The Empire County argus., 1855-04-07

prior the first of January Ammo Domin eighteen hund
red and yfou and that the amount of such expenses
when aceraned be paid into the treasury of said states
Prorded That the paid shall not exceed in amount
the of nine hundred aud tweny-four thousand two
hundred and ffy-nine dollars and sxyve cents which
is hereby appropriated out of any moneys In the
treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, August 5, 1854.
CHAP CCLXvIII-An act making appropriations for the
naval service for the year ending the thrtieth of june
one thousand eight hundred and ffty-fve.
Be enacted ty The Senate and House Of Representatives
of the United States of america an Congress assembled,
priated be paid of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated for the year ending the threth of
June, one thousand eight hundred and ffty-fve
For pay commission, warrant, and petty officers, and
seamen including the engineer corps of the navy three
million three hundred and sxtyseven thousand six hnnd
red and forty-eigh dollars;
the civil establishments the several navy yards and sta
ons hundred and fifteen thousand three hundred and
that at the navy yard at San Francisco the pay of the
commander shall be three thousand five hundred dollars
Ono oy engineer -four @ ho dSaF per
the duties of both purser and navy agent shall be four
thousand dollars per annum;
For provisions for commission warrant, and petty oth-
cars and seamen including engineers and marines attached
vessels for service six hundred and eghtysx thou
sand two hundred dollars;
For surgeons necessares appliances for the sick and
hmt of the navy including the marine corps, thlrtyhye
thousand five hundred and seventy-fve dollars;
For repair of vessels in ordinary and for wear and tear
of vessels in commission including fuel and purchase of
hemp two million five hundred and thrty-four thousand
nine hundred end fifty dollars;
For ordnance and ordnance stores and small arms, incu
ding incidental expenses two hundred thousand dollars
For preparing for publication the American Nautical AL
manac twenty thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars
Prouided, That any naval officer who may be charged
with the preparation suPerntendence or publication OF the
duty beyond what he would receive while duty at
For the purchase of nautical required for the
use of the navy for repairs of the same and also of
maps, and charts and for backing and binding the
twenty-three thousand dollars;
For printing and publishing sailing directions, hydro
graphical surveys and astronomical observations five
thousand five hundred dollars;
For models drawing and copying, postage freight and
transportation and for working photographic press ncud
ing chemicals for keeping grounds in order for fuel and
lights for repairs of buildings and for all other contingent
expenses of the photographed office, and United States
observatory, six thousand one hundred dollars;
For continuing the publication of the series of wind and
current charts and for deayg all the expenses connected
herewith, ten thousand dollars;
To enable the secretary of the to the salary of
Professor James p Espy for the current fiscal year ending
June thrtieth, eighteen hundred and fyfve, two hou
and dollars the payment to be made in the same manner
and under the like control former appropriations for
teorologcal observations;
For the wages of persons employed at the observatory
and photographed Office, viz photographer, one in
strument maker two watchmcn and one porter, three
thousand one hundred and sixty dollars
For contingent expenses that may for the follow
ing purposes viz freight and transportation, printing and
stationery advertising in newspapers books maps, models
and drawings purchase and repair of fire engines and ma
chnery repairs of and attending to in navy
yards purchase and maintenance horses and oxen and
driving teams CARTS timber Wheels and the purchase and
repair of workmens tools, postage of public letters fuel
oil and candles for navyards and shore stations pay OF
watchmcn, and incidental labor not chargeable to any
other appropriation labor attending the delivery OF stores
civil stations, wharfage, dockage, and rent travelling
expenses of officers and Others under orders funeral expen
store and office rent stationery fuel commissions and
pay OF clerks to navy agents and store Keepers ags avn
ngs and packing boxes premiums and other expenses OF
recruiting apprehendng decrters diem pay to persons
attending court martial and courts of inquiry and other
services authorized by law pay to udges-advoca pilot
res bills of health and quarantine expenses of the United
States navy in foreign ports hundred and sixty thou
sand eight hundred and sixty dollars;
To enable the secretary of the navy to test any improve
ments in steam boilers other Improvements applicable to
naval purposes, ten thousand dollars
For the erection and repair of buildings for the improve
ment and preservation Of the grounds and for conngen-
cies at the naval academy at Annapolis Maryland thirty
nine thousand six hundred and dollars Pro-
vdd That part of this shall be expended for tho
workshop until contract with security to be approved by
secretary of the navy be entered into for the compile
tion of the at not exceeding five thousand dol
lars, and herein provided for;
For the purchase of Barows Panetarum for the of
the naval academy at Annapolis Maryland two thousand
dollars;
For construction extension and completion of the follow
ing Objects and for contingent expenses at the several navy
yards viz.
Portsmouth, Ne,c Hampshire quay wall connecting
with dock basin completing engine house and machinery;
tools for machinsts and smiths launching and hauling up
ways cscns for officers quarters extending shp-house
number our extension of shiphouse and launching slip
and repairs OF all kinds slxhree thousand hve hundred
and fifty dollars.
Boston, Observation-Disclosures machine shop, smithery,
foundry and forge shop, boiler house and chimney
steam engine for dry dOck extension of and Slip
and repairs of all kinds hundred and sxy-sx thousand
seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Nec York, Ne,c York.-Towards foundry and boiler
shop; completing mill continuation of quay wall
dredging channels lightning conductors water pipes iron
railing wall along Navy street extension of shiphouse
and slip; saw mill machinery launching slip; balance
due city of Brooklyn for lien account of assessments
and repairs of all kinds hundred and evenyone thou
much of the first section of the making appropriations
for the naval service for the year ending the thteh of
June, one thousand eight hundred and four approved
third of March, thousand eight hundred and fifty three
empowers and directs the secretary of the navy o sell
and any purchaser all that part the
enue and the hospital grounds containing about twentysx
and half including Vanderbilt and Clinton Ay
enues, ;, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Phtadedhia, Pennsylvanaa.-For furnace for heating
mast hoops steam stove for boat shed raising old steam
bcx house completing wharf number four raising engine
house extension of shphouse and Slip and repairs of all
kinds hirty-seyen thousand hundred and wentysx
dollars
Washington, District of Colnmbia-For completion of
saw-mill completion of ordnance building completion of
ordnance to machine shops quay WALL removing shears
tension ofshphouse and Slip filling in around foundry and
laboratory, dredging channels, machinery, steam hammer
and santng machine and repairs of all kinds, two hund
red and twenythree thousand and sixty-seven dollars
Norfolk, Virgtntd-For brick saw sheds, completing
store house number fourteen sheds and machinery for
mill setting up engine, boilers and machinery culver
continuation of quay walls dredging channel reservoir
commencing foundry and machinery for the same extern
sion of shphouse and slip fixtures and pipes for light
ing grounds and buildings and repairs of all kinds,
hundred and sixtywo thousand two hundred and eighty
One dollars.