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BY AUTHORITY.
Public Acts
Passed during the,tint session of the Thirty-first
Congress.
[Puui.i —Ñu. S3.]
AN ACT making appropriations fur tho civil
and diplomatic expenses of Government fur
thu your ending the thirtieth uf Juno, eiglt-
turn hundred and filty-onu, und fur other pUr-
pOSCll. .
lie it enacted liy the Senate and Howe of Re-
presentatives of the United States of America, in
Congress assembled, That the following suiiih
be, and hereby ore, appropriated out uf any mo-
ney in tho treasury nut othurwiiO appropriated,
(or tho objects hereinafter expressed, fur tho
fiscal year ending tliu thirtiuth of J uno, isghteen
hundred and fifty-one, nninoly:
LEGISLATIVE.
For compensation and mileago of Senators,
members uf thu llousu uf Representatives, and
l)e!e¿:nte , funr hundred and sixteen thousand
threo hundred and thiriy-oight dollars. And u
la hereby declared, that according to tho true
interpretation of tho third seelion of the act en
."•''Vi-A'A ^ PjjjWg.flW'-'gft M"
ui Kepresetitiitivi a uf tho United fcitsies, ai:
tho Delegates of tho Territories, and repealing
al! other luwsou that subject," approved twen-
ty-second January, eighteen hundred and eigli-
tuon, nil cartlliiatos which have been or may
bo granted by the presiding officers of tho Son-
ate and House of Representatives respectively
of the amount of compensation duo to tho mem-
bora of their several Houses, and to such Dele-
gates, are, and ought to be deemed, bold, and
talien, and are hereby declarad to bo, conclu-
sive upon nil the departments and officers of the
liovorninont of tho United States.
For compensation of the officers and dork* of
both Houses of Congress, lorty-ono thousand
iiinu hundred and thirteen dollars and twenty-
Mix cents.
For Btationory, fuel, printing, and other con-
tingent expenses of the Senate, including pub-
lishing proceedings and debatos, one hundred
thousand dollars.
For stationery, fuel, printing, and all othor
contingent expenses of tho Ilouso of Represen-
tatives, one hundred and ninety-sovon thousand
seven hundred and forty-nine collars.
For addition to the contingent fund of the
Houso of Representatives, thirty thousand dol-
lars.
r.TDHAHv of eosonr.ss.
For compensation of librarian, two assistant
librarians, and uusaongor, four thousaud five
hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of said library, eight
liundrc d dollars.
Fur purohase uf books for said library,.five
thousand dollars.
For purchase of law books for said library,
two thousand dollars.
For carrying into ell'ect tha international ex-
changes of books, authorized by the act of twen-
ty- ixih June, eighteen hundred and forty-eight,
entitled "An net to regulate tho exchanges oi
certain documents and u her publications of
I'otlgrosi," two til insumí dollar
For the pur.'li ise of boo\s for the library of
the Treasury Department,one tWSusnnd dollars.
For tli" ptreiie-o of a library to be preserved
in the Mxciritlve mansion, two thousand dol-
lar- ¡ and the .1 lint Commit toe on the Library of
Congress are hereby authorized to supply said
libraries with any duplicate* ol public docu-
ments which can (>• spared froin tho public col-
lections in the library of Congress or elsewhere.
And the So'TJtary of the Señalo and the Clerk
ol ill- H"os" oi lieureiieiitativua be authorised
mid required to subscribe, on behalf of Con-
green, for two lli.iiuaiid copies of tho Debates
nttd Proceedings of Congress from the com-
mencement of the lirst session (of which one
thousaud copies ol tli • lirst four Congresses al-
ready subscribed for lie considered as |>art) to
tho second ¡tedien of the eighteenth Congress,
when the Register of Debates, already publish-
ed, begins; the prior p r volume not to exceed
that agreed upon f ir tile volumes already print-
ed and delivered under the title of "Annals ol
Cnngtea -," which copies (after distributing one
copy to each member of the thirty first Con-
gress, nut provided to by the previo is order lor
supplying the members of the thirtieth Con-
gress) sh all be deposited with tile Librarian of
Congress for the futuro disposition of Congress.
EXECUTIVE.
For compensation ol tho President of tho Uni-
ted Stains, twenty-five thousand do lars.
I'.ir compensation of Vice Pr sidunt of thu
United Statos, one tli nisind dollars.
UEPARIMEVT or STATE.
For compensation of the Secretary of State,
snd the c lor km, messenger, and assistant nics-
sciig r in his office, twenty-eight thousand three
linndri d dollars.
For the incidental and contin cut expenses
of said Depa tmeiit, viz : For publishing tho laws
in pamphlet form, an I in the newspapers ol the
States and Territories, and in thi city of Wash-
ington, eighteen thousand two hundred dollars.
For proof reading, packing and distributing
laws and documents, including boxes, labor ami
transportation, ton thousand dollars.
For stationery, blank books, binding, labor,
and attondanco, lurnituro, fixtur. s, repairs,
painting and glazing, four thousand fivo hun-
dred dollars.
For printing (letter press and copper plate)
bonks and maps, two thousand dollars.
For newspapers, two hundred dollars.
For oxtra clerk hire and copying, two thous-
and dollars.
For miscellaneous items, ono thousand dol-
lars.
For compensation of tho superintendent and
four watchmen of the north-east Executive
building, ono thousand seven hundred and ten
dollars; for contlntjont oxptftises of said build-
ing, viz: for labor, Fuel, and light, two thousand
two hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous items, ono thousand one
hundred dollars.
Tnr.ASliRY mir A HTM ENT.
For compensation of tho Secretary of the
Treasury, anil tho Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, clerks, messenger, nnd assistant mes-
senger, in his ofii :e, thirty-two thousand livo
hundred nnd fifty dollars.
For compensation of tho First Comptroller,
nnd thoclcrksand messenger in his office, twen-
ty-two thousand one hundred and fil'iy dollars—
tho sulary of ono of tho clerks in his office, per
act of the twentieth of April, eighteen hundred
and eighteen, being hereby increased to four-
teen hundrod dollars per annum, from first July,
eighteen hundred and fifty.
