board of engineers, and that he cause a full report of these proceedings to be made to Congress; and to carry the same into effect, the sum of twenty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 3, 1826.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. X.—An Act to extend the limits of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia.
Act of March 3, 1809, ch. 30.
Limits of Georgetown extended, westwardly, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in addition to the limits prescribed by an act supplementary to an act, entitled “An act to amend the charter of Georgetown,” approved third of March, eighteen hundred and nine, the said limits between Seventh and Eighth streets shall be further extended, so as to extend westwardly, from Fayette street, three hundred feet.
Approved, March 3, 1826.
Statute Ⅰ.
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Chap. XII.—An Act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six.
Expenses of the navy, for the year 1826.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 twenty-six, the following sums be, and the same are hereby, respectively, appropriated:
For pay and subsistence of officers, &c., at navy yards, &c.For the pay and subsistence of the officers, and pay of the seamen, other than those at navy yards, shore stations, and in ordinary, nine hundred and eight thousand five hundred and ninety-five dollars and fifty cents.
Of officers, &c., at navy yards, &c.For the pay, subsistence, and allowances of officers, and pay of seamen, and others at navy yards, shore stations, hospitals, and in ordinary, one hundred and forty one thousand six hundred and thirteen dollars and twenty-five cents.
Naval constructors, &c.For the pay of naval constructors, superintendents, and all the civil establishment at the several navy yards and stations, fifty-two thousand two hundred and forty dollars.
For provisions.For provisions, three hundred and seventy-seven thousand eight hundred and seventy-one dollars and seventy-five cents.
Repairs of vessels.For repairs of vessels in ordinary, and for wear and tear of vessels in commission, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Navy yards.For repairs and improvements to navy yards, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars, to wit: Portsmouth, New Hampshire, ten thousand dollars; Charlestown, Massachusetts, forty thousand dollars; New York, thirty-five thousand dollars; Philadelphia, thirty thousand dollars; Washington, fifteen thousand dollars; Gosport, forty thousand dollars.
Survey of harbours.For a survey of the harbours of Savannah and Brunswick, in Georgia, Beaufort in South Carolina, and Baltimore, Maryland, with a view to ascertain the practical facilities of those places for naval purposes, ten thousand dollars.
Medicines, &c.For medicines, surgical instruments, and hospital stores, and all other expenses on account of the sick, forty-five thousand dollars.
For defraying certain expenses for 1826.For defraying the expenses which may accrue during the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, for the following purposes:
For freight and transportation, &c., &c.For freight and transportation of materials and stores of every description; for wharfage and dockage; for storage and rent: for travelling expenses of officers, and transportation of seamen; for house rent or chamber money; for fuel and candles to officers, other than those