United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/20th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 34
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Chap. XXXIV.—An Act making additional appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.
Additional appropriation for support of navy.
1828, ch. 117.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-nine, the following sums be, and the same are hereby, respectively appropriated, in addition to the several sums appropriated by the act of the twenty-fourth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, to wit:
Pay and subsistence of officers.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 eighteen thousand five hundred and fourteen dollars.
For pay, subsistence, and allowances of officers, and pay of the seamen at navy yards, shore stations, hospitals and in ordinary, one hundred and sixty-two thousand nine hundred and thirty-three dollars.
Superintendents, naval constructors, &c.For pay of superintendents, naval constructors, and all the civil establishment, at the several yards and stations, forty-four thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven dollars.
Provisions.For provisions, three hundred and twenty-four thousand three hundred dollars.
Repairs of vessels, &c.For repairs of vessels in ordinary, and for wear and tear of vessels in commission, three hundred and fifty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
Medicines, &c.For medicines, surgical instruments, and hospital stores, twenty thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
Ordnance, &c.For ordnance and ordnance stores, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.
Repairs, &c., at navy yards.For repairs and improvements at navy yards, one hundred and seventy-eight thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Miscellaneous expenditures.For defraying the expenses that may accrue during the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, to wit: for freight and transportation of materials and stores of every description; for wharfage and dockage, storeage and rent, travelling expenses of officers, and transportation of seamen, house rent, chamber money, and fuel, and candles to officers, other than those attached to the navy yards and stations, and for officers in sick quarters, where there is no hospital, and for funeral expenses; for commissions, clerk hire, 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 allowance for persons attending courts martial and courts of inquiry, and to officers engaged on extra service beyond the limits of their stations; for printing and for stationery of every description, and for books, maps, and charts, nautical and mathematical 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, 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 furniture for officers’ houses at navy yards; for taxes on navy yards and public property; for assistance rendered to vessels in distress; for incidental labour at navy yards not applicable to any other appropriation; for coal and other fuel for forges, foundries, and steam engines; for candles, oil, and fuel for vessels in commission and in ordinary; for repairs of magazines and powder houses; for preparing moulds for ships to be built; and for no other object whatever, one hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars.
Other contingent expenses.For contingent expenses for objects arising during the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, and not hereinbefore enumerated, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Reimbursement of marshal of Florida, expenses of certain Africans.For the reimbursement of the marshal of Florida, for expenses incurred in the case of certain Africans who were wrecked on the coast of the United States, and for the expense of exporting them to Africa, sixteen thousand dollars.
The following sums transferred to the surplus fund:
General increase of navy.For the gradual increase of the navy, forty-seven thousand six hundred and nineteen dollars, eighty-eight cents. Survey of Savannah.
1826, ch. 12.For survey of Savannah, by act of fourteenth March, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, three thousand four hundred and sixty-seven dollars and twenty-seven cents.
Captors of Algerine vessels.
1816, ch. 119.
1826, ch. 67.For captors of Algerine vessels, by acts of twenty-seventh April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, and eighteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, fourteen thousand six hundred and ninety dollars, seventy-five cents.
Pay and subsistence marine corps.For pay and subsistence of the marine corps, ninety-one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two dollars.
Clothing.For clothing for the same, twenty-five thousand one hundred and twenty-three dollars.
Fuel.For fuel for the same, six thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine dollars.
Contingencies.For contingencies for the same, twelve thousand two hundred and fifteen dollars.
Military stores.For military stores for the same, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
Medicines.For medicines for the same, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven dollars.
Appropriations to be paid out of treasury.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums, hereby appropriated, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 2, 1829.