TWENTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 38, 39. 1829.
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For repairs and contingencies of fortifications, eleven thousand twohundred and fifty dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums, herebyappropriated, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not other-wise appropriated.
Approved, March 2, 1829.
Chap. XXXVIII .—Jin Act providing for the printing and binding sixty thou-sand copies of the Abstract of Infantry Tactics, including manoeuvres of light in-fantry and riflemen, and for other purposes.
Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Warbe, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to contract with Hilliard,Gray and Company, of Boston , or some other person or persons, forprinting, binding, and delivering, sixty thousand copies of the Abstractof Infantry Tactics, including exercises and manoeuvres of light infan-try and riflemen, for the use of the militia of the United States . Also,five thousand copies of a system of exercise and instruction of fieldartillery, including manoeuvres for light or horse artillery, as reportedby the Secretary of War, on the eighth of January, eighteen hundredand twenty-seven, agreeably to the proposals of said Hilliard, Gray andCompany, made to the Secretary of War, dated on the twenty-seventhOctober, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, in their specimen markedB; and when so printed, bound and delivered, the Secretary of Waris hereby directed to apportion the same among the several states andterritories, and in the District of Columbia , for the use of the militiathereof, according to the number of the militia in each state and terri-tory and the District of Columbia ; and to forward to the chief magis-trate of each state and territory the number allowed to such state andterritory as aforesaid, to be by said chief magistrate distributed amongthe officers of the militia of such state or territory, for their use, and theuse of their successors in office, under such rules and regulations asthey may direct. And the Secretary of War will cause the number ofcopies apportioned to the District of Columbia to be distributed amongthe officers of the militia in the District, under such rules and regula-tions as may be prescribed by the President of the United States .
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fourteen thou-sand seven hundred and ninety dollars, is hereby appropriated out of anymoney in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenseof printing, binding and distributing the same.
Approved, March 2, 1829.
Chap. XXXIX .—An Act to authorize the establishment of a town, on landreserved for the use of schools, and to direct the manner of disposing of certainreserved quarter sections of land for the seat of government in Florida .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall and may be law-ful for the qualified voters in township five, range eleven, north and west,in the county of Jackson, in the territory of Florida , to elect, in suchmanner as may be directed by the county court of said county, three fitand discreet commissioners, who shall be, and they are hereby, authorized,by and with the consent of the voters of said township, to be obtainedin such manner as the said county court shall direct, to lay off and esta-blish a town on one quarter or two adjoining eighths of the sixteenth section
Repairs andcontingencies.
Statute II.
March 2, 1829.
[Obsolete.]
Secretary ofWar to contractfor 60,000 co-pies of InfantryTactics, &c.
Also, 3000copies exerciseof field artillery.
To be distri-buted amongthe states, ter-ritories and Dis-trict of Colum-bia , throughtheir chief ma-gistrates, &c.
Appropriation.