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livered, per same article, the sum of forty-five thousand dollars.

For the purchase of goods to be delivered, thirty thousand dollars.

For payment to certain named Indians, for lost horses, same article, fourteen hundred dollars

To carry into effect the stipulations of the treaty with the Kickapoos, of twenty-fourth October, and supplement of twenty sixth November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.

For payment of the annuity for one year, per third article, eighteen thousand dollars.

For erecting a mill and church, per sixth article, three thousand seven hundred dollars.

For support of a blacksmi h and assistant, and for iron, steel and tools, per fifth article, one thousand dollars. For the support of a school, and purchase of books, per seventh article, five hundred dollars.

For the purchase of farming utensils, per eighth article, three thousand dollars.

For expense of agricultural labor and improvements, per ninth article, four thousand dollars.

For payment in merchandise and cash, per eleventh article, six thousand dollars.

For expense of transportation and subsistence, and one year's supply of provisions, per eleventh article, twentyseven thousand nine hundred dollars.

For expense of running and marking boundaries, per twelfth article, eight hundred dollars.

For the expenses of a deputation to view the lands ceded, per fourteenth article, five hundred dollars.

For furnishing cattle, hogs, and other stock, per tenth article, four thousand dollars.

To carry into effect the stipulations of the treaty with the Pota attamies of the Wabash, of twenty-sixth October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.

For payment of the limited annuity, per third article, twenty thousand dollars.

For the payment of goods and horses purchased and delivered, per same article, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars.

For the purchase of goods to be delivered, per same article, thirty thousand dollars.

For the payment of claims, per schedule attached to the treaty, per fourth article, the sum of sixty-two thousand three hundred and eighty two dollars.

For fulfilling the stipulations in the fifth article, to wit: For rifles and ammunition, two thousand three hundred and thirty-four dollars.

For blankets, two thousand nine hundred and sixteen dollars.

For expenses of transportation and subsistence, thirtythree housand three hundred and twenty dollars.

For one year's supply of provisions, sixty thousand eight hundred and nine dollars.

For expense of erecting a saw mill, per sixth article, two thousand dollars.

To carry into effect the stipulations of the treaty with the Potawattamies of Indiana, of twenty-seventh October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.

For the payment of the limited annui y, per fourth article, fifteen thousand dollars.

For the payment for goods and horses purchased and delivered, per same article, the sum of thirty-two thousand dollars.

For the purchase of goods to be delivered, per same article, ten thousand dollars.

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For the education of Indian youth of the Potawattamie tribes, during the pleasure of Congress, per same article, two thousand dollars.

To carry into effect the stipulations of the treaty with the Piankashaws and Weas, of twenty-ninth October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.

For the purchase of cattle, hogs, and farming utensils, as an equivalent for salt annuities, and lost horses, for the Piankashaws, per third article, five hundred dollars.

For expense of agricultural assistance and improvements, per same article, the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars.

For payment in merchandise and cash, per same arti. cle, two hundred dollars.

For the purchase of cattle, hogs, and farming utensils, as an equivalent for improvements and lost horses, for the Weas, per fourth article, five hundred dollars.

For payment in merchandise and cash, per same article, two hundred dollars.

For assistance to the Weas of Indiana, to enable them to join the rest of their tribe, and for one year's supply of provisions, per same article, the sum of four thousand six hundred and twelve dollars.

For the support of a blacksmith's shop, for the benefit of the Piankashaws, Weas, Peorias and Kaskaskias, per fifth article, one thousand dollars.

For cost of transporting the annuities, agricultural implements and stock, and for other incidental expenses in fulfilment of the aforesaid treaties, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars.

To enable the President to extinguish Indian title with. in the States of Indiana and Illinois and territory of Michigan, in addition to the sum appropriated ninth July last, three thousand eight hundred seventy-one dollars.

For expenses incurred in one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two a tending the adjustment of the boundary line and other objects referred to in the first, second, and third articles of the treaty of But e des Morts, ratified twenty-third February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, in addition to the sum appropriated by he act of twentieth May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, four hundred dollars.

