1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the governor be authorized to contract for, or cause to be made at the penitentiary, as many cartridge boxes, with belts, pistol holsters, sword slings, powder horns and rifle pouches, as in his opinion the public service may require; each to be made by one pattern, and on the most approved construction.

2. Be it further enacted, That the governor be authorized to cause to be mounted and prepared for immediate use, as many field pieces, (four and six pounders,) as in his opinion the public service may require, together with the necessary number of caissons, and all suitable implements: the gun carriages, and all other fixtures appertaining thereto, to be constructed according to the most approved model now used in the army of the United States.

3. Be it further enacted, That the governor be authorized, at his discretion, to cause suitable shelters to be erected from time to time, at the expense of the state, for the preservation and safe keeping of any field pieces in the possession of the commonwealth, which are, or may he mounted on carriages, together with the caissons, and any other fixtures which may belong thereto.

4. And be it further enacted, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to the above objects, and that any expense which may be incurred by virtue of contracts made under the authority of this act, shall be certified by the governor, and be paid on the auditor’s warrant for the same, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.