The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-03-06
NO. XLvI.

from und gfter the dale thereof.
For manufacture Of arms 1T the ma
itional armories, three hundred and sixty
thousand dollars.
For repairs and improvements, and
new machinery at the Harper Ferry
armory, fifty thousand FIVE hundred and
sixty dollars.
| For repairs and improvements, and
lnew machinery at the Springfield arino-
Irv, fifty-six thousand six hundred dol
liars.
For arsenals, one hundred and seven
teen thousand FIVE hundred and eighty
six dollars; and that sixteen thousand
dollars Of the sum hereby appropriated
shall be applied to the completion OF the
arsenal at Fayetteville, North Carolina.
according to the intent of the law AL
Ethorizing its construction.
For purchase of lot of ground at
Springfield, Massachusetts, adjoining the
,armory grounds on the hill, and near the
new arsenal, eight thousand five hum
dred dollars.
For surveys in reference to the rnili-
Itary defences Of the frontier, inland and
Atlantic, fifteen thousand dollars.
Fer military and geographical sur
veys west Of the Mississippi, twenty
Thousand dollars.
For continuing the surveys OF the
northern and northwestern lakes, twen-
Ity-fvc thousand dollars.
! For arrearages prior to the FIRST OF
July, one thousand eight hundred and
fifteen, under the act ot the first OF May,
one thousand eight hundred and twenty,
in addition to an uneXpended balance
remaining in the Treasury cf one thou
sand six hundred and ,wenty-seven dol.
lars and eighteen cents, payable through
the Third Auditors office, two thousand
dollars.
For compensation to a draughtsman,
employed in the bureau of Topographic
cal Engineers, on map of the western
territory of the United States, and ofthe
northern part of Mexico, which was
made under order Of the Senate of the
United States, one thousand and sixty
dollars. s,.0 s.J r.. 4
Sec. 2 .4nd be Il further enacied.
That the sum Of six hundred and eight
thousand two hundred and eighteen dol
lars and ninety-eight cents, being the
unexpended balance now in the Treas
ury, Of the appropriation made by Con-
gress on the fourteenth ofAugust, eigh-
teen hundred and iorty-eight, on ao-
count of the "army subsistence" for
the fiscal year ending the 3Oth Of June,
eighteen hundred and forty-nine, be, and
the same is hereby, re-appropriated for
the army subsistence for the fiscal year
ending the thirtie:h of June, eighteeen
hundred and fifty-one.
SEC. 3. .4nd be ii further enacted,
That the moneys which may be receiv-
ed by the proper officers Of the army
for the sales Of subsistence, military
stores, and other supplies, be, and they
are hereby, exempted from the opera
ton Of the act Of the third Of March,
eighteen hundred and forty-nine. en-
titled g An act requiring all moneys, re
ceived from the customs, and all other
sources, to be paid into the Treasury
without abatement or reduction"
SEC. 4. find be ii further enacted.
That the military storekeeper at Little
Rock arsenal, Arkansas, be allowed
from the first day of October, eighteen
hundred and forty-two, to the twenty
fifth day of October, eighteen hundred
and forty-ninc, the same compensation
as is authorized by the act of the twen-
ty-third of August, eighteen hundred
and forty-two, to be paid 10 the store
keepers al the Washington, Pittsburg
and Watervhet arsenals, and that there
be paid to military storekeeper David
Butler, twenty dollars per month for and
during the time he has performed the
duties of commssary and assistant COM
missary of subsistence and quarter
master
SEC. S. And be It further enacted,
That it shall be the duty ofthe Secretary
of War to order the discharge of any
soldier Of the army of the United States,
who at the time of his enlistment was
under the age cf twenty-one years, up
on evidence being produced to him that
such enlistment was without the con-
sent of his parent or guardian.
Sec. 6. find be II further enacted,
That the Secretary of War be and he
is hereby authorized TO pay the unex-
pended balance of the appropriation
made by an act of March third, eighteen
hundred and forty-nine, ''for publishing
a new edition Of the Ordnance Manual"
to the officer Of the United States army
employed in compiling, arranging and
supervising the publication Of the same
as provided by the terms Of said act.
Approved September %, 1850.
Pomer Of an Ordinance. Our city
fathers passed law last spring. making
| it penal for steamboats, TO land cholera
DatientS here exec pt thew were shipped