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TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 17. 1837.
Blacksmith ’sBhop, &c., atWatertown ,Mass .
Copper rifleflasks.
Money to bepaid on the re-quisition of theSecretary ofWar.
Proviso.
Liabilities in-curred by Gov.Cannon.
One month’spay, &c., to vo-lunteers andmilitia of Ken-tucky, Tennes-see, Alabama ,and Mississippi ,&c.
Pay to theRifle Rangers,Coosada volun-
For a blacksmith's shop, a reservoir, and a gun-carriage house atWatertown, Massachusetts , twenty-three thousand one hundred dollars:
For the purchase of ten thousand copper rifle flasks, seventeen thou-sand dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following sums of moneybe paid, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,on the requisition of the Secretary of War, and, so far as shall benecessary, the same shall be expended for the following purposes, towit:
For the pay, travelling, clothing for six months, and other legal ex-penses of the Tennessee volunteers, mustered into the service of theUnited States under the requisition of General Gaines, under date ofApril eighth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and the pro-clamation of Governor Cannon of twenty-eighth of the same month,and approved by the Secretary of War on the ninth of May, by direc-tion of the President of the United States , one hundred thousand dol-lars : Provided, That such of said volunteers as volunteered under theproclamation of Governor Cannon of the sixth of June or twentieth ofJuly one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and were mustered intothe service of the United States , and are entitled to clothing under theact of May twenty-third, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six,shall not be paid for clothing out of the aforesaid appropriation :
For pay, travelling, clothing, and other legal expenses of the Ten-nessee volunteers, mustered into the service of the United States underthe order of the Secretary of War of May twenty-fifth, one thousandeight hundred and thirty-six, and Governor Cannon’s proclamation ofJune sixth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, ninety-five thou-sand dollars :
For pay, travelling, clothing, and other legal expenses of the Ten-nessee volunteers, mustered into the service of the United States underGeneral Gaines’s requisition, under date of June twenty-eighth, onethousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and Governor Cannon’s procla-mation of July twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six,thirty-five thousand three hundred and ten dollars:
For the liabilities incurred by Governor Cannon in raising money; sofar as said money has been properly expended in the service of the Uni-ted States , on account of the aforesaid volunteers, thirteen thousandfive hundred dollars :
For pay due the Executive staff of the Governor of Tennessee , whileactually engaged in obtaining, organizing, mustering, or marchingvolunteers, during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six,to the places of their rendezvous, or making returns of said volunteers,three thousand dollars.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary at War beand he hereby is directed to cause to be paid to the volunteers andmilitia of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi , includingthe companies in Mississippi , mustered into the service, who were dulycalled into service, and whose service was accepted by the Executivesof the States respectively, during the summer of the year one thousandeight hundred and thirty-six, under requisitions from the Secretary atWar or from generals commanding the troops of the United States , andwho were discharged before marching, the amount of one month’s pay,with all the allowances to which they would have been entitled if theyl ad been in actual service during the period of one month; and thatthe same be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwiseappropriated.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That eleven thousand six hun-dred and fifty dollars be appropriated for paying the Rifle Rangers,Coosada volunteers, and the Independence Blues, under the command