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THIRTY—FIR.ST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 81. 1850. 517 use the said works, during such period, on their own account, for re- i pairing merchant vessels, when not occupied by vessels of the navy, to which precedence shall at all times be given, on such terms as he shall deem reasonable. The sum of five hundred dollars for suitable plans of the buildings, Plans of buildand requisite improvements at the naval depot near New Orleans, and E8:?;:? luis;} that said plans be procured and furnished under the direction of the ,,,§,,_ "' senior naval officer resident or stationed at New Orleans. Marine Cmjps.- For pay of officers, non-commissioned officers, mu- Pay or officers, sieians, privates, and servants, serving on shore, subsistence for officers, gnitnfi and pay for undrawn clothing, two hundred and fifty-three thousand ,,,8] four huridred and six dollars and seven cents. For provisions for marines serving on shore, twenty thousand dol- Provisions. lars. For clothing, forty-six thousand four hundred andsixteen dollars. Cl°*hi¤K· For fuel, ten thousand dollars. Fuel. For military stores, repair of arms, pay of armorers, accoutrements, Military stores, ordnance stores, ilags, drums, lifes, and musical instruments, six thou- °*°· sand nine hundred dollars. For transportationof officers and troops, and expenses of recruiting, Transportationnine thousand dollars. For repairs of barracks, and rent of temporary barracks and offices Bamwks and for commanding officers, six thousand dollars. ’°Y‘“”‘ For contingencies, viz.: freight, ferriage, cartage, wharfage, com- C¤¤¢i¤8¤¤•=i¤¤ pensation to judges advocate per diem, for attending courts-martial, courts of inquiry, and for constant labor, house rent in lieu of quarters, burial of deceased marines, printing, stationery, forage, postage, pursuit of deserters, candles, oil, straw, furniture, bed-sacks, spades, axes, shovels, picks, carpenters tools, keep of a horse for the messenger, pay of matron, wasberwoman, and porter at the hospital beadquarters, twenty thousand dollars. ` Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy “Wreck pg the is authorized, should he deem it practicable to employ such part of the ,,,£h°;g?,:f,’, Q? naval force as may be necessary, to remove the wreck of the steam- Gibraltar. frigate Missouri lying in the harbor of Gibralter. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy “`%¤l“S%f?=‘ {hg be, and is hereby authorized, if he deems it advisable to submit the "wr "° ‘ demands of the claimants for salvage on the United States vessel Waterwitch, to the arbitration of the judge of the District Court of the United States in thesouthern district of Florida. - Approved, September 28, 1850. Cmir. LXXXI. -—.4n Act making Appropnbtivns for certain Forl@0n: of Sept. 28, 1850. the United Staten, for the Year ending the thirtiéth of June, one thousand eight t‘·""‘·‘ hundred and jjiy-one. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ey" America in Congress assembled, That the following AI>P¥°P*i¤*l¤¤- sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the preservation, repairs, and construction of certain fortifications, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. d I;`or defensive works and barracks near Detroit, lltteen thousand Detroit. ol ars. I For fortilications at outlet of Lake Champlain, fifteen thousand dol- Phlgke Chamars. · For defensive works and barracks at narrows of Penobscot River, R. P°¤°l’¤°°* Maine, twenty thousand dollars. lv"'