TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 152. 1834.
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tuted by the heirs of John Harris, for land connected with the navy yardat Charlestown, Massachusetts , in the courts of that district, and, with theaid of the attorney general of the United States , to defend the same inthe Supreme Court at Washington , if brought up by appeal or writ oferror.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, for completing and furnishingthe hospitals at the several naval stations, the sum of sixty-four thousanddollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in thetreasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the directionof the Secretary of the Navy .
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-four thou-sand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, out of any moneyin the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for building two new navalmagazines at the navy yards Charlestown, Massachusetts, and Brooklyn ,New York .
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the sum of forty thousand dol-lars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in thetreasury not otherwise appropriated, for the building of a naval store ship.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the sum of seventy thousanddollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in thetreasury not otherwise appropriated, for the building of two small vesselsof war, to be rigged as brigs or schooners, at the discretion of the NavyDepartment.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the sum of four thousand fivehundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of anymoney in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the repair of thedamage occasioned by the late gale at the navy yard, Brooklyn, NewYork .
Sec. 8. And he it further enacted, That the district attorney of theeastern district of the state of Virginia and the solicitor of the treasuryof the United States be, and they are hereby, authorized and requiredto defend the suit instituted by John Harper, or by any other person orpersons whatsoever, for land connected with the navy yark, [yard] Gos-port, in said state, in the courts of that district, and with the aid of theattorney general of the United States, to defend the same in the SupremeCourt at Washington , if brought up by appeal, writ of error, or other-wise.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the sum of eight thousanddollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in thetreasury not otherwise appropriated, for the repairs of the marine barracks,at the different stations, and for erecting an hospital at head-quarters.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That no part of the balance of theappropriation heretofore made to rebuild the frigate Mac-edona [Macedo-nia ] and not yet expended, shall be carried to the surplus [fund,] untilone year after said frigate shall be launched.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two thousandseven hundred and ten dollars and seventy-five cents, be, and the same ishereby, reappropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ap-propriated towards building a wharf at Pensacola .
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That a sum not exceeding sixthousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of anymoneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to purchase a sitenear the navy yark [yard] at Brooklyn, New York , on which to erect ma-rine barracks and officers’ quarters, Provided, That the present site orone on the hospital grounds should not be found so convenient and use-ful for that purpose.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted,, That the sum of one hundred andtwenty-nine dollars be appropriated out of any moneys in the treasurynot otherwise appropriated for compensation to Lieut . Thomas Dornin
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sury to defendsuit of heirs ofJohn Harris.
Appropriations
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Furnishing hos-pitals at navalstations j
Naval storeship.
Two vesselsof war.