Chapter LXVI. *to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifiy-two.*July 21, 1852. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the following
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Chap. LXVI.— An Act *to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifiy-two.*July 21, 1852. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the followingAppropriations sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, namely:— For the amount required to pay reserved percentage under the contractFloating dock, &c., at Philadelphia. for the floating dock at Philadelphia, five thousand nine hundred and thirty-three dollars and sixty-eight cents. 16THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 66. 1852. For the amount required to pay for dredging the river in front of the dock basin at the Philadelphia navy-yard, twelve thousand dollars. Dry dock, &c., at Brooklyn.For the amount required to pay outstanding liabilities for labor and materials expended on dry dock, iron gates, pumps, engine-house, etc., at Brooklyn, eighty-eight thousand three hundred and six dollars and ninety-five cents. For the amount required to pay for reservations under the contract for engine, etc., for the dry dock at Brooklyn, seven thousand dollars.
Dry dock at San Francisco; may be used for merchant vessels.For completing the floating dry dock at San Francisco, California, authorized by act of third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars; and said dock may be used for the purpose of repairing merchant ships, when not in use by the government, in such manner, for such compensation, and upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy. Temporary clerks of third auditor.For compensation to temporary clerks in the office of the third auditor of the treasury employed in making out certificates of service from the muster rolls of one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and the several Indian wars, eleven thousand eight hundred dollars; which sum shall be distributed among the clerks according to the discretion of the Proviso.Secretary of the Treasury: *Provided,* That no salary from this fund shall exceed one thousand dollars per annum, except two, who shall receive twelve hundred dollars per annum.
Contingncies of third auditor.For the contingent expenses of the office of the third auditor, to pay for preparing books of transfers from the Quartermaster-General’s office, two hundred dollars. Extra clerks in P. O. department.For compensation to extra clerks employed temporarily in the office of the Auditor of the Post-Office Department, four thousand dollars. Miscellaneous.For pasting in books, prepared for the purpose, cancelled certificates of the registry and enrolments of vessels returned by the several collectors of the customs, five hundred dollars.
Annuities and grants.For annuities and grants, seven hundred and fifty dollars. Supplies of Quartermaster’s department.For the regular supplies of the Quartermaster’s Department, consisting of forage in kind for the horses, mules, and oxen of the Quartermaster’s department, at the several military posts and stations, and with the armies in the field; for the horses of the first and second regiments of dragoons, the companies of light artillery, the regiment of mounted riflemen, and such companies of infantry as may be mounted, and also for the authorized number of officers horses when serving in the field and at the outposts, seven hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars.
Transportation of army.For transportation of the army, including the baggage of the troops, when moving either by land or water; of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage, and horse equipment, from the depots at Philadelphia, St. Louis, and New Orleans, to the several posts and army depots; of subsistence, from the places of purchase, from the places of delivery under contract, to such places as the circumstances of the service may require it to be sent; of ordnance, ordnance stores, and small arms, from the founderies and armories to the arsenals, fortifications, frontier posts, and army depots; freights, tolls, and ferriage; for the purchase and hire of horses, mules, oxen, wagons, carts, drays, ships, and other sea-going vessels and boats, for the transportation of supplies, and for garrison purposes; for drayage and cartage at the several posts; hire of teamsters, transportation of funds, for the pay and other disbursing departments; the expense of sailing public transports on the various rivers, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic and the Pacific; and for procuring water at such posts os, from their situation, require that it be brought from a distance, eight hundred and ninety thousand dollars.
Horses for the army.For the purchase of horses required for the first and second regiments of dragoons, the companies of light artillery, the regiment of mounted riflemen, and such companies of infantry as may be mounted, forty thousand dollars. 17THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 66. 1852. For constructing, repairing, and enlarging barracks, quarters, hospitals,Barracks, hospitals, storehouses, &c., for the army. storehouses, stables, wharves, and ways, at the several posts and army depots; for temporary cantonments, and the authorized furniture for barrack-room of non-commissioned officers and soldiers, gun-houses for the protection of cannon, including the necessary tools and materials for the objects enumerated, and for rent of quarters and offices for officers, and barracks and hospitals for troops, where there are no public buildings for their accommodation; for storehouses for the safe keeping of military stores, and of grounds for summer cantonments and encampments, two hundred and nineteen thousand dollars.
