Wisconsin Enquirer (Newspaper) - May 25, 1839, Madison, Wisconsin VOt 88 OF THE at tht 3d St ition of the 35 A Ct n No 32 J AN ACT Jiving lo the of tho I oiled pow fur defence i f the in certain gamut tor other pu Be it enacted by tht Senate of of the o America in Congress assembled the of tho U nil ad be he is to resM any utu mpt en the P rt of enforce by arms htr lo t ict jurisdiction that purl of thu ilo of Maine w ikiti i in dispute between iht real and for that purpose to he naval aid military ol arid uoh portions ot the in litia ni In may deem it advisable lo cull i to bur 2 Anil be reacted That militia when call into the i of ilio 1 Stutes by of this act or of act entitled An lo provide for i fu th militia to execute tho I iws u the Union i ir and t it art now in force fi r if 111 tho opu ion j the of tin States the j blic int rest require il bo 1 to rve n term not ng MS months of- tcr the at tht ir pi ice of rendezvous i any on ir discharged 3 A nt be it krr enacted 1 hut r iho of actual invasion of the tf of the United by nny forr ign wi r or of imminent of such in- inn in us opinion Injure Ci HIT MI can ned to aft the bu mid ho ir by authorized i lie the t to Ihr servi cst of i ny ri not f fly in Oio mi in ir for in uu t An tct authorizing tho I i nt of the Unit I s lo ace i is of volunteers and to raisu an ti regiment of dr or i approved And be i T lal ii fve it uf either nC m in tho of St shull ho to iho now und nmn mid in HOI vi nil Iho I S mid to bu Id r utcc nun and n C ti tho north ond ii tht t U i rind at i n u hi K ill ilu ti u c -j iry lo p o t tin I ill- d 11 in i n asion rpn r i ii That o million of doll irs is he e- J and it ed at im nt ilio purport of i the ns uf act to provide fur h the S c- i t i is Mill izeo TO D mom y on tho cvc in ot iho Uni eil anil to to I f bv for ho Hum lo bo ilv n uf nnd iho innu to Wbt d rmi lint may bo ifi r for ils for the same Thai iio or into il ill tho dt fiom ary or si nn thus ift of fh n d from ir t of next tii l the rato of ill rest ft all t ot d fi per cent tut i 8 ie lift t That ol dollars ril the sitne u out nny int nev tn thi Tn not for urd salary of t to P o Th of iho United it to appoint IB 7 bt il further m the it uf either of tho contingencies provided or in thu fir it and th rd this ac1 dm lent of tho United Mutes Ui to apply u put exceeding of in this not o rt pairing or along the seaboard or tw 8 And be it enacted or v are called nts thr service of the Slates they have the too of the army of 1 receive iho wine pay iml en Sac 9 And it ft en That xbt of this act shall be in Atil the of sixty the first of next ao K POLK UM of An iw thit of AK tut U sy That of i of erf of ho shall it but if he it with bis objections to that in which it shall have the objections at large on their and proceed to reconsider it after such re consideration two-thirds of that House shall agree to past the it shall be sent together with the objections to other House by which it shall likewise be racon und if approved by two thirds p that House it shall become a law But in nil such oases the votes of both Mouses shall be determined by yeas nays ami the names of the persons voting far and gainst the shall be entered oa the nal of each House respectively If any shall not be returned by the Governor within days ter it shall have been presented to same ahall be a law in like manner at if he had signed it unless tha Assembly by adjournment prevent ils in it shall not be a law SEC 2 And be it further That this act shull ndl be so Construed as to de prive Congress of the right to disapprove of any law by the said Legislative Assembly or way to impair or alter the of Congreas over laws passed by s ucl Assembly Approved March AN ACT to define and establish the boundary lino of the Territory of lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of United States of America in Congress assembled That the middle or centre of the main channel of tho river Mississippi shall be deemed and is hereby declared to be the eastern dary lino of the Territory of Iowa so far or lo such extent as the said Territory is bounded eastwardly by or upon said river Prodded however That the said Territory of shutl have concurrent jurisdiction upon tho river with any othe'r conterminous Stato or Territory so far or to such extent as the shall form a common boundary between the aforesaid of Iowa nnd any other such con- or Territory Approved March 3d 1839 AN ACT to authorize the election or appointment of cerium officer in Territory of Iowa and lor purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of United States of America tn Congress assembled That Legislative of the Territory of shall be and are hereby authorized to provide by law for the election or pointment uf sheriffs judges of justices of tho and county surveyors within the said Territory in such way or milliner und at such times and as to them may seem proper and after a law have been passed by the Legislative Assembly for that purpose all elections or appointments of above-named lo had or made shall be in pursuance of such law Si c 2 And be it further enacted That term of service of the present Delegate or Territory of Iowa shall expire on ho twenty-seventh day of Octobe eighteen nnd forty and tho qualified tors of said Territory may elect a Delegate to servo irom trie said day of October to tho fourth day