248 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 105. 1848. twelfth section of the last-mentioned act, the two principal musicians allowed to each regiment of artillery by the eighteenth section of the said last-mentioned act, be, and the same is hereby, repealed: Pro- Proviso as to vided, That no vacancy happening under the provisions so repealed shall '¤°**¤°i€’- be filled up until further authorized by law: And providedfunhgr, Prcviso That the ten additional payrnasters, appointed in virtue of the said foregoing act of the third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, shall be retained in service until the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine. DIg§§'swgiQ;f Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all the officers of the old c,,,,,,,, y ,,1,,,,,;,,, army who received appointments in any of the additional regiments ments in r e new raised for the war with Mexico shall be restored to their former regi-
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mer regiments or to which they would have succeeded, and to which they shall now suc- °°'P°· _ ceed, in virtue of their former commission: Provided, That such om- P'°"‘s°· cers so restored shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate: And provided, That the next vacancy happening in such grade of such regiment or corps to which they succeed shall not be filled. Three months’ Sec. 5. And be it furtlwr enacted, That the officers, non—commis· °m° P“Y‘ sioned officers, musicians, and privates engaged in the military service ` of the United States in the war with Mexico, and who served out the term of their engagement, or have been or may be honorably discharged——and first to the widows, second to the children, third to the parents, and fourth to the brothers and sisters of such who have been killed in battle, or who died in service, or who, having been honorably discharged, have since died, or may hereafter die, without receiving the three months’ pay herein provided for—shall be entitled to receive I"°"l’°- three months’ extra pay: Provided, That this provision of this fifth section shall only apply to those who have been in actual service during the war. Avrnovnn, July 19, 1848. July 20, 1g4g_ CHAP. CV.—·.¢9n ./Yat making Appropriations for certain For2i,•ications of the ··—·i·— United States, for the Year ending the thirtieth ofluno, one thousand eight hum drcd and forty-nine. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the preservation, repairs, and construction of certain fortifications, for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine; Detroit. For defensive works and barracks near Detroit, fideen thousand dollars; Lake Cham- For fortifications at outlet of Lake Champlain, twenty thousand P1am‘ dollars ; P¤¤¤b¤¢<>¤Ri*- For defensive works and barracks at narrows of Penobscot River, "' Maine, ten thousand dollars; F°” P**>bl°· d {for repairs of Fort Preble, Portland Harbor, Maine, nine thousand o ars; F°'* S°°¤¤¤¤l- d For repairs of Fort Scammel, Portland Harbor, Maine, ten thollsilild ollars; cover-ri¤r’s Is- For repairs of fortifications on Governor’s Island, Boston Harbor, l°“d‘ fifteen thousand dollars; _ Fort Warren. For Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, thirty thousand dollars; Fort Adams. d 5or Fort Adams, Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, twenty thousand o ars;
