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[BY AUTHORITY

[BY AUTHORITY
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed at the First Session Of the 7airtyFh 0ngress
AN ACT making appropriations for the supper, of the
army for the ending the thirtieh, June, eighteen
hundred and fifty nine.
Bet enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States Of america Congress asses6ed That
the following be, and the hereby appropria
ted out Of money in the treasury otherwise ap
propated for the support of the army year ending
the thrtieth, of June eighteen hundred and fy-nne;
three months extra pay to noncpmmissoned officers
musicians and ON reenisment one hundred and
ninetyone thousand seven hundred and eghtyfour dol
lars.
and thousand four hundred and thirty dol
lars and fifty Provided That the superintendent Of
ment Of tie President shall have the local rank the pay
and allowances OF Colonel of Engineers that the COM
mandant OF the corps OF cadets at the military academy
while serving such by appointment of the President
shall have the local rank the pay and allowances of Lieu
tentant Colonel Of Engineers and besides his other duties
shall be charged with the duty of instructor in the tactics
Of the three said academy and that the senior
% e and a hs Of e
and allowances of the assistant professor of mathe
For Communication of forage for officers horses one hum
eight dollars.
For payments to discharged soldiers for clothing not
drawn, fifty Thousand dollars.
For payments in lieu of clothing for officers servants,
thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars
For subsistence in kind, million three hundred and
eighty thousand six hundred and dollars and sixty
million and sixtywo thousand seven hundred and
two dollars and ninety-nine cents.
ment, consisting of fuel for the officers enlisted men,
guards hospitals storehouses, and oces forage in
department at the several posts and Stations and with the
armies IN the field for the horses of the two regiments of
dagosns the two regiments Of cavalry the regiment Of
such companies infantry may be mounted
authorized number of officers horses when serving the
held and at the outposts including bending for
Of straw for soldiers bedng and of stationery Including
company and other blank for the army certificates
for discharged soldiers blank forms for the nav and quar-
termasers departments; and for the printing of division
and department orders, army regulations reports
one million seven hundred and forty-ve thousand dol.
For the incidental expenses of the quartermasters
consisting of postage letters and packets
celved and sent by the officers of the army public
vice. expenses of courts martial and courts of inquiry
Guiding the additional compensation of judge advocates
under the act March sixteenth eighteen hundred and
two extra to soldiers employed under the direction of
quarters sorehouses and hospitals in the construction Of
roads, and other constant labor for periods of less
hundred and nineteen August fourth egatee1 hun
dred and your, including those employed clerks at
division and department Headquarters expenses of
to and from the frontier posts and armies in the
field of to paymasers and other disbarsing off,
GERS and to trains, where military escorts be fur
nished expense Of the interim ut of officers killed in ac
tion who die when duty in the field, the posts
on the frontiers and of noncommssoned officers and sol
des; authorized office urniture hire of aborers in the
qnartermasers department compensation Of forage and
authorized by the of July fifth eighteen
hundred hun S and for the s
expenditures required for the two regiments of dragoon
the two regiments of cavalry, the regiment Of mounted
ted the purchase of portable forges blacksmths
shoeng TOOLS horse and mule and nails iron and
for horses and mules picket and sSoene the
Of those corps, five hundred thousand dollars. ty
For constructing barracks and other buildings at
for repairing and enlargng buildings 1.-THE estab
officers on military duty hire Of Quarters for 'e Of
storehouses for the safe keeping of military stores of
gro%nGs tof summer and for
lars -.ee.s =.
the repairs the barraks at Baton Rouge Louisiana
the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars to be expended
under the direction of the Secretary of War. 5Lez
For mileage or the allowance made to officers Of the
army for the transportation of themselves and their bag
Supplies, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars :
Of the troops when moving either BY land or water 81
clothing camp and garrison equipse from the depot at
and Of subsistence from the places Of
and from the places of delivery under CONTRACT such
places as the Of the service them
from the oundries and armores to the arsenas forca-
tons frontier posts and army depos reights wharfage
mules and and the pufcnse and repair Of wagons
carts drays ships and other seagoing and boats
eS ePP ss sas pes
hire of teamsstes transportation of funds for the
public rsnspors % the various rivers the Gulf Of Meaie
and the Atlantic and Pacific and for procuring water
nom dis.pce and for clearing rosds and removing
roads harbors and TO the extent
troops on the frontier three million four hundred thousand