Repairs and contingencies.For repairs and contingencies of fortifications, eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums, hereby appropriated, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 2, 1829.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XXXVIII.—An Act providing for the printing and binding sixty thousand copies of the Abstract of Infantry Tactics, including manœuvres of light infantry and riflemen, and for other purposes.
Secretary of War to contract for 60,000 copies of Infantry Tactics, &c.
Also, 3000 copies exercise of field artillery.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to contract with Hilliard, Gray and Company, of Boston, or some other person or persons, for printing, binding, and delivering, sixty thousand copies of the Abstract of Infantry Tactics, including exercises and manœuvres of light infantry and riflemen, for the use of the militia of the United States. Also, five thousand copies of a system of exercise and instruction of field artillery, including manœuvres for light or horse artillery, as reported by the Secretary of War, on the eighth of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, agreeably to the proposals of said Hilliard, Gray and Company, made to the Secretary of War, dated on the twenty-seventh October, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, in their specimen marked B;To be distributed among the states, territories and District of Columbia, through their chief magistrates, &c. and when so printed, bound and delivered, the Secretary of War is hereby directed to apportion the same among the several states and territories, and in the District of Columbia, for the use of the militia thereof, according to the number of the militia in each state and territory and the District of Columbia; and to forward to the chief magistrate of each state and territory the number allowed to such state and territory as aforesaid, to be by said chief magistrate distributed among the officers of the militia of such state or territory, for their use, and the use of their successors in office, under such rules and regulations as they may direct. And the Secretary of War will cause the number of copies apportioned to the District of Columbia to be distributed among the officers of the militia in the District, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the President of the United States.
Appropriation.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fourteen thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expense of printing, binding and distributing the same.
Approved, March 2, 1829.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XXXIX.—An Act to authorize the establishment of a town, on land reserved for the use of schools, and to direct the manner of disposing of certain reserved quarter sections of land for the seat of government in Florida.