For expense of removal and subsistence of Creek Indians, as stipulated in the seventh article of the treaty of twenty four h January one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, in addition to former appropriations, to pay claims allowed, as settled by the Second Audi or, geven thousand two hundred and sixty-one dollars, forty-four

cents.

For payment of improvements on ceded lands, as stipulated in the eleventh article of said treaty, as settled by the Second Audi or, in addition to former appropriations, nine thousand three hundred dollars and seventyfive cents.

For payment of expenses incurred for provisions, transportation, compensation to guards, and o her expenses, attending the arrest of Ioway prisoners in one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, on the charge of murder commit ed by them, and not before provided for, the sum of one thousand and twenty-three dollars and thirty. eigh cents.

For expense of loca ing, surveying and bounding rescr. vations for the Choctaws. under the nineteenth article of the treaty of fifteenth September, one thousand eight hundred and thir y, no otherwise provided for, fifteen hundred dollars.

For expense of the Chickasaw Agent, with a deputaFor the payment of claims, per schedule attached to tion of Indians, to the seat of Government, on business rethe treaty, per same article, the sum of twenty-one thou-lating to the treaty negotiated with them, one thousand sand seven hundred and twenty-one dollars.

For the purchase of the section of land granted by the treaty of Saint Joseph's to To pe-naw koung, wife of Pe ter Langlois, per same article, the sum of eight hundred dollars.

six hundred and fifty dollars.

For the expense of a delegation from the New York Indians to visit Green Bay during the summer of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, for the purpose

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of surveying and dividing their lands with a view to fu ture emigration, the sum of one thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars.

For the expense of removing the remaining Shawanoes, being eighty-two in number, from Ohio, to their lands west, one thousand six hundred and forty dollars.

For the expenses of twelve prisoners of war of the Sac and Fox tribes, now in confinement, and to be held as hostages, under the seventh article of the treaty with the Sacs and Foxes, of twenty-first September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, embracing the cost of provisions and clothing, compensation to an interpreter, and cost of removing them to a place where they may be kept in safety, without being closely confined, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars.

For the expense of appraising the improvements aban doned by the Chippewas, under the sixth article of the treaty of Saginaw, of twenty-fourth September, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, the sum of six hundred dollars.

For payment for two negroes, the property of George Fields, illegally taken from the Broom, a Cherokee Chief, in the fall of the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, by a white citizen, seven hundred dollars.

For expenses of removing and subsisting Choctaws, Creeks, Cherokees, and Ohio Indians, as estimated for by the Commissary General of Subsistence, four hundred and seventy-four thousand and thirteen dollars.And the sum of ten thousand dollars for holding a treaty with the Potawattamies, for the extinguishment of their title to the remainder of their lands in Illinois.

For carrying into effect the stipulations of the treaty with the Menominees of the eighth February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, fifty-eight thousand six hundred dollars.

For carrying into effect the stipulations of the treaty with the Chickasaws of twenty-eighth October, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, to be refunded out of the sales of their lands as provided for by said treaty, one hundred thousand dollars.

For carrying into effect the stipulations of the treaty with the Senecas West, of twenty-ninth December one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, to be refunded out of the sales of their lands as provided for by said treaty, four thousand dollars.

For payment to the Senecas for lost horses and other property as stipulated for by fourth article of same treaty, one thousand dollars.

For carrying into effect the stipulations of the treaty with the Ottawas of eighteenth February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, forty-seven thousand four hundred and forty dollars.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War shall cause a valuation to be made of the buildings, improvements and other property, belonging to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, lying within the limits of the purchase made of the Choctaw tribe of Indians at the treaty of the Dancing Rabbit Creek, and after deducting from the estimated value the amount heretofore advanced by the United States towards the aforesaid buildings and improvements shall cause the residue to be paid to the trustees of the said Board, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropri❘ ated.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacled, That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, shall be, and the same is hereby appropriated, should the same be found necessary to defray the expenses of repressing the hostilities of the Indians on the western frontier of the United States, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved: March 2, 1833.

AN ACT making appropriations for the Engineer and Ordnance Departments.

Be it enacted, &c. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, namely:

For collecting the materials, and making the preliminary arrangements, for the construction of a fort on George's Island, Boston harbor, Massachusetts, twentyfive thousand dollars.