For compensation of tho Second Comptroller,
and thoclcrksand iniSSengcrin his ofiiuc, twen-
ty-throo thousand six hundred and filly dollars.
For compensation of ono temporary clerk in
tho nllico of the Second Comptroller, al a salary
of ono thousaud dollars per annum, ono thous-
and dollars.
For compensation of thn First Auditor, nnd
tho clerks, messenger, and nssistnnt messenger,
in his office, twenty-two thousand eight hun-
drod dollars.
♦'or compensation of Socond Auditor, nnd tho
elnrks, messenger, and assistant messenger, in
his office, thirty-eight thousand eight hundred
and fifty dollars.
For compensation of tho Third Auditor, nnd
thirty-six clerks, messenger, nnd nssis'ant mes-
senger, in his officii, forty-four thousaud seven
hundred nnd filty dollars.
For compensation of twelve temporary clerks,
two nt fourteen hundred dollars, four nt twelve
hundrod dolían, and six at one thousand dollars,
ri mossnngcr nt
ourtoon thous
and one hundred dollar*.
For arrearages to ettra clerks authorised to
be omployed in said office, to first nf December
next, four hundred nnd thirty fivo dollars.
For compensation of the Fourth Auditor, und
each, per annum, nnd a temporary
fivo hundrod dollars per annum, fo
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the oler s, mes' euger, nuu una.stunt messenger,
in his office, twenty thousand lour hundred dol-
lars.
For compensation of the Fifth A editor, nnd
tho clerks and messenger in his bllice, fifteen
thousand six hundred dollars.
For compensation of the Treasurer of the Uni-
ted States, mid tho clerks mid messenger iu his
office, thirteen iIioumuiiiI seven hundred and fifty
dolíais.
For compensation of the Register of the Trea-
sury, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant
messengers, in his office, thirty thousand two
hundred dollars.
For compensation of tho Solicitor of the
Treasury, and tho clerks and messenger in his
office, thirteen thousund six hundred and fifty
dollars.
For compotiBntlon of tho Commissioner of the
Customs, and the clerks und messenger in his
office, including fivo additional clerks, at one
thousntid dollars each per annum, sixteen thou-
sand fivo hundrod dollars.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OK THE TBEAS1KV DEPART-
MENT
In the office of the Secretary uf the Treasury.
For copying, labor, blank hooks, utulionory,
scaling ships' fegillers, imm-looii : C^rtign lan-
1 C'.-Jf >t ir ' u,.. pi, tllu '
accounts, earrytng tho Department '¡.nils, extra
clerk hire for preparing ui'd collecting inforiqu-
tion to be luid belore Congruas, filtren thousand
two hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous expenses, two thousand
( it'llt hundred dollars.
In the office of the First Comptroller.
For furniture, one hundred dollars.
For blank books, binding, stationery, print-
ing, and labor, out) thousand soven hundred
dolíais.
For contingent expenses of tho office of the
First Comptroller of tho Treosury, required in
consequence uf tho transfer of one-half of the
contingent fund to theofficoof tho Commission-
er of Customs, said trntisler having boon author-
ized by the fourteenth sectiun of thu act creat-
ing tho office of Commissionor of Customs, ap-
proved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-
nine, fivo hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous itoms, three hundred dol-
lars.
In the office of the Second Comptroller.
For blank books, binding, stationery, nnd
priming blanks, including pay for the National
lntclligi ncer and Union, to be filed, bound, and
preseived lor tho use of tho office, suViii hun-
dred dollars.
For labor, office furniture, and miscellaneous
items, night hundred dollars.
For the oxponse of making investigation and
taking testimony in tho cascol'nu alleged fraud
by an officer of tho Quartermaster's Department
at Evanavlile,' Indiana, two hundred and fifty
dollars.
In the office of the Fiat Audit >r.
For blank books, binding, stationery, priniin?
blanks, and labor, one thousand two hundred
dollars.
For easng for records, documents, ami official
papers i reserved in th" office, and neci ,'Sary lor- ¡
iiiturn, oti'e thousand dollars; and I'nr two lii■ n- j
died dollars in nldi'ion ti t-limdnrv now re-;
eeived liv the recording clerk in the First Au-j
ditor's office.
For miscellaneous items, three hundred dol-'i
lavs.
In the office of th'' Second .'1 mil tur.
For blank books, binding, stationery, labor,
office furniture, printing blanks, including pi> '
for tilo Republic and Union, tobe filitl, hound,
and preserved for the use of the office, and mis-
cellaneous items, ono thousand liv hundred
dollar...
In the office of the Third Auditor.
For blank hunks, binding, stationery, print-
ing, office furniture for extra eli rks, and labor,
one thousand seven hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous items, three hundred dol-
lars.
For preparing document room, arranging ami
preserving liles and paper*, two thousand dol-
lars.
In tht office of the Fourth Aulitor.
For blank books, binding, prioiing, statione-
ry, and lab r, s v li hundred and lilt) Hollars.
For in Í9C ol ¡ it 111 uus items, two hundred dollars.
In the office of the Fifth Auditor.
For blank books, binding, sintiom ry, and la-
bor, lour hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For miscellaneous items, three hundred and
fifty dollars.
In the office of the Trcaiurcr.
For bl ink boms, bunting, stationery, labor,
and printing, onu th lusaud dollars.
For mide lUncous items, live hundrod dollnrs
In the office of the liegittcr.
For blun'4 boo as, binding, stationery, and ia-
hor, including printing of blank ccrlilicatcs for
registry, ourol uents. and licenses of vessels,'
and oilier blanks lor lile use of iho collectors oi
customs, tlirou lliousilid dolíais.
For miscellaneous iionis, one thousand dol-
lars.
In the office of the Solicitor.
For blank books, binding, stationery, print-
ing circulars, and biurik forms for reports ol dis-
trict nttomovs, clerks of couris, and marshals,
and labor, one thousaud and fifty dollars.
For miscellaneous items, iwohundrod dolíais.
For statutes and reports, including thoso of
the several States, one thousand dollars.
For official seal, with press and fixtures, two
hundred and fifty dolla s.
In the officc of the Commissioner of Customs.
For blank books, binding, st itionery, print-
ing, anil labor, one thousund soven hundred dol-
lars.
