Chapter 19.
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CHAP. 19.— An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June-thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes. Jan. 20, 1879. *Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Appropriations. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury Military Academy.not otherwise appropriated, for the support, of the Military Academy, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty:
Pay of professors and others.For pay of two professors, at three thousand five hundred dollars per annum each, seven thousand dollars. For pay of seven professors, at three thousand dollars per annum each, twenty-one thousand dollars. For additional pay of professors for length of service, seven thousand two hundred and thirteen dollars and thirty-three cents. For pay of one instructor of practical military engineering, in addition to pay as first lieutenant, nine hundred dollars, For pay of one instructor of ordnance and science of gunnery, in addition to pay as first lieutenant, nine hundred dollars.
For pay of eight assistant professors, in addition to pay as first lieutenants, four thousand dollars. For pay of three instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics, in addition to pay as first lieutenants, one thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of four-assistant instructors of tactics, commanding companies, in addition to pay as second lieutenants, two thousand four hundred dollars. *Salary of adjutant*.For pay of adjutant, in addition to pay as first lieutenant, three hundred dollars: *Provided,* That the sum paid to said officer shall not exceed one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum.
For pay of one master of the sword, one thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of cadets, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: and no FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 19. 1879. 261 cadet shall receive more than at the rate of five hundred and forty dollars a year. For pay of the teacher of music, one thousand and eighty dollars. For pay of the Military Academy band, eight thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars; which shall be in full for the pay of the said band for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
For repairs and improvements, timber, plank, boards, joists, wall-strips,Repairs and improvements. laths, shingles, slate; tin, sheet-lead, zinc, nails, screws, locks, hinges, glass, paint, turpentine, oils, bricks, varnish, stone, lime, cement, plaster, hair, sewer and drain pipe, blasting-powder, fuse, iron, steel, tools, mantels, and other similar materials, and for pay of citizen mechanics and labor employed upon repairs that cannot be done by enlisted men, eleven thousand dollars.
For furnishing an increased and permanent supply of water, fortyWater supply.*Limit as to cost*. thousand dollars: *Provided,* That not more than five thousand dollars shall be expended for the purchase of the necessary land and water rights and the right of way: *And provided further,* That no portion of the sum hereby appropriated shall be expended until the Secretary of War shall decide that the sum hereby appropriated is sufficient to secure an adequate supply of pure water.
For fuel and apparatus, coal, wood, stoves, grates, furnaces, ranges, fire-bricks,Fuel, etc. and repair’s of steam-heating apparatus, twelve thousand dollars. For gas-pipes, fixtures, lampposts, gas-lamps, gasometers, and retorts,Gas-pipes, etc. and annual repairs of the same, six hundred dollars. For fuel for cadets’ mess-hall, shops, and laundry, three thousand dollars. For postage and telegrams, three hundred dollars.Postage, etc. For stationery, blank books, paper, envelopes, quills, steel pens, rubbers,Stationery. erasers, pencils, mucilage, wax, wafers, folders, fasteners, files, and ink, six hundred dollars.
For transportation of materials, discharged cadets, and ferriages, oneTransportation. thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For printing-type, materials for office, diplomas for graduates, registers,Printing. and blanks, five hundred dollars. For clerk to the disbursing officer and quartermaster, one thousandClerks. two hundred dollars. For clerk to adjutant, in charge of cadet records, one thousand two hundred dollars. For clerk to treasurer, nine hundred dollars. For safe for disbursing officer’s office, five hundred dollars.Safe.
