The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-03-07


AN ACT to provide for the of public buildings
the Territory OF Nebraska.
BE enacted by he Senate and House Of Representatives Of
s ne anos x dosr. be- a9d the
appropriated Of any money the treasury other
the Territory of Nebraska be expended under the dree
ton of the governor OF said Territory Povded Said
or any part thereof shall not be expended until the ega
ture shall have liked by law the permanent seat govern
ment.
Approved March Sd, 1855.
Public 69.l
AN ACT making appropriation for the support of the army
for the year ending the thrtieth of june thousand
eight hundred and 6fy-six, and for other purposes
Bet enacted By the Senate and House Of RpresetaUes Of
the United States Of America Congress assembled That the
following sums be- and the same are hereby appropriated
Of money the treasury otherwise Appropriated
for the support the for the ending the threth
Of June, one thousand eight hundred and hfty-six;
For pay of the army two million six hundred thousand
eight hundred and six dollars
For pay supplies and travelling expenses of six companies
Of Texas volunteers called into service by the of
Texas and mustered into the service Of the United States
hundred and thirty thousand seven hundred and
fifty five dollars and thirty-eg cents.
For communication of officers subsistence six hundred and
twenty eight thousand hundred and sixty dollars
For Communication of forage for officers horses, one hundred
and four thousand eight hundred and thrytwo dollars
For payments lieu OF clothing for officers servants
thirty six thousand three hundred and fifty dollars
For expenses of recruiting, transportation of recruits
three months extra pay to non-commsoned officers, mu
cians and prlyate on re~enment hundred thousand
dollars.
For subsistence in kind, million three hundred aud
seventy
cents.
For clothing for the army camp and garrison equpage
five hundred and seventy thousand eight hundred and
seventy six dollars and fifty nine cents
For the regular supplies Of the depart
ment consisting of fuel forage in kind for the horses mules
and of the quartermasers department at the several
military posts and stations and with the armies IN the held
for the horses of the first and second regiments of dragons
the companies Of light artillery the regiment OF mounted RI
hemen and such companies OF infantry may be mounted
for the authorized number OF officers horses when
serving the field and the oupots of straw for soldiers
bedding and OF stationery, including company and other
blank books for the army tor discharged soldiers
blank forms for the pay and quartermaster departments
and for the printing of division and department ORDERS army
regulations and reports eight hundred and ninety thousand
dollars.
For the incidental expenses Of the quarermaster depart
ment consisting of postage letters and packets received
and sent by officers OF the public services expenses
martial and courts of inquiry including the addi
onal compensation to recorders MEMBERS
and witnesses while that service under the act OF March
SIXTEENTH eighteen hundred and wo extra OF soldiers
employed the direction Of the depart
men in the erection of barracks quarters storehouses and
hopas the construction of roads, and other constant la
periods of not less than ten days. under the acts OF
March second eighteen hundred and nineteen and August
fourth eighteen hundred and fifty -four including those
poyed clerks division and department headquarters
expenses of and from the frontier posts and
in the field of escorts to paymaser other disbursng
officers and trains when military escorts cannot be furnished
expenses of the ntement OF commissioned officers and
soldiers authorized office frnure hire of aborers the
department including hire of interpreters
spies and guides, for the army compensation of clerk to
officers the quartermasters department. compensation OF
forage and authorized by the act of July fifth
eighteen hundred and for the apprehension of
and the expenses incident their pursuits the
various expenditures required for the first and second reg
ments of dragons the companies of light artillery the
Of mounted remen and such companies Of infantry
be mounted viz for the purchase of horse equip
ments as saddles BRIDES saddle bags iron
combs curry combs and spurs and straps of travelling
orge backsmths and shoeng TOOLS horse and mule shoes,
chase Of medicines for horses and mules shoeng
mounted and repairing dragon and rifle equipments
hundred and thousand three hundred and
| sixty eight dollars.
For Constructing barracks and other buildings posts,
which il NAV be to occupy during the year and for
denla
posts including hire Communication OF quarters for officers
military duty hire Of for troops of orehoues
for the atekeeping OF military stores and OF grounds for
cantonmens for encampments and temporary frontier
stations four hundred and ninety thousand four hundred and
| fifty eight dollars.
For mileage officers of the army, for transportation Of
themselves and baggage when travelling on duty without
| troops escorts, one hundred thousand dollars
For transportation Of the army including the baggage of
the troops when moving either by land water clothing
depot at Philadelphia to the posts and army depots
Of subsistence from the places of purchase and from the
cumances of the service require ii be of ord
nance ordnance and smalarms from the foundes
and nrmore TO the arsena forcations frontier posts
and army depots regh wharfage tolls and fcrriages
for the purchase and hire OF horses mules and and the
going vessels and boats for the transportation supplies
and for garrison for draage and carriage at the
several posts hire OF Transfers transportation OF funds for
the pay and other dsburng departments the expense OF
sailing public transports the various rivers the Gulf of
Mexico and the Atlantic and Pacific and for procuring
such posts from their situation require be
brought from distance and for clearing roads and removing
which be required for the actual operations OF the troops
the frontier, million two hundred thousand dollars
For the purchase of horses for the first and second reg
OF dragons, the companies Of light artillery, the
mounted remen and such infantry the commanding OIL
at the frontier posts find necessary to two
| hundred thousand dollars
For contingencies of the army, six thousand dollars
For the medical and hospital departments ftytwo thou
sand five hundred dollars
For contingent expenses Of the aduant generals depart
ment at division and department headquarters four hundred
dollars.
For Of Notifications one hundred and twenty
| five thousand dollars"
For ordnance, ordnance stores and supplies one hundred
! thousand dollars.
For the OF the ordnance service hun
dred thousand dollars.
For the manufacture OF at the national two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For repairs and Improvements and machinery Her
pe Ferry thrtytwo thousand six hundred seventy
/ three dollars
For repairs and improvements and new machinery al
1 Springfield armOry, hfty-tour thousand dollars.
For new machinery at HarPer's Ferry armory twenty
i thousand dollars
For repairs preservation, and contingencies Of srssna
! fifty thousand dollars.
And for continuing the OF the arsenal at BENZ
cha, California forty thousand dollars And il is hereby
provided that the annual compensation civil
endents OF the national armores be thousand Ave hun
dred dollars without perqustes allowances additions
any kind quarters excepted and that the same be paid
OF money IN the treasury not otherwise appropriated
For continuing the Of the northern
lakes including Lake Superior fy thousand dollars
For for military defences Of the inland from
4 tier, fifteen thousand dollars.
bor printing OF light infantry rife
ties 70 be steeoped with engraved plates. and for
ring for distribution to the militia Of the United books
of