For miscellaneous items, throe,hundred dol-
lars.
For furniture, five hundred dollars.
For compensation of the enperintendent and
eight watchmen of the south east F.xecittive
building, throe thousand four hundred and twen-
ty dollars.
' For contingent expenses of said building, vis i
for labor, fuel, and light, fourteen thousand six
hundrod dollars. ,
For rent, fuel, watching, and miscellaneous ex-
penses ol additional b ildings lor accommoda-
tion of officers of tho Treasury Department,
seven lliousilid five hundred and filty dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
For compensation of the Secretary of ihd In-
terior, and his chief clcrk, eight thousand dol-
lars.
For compensation of clerks and messengers,
fourteen thousand two hundred dollars! Pro-
vided, That the first p oviso in the act of May
twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty, enti-
tled "An act to supply deficiencies in tho ap-
propriations for the service of the fiscal yenrond-
tng June thirtieth, eighteen hudred mid fifty,"
be, and tho samo is hereby repealed.
For compensation of the Commissioner of the
Genoral hand Office, nnd tho recorder, draughts-
man, assistant draughtsman clerks, messengers,
assistant messengers and packers, iu his office,
ninety-two thousand soven hundrod nnd eighty,
eight dollars and seventy-fivo cents. That tlie
assistant messengers,l iborersnnd packers of the
(} neral Land Office, shall, from nnd alter the
first day of July, oighteen hundred and fifty, re-
ceive at the rale of fivo hundred dollars per an-
num for their services.
For compensation of three temporary clerks,
authorized by the seventh section of the net of
third .March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine,
three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For compensation of Commissioner of tndian
Affairs, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant
messenger in hitoffice, eighteen thousand soven
hundred dollnrs.
For compensation of the Commissioner of Pen-
sions, snd the clinks nnd messengers io his of-
fice, thirty-four thousand two hundred and thir-
ty-four dollars; tho salary of tho principal mes-
No.
senger being hereby rulaed to a< von hundred
dollars; ami the salary of the assistant mesen-
gi r to five hundred dollars, to bo computed from
the first day of July last.
CON.TlNliK.NT EXPENSES OK THE UU'ARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR.
j In the office of the Secretary of the Interior, vis:
For books, stationery, furniture, and other
coiitingeiiccs, eight th nisand dollars.
For library, maps,&e., livo thousand five hun-
dred d illars.
In the office of the Commissioner of the General
Land Office.
For tract books, patent records, parchment re-
cords of correspondence, stationery, including
blank hooks and hi nk forms for the disiric
land officers, advertising land iales, b'nding
plats, field notes, &c., office furniture, nnd re-
pairs of the same, and puy of laborers employed
in the offico, und miscellaneous ¡turns, twenty-
five thousund six hundred and twenty-five dol-
lars.
In the officc of the Commissioner of hulian Affairs.
%r blank books, binding, and stationery,fivo
hundred dollurs.
For labor, ono hundred dollars.
In the office of the Commissioner of Pensions.
For stationery, prin in/blank lorms, regula-
tions, and circulars, and lor advertising, for lur-
nituro, und binding, four thousand five hundred
dollnrs.
For miscellaneous items, three hundred dol-
lars.
For compensation of superintendent and four
watchmen ol the building occupied by the Sec-
retary ol the Interior, one thousand seven hun-
ured dollnrs.
For labor, fuel, light, and incidental expenses,
two thousund two hundred dollars.
war department.
For compensation of the Secretary of War.
and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messen-
ger, in his office, seventeen thousaud eight hun-
dred and fifty dollars.
For compensation of tho clerk and messenger
In the office of the Commanding General, one
thousand live liundrcd dollars.
For compensation ot the clerks nnd messen-
ger in the office of the Adjutant General, ten
thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.
For comp' iisntion of thu clurks und messen-
ger iu the odien of the Quurt'iruiasicr General,
twelve thousund ihrcr hundred dollars.
Forcoinpcii8utiou of the clcrksund ineswiiger
in the office of clothing and equipage, Philadel-
phia, four thousand and forty ilollurs.
For compensation of tho clerk sand messenger
in the office of the PaymnsterGeneral, nine thou-
sand nine hundred dollnrs.
For compensation of tli" clorks and meas ngi r
iu tlio office of the Commissary Gi neral of Sub-
sistence, six thousand eight hundred dollars.
For competí•tulion of the clerks and messenger
iu tile ollic of the Chief engineer, live thousainl
[nine hundred and fitly dollars;] and the salary
of the book-keeper nnd accountant in the said
office is hereby raised I rom one thousand to
twelve hundred a.ill filly dollars.
For compen ationot the clerks and mo sengcr
in li Iliee of the Surgeon General, threu thou- I
san ! hundred ..nil liItv dollars.
For compensation of the ccrks nnd messenger
in the offiee of the Colonel of Ordnance, eight
lliousan . K'X hundred and fil'iy dollars.
I'm eomp li' ilion of the clerks und messenger
in the Durea i of Topogr pliicnl Fnginccrs, four
thousand nine hundred dollars. Th it tho sum
of nine huillín d and sixty-oncdollursnnd lorty-
four cents heretofore impropriated lor clerical
service in tilo Quartermnsti r ttioiuriil'* office,
and which remains unexpended, be p i id under
the direction of the Qaartermtist'r General t>
the pi rsons who perform the duties for which
tho appropriation was made.
Contingencies of the 11 ur Department.
For tho incidental and contin .cut expenses of
s ¿i i i; I.'i i partnient, and the v. rious offices and bu-
reans connected therewith.
In the office of the Secretary of Jl'ar..
For bl iu\ books, binding, station'ry, labor,
and prin ing, and u wspapers end p r o.Ileal:..
one ti foar hundred and fifty dollars.
For b ioi.s, maps, and plans, oiio thousand
dul11rs.
Fo extra cler'.inin 'lie War Department, one
thousand fivo hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous items, five hundred and
fi.ty dollars.
In the offiee of tlie Commanding General.
For miscellaneous items, three hundred dol-
lars.
In the office of the Adjutant General.
For printing army register and orders, blank
hooks, binding, and stationery, ono ihousund
two huiidrcd dollars.
For miscellaneous items, three hundred dol-
lars.
