The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-03-10

B enacted ~ tAs Saas and House Of Representatives u
ne United Saes ef dmered u Congress assesaea That
the following be- and the hereby appropr-
ated paid out any money the treasury not other
wise appropriated for the year ending the thrteth OF June
one thousand eight hundred and hfiy-six;
For pay OF commission, warrant and petty officers and
seamen including the engineer corps OF the navy three
million hundred aud fifteen thousand hundred and
eleven dollars Propsaed That the compensation OF the
chiefs OF Bureau Construction Equipment and Repair
and Of Medicine and Surgery be the allowed
to the other chiefs Of bureaus Of the Navy Department aud
that the deficiency be paid out oi any money IN the treas
For pay OF snpeTiusendens naval and all
the cv establishments Al the several navyyards and sta
tons one hundred and twcntyi Thousand four
dred and eighty dollars And such further may
be necessary for paying 70 the clerks and others the
Washington navy-yaTd the comtsnsaiioa authorized by
the approved April twenty egh,esn hundred
and fftyou Tha, in lieu Of Thousand dollars per
annum the mailman OF compensation now allowed BY law
navy agents there shall be allowed two per
the FIRST hundred thousand dollars under disbused by
them and one per centun every succeeding hun
dred thousand dollars under disbarsed by them until
the compensation reaches the OF three Thousand dol
lars per annum, which amount shall be the maximum OF
compensation for said agents Propsda That the compen
saton named herein shall be In lieu Of all extra compensa
ton for services of every nature and description rendered
by navy agents by order OF the Navy Department from
and after the passage of this act 4d ropded arhsr
That nothing herein contained shall be construed 10
duce the salary to which any navy agent entitled under
existing laws.
For provisions for commission warrant and petty off,
and seamen including engineers and marines attached
TO vessels for seaserviee six hundred and eighty thou
sand two hundred dollars
That the puser Of the navy Washington District of
Columbia sha from and after the passage of this
ceive the pay as now allowed BY law to the pur
at the navyyards at Boston, New York. Norfolk and
Pensacola ropiaed That when pursers OF the navy shall
be appointed inspectors OF provisions clothing and small
stores they shall while acting, receive the
pensaton the pnrsers OF the To which they
may be attached
For surgeons necessaes and appliances for the sick and
hurt the navy including the marine corps thirty -four
thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For increase repair armament and equipment OF the
navy including the and of vessels in commission
fuel for steamers and purchase OF hemp for the navy, two
million hundred and ninety-nine thousand five hum
dred dollars.
To continue the construction of the six steam-frgaes
authorized be built by OF the first session OF the
hirty-thrd Congress- three million of dollars.
For Steyens's war-steamer hundred and fifty thou
sand doars Proeided That the Secretary OF the Navy
may his discretion, apply the said sum- in whole in
part during the fiscal year ending hirteh June eighteen
hundred and ifty-hve.
To enable the Secretary Of the Navy carry into effect
the oint resolution respecting the Arctic expedition COM
nanded by Passed Assistant Surgeon Il. X Kane
much thereof may be necessary one hundred and hy
For ordnance and ordnance stores and sma-arms in
Guiding incidental expenses five hundred and forty thou
sand dollars.
For preparing for publication the American Nautical
Almanac twenty thousand eight hundred and eighty doh
lars
For the purchase of nautical instruments required for
the the navy for repairs OF the same and also of
astronomical instruments and for the purchase OF nauh-
books maps and charts and for backing and binding
the same twenty-thvee thousand dollars.
For printing and publishing sailing directions, hydro
graphical survey and astronomical observations ten thou
sand dollars.
For models drawing and copying postage, freight and
transportation and for working photographic press incu-
ding chemicals for keeping grounds n order for fuel and
lights and for all other contingent expenses OF the hydro
graphical Office and United States observatory thou
sand six hundred dollars
For continuing the publication the series Of wind and
charts and for deayng all the expenses connected
Herewith, eighteen thousand dollars.
For the wages Of persons employed at the observatory
and hydrographica Office viz photographer in
strument maker two wachmen and one porter three thou
sand hundred and sixty dollars.
To enable the Secretary Of the Navy to the salary of
Professor James Espy for the current fiscal year ending
June thrtieth eighteen hundred and tysis thousand
dollars the payment TO be made in the manner and
under the like control as former appropriations for meteor
illogical observations.
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 reengnes
and machinery repairs Of and attending to seam-engnes
in navyyards purchase and maintenance Of horses and
oxen and driving teams CARTS and the
and repairs of workmens tools postage Of public
letters fuel oil and candles for navyyards and shore sta
tons pay Of watchmen and incidental labor not chargea
bic to any other appropriation labor attending the dey
ery OF stores civil stations, wharfage dockage, and
rent travelling expenses of officers and others under orders
funeral expenses and office rent stationery fuel
missions and pay Of clerks to nayy-agens and store
keepers flags awnings and packing boxes premiums and
other expenses Of recruiting apprehendng deserers, per
diem pay persons attending courtsmara and courts Of
inquiry and other services authorized by law pay TO judges
potage and uwage OF vessels and assistance TO
distress bills OF health and quarantine expenses
OF the United States navy in foreign ports eight hundred
/ and forty-two thousand and iory-eight dollars.
For repair OF buildings and grounds for the necessary
additions repairs the works for heating the bnid
irgs aud support Of the Naval Academy at Annapolis
MARYLAND thirty thousand and forty-foar dollars and
! twenty-five cents.
For repair OF buildings for the necessary additions and
epairs 10 the works for heating the buildings and sup
port OF the Academy, Annapolis Maryland TWEEN
ty-fve thousand ard forty-four dollars and twenty-five
cents for continuing the seawal along the northern
ter Of the academy grounds grading draining and
filing low grounds and for keeping the grounds in
| der twenty-three thousand dollars.
For repainting caudng and for other repairs Of the
floating balance dry dock basin and railway, the navy
ward Pensacola, the of ten thousand dollars.
And the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized TO
receive the said works Pyooed That II shall appear rom
the certificates o. the officers appointed by the government
10 supernend and direct in the construction thereof that
the same been faithfully built according 70 the stp0-
laiions Of the aud tha, ship furnished by the
their expense has been successfully
docked and hauled and of the land by the railway u
equal or greater weight and displacement than the hs o
which the docks basins and railways at PhadepnA anu
Kttery tested
For construction extension and completion Of The fol-
lowing objects and for contingent expenses - e soef@
\ navy yards, viz
4 PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE
For completing coopcrs shop and watchmens quarters
dredging front Of basin dock BASIN sewer and drainage
amayinv ledge back oR timber shed paving 1ue boiler
AZ smithery repairs Of coating dock for new shell
bons for akeeping Of shells and repairs Of ali kinds
sftvegbt thousand hundred and iftyeigh dollars
BOSTON.