Chapter CLXXVI. making Appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial Expenses of the Government, for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine
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Chap. CLXXVI.— An Act making Appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial Expenses of the Government, for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.July 20, 1868. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatLegislative, executive, and judicial expenses appropriation. the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, namely:— legislative. *Senate*.—ForLegislative.Pay and mileage of senators, officers, clerks, &c. compensation and mileage of senators three hundred and twenty thousand dollars, in addition to any unexpended balance of appropriation for that purpose in the treasury.
For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others receiving an annual salary in the service of the Senate, viz. secretary of the Senate, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars; officer charged with disbursements of the Senate, five hundred and seventy-six dollars; chief clerk, three thousand dollars; principal clerk and principal executive clerk in the office of the secretary of the Senate, at two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars each; eight clerks in office of the secretary of the Senate, at two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars each; keeper of the stationery, two thousand one hundred and two dollars and forty cents; two messengers, at one thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars each; one page, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; sergeant-at-arms and doorkeeper, two thousand four hundred dollars: assistant doorkeeper, two thousand and forty dollars; postmaster to the Senate, two thousand one hundred dollars; assistant postmaster and mail carrier, one thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight dollars; two mail boys, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; superintendent of the document room, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two assistants in document room, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; superintendent of the folding-room, one thousand eight hundred dollars; three messengers, acting as assistant doorkeepers, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; seventeen messengers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; clerk or secretary to the President of the Senate, two thousand one hundred and two dollars and forty cents; clerk to the committee on finance, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; clerk to the committee on claims, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; clerk to the committee on printing records, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; clerk to the committee on appropriations, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; superintendent in charge of the furnaces, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; assistant in charge of furnaces, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars; laborer in charge of private passages, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars; two laborers, at eight hundred and sixty-four dollars each; chaplain to the Senate, nine hundred dollars; one special policeman, one thousand dollars; making one hundred thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars and eighty cents.
ForContingent expenses; stationery, newspapers. contingent expenses of the Senate, viz.— For stationery, ten thousand dollars. For newspapers and stationery for seventy-four senators, to the amount of one hundred and twenty-five dollars each, nine thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. ForGlobe and Appendix. Congressional Globe and Appendix, twenty thousand dollars. 93FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 176. 1868. For reporting and printing the proceedings in the Daily Globe for the third session of the fortieth Congress, fifteen thousand dollars.
ForAdditional compensation to reporters. the usual additional compensation to the reporters of the Senate for the Congressional Globe for reporting the proceedings of the Senate for the third session of the fortieth Congress, eight hundred dollars each, four thousand dollars. ForPayment to publishers of Globe. paying the publishers of the Congressional Globe and Appendix, according to the number of copies taken, one cent for every five pages exceeding fifteen hundred, including the indexes and the laws of the United States, ten thousand dollars.
ForClerks to committees. clerks to committees, pages, horses, and carryalls, twenty-five thousand dollars. ForHeating and ventilation expenses of heating and ventilating apparatus, including coal, wood, and labor, twenty thousand dollars. For plumbing, gas-fitting and labor, five thousand dollars. For packing boxes for senators, one thousand dollars. For furniture and carpets, ten thousand dollars. For additional laborers and messengers, five thousand dollars. For folding documents and materials, twenty thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous items, twenty-five thousand dollars. *House of Representatives*.—ForPay and mileage of representatives; compensation and mileage of members of the House of Representatives and delegates from Territories, one million one hundred thousand dollars. Forof officers, clerks, &c. compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others receiving an annual salary in the service of the House of Representatives, viz. clerk of the House of Representatives, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars; chief clerk and one assistant clerk, at two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars each, five thousand one hundred and eighty-four dollars; twelve assistant clerks, (including the librarian.) at two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars each, twenty-five thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars; one chief messenger, and clerk to the speaker, at five dollars and seventy-six cents per day each, four thousand two hundred and four dollars and eighty cents; for three messengers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars; one engineer, eighteen hundred dollars; three assistant engineers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars; six firemen, at two dollars and forty cents each per day, five thousand two hundred and fifty-six dollars; for clerk to committee of ways and means, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; clerk to committee on appropriations, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; clerk to the committee on public lands, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; clerk to committee on claims, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; sergeant-at-arms, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; clerk to the sergeant-at-arms, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; messenger to the sergeant-at-arms, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; doorkeeper, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; first assistant doorkeeper, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; postmaster, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; first assistant postmaster, two thousand and eighty-eight dollars; five messengers, at one thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight dollars each; two mail boys, at one thousand and eighty dollars each; chaplain of the House, nine hundred dollars; two stenographers, four thousand three hundred and eighty dollars each; superintendent of folding-room, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; superintendent and assistant of the document room at five dollars and seventy-six cents per day each, four thousand two hundred and five dollars and eighty cents; eleven messengers, five at eighteen hundred dollars, and six at fourteen hundred and forty dollars; twelve messengers during94 the session, at the rate of fourteen hundred and forty dollars per annum, six thousand five hundred and twenty dollars. *Capitol Police*.—ForCapitol police. one captain, two thousand and eighty-eight dollars; two lieutenants, at eighteen hundred dollars each, thirty-six hundred dollars; thirty privates, at fifteen hundred and eighty-four dollars each, forty-seven thousand five hundred and twenty dollars; twelve watchmen, at one thousand dollars each, twelve thousand dollars; one superintendent in the crypt, fourteen hundred and forty dollars; uniforms, forty-six hundred dollars; contingent expenses, five hundred dollars; making in all, seventy-one thousand seven hundred and forty-eight dollars; one half to be paid into the contingent fund of the Senate and the other half into the contingent fund of the House of Representatives: *Provided,*Police to furnish their uniforms after June 30, 1869.