In the office of the Quartermaster General, m-
cluling the office at Phil'idel/thia.
For blun'i books, binding, and stationery,
printing, advertising, labor, and fuel, one thou-
sand nnd fi ly dollars.
For office rent at Philadelphia, fivo hundrod
dollars.
For miscellaneous items, fotirhundrod dollars.
In the office of Paymaster General.
For'blnnk.books, binding, nnd stationery,one
thousand dollars,
For miscellaneous items, fourhundred dollnrs.
In the officc of Commissary General of Subsistence
For blank books, binding, stationery, print-
ing, advertising, and labor, two thousand four
hundrod doll rs.
For miscellaneous itoms, ono hundred and
fifty dollars.
In the office of Chief Engineer.
For blank boo'ts, binding. Btulionory, and
printing, seven hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous items, including twenty
dollars for ono year's subscription for two daih
Washington newspapers, three hundred dollars
hi the offiee of the Surgeon General.
For blank books, binding, stationery, print-
ing. and fuel, two hundred and ten dollars.
For miscellaneous ¡tenis, sixty-five dollars.
In the office of Colonel of Ordnance.
For blank hooks, binding, stationery, and
printing, five huml cd dollars.
For miscellaneous items, thrco hundred and
fifty dollars.
In the linreau of Topographical Engineers.
For blank books, binding, stntlonory, and la-
bor, seven hundred and fifty dollars
For miscellaneous items,five hundred dollars.
For compensation of supirintendent and four
wntchmen of the north-west xccutivo building,
one thousnnd seven hundred nnd ten dollars.
For contingent expenses of said building, viz:
for labor, fuel und light, two thousand four hun-
dred dollars.
For miscellaneous items, one thousand six
hundred dollars.
For rent of the houso on the north-west corner
of F nnd Seventeenth streets, nnd wanning all
tho rooms iu it, for each room one hundred anil
seventy-five dollars, twenty-one thousand eight
hundred und soventy-five dollars.
navv ' epartment.
For compensation of the Secretary of the Na-
vy, nnd the clerks, messenger, and assistant
messenger in his office, twonty-ono thousund
tune hundred and fifty dollars,
For compensation of the Chief of Bureau oi
Nnvy Ynrris nnd Docks, nnd of tho civil engi-
neer, draughtsman, clerks, and messeng r in
his office, eleven thousand four hundred dnl'nr«
For compensation of the Ch¡"f of the HurRau
of Ordnnnee nnd Hydogrnphv, and of tli'
draughtsmen, clerks, and messenger, in his ol-
fice, nine thousand four hundrod dollars.
For compensation of the Chiof ef the Bureau
on. thotuenA fon ving.WW, nlli;w> r."
two hundred dollars
of Cons ruction, Equipment and Repairs, andoi
the assistant cousiruclor, draughtsmen, clerks,
and messenger in his office, thtrtoen tiiousuiid
six hundred dollars.
For compensation of the Chief Navul Con-
structor, ami of the Engineer in Child, six thou-
sand ddlars. .
Fur compensation of the clerk* and messen-
ger in the Bureau of Provisions mid Clothing,
six ihousund five hundred dollnrs; the annual
coinpciieation of tho assistant book keeper be-
ing increased two hundred dollars.
For the ulilltlul «alary of the Chief of the Bu-
reau of Med.icinc und Surgí ry, three thousand
dollurs.
For nricars of salary of the chief of the Bu-
reau of Medicine and Surgery, pdivided by the
■ at of th r.l March, eightoi n huí: i'ud und forty-
nine. five hundred dollar*.
For compensation uf tho Assistant Surgeon,
clerks, and messengers, in the off/ u of the Chief
of the llurcaa of Medicino utiú *3urgery, lour
thousand three hundrod dollurs.
CO.NTINOENCtES OF THE NAVV DftlTMtXT.
For contingencies of the N ivDepartment,
nod all tho Uureutis couu<ictudth'^v>villi,name-
ly I Fbr blank bouks, bin ling, ijjk.Jjry, print-
l Sd "! 1 -jmtl.
For compensation of superintendent and three
watchmen ot tho southwest executive building,
uno thousand seven hundred und fifty dollars,
tho sala y ol the three watchmen being increas-
ed from three hundred and sixty-five dollars to
live huiulrid dollars each, pi r milium, from first
of July, eighteen liuudr. d and fifty.
For contingent expenses of said Vuilding,
namely labor, f'uol and light, onu thotuund six
hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For m scellaiieous items, otio thoumnd ono
hundrod and fifty dullura.
postoffice department.
For compensation of tho Postmuatcr General,
six thousand dolíais.
surveyors general A\'d their clv.ris.
For compensation of tho Surveyor Oenerul
norih-w( st of the Ohio, nuil the clerks i i Ins ol-
lice, eight thousand three hundred dollirs.
For compensation of the Surveyor General of
Illinois and Missouri, and tile clerkain his( ffioe,
fivo thousand eight hundred and twetitj dollars
For compensation of tho Surveyor (jeiierul of
Louisiana, and tho clerks in h s office, four
thousaud five liundrcd dollars.
For compensation of the Surveyor Genoral of
Florida, and ilie clerks iu his oliice, five thou-
sand five hundred dollars,
F ir compon* 'tion of the Surveyor General ol
Wisconsin and I iwa, and tli'' clorts iu hi of-
fice. eight thousand tli eo hundred dollnrs.
For clerks in the offices ul tho Surveyor lien-
oral, to be iippin-.iniii d to them according to th"
(Xig ncicsol the public service, ,nd, if neces-
sary, to be employed ill treiiscr liing field notes
ul surveys, for the purpose ol preserving ilioin
at the ae.it of Govornuiotit, twenty thousand
dollars. '
For compensation of Surveyor General of Ar-
k usas, per act of eighth ol August, eighteen
hundred and lorty-stx. two thousand doll ils.
For compensation of cler >s in hi* office, per
■ ct of eighth ol August, eighteen htiii .r d i.nd
orty-six, six thou und three hillidrcc cullers.
For re-survi ying and corn cling erroneous
surveys in Michigan, at a ruto not exceeding six
dollurs per mile, twenty thousand duliurs.
