Principal steam engineer.For pay of principal steam engineer, two thousand five hundred dollars;
Civil establishments at navy-yards.
1844, ch. 107.For the support of the civil establishments at the navy-yards, the officers and others to be paid the annual compensation that was allowed to them, severally, in “the act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending on the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-five,” approved the seventeenth June, eighteen hundred and forty-four, viz:
Clothing.For clothing for the navy, sixty thousand dollars.
Kittery.At Kittery, Maine.―For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor, inspector of timber, clerk to the yard, clerk to the commandant, clerk to the storekeeper, clerk to the naval constructor, and porter, seven thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.
Charlestown.At Charlestown, Massachusetts.―For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor, measurer, and inspector of timber, clerk to the yard, two clerks to the commandant, three clerks to the storekeeper, clerk to the naval constructor, keeper of magazine, and porter, eleven thousand one hundred and eighty dollars.
Brooklyn.At Brooklyn, New York.―For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor, measurer, and inspector of timber, clerk to the yard, two clerks to the commandant, three clerks to the storekeeper, clerk to the naval constructor, keeper of the magazine, and porter, eleven thousand one hundred and eighty dollars.
Philadelphia.At Philadelphia.―For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor, measurer and inspector of timber, clerk to the yard, clerk to the commandant, clerk to the storekeeper, clerk to the naval constructor, and porter, seven thousand seven hundred dollars.
Washington.At Washington.―For pay of storekeeper, measurer and inspector of timber, clerk to the yard, two clerks to the commandant, clerk to the storekeeper, keeper of the magazine, and porter, six thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.
Gosport.At Gosport, Virginia.―For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor, measurer and inspector of timber, clerk to the yard, two clerks to the commandant, three clerks to the storekeeper, clerk to the naval constructor, keeper of the magazine, and porter, eleven thousand one hundred and eighty dollars.
Pensacola.At Pensacola.―For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor, clerk to the yard, two clerks to the commandant, two clerks to the storekeeper, and porter, eight thousand and fifty dollars.
Memphis.At Memphis, Tennessee.―For pay of storekeeper, one thousand five hundred and fifty dollars; for pay of clerk to the yard, nine hundred dollars; for pay of clerk to the commandant, nine hundred dollars; for pay of porter, three hundred dollars;
Provisions.
Surgeons’ necessaries for the navy and the marine corps.
Increase, repair, &c.
Ordnance.For provisions, including transportation, cooperage, and other expenses, six hundred and fifteen thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight dollars;
For the increase, repair, armament, and equipment of the navy, and wear and tear of vessels in commission, one million of dollars; for ordnance and ordnance stores, including all incidental expenses, three hundred and seventy thousand eight hundred and eighty-five dollars;
Books, charts, &c.For books, maps, charts, and instruments, binding and repairing the same, and all expenses of the Hydrographical Office, twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars.
Improvement of navy-yards―For improvements and necessary repairs of navy-yards, viz:
Kittery.At Kittery, Maine.―For removing old cob-work in timber dock, one thousand one hundred and fifty-eight dollars; for removing timber shed number thirteen, and steam-box house, five thousand seven hundred and forty-six dollars; for saw-pits, hoop-heating furnace, and wells, one thousand and forty-one dollars;