For the erection of a building for military and other exercises, at the United States Military Academy, West Point, six thousand dollars.

For the erection of a chapel at the United States Military Academy, West Point, ten thousand dollars.

For the erection of two new dwelling houses at the National Armory at Springfield, Massachusetts, for the use of the Master Armorer and Paymaster, seven thousand dollars.

For building a pay office and store at the same Armory, for the preservation of models and patterns, two thousand dollars.

For building a workshop for grinding and polishing, at the same Armory, six thousand dollars.

For enlarging and repairing the shop, for welding and boring musket barrels, at the same Armory, fifteen hundred dollars.

For additional machinery at the same Armory, three thousand five hundred dollars.

For one steam engine of fifteen horse power, at the same Armory, fifteen hundred dollars.

For thirty-six double racks for placing arms in the new arsenal, at the same Armory, five thousand one hundred dollars.

For the erection of twelve additional dwelling houses for the workmen, at the National Armory at Harpers' Ferry, Virginia, eight thousand six hundred dollars.

For the repair and extension of the public dam, on the Potomac river, from which the supply of water is obtained for the works of said Armory, five thousand dollars.

For the enlargement of the canal, supplying the water power of the public works of the said Armory, from the Potomac dam,thirteen thousand four hundred and ninety. five dollars.

For repairing the walls of four workshops at the same Armory, fifteen hundred dollars.

For constructing three new water wheels, and the ma chinery in the boring, turning, and stocking shops, and sinking flumes, at the said Armory, eight thousand four hundred dollars.

For completing the forging-shop tilt-hammer, and new workshop, at the same Armory, thirteen thousand three hundred dollars.

For the purchase of one square acre of land, with the improvements, adjoining the Arsenal near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, three thousand five hundred dollars.

For the purchase of forty-five acres of land adjoining the Watervliet Arsenal, New York, nine thousand dol lars.

For the purchase of the right to the water power on the Shenandoah river, for the use of the United States Rifle Factory which is established on that river, four thousand six hundred dollars.

For the repairs of the Spanish Fort Marion, at St. Augustine, and for re-constructing the sea-wall, to prevent the encroachments of the sea, at and near the same, twenty-thousand dollars.

For the purchase of a site, and for erecting quarters and barracks for the United States troops at Savannah, Georgia, thirty-five thousand dollars.

Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized to apply to the purchase of the square acre of land abovementioned, a sum not exceeding three thousand five hundred dollars,

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AN ACT making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

Be it enacted, &c. 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 support of the Army for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, viz:

For pay of the army and subsistence of officers, one million three hundred and thirty six thousand six hundred and ninety-seven dollars.

For forage of officers, fifty-four thousand three hundred and thirty-one dollars.

For clothing for servants of officers, twenty-four thou sand dollars.

For subsistence, exclusive of that of officers, in addition to an unexpended balance of fifteen thousand dol lars, three hundred and eighty-seven thousand dollars.

For clothing of the army, camp equipage, cooking utensils, and hospital furniture, in additon to materials and clothing on hand, amounting to twenty thousand dollars, two hundred and fifty-six thousand seven hundred and Sixty three dollars.

For medical and hospital department, thirty-one thousand dollars.

For arrearages in the same department during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two three thousand dollars.

For various expenses of the quarter master's department, viz: for fuel, forage, straw, stationary, blanks, repairing officers quarters, barracks, store-houses, and hospitals; for erecting temporary cantonments, and gunhouses; for rent of quarters, store houses, and lands; for postage of letters on public seruice, for expenses of courts martial, including compensation of judge advo. cates, members and witnesses; for extra pay to soldiers employed on extra labor, under the act of March second, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen; and for ex penses of expresses, escorts to paymasters, and other contingencies to quarter-master's department, two hundred and forty thousand dollars.

For transportation of officers' baggage, and allowance for travel in lieu of transportation, and for per diem allowance to officers on topographical duty, fifty three thousand dollars.

For transportation of clothing, subsistence, ordnance, and of lead from the mines, and for transportation of the army, and funds for pay of the army, including the seve ral contingencies and items of expenditure at the several stations and garrisons usually estimated under the head of transportation of the army, one hundred and twelve thousand dollars.

