The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-03-22

sepots; Of subsistalte fro hs plicei OF purchase
aud from the places OF delivery, under contract to
such places the circumstances OF the service may
require Il 10 be sent Of ordnance, ordnance stores,
and small arms, from the ioundries aud armores to
the arsenals Notifications, frontier posls, aud army
derots; fieghls, tolls, and ferriagss; the Furchs E
aud hire oil horses wagons, mules oxen. carts drays
ships and other going vessels anlsbosts for the
transportation Of supplies and for garrison pu poses
drsyscs and carriage ut tie several poS.s, vi o.
|; transportation Of funds f1f The Ily and
other dishursing Department.; the expense Of
sailing public transports on the yarion. rivers the
gulf Of Mexico. and In the Atlantic and Pacific /;
md Of procuring water at such pc IL as, from their
situation, require j.. sewn hundred and fifty thou
sand dolaf..
For medical and hospital department fly two
For armament Of f riff :aons, one bundled thou
sand dollars
For purchase Of ordnance, ordnance stores, and
supplies one hundred thousand dollars
For current expenses of the ordnance service, one
humid ed thousand dollars 81
For manufacture Of arms at the national armo
ries, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars.
For the purchase Of Colts revolving pistols, if
the Secretary Of War -hould deem it sdy sibls and
proper, fifty thousand dollars.
For repairs and improvements. and new machin-
Se@SN'
sand six hundred and twenty dollars.
For repairs and Improvements, and new machin-
sry at the Springfield srmoIy.eghty two thousand
fve hundred dol are,
For ARENAS seventy four thousand Two hundred
and sixty one doll,rs,
For purchase Of 1T Of ground at Harpsr's Ferry,
Virginia contiguous to the public buildings, two
hundred dollars.
For purchase Of land at Springfield smory,
A. IL. -. Al. L.
and of 1T on the northwest corner IL ths armoTy
eroun %, nine thousand doiars
For purchase 81 site for magazine at ST. Lonis
arsenal, at suitable point without ths 1iiy, Ave
Thousand djllsrs.
For surveys in reference to The military deiencsa
Of the frontier, inland and Atlantic. ten thou
sand dollars.
For the purchase Of land adjoining the FrankGh
arsehal Pennsylvania, twenty thousand dollars
For erecting suitable build ng, and machinery for
the manufacture u percussion caps at The salnr
place. fifteen thousand dollars.
10 hefray the expenses 81 compiling, arranging
Publishing, snd supervising the publication Of a,
new edition OF the Ordnance Manual, oi fifteen
hundred copes, six thousand dollars.
10 d-fray the expenses Of Typographical surveys
Of rouiss from the valley Of the Mississippi 10 the
Pacific ocean, fifty thousand dollars.
10 provide foI the payment for secret service
rendered To the United States 10 the with Mexico,
and 10 be expended under the direct on Of the
President Of the United States, y thousand olars.
For carrying into tf.ct The treaty Of the mi.
ted States with the Stockbridge tibe Of Indians Of
tho twenty fourth November, eighteen hundred and
forty eight, The SUI. Of fifty Two thousand eight hun
dred and four dollars eighty five cents
Ser. 2. Ind be il further enacted, That the mill
tary siorekeeper at Waiertown arsena', AIassachu-
sets, be allowed from the fir / day Of October,
eighteen hundred and fnriy two, the same compen-
sation as is authorized by the uct of the twenty
third August eighteen hundred and forty two, 10 be
paid 10 the storekeepers at the Washington, Pitts
burg, and Watervleit arscnals; and That thne bc
paid TO military storekeeper 7. A. Weber twenty
dollars per month for and during the time he has
performed the du les Of c,mmissary and assistant
commssAry Of subsistence at said arsenal.
Sec. 3. And be IL further enacied That amy non-
commissioned officer, musician or private, in the
company Of sappers and miners, and pontonisrs.
raised by the ACT Of May ninth, eighteen hundred
and forty eight who served in said company 10 The
war with Mexico, shall, on application he entitled
10 receive an honorable discharge from the service
Of the United Stetes and stand il they had serv
cd ont their respective terms.
Approved, March 3 1919.