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stations of the troops, of subsistence from the places of purchase and points of delivery, under contracts, to the posts where they are required to be used, of ordnance from the founderies and arsenals, to the frontier posts and the fortifications, and lead from the western mines to the several arsenals, transportation of the army, including officers, when removing with troops either by land or water, freight and ferriages, purchase or hire of horses, oxen, mules, carts, wagons and boats for transportation of troops and supplies, and for garrison purposes, drayage and cartage, at the several posts, hire of teamsters, transportation of funds for the pay department, the expense of sailing a public transport between the several posts on the Gulf of Mexico, and procuring water at such posts as from their situation require it, the sum of one hundred and thirty-eight thousand dollars.

For contingencies of the army, ten thousand dollars.

For the national armories, three hundred and thirty thousand dollars.

For armament of new fortifications, one hundred thousand dollars.

For arsenals, ninety-four thousand three hundred and thirty-four dollars.

For the current expenses of the ordnance service, sixty-eight thousand four hundred dollars.

For arrearages prior to the first of July, eighteen hundred and fifteen, payable thorugh the office of the third auditor, in addition to an unexpended balance of three thousand two hundred and seventy-nine dollars and seventy-four cents, the sum of two thousand dollars.

For arrearages between the first of July, eighteen hundred and fifteen, and the first of January, eighteen hundred and seventeen, payable through the office of the second auditor, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For payments in lieu of clothing to discharged soldiers, thirty thousand dollars.

. And be it further enacted, That of the balance of thirty-eight thousand three hundred and seventy-nine dollars and fifty-two cents, which now stands to the credit of “bounties and premiums,” on the books of the treasury, appropriated for the service of eighteen hundred and thirty-three, and which is not wanted for that object, in consequence of the change made in the mode of enlisting, by the, the sum of fifty-four dollars be, and the same is hereby directed to be transferred to the credit of “two months’ extra pay, per act of second March, eighteen hundred and thirty-three;” and the sum of seventeen thousand six hundred and sixty dollars to the credit of “expenses of recruiting,” to be used for the recruiting service of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.

, January 27, 1835.

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, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the pensioners of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five:

For the revolutionary pensioners, under the several acts prior to, in addition to an unexpended balance of two hundred and seventy-three thousand and five dollars and fifty-three cents, the sum of four hundred and fifty-eight thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars and forty-seven cents.