MINT OF THE UN IT ID STATES.
A t Philadelphia ■
Fur salaries of tli ■ utnciur, treasurer, chief
coiner, uas.iyer, inciter und rentier, engruvor. as-
sistant usnuycr, und heir clerks, iw. nty-une
thousand dudare, und tliu employment of un ud-
ditiunal clerk at twclvo hundred dollars pi r un-
ni-rit, ii: h-esW.mi'l- r - V- -*>-
For wages uf wurnuicii, thirty tA'o thousand
dollurs.
For incidental ant! contingent .xponses, in-
cluding fuel, innlerials, stationer), water lent,
repairs, and Wastage, in udditiun to available
luuds on hand, twenty-live thousand dollnrs.—
Provided, Tll.it to oti.ib u the President o. ill
United Status to obtain lor the United Slates, il
lie shall deem it cxpi diunl tu do so, the right to
uso the iuipioved methods of refilling iirgcnll-
lorous gold bullion, recently discover.d and be-
ing patent! <i to lí. ¡S. McCulloch und James C.
IJoothe, or thu r gill to use uny oiler method oi
accomplishing llic same ubjocl which may be
hereallcr discovered and patented there be ap-
propriated ihu sum of twenty-live thousand
doliurs.
For fipcrimons of ores nnd coins, to bo reserv-
ed at tho .Mint, three hundrod dullurs.
The Seerotiify ol th Treasury be, and he is
hereby, authorized and directed to contract, up-
on thu moil rouauiiabln terms, with the proprie-
tors ol sumo wull established assaying works,
now iu successful operation Iu California, upon
satisfactory security, to be judged by tho Scc-
retu'y of ihe Tn usury, who hill, under tli o su-
pervision of the United S ales Assnyor to be ap-
point! d liy tilo President, by nnd with thu ad-
vice and consent ol the Senate, perform such
dutlea in assaying and fixing tho value of gold
in grain nnd lumps, and iu tunning tho same in-
to bnr.«, ns shall lie prescribed by the >S crctury
ol the Treasury, und that tho suit! United States
Ass.iyor shall causo the stamp ol the Unit d
States, indicating tho degree ol fineness und
value, to bu affixed tu euch bar or ingot of gold
th t may lie issued from thu estub.'shioeiil. Pro-
way
riled, '1 hat the United States shall not bu held
sponsible lor the losa ol any fold deposited
with said proprietors lor asa.iy. And provided
further. That tho salary of s<id Adnyer shall
be fixed by thu Secretary of tho Treusury, not
to exceed five thous nd dollars.
Al Charltote, North Carolina.
For snlitriesul superintendent, collier, nasayer,
and clcrk, six thous Jid dollars.
For wages of workmen, three thousand five
hundred do lura.
For incidental and contingent expenso*, in-
eluding fuel, materials, stationery, repairs und
Wastage, two thousand ouu bundled dollars.
For repairing tho wall of the ditch in front of
tho Mint, and lor making other.rcpuits iu and
about tho lot, and for painting, one thousand
dollur*.
At Dahlonega, Georgia, H .*
For salaries ol sup rintendo .i, coiner, assay-
er. and clerk, six thousand dollur*.
For wagea of workmen, throe thousnnd six
hundred dollars.
For incidunt d nnd contingent oxponse*, in-
cluding f <el, material, stationery, repairs, and
wastage, two thousand dollars.
At Ken Orleans.
For salaries ol superintendent, tronsuror, na-
sayer. coiner, mollar, nnd refiner, and clerks,
si venteen thoiisiltd three hundred dollars—the
salary of tho Treasurer being hereby increased
Irom lirst July, eighteen hundred und filty, to
lour thousaud dollars; the salary of chief clerk
to eighteen hundrod dollars! of the other clerk
to fifteen hundred dollars; and thn employment
of an addition il clerk at fifteen hundred dolían
is hereby authorized.
For wagea of workmen, twenty five thousntid
dollars.
For incldo'ital nnd conting nt c xpr uses In nd-
ditioil to available funds oil batid, twenty three
th inland seven hundred and seventy seven dol
lars.
For new machinery, thirteen thousand dollars.
Tf.nnlTORV OF NEW MÍXICO.
For *nlurie« of Governor nnd Superintendent
of 1 nd in ri Afi'iirs, tbrnu Judges mid Secretary,
nine thousand, seven hundrod dollars.
For contingent expenses of Raid Territory,
one thousand dollars.
For compensation nnd mileage of members nf
tjogisl itivu Assembly, clerkB, officers, nud con-
tingent expenses of the Aasemb.y, twentj-four
thousand dollnrs.
For library for said Territory, five thousand
dollars: Proiilel, That the library fur th Ti r-
rit irte of New Mexico nnd Utah «hall b- p .r
•based bv agents to h' nppoiittnd by the Presi-
dent of thn Un t< d States.
Far public bnildings lor th-. Territory of . w
Mexico twenty thous. nil dollar*! Provided, how-
ever, That no'purl of tho said appropriations for
the Territory of New Mexico ahull be expend-
ed until the State ol Toxin ahull have agreed to
iho terina of tho net ol Congress, on till i d "An
act propoaiug to the Stnto of Texn* the csinh-
lialiuient ul her northern und weaieru bou Hila-
rle , the relinquiahment by the an id Stuto of nil
territory cluiim d by hor, exterior to said boun-
daries und of nil hj^r claims upon tho Uuit' d
State*, iin,| to establish a territorial government
for New Mexico."
OuVEKNMENTS IN THE TERRITORIES OF Or.EUON
AND MINES! TA.
Territory of Oregon.
For salarie* ul Governor, throe judges, nud
s crotary, ten thousand live hundred do lura.
For sulnry of Superintendent of Indian Af-
fairs, three Indian agents, nnd fur offico rent,
wood nud lights, stationery und clork hire, tun
thousand dollur*.
For contingent expense* of said territory, one
thouannd fivo hundrod dollar*.
I'or compensation and inilengo of member* of
the Legislative Assembly, officer*, clorks, und
contingent expense of the Assembly, twenty
•tout; thousand dollars.
Fo* taking at itta JecrJtifcyi
gon, under tho net Ol fourteenth August, eigíi
teen hundred and lorty-oight,onu ihousund live
hundred dullurs.
Territory of Mintsola.
For snlnrios ot Governor end Superintendent
of Indian All'uirs, tlireo judges, and secretary,
nine thouiitnd seven Hundreddollars.
For contingent espouses of luid territory, one
thousand dollurs.
For componía tion and mileago of members ot
the Legislative Assembly, officers, clerks, nud
contingent expenses of the Assembly, twenty
lour thoustnd dollnrs.
That the accounting officors bo empowered to
audit, iiiijtifit, nuil allow thn public printers oi
Minnesota Tcriitory for printing thu Constitu-
tion of the United States, nnd such pnrls ul the
laws of ihe United Slates us relate to the north-
west territory, nnd the laws of Wisconsin in
■force in snitl territory by provision of the net or-
ganizing It; tho said accounts to lie subjected
io iho siune rules and principles us urn prescrib-
ed by the act of \ugust twenty ninth, eighteen
hundred und forty two, lor oilier territorial ac-
count*.
JUDICIARY.
For salaries of thu Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court, und the eight a&uciutu justices,
forty une thuusiind dullurs.
For salaries nt the distric judges, sixty threo
thousand si ven hundred dollnrs.
For salaries ol ihu chiel justices of the Dls.
trlci ol Columbia, thu nssuciuto judges, the
judges ul Hie criminal ntitl orphan's cuurts, ten
ihotiHand sevii hundred dollar..
For an addition to the silurv of the jtidgo of
tin iirjih iii's court of the District ol Columbia,
(which is hereby increased to fifteen hundred
dollura per annum.) tivu hundred dollar'.
For salaries of tho Attorney Ociiornl, und the
clerk nnd messenger iu his office, eight thou-
sand three hundred dollurs—Hie siilury of the
messenger in his office In lug hen by iiiereuscd
to seven hundred d illars per annum, from lirst
July, eighteen hundred and filly; und the silu-
ry ol the Attorney General being hereby in-
creused losix thousund ilollurs per uniiuin from
:hu samo day.
To n imhurso to Revenly Johnson, luto A ttor-
ncy General ol tho Unitid Suites, the nuiouiil
p iid hy him out uf his private funds fur the so -
vices of a clcrk employed for public purposes,
ill public duties, eight hundred and sixty six
dollars and fifty nitio cunts.
For the salary of tin ndditlonnl clerk in iho
Attorney General's offico, two thousand dnll.ara.
For contingent < xpOriács ol the Itííiee ot the
Attorney General, five hundred dollars.
For tho purchase of law hooks nnd ihe neces-
sary hook eases lor stiid office, uno lliuusaud five
hundred dollars.
For salary of tho reporter of the decisions of
tho Supreme Court, thirteen hundred dollars, if
ore vainille only of tho reports ahull bu iiublish-
cd. as heretofore) nnd iu caso the Supreme
Court shall direct him to publish two volume*,
then thn sum of thirteen hundred dnllnrs fur
euch volume so published.
For compensation of tho district attorneys, be-
ing two h ii ii il rod dollnrs inch, as proscribed by
luiv, eight thousand four hundred dollars.
For compensation of thu murabais, soven
thousand dollars.
For defraying tho exponaos of iho Supreme,
Circuit, and District Courtsof the United Stales,
including tho District of Columbia, and also for
jurors and witnesses, iu aid of thu fund arising
from fines, penalti' , and forfeitures incurred in
the fiscal yonr ending J uno thirtieth, eighteen
hundred nnd fifty one, and previous yours, nnd
ikowiso for defraying tho expenses of suit* in
which the United Stales tire concerned, and of
prosecutions for offences committed against iho
Unitid States, and for the safo keeping of pri-
soner-, five huiidrcd and fifty «even th lusand
five hundred nnd thirty seven dollars
For compensation for the clerk of the District
Judge ol Florida, employ ed In kceplngnnd mak-
ing irnnscrip's of thn records of the decisions of
said Judge in certain mutters submitted to him
by the Secretary of the Tronsury, tho compen-
sation for said service to lie audited nnd nllow-
lol hv the Seeretnry of the Treasury, nine hun-
dred dollars.
LIGHT IJnUSE ESTABLISHMENT.
For Biipplj in# light liuiisus, cuntnitiiiig
lortv -tlireo dollars und oigUty-ono c^ma.hp-
propriatud ubove fur light linuso ptirptMi'tt,
twclvo thousand ihree hundred mid filly-
tltrue dollnrs nnd sixty cents: Provided,
I'lttit collectors whose eotiiponsution excocds
iwenty-fivo hundred dollars shnll receive no
compensation ns.superintendente of lights,
or disbursing ngents.
For eflnijileiing Iho light homs on Waii-
goshuuee, Lake Michigan, twenty thousand
liio huiuli'ud und eighty dollars.
l'or completing the light houso on MinntV
lliiek,'IioKton turbar, five thousand dollnrs.
For completing (ho light house ( it Bj-un-
dywine Sliuttl, Duluwuro B;iv, throo ihou-
sund dollurs.
Fur repttir of dnmngBs, caused by the late
storm, to ihe light on/'Brundy\v|ne Shuu,!,"
two thousund ilollurs,
For completing life light bous# on Black-
shm's lslwd. Potomac lliver,
thousand
For refunding to the sum
pri:ilion tlm nmouttl trnnsferr«>_
on ihe application of the Cnma.T
tho General Land Office, by tha f
of the Treasury, to the con tinge
thai office, for the service of th« __
ending thirtieth of June, eighteen i
and forty-nine^ fur the pnymenl of c
ing litibiliiiea of that fund, coirir
Iho Uenernl Land Office, before i
of Morrh, eighteen hundred nnd f
beyond the «mount nttyrnprlai
year, and to be carried to the <
general surveying fund,
seven hundred nnd aeve
forty-six cents.
i.NTKitcornsti with ronEtoN
For sulnrios of the Mini*
led States to (¡rent Britnir
sin, Prussia, Spain
Chili, seventy-two
Jul-
fort reef, coist of Pi or id a, thirty- ^ thou-
snnd dullurs. \ V
BOsrlTAM,
For completion of ih<^ innrine hospital nt
Chicago, Illinois, (ifteotV thousand dollnrs.