of March thereafter at such timu and place as shall lie prescribed by Jaw by tha Legislative Assembly und thereafter n Delegate shall ie elected it such time as the Legislative Assembly may direct to serve or a Congress as members of the House of Representatives are now elected Approved Murch 3d 1639 AN ACT appropriations for preventing for the eighteen hundred thirty-nine Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That the following sums amounting to one million eight hundred and four thousand seven and bo and the same are hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to defray the expenses which have been or may be in ing or suppressing the hostilities of any In- in tho year eighteen hundred and to bo expended under the di- rection of tho Secretary of War bly to the acts of Congress of the nineteenth of March and the second of July eighteen hundred and thirty-six and of mts therein referred to for forage for the horses of second dragoons mounted volunteers and militia officers entitled to forage in kind and for horses mules and oien in the service of three and ninety-two sand eight hundred and thirty-one Fur freight of military supplies of every from the places of purchase to Florida two and fifty-four hundred and eight dollars For the of wagons boats and to keep up trains and for repairs ninety-two t For the transportation of from the principal to poets u well as troops when they by the and other vessels for the in the on tho and Oa ttf to and from ths scene of thirty jars i Por of not smb raced under the foregoing heads and which from contingent character cannot be four dred thousand dollars For and for try and including and cavalry for men and field artillery and repairs and for con- thousand dollars For of such militia and as have been or may bu callec into the service of the United States in ad- dition to the unexpended balance of tht appropriation for the payment of sand for the year eighteen drud and one hundred and fourteen thousand three hundred and teen dollars For the purpose of holding a treaty with five thousand dollars For purchase and maim dining in ac tiva service three vessels of light draught ot water to cruise along the coast of ida for tho of the lives and perty of the citizens fifty thousand dollars For paying the value of the horses and af the Tennessee jind other vol who have at any time been in the service of United Slates in the tory of and which were turned over to the Government by the order of the commanding general or other com- manding officer said value to be abed by the appraisement of said value when the volunteers the vice thousand dollars And he of acts approved and in force at periods since eighteen hundred and twelve authorizing payment For horses military practice une For tin to officers for tha transportation of their baggage when travelling on duty without troops sixty thousand dollars For transportation of troops and transportation of tki army the of troops when either by land or water freight nnd purchase or hire of horses mules oxen carte wagons and boats for the purpose of for the use of jarrison drayage and cartage at tho feral ports hire of tation of funds for pay department former appropriation carri H o For th and repair of Ft rt between Mexico and of pense of sailing a public transport posta on the Gulf of Mexico procuring water at such posts as from require it transportation of clothing from tha depot at Philadelphia to jhw of troaM of subsistence front the under to such places as die of the may require it to be sent j of from the foundries and to the and frontier posts and of lead from tht western mines to the sum of two hundred five thousand dol For the incidental expenses of the department of post age on public end of courts martial and courts of inquiry including tho of judge advo oates members and witnesses j extra pay to soldiers under an act of ef the second March eighteen hundred md expenses of expresses from the posts of necessary foi the interment of d officers and soldiers hiie of laborers tion to clerks in the offices of ters and quartermaster j at posts where their duties cannot be performed and wiling the of ost in the service of the United States by i without such aid and to temporary agents rangers volunteers are hereby charge of dismantled works and in the revived and extended for two years from performance of duties expenditures ind after the passage of this act and under j necessary to keep the two regiments of he action of the Third Auditor shall be to embrace all cases not already of horses lost to their owners in ervice aforesaid in battle or otherwise when care and diligence be rendered Test on the part of the owner and if the leath or loss of ranger's horses shall have for want of it be at places where acting in obedience to the orders of commanding officers forage could not have procured by proper vigilance on the of the ovi ner No payment however hall bo made for horses or other property ost or destroyed when the loss or ion shall have been occasioned by the lull neglect of the owner or where by terms of contract the risk wts up jn owner of the properly and r of money than the fifty-two and dollars appropriated by this section hall be from the Treasury by on of its provisions SEC 2 And be enacted That 10 part of tho appropriated by this ict ahall be applied to tho pit j men t of any