point at which the same intersects the Des Moines river, thence by the middle of the channel of that river to the place of beginning. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said State of Iowa shall have concurrent jurisdiction on the river Mississippi, and every other river bordering on the said State of Iowa, so far as the said rivers shall form a common boundary to said State, and any other State or States now or hereafter to be formed or bounded by the same: Such rivers to be common to both: And that the said river Mississippi, and the navigable waters leading into the same, shall be common highways, and forever free as well to the inhabitants of said State, as to all other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost, or toll therefor, imposed by the said State of Iowa. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That it is made and declared to be a fundamental condition of the admission of said State of Iowa into the Union, that so much of this act as relates to the said State of Iowa shall be assented to by a majority of the qualified electors at their township elections, in the manner and at the time prescribed in the sixth section of the thirteenth article of the constitution adopted at Iowa city the first day of November, anno Domini eighteen hundred and fortyfour, or by the legislature of said State. And as soon as such assent shall be given, the President of the United States shall announce the same by proclamation; and therefrom and without further proceedings on the part of Congress the admission of the said State of Iowa into the Union, on an equal footing in all respects whatever with the original States, shall be considered as complete. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That said State of Florida shall embrace the territories of East and West Florida, which by the treaty of amity, settlement and limits between the United States and Spain, on the twenty-second day of February, eighteen hundred and nineteen, were ceded to the United States. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That until the next census and apportionment shall be made, each of said States of Iowa and Florida shall be entitled to one representative in the House of Representatives of the United States. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That said States of Iowa and Florida are admitted into the Union on the express condition that they shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the public lands lying within them, nor levy any tax on the same whilst remaining the property of the United States: Provided, That the ordinance of the convention that formed the constitution of Iowa, and which is appended to the said constitution, shall not be deemed or taken to have any effect or validity, or to be recognised as in any manner obligatory upon the Government of the United States. APPROVED, March 3, 1845. CHAP. LXIII. · An Act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year ending on the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the Treasury for the preservation, repairs, and construction of certain fortifications for the fiscal year beginning on the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and ending on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fortysix: For defensive works and barracks near Detroit, Michigan, thirty-five Detroit. thousand dollars; Buffalo. Fort Ontario. Lake Cham plain. Penobscot river. Fort Preble. Fort McClary. Fort Independence. Fort Warren. Fort Adams. Ft. Trumbull. Fort Schuyler. Fort Hamilton. Fort Washing ton. Fort Monroe. Fort Macon. Fort Moultrie. Drunken Dick shoal. Fort Sumter. Fort Johnson. Fort Pulaski. Fort Jackson. St. Augustine. Fort Pickens. Ft. Barrancas. Fort Morgan. Fort St.Philip. Ft. Livingston. For defensive works and barracks near Buffalo, New York, thirty-five thousand dollars; For repairs of Fort Ontario, near Oswego, New York, seven thousand five hundred dollars; For fortifications at the outlet of Lake Champlain, New York, thirty thousand dollars; For fort at narrows of the Penobscot river, near Bucksport, Maine, twenty thousand dollars; For repairs of Fort Preble, Portland harbor, Maine, ten thousand dollars; For repairs of Fort McClary, Portsmouth harbor, New Hampshire, two thousand five hundred dollars; For repairs of Fort Independence, and sea-wall of Castle island, Boston harbor, Massachusetts, seven thousand dollars; For Fort Warren, Boston harbor, Massachusetts, fifty thousand dollars; For Fort Adams, Newport harbor, Rhode Island, ten thousand dollars; For rebuilding Fort Trumbull, New London harbor, Connecticut, thirty thousand dollars; For Fort Schuyler, East river, New York, sixty thousand dollars; For repairs of Fort Wood, and sea-wall of Bedloe's island, New York, thirty-five thousand dollars; For repairs of Fort Hamilton, New York, twenty thousand dollars; For repairs of Fort Washington, Potomac river, Maryland, twenty thousand dollars; For Fort Monroe, Hampton roads, Virginia, sixty thousand dollars: For Fort Calhoun, Hampton roads, Virginia, fifteen thousand dollars; For repairs and protection of site of Fort Macon, Beaufort harbor, North Carolina, six thousand dollars; For preservation of the site of Fort Moultrie, Charleston harbor, South Carolina, twelve thousand dollars; For dike to Drunken Dick shoal, Charleston harbor, South Carolina, thirty-five thousand dollars; For Fort Sumter, Charleston harbor, South Carolina, seventy thousand dollars; For preservation of the site of Fort Johnson, Charleston harbor, South Carolina, one thousand dollars; For Fort Pulaski, Savannah river, Georgia, seventeen thousand dollars; For repairs of Fort Jackson, Savannah river, Georgia, ten thousand dollars; For completing the sea-wall at