of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, for the distribution of certain public documents; the same to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, February 20, 1833.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XXXIX.—An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
Appropriations for naval service.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be appropriated for the naval service for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, in addition to the unexpended balances of former appropriations for similar objects, viz:
Officers, &c.For pay and subsistence of the officers of the navy, and the pay of seamen, one million four hundred and forty-five thousand dollars.
Superintendents, &c.For pay of superintendents, naval constructors, and all the civil establishments at the several yards, fifty-seven thousand three hundred and thirty dollars.
Provisions.For provisions, four hundred and sixty thousand dollars.
Repairs, &c.For repairs of vessels in ordinary, and the repairs, and wear and tear, of vessels in commission, five hundred and six thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Medicines, &c.For medicines and surgical instruments, hospital stores, and other expenses on account of the stick, thirty-five thousand dollars.
Navy yards atFor improvements and necessary repairs of navy yards, viz:
Portsmouth;For the navy yard at Portsmouth, twenty-one thousand five hundred and twenty-four dollars.
Boston;For the navy yard at Boston, seventy-three thousand five hundred and thirty-five dollars.
New York;For the navy yard at New York, thirty-four thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.
Philadelphia;For the navy yard at Philadelphia, three thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Washington;For the navy yard at Washington, sixteen thousand dollars.
Norfolk;For the navy yard at Norfolk, one hundred and twenty-six thousand five hundred and twenty-nine dollars.
Pensacola.For the navy yard at Pensacola, fifty-three thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
Ordnance, &c.For ordnance, and ordnance stores, ten thousand dollars.
Miscellaneous.For defraying expenses; for freight and transportation of materials and stores of every description; for wharfage and dockage, storage and rent, travelling expenses of officers, and transportation of seamen, house rent, chamber money, and food and candles to officers, other than those attached to navy yards and stations, and for officers in sick quarters, where there is no hospital, and for funeral expenses; for commissions, clerk hire, and office rent, stationery, and fuel to navy agents; for premiums, and incidental expenses of recruiting; for apprehending deserters; for compensation to judge advocates; for per diem allowances for persons attending courts martial, and courts of inquiry, and for officers engaged in extra service beyond the limits of their stations; for printing and stationery of every description, and for books, maps, charts, and mathematical and nautical instruments, chronometers, models and drawings; for purchase and repair of steam and fire engines, and for machinery; for purchase and maintenance of oxen and horses, and for carts, timber wheels, and workmen’s tools of every description; for postage of letters on public service; for pilotage; for cabin furniture of vessels in commission, and for furniture of officers’ houses at navy yards, for taxes on navy yards and public property; for assistance rendered to vessels in distress; for