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TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess.III. Cii.95. 1839.

Miscellaneous.

Engineering.

Philosophy.

Mathematics.

Chemistry.

Drawing.

Tactics.

Artillery.

Reservoir.

Fire engines,&c.

Completion ofbuildings.

Payment forhorses of Mis-souri volun-teers.

In cases of er-roneous valua-tion, payment tobe suspended.

Statute III.March 3, 1839.[Obsolete.]

Pay of officersand seamen.

Pay of sup’dts<fcc. at yards.

Provisions.Repairs, &c.

Medicines, &c.

Portsmouthnavy yard .

Charlestownnavy yard.

Brooklyn navyyard .

Philadelphia navy yard .

For miscellaneous items and incidental expenses, seven hundred andthirty-one dollars and fifty cents;

For the department of engineering, three hundred dollars;

For the department of philosophy, twelve hundred dollars;

For the department of mathematics, ninety-seven dollars and fifty-four cents;

For the department of chemistry, eight hundred and twenty-sevendollars and fifty cents ;

For the department of drawing, two hundred and eighty-five dollars ;

For the department of tactics, three hundred and sixty dollars;

For the department of artillery, two hundred and seventy-five dollars;

For a reservoir, three thousand one hundred and eighteen dollars;

For two fire-engines, with hose complete, one thousand nine hundreddollars;

For the completion of the buildings, for the library and the engineer-ing, philosophical, and chemical departments, in addition to the appro-priation of eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, sixteen thousand sixhundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents.

Sec. 4. And he it further enacted, That payment shall be made,under the directions of the Third Auditor, to the Missouri volunteers,whose horses were lost, or cast away at sea, or which perished or diedin consequence of suffering at sea, in the voyage from New Orleans toTampa Bay, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven; and that thesum of thirty-five thousand dollars, out of any money in the Treasurynot otherwise appropriated, be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, tomake said payments.

And when it shall appear that erroneous valuations have been madeof such property with a view to defraud the Government, the Secretaryof War shall suspend payment therefor until a satisfactory investigationcan be made, and it shall be made to appear that such valuation wasmade in good faith.

Approved, March 3, 1839.

Chap. XCY. —Jin Act making appropriations for the naval service for the yearone thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums beappropriated for the naval service for the year one thousand eight hun-dred and thirty-nine in addition to the unexpended balances of formerappropriations, viz :

For pay of commissioned, warrant, and petty officers, and of seamen,two millions three hundred and fifty-two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars and sixty-four cents;

For pay of superintendents, naval constructors, and all the civil estab-lishments at the several yards, forty-four thousand dollars;

For provisions, six hundred thousand dollars;

For repairs of vessels in ordinary, and the repairs and wear and tearof vessels in commission, one million of dollars;

For medicines and surgical instruments, hospital stores, and other ex-penses on account of the sick, seventy-five thousand dollars ;

For improvement and necessary repairs of the navy yard at Ports-mouth, New Hampshire , thirty thousand dollars;

For improvement and necessary repairs of the navy yard at Charles-town, Massachusetts , twenty-six thousand dollars;

For improvement and necessary repairs of the navy yard at Brooklyn ,New York , seven thousand five hundred dollars;

For improvement and necessary repairs of the navy yard at Philadel-phia, Pennsylvania , eight thousand dollars;