For completion of |he nvtrino hospital ni
Louisville, Kouiticky,five thousnnd dollurs.
For furnishing said ho-pitul, seven thou-
sund dollurs.
For completion of the marine hospital hi
Pittsburgh, now under conetructlon, ten
thousnnd one hundred and forty-uiue dollars
uiitl I'ortv-Uvo cenis.
For inclosing thu sito of said marine hos-
pital with wooden fence, for filling up nnd
levelling the lot, and constructing sewers,
for supplying tho building with water, nnd
uroteeling ihe bank of ihe lot on the Ohio
lliver, eleven thousand six hundred and
four <lollnrs,
For furnishing mnrino hospital nt Pitte-
hnrtr. Pciiiis) Ivniriti, seven thousand dollurs.
For completion ol'the marine hospital ill
Cleveland, Ohio, eight thousand dollars.
For furnishing s iid marino hospital, sov-
en ih'itisaud doliurs. .
For grading, piling, etc., that portion nf
ihe s.J.l marino hospital silo nt Cleveland,
IV. tiling the hike, in order to protect the
bank Irom tlie encroachment of thn water,
and secure ihe hospital edifice, five Ihou-
sund dollars.
Fur rep airs tinil improvements of marine
hospital ul Mobile, Alabama, two thousand
ihree hundred and thirty dollars,
To t:ill in tlie construction of a marine
linipitnl nt ISvansvillo, Indiana, ten thou-
sand dollars.
To aid in the construction of u marine
hospital nt Vieksburg, Mississippi, ten thou-
sand dollars.
For repairs and improvements of marine
hospital at Key Wait, Florida, six hundred
dollars.
For completion of marine ho.-pftul M Pi
duc.ih, seven thousand siVhundred S*íi
twenty-five dollars,
I'.r completion of marine hospital nt
Natchez, two thousand two hundred nnd
filiv dollars.
For completion of innriue hospital nt Na-
poleon, Aik-insiis, ten thousand two hun-
dred and fiity dollars.
For repairs nnd improvenv it's of marine
hospitnlnt Now Orleans, five thousand live j
hundred dollars. I
For Ihe construction of a marine hospital,
lo be located by Ihn Secretary of llm Tren.1
sury, nt or near San Francisco, in thu State
of C i li furnia, fifty thousaud dollars.
Forihe purchase of Greenwood's Island,
near Pascngoula, Mississippi, lately made
liv the Surgeon General, under thu order uf
General Twiggs, for the location of a mili-
tary hospital, five tlfrmsnnd dollars.
suHVEVs op puiir.ii' lands.
For surveying the public lands, in addi-
tion to the unexpended balance of former
appropriations, vizi
Fi r surveying tho public lauds, includ-
ing incidental expenses lo be apportioned
to iho several districts according lo the ex-
igencies of ihe public service, the part to
bo applied to thu surveys of the mineral re-
gion of Michigan, Wisconsin, nnd Iowa, nnd
in tho resurvovs required by tho location
nnd survey ol private claim* m Florida, to
be distributed nt augmented rules,one hun-
lega-
undrcd
an, nnd
fifteen
tion to the «nina pli
dnllnrs. ,•
For salary of Minlstor resident to Í
key, six thousand dollurs.
For salary of the dragoman T
linn to Turkey, two thousand I
dollars.
For salary an nssistnnt drag
secretary, to legation to Turke
hundred dollars* \
Fur outfiit of Charge^ des
Portugal, N«w Grenada,\Guutemali
Euendor, eighteen thousnnqdollurs.
Fur sulnry and ouifit of ylnrga de
('aires to Nicaragua, nine th\isand d
For salaries of Charges des A0V
Portugal, Austria, Denmark, gweden,
land, Belgium, N iples, S.irdiiih, the "
States, Peru, New Grenada, Vene
Buenos Ay res, Bolivia, Guntepiuli
E tender, seventy-two thousand: d<'
And fbr compensation to Alexaqdo
melt, fiir his services ns Charge des,
at Naples, from tho twentieth üíMityt t
en hundrod and forty-seven, tft.the
tVcfirst of June, eighteen hundred nnd
eight, four thousand eight hundred i
ont^jfivo dollnrs. :¡¡*k
Fiir contingent expenses nf all tho^nis-
sions^brond, forty ihotisnnd dollars, j
For contingent expenses of fureljfn In*
tcrcourV', thirty thousand dullurs.
For i;x|ienseH of intercourse with the
BnrborylPuwers, nine thousand dollar|.,
For st^nry of the Consul nt London, two
thousand klollttrs. To defray the exbenses
of u special agent to the three Republics o£
Venezuela, Now Grenada, nnd Eueador, to
claim of jihoso governments, respectively,
the several amounts due from eacbjpf them
on clnitnp of citizens of tho United States
against ihe former government «^Colum-
bia, two thousand dollars.
For salary of the CommissioQftr lo tho
Sandwich Islands, three, ihous
Tu Anthony Ten .
Olitl fi/ifit¡iiir(iiit «vnniiCMi! r, u
three thousand one hundred nnd ten lamps, dred and futeen thousand dollnrs.
willi oil, tube glasses, wicks, bull' skins,
whiting, and cotton cioth, transportation
and other expenses thereon, nnd lor repair-
ing nud keeping iu repair thu lighting ap-
paratus, uno hundred und forty-soven thou-
sand lour hundred und seventy -four dollurs
and nineteen cents.
For providing surf boats, life bonis, nud
other inuuns for tho preservation of lile und
property shipwrecked on the coast of the
Untied States, ten thousund dollars, to be
exp nded under tha control nntl direction of
tlio Secretary of the Treasury.
For repairs nnd incidental expenses, re-
filling, nnd improvements of light .houses,
and buildings connected therewith, eighty-
lour thousnnd six hundred und thirty dol-
lnrs and sixty cents.
For salaries of threo hundred nnd two
keepers of light houses, und twenty nssist-
unts, (twenty-live ol them charged with
duiililu ttnil two wilh triplo lights,) nnd in-
cluding olio thousand two hundred dull .rs
fur salary uf nn inspector of lights on the
upper lakes, one hundred nntl twenty -sin-
on thousund lour hundred and forty -eight
dollars und thirty-three cents.