St. Augustine, including the transfer of the sum of one thousand one hundred and thirty-three dollars and four cents, being a balance remaining in agent's hands of an appropriation for the repairs of Fort Marion, six thousand four hundred dollars; For Fort Pickens, Pensacola harbor, Florida, twelve thousand dollars; For Fort Barrancas, Pensacola harbor, Florida, thirty thousand dollars; For repairs of Fort Morgan, Mobile point, Alabama, fifteen thousand dollars; For repairs of Fort Jackson, Mississippi river, Louisiana, seven thousand dollars; For repairs of Fort St. Philip, Mississippi river, Louisiana, ten thousand dollars; For Fort Livingston, Grand Terre island, Barrataria bay, Louisiana, fifty thousand dollars; Florida reef. For fortifications on the Florida reef, thirty thousand dollars; For contingencies of fortifications, forty-one thousand six hundred Contingencies. dollars. APPROVED, March 3, 1845. CHAP. LXIV.—An Act providing payment for certain military services in Flo rida. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War cause to be paid the following militia forces of the Territory of Florida for the periods of their respective service as hereinafter specified, to wit: Colonel Robert Brown's command, from the sixth April to the twentysecond July, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, except the company of Captain North, which shall only be paid to the twelfth July, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight. Major Isaac Garrison's command, from the nineteenth March to fifth July, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight. STATUTE II. March 3, 1845. Militia forces to be paid. Col. Brown's. Maj. Garri son's. Captain Arthur Robert's company, from September thirteenth, eigh- Capt. Robert's. teen hundred and thirty-eight, to January thirteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine. Captain J. L. Thigpen's company, from first March to thirty-first August, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight. Captain William William's company, from sixteenth August, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, to February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine. Captains William Cone and John Bryan's companies, from sixteenth Captain Stephen Daniel's company, from October thirteenth to November twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-two. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War also cause payment to be made for such supplies as were actually purchased for the use of any of said troops, and that to the extent to which they furnished themselves equitable allowance be made therefor. Capt. Thig pen's. Capt. Wil liams'. Captains Cone and Bryan's. Capt.Stewart's. Capt. Daniel's. Supplies to be paid for. Muster rolls to be sworn to, &c. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the muster rolls according to which the above payments shall be made, shall be sworn to by the captain of each company, or senior living officer present in Florida, and approved by the Governor of Florida. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all balances remaining un- Appropriation. expended out of appropriations heretofore made for payment of Florida volunteers or militia, or for supplies furnished to militia serving in Florida, be and the same are hereby made applicable to the payment of the militia and supplies provided for in this act, so far as the same may be necessary; and if such balances be insufficient, the remainder of the amount required is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, March 3, 1945. STATUTE II. CHAP. LXV.—An Act making appropriations for the support of the army, for the March 3, 1845. year ending on the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the VOL. V.-94 3N Pay. Commutation of subsistence. Commutation of forage. Proviso. Pay for cloth ing. Subsistence. Clothing, &c. Recruiting. Extra pay. Supplies of Quartermas ter's departm't. Incidental expenses. 1802, ch. 9. 2, 1819, ch. 45. army for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth of June, eighteen handred and forty-six: For pay of the army, one million three hundred and twenty-eight thousand nine hundred and sixty-six dollars; For commutation of officers' subsistence, four hundred and sixtythree thousand nine hundred and thirty-four dollars; For commutation of forage for officers' horses, sixty-four thousand dollars: Provided, That general and field officers shall not be entitled, in time of peace, to draw forage, or money in lieu thereof, for more than three horses each, to be owned and actually kept in service; officers of the regiments of dragoons below the rank of field officers, for two horses each; and all other officers now entitled to forage, for one horse each, to be owned and actually kept in service; For payments in lieu of clothing for discharged soldiers and officers' servants, twenty-eight thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars; For subsistence in kind, three hundred and six thousand and ninetyseven dollars and fifty dollars [cents]; For clothing for the army, camp and garrison equipage, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars; For expenses of recruiting, twenty-four thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven dollars and eight [cents]; For three months extra pay to non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, twelve thousand nine hundred and six dollars; For the regular supplies of the quartermaster's department, consisting of fuel, forage in kind for the authorized number of officers' horses, and for the horses, mules, and oxen belonging to the quartermaster's department at the several military posts and stations, and for the horses of the two regiments of dragoons, and