For clothing, camp and garrison equipage, and horse equipments, forClothing equipage, &c. engineer troops, ordnance department, dragoons, riflemen, light artillery, artillery, and infantry, seventy-five thousand dollars. For subsistence in kind, two hundred and seventy-nine thousand fiveSubsistence in kind. hundred and seventeen dollars. For pay of five companies of Texas mounted volunteers, eighty thousandTexas mounted volunteers. seven hundred and forty-one dollars. For running and marking the boundary line between the UnitedBoundary line with Mexico.
States and Mexico, according to the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, eighty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That nothing herein contained shall be soProviso as to point of departure. construed as to sanction a departure from the point on the Rio Grande north of the town called Paso, designated in the said treaty. For surveying eight hundred and seventy-five miles of meridian baseLand surveys. and standard lines, meandering and survey of irregular or river lots, etc., in California, at a rate not exceeding fifteen dollars per mile, thirteen thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For subdividing land in California into townships, equal to nine hundred miles of survey, at a rate not exceeding fourteen dollars per mile, twelve thousand dollars. For subdividing fifty townships in California into sections, at a rate not exceeding twelve dollars per mile, thirty-six thousand dollars. For surveying private claims in California, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For compensation of the surveyor-general of Arkansas, per act ofOffice of Surveyor-General of Arkansas.
August eighth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, two thousand dollars. For clerks in the office of the surveyor-general of Arkansas, per act1846, ch. 106. of August eighth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, six thousand three hundred dollar’s. For surveys in the mineral region of Michigan, at a rate not exceeding six dollars per mile, twenty-four thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars. For completing the survey of the saleable lands in the Menomonee cession, and the survey of the Lake Superior region, Wisconsin, at a rate not exceeding five dollars per mile, twenty thousand dollars.
For the completion of the township lines, and the subdivisions of such of the townships as bear valuable pine timber, west of the fourth principal meridian, and between the third and fourth connection parallels, at a rate not exceeding five dollars per mile, thirty-three thousand dollars. For annual repairs of the President’s house, six hundred dollars.President’s house. For filling up and grading, etc., Franklin square, four hundred andPublic grounds in Washington. six dollars and ninety-nine cents.
To make the roads and walks, and to plant Lafayette square, two thousand dollars. To complete the improvements on the square south of the President’s house, twelve thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the grounds can be filled up and the surface completed for the sum herein appropriated, and a contract for the completion of the work, with good security, be tendered and accepted, at a sum not exceeding this amount. To supply the deficiency in the appropriation for the casual repairsCapitol.18THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 66. 1852.New Jersey Avenue.of the Capitol, one thousand five hundred dollars. For completing the improvements of New Jersey avenue, north of the Capitol, nine thousand Grounds of the Smithsonian Institution.dollars. For planting and finishing the roads and walks through that portion of the public mall surrounding the Smithsonian Institution, seven thousand dollars. Augustus Humbert.For payment to Augustus Humbert of balance of his salary as United States assayer of gold in California, under the act of thirtieth of September, eighteen hundred and fifty, twelve hundred and fifty dollars.
Extra pension clerks.For compensation of extra clerks employed in the office of the Commissioner Provisoof Pensions, twenty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That no clerk shall receive more than at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum, except, two, whose salary shall not-exceed twelve hundred dollars per annum, under this act. Indian Affairs in California.For expenses of establishing the superintendency of Indian Affairs in California, authorized by the act of third March, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, viz.:— For salary of superintendent, one thousand three hundred and eight-een dollars and sixty-cight cents.
For presents and provisions for Indians visiting superintendent on official business, one thousand dollars. For travelling expenses of the superintendent, and the necessary attendants, two thousand live hundred dollars. St. Regis Indians.For payment to the American party of St. Regis Indians, (less the sum of one thousand dollars appropriated by the act of twenty-seventh 1846, ch. 34.of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six, in pursuance of the stipulation contained in the supplemental article,) as a remuneration for moneys laid out by said tribe, and for services rendered by their chiefs and agents, in securing the title to the Green Bay lands, and in removal to the same, agreeably to the provisions of the ninth article of the treaty with the Six Nations of New York, of fifteenth of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, four thousand dollars.
Seneca Indians.For payment to the Seneca Indians of New York, for moneys wrongfully withholden from them by an agent appointed by the government for the management of their affairs, as per report of Thomas B. Stoddard, commissioner selected by the Secretary of War to make the requisite investigation pursuant to the direction contained in the fourth section of 1846, ch. 34.the act of twenty-seventh June, eighteen hundred and forty-six, making appropriations for the Indian Department, twenty-eight thousand five Proviso.
See 1852, ch. 103.hundred and five dollars and fifty cents: *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby required, upon payment of the money herein specified, to take such further steps, if any may be necessary, as shall enable the United States to recover the amount due from said agent. Reappropriation from surplus fund.For the reappropriation of the following sums carried to the surplus fund per warrants numbered twelve and thirteen, and dated respectively thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, under the following beads, viz.:— Choctaw treaty.“For carrying into effect Choctaw treaty,” act eleventh of June, eighteen hundred and forty-two,** There is no such act.
It is supposed that the act of June 4, 1832 is the one intended. ninety-five dollars and eighty-three cents. “For carrying into effect Choctaw treaty on account of lands relinquished,’1831, ch. 69 act second of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, eight hundred and twenty-six dollars and twenty-six cents. Pottawatomies.“For payment to Pottawatomies for com crop abandoned,” act third 1830, ch. 71.of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, seven hundred and forty-two dollars and fifty cents.
“For payment to Pottawatomies for twelve log houses destroyed,” act 1839, ch. 71.third of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, six hundred dollars. THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. GG. 1852.19 For interest on the amounts awarded Choctaw claimants, under theChoctaw claimants under treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. fourteenth article of the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, of twenty-seventh of September, eighteen hundred and thirty, for lands on which they resided, but which it is impossible to give them, and in lieu of the scrip that has been awarded under the act of twenty-third of August, eighteen hundred and forty-two, not deliverable east, by the third section of said law, per act of third March, eighteen hundred and forty-five, for the half year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, twenty-one thousand eight hundred dollars: *Provided*, That after the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, all payments of interest on said awards shall cease, and that the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby directed to pay said claimants the amount of principal awarded in each case respectively, and that the amount necessary for this purpose be, and the same is hereby appropriated, not exceeding eight hundred and seventy-two thousand dollars: *Provided, further*, That the final payment and satisfaction of said awards shall be first ratified and approved as a final release of all claims of such parties under the fourteenth article of said treaty, by the proper national authority of the Choctaws, in such form as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
For the purchase of presents, and to negotiate under instructions fromTexas Indians. the Secretary of the Interior, with the Indians in Texas who have intruded themselves into that State from the territories of the United States, for their removal from that State, twenty-five thousand dollars. For continuing the collection and for publishing the statistics andStatics of Indians. 1847, ch. 66. 1850, ch. 91. 1850, ch. 91. 1851, ch. 12. other information authorized by the act of third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and subsequent acts, seventeen thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the work shall be completed in five volumes, and that at least one volume shall be published in each year until the wholeProviso. series of five volumes shall be finished.
For arrearages in the cost of the preparation of the volume, for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-one, of statistics and other information authorized by the act of third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and subsequent acts, five thousand three hundred dollars. For printing, binding, etc., six hundred copies of the first volume of the foregoing work, for distribution among new members, six thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars. For this sum, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to satisfy theCreck Indians. claims of the Creek Indians for mills stipulated to be furnished under the fifth article of the treaty of the fourteenth of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, four thousand dollars.
