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advocates, members, and witnesses; extra pay to soldiers, under an actof Congress of the second of March, eighteen hundred and nineteen ;expenses of expresses from the frontier posts; of the necessary articlesfor the interment of non-commissioned officers and soldiers ; hire oflabourers; compensation to clerks in the offices of quartermasters andassistant quartermasters at posts where their duties cannot be performedwithout such aid, and to temporary agents in charge of dismantledworks, and in the performance of other duties; expenditures necessaryto keep the two regiments of dragoons complete, including the purchaseof horses to supply the place of those which may be lost and becomeunfit for service, and the erection of additional stables, ninety-twothousand dollars.

For two months’ extra pay to re-enlisted soldiers, and for the contin-gent expenses of the recruiting service, twenty-four thousand two hun-dred and sixty-four dollars.

For the national armories, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars.

For the armament of the fortifications, one hundred thousand dollars.

For the current expenses of the ordnance service, ninety-eight thou-sand dollars.

For arsenals, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or so muchthereof as may suffice to complete the arsenals already commenced, andthose on the western frontier.

For the manufacture of elevating machines for barbette and casematecarriages, five thousand dollars.

For the purchase and manufacture of light field artillery, thirty-ninethousand nine hundred and fifty-three dollars.

For the purchase of gunpowder and grape shot, thirty-seven thousandfive hundred dollars.

For arrearages payable through the office of the Second Auditor,twelve hundred dollars.

For arrearages payable through the office of the Third Auditor, threethousand dollars.

For taxes on the Passyunk arsenal, near Philadelphia , for the yearseighteen hundred and thirty-seven and eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, fourteen hundred and fifty dollars.

For contingencies of the army, five thousand dollars.

For paying the balance due the heirs of William Meldrum, one ofthe commissioners for surveying and marking the road from La Plai-sance Bay to Chicago , two hundred and sixty-eight dollars and fifty-fivecents.

For paying Adam Eckfeldt, for fine gold and other expenses incurredby him in preparing nine medals ordered by Congress for various dis-tinguished officers, one thousand and eight dollars and eighty-six cents.

Approved, April 6, 1838.

Chap. LYI.— An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed bycertain pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury ofthe United States .

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That all money which hasbeen, or may hereafter be, transmitted to the agents for paying pensions,which may have remained, or may hereafter remain, in the hands ofsaid agents unclaimed by any pensioner or pensioners for the term ofeight months after the same may have or may become due and payable,shall be transferred to the Treasury of the United States ; and that allpensions unclaimed as aforesaid, shall be thereafter payable only at theTreasury of the United States , and out of any money not otherwiseappropriated.

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Extra pay tore-enlisted sol-diers, &c.

National armo-ries.

Armament ofthe fortifica-tions.

Ordnance ser-vice.

Arsenals

Elevating ma-chines, &.C.

Light field ar-tillery.

Gunpowderand shot.

Arrearagespayable by Sec-ond Auditor.

Arrearagespayable byThird Auditor.

Taxes on thePassyunk arse-nal.

Contingenciesof the army.

Balance duethe heirs ofWilliam Mel-drum.

Adam Eck-feldt, for ex-penses incurredin preparingmedals.

Statute II.

April 6, 1838.

All money af-ter having re-mained in thehands of anagent unclaim-ed,eight monthsafter having be-come due, shallbe transferredto the Treas.,'and all pensionsunclaimed, Ac.