ized by the Secretary of War to be erected, one hundred thousand dollars.
National armories.For the national armories, three hundred and thirty thousand dollars.
Fortification.For the armament of the fortifications, two hundred thousand dollars.
Ordnance service.For the current expenses of the ordnance service, seventy-five thousand six hundred and seventy dollars.
Gunpowder.For the purchase of gunpowder, one hundred thousand dollars.
Arsenals.For arsenals, two hundred and thirty-one thousand five hundred and two dollars.
Supplying arsenals.For supplying the arsenals with certain ordnance stores, one hundred and eighty-eight thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Cannon balls.For the purchase of cannon balls, twenty-nine thousand four hundred and eighty-eight dollars.
Medal to General Ripley.For completing the Medal, heretofore ordered by Congress, for General Ripley, three hundred dollars.
Approved, May 14, 1836.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. LXXVI.—An Act to give effect to patents for public lands issues in the names of deceased persons.
Patents for public lands to issue to heirs, devisees, and assignees.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in all cases where patents for public lands have been or may hereafter be issued, in pursuance of any law of the United States, to a person who had died, or who shall hereafter die, before the date of such patent, the title to the land designated therein shall enure to, and become vested in, the heirs, devisees, or assignees of such deceased patentee, as if the patent had issued to the deceased person during life; and the provisions of this act shall be construed to extend to patents for lands within the Virginia Military District in the state of Ohio.
Approved, May 20, 1836.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. LXXVII.—An Act explanatory of the act entitled “An act to prevent defalcations on the part of the disbursing agents of the Government, and for other purposes.”
Act of Jan. 1828, ch. 2, not to apply to pensions.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled “An act to prevent defalcations on the part of the disbursing agents of the Government, and for other purposes,” approved the twenty-fifth of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, shall not be construed to authorize the pension of any pensioner of the United States to be withheld.
Approved, May 20, 1836.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. LXXIX.—An Act for the relief of the several corporate cities of the District of Columbia.
