Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-05-12
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LAWS OF gHE UNITED STATES.
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AN ACT to supply deficiencies in the appropriations
for s-serEias. ef .tha- fsesl ending the
thiTtieth Of June, eighteen hundred and hfty-
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tqti0e5 Of fks Dnits9 States of Azaica ta Congress
are hereby, appropriated, to supply deficiencies in
the appropriations Tor the service of the fiscal year
ending the tlirtieiA Of june eighteen hundred and
fifty eight, out OF any money in the treasury not
9tberFise aPPrOpEiaied PamslF: ~. sae
For comps nsatian of the ofieers clerks messenss
gers, and others receiving an annua salary in the
service Of The House II Representatives,, viz; Six
messengers, BY resolution Of the H0use Of Repre-
sentatives twenty third December, eighteen hundred
and hfty-seVen, thTeethOusand nine hundred, and
thirteen dollars.
For folding docupe3ts, including pay Of folders,
wrapping paper, tVihs and PaSts twenty thousand
For furniture for Speakers room, and committee
rooms, Clerks Offices, Sergesnt-at arms offices,
DcOrkeeper's reOh, and carpenters work, thirty
thousand dollars. S10f
\ lz7gr. nsEspapersj three th6usaad doilEpssss
4 IS For laboFers By resolution OF The Hoass Of Rep
Fesedtati7es, twenty-third December, eighteen hum
dred and ffty-seven, two thousand dollars. s"'l''
For stationary, four thousand dollars.
For horses eardageGaad saddle horses, one
thousand FIVE hundred dollars.
To enable John c. Rives to pay to the reporters of
the Hguss fOrTePortiHE sthe present
session Of Congress The usual additional eompensa-
-tiOh Of eight Injured EACH four thousand dollars
ARMY. -.
Fertile fSsiisr suppTfess g. TIA uuartarmsster'ss
department, consisting of fuel for the officers en-
lated men, guard, hospitals, storehouses and Offices
forage in kind fJI the horses, mules, and oxen of
the quartermasers' department at the several posts
naA gfoffo and fhae - eli
the horses Of the two regiments of dragons, the
7BFO regiments Of cGeaifg, fheTegiment of mounted
rihemen, the companies of light artillery and such
compqnies Of infantry as may be mounted. and for
the Authorized number Of officers hOrses=V hen serV-
ing in the field and at the OUtpOss of straw for
soldiers bedding, and of stationary, including com
pany and other blank booksfor the army, esrtif-
Gates for discharged soldiers, blank forms for the
pay and quartermaster's departments; and for the
printing of division and department orders, army
rggglatieps and reports seven hpadred and seventy
eight thousand dollars. - n
For the purchase Of horses for the regiments of
dragons, the two regiments Of csvslEy1 the regi-
pehl4of mpunted Ti6emen, the companies of light
artillery, and such infantry as il may be found he-
cessay to mount at the frontier Posts two hundred
and ffty,t two thousand dollars. -
For ne Incidental expenses Of The quartermasters
tdepartnent, consisting Of postage on letters and
packages received and sent by officers Of the army
on public service; expenses Of court martial and
courts Of Inquiry including the additional compen-
sation TO judge advocates recorders members and
witnesses, while on that service under the act of
March sizteeni Gghteenl hundred and two; extra
pay to soldiers employed under the direction of the1
quarteTmssters department in the erection of bar
racks, quarters, stOrehOuses, and hospitals the
construct of roads, and other constant labor for
periods Of not less than ten dSys under the acts Of
March second, eighteen hundred and nineteen and
August fourth, eighteen hundred and ifty-four in
Guiding those employed asaclerks at division and
dePatnient beadqaartersS expenses Of expresses ID
and from the frontier posts and armies in the field
Of escorts to paymasters other discussing officers
and trains, Whep5 military escorts cannot be furn-
isi5a; e&penses Of the interment Of non commits
stoned officers and soldiers; authorized office furn.{
turei hire Of labOrers in the qusrtermsster's de-
partment, including hire Of interpreters SPIES and
guides for the army compensation of clerk TO
officers Of the quartermsster's department. com
pensatien of forage and wagon masters authorized
by the act Of July fifth, eighteen hundred and
thirty for the apprehension of deseEters and
the expenses incident 70 their pursuit the following
expenditures required for the two regiments Of
dragons, the two regiments of cavalry the regi-
iment Of mounted rihemen, and such companies of |
infantry may be mounted viz: the purchase of
travelling FORCES, blaCksmiths. and shoeing tools
horse and mule shoes and nails, iron and steel for
shoeing, hire Of veterinary surgeons, medicines for
horses and mules picket ropes, and shoeing the
horses of those corps, one hundred and ninety hou
sand dollars = -.a 81
For constructing barracks and other buildings at
posts which it may be necessary to occupy during
the year; and for repairing altering and enlargng
buildings at the established posts including hire or
communication Of quarters for officers on military |
duty hire Of quarters for troops, of store-houses
for the keeping military stores and Of grounds
for summer cantOnments; for encampments and |
temporary frontier stations, eighty thousand dol
lars.
