TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 75,76. 1833.

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Statute II.March 2, 1833.

President toexecute convey-ance.

Condition.

Statute II.March 2, 1S33.

Regiment ofdragoons esta-blished.

Act of June15,1832,ch.131.

Organization.Act of Aug. 23,1842, ch. 186.

Act of April4 , 1844, ch. 11.

Pay whenmounted.

Pay when onfoot.

To serve onhorse or foot,and subject torules ofwar,&c.

President tocarry act intoeffect.

Appropriation.

Chap. LXXV.— An Act to authorize the President of the United States to ex-change certain lands belonging to the navy yard at Brooklyn , for other landscontiguous thereto.

He it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of theUnited States be, and he is hereby, authorized to execute a conveyanceto the corporation of the village of Brooklyn, in the state of New York ,of the interest of the United States in certain lands forming a part of thenavy yard at said village of Brooklyn , and designated in a petition fromsaid corporation to Congress , on condition that said corporation conveya good title to the United States of such other property contiguous tosaid yard, and obtain releases to the United States of certain parts of saidyard now in controversy, so that, in his opinion, the conveyances fromsaid corporation shall be equally beneficial to the United States as theproperty granted to said corporation.

Approved, [March] 2, 1833.

Chap. LXXVI.— An Act for the more perfect defence of the frontiers.

Re it enacted by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled,'That in lieu of the battalion ofmounted rangers authorized by the act of the fifteenth of June, one thou-sand eight hundred and thirty-two, there be established a regiment ofdragoons, to be composed and organized as follows, to wit: one colonel,one lieutenant colonel, one major, one quartermaster-sergeant, and twochief buglers, one adjutant, who shall be a lieutenant, one sergeant major,one chief musician, and ten companies; each company to consist of onecaptain, one first lieutenant, and one second lieutenant, exclusive of thelieutenant who is to be the adjutant of the regiment: four sergeants, oneof whom shall act as quartermaster-sergeant to the company, four corpo-rals, two buglers, one farrier and blacksmith, and sixty privates.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the officers, non-commissionedofficers, musicians, and privates, when mounted, be entitled to the samepay and emoluments as was allowed to dragoons during the war, andwhen on foot, the same pay and emoluments as are now allowed to theofficers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates of a regimentof infantry ; and that the farrier and blacksmith be allowed the same payand allowances as are allowed to an artificer of artillery.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said regiment of dragoonsshall be liable to serve on horse, or foot, as the President may direct;shall be subject to the rules and articles of war, be recruited in the samemanner, and with the same limitations; that the officers, non-commis-sioned officers, musicians, farriers, and privates, shall be entitled to thesame provisions for wounds and disabilities, the same provisions forwidows and children, and the same allowances and benefits in every re-spect, as are allowed the other troops constituting the present militarypeace establishment.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President of the UnitedStates be authorized to carry into effect this act as soon as he may deemit expedient, and to discharge the present battalion of mounted rangers,on their being relieved by the said regiment of dragoons.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the sum required to carry intoeffect the provisions of this act is hereby appropriated, in addition to theappropriations for the military establishment for the year one thousandeight hundred and thirty-three.

Approved, March 2, 1833.