Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-04-02
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AN ACT making appropriations Cor tas supf.ort
OF the ry.Acsdemy Coz the nsos va
snashs june thirtieth, eighteen hundred sad
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gzrss assembled, That the following sarns h.
sn1 .ne me sre hereby, appropriated out 90
rristed, forthe support OF the Military Academy
Tor the year ending June thirtieth ei.yhte...
hundred and seventy -four. namely;
For additional pay OF officers, ana for nav NJ
Instructors. professors, cadets, and musicisp.
two hundred and twenty Thousand three hun
dred and seventy mine dollars and NIFTY cent?
FEottded. That the professors Of the United
States Military Academy vhose service NJ the
academy eNcceds ten years shall have the nav
and slio~snces OF colonel, and all other PROBES
son shall have the pay and allowances OF heu-
hsit-coi0Del; ana the inst nctors OF ordnance
anu sosence OF gunnsry and of practical engi-
eeSilhg shall have the pay and allowances of
major, aha hereattsr there shall lie allowed
alsd paid 10 the said profes sors ten per eentuw
oi uct cuircut yearly pay for each and every
.sim OF i've sests' service IN the army AMI "a
tne scAeemN irvridod. That such addition
shall an mo- case sScosd tory Per centum az 90
yearly pay; aud sad professor. arr her..l,s
placed upon the sane footing, regards re-
suictons upon pay al retirement from a~ti~.
service, A. officers Of the army.
FOR repairs ANA improvements. timber pla,k
boards, loists, all-sIiIs, laths, shingles slate
un, sheet-ie-d. haslS, SCREWS. LOCKS, butts
hing :, glass, paint, turpcntine, oiis. bricks
NaTnish, stone, hmc, cement. plaster hair
blasting powder, fuel, iron, steel. tools mantslS
ANA other similar materials, fourteen thousand
i've hundred dollars.
For pay OF citizen mechanics and labor en-
ploH Ell uIon repairs that cannot be done by en-
listed men, eight thousand dollars.
for fuel and apparatus, namely: coal. wood.
stoves, crates, furnaces, ranges, ire bricks, aud
TeTairs OF steam-heating apparatus, fOurteea
thousand dollaIs.
For eas-pipes, gasometers, and retorts. ana
annual repairs OF tie same, slN hundred dollars.
toT trei for cade = niess-hall, shoTs. aud
laundry, three thouStEd I've hundred dollars.
dOlars.
For stationery, blank books. paper. envelopes.
luhis, teel Ichs, lShciis, eIaseTs, wax, and
Nh, hNe hundred d0liars.
For transportation OF materials. discharged
cadets, and ferriages, one thousand Eve hun
For printing type. materials for ofice. dipla-
mas TOT grad ustes, registers, and blanks, sevvn
hundred dollars.
For compensation OF rrcssman and lttho-
For clerk TO disbursing officer and quarter
master, one thousand six hundred and ATTY dO.-
lars.
For clerk to adjutant, one thousand i've hun.
cred dollars.
For clerk to treasurer, one thousand Eve hun
drCd dollars.
matics, namely: For repairs of fnsirumeut.
forty dollars, textbooks, drawing-materfals
and stationery for instructors, thirty dollars.
For department of artillery, cavalry. and in
fantry tactics, namely: For tan-hark for riding
hall and gymnasium, three hundred dollsrs.
and for repairing apparatus for same, iifty dol
Iais, iot r. pairing oaLnp-stoos, teuts, and fur
niture, fifty dollars.
For department. Of civil and military enei-
neeiing For models, msIs, repairs OF instru-
ments, Textbooks, books of reference. and sta
tioneTy for use OF instructors, five hundred doll
lars.