For defraying the expense of the board of visiters at West Point, two thousand dollars.

For fuel, forage, stationery, printing, transportation, and postage, for the military academy, eight thousand five hundred dollars.

For repairs, improvements, and expenses of buildings, grounds, roads, wharf, and boat, at West Point, four thousand dollars.

For pay of adjutant's and quarter-mas er's clerk, nine hundred dollars.

For increase and expenses of the library, fourteen hundred dollars

For philosophical apparatus, eight hundred and ninety dollars.

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For models of department of engineering, six hundred dollars.

For models for the drawing department, repairs of in. struments for the mathematical department, apparatus and contingencies for the department of chemistry, nine hundred dollars.

Miscellaneous items and incidental expenses of the academy, one thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars.

For contingencies of the army, ten thousand dollars. For the national armories, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars.

For the armament of fortifications, one hundred thousand dollars.

For Arsenals, ninety six thousand five hundred dollars. For the current expenses of the ordnance service, sixty-nine thousand three hundred dollars.

For the recruiting service, thirty thousand nine hundred and fifty-two dollars, in addition to an unexpended balance of twelve thousand dollars.

For the contingent expenses of the recruiting service, sixteen thousand and forty-four dollars, including an unexpended balance of eight thousand five hundred dollars on hand.

For the purchase of accoutrements and swords, sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

For the purchase of cannon, fourteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

For payment of arms for mounted rangers, two thousand five hundred and ninety-eight dollars.

For the purchase of arms for South Carolina, six thousand one hundred and thirty-one dollars.

For arrearages prior to the first day of July, one thou sand eight hundred and fifteen, payable through the Third Auditor's office, five thousand dollars.

To enable the second Auditor to close the accounts, under the act of third March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, allowing three months gratuitous pay to disbanded officers and soldiers, five hundred dollars.

For arrearages of pay of certain militia of the State of Missouri, called out in one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, one thousand two hundred dollars.

For the pay of the militia of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, and Michigan, ordered into the service of the United States during the last year, six hundred and thirty-two thousand dollars, in addition to the amount heretofore appropriated for the same purpose.

For completing barracks, quarters, and store-houses at Fort Crawford, eight thousand dollars.

For completing barracks, quarters, and store-houses at Fort Howard, ten thousand dollars.

For completing barracks, and erecting a hospital at Baton Rouge, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For making good a deficiency of appropriation for the erection of barracks at Fort Severn, Annapolis, three hundred dollars.

For the construction of a wharf at Fort Preble, Portland, including the purchase of a site, three thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars

For repairing the wharf at Fort Independence, Boston, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For repairing the wharf at Fort Washington, on the Potomac, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For repairing the wharf at Fort Moultrie, Charleston, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For the purchase of ground adjoining Fort Trumbull, New London, four hundred dollars.

For the erection of a store house and stable on the public lot at Pittsburgh, five thousand dollars.

For the purchase of the ground at Key West, on which the barracks and quarters are erected, three thousand two liundred dollars.

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For the purchase of land at Fort Gratiot, one thousand six hundred dollars.

To make good a deficiency of a former appropriation for the building of a wharf at Fort McHenry, ninety dol lars and forty cents.

For repairing and extending the levees, securing the works at Fort Jackson, Mississippi, and for improving the storerooms and magazine, four thousand dollars.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be authorized, at his discretion, out of the moneys appropriated by this, or any former act, for the payment of the militia ordered into the service of the United States, according to law, during the last year, to allow and pay to the district paymasters of the Army of the United States employed in making such payments, a commission on the sums respectively paid by them, not exceeding one per centum upon the amounts.

Approved: March 2, 1833.

AN ACT to explain and amend the act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports, passed July fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two,

so far as relates to hardware, and certain manufactures of copper and brass, and other articles.

