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 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 177. 1846. 101 ot the Navy, for repairs, improvements, and instruction, at Fort Severn, Annapolis, Maryland. Sm;. 5. And be it further enacted, That, upon application of the Tmsrm sup. Seoretary of the N avy, the President of the United States shall have P{°°;E:;*°!‘* '“‘ authority, when in his opinion the exigencies of the service require it, Q, 0,,,: °°r` to direct that a part of the money appropriated for u particular branch of the naval service be applied to another branch of the said service; in which case, a special account of the moneys thus transferred, and of their application, shall be laid before Congress before its adjournment, if in session, or during the first week of the next ensuing session, if such transfer be made in the recess of Congress: Provided, That pmzm, nothing contained in this act shall be construed to authorize the President of the United States to direct any sum appropriated for improvements at navy yards to be applied to any other object of public expenditure, or to authorize any sum to be transferred from any unexpended balance which may be necessary for the purposes for which the appropriation was originally made, or from any bead or object of appropriation which may require another appropriation at any future time to supply the deficiency occasioned by such transfer: Provided, This section to also, That this section shall apply to the appropriations for the fiscal fof?)?;; year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and to no ending June 30 other. 16**6- Szc. 6. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the pas- pmposm {0, sage of this act, every proposal for naval supplies invited by the *1**:; ¤¤PP¥i¤¤ Secretary of the Navy, under the proviso to the general appropriation gd by°§°°:;’f;; bill for the navy, approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty- guaranty. three, shall be accompanied by a written guaranty, signed by one or more responsible persons, to the effect that he or they undertake that the bidder or bidders will, if his or their bid be accepted, enter into an obligation in such time as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, with good and sufficient sureties, to furnish the supplies proposed. No proposal shall be considered, unless accompanied by 0,, mm, of such guaranty. HQ after the acceptance of a proposal, and a n0ti— bi6d¢¤ ¢¤_zi*¤ fication thereof to the bidder or bidders, he or they shall fail to enter b¤‘;:d*£':ub°g:: into an obligation within the time prescribed by the Secretary of the met with mms Navy, with good and sufficient sureties for furnishing the supplies, then the Secretary of the Navy shall proceed to contract with some ence wgheorgg. other person or persons for furnishing the said supplies; and shall i¤¤1<>¤¤¤¤¢¤¤’· forthwith cause the diference between the amount contained in the proposal so guarantied and the amount for which he may have contracted for furnishing the said supplies, for the whole period of the propose}, to be charged up against said bidder or bidders, and his or their guarantor or guarautors; and the same may be immediately recovered by the United States, for the use of the navy department, in an action of debt against either or all of said persons. Armovzn, August 10, 1846. Crue. CLXXVH.—·J!n./Set makin £' or the Payment Nam Pm- ·*·¤ · 10, 1846- siovu for the Year ending thirtietflune, one tlurusdnd eight humrg and {forty "'i""""" SBDC?}. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives cf the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the foi· App,°p,m;,¤_ lowing sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for, the payment of navy pensions for the year ending the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven: