Preventing and suppressing hostilities in Florida.expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, viz: for forage for the horses of the mounted volunteers and militia, and for the horses, mules, and oxen, in the service of the trains; for freight or transportation of military supplies of every description, from the places of purchase to Florida; for the purchase of wagons, harness, boats, and lighters, and other vessels; of horses, mules, and oxen, to keep up the trains; tools, leather, and other materials for repairs; transportation within Florida, including the hire of steamboats and other vessels, for service in the rivers and on the coast, and the expenses of maintaining the several steamboats and transport schooners connected with the operations of the army; hire of mechanics, laborers, mule drivers, teamsters, and other assistants, including their subsistence; and for miscellaneous and contingent charges, including arrearages, five hundred thousand dollars:Proviso. Provided, That no more than one hundred and forty-six thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars and seventy-three cents shall be applied to the payment of arrearages; and no such arrearages shall be paid, unless they are for services rendered or supplies furnished in pursuance of law.
Military surveys.For military surveys for the defence of the frontier, inland and Atlantic, fifteen thousand dollars.
Arrearages and preservation of public property.For arrearages and for the preservation of the public property at the several places of harbor and river improvement, fifteen thousand dollars.
Relative to extra allowances.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That no officer in any branch of the public service, or any other person whose salary, pay, or emoluments, is or are fixed by law or regulations, shall receive any additional pay, extra allowance, or compensation, in any form whatever, for the disbursement of public money, or for any other service or duty whatsoever, unless the same shall be authorized by law, and the appropriation therefor explicitly set forth that it is for such additional pay, extra allowance, or compensation.
Appropriations for the military academy.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the military academy for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, viz:
No. 1. For pay of officers, instructors, cadets, and musicians, sixty thousand five hundred and twenty-four dollars.
Subsistence.No. 2. For commutation of subsistence of officers and cadets, forty thousand and seventy-seven dollars.
Forage of officers’ horses.No. 3. For commutation of forage of officers’ horses, five thousand one hundred and eighty-four dollars.
Clothing of officers’ servants.No. 4. For commutation of clothing of officers’ servants, four hundred and twenty dollars.
Board of visiters.
Current and ordinary expenses.No. 5. For defraying expenses of the board of visiters, and for the other various current and ordinary expenses of the academy, other than pay and subsistence, twenty-six thousand four hundred and thirty-six dollars.
Library.No. 6. For increase and expense of library, one thousand dollars.
Improvements on western rivers; repairs of public works.For building and repairing the necessary boats, and for carrying on the improvements on the Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, and Arkansas rivers, one hundred thousand dollars, under the direction of the Secretary of War; and for the preservation and repairs of public works heretofore constructed for the improvement of harbors, thirty thousand dollars.
Approved, August 23, 1842.
