Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-31
TPublIc 122. I
AN ACT
WA. CULLOM,
CLERK House Of Reps.

Making Appropriations for Naval Service Tor the
wear ending the thIrtieth of June, eighteen hun
dred and ffty-seveB.
Be esaeted bV the Senate end House Of RepreseI-
dtires Of the United States o Amertea ga Congress
assembled That the following sums be, and they
are hereby appropriated to be paid out OF any mo-
ney III the Treasury not otherwise appropriated lUT
the year ending the thrteth of June, one thousand
eight hundred and tiity-seven.
For'the pay Of commission, warrant, and petty Of
fcers and seamen, including the engineer corps OF
the ravy tn ee million four hundred and TWEEN
lv-oRe thousand seven hundred and eighteen del
lars.
For provisions for the commission, warrant and
petty officers aed seanlen. including enpiIeers and
Iunru,es attached to vessels for service, eight
hundred and forty thousand four hundred aLd hIty
dollars.
Fer increase, repair, armament and equipment OF
the navy including the and tear OF vessels IN
commission fuel for steamers, and purchase OF hemp
for the navy, two milCn seven hundred anu ninety
nine Thousand five hundred dollars.
FtG ordnance and ordnance stores and small arms,
lncluaiing incidental expenses, two hundred and
lwellty-0ne thousand dollars.
Flrco tingent expenses that may accrue fer the
following purposes VIZ: freight ana transportation,
prinriUg and stationery, advertising In newspaper,
5Uoks, maps, models, and drawings, purchase and
repar Of fire engines and machinery, repairs OF and
attending to steam engines IN navy yards, purchase
and maintenance Of horses and Oxen ana drawing
teams carts timber, wheels, and the pun1lase and
repairs of Workmens tools, postage Of public letters
tutl oil and candles, for navy va ds and shore sta
tions, pay of watchmen and incidental labsr, not
eharEeabie to any other appropriation, transpora-
tiOn u, and labor attending the delivery OF prOyls-
ions and stores IN foreign stations wharfage, dock
age, and rent, travelling expenses OF officers and
therS under orders, funeral expenses, store aud Of
fee rent, stationery, fuel, nmssiGns and pay of
clerks TO navy agents and stOrekeepers, flags aw-
nincs, and packing boxes. premiums and other ex-
penses of recruiting, apPrehending deserte-s Per
diem pay to persons attening c0urts-martial and
courts OF inquiry, and other services authorized by
law, pay to judges-advoease pilotage and tOwage OF
vessels and assistance to vessels in distress bills Of
health, and quarantine expenses of vessels Of the
United States navy in foreign ports eight hundred
/ and ffty-hine thousand seven hundred and fifty
dollars: PnOUided, That the expenditures uner the
foregoing appropriations shall be accounted for
/ to show the disbursements by each bureau, Undel
I each respective appropriation.
. To enable the Secretary of the Navy 70 publish
the charts Of the explorations Of La Plata River
and the charts of the surveys of the Bherings Straits
/ Expedition, tWenty-six Thousand two hundred and
/ oighty-six dollars.
That each purser attached TO a sl0Op-of-war, o.
other vessel smaller thana fricate shall be author
iced to appoint clerk in lieu of the steward here
foforo allowed, sujeet 20 tae approval of the com
nave the privilege allsW to the clerk Of the com
| naEding ,fieer, and his yearly compensation shaI
be four hundred dollars ami one ration per day.
AariRe C0rps.-F0r the pay Of the officers, non
commissioned officers lnusis sans aud priTates, clerks