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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATB&
PASSED ATT THE FIRST SESSION OF TIE
FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
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GENERAL NAfURB-No. Sol
AN AcT making appropriations for the suppofs
of the Military Academy for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
Be enacted oy "a. Senate and House Of Rep
rssentativss Of TIE United States Of America IN
Oongrsss assembled, That the following sums
be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out
OF any money In the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the support Of the Military,
Academy for the year ending June thirtieths :
eighteen hundred and seventy-fve;
For additional pay Of officers, and for pay Of
instructors, professors, cadets and musicians,
two hundred and thirty seven thousand dollars.
For repairs and improvements, timber, plsnk,,
boards, joints, wallstrips, laths, shingles,
slate, tin, sheetlead, nails, screws, locks butts,
hinges, glass, paint, turpentine, OILS, bricks,
varnisn, stone, lime, cement, plaster, hair,
blasting powder, fuse, iron, steel, tools, man
tells and other similar. materials, fourteen
thousand five hundred dollars 49,.
FOR pay Of citizen-mechanics and labor en-
ployed upon repairs that cannot be done b
enlisted men, eight thousand dollars.
FOR fuel and apparatus, namely: coal, wood,
STOVES, CRATES, furnaces, ranges, fre-bricks,
ana repairs OF steam-heating apparatus, four
For gaspipes, fixtures, lamp post, gas-lsmps,
gasometers, and retorts, and annual repairs,
six hundred dollars.
For fuel for cadets mess-haIl, shops, and
laundry, three thousand five hundred dol
lars.
For postage and kilograms, three hundred
dollars.
For stationery, blank books paper, envelopes,
quilts, steel pens, pencils, mucilage, wax, and
ink, six hundred dollars.
For transportation Of materials, discharged
cadets, and ferriages, one thousand eight hun
dred dollars.
For printing type, materials for Office, diplo-
mas Tor graduates, registers, and blanks seven
hundred dollars.
For compensation of pressman and Iitho-
grapher, one hundred dollars.
For clerk to discussing officer and ouar-
termaseer, one thousand six hundred and hfty
dollars.
For clerk to adjutant, one thousand Eve
hundred dollars.
For clerk to treasurer, one thousand five
hundred dollars.
tics, namely: For repairs of Instruments, fftY
dollars; text books and stationery for instruc-
tors, thirty dollars.
For department Of artillery, cavalry and In
fantrY tactics, namely: For tan-bark for nd
ing-hall and gymnasium, three hundred dol
lars; repairing camp-stools, tents and camp
furniture, fifty dollars; flooring and mats, a6
psratus and repairs of gymnasium, i've hun
dred dollars; clock and furniture for Office OF
commandant of cadets, seventy-hvs dollars;
stationery for use of instructor and assistants
one hundred dollars; foils, gloves, masks,
fencing jackets and repairs, two hundred dol.
lars.
For department Of civil and military enei,
neering: For models, maps, repairs of instrul
ments, textbooks, books Of reference and sta
tionery for use Of instructors, five hundred dol.
lars.
For department of chemistry, mineralo0y
and geology: For chemicals, including ehemL
cal apparatus, glass and porcelain ware, paper,
wire and sheet metal ores, and photographs
materials, nine hundred dollars; rough speech
mems, files, alcohol, lamps, blow-pipes, penciis
and steel and agate mortars, for practical in
struction In minsralogy; for fossils Illustrating
the different rock formations, for daily use b
section rooms, and for gradual increase Of tho
cabinet, eight hundred dollars; repairs and adj
ditions to electric, galvsnic, magnetic, electro
magnetic, magneto-electric, pneumatic and
thermic apparatus, and, apparatus Illustrating
optical properties Of substances, eight hundred
dollars; carpenters and mechanic, to be em-
ployed In chemical and geological section
rooms and In the lecture room, one thousand
and fifty dollars; models and diagrams, fifty
dollars; books Of reference, Textbooks and
stationery, for the use Of instructors, and con-
ton TO attendant, fifty dollars.
For department of natural and experimental
philosophy: For Instruments to determine
magnetic intensity and destination, ak hun-
dred dollars; compensation to mechanics as
sistant, one thousand dollars; compensstion-ts-
attendant, fifty dollars; repairs and contingen-
cies, SIX hundred dollars.
For department Of practical military engt
neering< For mining materials and for proflinG,
fifty dollars; telegraphing and signaling,
twenty-five dollars; drawing materials, Sta
tionery and textbooks, twenty-five dollars; re-
pairs of Instruments, twenty live dollars; CON
tingencies, twenty-five dollars; ono fve-oared
barge, four hundred dollars.
For department of French: For textbooks
and stationery for the use Of instructors, sew
enty-hye dollars.
For department of Spanish: For text books
and stationery for the use Of instructors, aftJ
dollars.
For department of law and ethics: For text
books and stationery and books of references
for the use Of instructors, fifty dollars: Pro
vided, That the Secretary Of War may assign
one of the Judge advocates Of the army to Be
professor Of law.
For department of drawing: For models for
second class, one hundred dollars; models for
third class, one hundred dollars; cardboard for
mounting models, thirty dollars; frames for
securing models from injury, fifty dollars
colors, brushes, pencils and paper for the use
Of instructors, twenty five dollars.
For expenses Of the board Of visitors, four
thousand two hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous and contingent expresses.
For gas, coal-oil, candles and wicking for
lighting the academy, csdet-bsrracks, mess
han, Offices, stable and sidewalks, four thou
sand dollars; water-pipes, plumbing and repsirs,
two thousand doliars; cleaning public build-
ings, (not quarters, }. fiys hundred and sixty
dollars; brooms, brushes, pals, tubs, soap and
cloths, two hundred dollars; chalk, crayons,
sponge, slate and rubbers for recitation-rooms,
one hundred dollars; compensation Of chapel
organist, two hundred dollars; compensation
Of librarian, one hundred and twenty dollars;
compensation Of non-commissioned officer in
charge of mechanics, Fly dollars; eompenss-
ton Of soldier writing In adjutants office, aity
dollars; pay Of engineer Of heating and ventL
latinq apparatus for the cades-barracks, chapel
and Philosophical academy, Including the II
brary, one thousand 1--WE hundred dollars; pay
Of assistant Of same, seven hundred and twenty
dollars; pay Of i've hremen, two thousand two
hundred dollars; increase and expense Of the
library, books, magazines, periodicals. and
binding two thousand dollars.
For pay of librarians sszistant, one thou
sand dollars. a>d
For contingencies for supsrbtsndent of the
academy, one thousand dollars.
For furniture for cadet hospital and repAirss
one hundred dollars.
For printing catalogue for library, i've hun
dred dollars.
Buildings and grounds: For repairing and
opening roads and walks, five hundred dollars
For continuing superstructure Of. the nav
hospital for cadets, twenty thousand dollars.
For continuing construction of Sewerage
from barracks and quarters, three thousand
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