Chapter LXII. *making appropriations for the support of an additional military force, for the year one thousand, eight hundred and eight.* April 25, 1808. *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 t
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Chap. LXII.— An Act *making appropriations for the support of an additional military force, for the year one thousand, eight hundred and eight.* April 25, 1808. *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, intituled “An act to raise for a limited time an additional 1808, ch. 49.military force,” passed on the twelfth day of April, one thou sand eight hundred and eight, the following sums be, and the same hereby are respectively appropriated, that is to say:
For pay, two hundred and eighty-five thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.Specific appropriations. 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.498TENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 63. 1808. 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. Chapter LXIII: authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the comptroller of the treasury, in trust, the amount of certain bills drawn by John Armstrong, minister from the United States to the court of France, on [the] treasury of the United States. 2 Stat. 498 1808-04-25 Chapter LXIII Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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Chapter LXII
*making appropriations for the support of an additional military force, for the year one thousand, eight hundred and eight.* April 25, 1808. *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 t
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