Chapter XXX. *to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty four, and for other Purposes.* March 14, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *
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Chap. XXX.— An Act *to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty four, and for other Purposes.* March 14, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the following sums be, Deficiency appropriation for 1864.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-four, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated:— Southeast Executive building.For contingent expenses of the Southeast executive building, including the extension, viz:
For fuel, labor, light, and miscellaneous items, thirteen thousand three hundred and five dollars. Branch mint at Denver.For supplying a deficiency in the current expenses of the branch mint at Denver, for the current fiscal year, eighteen thousand three hundred and seventy-seven dollars and sixty-nine cents. Interior Department.Returns clerk.*Interior Department.—* For compensation of returns clerk, from January first to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, six hundred dollars.
Surveyor-general.For compensation of the surveyor-general of Illinois and Missouri, to the thirty-first of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, when the THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 30. 1864.23office was closed, one thousand six hundred and sixty-eight dollars and forty-eight cents. For compensation of the surveyor-general of Arizona, and the clerks in his office, four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. To supply deficiencies in the Department of Agriculture for the currentDepartment of Agriculture. year, as follows:— For the purchase of sorghum seed, two thousand dollars.
For rebuilding shop in the propagating garden, eight hundred dollars. For postage, thirteen hundred and twenty dollars. For carpets, furniture, and cans for fruit, three hundred and fifty dollars. For fuel, three hundred dollars. *War Department.—* For supplying a deficiency in the appropriationsWar Department.Clerks, &c. for the payment of the clerks, messengers, copyists, and laborers in the office of the quartermaster-general, one hundred and fifty-six thousand six hundred and fifty-one dollars and sixty-six cents.
For salary of an additional assistant secretary of war, fifteen hundredAdditional assistant secretary. dollars. To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the purchase and manufactureArms, ordnance, and ordnance stores. of arms for volunteers and regulars, ordnance and ordnance stores, seven millions seven hundred thousand dollars. To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the manufacture of arms at the national armory, seven hundred thousand dollars. To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the surgeon-general’sSurgeon-generals department. department, to wit:— For medical instruments and dressings, one million three hundred thousandInstruments and dressings. dollars.
For hospital stores, bedding, etc., one million two hundred thousandHospital stores, &c. dollars. For hospital furniture and field equipments, three hundred thousand dollars. For books, stationery, and printing, thirty-six thousand dollars.Books, &c. For ice, fruits, and other comforts, one hundred thousand dollars.Ice, fruits, &c. For hospital clothing, forty thousand dollars. For citizen-nurses, thirty-eight thousand dollars. For sick soldiers in private hospitals, seventeen thousand dollars.
For artificial limbs for soldiers and seamen, sixteen thousand dollars.Artificial limbs. For citizen-physicians and medicines furnished by them, one hundredCitizen-physicians. and eighty-five thousand dollars. For hire of clerks and laborers in purveying depots, twenty-Eye thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of the medical department, five thousand dollars. For medicines and medical attendance for negro refugees, commonlyContrabands. called “contrabands,” thirty-three thousand dollars.
For washing and washing-machines for hospitals, where matrons cannot be employed, one thousand dollars. To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the subsistence of theSubsistence department. army, to wit:— For volunteers and drafted men, five millions eight hundred and twenty-four thousand dollars. For employees, six hundred [and] forty thousand six hundred and forty dollars. For women, two hundred [and] eighteen thousand and four hundred dollars. To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the engineer department:—Engineer department.
For contingencies of fortifications, including field-works, five hundredFortifications. thousand dollars. 24 Quartermaster’s departmentTo supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the quartermaster’s department, to wit:— Horses.For purchase of cavalry and artillery horses, seventeen millions five hundred thousand dollars. Supplies.For regular supplies of the quartermaster’s department, eighteen millions five hundred thousand dollars. Barracks.For barracks, quarters, etc., three millions five hundred thousand dollars.
