Chapter XXII. *making additional Appropriations for the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and Appropriations of Arrearages for the Year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.* July 27, 1861.
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Chap. XXII.— An Act *making additional Appropriations for the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and Appropriations of Arrearages for the Year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.* July 27, 1861. *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 Legislative, Executive, &c. appropriation.the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two namely:
House of Representatives.*Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives.—*For stationery, four thousand six hundred dollars. For pages and temporary mail-boys, four thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. For laborers, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen dollars. For furniture and repairs and boxes for members, five thousand dollars. Reporting.For reporting proceedings of the called session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, at the rate per column fixed by law, eight thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the said proceedings shall be reported with and bound in the Congressional Globe and Appendix of the first regular session of the present Congress.
Treasury Department.*Treasury Department.—* Office of the Secretary of the Treasury. For contingent expenses, including compensation of additional clerks who ma}’ be employed by the Secretary according to the exigencies of the public service, and additional compensation for extra labor of clerks in his office, twenty-five thousand dollars. THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 22. 1861. 277 *Interior Department.—*For compiling and supervising the publicationInterior Department.Biennial Register. of the Biennial Register, per act of March *third,* [second] eighteen hundred and sixty-one, five hundred dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to supply such newly created1861, ch. 87, *ante*, p. 215.Statutes at Large. offices as are entitled thereto with full sets of the Statutes at Large, and to replace those once furnished to old officers which have since been unavoidably lost or destroyed, two thousand dollars. For salaries of five clerks of class three, eleven clerks of class two, andClerks.1854, ch. 52, ch. 60.Vol. x. pp. 276, 298. four clerks of class one, per acts of April twenty-second and May thirty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, twenty-eight thousand two hundred dollars.
For compensation of eight additional night watchmen for the DepartmentWatchmen. of the Interior, at a salary of six hundred dollars each per annum, four thousand eight hundred dollars. *Surveyors-General.—*For compensation of the surveyor-general of theSurveyors-General. Territory of Colorado, three thousand six hundred and nine dollars and eighty-nine cents. For compensation of the surveyor-general of the Territory of Nevada, three thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor-general of the Territory of Dakota, two thousand one hundred and fifteen dollars and thirty-eight cents. *Contingent Expenses of the War Department.—*War Department. Office of the Secretary of War: For the purpose of increasing temporarily the clerical force and messengersAdditional clerks. in the War Department and its bureaus, as follows, viz.: In the office of the Secretary of War, one clerk of the first class, twoOffice of Secretary. of the second, two of the third, and one of the fourth, and two assistant messengers, at an annual salary of eight hundred and forty dollars each.
In the office of the Quartermaster-General, five clerks of the first class,Quartermaster-General. two of the second, two of the third, and one of the fourth, and two assistant messengers, at an annual salary of eight hundred and forty dollars each. In the office of the Commissary-General, three clerks of the first classCommissary-General. and two of the second. In the office of Surgeon-General, one clerk of the third class.Surgeon-General. In the office of the Paymaster-General, three clerks of the second classPaymaster-General. and three of the third.
In the Bureau of Topographical Engineers, two clerks of the thirdTopographical Engineers. class. In the Ordnance Bureau, two clerks of the first class; forty-eight thousandOrdnance. seven hundred and sixty dollars. And the Adjutant-General is authorized to employ in his office anyAdjutant-General. number, not exceeding ten, of non-commissioned officers, to be selected by him from the army, in addition to his present clerical force. For blank-books, stationery, binding, labor, and miscellaneous items,Blank-books, &c. two thousand dollars.
Office of the Adjutant-General: For blank-books, binding, stationery, and miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars. Office of the Paymaster-General: For blank-books, binding, stationery, and miscellaneous items, five hundred dollars. Office of the Surgeon-General: For blank-books, binding, stationery, and miscellaneous items, five hundred dollars. Office of the Colonel of Ordnance: For blank-books, binding, stationery, and miscellaneous items, one thousand five hundred dollars. 278 Office of the Colonel of Topographical Engineers:
For blank-books, binding, stationery, and miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars. Northwest Executive Building.*For the General Purposes of the Northwest Executive Building. —* For fuel, light, and miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars. Mint.*Mint of the United States at Philadelphia.—* For transportation of bullion from assay office to the mint for coinage, forty thousand four hundred and seventy-four dollars and eighty-three cents. Independent Treasury.*Independent Treasury.—* For increased establishment of office of Assistant Treasurer of the United States at New York, seven thousand two hundred dollars; being for additional clerks and compensation to clerks in said office.
For additional compensation of clerk of Assistant Treasurer of the United States at Saint Louis, three hundred dollars. Government in Territories.government of the territories. Dakota.*Territory of Dakota. —* For salaries of governor, three judges, and secretary, nine thousand seven hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of said Territory, one thousand dollars. For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses of the assembly, twenty thousand dollars.
Nevada.*Territory of Nevada. —* For salaries of governor, three judges, and secretary, nine thousand seven hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of said Territory, one thousand dollars. For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses of the assembly, twenty thousand dollars. District attorneys and marshals.For compensation of the district attorney for the Territory of Dakota, two hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation of the district attorney for the Territory of Nevada, two hundred and fifty dollars.
For compensation of the marshal for the Territory of Dakota, two hundred dollars. For compensation of the marshal for the Territory of Nevada, two hundred dollars. Surveyors-general.For office rent for the surveyor-general of the Territory of Colorado, fuel, furniture, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars. For office, rent for the surveyor-general of the Territory of Nevada, furniture, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars.
For office rent for the surveyor-general of the Territory of Dakota, furniture, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars. Registers and receivers.For salaries and commissions of registers of land-offices and receivers of public moneys, two thousand five hundred dollars. For incidental expenses of the several land-offices, two thousand dollars Penitentiary.For the support and maintenance of the penitentiary of the District of Columbia, five thousand dollars.
Additional clerks.For the pay of eight additional first class clerks in the Navy Department, nine thousand six hundred dollars. Assistant Secretary of the Navy.For the salary of Assistant Secretary of the Navy, four thousand two hundred dollars. Additional to laborers.For the yearly compensation of the two laborers employed in the library of Congress, which is hereby fixed at five hundred dollars each, beginning July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, one thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the following sum be and the THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 23, 24. 1861.279same is hereby appropriated, in like manner, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred sixty-one: For the support and maintenance of the penitentiary in the District ofPenitentiary. Columbia, seven thousand nine hundred and eighty-one dollars and eighty cents. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the sum of ten thousand one hundred and fifty dollars appropriated for the contingent expenses of theOffice of Auditor of Treasury for P.
O. Department. office of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department, in “An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,” approved February twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, shall be applied, so far as may be necessary, to pay1861, ch. 44, *ante*, p. 137. for stationery, horse for use of the office, lights, washing, towels, ice, and miscellaneous items, in addition to the items mentioned in said appropriation.
Approved, July 27, 1861. Chapter XXIII: to provide for the Payment of the Police organized by the United States for the City of Baltimore, and to enable the Mint to furnish small Gold Coins, and to provide for the Manufacture or Purchase of Field Signals. 11 Stat. 279 1861-07-27 Chapter XXIII Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-01-23 37 1 public
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Chapter XXII
*making additional Appropriations for the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and Appropriations of Arrearages for the Year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.* July 27, 1861.
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