170 TWENTY-NIN'I`H CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 48. 1847[ ing deserters; per diem allowance to persons attending courts-martial and courts of inquiry, or other service authorized by law ;· compensa. tion to judge advocates; pilotage, and towing vessels; assistance rendered to vessels in distress, six hundred thousand dollars. Earlys patent For enabling the Secretary of the Navy to test, by experiments, the YM P*€S°"¤*i°¤ value to the navy of Earle’s patented invention for the preservation of canvass` of canvass, five thousand dollars. Contingent ex- .For contingent expenses for objects not hereinbefore enumerated, P°“‘°“· five thousand dollars. Civi1estab1ish— For support of the civil establishment at the several navy-yards, mag; at “"Y the officers and others to be paid the annual compensation that was Y IM}; c],_176_ allowed to them severally in the act making appropriations for the i naval service for the year ending on the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, except as hereinafter provided: Kittery. At Kittery, Maine.—For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor, inspector of timber, clerk to the yard, clerk to the commandant, clerk to the storekeeper, clerk to the naval constructor, and porter, seven thousand six hundred and fifty dollars. Uh¤rl<>Sf¤w¤· At Charlestown, Massachusetts.—For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor, measurer and inspector of timber, clerk to the yard, two clerks to the commandant, three clerks to the storekeeper, clerk to naval constructor, keeper of magazine, and porter, eleven thousand one hundred and eighty dollars. Brooklyn. At Brooklyn, New Ym·Ic.—For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor, measurer and inspector of timber, clerk to the yard, two clerks to the commandant, three clerks to the storekeeper, clerk to the naval constructor, keeper of magazine, and porter, eleven thou-
and one hundred and eighty dollars.
Philadelphia. At Philadehuhia. —For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor, measurer and inspector of timber, clerk to the yard, clerk to the commandant, clerk to the storekeeper, clerk to naval constructor, and porter, seven thousand seven hundred dollars. Washington- At Washington. — For pay of storekeeper, measurer and inspector of timber, clerk to the yard, two clerks to commandant, clerk to the storekeeper, keeper of the magazine, and porter, six thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. Gosport. At Gosport, Wrginia. — For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor, measurer and inspector of timber, clerk to the yard, two clerks to commandant, three clerks to the storekeeper, clerk to the naval constructor, keeper of the magazine, and porter, eleven thousand one hundred and eighty dollars. P¢¤¤¤<=°l¤· At Pensac0la.—For pay of storekeeper and naval constructor, clerk to the yard, two clerks to the commandant, two clerks to the storekeeper, and porter, eight thousand and fifty dollars. M¤mPl*l¤· At Jlfcngphis. — For pay` of storekeeper, clerk to the yard, clerk to the commandant, and porter, three thousand three hundred dollars. Improvements For improvements and necessary repairs of navy-yards, viz. : $dy;f§;" Of ““‘ At Kittery. —For extending' knee-dock wall, and filling in for K,,,,,,,, gun and anchor wharf, rebuilding wharf number one, oistern near mast and boat-house number fifteen, and for repairs of all kinds, thirty-one thousand five hundred and twenty-eight dollars. That the Kilgtggdccklsmlgt Secretary of the Navy is hereby directed to cause to be construciéd d8,Ph,,·m, Pm_ at each of the navy-yards at Kittery, Philadelphia, and Pensacola, 3 neola. floating dry-dock for ships of the line, with basin and railways at Philadelphia, and reference thereto at the other places, on such plan as may be preferred by the Secretary of the Navy : the said dock at Pensacola to be completed with all possible despatch; and the sum 1848 ch 121 Ofififty thousand dollars IS hereby appropriated towards said d00k at § 3_ l · · K1ttery ; fifty thousand dollars towards said dock at Philadelphia; wd