the four companies of light artillery; of straw for soldiers' bedding; and of stationery, including company and other blank books for the army, certificates for discharged soldiers, blank forms for the pay and quartermaster's departments, and the printing of department orders, army regulations, and general regulations, one hundred and forty-seven thousand dollars; For the incidental expenses of the quartermaster's department, consisting of postage on letters and packets received by officers on public service; expenses of courts martial and courts of inquiry, including the additional compensation to judge advocates, members, and witnesses, while on that service, under the act of sixteenth of March, eighteen hundred and two; extra pay to soldiers employed in the erection of barracks and quarters, the construction of roads, and other labor, for a period of not less than ten days, under the act of second of March, Act of March eighteen hundred and nineteen; expenses of expresses from the frontier posts; of escorts to paymasters; of the necessary articles for the interment of non-commissioned officers and soldiers; hire of laborers; compensation to clerks to the officers of the quartermaster's department, at posts where their duties cannot be performed without such aid; and compensation to agents in charge of dismantled works, and to such wagon and forage masters as it may be necessary to employ under the Act of July 5, act of the fifth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight; various expenditures necessary to keep the two regiments of dragoons and the four companies of light artillery complete, including the purchase of horses to supply the place of those which may be lost and become unfit for service; shoeing horses; and the apprehension of deserters, and the expenses incidental to their pursuit, ninety thousand dollars. 1838, ch. 162. Barracks, &c. For repairing and enlarging barracks, quarters, store-houses, and hospitals, at the several posts; for erecting temporary cantonments at such posts as may be occupied during the year, and gun-houses for the protection of the cannon at the several posts and military works, including the necessary tools and materials for the objects enumerated; and for the authorized furniture for the barrack-rooms of non-commissioned officers and soldiers; building and repairing stables for dragoons and light artillery; for rent of quarters for officers, barracks for troops at posts where there are no public buildings for their accommodation, and of store-houses for the safe-keeping of subsistence, clothing, &c.; and of grounds for summer cantonments and encampments for military purposes, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars; For transportation of officers' baggage, when travelling on duty with- Transportaout troops, forty thousand dollars; For transportation of troops and supplies of the army, including the baggage of troops when moving either by land or water; freights and ferriages; the purchase or hire of horses, mules, oxen, carts, wagons and boats for the transportation of supplies, and for garrison purposes; drayage and cartage at the several posts; hire of teamsters; transportation of funds for the pay department; the expense of sailing public transports between the posts on the Gulf of Mexico, and of procuring water at such posts as, from their situation, require it; of clothing from the depot at Philadelphia to the stations of the troops; of subsistence from the places of purchase, and from the places of delivery, under contracts, to such places as the circumstances of the service may require it to be sent; of ordnance, ordnance stores, and small arms from the foundries and armories to the arsenals, fortifications, and frontier posts, one hundred and forty thousand dollars; For medical and hospital department, twenty-seven thousand eight hundred dollars; For the contingencies of the army, five thousand dollars; For continuing the meteorological observations at the military posts of the United States, under the direction of the surgeon general, the sum of two thousand dollars; For purchase of ordnance, and ordnance stores, and supplies, eighty thousand dollars; For current expenses of ordnance service, one hundred thousand dollars; For manufacture of arms at the national armories, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars; of which the sum of one hundred thousand dollars may be used for repairs, provided it can be used for that purpose, without injury to the public service. For arsenals, one hundred thousand dollars; For purchase of saltpetre and brimstone, forty thousand dollars; For repairs and improvements and new machinery at Springfield armory, twenty-nine thousand five hundred dollars; For repairs and improvements and new machinery at Harper's Ferry armory, eighteen thousand dollars; For armament of fortifications, one hundred thousand dollars; For surveys in reference to the military defences of the frontier, inland and maritime, twenty thousand dollars; For military and geographical surveys west of the Mississippi, thirty thousand dollars; For continuing the surveys of the northern and northwestern lakes, twenty thousand dollars; To settle the accounts of Lieutenant Colonel H. Whiting, being a reappropriation of part of former appropriations for a road from Fort Howard to Fort Crawford, and for barracks at Fort Brady, which has been carried to the surplus fund, eight hundred and forty-five dollars and seventy-two cents. APPROVED, March 3, 1845. tion. Medical and hospital depart ment. Contingencies. Meteorological observations. Ordnance and stores. Manufacture of arms. Arsenals. Saltpetre and brimstone. Springfield ar mory. Harper's Ferry armory. Fortifications. Accounts of Lt. Col. H. |