For expenses of removal and subsistence of Pottawatomies of Indiana,Pottawatornies of Indiana. ($22,500,) twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars. For expenses of removal and subsistence of Choctaws, ($50,000,)Choctaws. fifty thousand dollars. For expenses of removal and subsistence of Winnebagoes, three thousandWinnebagoes. five hundred and thirteen dollars and two cents. For this sum to cover arrearages for and on account of contingenciesContingencies of Indian Department. of the Indian Department, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars.
For indemnity for losses sustained by the Menomonee Indians in theMenomonees. delivery of goods to them, as a part of their annuity, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, per seventh article of the treaty with that tribe of the eighteenth of October, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, three thousand six hundred and twenty-four dollars and forty-eight cents. For payment for services of blacksmith, and for the use of tools, forSenecas. the Seneca tribes of Indians, from the first of July to eighth of November, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, two hundred and thirteen dollars and thirty-three cents.
For clerk hire, office rent, fuel, stationery, &c., for the superintendentIndian Affairs in Oregon. of Indian Affairs in Oregon, two thousand four hundred dollars. 20THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 66. 1852. For expenses of continuing negotiations with the Indian tribes of Oregon lying west of the Cascade Mountains, twelve thousand dollars. For the completion of buildings for the use of the superintendent and Indian agents in Oregon, three thousand dollars. For travelling expenses of superintendent of Indian Affairs in Oregon, and agents, two thousand dollars.
Ottawa and Chippewas.For the reappropriation of this sum, (carried to the surplus fund per warrant number thirteen, dated thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six,) being the balance due the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 1836, ch. 267.under the fifth article of the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, for payment of their debts, appropriated second of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and reappropriated second [third] of March, eighteen 1839, ch. 71.hundred and thirty-nine, six hundred and twenty-four dollars and twenty-two cents.
Purchase of the reservation for Shobonior.For the purchase of two sections of land reserved by the treaty with tho Pottawatomies of October twentieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, Proviso.for “ Shobonier,” one thousand six hundred dollars: *Provided*, That said sum shall not be paid until all the rights of “Shobouier,” or his heirs, to said land shall be relinquished to the United States. Redemption of loan-office certificate.For the redemption of outstanding loan-office and final settlement certificate, dated September ninth, seventeen hundred and seventy-nine, countersigned by Nathaniel Appleton, Commissioner of Massachusetts Bay, issued for two hundred dollars, specie value, ten dollars and sixty-eight ninetieths, fifty-seven dollars and seventy-two cents.
Contingencies of the Legislative Assembly of Minnesota.For the contingent expenses of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Minnesota, viz:— For printing and publishing tho Revised Statutes, making an index thereto, and superintending their publication, four thousand five hundred dollars. For necessary extra clerks during the latter part of the sessions of the Legislative Assembly, binding the Revised Statutes, and other necessary incidental expenses, two thousand dollars.
For payment of Messrs. Babcock, Wilkinson, and Holcombe, for revising the laws, five hundred dollars each, one thousand five hundred dollars. For the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, seventy-five thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of the Senate, one hundred and thirty-seven thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars. Report of Dr Owen.To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay for the copies of the report of Doctor David Dale Owen, United States geologist, on the geology of Iowa and Wisconsin, and Minnesota Territory, heretofore ordered to be executed for the use of the Senate, under the special direction of the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, thirty-one thousand two hundred and eighteen dollars and seventy-five cents: *Provided*, Proviso.That no more than fifty cents a copy shall be paid for the binding of the book.
To enable the clerk of the House of Representatives to pay for three thousand five hundred copies of the report of Doctor David Dale Owen, on the geology of Iowa and Wisconsin, and Minnesota Territory, ordered by a resolution of the House of Representatives, to be executed under tho special direction of the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, sixteen thousand one hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents: Proviso.*Provided*, That no moro than fifty cents a copy shall be paid for the binding of the book.
