Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

May 31, 1848.

Chap. LIV. — An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Military Academy for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.

Appropriations.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine:

Pay.

For pay of officers, instructors, cadets, and musicians, seventy-nine thousand seven hundred and sixty-four dollars.

Commutation of subsistence.

For commutation of subsistence, five thousand six hundred and twenty-one dollars.

Forage.

For forage for officers' horses, four thousand five hundred and twelve dollars.

Clothing.

For clothing for officers' servants, four hundred and twenty dollars.

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Incidental and contingent expenses.

For repairs and improvements; fuel and apparatus; forage for public horses and oxen; stationery, printing, and other incidental and contingent expenses, thirty thousand one hundred and fifty-five dollars.

Library.

For the increase and expenses of the library, one thousand five hundred dollars.

Board of visitors.

For expenses of the board of visitors, two thousand dollars.

Barracks.

For barracks for cadets, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars.

Board of visitors for 1848.

For expenses of the board of visitors, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, two thousand dollars.

Approved, May 31, 1848.