The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-03-16
OFFICIAL
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed ut the Second session of the
FortIeth Congress.
fPuBLIc-No. 25.l

An ACT making appropriations for the naval
service for the year ending June thlrticth,
eighteen hundred and seventy.
Be II enacted 6y The Senate and House Of
Representatives ofhe United States Of America
IN Congress assembled, That the following
sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated,
to be paid out Of any money In the treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the year end
ing the thlrtieth Of June, eighteen hundred
and seventy.
For pay Of commission, warrant, and petty
officers, and seamcn, seven millions Of dol
lars.
BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS.
For contingent expenses that may accrue
for the following purposes, viz:
For freight and transportation; for print
ing, advertising, and stationery; for books,
models, aud drawings; for the purchase and
repair Of fire engines; for machinery OF every
description; for purchase aud maintenance
Of oxen and horses, and driving teams; for
carts, timber-wheels, and workmen's tools;
for kilograms and postage Of letters on pub
lie service; for furniture for government
offices and houses; for candles, oil, and gas;
for cleaning aud clearing up yards; for nags,
awnings, and packing-boxcs for rent Of
landings; for tolls and ferriagesj for water
tax, and for rent Of stores, eight hundred
thousand dollars.
NAVY YARD AT PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMP-
SHIRE.
For the necessary repairs Of all kinds,
ility thousand dollars.
NAVY YARD AT BOSTON.
For repairs of buildings, and repairs of
all kinds, one hundred thousand dollars.
NAVY YARD AT NEW YORK.
For repairs of all kinds, one hundred
thousand dollars.
NAVY YARD AT PHILADELPHIA.
For repairs of all kinds, twenty-five thou
sand dollars.
NAVY YARD AT WASHINGTON.
For repairs of all kinds, flfty thousand
dollars.
SAvY YARD AT NORFOLK.
For preservation of the yard and the nc
cessary repairs of all kinds, thirty thousand
dollars.
NAVY YARD AT PENSACOLA.
For preservation of the yard and the ne
ccssary repairs of all kinds, thirty thousand
dollars.
NAVY YARD AT MARE ISLAND.
For repairs of all kinds, sixty thousand
dollars.
NAVAL STATION AT sACKETT's HARBoR.
For repairs and the general care Of the
public property, Que thousand dollars.
NAVAL STATION AT MOUND CITY, ILLINOIS.
For necessary repairs of all kinds, five
thousand dollars.
NAVAL ASYLUM AT PHILADELPHIA.
For furniture and repairs of the same, ono
thousand dollars.
For house-cleaning and withdrawing,
eight hundred dollars.
For furnaces, CRATES, and ranges, six hun
dred dollars.
For gas and water rent, one thousand two
hundred dollars.
For general improvement and repairs, five
thousand dollars.
For cemetery, five hundred dollars.
For support of bene1claries, ffty-four
thousand dollars; Providsd, That this appro-
prlatlon and all amounts hereafter appro-
prlated for the support Of the Naval Asylum
at Philadelphia, the benenciarles therein, the
pay Of officers, repairs, contingent and other
expenses, shall be charged to and paid from
the income Of the naval pension fund.
For pay Of superintendent and the civil
establishment at the several navy yards and
stations under the control OF the Bureau
of Yards and Docks, and at the Navy Asy-
lum, fifty thousand dollars.
BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING.
For the purchase Of hemp and other mate
rial for the navyj for the purchase of coal
and the transportation and other expenses
thereonj for the purchase OF various articles
of equipment, Wis wire rope and machinery
for It's manufacture, hides, cordage, canvas,
leather, iron cables and anchors, furniture,
galleys, and hose. and for the payment OF
labor for equlpping vessels, and manufac-
ture of articles In the navy yards pertaining
to this bureau, eight hundred thousand dol
lars.
For expenses that may accrue for the fol-
lowing purposes, viz:
For freight and transportation of mate
rails and stores for Bureau of Equipment
and Recruiting, expenses of recruiting,
transportation of enlisted men, printing,
postage, advertising, telegraphing, and sta
tlonery for the bureau, apprehension of de-
scrters, assistance TO vessels In distress, two
hundred thousand dollars.
For the pay Of superintendent end the
civil establishment at the several navy
yards under this bureau, eighteen thousand
dollars.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
For navigation apparatus and supplies,
and for the purposes incidental to navlga-
ton, viz;
For pay of the civil establishment under
this bureau at the several navy yards,
twelve thousand dollars.
For local and foreign pllotagc and towagc
for vessels Of war, my thousand dollars.
For textbooks, stationery, instruments,
and furniture used in instruCtlng naval ap-
prentlces, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For services and materials for correcting
compasses on board of vessels, and for test
ing compasses on shore, three thousand dol
lars.
For nautical and astronomical instru-
mcnts, for nautical books, maps, and charts,
and sailing directions, and for repairs of
nautical instruments for vessels of war, ten
thousand dollars.
For books for libraries of ships of war,
threethousand dollars.
For navy signals and apparatus, other than
signal flags, namely, signal lanterns, lights,
rockets, and apparatus of all kinds for signal