Library of Congress.For contingent expenses of the library of Congress, eight hundred dollars. Statutes at Large.To enable the Secretary of State to purchase one hundred complete sets of Little & Brown’s edition of the Statutes at Large, from volumeTHIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 66. 1852.21 one to volume nine, inclusive, for distribution to such new officers as would have been entitled to receive them under the act of the eighth of1846, ch. 100. August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and joint resolution of the eighth of August, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, three thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
For payment of the second and third volumes of the fifth series of theDocumentary History. Documentary History, under contract with the Secretary of State, in addition to the balance of the appropriation of thirty-five thousand dollars, per act of the thirtieth of September, eighteen hundred and fifty, eleven thousand two hundred and ninety-four dollars. For the payment of James W. Hale, of the city of New York, inJames W. Hale. full, for discharging the duties of despatch agent from September, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, to June, eighteen hundred and fifty, inclusive, the sum of six hundred dollars.
To cover the balance of compensation due to the United StatesGeologists and their reports. geologists for the Lake Superior region, and for Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, and to their respective assistants, including the cost of superintending the printing of their final geological reports, five thousand nine hundred and fifty-two dollars: *Provided*, That there shall be no furtherGeological surveys stopped. geological survey by the government, unless hereafter authorized by law.
For compensation of superintendent and four watchmen for that portionPatent-Office building. of the Fatent-Ofiice building which will be occupied by the Secretary of the Interior, five hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifty cents. For outfits of Charges d’Affaires to Denmark and Bolivia, nine thousandForeign Affairs. dollars. To enable the Secretary of State to pay William E. Anderson for theWilliam E. Anderson. loss of time and expense incurred in coming from Rio Janeiro to New York, under the direction of the American minister at the Brazilian court, to testify hgainst certain persons alleged to have been engaged in the slave trade, two hundred and fifty dollars.
To supply the deficiency in the appropriation for the relief of AmericanCuban prisoners. citizens lately imprisoned and pardoned by the Queen of Spain,1852, ch. 9. three thousand dollars. For compiling, printing, and binding the Biennial Register forBlennial Register. eighteen hundred and fifty-one, in addition to the amount appropriatedVol. ix. p. 600. per act of third of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, two thousand two hundred and fifty-three dollars. For the trial and maintenance of the light at Waugasham, Michigan,Light at Waugasham. one thousand dollars.
For expenses incurred in bringing gas pipes and fixtures into andGas pipes, &c. around the north-east executive building, four hundred dollars. For purchasing, walling, and ditching a piece of land near the cityCemetery in Mexico. of Mexico, for a cemetery or burial-ground for such of the officers and soldiers of our army, in our late war with Mexico, as fell in battle, orVol. ix. p. 506. died in and around said city, and for the interment of American citizens*Post*. p. 94. who have died or may die in said city, one thousand four hundred and eighty dollars and thirty-four cents; and also a sum not exceeding ten thousand seven hundred and thirty-four dollars and sixty-five cents, is hereby appropriated to pay Adam Boyd Hamilton, according to contract,A.
B. Hamilton. for printing twenty thousand and binding eighteen thousand six hundred and ten copies, of three hundred and ninety-six pages each, of the Register’s report of the commerce and navigation of the United States, for eighteen hundred and fifty-one. For additional compensation for increasing the transportation of theCompensation of Collins line of steamers. United States mail between New York and Liverpool, in the Collins line of steamers, to twenty-six trips per annum, at such times as shall be directed by the Postmaster-General, and in conformity to his last annual report to Congress, and his letter of the fifteenth of November22THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 66. 1852. last to the Secretary of the Navy, commencing said increased service on the first of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, at the rate of thirty-three thousand dollars per trip, in lieu of the present allowance, the sum of two hundred and thirty-six thousand five hundred dollars: Proviso ss to terminateing this allowance.*Provided*, That it shall he in the power of Congress at any time after the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, to terminate the arrangement for the additional allowance herein provided for, upon giving six months’ notice.
