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Statute I.May 24, 1828.
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Appropriation.
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Statute I.May 24, 1828.
Act of March2, 1799, ch. 22.
37th sectionof act of 1stMarch, 1823,ch. 21, repeal-ed.
Statute I.
May 24, 1828.
Lieutenantsin the navy,after passage ofthis act, to re-ceive 10 dollarsper month andone ration perday, in addition,&c.
Statute I.
May 24, 1828.
Secretary ofWar autho-rized, &c. toprocure on rea-sonable terms,a site for anarsenal on the
opened and made in the state of Maine , from the mouth of the riverMatanawcook, where it enters into the Penobscot river, to Mars Hill, nearthe north-eastern boundary line of the state of Maine .
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he ishereby, authorized to employ such part of the troops of the United States as he may think proper, to survey and construct said road; and, for thepurpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act, the sum of fif-teen thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paidout of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, May 24, 1828.
Chap. CII .—Jin Act making an appropriation for the navy hospitalfund.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the sum of forty-sixthousand two hundred and seventeen dollars and fourteen cents be ap-propriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,to the navy hospital fund; and that the Secretary of the Treasury be di-rected to pay the same to the commissioners of the aforesaid fund upontheir requisition.
Approved, May 24, 1828.
Chap. CIII .—An Act to repeal apart of the act, entitled “ An act supplementaryto, and to amend an act, entitled ‘ An act to regulate the collection of duties onimports and tonnage,’ ” passed the second of March, one thousand seven hundredand ninety-nine, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U?dtedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That, the thirty-seventhsection of the act passed on the first of March, one thousand eight hun-dred and twenty-three, entitled “ An act supplementary to, and to amendan act, entitled ‘ An act to regulate the collection of duties on importsand tonnage,’ passed second of March, one thousand seven hundred andninety-nine, and for other purposes,” be, and the same is hereby, repealed.Approved, May 24, 1828.
Chap. CIV .—An Act to increase the pay of lieutenants in the navy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That, from and after thepassing of this act, all lieutenants in the navy of the United States shall, in addition to the pay and emoluments now allowed them by law,each receive ten dollars per month, and one ration per day.
Approved, May 24, 1828.
Chap. CV .—An Act authorizing the establishment of an arsenal on the watersof Mobile or Pensacola Bays .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be,and he is hereby, authorized and required to procure, as soon as it canbe effected on reasonable terms, a site for an arsenal on the waters ofMobile or Pensacola bays, and to cause to be erected thereon such anarsenal as may be deemed proper, for the safe keeping of the arms and