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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
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AN ACT to supply deficiencies in the appro-
priations for the service of the fiscal year
ending the thirtieth Of June, eighteen hun
dred and fftye.ght.
BE IL enacted ~ tie Senate and House OF
Representa- tiues Of Tie United States OF Auae-
rica IN Congress assembled, That the follow
ings SUNS be, and the same are hereby, ap
propriated, to supply Deficiencies IN the
appropriations for the service ot the fiscal year
ending the thlrlleth of June, eighteen hun
dred and Gtty-elglt. out OF any money In the
treasury not otherwise aPpfotri''t7d, namely:
For compensation OF the officers, clU lis,
messenaeIs, aud utAels receiving an annual
salary, III the service oI tAo House OF hepre
sentatlves, VIZ: Slx messengers, 10y resolution
OF the House OF Representatives twenty third
December, eighteen hundred aud titty-seven,
three thousand nine hundred and thirteen
dollars.
For folding documents, including pay of
folders, wrapping paper, twine and paste,
twenty thousand dollars.
For furniture for Speakers room, and COM
mittee rooms, Clerk offices, Sergeant-at alarms
office, Door-keepers room, and carpenters
work, thirty thousand dollars.
For laborero, by resolution of the House of
Representatives twenty third December, eigh
teen hundred and fifty seven, two thousand
dollars.
For stationery, four thousand dollars.
For horses, carriages and saddle horses, one
thousand five hundred dollars.
10 enable John q. Rivcs TO pay to the re.
porters Of the House for reporting the debates
of the present session of Congress the usual
additional compensation of eight hundred
each, four thousand dollars.
ARMY.
For the regular supplies Of the quartermas-
ter's department., consisting of fuel for the
officers, enlisted men, guard, hospitals. store
houses and offices; forage IN kind for the
horses, mules, and oxen OF the quartermasters
department at the several posts and stations,
and with the armies in the field; for the horses
of the Two regiments Of dragons, the two
regiments oil cavalry, the regiment Of mounted
Iitiemen, the companies of light artillery, and
such companies OF infantry may be mount.
ed, and for The authorized number of officers
horses when serving in the field and at the
outposts; Of straw for soldiers bedding, and
of stationery including company and other
blank books for the army, certificates for dis
charged soldiers, blank forms FOX tie pay and
quartermaster's departments; and for the
printing Of division and department orders,
army regulations and reports, seven hundred
and seventy eight thousa0d dollars.
For the purchase Of horses Tor the two re-
girnent, OF dragons, the two regiment, Of
cavalry, the regiment OF mounted rifemen,
the companies of hight artillery, and such in
fantry as it may be found necessary to mount
ct the fIontier posts, two hundred and fifty
two thousand dollars.
For the Incidental expenses Of the quarter
masters department. consisting OF postage on
letters and packages received and sent by
officers Of the army on public service; eXpen-
ses of court martial and courts Of inquiry, IN
Guiding the additional eomlen~ation 10 Judge
advocates, recoders, memOerN ano, Witnesses,
while on that service, under the a9t ot March
sixteen, eighteen hupdted and two; eAt.a pay
to soldiers employed under the direction Of
the quat,ru,a aPa.tue., 'H .ae a.-a-
ton OF barracks, quarter, houses AND
hospitals; The constitution oi roads, ana other
constant labor, tor periods ol NOT less tHan
ten DAYS, under the acts ot larcn second.
eighteen huudred and nineteen, and August
fourth, eighteen hundred and htty tour, in.
Guiding those employed as clerks at DIVISION
ana department headd uarters; expenses Of
EXPENSES - and from tne fouuer posts and
armies IN the hssd; of escorts TO paymasters,
otAel q sbuIslng officers, and trains, when
military escorts cannot be furnished; expenses
of the Interment Of on-commssioned officers
and soldiers; authorized Office furniture hire
of laoorers IN the quartermasters department
including hire Of interpreters, spies, and guides,
for the army; COM pensation Of clerk to officers
of the quartermasters department; colnpensa-
ton OF forage and wagon masters, authorized
by the act of July fifth, eighteen hundred and
thirty-eight; for the apprehension OF, ,deserters,
and the expenses incident to their pursuit, the
following expenditures required for the two
regiment, OF dragoous, the two regiments Of
cavalry, the regiment Of mounted rfemeu,
and such companies of infantry as may be
mounted, viz: the purchase of travelling for
ges, blacksmiths and shoeing tools, hone and
mule shoes and nails, iron and steel for shoe
ing, hire of veterinary surgeons, medicines for
horses and mules, picket ropes, aud shoeing
the horses of those corps, one hundred and
ninety thousand dollars.
For constructing barracks and other build
ings at posts which may he necessary to oc-
cupy during the year; and for repairing, al
terlng, and enlarging buildings at the estab-
lished posts, including hire or commutation
OF quarters for officers on military ddty; hire
OF quarters for troops, of store-houses for the
safe keeping of military stores, and ofgrounds
Tor simmer eantonments; for encampments
aud temporary frontier stations, eighty thou
sand dollars.
For transportation of the army, including
the baggage OF the troops when moving eth
er by land or water; OF clothing, camp, and
garrison equipage from the depot at t'Phila-
delphia to the several posts and army depots
horse equipments and of subsistence from the
places Of purchase and from the places of de-
livery under contract, to such places as the