Judiciary.For defraying the expenses of the Supreme, Circuit, and District Courts of the United States, including the District of Columbia; also for jurors and witnesses, in aid of the funds arising from fines, penalties, and forfeitures incurred in the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and previous years, and likewise for defraying the expenses of suits in which the United States are concerned, and of prosecutions for offences committed against the United States, and for the apprehension and safe keeping of prisoners, in addition to former Office attending court to receive no pay as witnesses for the government.appropriations, ninety thousand dollars: *Provided*, That no officer of the United States who is in attendance upon any court of the United States, in the discharge of the duties of said office, shall receive any pay or compensation for his attendance as a witness on behalf of the government at the same time that he receives compensation as such officer.
Clerks in Census Office.To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay to the clerks employed in the Census Office on extra duty, at the rate of one hundred dollars for full service, according to the office roll, the sum of ten thousand five hundred dollars. Boundary of Iowa.For determining, running, and marking the northern boundary of the State of Iowa, on the parallel of forty-three degrees thirty minutes Vol. ix. pp. 410 & 535.north latitude, in addition to the appropriation heretofore made for the same object, fifteen thousand dollars.
Steamer Bibb.For the reconstruction or repair of the steamer Bibb, used in the survey of the Nantucket shoals, eighteen thousand dollars. Depot for coal at Key West.For establishing a depot of coal for naval purposes at Key West, in the State of Florida, twenty thousand dollars. Custom-house at Bangor.For the purchase of a site on which to erect a custom-house at Bangor, Maine, fifteen thousand dollars. Bath.For the purchase of a site on which to erect a custom-house, Bath, Maine, eleven thousand dollars.
Mobile.For the completion of the custom-house at Mobile, Alabama, one hundred thousand dollars; and for the completion of the custom-house Louisville.at Louisville, Kentucky, the additional sum of sixteen thousand dollars. Cincinnati.For the completion of the custom-house at Cincinnati, fifty thousand dollars. Pittsburgh.For the completion of the custom-house and other public offices connected therewith, at Pittsburgh, thirty-five thousand dollars. St. LouisFor the completion of the fire-proof building in the city of St.
Louis, Missouri; for a custom-house and independent treasury building, and other offices of the United States, thirty-seven thousand dollars. NorfolkFor completing the custom-house at Norfolk, Virginia, fifty thousand dollars. Contingencies of P.O. Department.For arrears of contingent expenses in the Post-Office Department, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For compensation to temporary clerks employed conditionally to bring up arrears of business in the dead-letter office, one thousand and two dollars and sixty-seven cents.
For fuel for the General Post-Office building from the twentieth of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, to the end of the season, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For the payment of the salaries of the special agents of the Post-Office Department to the end of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth ofTHIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 66. 1852.23 June, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, eleven thousand five hundred dollars. For payment to the following named tribes of Indians of the under-mentioned sums due them, retained by the late Sub Indian-Agent, William H.
Bruce, the same to be reimbursed to the United States when recovered from said sub-agent or his sureties, viz.:—Indian Affairs. To Menomonecs, nine thousand four hundred and sixty-six dollars and twenty-seven cents. To Chippewas, Menomonees, Winnebagoes, and New York Indians, five hundred and twenty-one dollars and fifty-nine cents. To Six Nations of New York, (Stockbridge,) twenty-two dollars and fifty cents. To Stockbridge, one thousand eight hundred and six dollars. For expenses of treaty with the Mississippi and St.
Peter’s Sioux, for the extinguishment of their title to lands in Minnesota Territory, being in addition to the appropriation for the same object made thirtieth September,1850, ch. 91. eighteen hundred and fifty, four thousand two hundred and seventy-two dollars and thirty-eight cents. For expenses of treating with the Indians and half breeds, for the extinguishment of the title to their lands on the Red River of the north, in the Territory of Minnesota, being in addition to the appropriation for the same object, made thirtieth September, eighteen hundred and fifty,1850, ch. 91. nine hundred and one dollars and five cents.
