delivery of and supplies foreign stations whsrEge. docknge, and reaFs travelling expenses pi officers; stationery. and fasi 10 navy agents and stoFe-keepers flags, swhiBgs, and packing boxes premiums ant other expenses Bf TecTHting sppre- hendng deset3ers; per eism nay 70 persons attend ing eogris-nartj4 and courts of ihqaify. or @th-r sery tee authorized by law; pay ta judge aSsocair< piiotage shd tnsaEe of vessels; aS~tsence sFnsefed to vts>ls ia distress. seven husdred thousand dot lars Aad ih- Secretary oi the Navy Is hereby aa- IaofiEeI from the sum aforesaid, without further notice aayertiSeHe ont a the appropriation for provisions 10 purchase at his dsecfeiien sutctcni quantity oi flour sad corn meal prepared and dried by the process and machinery invented hy J. h- ~ssffosd ol Ohio. be scot to dif~reai naval sta tsans to test it's capacity resist the aHuence CT tune and elinfsie and 10 ascertain what advantage there may be h introducing ti.e of the same for the navy
 For the transportation of the United States mat between New | Nork and New Orleans. and Havana and Chagres; and between Panama and Astoria. an
 der the set of the thiri cf March eighteen hundred and fofty~seyea. eEht hundred snd seventy tcur