Be it enacted, &c. That the provisos of the tenth and twelfth clauses of the second section of the act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports, passed July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, be, and the same are hereby suspended until the first day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty four.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports, passed July the fourteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, as repeals the duties heretofore levied on cop per bottoms cut round, and copper bottoms raised to the edge, and still bottoms cut round and turned upon the edge, and parts thereof, and on copper plates or sheets, weighing more than thirty-four ounces per square foot, commonly called braziers copper, and on tobacco leaves, or unmanufactured, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Sec 3. And be it further enacled, That nothing contained in the act of the fourteenth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports, shall be so construed as to authorize the exemption from the payment of duty on sheet and rolled brass, but the same shall be charged with the payment of a duty of twenty five per centum advalorem.

Approved: March 2, 1833.

AN ACT making appropriations for the erection of certain Fortifications.

Be it enacted, &c. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, namely:

For a Fort on Throg's Neck, East river, New York, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For rebuilding Fort Delaware, Delaware river, fifty thousand dollars.

For a Fort on Foster's Bank, Pensacola barbor, Florida, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For a Fort on Grande Terre, Barataria, Louisiana, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Approved: March 2, 1833.

AN ACT for improving the navigation of certain rivers in the Territories of Florida and Michigan, and for surveys, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted, &c. That, for the purpose of removing obstructions, and improving the navigation of certain rivers in the 'Territories of Florida and Michigan, the following sums be, and they are hereby appropriated, to

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AN ACT in relation to the Potomac Bridge.

Be it enacted, &c. That so soon as the President of the United States shall decide on a plan for the erection of a bridge over the Potomac river at Washington, on or adjoining the site of the old bridge, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby required to advertise for contracts after giving at least thirty days notice.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, towards the construction of the said bridge, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in such sums, and at such times, as may be agreed on by the Secretary of the Treasury, and the contractor or contractors, who shall give to the said Secretary satisfactory security for the faithful performance of the con

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Approved: March 2, 1833.

AN ACT to improve the navigation of the Potomac river between Georgetown and Alexandria, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted, &c. That in order to aid the citizens of Georgetown in removing the obstruction to their navigation, by causing the cut already made through the bar, below the town, to be enlarged and deepened; and for the further purpose of enabling them to make a free turnpike road to the district line on the Virginia side of the river, and to purchase of the present proprietors, and make forever free, the bridge over the Little Falls of Potomac river, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said sum shall be paid, from time to time, by the Secretary of the Treasury, to the order of the corporation of Georgetown, in such sums as to enable the said corporation to effect the purposes aforesaid.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacled, That before the said sum be paid over to the said corporation, it shall pass an ordinance to make said road and bridge free, and to be kept in repair by said corporation forever.

Approved: March 2, 1833.

AN ACT in addition to the Act for the gradual im provement of the Navy of the United States.

Be it enacted, &c. That for the gradual improvement of the Navy of the United States, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, be, and the same is hereby appropriated, annually, for six years, from and after the third day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, when the present appropriation expires.

Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and

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empowered to cause the abovementioned appropriation to be applied, as directed and prescribed by the act of the third of March, eighteen hundred and twenty seven, to which this is in addition, the provisions whereof are hereby continued in force for the term abovementioned, and to be applied also to the purchase of other necessa ry materials as well as timber suitable for the construction of vessels of war.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, in addition to the provisions now in force on the subject of the live oak growing on the public lands, it shall be the duty of all collectors of the customs within the Territory of Florida, and the States of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, before allowing a clearance to any vessel laden in whole or in part with live oak timber, to ascertain satisfactorily that such timber was cut from private lands, or, if from public ones, by consent of the Navy Department. And it is hereby made the duty of all officers of the customs, and of the land officers within said Territory and States, to cause prosecutions to be seasonably instituted against all persons known to be guilty of depredations on, or injuries to, the live oak growing on the public lands. Approved: March 2, 1833.

