The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-06-18

For the purchase of brecch loading cabnes of the best
model to be selected and approved by board of ord
nance officers, twenty -Hve thousand dollars.
For the awation Of old arms 10 as to make them
breech loading arms upon model to be selected and
approved by P,ard of ordnance officers, twenty
FIVE thousand dollars Provided That any portion Of said
not exceeding five thousand dollars, may be expend
ed under the direction Of the Scretay of War, and at
his discretion In applying to the old any
recent improvement in the mode Of pruning
For the Allegheny arsenal thirty five thousand one
hundred dollars.
For Fort Monroe arsenal twenty four thousand nine
For Kennebec arsenal eleven thousand SIX hundred
dollars two thousand dollars Of which may be used in
bringing gas upon the arsenal grounds and with leave to
extend ges pipes through the grounds by the gas COM
pany.
For st. Louis arsenal, thirty zone thousand dollars
For Washington arsenal nine thousand three hundred
and seventy nine dollars 7ssis a At iss
For additional timber and carriage storehose at the
North Carolina arsenal twenty five Thousand dollars
For Waterviet arsenal h.y thousand dollars.
For repairs and preservation pf the public buildings
fences drains culvel.s and forth vt all the smaller
arsenAls. twenty thonssnd dollars, s,tf i. s4l.
For continuing the construction of tho arsenal in Cali
fornia, one hundred thousand dollars
For contingencies of arsenals, ten thousand dollars
For repairing the arsenal aud eighteen pound gun
carriages ut st nington Connecticut hundred and
fifty dollars.
For repairs end improvements end new machinery at
Springfield aimory Massachusetts, fftyfve thousand
two hundred and twenty seven dollars
For repairs and improvements and new machinery at
Harper Ferry one hundred and one thousand nine
hundred and seven dollars.
For surveys for military defences geographical explor-
ations and Reconnaissance for military pun poses and
surveys with armies in the field nnetyive thousand
dollars.
For purchase and repairs of Instruments fiseen thou
sand dollars.
For continuing the survey of the northern and north
western lakes including Lake Superior, seventy five
For printing charts of lake surveys ten thoueGad dol
lars.
To enable the Secretary of War to employ temporary
clerks in the Office of the Quartermaster General
bounty land service, five Thousand dollars .a'a
For the support Of four companies OF volunteers
tered into the service of the United States, at Camp
Scott, Utah Territory, in October November, and De-
cember eighteen hundred and fty-seven one hundred
eight dollars and eighty cents. m ~
For continuing the construction Of the following works
OF defence M .
Fort at Hog Island ledge, in Portland Harbor Maine
forty thousand dollars. u
Fort Richmond, Staten Island, New York Harbor, New
York, seventy five Thousand dollars. fq4
Fort Delaware Delaware river Delaware, seventy five
Fort Ohrroll Soller's Point fats Baltimore Harbor
Mary land, seventy five thousand dollars. '.1'H
Fort Taylor, Key West Florida seventyfye thousand
dollars. m st
Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Tortugas, Florida one
hundred and fisy thousand dollars. I
Fort Point, San Francisco, California, hundred and
twelve thousand five hundred dollars
For contingent expenses Of fol- catons preservation
Of Sites protection OF titles and epeirs of sudden dam
age, thirty thousand dollars.
For construction Of permanent platforms for modern
Of large cabre in existing fo.cations import
ant harlofr thirty Thousand dollars. -
For the payment claims favosabfy reoi iei on y
the hoard Of army officers appointsd under the sixth
ton of the act approved August thirty first eighteen
hundred and fifty two in their final report to Congress
Ar,rs1 nil iu1t
thOusand eight hundred and seventy-two dollars
and fifty two and one third cents.
For the construction Of bridges and the improvement
of the crossings Of streams the from Fort smith,
in Arkansas to Albuquerque in New Mexico fty thou
sand dollars and that the Of hundred thousand
dollars be- and IS hereby appropriated out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated to be expend
cd in completing connected sections of the road extending
from Albuquerque, in the Territoiy of New Mexico,
westward the route to the Colon 10 river
the thirty fifth parallel of north latitude.
SEC. 2. And be i further en- raei; That the balances
from the appropriations for preventing and supprcssng
Indian hosttes and for travelling allowance Of youn-
teers already expended in the payment of Florida vol
untee called into service by authority of the War De-
parnent may be applied by the accounting officers Of
the Treasury the settlement of the accounts of Pay
masters by whom said balances dsbursed
SIC g. And be JsfAer enacted That it shall be lawful
for any commissioned officer Of the army to administer
tho prescribed oath Of enlistment to recruits Provided
the services of civil magistrate authorized to administer
the same cannot be obtained.
SEC A. And be Juhcr y1te, that there be appropri-
aed out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for preparing the drawings Of the sailing
charts of the Bherngs Strait and North Pacific Explor
ing and Surveying Expedition under the control and di
rection the Secretary of the Navy but not for printing
the same, six thousand seven hrndred dollars
SEC S. And be further enacted that the eleventh
ton of the act of third March, eighteen hundred and
fortyseven entitled :" An act making provision for
additional number Of general officers and for other pur
poses which deprives suffers in the army Of their right
to lien upon any par of the pay of the soldiers to
appear at the pay table to receive the soldiers pay from
the Paymaster, be and the same is hereby repealed
SIC 6. Ani i~a further enacted That all the existing
laws parts of laws which authorize the sac of military
sites which may become useless for military pnr
poses be, and the hereby, repealed and said
lands shall not be subject t. sale precmption under
any of the laws of the United States Pooidd further,
That the provisions of the act of August eighteenth,
eighteen hundred and ftysx, relative to certain
vations in the State of Florida shall continue In force
Approved IL June, 1858.
rt0t Pub: g. t.ase e4
AN ACT making appropriations for the expenses of col
lecting the revenue from customs.