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TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess.II. Ch. 34. 1829.
1828, oh. 117.
Pay and sub-sistence of offi-cers.
Superintend-ents, naval con-structors, &c.
Provisions.
Repairs ofvessels, &c.
Medicines,
&c.
Ordnance, &c.
Repairs, &c.,at navy yards.
Miscellaneous
expenditures.
Other contin-gent expenses.
Gradual in-crease of navy.
printed, in addition to the several sums appropriated by the act of thetwenty-fourth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, to wit:
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 hun-dred and eighteen thousand five hundred and fourteen dollars.
For pay, subsistence, and allowances of officers, and pay of the sea-men at navy yards, shore stations, hospitals and in ordinary, one hundredand sixty-two thousand nine hundred and thirty-three dollars.
For pay of superintendents, naval constructors, and all the civil estab-lishment, at the several yards and stations, forty-four thousand sevenhundred and seventy-seven dollars.
For provisions, three hundred and twenty-four thousand three hundreddollars.
For repairs of vessels in ordinary, and for wear and tear of vessels incommission, three hundred and fifty-six thousand two hundred and fiftydollars.
For medicines, surgical instruments, and hospital stores, twenty thou-sand two hundred and fifty dollars.
For ordnance and ordnance stores, thirty-seven thousand five hundreddollars.
For repairs and improvements at navy yards, one hundred and seventy-eight thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For defraying the expenses that may accrue during the year one thou-sand eight hundred and twenty-nine, to wit: for freight and transporta-tion of materials and stores of every description; for wharfage anddockage, storeage and rent, travelling expenses of officers, and transpor-tation of seamen, house rent-, chamber money, and fuel, and candles toofficers, other than those attached to the navy yards and stations, and forofficers in sick quarters, where there is no hospital, and for funeralexpenses; for commissions, clerk hire, office rent, stationery, and fuel tonavy agents; for premiums and incidental expenses of recruiting: forapprehending deserters; for compensation to judge advocates, for perdiem allotvance for persons attending courts martial and courts ofinquiry, and to officers engaged on extra service beyond the limits oftheir stations; for printing and for stationery of every description, andfor books, maps, and charts, nautical and mathematical instruments,chronometers, models and drawings; for purchase and repair of steamand fire engines, and for machinery; for purchase and maintenance ofoxen and horses, and for carts, wheels, and workmen’s tools of everydescription ; for postage of letters on public service; for pilotage ; forcabin furniture of vessels in commission, and furniture for officers’ housesat navy yards; for taxes on navy yards and public property; for assist-ance rendered to vessels in distress ; for incidental labour at navy yardsnot applicable to any other appropriation ; for coal and other fuel forforges, foundries, and steam engines; for candles, oil, and fuel forvessels in commission and in ordinary ; for repairs of magazines andpowder houses; for preparing moulds for ships to be built; and for noother object or purpose whatever, one hundred and ninety-five thousanddollars.
For contingent expenses for objects arising during the year one thou-sand eight hundred and twenty-nine, and not hereinbefore enumerated,three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For the reimbursement of the marshal of Florida , for expenses incurredin the case of certain Africans who were wrecked on the coast of theUnited States , and for the expense of exporting them to Africa, sixteenthousand dollars.
The following sums transferred to the surplus fund:
For the gradual increase of the navy, forty-seven thousand six hun-dred and nineteen dollars, eighty-eight cents.