AN ACT to improve the condition of the non-commissioned officers and privates of the Army and Marine Corps of the United States, and to prevent desertion. Be it enacted, &c. That, from and after the passage of this act, all enlistments in the army of the United States, shall be for three years; and that the monthly pay of the non-commissioned officers and soldiers shall be as follows, viz to each sergeant major, quartermaster sergeant, and chief musician, sixteen dollars; to the first sergeant of a company, fifteen dollars; to all other sergeants, twelve dollars each; to each artificer, ten dollars; to each corporal, eight dollars, and to each musician and private soldier, six dollars; and all enlistments in the Marine Corps shall be for four years; and that the monthly pay of the non commissioned officers and soldiers in said corps shall be as follows, viz: to each sergeant major and quartermaster sergeant, seventeen dollars; to the drum major, fife major, the orderly sergeants of posts, and first sergeants of guards at sea, sixteen dollars each; to all other sergeants, thirteen dollars; to each corporal, nine dollars; to each musician, eight dollars; and to each pri vate, seven dollars.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacled, That one dollar of the monthly pay of every musician and private soldier, shall be retained until the expiration of the two first years of their enlistment, when each shall receive the twenty-four dollars retained pay, which shall have so accrued: Provided, He shall have served honestly and faithfully that portion of the term of his first enlistment.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That every able bodied musician or private soldier, who may re-enlist into bis company or regiment, within two months before, or one month after, the expiration of his term of service, shall receive two months' extra pay, besides the pay and other allowances which may be due to him on account of the unexpired period of any enlistment.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That every able bodied musician or soldier, who shall re-enlist into his company or regiment, as specified in the third section of this act, shall receive his full pay, at the rate of six dol lars per month, without any temporary deduction there.

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Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That no premium to officers, for enlisting recruits, nor bounties to recruits for enlisting, shall be allowed after the passage of this act.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That no person who has been convicted of any criminal offence, shall be enlisted into the army of the United States.

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Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the seventh section of the act, "entitled 'An act making further provision for the army of the United States," passed on the sixteenth May, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, so far as it applies to any enlisted soldier, who shall be convicted by a general court martial of the crime of desertion.

Approved March 2, 1833.

AN ACT making appropriations for carrying on certain works heretofore commenced for the improvement of harbors and rivers and, also, for continuing and repairing the Cumberland road, and certain Territorial roads.

Be it enacted, &c. That the following sums of money be, and the same are hereby appropriated for carrying on or completing certain works and roads heretofore commenced, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

For carrying on the Delaware breakwater, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars.

For removing a sand bar at the mouth of Black River, Ohio, two thousand four hundred dollars.

For a pier head at Cunningham creek, Ohio, five bundred dollars.

For completing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of Ashtabula creek, Ohio, three thousand four hundred dollars.

For completing the improvements of the harbor of Presque Isle, Pennsylvania, six thousand dollars.

For completing the pier at the mouth of Buffalo harbor, New York, thirty-one thousand seven hundred dollars.

For improving the entrance of Gennesee river, NewYork, fifteen thousand dollars.

For removing obstructions at the mouth of Big Sodus bay, New York, fifteen thousand dollars.

For completing the pier and mole at Oswego, New York eight thousand four hundred dollars.

For the completion of the breakwater at the mouth of the Merrimack river, four thousand nine hundred dollars.

For repairing Plymouth Beach, six hundred dollars. For the breakwater at Hyannis, Massachusetts, five thousand dollars.

For improving the harbors of New Castle, Marcus Hook, Chester, and Port Penn, in the Delaware, four thousand dollars.

For carrying on the improvement of Ocracoke inlet North Carolina, sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars.

For improving Cape Fear river, below Wilmington, North Carolina, twenty eight thousand dollars.

For improving the navigation of the Ohio, Missouri and Mississippi rivers, fifty thousand dollars.

For continuing the road from Detroit to Saganaw bay, fifteen thousand dollars.

For completing the improvement of St. Mark's river and harbor in Florida, in addition to the unexpended balance of former appropriations, one thousand five hun. dred dollars.

For the road from Detroit to Grand river of Lake Michigan, twenty five thousand dollars.

For continuing the road from Detroit towards Chicago, in the Territory of Michigan, eight thousand dollars.

For paying the balance due the commissoners for surveying and marking the road from La Plaisance bay, to intersect the road to Chicago, within the Territory of Michigan, six hundred and eight dollars and seventy-six

cents.

For making the said road, fifteen thousand dollars. For completing the improvement of the Inland channel between St. Mary's and St. John's in Florida, nine thou sand dollars.

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