Chapter CXLIII. *making further Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and additional Appropriations for the Year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.* July 11, 1862. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House
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Chap. CXLIII.— An Act *making further Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and additional Appropriations for the Year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.* July 11, 1862. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the following sums be, andAppropriation. the same are hereby, appropriated for the objects hereafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, viz:
For completing the west wing of the Treasury Building, five hundredTreasury Building. thousand dollars. For painting the outside of the old portion of the Capitol, eight thousandCapitol. dollars. To pay the amount provided for under and by virtue of an act entitledAtlantic, &c., Telegraph.1860, ch. 137.*Ante*, p. 41. “An act to facilitate communication between the Atlantic and Pacific States by electric telegraph,” or so much thereof as may become payable under said act, forty thousand dollars.
For the purpose of enabling the commissioner of public buildingsCapitol. and grounds to remove the army bakery from the basement floor of the 534 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 143. 1862. Capitol and to repair the damage caused by said bakery, the sum of eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Burglar-proof vaults in office of assistant treasurer at New York.For constructing burglar-proof vaults for the assistant treasurer at New York, and fire-proof file cases for the collector at New York, and for the incidental expenses of a change of location of these offices, one hundred thousand dollars.
Custom-houses.For annual repairs to custom houses, including a new roof for the Milwaukee custom-house, and repairing the damage by fire, ten thousand dollars. Warehouses, &c. at Staten Island.For repairing the government warehouses, wharves, and fences, at Staten Island, fifteen thousand dollars. Mission to Hayti;For the salary of a Commissioner and Consul-General to the Republic of Hayti, seven thousand five hundred dollars. to Liberia.*Ante*, p. 421.For the salary of a Commissioner and Consul-General to the Republic of Liberia, four thousand dollars.
Draw-keepers of Potomac Bridge.For compensation of four additional draw-keepers for the two draws at the Potomac Bridge, three thousand and sixty-six dollars. Sec. 2. Pay of Treasurer of the United States. *And be it further enacted, *That the compensation of the Treasurer of the United States shall be four thousand dollars a year, to commence on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Sec. 3. Deficiency appropriation for 1862. *And be it further enacted, *That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Capitol and public grounds.To supply the deficiency in the appropriation for lighting the Capitol and public grounds, twelve thousand dollars. Act incorporating Washington Gas-Light Company amended.And the act incorporating the “Washington Gas-Light Company” is hereby so amended as to prohibit the said company from receiving, after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, more than twenty-eight1848, ch. 96.Vol. ix. p. 722. cents per hundred cubic feet of gas furnished by it to the government, and thirty cents to other customers, subject to a discount of not less than ten per centum on all bills for gas, if paid at the office of said company within five days from the rendition thereof, provided all arrears shall have been previously paid.
Seventh census.To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the seventh census, three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be found necessary. Art Commissioners.1858, ch. 154.Vol. xi. p. 323.1859, ch. 82.Vol. xi. p. 428.For compensation to Henry K. Brown, James R. Lambdin, and John F. Kensett, for thirteen months’ service as art commissioners, appointed by the President of the United States under acts of Congress of June twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, and March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, nine thousand dollars.
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph.1860, ch. 137.*Ante*, p. 41.To pay the amount due under and by virtue of the act entitled “An act to facilitate communication between the Atlantic and Pacific States by electric telegraph,” for the period embraced between November one, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, twenty-six thousand six hundred and thirty dollars and forty-four cents. Mint at Philadelphia.To supply deficiency in the appropriation for incidental and contingent expenses, including wastage, at the mint of the United States at Philadelphia, twenty-three thousand six hundred and forty-three dollars and eighty-four cents.
Transportation of bullion and coin.For additional expenses in transportation of bullion and coin between the assay-office and the mint for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-one, twenty-one thousand dollars. Assistant Secretary of Interior.For compensation of Assistant Secretary of the Interior, per act of fourteenth of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, from fourteenth of 1862, ch. 41, § 6.*Ante*, p. 369.March to thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, eight hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For compensation of the Assistant Secretary of the Interior during the THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess . II. Ch. 143, 144. 1862. 535 fiscal year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, three thousand dollars. For compensation of four additional draw-keepers for the two draws atDraw-keepers of Potomac Bridge. the Potomac Bridge, from the dates of their several appointments to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, three hundred ninety-five dollars and forty cents.
To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the contingent fund ofContingent fund of Senate; furniture, &c. the Senate for furniture, fitting of rooms, gas fitting, repairing, painting, painting materials, and other miscellaneous items, ten thousand dollars. Approved, July 11, 1862.