Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-05-20
CENTRAL Railroad" be and they hereby substituted
ADproved March 3, 1857.

Approved March 8, 1857.
bap CIvAn Act to settle certain Accounts the
United States and the State of Mississippi and other
Be by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States Of America in Congress assembled
That the Commissioner of the General De- ana
he hereby required to state account between the Unit
ed states and the State of Mississippi for the purpose OF
ascerainng what sums of money are due to SAD
in said State and upon the same principles Of allowance
and settlement in the to settle certain
approved the second March, eighteen hundred and
hftyve and that he be required to include in SAID &C
count the several reservations under the various
with the Chckasaw and Choctaw Indians within the lm
of Mississippi and allow and pay to the said State nse e
cenum thereon Of other sales estimating ,,r
lands at the value of dollar and twenty-five cen' p'
Sec q And be further enacted That the said tats
soner shall also account between the on md
and each of the other States upon the
shall allow and nav to each State such amount as sna
be found DUE estimating all lands and per rn acs
| tons at dollar and twenty -fve cents per "'e
! Approved, March 8, 1851
Chan Cy-An Act to establish Port of Entry at fer
nandna in the State of FLORIDA.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
That the county of Nassau in State of Florida en-
bracing all the waters islands bays arbors nets SHORES
and rivers in the same shall be collection district 10 De
called the district Of Fernandna and that Fernandna shall
be the port entry for said district; and coies'or lot
said district shall be appointed who sh perform ae ss ,h
collector for the district of ST. Johns in said State
Approved March 8, 1857
Chap CVL-An Act making Appropriations for the Sup
port the Army for the ending the thirtleth june
Be enacted by the Senate and House Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
That the following be- and the are hereby ap
propriaed od Of any money in treasury not otherwise
appropriated for the support of the army tor e year emu
ing thrtieth of June eighteen hundred and f'fegns
For expenses recruiting transportation OF recruits
three months extra to non-commssloned oheers u
scans and grvates on reenstmen one a"o 'eu
For pay of the army three million five hundred and fifty
thousand and two dollars.
and thousand hundred and dollars
For pay officers of the Military Academy, one thou
sand six hundred and eighty dollars w
For Communication of subsistence of officers of the Mill
tary Academy, thousand and twenty-five dollars.
For Communication of forage for officers horses one hun
dred and twenythree thousand nine hundred and thirty
six dollars.
For payments to discharged soldiers for clothing not
drawn, fifty thousand dollars
For payments in lieu of clothing for officers servants,
thrty-nine thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars
For subsistence in kind, million nine hundred and
eightynne thousand eight hundred and thrtyour dol
lars
For clothing for the army camp and garrison equpage,
eight hundred and nnetyve thousand six hundred and
dollars and sevenythree and that hereafter all
vouchers the disbursng officers of the
quarternasers department Of the shall be audited
and settled by the third auditor of the treasury.
For the regular supplies of the quarterasters depart,
hospitals sorehouses and Offices forage in kind for the
horses mules and oxen of the
the posts and stations and with the armies IN
the field for the horses of the regiments Of Dragons,
the two regiments of cavalry the regiment of mounted r.
femen the companies Of light artillery and such conpa,
of infantry be mounted and for the authorized
number Of officers horses when serving in the ed and ut
the outposs; of for soldiers bedding and Of sta
army certificates for discharged soldiers blank forms for
the pay and QuartermaSterS departments; and for the
printing division department orders army regula-
Ons and reports, million two hundred thousand dol
lars.
For the incidental expenses of the de-
IF San6pn ra-
ceved and by officers of the public service;
expenses of and of inquiry, includ
the additional compensation to judge record
ers members esses while service under
the act of March sixteenth eighteen hundred and
ira to soldiers employed under the direction of the
quartermasters department. in the erection Of barracks
quarters sorehouses, and hospitals the construction of
roads and other labor for periods of less than
days. under the of March second eighteen hundred
and nineteen and August fourth eighteen hundred and
ffyfour, including those employed clerks division
the frontier posts and armies in the field Of es-
corts to pavmasters other dsbursng officers and rans
when military be furnished expenses the
intermen of non-commssioned officers and soldiers au-
thorzed office turnure hire of aborers in the quarter
masters department. including hire of interpreters spes
and guides tor the compensation of clerk officers
of the quartermasters Department. compensation of for
age and authorized by the of July fifth
eighteen hundred and thrtgh for the apprehension cf
deserers and the expenses incident their pursuit. the
following expenditures required for the regiments of
mounted raemeu and such companies Of inin,rv as NAV
be mounted viz: the purchase of travelling orgcs black
smiths and shoeng tools horse and mules shoes and nails
iron and steel for shoeng hire of veterinary surgeons
medicines for horses and mules picket ropes and soenp
dollars
For constructing barracks and other buildings at posts
which it may be necessary to occupy during the and
for repairing altering and charging buildings the e
tablshed posts including hire communication of quarters
for officers military duty; hire of quarters for troops
storehouses for the safe keeping military stores and
OF grounds for summer cantOnments for
temporary frontier stations six hundred thousand dollars
For mileage allowance made to officers of the army
the transportation of themselves and their baggage when
travelling duty without troops escorts one hundred
and twenty thousand dollars
For transportation of the army including baggage the
troops when moving either by land water clothing
camp AID equipagc from the depot Philadelphia
and of subsistence from the places of purchase and from
the places OF delivery under contract such places the
circumstances of the service require be SENT of
ordnance ordnance stores and small arms from the foun
dries and armones 20 the arsenas rtifcaons frontier
posts and army dePots reights wharfage, tolls
rages for the purchase and hire of horses mules and
eu and the purchase and repair of wagons CARTS drays
ships and other seagong vessels and boats for the
age and carriage at the several posts hire Of
transportation of funds for the pay and other dsbursin
sr IF % nd on
and Pacc and for procuring posts as from
their situation require that it be brought from distance
roads harbors and rivers the extent which may be re-
CURED tor the actual operations Of the troops the from
tier, one million eight hundred thousand dollars.
For the purchase of horses two regiments of dra
g9ons the two regiments of cavalry the regiment omoun
ed rnemen the companies of light artillery and such in
fany as may be found the from
tier posts one hundred and ninety thousand dollars.
For contingencies of the army thirteen thousand dollars
For the medical and hospital departments hundred
and five thousand dollars.
For contingent of the adutant. generals depart
men at division and department headquarters four hum
dred dollars.
For compensation of the clerk and messenger in the Of
nee OF the commanding general two thousand dollars
For contingent expenses of the Office of the commanding
general three hundred dollars
dollars.
For ordnance ordnance stores and supplies including