except for arrearages or for ny expenses growing out of tho ment of any volunteers for the year hundred and thirty-eight A March 3d 1839 PUBLIC No AN ACT making for tho support af tho army for year one eight and Be it enacted ly Senate and House of of the United States of America in assembled That the sums be and the same are hereby to be paid out of any money in the not otherwise appropriated for the support of the army during the year hundred nud For the pay of the army one million five hundred and thirty-four thousand eight hundred and t two dollars For the officers four dred and seventy thousand seven hundred end fifty-four dollars For forage of horses one dred ond cloven thousand one hundred and dollars j For payments in lieu of clothing to dis- charged and to officers in lieu of clothing servants fifty four hundred dollars For of that of one million one hundred and twenty two thousand eight hundred and For clot hie got the army camp and risoti utensils and pital furniture tour hundred and seventy three four hundred and thirty-five dollars For tiro and one thousand eight nine that is to thousand four hundred For tae supplies by the department of fuel forage straw ing two and five feind red For quarters bouses eta sad enlargement of bouses hi the and of gun booses the of the oon at on the par of sad materials for dragoons complete including the purchase of horses to supply the place of those which may he lost and become unfit for service and the erection of additional stables one hundred and two thousand dollars For contingencies of the army seven thousand dollars For two months extra pay rt for the contingent expenses of the recruiting sei vice thirty thousand hundred and twenty-seven thousand lars For the armories dred and sixty thousand dollars For the armament of fortifications hundred dollars For tho current expenses of the ordnance service one hundred thousand For ordnance ordnance stores and plies one hundred and twenty dollars For arsenals one hundred ond fifty sand dollars For new machinery at the Springfield armory twenty thousand dollars For purchase of land at the and five hundred dollars For the expense of preparing drawings of a uniform system of and for other supplies in the Ordnance ment three thousand eight hundred dol lars For arrearages prior lo the first of July eighteen hundred and fifteen per act of the first of May eighteen hundred nnd twenty through the Third Audi Office three thousand dollars For surveying ond opening of the ern frontier military road being balance of an appropriation earned to the surplus pund thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars and sixty-seven cents SEC i Be enacted That tho following sums be and they are he out of any money in the sury not otherwise appropriated for the preservation repairs and construction of fortifications and incidental ses for year eighteen hundred and thir For preservation of Castle Island and repairs of Fort Independence at twenty-five thousand dollars For Fort Warren at Boston forty sand dollars For Fort Adams at Newport ten sand dollars For the fort at New London harbor five thousand dollars For Fort at New York ten thousand dollars For repairs of Castle Williams Fort Columbus quarters at New York two thousand dollars For Fort Delaware ten dollars Provided That no part of this tion shall till the title of the said fortification shall be decided to be in the Untied States For Fort Monroe ten thousand dollars For Fort fifteen thousand fat Fort five thousand dollars For fortification in Charleston South for the preservation of the of Fort Moultrie ten thousand Pulaski at fifteen For Fort Marion and Au WHtwosmud dollars For fan Foster's bank i of Niagara thirty thousand doHara For repairing and rebuilding old fo -t 1 1 Oswego including iho construction tho necessary barracks twenty For barracks and other buildings 1 1 J Jacket t's Harbor ten thousand dollars For barracks and other buildings 1 1 Hamburg twenty thousand dollars For the construction of barracks qua t rs stora houf rs hospitals acd stables an 1 t ic necessary defences of tho posts it ma f to deemed proper to establish for the f of the Western frontier eight t lousand dollars SEC 8 Be enacted That th following sums be and tho same are by appropriated to be paid out of any the Treasury not otherwise for the support of the t cademy fbr the year one thousand hundred and thirty-nine viz For pay of officers cadets c ans nine thousand two hundred ani twenty-eight dollars For subsistence of officers and cadeta fc rty thousand and four dollars For forage of officers horses three send nine hundred and thirty-six dollars For defraying the of boarc ot visitera at Wust two thousand lars For fuel forage printing tr and postage twelve sand five hundred and eighty-one ui H forty-five cents For repairs improvements and se of buildings grounds roads wharves boats and seven thousand two dred and twenty-one dollars and sixty ce its For pay of and s1 nine hundred nnd fifty dollars For increase and expenses of the library on 3 thousand dollars of nary yard ol Washington thousand For miscellaneous items nnd incidental expenses seven hundred and thirty-one do lurs and fifty For the fit of engineering id red dollars For the department of philosophy twelve corps one hundred and if For improvement and the navy yard at Gosport Virginia thousand dollars For