For fulfilling treaties with the Winnebagoes, viz.: purchase of tobacco,Vol. vii. pp. 323. per second article of treaty of first August, eighteen hundred and twenty- nine, and fifth article of treaty of fifteenth September, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, three hundred and seventy-five dollars. For fulfilling treaties with Ottowas and Chippewas, viz.: purchase ofVol vii. p.492. tobacco, per fourth article of treaty of twenty-eighth March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, three hundred dollars.
For fulfilling treaties with the Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi, viz.: purchase of tobacco, per fourth article of treaty of the twenty-first September,Vol. vii. p. 375. eighteen hundred and thirty-two, two hundred dollars. For fulfilling treaties with the Menomonees, viz.: purchase of tobacco,Vol.vii. p. 507. per second article of treaty of third September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, one hundred dollars. For the payment of annuities (and the transportation of the same) to certain tribes of Indians, in accordance with the seventh article of the treaty made at Fort Laramie, on the seventeenth day of September, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and fifty-one, sixty thousand dollars.
And the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to purchase the provisions, merchandise, domestic animals, and agricultural implements, to be delivered in payment of the annuity first payable under the seventh article of said treaty, without previous advertisement, if such purchases can be so made on reasonable terms. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,*That there be appropriated, outPrinting of estimates of appropriations. of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum sufficient to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay for printing four hundred and fifty copies of the estimates of appropriations for the service of the fiscal year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, at the rate paid by liim for the printing of the Treasury Department by contract, under the provisions of the seventeenth section of the act of the twenty-sixth August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two.1842, ch. 202.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That no part of the appropriationsIndians how made. herein made for the benefit of any tribe or part of a tribe of Indians, shall be paid to any attorney or agent of such tribe or part of a tribe; but shall, in every case, be paid directly to the Indians themselves, to whom it shall be due, or to the tribe or part of a tribe, per capita, unless the imperious interest of the Indians shall require the payment to be24THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess.
I. Ch. 67, 68. 1852. Contracts with agents not recognized.made collectively. Nor shall the executive branch of the government hereafter recognize any contract between any tribe or part of a tribe and any attorney or agent, for the prosecution of any claim against the government under this act. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* Extra pay of officers.That no estimate or appropriation of money, in any bill making appropriations, shall authorize the payment Repealed 1852, ch. 108, § 14.of any increased pay, allowance’, or compensation, in any form whatever beyond the amount prescribed by law, in any case, unless there shall first be a specific direction for such extra payment, designating the officers to whom such extra payment shall be made.
Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,*Repairs of office of clerk of the Supreme Court and Capitol.That the Commissioner of Public Buildings be, and he is hereby authorized to apply any unexpended portion of the money appropriated by the act of Congress entitled “An act making appropriation to meet the expenses incurred in consequence of the late fire at the Capitol,” approved January thirteenth, eighteen 1852, ch. 1.hundred and fifty-two, to the payment of expenses necessarily incurred in repairing the damage lately done by fire in the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court, and in making other repairs about the Capitol.
Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,*Site for a custom-house at San Francisco. Vol. ix. pp. 540, 609.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized to purchase for the United States a suitable piece of ground at a central point in the city of San Francisco, California, as a site for the erection of the custom-house heretofore authorized Proviso.to be built: *Provided*, That said site or ground may be obtained with good and sufficient title to the United States, in exchange for such reasonable portion of the government reserve in that city as the said Secretary shall deem just and equitable, or for a sum in lieu thereof not exceeding forty thousand dollars; and to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to carry into effect this provision, the sum of forty thousand Proviso.dollars is hereby appropriated: *Provided*, That if the said Secretary shall fail to obtain such ground on satisfactory terms, then the said sum, or such portion thereof as may be necessary, may be expended in providing the proper foundations for said custom-house on the site heretofore selected for the purpose.
Approved, July 21, 1852.