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. And be it further enacted, That the proviso to the twelfth section of the act, intituled “,” be, and the same is hereby repealed.

. And be it further enacted, That the act to which this is a supplement, and also this act, shall, from and after the twenty-first day of April next, commence and be continued in force, and during the term of three years, and no longer.

, March 3, 1809.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for defraying the expense of the military establishment of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and nine, for the Indian department, and for the expense of fortifications, arsenals, magazines and armories, the following sums be, and the same hereby are respectively appropriated, that is to say:

For the pay of the army of the United States, eight hundred and sixty-eight thousand two hundred and forty dollars.

For forage, sixty-four thousand six hundred and twenty-four dollars.

For subsistence, six hundred and forty-one thousand two hundred and twenty-eight dollars and thirty-five cents.

For clothing, two hundred and ninety-three thousand two hundred and sixty-four dollars.

For bounties and premiums, fifteen thousand dollars.

For the medical and hospital departments, forty-five thousand dollars.

For camp equipage, fuel, tools and transportation, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars.

For ordnance, seventy-five thousand dollars.

For purchasing horses, saddles and bridles for the light dragoons, and for the light artillery fifty-one thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars.

For forage for the horses for the regiment of light artillery, ten thousand eight hundred dollars.

For fortifications, arsenals, magazines and armories, two hundred and nineteen thousand and thirty-four dollars and seventy-five cents.

For purchasing maps, plans, books and instruments, two thousand five hundred dollars.

For contingencies, fifty thousand dollars.

For the salary of clerks employed in the military agent’s offices, and in the office of inspector of the army, three thousand five hundred dollars.

For the Indian department, one hundred and twenty-five thousand six hundred dollars.

For the purpose of paying James Powell, late collector of Savannah, the amount of monies advanced by him to Solomon Ellis, contractor for supplying rations to the troops of the United States, in the state of Georgia, including a commission of two per centum to the collector, twenty-seven thousand six hundred and twenty-one dollars and eight cents.

For the purpose of paying Ferdinand Phinizy, late contractor for supplying the troops in Georgia, a balance due to him as admitted by the comptroller of the treasury, on the twenty-fourth of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, one thousand three hundred and ninety-three dollars and thirty-nine cents.

. And be it further enacted, That for defraying the expenses of the navy of the United States, during the year one thousand eight