For salaries oi' forty keepers of floating
lights, twenty-one thousand seven hundred
.ml fi ty dollars.
For sen men's wages, repairs and supplies
of liirtv fluati.ig lights, snvenly-ono thou-
sand three h uidrcd nud ninety dollnrs nnd
seventy-seven cents.
For expenses of weighing, nnoring.
:le i using, repairing losses ol beacons, buoy s.
hain«, nnd sinkers, ihirty-nine thousand
lour hunilrot%nnd forty-nine dollars nnn
ninety-two cents.
For expenses of superintend* nis in visit-
ing light houses nuiiuully, und reporting
their cotiilili ii, two thous nd dollnrs.
Fir superintendents' commissions, nt two
ind n hill' per cent., on tho four hundred
and nineU'futir thousand ono hundred snd
■PPÜPÜHL _ _____ .__ rpr „ .
tary to said mission, two thousand five hun-
For completing the surveys of tho towns
n-ul villages in Missouri, mimed in the nets
of eighteen hundred and twelve nnd i i){h-
teen hundred nnd twenty four, including
office work, two thousand dollars.
Fur the survey of-private claims in Flo-
rida, under the net of twr nty eighth of
June, eighteen hundred and forty eight, in-
cluding iho work now under coiitruct, fif-
teen thousand dollars.
For surveying i a Louisiana, vizi
For Iho oulstuii^iiig liabilities of the sur-
veying di.'parltneuti in Louisiana, exclusive
of tho Greonsburg district, thirty thousnnd
five hundred nnd fifty dollars.
For the outstnnding liabilities of thn sur-
vey ingtl.'pnriineiit ,in iho Greensborg dis-
trict, Louisiana, three thousand two hun-
dred nnd twolve dollars.
For proposed Surveys in Louisiana, ex-
clusive of the Greénsbiirg district,t and in-
cluding office work, seventeen ihousund dol-
lars.
For proposed surveys, 'inch ding nfTieo
work, in the Greonsburgdistfiel, Louisiana,
seventeen thousand six hundred und eigh-
ty dollnrs.
Forihe mineral Innd service, to curry
• nit lite requirements of iho nets of^tlio first
and third ol' M .rclt, eighteen hundred and
f'.rl v seven, to wit:
For compensation of geologists, f.fsi<--
tniii gcologi is-, laborers, ptickmcu, el".,nml
incident .1 evpr use* attending the gcologi-
cil oMiminntion and eur.ey of thu mineral
lands iu Michigan, Wisconsin, nud luwa,
twenty thousand dollnrs.
For ruining ami marking (he northern
boundary of the Slate ol Iowa, conforma-
ble to the net of thn lliird of March, eigh-
teen hundred tiltil forty-nine, fifteen thou-
sand dollars.
For running nnd marking the meridian
boundary between Wisconsin nnd Minnc-
t.'.la, fix hundred dollars.
dollars.
^ — and
contingent expenses ns Commissioner to tho
S.iud\viyh Islán s, for iho yoar coding De-
cember Ithirty-first, eighteen hundred and
forty-nine, threo thousnnd nine hundred and
twenty-two dollnrs#and eighly-sovcn cents.
To Cnarlos E tines, for additional com-
pensnlioti ns lute Commissioner lo the Snnd-
wii'h Islands, in pursuance of the recom-
nieudat ion of t lie Department of Slate, thrco
thousand dollnrs.
For interpreters, guards, nnd othor ex-
penses of iho consulates at Constantinople,
Smyrna, and Alexandria, one thoasandiivo
hundred dollars.
For.the expenses of iho agent of tho
Sublime Porle, tan thousand dollars,, to be
disbursed under tho direction ol the Secre-
tary of Stale.
For office rent of ihe Consul nt B.tlse,
ill Switzerland, ono hundred dollnrs.
Fór salary of a Commissioner to iesido
in China, including the nddiliounl compen-
sation under thu act of the eleventh, of Au-
gust, eighteen hundred und forty-eiglit, six
thousand dollars.
For salary of tho intorproter nnd socro-
ry to said n
dred dollars.
For compensation of the Consuls at tho
five porls in China, viz: Kwnug-chow,
Amuy, Fuchow, Ningpo, nud Shaug-hni,
five ihotisnnd dollars.
For snlnry of Consul General at Alexan-
dria, three ihotisnnd dollars.
For clerk hire, office rent, and other ex-
penses of tho offiee of tho Consul at Lon-
don, two thousand eight hundred dollnrs.
For sulnry uf the Consul at Beirut, five
hundred dollurs.
For relief nnd protection of Ajnerlcnn
seamen in foreign countries, one hundred
nnd twenty-five thousand dollars.
For additional contingent expense
foreign Intercourse, four thousand dolla
For relief of Stephen H. Watim*, In I
Consul of the United States nt Guatcmali
nud to enable him to procure a
home, twelve hundred dollnrs, to be a
ed under the direction nf tho State
llicllt. M (sc DLLANEiUS.
For iho nniiunl repairs in the nnpitol nnd
altendnnce on furnnces in crvpt, attendance
on water closets, cleaning roltwdnf for pub-
lic gardener, and laborers, and cartage on
the capítol grounds, tools, wire, twine,
lenther, nails,chains nnd posts,boxes,St raw,
whitewashing, manure, trees tor grounds,
intend nee nt the western gates ol the Cap-
itol, repairs of public stables, flagging, cn-
j closures, ele., keeping in order f
| that convey water to the capítol i
offices, nnd repairing tlnm ges by
; brooms, brushes, wooden spades, i
! cling snow, repairing abutments i
; creek, graveling the walks In III
i ground , inclosing nnd ImprovlB
1 grounds nt thn north, south,
of tho nnpitol, ihn open trk _
on Pennsylvania [avenue],for I
repairing flag pavements in th
mees, nnd western nppronc
ntfd for other incldontnl repnli
pftivemcnlr, f vent y thousnnd da
•r mutual repairs of President^
garden, and Inborers, graveling l"
in pAsidenl's square, manure, lea'
tools,etc., and repairs of fence nt I
squar^) Fountain square, PresW
ipnrt-
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