Fordepartment of drawing: For models Of
free hand drawing for second class, fOrty-fve
dollars; mounting and framing the same, seven
ty-tye dollars; architectural aud topO n a,hir.l
models for third class, forty dollars. monnting
and framing the same, thirty dollars; tar-bosrd
for mounting models, fifteen dollars; colors
paper, brushes, and pencils, twenty dollars
For department OF chemistry, mineralosy,
and geology: For chemicals. including chemi-
cal apparatus, glass and porcelain ware. paper
wire, and sheet metal, aud ores, nine hundred
and seventy-tv dollars, including material for
practical instruction in photography; rough
specimens, lilies, alcohol, lamps, blow pipes
pencils, and agate mortars. for practical in
struction I'm mineralogy and geology. two hum
dred and twenty i've dollars; fossils illustrating
the different transformations, tor daily use in
section-rooms, one hundred and seventy five
dollars; gradual Increase of the cabinet five
hundred dollars repairs aud improvements IN
electric, galy anic, magnetic. electro inagnetic
and magDetO-electric apparatus. and additions
TO pneumatic and thermc apparatus, eight
hundred dollars; carpenters and metal work
and materials for the same, sixty dollars; nav OF
mechanic, TO be employed in chemical and xeo-
logical section rooms, and in the lecture room
one thousand and fifty dollars; completing re,
rooms, and meteorological rooms, three hundred
and ninety five dollars; models and diagrams
one hundred dollars; books OF reference text,
books, and stationery, for use OF Instructors,
and contingencies, two hundred and fifty dol,
lars; compensation TO attendant, fifty dollars.
For department Of natural and experimental
philosophy: For instruments and apparatus 90
illustrate the laws OF mechanics and of solid,
and hsids, three thousand dollars; instrumental
and apparatus 20 Illustrate the laws of acoustic,
and optics, four thousand dollars; instrument,
anil fns tn eaH1 Oh.
two thousand five hundred dollars; one break
circuit chronometer for mural-circle room in
the observatory, i've hundred dollars; lathe,
forge, tools, and equipment OF work shop. seven
hundred and fifty dollars; repairs and contingeu-
cies, eight hundred dollars; COMPENSATION 10
mechanic and a. sistant in charge OF apparatus,
one thousand dollars; compensation 10 attend
For department Of practical engineering: For
mining material, twenty-five dollars; lumber
Tor probing, twenty-five dollars; stationery and
drawing material, twenty-five dollars theodO-
lite-transItl two hundred and fifty doll ars re-
pairs Of instruments, twenty-five dollars.
For department of Spanish: For textbooks
dollars.
For department Of French: For Textbook.
and stationery for the use of instructors, nifty
five dollars.
For department. of law and ethics: For text
books and stationery for the use OF instructors,
fifty dollars
For expenses Of the board Of visitors. four
thousand five hundred dollars: PropiSsf. That
three members of the House of Representa-
tyes OF the Forty third Congress, whose Gre
dentials In due form of law have been duly
filed with the Clerk of the House OF Represent
atives i'm accordance with the act of Congress
approved March third, eighteen hundred and
siHty-three, shall be appointed, by the Speaker
Of the present House of Representatives. mem
bers Of the board of visitors, at the next an
nual examination TO be held at the Military
Academy.
For miscellaneous and contingent expenses:
For gas, coal-oil, and candles, for lighting the
academy, cadet-barracks, mess hall, hospital
Offices, stable, and sidewalks, four Thousand
dollars; water-pipe, plumbing, and repairs, two
thousand dollars. cleanings public buildings,
mot quarters,) five hundred and sixty dollars;
brooms, brushes, pals, tubs, and cloths two
hundred dollars; chalk, crayoDs, sponge, and
states, for -recitation-rooms, one hundred doll
lars; compensation Of chapei-organist, two hun
dred dollars; compensation Of librarian, one
hundred and twenty dollars; compepsa-
ton Of non-commissoned officer in charge OF
mechanics, fifty dollars; Compensation Of SOL
der writing in adjutant's ONCE, fifty dollars:
pay Of engineer Of heating and yenfilating an
parstus for the cadet-baTrscks, chapel, and
philosophical academy, including the library,
one Thousand five hundred dollars; paw of assist