The weekly independent. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss) 1848-1853, 1853-04-16
IB Y A UT II o RIT Y /
Laws of the United States.
Passed during the Second Session, Of the
1hiry-Second Congress.
PUBIC Acr-N o. 81

AN ACT making appropriations fer the sup
port of the army for the year ending the
thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hum
tred and fifty four.
Be enacted By The Senate and House Of Repre-.
s.ntatires ef the Upiisd Staso 4,uerica IN con
grsss assembled, That the following sums br, and
the same are hereby. Appropriated out oil any
money III the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for the support of the army for the
year ending the thrtieth ofJune, one thou
sand eight hundred fifty four;
For pay ofthe army, one million eight hun
'dred and fourteen thousand seven hundred
and fifty nine dollars: Procide3, That the sala-
ry of the military storekeepers ofthe ordnance
department in Oregon, California, ana New
Mexico, shall hereafter be one thousand Two
hundred and fifty dollars peranuum;
For the remounring oil the four companies
rof light artillery, authorized by the ac' OF
March third eighteen hundred andlorty seven
eighteen thousand five hundred dollars: Pro-
vided, That the same be,ex pended at the dis
creton and by direction OF the President OF
the United States;
For the defence Of San Francisco, California
five hundred thousand dollars.
For continuing the dcieuces at the follow
ing forts, vix:
FLORIDA
Fort Jefferson, at Garden Keys or Tortngus
Islands, one hundred thousand dollars
Fort Taylor, Key West, seventy five thou
sand dollars.
GEORGIA.
Fort Pulaski, including barracks and quar-
tcrs, twenty thousand dollars.
SOUTH AROLlNA'
Fort Sumter. Charleston hardor, one hun
dreG and ten Thousand dollars.
MARYLANp.
Fort Carroll, SoiIers's Point Baltimore har-
'lor IiiV ttnusiittd Inllrs
DELAW RE.
Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware
giver, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
MAINE.
Fort Knox, Penobscot river, fifty five thou
sand dollars
MASSACHUSETTS,.
Fort Warren, Boston harbor, forty five
thousand dollars;
Fort Winthrop, Governors Island Boston,
twenty nine thousand five hundred and seven-
ty three dollars.
For Communication of officers subsistence
six hundred and fifteen thousand eight hun
'dred and forty seven dollars;
For columutition Of forage for officers
horses, one hundred aud four thousand llne
hundred and twenty eight doars
For payments in lien otcothing for officers
servants, thirty six thousand three hundred
and twenty dollars;
For expenses olrecluiting, forty three thou
sand twoFhundred dollars
For three months extra pay for non COM
missioned officers, masielans and privates,
'on reenlistment, ten Thousand dollars;
For subsistence in kind, one million and
twenty eight thousand four hundred and
ninety seven dollars;
For clothing for the army, camp and gar
rison equipage, and horse equipments, three
hundred and fifty twothousand one hundred
and forty three dollars and fifty SIX cents;
For the regular supplies of the quartcrmas-
ter's department, consisting OF luel, forage III
kind .or the horses, mules.i and oxen the
,quartermasters department., ut the several
military posts and stations, and with the ar
mics in the field for the horses ofthe first and
second regiments OF dragons, the companies
ofhght artillery the regiment Of mounted H.
.femen, and such companies Of infantry as
may be mounted, and also Tor the authorized
number OF officers horses WHEN serving IN the
field and at the oulposts; OF straw tor soldiers
bedding, and OF stationery, including compa-
ny and other blank looks ior the army, certl-
ficates for discharged soldiers. blall forms for
the payand quarternaster departments. and
for tile printing OF division and department or
'ders, army regulations, and reports, one mill
ion and fifty thousand dollars;
For the incidental expenses of the quarter
masters department, consisting of postage on
letters and packets received and sent by officers
of the army on public service; expenses o.
courts martial and courts olinquiry, irclndin9
,rhe additional compensation to judge adyo'
Gates, recorders, members, and witnesses
while on that service under the act Of March
sixteenth, eighteen hundred and two; extra
apay to soldiers employed, under the direction
rofthe .quartermasters department, in the cree
tion OF barracks, quarters, storehouses, ant
lhosptals; the construction of roads aud othel
constant labor ior periods OF not less than tci
days, under the act ofMarch second eighteet
1hundred and nineteen; expenses Of express tt
land from the frontier posts and armies in taC
itield: OF escorts TO paymasters otner disbgr
sing officers and':rains, when military escorts
cannot be furnished; expenses of the inter.
lnent OF non-commissioned officers and sol
.diers; authorized Office furniture; hire o la
borers in the quartermaster's department, in
.cluding hire of Interpreters, spies, and guide!
Tor the army; compensation of clerk to Off
GERS ofthe quartermaster's departments com
pensation oil forage and wagon masters, au
thoriZed by the act of July eighteen hundret
and thirty eight; for the apprehension of des
erters, and the expenses incident to their pur
snit the various expenditures required for tn
first and second regiments of dragons, tn
companies of light artillery, the regiment 0
mounted riilemen, and such companies of in
tantry as may be mounted, tnciuding the pur
chase of travelling forges, backsmlth's ant
shoeng tools, horse and mule shoes, iror
hire ofveterinary surgeons, and medicines 10
horses and mules, three hundeed thousan
dollars:
For constructing, repairing, and enlargin
barracks, quarters, hospitals, storehouses, sta
bles, wharves, and ways at the several post
and army depots for temporary cantonments
and the Authorized furniture for barrack