s. For transportation of the army including the bag
dfa ha VIII 40
water; of@cOthing, camp, and garrison euupars |
from the depot at Philadelphia to the several posts
and army depOs; horse equipments and of subss- /
fence from the places Of purchase and frsm the I
places of delivery under contract to such places as
the circumstances of the service may REQUIRE il TO be
sent; of ordnance, ordnance stores and small arms
from the foundries AMI armories, to the arsenals |
Notifications, frontier posts, and army depots: |
freights, wharfage tolls, and ferEiage for the pur-
chase and hire OF horses, mules and oxen, and the
purchase and repair Of wagons, carts, drays ships
and other sea going vessels and boats for the trans
pOrtation OF supplies and for garrison purposes; for
drayage and carriage at the several posts hire of |
teamsters; transportation Of funds for the pay and
other discussing departments theexpense of sailing
public transports the various rivers the Gulf Of
Mexico, and the Atlantic and Pacific; and for pro.
curing water at such posts as from their situation
require that It be brought from distance; and for
clearing roads, and removing DISTINCTIONS from
roads, harbOTs, and rivers to the extent which may
be required for the actual operations of the troops
on the frontier, Eve million four hundred thousand
dollars.
For subsistence in kind, one million tWo-hundred
and twenty thousand dollars
For surveys for military defenees, geographical
explorations, and reconnossanees for military pur
poses Eve thousand dollars .sE
-L. 3 MISCELLANEOUS. 4-
For contingent expenses of the northeast e1ecu-
tive building, viz for fuel light, and repairs, one
thousand dollars. ..-..-,-- g .----a- -
For the erection Of stables and conservatory at
the Presidents House, to replace these about to be
taken down 10 make room for the extension of the
Treasury building, three thousand nine hundred
and five dollars.
For surveying the public lands and private land
claims IN Csliornia, Including Office expenses Incl
dent to the survey Of claims and be disbursed at
the raJes prescribed by law for the different kinds
Of work, being the amount Of surveying liabilities
incurred by the surveyor general during the fiscal
year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and
fifty seven, over and above that authorized under
the appropriation Of fifty thousand dollars for that
period two hundred and twenty thousand dollars
z For payment to clerks temporarily employed in
the Post Office Department, on account Of the ex-
traordinary lsbors connected with the lettings of
new contracts for the term commencing on the first
July, eighteen hundred and fifty eight and the in
crease Of business in the inspection and depreda
ton othoe OF said department., five thousand two hun
dred and eighteen dollars and eighty-nine cents.
For lighfng'the Presidents house and Capitol
the public grounds around them, and around the
executive offices, and Pennsylvania avenue, and
Bridge and High streets in Georgetown, five thou
sand dollars.
For compensation Of the surveyor general of Utah
Territory, from first day of January eighteen hun
drea and ffty-sx to the thiFtieth of June eighteen
hundred and hfty-seven, one thousand five hundred