For department of instruction in mathematics, namely: For repairs ofDepartment of mathematics. models and instruments, twenty-five dollars; textbooks, books of reference, and stationery for instructors, one hundred and seventy-five dollars; in all, two hundred dollars. For department of artillery, cavalry, and infantry tactics, namely: ForDepartment of artillery, etc. tanbark for riding-hall and gymnasium, three hundred dollars; repairing camp-stools and camp-furniture, fifty dollars; furniture for offices and reception-room for visitors, one hundred and fifty dollars; stationery for use of instructor and assistants, one hundred dollars; books and maps, fifty dollars; repairing gymnasium, one hundred dollars; in all seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For department of civil and military engineering: For models, maps,Department of engineering. purchase and repairs of instruments, textbooks, books of reference, and stationery for the use of instructors, and contingencies, five hundred dollars; for continuing preparation of textbooks for special instruction of cadets, five hundred dollars; in all, one thousand dollars. For department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology: For chemicals,Department of chemistry, etc. chemical apparatus, glass and porcelain ware, paper, wire, sheet-metal, ores, photographic materials, five hundred dollars; rough specimens, fossils, files, alcohol, lamps, blowpipes, pencils, and paper for practical instruction in mineralogy and geology, and for gradual increase of the 262 cabinet, five hundred dollar’s; repairs and additions to electric, galvanic, magnetic, pneumatic, and thermic apparatus, and apparatus illustrating optical properties of substances, six hundred dollars; apparatus for illustrating the science of electricity as applied to the useful arts, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, three thousand one hundred dollars.
For pay of mechanic employed in chemical and geological section-rooms and in lecture-room, one thousand dollars; models and diagrams, books of reference, textbooks, and stationery for the use of instructors, sixty-five dollar’s; in all, one thousand and sixty-five dollars. Department of practical engineering.For department of practical military engineering: For mining materials and for profiling; telegraphing and signaling materials: stationery and textbooks and repair’s of instruments, two hundred dollars.
Department of French.For department of French: For textbooks and stationery for the use of instructors, books of reference, and for printing examination-papers, one hundred dollars. Department of drawing.For department of drawing: For various articles most necessary for the course of topographical drawing, two hundred and fifty dollars. Department of law.For department of law: For textbooks and stationery and books of reference for the use of instructors, one hundred dollars.
Department of ordnance, etc.For department of ordnance and gunnery: For books of reference and textbooks for instructors, forty dollars. For completing frames for targets for cadet rifle practice, one hundred dollars. For keeping in repair instrument and firing houses, and pump and water pipe for the same, sixty dollars. Department of philosophy.For department of natural and experimental philosophy: For additions to the apparatus to illustrate the laws in mechanics, optics, and acoustics, one thousand dollars; books of reference, textbooks, repairs, and materials, four hundred dollars; for pay of mechanic, one thousand dollars; in all, two thousand four hundred dollars.
Board of Visitors.For expenses of the Board of Visitors, including mileage, three thousand dollars. Contingent expenses.For miscellaneous and contingent expenses: For gas-coal, oil, candles, lanterns, matches, and wicking for lighting the academy, cadet-barracks, mess-hall, shops, hospital, offices, stable, and sidewalks, three thousand five hundred dollars; water-pipes, plumbing, and repairs, one thousand five hundred dollars; cleaning public buildings (not quarters), five hundred dollars; brooms, brushes, pails, tubs, soap, and cloths, two hundred dollars; chalk, crayon, sponge, slate, and rubbers for recitation-rooms, one hundred dollars; compensation of chapel-organist, two hundred dollars; compensation of librarian, one hundred and twenty dollars; pay of engineer of heating and ventilating apparatus for the academic building, the cadet-barracks, chapel, and philosophical building, including the library, one thousand two hundred dollars; pay of assistant of same, seven hundred and twenty dollars; pay of five firemen, two thousand two hundred dollars; increase and expense of the library, books, magazines, and binding, one thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand two hundred and forty dollars.
Librarian’s assistant.For pay of librarian’s assistant, one thousand dollars. Cadet-hospital.For furniture for cadet-hospital, and repairs of the same, one hundred dollars. Bedding, etc.For purchase of bedding and necessary articles for the use of candidates previous to their admission into the academy, five hundred dollars. Buildings and grounds.Buildings and grounds: For repairing roads and paths, five hundred dollars. For continuing and furnishing for use main building and one wing for the new hospital for cadets, twelve thousand dollars.
For repairing door-casings and doors of the cadet-barracks with new butts and latches, five hundred dollars; and for painting the interior of the same throughout, one thousand dollars; in all, one thousand five hundred dollars. Approved, January 20, 1879.