Transportation.For transportation of the army, thirty millions of dollars. For incidental expenses of the quartermaster’s department, two millions of dollars. For transportation of officers’ baggage, one hundred thousand dollars. Clothing, camp equipage, &c.For clothing, camp, and garrison equipage, seven millions of dollars. Adjutant-Generals department.To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the adjutant-general’s department:— For purchase of books of tactics, twenty-five thousand dollars, Navy department.*Navy Department.-—To* supply a deficiency in the appropriation for fuel, and equipment and recruiting, in the bureau of equipment and recruiting, two million dollars.
Clothing.To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for clothing for the navy, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Naval academy.To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for contingent expenses of the naval academy, thirty-eight thousand dollars. Codification of naval laws.Vol. xii. p. 825.For salary of commissioner to codify the naval laws, under joint resolution of March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, three thousand nine hundred and eighty-three dollars and sixty-seven cents.
Norfolk navy yard.For additional repairs at the Norfolk navy yard, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, Works at Port Royal.For wharf, machine-shop, bridge, buildings for naval stores, and other works at Port Royal, South Carolina, one hundred and forty-four thousand and six hundred dollars. Foundry, &c. at Brooklyn navy yard.To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for filling in the grounds for the new foundry at the Brooklyn navy yard, forty-live thousand nine hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For temporary storehouse for provisions at the Brooklyn navy yard, two thousand dollars. Boston navy yard.For temporary storehouse for provisions at the Boston navy yard, two thousand dollars. State department.*State Department.*—For salary of the minister at Salvador, from April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, at seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum, nine thousand sixty-two dollars and fifty cents. Miscellaneous.Assistant treasurer.*Miscellaneous.—* For salaries of clerks, messengers, watchmen, and porter, in the office of the assistant treasurer at New York, twelve thousand dollars.
For additional allowance to clerks in the office of the assistant treasurer at Boston, two thousand dollars. For compensation to designated depositaries, two thousand dollars. For salaries of designated depositary at Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the clerk, watchman, and porter in his office, four thousand eight hundred dollars. Electric telegraph.For supplying deficiency in the appropriation for facilitating communication between the Atlantic and Pacific States by electrical telegraph, twenty thousand dollars.
Treasury extension.For refunding to the appropriation for the treasury extension the amount of payments made out of that fund for furniture, night-watch, and other miscellaneous items, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For the continuation of the north wing of the treasury extension, fencing, grading, and miscellaneous items, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 25 For furniture, carpets, and miscellaneous items for the treasury building, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the payment of claims due various parties for furniture and for theNew York Custom-house. &c. alterations in the offices of the assistant treasurer and collector of customs at New York, and for constructing burglar-proof vaults, eighty thousand dollars. For completing the repairs of the government warehouse on Staten Island, ten thousand dollars. For alterations of the custom-house at Cincinnati, Ohio, twenty-fiveCustom-houses, &c. thousand dollars. For alterations of the custom-house at Louisville, Kentucky, fifteen thousand dollars.
For completion of the custom-house at Dubuque, Iowa, thirty thousand dollars. For repairs and preservation of custom-houses, marine hospitals, and other public buildings, under the supervision of the treasury department, ten thousand dollars. For furniture and repairs of furniture of the various public buildings, under the supervision of the treasury department, five thousand dollars. For the payment of Ephraim Swett, for services as superintendent ofEphraim Swett. the custom-house at Belfast, Maine, nine hundred and ninety-two dollars.
For erecting new furnaces in the basement of the east wing of the patent-officePatent-office building. building, fifteen thousand dollars. For repairs of rooms in sub-basement of the west wing of the patent-office building, five thousand dollars. For the capitol extension, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.Capitol extension. For the construction of water-closets in the basement of the south front of the patent-office building, two thousand dollars. For deficiency in the appropriation for keeping in repair and partiallyPost-office building; finishing and furnishing the post-office building, nine thousand one hundred and seventy-one dollars and ninety-nine cents.
For the completion of the post-office building in Philadelphia, twenty-fivein Philadelphia. thousand dollars. For deficiency in the appropriation for salaries and expenses of theDamages from the Sioux. 1863, ch. 37, § 5. Vol. xii. p. 653. commissioners appointed under the fifth section, act of sixteenth February, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, three thousand five hundred dollars. For deficiency to pay salary of one Indian agent, each, in Utah and Nevada Territory, from third March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three,Indian agents in Utah and Nevada. to the first July, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, at live hundred dollars per annum, as increase pay, one thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents.
