United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/20th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 123
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Chap. CXXIII.—An Act making appropriations for the military service of the United States, for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.
Sums appropriated for the military service for the 1st quarter of 1829.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the military service of the United States, for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, to wit:
Pay of the army, &c.For pay of the army, and pay and subsistence of the officers, two hundred and sixty-four thousand and seventy-six dollars.
Forage.For forage for officers, ten thousand and thirty-two dollars.
Clothing of officers’ servants.For clothing of officers’ servants, four thousand nine hundred and forty-two dollars.
Recruiting service.For the recruiting service, nine thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses.For the contingent expenses of the recruiting service, four thousand dollars.
Subsistence department.For the subsistence department, fifty-four thousand two hundred dollars.
Purchasing department.For the purchasing department, forty-four thousand five hundred and ninety-four dollars and thirty-seven cents.
Medical department.For the medical department, six thousand dollars.
Quartermaster general’s department.For the quartermaster general’s department, eighty-five thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.
Military academy.For the military academy at West Point, three thousand dollars.
Contingencies of the army.For the contingencies of the army, two thousand five hundred dollars.
National armories.For the national armories, ninety thousand dollars.
Ordnance department.For the current expenses of the ordnance service, sixteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
New fortifications.For armament of new fortifications, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sums herein appropriated shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; but that no part of the same shall be drawn from the treasury before the first January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.
Approved, May 24, 1828.