improvement and necessary of navy yard near twenty five thousand deflate For ordnance and ordnance stores six thousand t For defraying the expenses that may axS crue for the following viz for the freight and transportation of materials and stores of ovary description and dockage storage und rent travelling expenses of officers and of seamen for when at ached to yards and stations where no loust is provided for funeral expenses or fry and to navy agents for pro nnd incidental of ng for for com- of tor allowance to persons attending martial and courts or inquiry fur printing and stationery of every and for working the press and for maps charts and mod els nnd drawmgt for the purchase nnd repair of fire and machinery and for the repair of stoam in naw yards for the purchase nnd maintenance of oxen and for limber wheels und workmen's tools of vury scription for of loiters on public service for and towing of of war for and nti lic property or assistance to in for labor at navy yards not e to ony op ior coal and other and for candles nnd oil for the us of navy yards and shops stations for of or tnd for no other four fifty thousand dollars For contingent for ts hereinbefore enumerated throu dollars For pay of tho and ind of the officers of ha iu id red dollars For the department of mathematics nil dollars and fifty-four cents the department of chemistry eight iu und dollars and fifty cci ts tho di of drawing two and the lit ot tactics three lain drt d nnd dollars department of artillery two dred and seventy-five Tor a volr thousand one dred mid eighty two with hose com- ile o one thousand nine hundred he completion of the buildings for library and the engineering philosophi sand three hundrad For the prov MOHS for tKo private serving on shorf ond men thousand nnd For clothing hundred and sixty dollars For fuel hundred and sevonty dollars For keeping the present bin arks in re- pair until new ones ran bo J mid for the rout ot n York ten thousand For thu of off n music inns nnd pri and expenses of six sand For slurry and chemical departments in addition instruments tind of nn ron imir ho appropriation of eight jen hundred sand ana hundred and th i thousand For nt of i nid residua three hundred and thirty thoU of al P died and forty-nine and fifty j freight toll ni i Sue 4 And be it further enacted pur diem for of ment shall be m jde under the dn of Third Auditor to tho Missouri whose horses were lost or cast at sea or which perished or died in consequence of suffering at sea in the voy age from New Orleans to Tampa Bay in the year eighteen hundred and ver and the sum of thirty-five sand dollars out of any money in the not otherwise appropriated bu anc the same hereby is appropriated to ma te said payments uid when it shall appear that erroneous valuations have been made of such ty with a view to defraud the Govern ment tho Secretary of War shall suspend payment therefor until satisfactory ran be muda und it shall be made to that such valuation was mad a in good filth Approved March 3d 1839 38 AN ACT mailing for tbi naval ic for iho one thousand eight hundred id thirty-nine ie it by Senate and House United States of America in Congress assembled That the following sums bo appropriated for the val service for the year one thousand eight hut dred and thirty-nine in addition to the unc balances of former s For pay of commissioned warrant and pet y officers and of seamen two millions three hundred and fifty-two thousand sue inquiry to j house rent where there no je tera assigned incidental 1 bor in i of ing tho rine corps age on public DM H in s nnd oil fur lh ilifl mnt stations straw for tho mm uk funn ture nnd -n nine I set For military of keeping arms in drums M igf accoutrements nnd ordn mcf two For completing hospital at York twenty thousand do For wait r to asylum ui oral necessary woven and sixty dollars For current expenses ot ttw ils ihoa sand live hundred dollars For completing hospital ut and a wharf lor the sick luur dollars SEC 2 And be it shall bo tlie duty ot BI v of Navy under the direction of to matte to commence the construction of three steam vessels of war on as bn most proved according to the beet can obtain or to complete the MIJU out hor dred and twenty-five dollars and I of T -o fou cents approved as in the opinion of President 1 or pay of superintendents con- strt c all the civil at the several yards forty-four thousand lan For provisions six hundred thousand doll an 1 or repairs of vessels iu ordinary and the repairs and wear and tear of vessels in commission one million of dollars or medicines and surgical instruments stores and expenses jon CCH nt of tho sick seventy-five thousand dot improvement and necessary repairs of navy yard at Portsmouth New Ha thirty thousand dollars and necessary repairs of i bo yard at M o shall be shall be best for public and most conformable to the demands of public service and thai to enable the De- to carry into thu ment ii part of tlie sum already for thti gradual of tba equal to the sum uf three hundred and thirty thousand shall be and is to bo subject to the si lion of the Department for this object irt that amount can be diverted from without a violation of if and if that cannot be consistently with the rights ftf and the public interests then so in t ton of Mid turn of three hundred thirty thousand as era be so df of Brooklyn Hw
