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-five, and for other purposes.Mar. 31, 1884. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Appropriations, Military Academy. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five:
Pay of professors and others.For pay of eight professors, twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars. For one commandant of cadets, in addition to pay of captain in the line, one thousand two hundred dollars. 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 second lieutenants, one thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of four assistant instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry 7tactics, commanding companies, in addition to pay as second lieutenants, two thousand tour hundred dollars. For pay of treasurer, quartermaster, and commissary of cadets, in addition to pay as captain of infantry, seven hundred dollars. For pay of adjutant, in addition to pay as second lieutenant, four*Proviso*. 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 seventy thousand dollars; and no cadet shall receive more than at the rate of five hundred and forty dollars a year: *Provided*, That hereafter any cadet dismissed for hazing*Proviso*; hazing. shall not be eligible to reappointment. For pay of the teacher of music, one thousand and eighty dollars. For pay of the Military Academy band, nine thousand two hundred and forty dollars; which shall be in full for the pay of the said band for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
For additional pay of professors for length of service, eight thousandProfessors, additional pay of. eight hundred and ninety eight dollars and fifty cents. For current expenses, as follows: . For repairs and improvements, timber, plank, boards, joists, wall-strips,Repairs and improvement. laths, shingles, slate, tin, sheet-lead, zinc, nails, screws, locks, hinges, glass, paint, turpentine, oils, varnish, brushes, stone, brick, flag, lime, cement, plaster, hair, sewer and drain pipe, blasting-powder, fuse, iron, steel, tools, mantels, and other similar materials, and for pay of overseer and master builder and citizen mechanics and labor employedLaborers. upon repairs and improvements that cannot be done by enlisted men, eleven thousand dollars.
For fuel and apparatus, coal, wood, stoves, grates, furnaces, ranges,Fuel. and fixtures, fire-bricks, clay, sand, and repairs of steam-heating apparatus. grates, ranges, furnaces, and stoves, twelve thousand dollars. For gas-pipes, fixtures, lampposts, gasometers, and retorts, and annualGas-pipes, etc. repairs of the same, nine hundred dollars. For fuel for cadets’ mess-hall, shops, and laundry, three thousand dollars. For postage and telegrams, three hundred dollars.Postage, telegrams.
Stationery. For stationery, blank-books, paper, envelopes, quills, steel-pens, rubbers, erasers, pencils, mucilage, wax, wafers, folders, fasteners, rules, files, ink, inkstands, pen-holders, tape, blotting-pads, and rubber bands, six hundred dollars. For transportation of materials, discharged cadets, and ferriages, twoTransportation. thousand dollars. For printing: For type, materials for office, diplomas for graduates,Printing, etc. annual registers, blanks, and monthly reports to parents, one thousand 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, one thousand two hundred dollars. For department of instruction in mathematics, namely: For repairsDepartment of mathematics. and materials for preservation of models and instruments, fifty dollars; text books, books of reference, and stationery for instructors, one hundred dollars; binding books of reference, fifty dollars; in all, two hundred dollars. For department of civil and military engineering:
For models, maps,Department of civil and military engineering. purchase and repairs of instruments, text-books, books of reference, and stationery for the use of instructors, and contingencies, five hundred dollars; for continuing preparation of text-books for special instruction of cadets, five hundred dollars; extra pay of enlisted man employed 8as draughtsman, one hundred dollars; in all, one thousand one hundred dollars. Department chemistry, etc.For department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology:
For chemicals, chemical apparatus, glass and porcelain ware, paper, wire, Sheetmetal, ores, photographic apparatus and materials, five hundred dollars: rough specimens, fossils, files, alcohol, lamps, blow pipes, pencils, and paper for practical instruction in mineralogy and geology, and for gradual increase and improvement of the cabinet, four hundred dollars; repairs and additions to electric, magnetic, pneumatic, and thermic apparatus, and apparatus illustrating optical properties of substances, seven hundred and fifty dollars; pay of mechanic employed in chemical and geological section-rooms and in lecture-rooms, one thousand dollars; models, maps, and diagrams, books of reference, text-books, and stationery for the use of instructors, one hundred and eighty dollars; contingencies, one hundred dollars; in all, two thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars.
Department of philosophy.For department of natural and experimental philosophy: For additions to apparatus to illustrate the laws of acconstics, optics, and mechanics, one thousand dollars; books of reference, text-books, stationery, materials, and repairs, four hundred dollars; for pay of mechanic assistant, one thousand dollars; construction of quarters near the new observatory for the mechanic assistant, three thousand eight hundred dollars; necessary additions to the astronomical transit circle for-the new observatory, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; in all, eight thousand and seventy-five dollars.
