The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-10-06

clgh hundred collars per annum from
and after the passage of this act.
For provisions for commission.warrant
and petty officers and scamen, including
engineers and marines attached to vcs-
sells for sea service six hundred and oigh-
ty-six thousand two hundred dollars it
being provided that 80 much of the act
approved March third, eighteen hundred
and fifty.one, entitled An act making
appropriations for the naval service of
the year ending the thirticth of June,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty
two" as provides that mo commu.atiou
of rations shall be allowed, except to
officers and their attendants, and for the
spirit part of the ration" be, and the
same is hereby repealed.
For a scientific investigation and ex-
pcrimcnts upon the character of alimen-
tary substance used as subsistence in the
Navy, and means to prevent their dctcri-
Grafton, two thousand five hundred dol
lars to be expended under the direction
of the Secretary of the Navy.
For surgeons ncccssaries and appli-
anccs for the sick and hurt of the Navy,
including the Marine Corps, thirty-sev-
en- thousand six hundred dollars.
For repair of vessels in ordinary, and
for wear and tear of vessels in commits
sion. including fuel and purchase hemp,
one million three hundred and sixty-fivc
thousand dollars. And the Secretary of
the Navy be. and he is hereby, authoriz-
ed and required to have completed, with
the least possible delay, the war steam
cr contracted for with Robert L. Ste
vcns, in pursuance of an act of ofCongross
approved April fourteenth, one thous-
and eight hundred md forty-two; and
the balance of the appropriation hereto
fore made which has been carried to
the credit Of the surplus fund. shall be
used for that purpose And the Sccrc-
tary of the Navy may, if he deem it
proper, cause to be applied, as soon as
practicable, to one or more of the steam
vessels belonging to the United States
any steam-condonser which may be found
best calculated for the purpose. for fresh
water to marine boilers and for tbs use
Of the crews.
For ordnance and ordnance stores
and small-arms, including incidental cx
pcnscs, on hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars
For the purchase of all the books
maps and charts required for the use OF
the Navy. eight thousand two hundred
and fifty dollars.
For backing and binding the samo.and
for printing and Publishing sailing drec
tions, photographed surveys, and astro-
nomical observations, nine thousand two
hundred dollars
For models, drawings and copying
postage, stationery.freight and transpor
tion, for pay of photographer, and for
working lithographic press, including
chemicals, for keeping grounds and build
ings in order for repairing and protect
ing from fnrther depredatiOns brick wall
on east. south, and west side of the
grounds, for pay Of potter, gardener,
watchmen, instrument maker. for fuel
| lights. and all the unenumcrated CON
tingent expenses Of the Photographed
Office and National Observatory, eleven
thousand five hundred and twenty dol
lars
For continuing the publication Of the
wind and current charts, and for defray-
ing all the expenses connected herewith.
ten thousand dollars
For the repairs and erection Of build
ings at the United States Naval Acade
my at Annapolis, Maryland, ,twenty-eight
thousand dollars To complete the
quarters for students and professors at
the Naval Academy Annapolis, the sum
of seventy-fve thousand dollars And
hereafter no appointment of midship-
men, acting midshipmen, or pupil at any
naval school in the Navy, shall be made,
unless recommended by the member of
Congress representing the district in
which the applicant resides, in the same
that cadets at West Point are now ap-
pointed and that the Secretary of the
Navy is hereby required to report to
Congress at its second session, the mum
Der and names of appointments to the
Naval School which have been made ;
and the district and State whence each
one comes and the number of vacan-
cies then existing at said school, with
the Congressional district which may be
entitled to supply them; and a state,
mcnt of the order in which the remand
cr of the Congressional districts shall be
entitled to supply all future and accIu
ing vacancies so far as it may be deter
mined by existing law, or by circum-
stances.
For the contingent expenses of the
United States Naval Academy at An
napolis, Maryland, twenty-one thousand
seven hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses that may ac-
crue for the following purposes, viz
freight and transportation, printing and
stationery, advertising in newspapers,
books, maps, model and drawings, pur-
chase and repair of fire engines and ma
chinery, repairs of and attending to
steam engines in navy-yards purchase
and maintenance of horses and oxenand
driving teams, carts, timberwheels, and
the purchase and repair Of workmen's
tools, post-honscs, fnel, oil, and candles
for navy-yards and shore stations, pay of
watchmen and incidental labor not
chargeablc to any other appropriation,
labor attending the delivery of stores on
foreign station, wharfage, dockage, and
rent, travelling expenses of officers and
others under orders, funeral expenses,
store and Office rent stationery, fuel com
missions and pay of clerks to navy agents
and store-keepers flags, awnings, pack
ingboxes, premiums, and other expenses
of recruiting, apprehending deserters,
per diem pay to persons attending courts