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152 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 36, 37. 1847. Deicienciep, For deficiency of former appropriations for the improvement of f3_Q‘f,g,F“l’° 1`°“' Cape Fear River, six hundred and one dollars and ninety-two cents, Denciency of- For deficiency of appropriation for removing the great raft of npproprianonx For Red River, made by the act approved April twentieth, eighteen

 of   hundred and thirty-eight, seven thousand one hundred and fifty dglo

River. lars, being the amount advanced by Daniel T. Witlee and others, $38, ¤h 59· through the branch of the Real Estate Bank of Washington, Arkansas, to Henry ,M. Shreve, government agent for such removal, and expended by him for that purpose. . Approved, March 2, 1847. March 2, 1847. CHAP. XXXVI. —— An Act matting appropriation for the support of the Military -——-———-——- Academy for the Year ending on the thirtteth of June, one thousand eight [ Obsolete.] hundred and forty-eight. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following ums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending on the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight: Pay, For pay of officers, instructors, cadets, and musicians, seventy- nine thousand seven hundred and sixty-four dollars. Subsistence. For commutation of subsistence, five thousand four hundred and two dollars. Forage. For forage for officers’ horses, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. Clothing. For clothing of oiHcers’ servants, four hundred and twenty dollars. Incidental and For repairs and improvements ; fuel and apparatus; forage for <>°¤*i¤B€¤t °X· public horses and oxen; stationery, printing, and other incidental P°°s°°' and contingent expenses, twenty thousand dollars. B¤¤¤<>k¤- For barracks for cadets, fifteen thousand dollars. Approved, March 2, 1847. March 2, 1847. Cuar. XXXVII. — An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post- ——··t·-—— OJ15a; Izepairgzent for the Year ending the thirtiet/1 of June, eighteen hundred an or y-e . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Appropriations United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following gg"' ',‘§;‘;Q‘8’,§,:; sums of money be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the Department, service of the Post-Office Department, for the year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, out of any moneys in the treasury arising from the revenues of the said department, in conformity to the act of the second of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, namely: Transportation. For transportation of the mails within the United States, two million four hundred and forty-one thousand three hundred and ninety-one dollars. Transportation For transportation by steam-ships between N ew-York and Bremen, by s°°“m"h‘PS· according to the contract with Edward Mills, authorized by the “AG! to provide for the Transportation of the Mail between the United States and foreign Countries," approved March third, eighteen hundred and 1845,ch- 69- goiy-five, two hundred and fifty-eight thousand six hundred and nifw o ars. P°¤*f¤¤**°¤’¤- For compensation to postmasters, one million and forty-two thouccgggggdga ?_ sand dollars: Provided, That it shall not be lawful for the PostmasterdeP,,,y_P°,tm,s, Generalvto malre any allowance or compensation to any deputy-posh ters. master, in addition to his commissions, except the special allowance made by law to the postmasters at New Orleans and the city of