Southern shield., 1850-11-16
PUBLIC-No. 46.

thlrlleth Ot June, one thousand eiShi
 hundred and fifty-one.
 Be t enacted by lie Se,sate and House ot Representatives. ofthe United States of .9meri- ca m Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated to be paid out of any money in the treasu- ry not otherwise appropriated, for the year ending the thir,ieth of June, one thou sand eighthundred and fifty-one.
 For pay of commission, warrant, and petty officers, and seamen, including the engineer corps of the navy, two million seven hundred and fifty ight thousand two hundred and sixty-two dollars; and that there be paid by the proper accounting officers to William G. McAl pine and Will fam P. $. Sanger the same salary that was paid to their predecessors as engineers in chief, during the time they severally per formed such service at the navy yard, Brooklyn, New York; and that the same amount of salary as is provided for the said William c. McAlpine and William ?. s. Sanger, be paid to James Heron, the En- gineer-n- Chief at the navy yard at Pensa- cola, during the time he has been employed at said yard.
 For pay of superintendents, naval con- structors, and all the civil establishments at the several navy yards and station, seventy three thousand nine hundred and sixty dol lars.
 To equalze the salary of the clerk ofthe naval constructor at kittery with those at other navy yards, two hundred and fifty dollars.
 For provisions for commission, warrant, and petty officers and seamen, including engineers and marines attached to vessels for sea service, six hundrod and eightysiX two hundred dollars, PrOUided, That so much of the tact making appropri- atons for the half calender year beginning the first day of January, and ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and and for the fiscal year begin ming the first day of July, eighteen hun dred and forty three, and ending the thir- tieth day of June. eighteen hundred and for ty-four, approved the third March, eigh- teen hundred and forty-three," as requires the Secretary of the Navy to advertise once a week, for at least four weeks, for proposals for the transportation of supplies for the use of the Navy, be, and the same hereby is, repealed; and that hereafter such advertisements shall be made for period ol not less than five days.
 For surgeons necessaries and appliances for the sick and hurt, of the navy, including marine corps, thirty-siX thousand eight hun dred dollars.
 For repair of vessels in ordinary, and for wear and tear of vessels in commission, in- cludng fuel for steamers and the purchase ofAmercan water-rotted hemp, to be bought by the Secretary of the Navy ih open mar ket; Prouided, That that the price of the American hemp shall not exceed the aver age price of the foreign article for the last five years, one million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
 And that the Secretary of the Navy be 10 examine into the merits Of the various condensers for supplying the boil CTS of marine engines with fresh water; and that he report to this House at it's next ses- sion the result of said examination, togeth- CT with his opinion as to the value O. the best of said condensers 10 the Government of the United States; and that the sum of five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, 10 carry into effect this provision.
 For meteorological observations to be conducted under the direction of the Secre- tary of the Navy, two thousand dollars.
 For ordnance and ordnance stores, and, small arms, including incidental expenses, one hundred and ninety-six thousand nine hundred dollars.
 For the purchase and repair of nautical instruments of the Hydrographical office, ten thousand five hundred dollars.
 For the purchase of books, maps, and charts for the Hydrographical office, four one hundred and twenty-five dol lars.
 For backing and binding the same, and for printing and publishing hydrographica survevers and astronomical observations, four thousand six hundred dollars.
 For models, drawings, copying, postage, stationery, freight and transportation; for for pay of Photographer and for working Photographic presses including chemicals; for planting trees, sodding and keeping grounds and buildings in order; for pay of porter gardener, watchmen and instrument maker, for fuel and lights, of the Hydro, graphical office and National Observatory eight thousand four hundred and ten dollars
 For copying abstracts from old sea jour, nals for the wind and current charts, and for continuing, the engraving and Publlca- ton of the same, including cost of copper stones, chemicals, paper, &c., in the Na- tional Observatory, seven thousand five hundred dollars.
 For improvement and repair of buildings