Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-04-06
BY AUTHORITY.
Acts and Resolutions passed at the Second
Session Of the Thirtieth Congress.

Acts and Resolutions passed at the Second
Session Of the Thirtieth Congress.
lPUBL1c-No. Sian Act making appropri-
atoms for the support of the Military AGA
deny, for the year ending the thirtieth of
June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty
Be 1T enacted By the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of Ameri-
ca an Congress assembled, That the following
sums be, and the same are hereby, appropri-
ated out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for the support of the
Military Academy for the year ending the
thrtieth June. one thousand eight hundred
and fifty:
For pay of officers, instructors, cadets, and
musicians, seventy-nine thousand. seven hun
dred and sixty.four dollars;
For communication of subsistence, five thou
sand six hundred and twenty -one dollars
For forage of officers horses, wothousand
four hundred and ninety-six dollars, and all
professors shall be entitled TO the same amount
OF forage which is allowed 10 officers of the
rank to which their rank is assimiated;
For clothing for officers servants, four hun
dred and twenty dollars;
For repairs, fuel. apparatus, forage for pub
lie horses and oxen, stationery, printing, and
other incidental and contingent expenses,
twenty-six thousand four hundred and sixty
dollars;
For the increase and expenses of the libra
ry, one thousand dollars;
For expenses of the board of visitors, one
thousand and thirty-three dollars aud sixty
one cents;
For barracks for cadets, forty thousand dol
lars;
For new mess hall, five thousand dollars
For riding hall, two thousand dollars
For hospital for enlisted men, two thou
sand five hundred dollars
For permanent quarters and barracks for
engineer troops, (sappers, miners, and ponton-
iers,) five thousand dollars.
ROB'T C. WINTHROP,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
G. M. DALLAS,
Vice President of the United States, and
President of the Senate
Approved February 10, ls4e;
JAMES K. POLK
[PrBL1c-No. 9.l-An Act making appropri-
atoms for the payment of revolutionary and
other pensions Of the United States. for the
year ending the thirtieth of June, one thou
sand eight hundred and fifty.
Be 1T enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives. of the United States of Ameri-
ca tn Congress assembled. That the following
sums be, and the same are hereby, appropria-
ted out of any money in the treasury not 9th.
| erwise appropriated, for the payment of pen
sions for the year ending the thirtieth of June,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty:
For revolutionary pensions, under the act
of the eighteenth of March, one thousand
eight hundred and eighteen, twenty-eight
thousand four hundred dollars;
For invalid pensions, uAder various arts,
two hundred and seventy-.wo thousand dol
lars;
For pensions TO widows, under the act Of
the second of February, one thousand eight
hundred and forty ight, one hundred and
thirty thousand dollars;
For pensions to widows and orphans, un-
der the act of the twenty first of July, one
thousand eight hundred and forty eight. :wen-
ty -four thousand dollars;
For half-pay pensions 10 widows and Or
phans, under the act of the sixteenth of March,
one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and
the act of the sixteenth of April, one thousand
eight hundred and sixteen, in addition TO an
unexpended balance remaining in the treasu-
ry of eleven thousand seven hundred and six
ty-tour dollars and ffty-seven cents, payable
through the Third Auditors Office, ten thou
sand dollars;
For arrearages prior to the first of July,
one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, under
the act Of the first of May, one thousand eight
hundred and twenty, in addition to an unex-
pended balance remaining in Ihe treasury of
two thousand nine hundred and fourteen dol
lars and eighty-nne cents, payable through
the Third Auditors Office, ole thousand dol.
! lars.
SEC. 2. And be 1t further enacted, That
whenever any agent for paying pensions shall
have deputy or clerk authorized by law,
said deputy or clerk shall have like power to ad-
minister oaths or affirmatons as said agent may
have; and all oaths or affirmatons taken be.
fore said clerk or deputy shall be of like OBJ
legation, and sub ect to like penalties for false
swearing or afirmations, as if taken before
the pension agent himself
Approved February 10, 1919.
[PUBL1c-No. 1O.l-An Act TO authorize the
Secretary of War to make PREPARATION fol-
the killing of Caddo boy by volunteer
troops in Texas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House o.
Representatives Of the United States of Ame,t
ca n, Congress assembled, That the sum O
FIVE hundred dollars be, and the same is here
by, appropriated out of any money in The
treasury not otherwise appropriated, TO enable
the Secretary of War 10 carry out an agree
ment made and entered into at Torray's Ira
ding House, in the State of Texas, thirteenth
September, eighteen hundred and forty eight
between R. S. Neighbors, United States spe
cial Indian agent, and Col. P. II. Bell, on thu
one part, and Jose Maria Tow-i-ash and Had
i-hah, Caddo Indians, on the other part, ts
make reparation in money for the killing of
Caddo boy by the volunteer troops in Texa
in the summer of eighteen hundred and forty
eight. .--
APPROVED February 10, 1S49
[PuBL1c No. 11.l-An Act for authentcatini
certain records.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House 9
Representatives. Of the United States Of Aner'
ca n, Congress assembled, That it may an
shall be lawful for the keepers, or person