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Act of Congress Authorizing Construction of the Old Naval Hospital

Signed by President Abraham Lincoln on March 14, 1864

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Quartermaster's Department

To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the quartermaster's department, to wit: -

Horses

For purchase of cavalry and artillery horses, seventeen millions five hundred thousand dollars.

Supplies

For regular suppplies of the quartermaster's department, eighteen millions five hundred thousand dollars.

Barracks.

For barracks, quarters, etc., three million five hundred thousand dollars.

Transportation

For transportation of the army, thirty millions of dollars.

For incidental expenses of the quartermaster's department, two millions of dollars.

For transportation of officers' baggage, one hundred thousand dollars.

Clothing, camp equipage, and etc.

For clothing, camp, and garrison equipage, seven millions of dollars.

Adjutant-General's department.

To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the adjutant-general's department: -

For the purchase of books of tactics, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Navy department.

Navy Department. - To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for fuel, and equipment and recruiting, in the bureau of equipment and recruiting, two million dollars.

Clothing

To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for clothing for the navy, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Naval academy

To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for contingent expenses of the naval academy, thirty-eight thousand dollars.

Codification of naval laws.

For salary of commissioner to codify the naval laws, under joint resolution of March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, three thousand nine hundred and eighty-three dollars and sixty-seven cents.

Norfolk navy yard

For additional repairs at the Norfolk navy yard, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Works at Fort Royal.

For wharf, machine-shop, bridge, buildings for naval stores, and other works at Port Royal, South Carolina, one hundred and forty-four thousand and six hundred dollars.

Foundry, and etc. at Brooklyn navy yard

To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for filling in the grounds for the new foundry at the Brooklyn navy yard, forty-five thousand nine hundred and seventy-five dollars.

For temporary storehouse for provisions at the Brooklyn navy yard, two thousand dollars.

Boston navy yard.

For temporary storehouse for provisions at the Boston navy yard, two thousand dollars.

State department.

State Department. - For salary of the minister at Salvador, from April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, at seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum, nine thousand sixty-two dollars and fifty cents.

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous - For salaries of clerks, messengers, watchmen, and porter, in the office of the assistant treasurer at New York, twelve thousand dollars.

For additional allowance to clerks in the office of the assistant treasurer at Boston, two thousand dollars.

For compensation to designated depositaries, two thousand dollars.

For salaries of designated depositary at Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the clerk, watchman, and porter in his office, four thousand eight hunderd dollars.

Electric Telegraph

For supplying deficiency in the appropriation for facilitating communication between teh Atlantic and Pacific States by electrical telegraph, twenty thousand dollars.

Treasury extension

For refunding to the appropriation for the treasury extension the amount of payments made out of that fund for furniture, night-watch, and other miscellaneous items, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

For the continuation of the north wing of the treasury extension, fencing, grading, and miscellaneous items, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

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