To supply deficiency in the appropriation for the public printing, onePublic printing, paper, &c.Printing, binding. &c, to be done only on written order, &c. hundred and eleven thousand dollars: *Provided,* That hereafter no printing or binding shall be done, or blank books be procured for any of the executive departments of the government, without a written requisition on the superintendent of public printing from the head of such department, or for either house of congress, except on the written order of the secretary of the Senate or clerk of the House of Representatives, for which*Post*, p. 118. said printing, binding, or blank books may be required.
And the said superintendent, in his annual report, shall hereafter be required to reportReport of Superintendent. the amount of work ordered and done, with a general classification there-of, for each department. To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for paper for the public printing, three hundred and seventy-four thousand dollars. To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the public binding, oneBinding. hundred thousand dollars. For lithographing and engraving for the House of Representatives, tenLithographing, &c. thousand dollars. 26 For mapping, in cases pending in the supreme court of the United States, nine thousand dollars.
Light-house establishment.To supply deficiency in the appropriation for the support of the light-house establishment, fourteen thousand one hundred and fifty-six dollars and sixty-five cents. For rebuilding light-house at Cape Charles, Virginia, twenty thousand dollars. Stationery.To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for stationery in the treasury department, twenty thousand dollars. Ordnance, &c. in navy department.To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for ordnance, ordnance stores, labor, and contingent expenses in the bureau of ordnance of the navy department, two million seven hundred and forty thousand dollars:
Proviso.*Provided, however,* That no money shall be paid under this item of appropriation except for deficiencies actually existing upon contracts made by the navy department. Naval hospitals and asylum.*Post*, p. 341.For erecting naval hospital at Kittery, Maine, twenty-five thousand dollars. *Post*, pp. 466, 467.For extending naval asylum at Philadelphia, seventy-five thousand dollars. For erecting naval hospital at Washington City, District of Columbia, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Capitol police.To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for capital police for the Senate, four thousand and three dollars and severity-five cents. To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for stationery for the Senate, six thousand dollars. Miscellaneous, for Senate.To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for miscellaneous items for the Senate, twenty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That, hereafter no Payments from contingent fluid, how alone made.payment shall be made from the contingent fund of either house of congress, unless sanctioned by the committee to audit and control the contingent expenses of the Senate, or the committee on accounts of the House of Representatives, respectively; and no transfer of balances of appropriations shall be made from one fund to another, except by law.
Officers, &c. of House of Representatives.To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others receiving an annual salary in the employ of the House of Representatives, seven thousand three hundred and sixty-five dollars and nineteen cents. To enable the librarian of congress to employ an additional laborer from February first to the end of the current fiscal year’, two hundred and eight dollars. For contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, viz:
For clerks to committees, and temporary clerks in the office of the House of Representatives, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six dollars. For folding documents, forty thousand dollars. For fuel and lights, including pay of engineers, firemen, and laborers, repairs and materials, six thousand five hundred dollars. For furniture, Repairs, and packing-boxes for members, eight thousand five hundred dollars. For laborers, eight hundred and thirty-two dollars and seventy-eight cents.
For stationery, nine thousand dollars. Sec. 2. Transfer of balance 1er engraving, &c. *And be it further enacted,* That the remainder or unexpended balance of twenty-one thousand two hundred and seven dollars and fifty-six cents, for engraving, electrotyping, and lithographing, be, and the same is hereby, transferred to the miscellaneous item of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives. Sec. 3. Additional assistant secretary of the treasury. *And be it further enacted,* That the President shall appoint, in the treasury department, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an additional assistant secretary of the treasury, whose salary shall be three thousand dollars per annum, who shall perform all such duties 27in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, belonging to that department,Salary and duties. as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, or as may be required by law; and the sum of two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be found necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of said salary for the current fiscal year.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That there be appropriated, to supplyCoal, &c., wharf at Key West. deficiencies for repair of the coal- and landing-wharf at Key West, to erect a crane thereon, and to cover the extension of the machine-shop at that point, ten thousand dollars. Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That there be appropriated, for paymentLetter-carriers. of letter-carriers to July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to be paid out of the revenues of the post-office department, one hundred and. fifty thousand dollars.
Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted, * That in addition to the clerical forceAdditional clerks. now authorized by law, the following clerks and employees are hereby authorized in the several departments and offices hereinafter specified, to be employed and continue only during the rebellion, and for one year after its close, viz:— In the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, one clerk of class four,Office of Secretary of Treasury. one of class three, eight of class two, and fourteen of class one.
In the construction branch of the treasury, one superintending architect, one assistant architect, two clerks of class four, four of class three, two of class one, and one messenger at an annual salary of six hundred dollars. In the first comptroller’s office, five clerks of class four, and one clerkFirst comptroller. of class four substituted for one of class one. In the second comptroller’s office, five clerks of class four, six of classSecond comptroller. three, ten of class two, and fifteen of class cue.
In the first auditor’s office, two clerks of class four, and one of classFirst auditor. two. In the second auditor’s office, fifteen clerks of class three, fifty of classSecond auditor. two, and one hundred and forty of class one, and one clerk at nine hundred dollars per annum. In the third auditor’s office, two clerks of class four, two of classThird auditor. three, five of class two, twenty-four of class one, and one messenger at a salary of seven hundred dollars per annum, and two laborers at an annual salary of six hundred dollars each.
In the fourth auditor’s office, five clerks of class four, nine of classFourth auditor. three, nine of class two, thirty-five of class one, and one laborer at an annual salary of six hundred dollars. In the fifth auditor’s office, one clerk of class four, to be substitutedFifth auditor. for one of class three. In the treasurer’s office, four clerks of class four, two of class three,Treasurer’s office. seventeen of class two, and six of class one. In the register’s office, four clerks of class four, six of class three, sixRegister. of class two, eight of class one, and one messenger at a salary of seven hundred dollars per annum.
In the office of the commissioner of customs, one clerk of class three,Commissioner of customs. three of class two, and four of class one. In the office of the Secretary of the Navy, two clerks of class four.Secretary of Navy. In the office of the adjutant-general, two clerks of class four, eightAdjutant-general. of class three, nineteen of class two, and seventy-four of class one. In the office of the quartermaster-general, fifteen clerks of class three,Quartermaster-general. thirty-five of class two, one hundred and ten of class one, and six laborers at an annual salary of six hundred dollars each.
In the paymaster-general’s office, nine clerks of class three, twenty-sixPaymaster-general. of class two, seventy-five of class one, three messengers at an annual salary of eight hundred and forty dollars each, and four watchmen at an annual salary of six hundred dollars each. 28 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 30, 31. 1864. Commissary-general.In the commissary-general’s office, ten clerks of class two, and thirty of class one. Chief of ordnance.In the office of the chief of ordnance, two clerks of class four, seven of class three, eleven of class two, seventy-four of class one, and nine laborers at an annual salary of six hundred dollars each.
Chief engineer.In the office of the chief engineer, one clerk of class four, and one of class two. And the several clerks and employees authorized by this section shall Appointment.be appointed by the heads of the departments to which they are severally attached, and the amount necessary to pay their salaries from the time Appropriation for salaries.of their appointment to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, is hereby appropriated therefor; and the heads of the said Females may be employed.several departments are hereby authorized to employ females instead of any of the clerks hereinbefore designated, at an annual compensation not exceeding six hundred dollars per year, whenever, in their opinion, the same can be done consistently with the interests of the public service:
This to include former temporary clerks.*Provided, however,* That the clerks hereby authorized in the Treasury Department and its bureaus shall not be in addition to the temporary clerks now employed therein, under former appropriations for that purpose, but shall include the same. Sec. 7. Limit of office of assistant register of treasury to one year repealed.1863, ch. 44.Vol. xii. p. 656. *And be it further enacted,* That so much of the act entitled “An act to provide for the appointment of an assistant register of the Treasury Department, and a solicitor for the War Department, and for other purposes,” approved February twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, as limits the office of the assistant register of the Treasury to a term of one year, is hereby repealed.
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*to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty four, and for other Purposes.* March 14, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *
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