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2478141United States Statutes at Large, Volume 2 — Public Acts of the Tenth Congress, 1st Session, LXIIUnited States Congress


April 25, 1808.

Chap. LXII.An Act making appropriations for the support of an additional military force, for the year one thousand eight hundred and eight.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for defraying the necessary expense to the first day of January next, of the troops to be raised by virtue of an act, intituled1808, ch. 43.An act to raise for a limited time an additional military force,” passed on the twelfth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eight, the following sums be, and the same hereby are respectively appropriated, that is to say:

Specific appropriations.For pay, two hundred and eighty-five thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.

For forage, eighteen thousand four hundred and seventy-nine dollars.

For subsistence, two hundred and thirteen thousand six hundred and ninety-six dollars.

For clothing, one hundred and fifty thousand five hundred and twenty-eight dollars.

For bounties and premiums, eighty-five thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.

For the medical and hospital departments, fifteen thousand dollars.

For camp equipage, tents, barracks, fuel, and transportation one hundred and eleven thousand dollars.

For contingencies, ten thousand dollars.

For ordnance, sixty thousand dollars.

For the purchase of horses and other expenses necessary to mount the cavalry, thirty-six thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums herein specifically appropriated, shall be paid out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, April 25, 1808.