after the staff of the army may be taken from the line of the army, or from citizens.
Ordnance department to be continued as at present organized.
Act of Feb. 8, 1815, ch. 38.Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the ordnance department be continued as at present organized under the act of February eighth, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and that ordnance officers be assigned to their duties with the staff of the army, in the same manner as from the corps of engineers.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That when forage is now drawn in kind by officers of the army entitled thereto,Rate of forage when not received in kind.
Proviso.
Proviso. eight dollars per month, for each horse, not exceeding the number authorized by existing regulations, shall be allowed in lieu thereof: Provided, That neither forage, nor money shall be drawn by officers, but for horses actually kept by them in service: Provided also, That none, except company officers shall be allowed to take as servants or waiters, soldiers of the army, and that all officers be allowed, for each private servant actually kept in service, not exceeding the number authorized by existing regulations, the pay, rations and clothing of a private soldier, or money in lieu thereof, on a certificate setting forth the same and description of the servant or servants, in the pay account: Provided also, That one additional ration be allowed to the subaltern officers of the army.
Approved, April 24, 1816.
Statute I.
Chap. LXXI.—An Act concerning the entry of vessels at the ports of Middletown and Plymouth.
Entry of vessels at Middletown and Plymouth.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful to make entry of foreign ships or vessels, and of cargoes which may be on board the same, and to unlade such cargoes respectively, or any part thereof, at the port of Middletown, in the state of Connecticut, and at Plymouth, in the state of North Carolina, under the regulations in such cases by law provided.
Approved, April 24, 1816.
Statute I.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. LXXIII.—An Act making appropriation for the support of the navy of the United States for the year one thousand eight [hundred] and sixteen.
Specific appropriations.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for defraying the expenses of the navy for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, the following sums be, and they are hereby respectively appropriated, that is to say:
For pay and subsistence of the officers, and pay of the seamen, one million, one hundred and forty-two thousand and fifteen dollars.
For provisions, three hundred and fifty-six thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars.
For medicine, hospital stores, and all expenses on account of the sick, including those of the marine corps, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For repairs of vessels, three hundred thousand dollars.
For ordnance, ammunition and military stores, two hundred and ten thousand dollars.
For navy yards, docks, and wharves, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses, including freight, transportation and recruiting expenses, three hundred thousand dollars.
For pay and subsistence of the marine corps, one hundred and forty-one thousand one hundred and seventy-two dollars.