Department of languages.For department of modern languages: For stationery, text-books, books of reference for the use of instructors, and for printing examination papers, two hundred dollars. Department of geography, etc.For department of geography, history, and ethics: For maps, globes, text-books, books of reference, and stationery for use of instructors, three hundred dollars. Department of drawing.For department of drawing: For fifteen new desks one hundred and fifty dollars; photographic slides for use in lectures, repairs and construction of racks, models, stretchers, stools and desks, stationery, drawing materials, cardboard for mounting drawings, tacks, hammers, and contingencies, books of reference (mechanical, architectural, surveying, geometry, and art), periodicals on act and technology, models for topographical, free hand, and constructive drawing, hectograph, rules and triangles, and for shades, rollers, and contingencies for enlargement of drawing academy, eight hundred and ten dollars; in all, nine hundred and sixty dollars.
Department of law.For department of law: For text-books and stationery and books of reference for the use of instructors, two hundred and fifty dollars. Department of artillery, etc.For department of artillery, cavalry, and infantry tactics, namely: For tan-bark for riding hall, three hundred dollars; repairing campstools and camp-furniture, one hundred dollars; furniture for offices and reception-room, one hundred dollars; plumes for cadet officers, to be accounted for as other public property, one hundred and eighty dollars; stationery for use of instructor and assistants, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; books and maps, seventy-five dollars; supply of fixtures for gymnasium, and repairs, two hundred dollars; foils, fencing-gloves, jackets, gaiters, and repairs, two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, one thousand three hundred and thirty dollars.
Department of ordnance and gunnery.For department of ordnance and gunnery: For addition to models and apparatus illustrating course of instruction, repairs of electroballistic machines and galvanic batteries and models, and for addition to firing-houses, and practical instruction room, for books of reference, text-books, and stationery for instructors, three hundred dollars. Department of military engineering.For department of practical military engineering: For postponing and materials for mining and profiling, telegraphing and signaling materials, stationery and text-books, books of reference, and purchase and repairs of instruments, nine hundred dollars. 9 For expenses of the Board of Visitors, including mileage, three thousandBoard of Visitors. dollars.
For miscellaneous and contingent expenses: For gas-coal, oil, candles,Contingent expenses. lanterns, matches, and wicking for lighting the Academy, chapel, library, cadet barracks, mess-hall, shops, hospital, offices, stable and riding-hall, and sidewalks and wharves, 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 clothes, two hundred dollars; chalk, crayon, sponge, slate, and rubbers for recitation rooms, three 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, and office building, chapel, and philosophical building, including the library, one thousand two hundred dollars; pay of assistant engineer of same, one thousand dollars; pay of five firemen, two thousand seven hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.
For pay of librarian’s assistant, one thousand dollars.Librarian’s assistant. Library. For increase and expense of library, namely: For periodicals, binding, new books, and scientific, historical, biographical, and general literature, one thousand dollars. For additional tables and chairs, and repairing same, two hundredTables, chairs. dollars. For furniture for cadet hospital, and repairs of the same, one hundredFurniture, cadet hospital. dollars. For purchase of bedding and necessary articles for the use of candidatesBedding. previous to their admission into the Academy, five hundred dollars.
For contingencies for superintendent of the Academy, one thousandContingencies for superintendent. Furniture. Buildings and grounds. dollars. For renewing furniture in sect ion-rooms, five hundred dollars. For buildings and grounds: For repairing roads and paths, five hundred dollars. For continuing breast-height wall south toward guard-house five hundredBreast-height wall. dollars. For completing new twelve-inch water-main to sally-port of cadetWater-main. barracks, two thousand dollars.
For completion of new hospital for cadets, five thousand dollars.Now hospital, completion of. For reflooring academic building, including fencing Academy, twoReflooring, etc. thousand five hundred and eighty dollars. For reflooring cadet barracks and piazza, two thousand four hundred and twenty dollars. . For new skylights for drawing academy, three hundred and fiftySkylights. dollars. For water-works: Renewal of material in filter-beds; improving ventilationWater-works. of filter-house and water-house; hose for use in cleaning filter beds and water-house, and for use in fire-service at same; tools, implements, and materials for use of the two keepers and tor repairs of siphon house, filter-house, and of four and one-half miles of supply-pipes; for shed for tools, and storage of fuel for keeper at Round Pond, and for tool-house at filter; for gauges at Round Pond and Delafield Pond, and stairs for access to same, five hundred and twenty dollars.
For additional bath-tubs, and repairs to bath-tubs, in cadet barracks,Bath-tubs. two thousand dollars. For cadet laundry: One number four washer, connections, and fixtures,Laundry. three hundred and sixty dollars, to be immediately available. For cadet mess One bake-oven in cadet mess, that is, for brick,Cadet mess. fire brick, cement, mortar, grates, doors, and labor, the same to be built by skilled labor, and to replace old over long in use, six hundred and fifty dollars, the same to be immediately available.
Approved, March 31, 1884.