Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-11-14

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tools and materials tor the objects emu
merated and for tfre authorized iurni-
ture Of barrack rooms of non-commls
stoned officers and soldiers, rent Of quar-
ters for officers, barracks and hospitals
for troops when here are no public
buildings for their accommodation for
storehouses for the sale-keeping OF mill
/ AIRY stores, and of grounds for summer
! cantonments and encampments, four
hundred and sixty-five thousand one
! hundred and one dollars PTyrided, -
! That eighteen thousand eight hundred
dollars olsaid sum shall be expended III
the erection of IA guard house, powder
magazine, repairs and enlargement Of
the barracks, the construction OF cul-
verts and sinks, the gyadmg Of the drill
and parade grounds, and the construc-
tion OF stone wall on the Licking river
side, for the protection and preservation
OF the public property, ut the military
post at at Newport, III the State oi
Kentucky.
For mileage, or the allowance made
10 officers for the transportation OF them
selves and baggage when travelling on
duty without troops one hundred and
twenty thousand dollars.
To supply deficiency in the appropr-
alton for the expenses Of the visitors to
the Military Academy at West Point,
one thousand and nincty-iour dollars
and eighty.three cents.
! For purchasing, waling, and ditching
piece Of land near the city Of Mexico
for cemetery or burial ground for such
ol'the officers and soldiers Of our army
in our late war with Mexico as fell in
battle, or died in and around said city
and for the intermeni Of American citi-
zens who have died, or may die in said
city TO be expended under the direction
OF the President of the United States,
ten thousand dollars.
\ For transportation of the army, inclu-
DIM baggage Of the troops when NOV
ing either by land or water, Of clothing,
camp, and garrison equipage, and horse
equipments, from the depots at Philadel-
phia and New York, to the several posts
and army depOts; of subsistence, from
the places of purchase and from the pla-
ceS Of delivery, under contract to such
! places ia the circumstances of the scrvi-
ces may require it TO be sent; of ord
nance, ordnance stores, and small arms
from the iOunderles and the armories 10
Il the arsenals, notifications, frontier posts,
and army depots freights, tolls, and fer
riagcs the purchase and hire of horses,
wagons, mules. oxen, carts, drays, ships
and other sea-going vessels and boats
for the transportation Of supplies; and
for garrison purposes, drayagc and
carriage at the several posts hire OF
teams,ers, transportation Of funds for
the pay and other disbursing depart
. menis. the expense Of sailing public
transports on the various rivers, the
|. Gulf of Mexico, and in the Atlantic and
Pacific, and of procuring water ut such
post as from their situations, require IT,
one million seven hundred and fiity-two
thousand and iorty-two dollars.
For medical and hospital departments,
sxIy-two thousand five hundred dol ars.
For armament Of fortifications, one
hundred thousand dollars.
For purchase Of ordnance, ordnance
stores and supplies, one hundred thous-
and dollars.
For current expenses Of the ordnance
service. one hundred thousand dollars
\ Prorided That the principal assistant
in the Ordnance Of Bureau Of The War
Department shall receive compcnsa-
ton not less than that OF the person EN-
ploycd at the founderies under the fifth
section Of the act approved twenty-third
of August, eighteen hundred and forty
two, from and after the date thereof.
For manufacture of arms at the ma
tionai armories, three hundred and six
~ thousand dollars.
For repairs and improvements, and
new machinery at the Harper's Ferry
armory fifty thousand five hundred and
sixty dollars.
For repairs and improvements. and
nea machinery at the Springfield ar
mory, fiily-six thousand six hundred dol
lars.
For arscnals, one hundred and seven
teen thousand five hundred and eighty
six dollars; and that sixteen thousand
liars of the sum hereby appropriated
shall be applied to the completion Of
the arsenal at Fayetteville, North Car.
olna, according to the intent of the law
authorizing its construction.
For purchase OF IA lot of ground at
Springfield Massachusetts, adjoining
the armory grounds on the hill, and near
the new Arsenal, eight thousand five
hundred dollars.
II For surveys in reference to the militia
ry dciences of the frontier, inland and
/ Atlantic, fifteen thousand dollars.
For military and geographical surv-
eys vest Of the Mississippi, twenty thou
/ sand dollars.
! For continuing the surveys of,he north
and northwestern lakes, twenty-five thou
/ sand dollars.
/ For arrcaragcs prior TO the first Of Ju-
I ly. one thousand eight hundred and fl
! teen, under the act of the first of May,
one thousand eight hundred and twenty
/ in addition To an uneSpcnded balance re-
naming in the treasury Of one thous-
/ and six hundred and twenty dol
lars and eighteen cents payable through
the Third Auditors office, two thousand
dollars.
For compensation 10 draughtman,
employed in the bureau Of Topograph-
zeal Engineers, on a map of the west
crn territory of the United States and OF
the northern part of Mexico, which was
made under order of the Senate of the
United States, one thousand sixty dol
/. lars.
n SIC 2. And be u further enacted,
That the sum of six hundred and eight
thousand two hundred and eighteen dol
lars and ninety-eight cents, being VI c
l..ls