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incidental labour at navy yards, not applicable to any other appropria-tion; for coal and other fuel for forges, founderies, and steam engines;for candles, oil, and fuel, for vessels in commission and in ordinary; forrepairs and building of magazines and powder houses; for preparingmoulds for ships to be built; and for no other object or purpose whatso-ever, two hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars.

For contingent expenses for objects not hereinbefore enumerated, fivethousand dollars.

For pay of the officers and non-commissioned officers, musicians, andprivates, and for subsistence of the officers of the marine corps, one hun-dred and twelve thousand nine hundred and ninety dollars.

For subsistence of non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates,and washerwomen, serving on shore, eighteen thousand four hundredand thirty-nine dollars.

For clothing, twenty-eight thousand seven hundred and sixty-five dol-lars.

For fuel, nine thousand and ninety-eight dollars.

For contingent expenses, fourteen thousand dollars.

For military stores, two thousand dollars.

For medicines, hospital stores, and surgical instruments, two thousandthree hundred and seventy dollars.

To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to discharge an outstandingclaim for prize money for the capture of the Algerine vessels in onethousand eight hundred and fifteen, twenty-one dollars, being part of anunexpended balance carried to the surplus fund.

For the payment of claims arising under the act of eleventh of July,one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, entitled “An act concerningcertain marine officers,” eighteen thousand three hundred and thirty-sevendollars and twenty-eight cents.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of compen-sating the board authorized by the act of the nineteenth of May, onethousand eight hundred and thirty-two, for their services in revising andenlarging “ the rules and regulations governing the naval service, with theview to adapt them to the present and future exigencies of this importantarm of national defence,” the sum of seven thousand dollars be, and thesame is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not other-wise appropriated, to be paid by the Navy Department, according to therates of allowances for detention on special service now prescribed bythe rules and regulations of the Navy Department.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the salary directed by “An actfor the regulation of the navy, and privateer pension, and navy hospitalfunds,” passed July tenth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, tobe paid to the clerk of said funds out of the treasury of the UnitedStates , shall be paid from any money in said treasury not otherwise ap-propriated.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That for carrying into effect the actsfor the suppression of the slave trade, including the support in the UnitedStates , and for a term not exceeding six months after their arrival inAfrica, of all persons removed from the United States under the saidacts, the sum of five thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appro-priated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ap-propriated.

Sec. 5. Andbe it further enacted, That there be paid to Master Com-_ mandant John D. Sloat, of the United States ’ navy, out of any moneyin the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one thousand threehundred and sixty dollars, being the amount of his account exhibited tothe Navy Department for expenses incurred in entertaining, on boardthe St. Louis , under his command, General Bolivar and several of hisofficers, at Guayaquil , in the year one thousand eight hundred and

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Contingencies.Marine corps.

Subsistence.

Clothing.

Fuel.

Contingencies.

Stores.

Medicines, &c.

Claim for prizemoney.

Claims underact of July 11,[14,] 1832, ch.223.

Compensationto Board autho-rized by act ofMay 19, 1832,ch. 80.

Salary of clerk.1832, ch. 194.

Suppression ofslave trade.

John D. Sloat.