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TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 84. 1843.

Marine corps.Pay and sub-sistence of offi-cers.

Provisions.

Clothing.

Fuel.

Barracks.

Transporta-

tion.

Militarystores, &.C.

Contingent

expenses.

Statute III.March 3, 1843.

Appropriationfor constructingelectro-magne-tic telegraph.

Payment ofProf. Morse,and others.

tract, he and his sureties shall be liable for the forfeiture specified insuch contract, as liquidated damages, to be sued for in the name ofthe United States , in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

Marine Corps .—For pay of officers, non-commissioned officers,musicians, privates, and servants serving on shore, and subsistence ofofficers of the marine corps, for the said half calendar year, ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight dollars; and for the saidfiscal year, two hundred and one thousand four hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifteen cents.

For provisions for non-commissioned officers, musicians, privates,servants, and washerwomen, serving on shore, for the said half calen-dar year, nineteen thousand one hundred and twenty-eight dollars andeight cents; and for the said fiscal year, thirty-eight thousand sixhundred and seventy-eight dollars and eighty cents.

For clothing for the said half calendar year, twenty thousand threehundred and forty-nine dollars; and for the said fiscal year, forty thou-sand six hundred and ninety-eight dollars.

For fuel for the said half calendar year, eight thousand one hundredand thirty-seven dollars and six cents; and for the said fiscal year, six-teen thousand two hundred and seventy-four dollars and twelve cents.

To keep barracks in repair, for rent of temporary barracks, for thesaid half calendar year, three thousand dollars; and for the said fiscalyear, six thousand dollars.

For transportation of officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians,and privates, and expenses of recruiting, for the said half calendaryear, four thousand dollars; and for the said fiscal year, eight thousanddollars.

For military stores, pay of armorers, keeping arms in repair, accou-trements, ordnance stores, flags, drums, fifes, and other instruments forthe band, for the said half calendar year, one thousand four hundreddollars; and for the said fiscal year, two thousand eight hundred dollars.

For contingent expenses of said corps, viz : For freight, ferriage, toll,wharfage, and cartage; for per diem allowance for attending courtsmartial and courts of inquiry; compensation to judge advocates; houserent where there are no public quarters assigned; for per diem allowanceto enlisted men on constant labor; expenses of burying deceased ma-rines; printing, stationery, forage, postage on public letters, expensesin pursuit of deserters, candles, oil, straw, barrack furniture, bed sacks,spades, axes, shovels, picks, carpenters’ tools, and for keeping a horsefor the messenger, for the said half calendar year, eight thousand ninehundred and ninety dollars ; and for the said fiscal year, seventeen thou-sand nine hundred and eighty dollars.

Approved, March 3, 1843.

Chap. LXXXIV_ Jin Act to test the practicability of establishing a system of

electro-magnetic telegraphs by the United States .

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of thirtythousand dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in thetreasury not otherwise appropriated, for testing the capacity and usefulnessof the system of electro-magnetic telegraphs invented by Samuel F. B.Morse, of New York, for the use of the Government of the UnitedStates , by constructing a line of said electro-magnetic telegraphs, underthe superintendence of Professor Samuel F. B. Morse, of such length,and between such points, as shall fully test its practicability and utility,and that the same shall be expended, under the direction of the Secre-tary of the Treasury, upon the application of said Morse.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Trea-sury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of the aforesaid thirty