Feb. 19, 1849.
Chap. LII. — An Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Military Academy, for the Year
ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
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 fifty.
Pay, $79,764.
For pay of officers, instructors, cadets, and musicians, seventy-nine thousand seven
hundred and sixty-four dollars.
Subsistence, $5621.
For commutation of subsistence, five thousand six hundred and twenty-one dollars.
Forage, $2496.
Allowance to professors.
For forage for officers' horses, two thousand four hundred and ninety-six dollars;
and all professors shall be entitled to the same amount of forage which is allowed to officers of the rank to which their rank is assimilated.
Clothing, $420.
For clothing for officers' servants, four hundred and twenty dollars.
Incidental and contingent expenses, $26,460.
For repairs, fuel, apparatus, forage for public horses and oxen, stationery, printing,
and other incidental and contingent expenses, twenty-six thousand four hundred and
sixty dollars.
Library, $1000.
For the increase and expenses of the library, one thousand dollars.
Board of visitors, $1033 61.
For expenses of the board of visitors, one thousand and thirty-three dollars and sixty-one
cents.
Barracks, $40,000.
For barracks for cadets, forty thousand dollars.
New mess hall, $5000.
For new mess hall, five thousand dollars.
Riding hall, $2000.
For riding hall, two thousand dollars.
Hospital, $2500.
For hospital for enlisted men, two thousand five hundred dollars.
Quarters, $5000.
For permanent quarters and barracks for engineer troops, (sappers, miners, and pontoniers,)
five thousand dollars.
Approved, February 19, 1849.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Public Acts, 30th Cong., 2nd sess., George Minot, Statutes at Large 9, 345