That after the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, members of the capital police shall furnish at their own expense each his own uniform, which shall be in exact conformity to that required by regulations; and all provisions of law requiring an appropriation for such uniforms are hereby repealed. ForContingent expenses. contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, viz.— For cartage, three thousand eight hundred dollars. ForClerks to committees. clerks to committees and temporary clerks of the House of Representatives, twenty-six thousand three hundred dollars.
ForGlobe and Appendix. twenty-four copies of the Congressional Globe and Appendix for each member and delegate of the third session of the fortieth Congress, and one hundred copies of the same for the House library, twenty-five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For paying the publishers of the Congressional Globe and Appendix, according to the number of copies taken, one cent for every five pages exceeding fifteen hundred, including the indexes and the laws of the United States, nine thousand five hundred dollars.
ToStatutes at Large, vol. xiv. enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase of Messrs. Little, Brown, and Company two thousand copies of the fourteenth volume of the United States Statutes at Large, for distribution agreeably to the acts of Congress directing the distribution of the other volumes, seven thousand dollars. ForFolding. folding documents, including materials, forty-two thousand dollars. ForFuel and lights fuel and lights, including plumbing, gas-fitting, repairs, and materials, fifteen thousand dollars.
ForFurniture, repairs, &c. furniture, repairs, and packing boxes, thirty thousand dollars. ForHorses and carriages. horses and carriages for the transportation of mails and for the use of messengers, ten thousand dollars. ForLaborers and miscellaneous. laborers, eight thousand dollars. For miscellaneous items, seventy thousand dollars. ForStationery and newspapers. stationery and newspapers for two hundred and fifty members and delegates, to the amount of one hundred and twenty-five dollars each, thirty-one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
ForPages and mail-boys. twenty-five pages and three temporary mail-boys, six thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars. ForDaily Globe. reporting and publishing proceedings in the Daily Globe, sixteen thousand dollars. ForStationery.Proviso. stationery, fifteen thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the postmaster of the House shall account to the clerk of the House, at the end of each session of Congress, for all stationery by him received and distributed. ForAdditional compensation reporters. the usual additional compensation to the reporters of the House for the Congressional Globe for reporting the proceedings of the House for the third session of the fortieth Congress, eight hundred dollars each, four thousand eight hundred dollars. 95 *Public Printing*.—ForPublic printing.Congressional printer, clerks, &c.Salary of foreman of binding. compensation of the congressional printer, and the clerks and *and* messengers in his office, twelve thousand five hundred and fourteen dollars: *Provided,* That the salary of the foreman of binding in the government printing office shall hereafter be eighteen hundred dollars per annum. :
ForContingent expenses. contingent expenses of his office, viz. For stationery, postage, advertising, furniture, travelling expenses, horses and wagons, and miscellaneous items, fifteen hundred dollars. ForPrinting, &c. *Post*, p. 348.Vol. xvi. p. 54. the public printing, three hundred and ninety-nine thousand four hundred and twenty-two dollars and forty-seven cents. ForPaper. paper for the public printing, four hundred thousand dollars. ForBinding. the public binding, three hundred and sixteen thousand two hundred and twenty dollars and thirty-two cents.
ForLithographing and engraving.Female employees to have twenty per cent, additional pay lithographing and engraving for the Senate and House of Representatives, eighty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the female employees in the government printing office shall be entitled to twenty per centum additional upon their present pay, and the necessary amount is hereby appropriated to pay the same. *Library of Congress*.—ForLibrary of Congress. compensation of the librarian, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars.
For three assistant librarians, at two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars each, six thousand four hundred and eighty dollars. For two assistant librarians, one at one thousand two hundred dollars, and one at one thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars, two thousand three hundred and fifty-two dollars. For one messenger, one thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight dollars. For three laborers, at eight hundred and sixty-four dollars each, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars.
For three assistant librarians, at fourteen hundred and forty dollars each, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. For contingent expenses of said library, two thousand dollars. For purchase of books for said library, eight thousand dollars. ForPurchase of books and newspapers. purchase of law books for said library, two thousand dollars. For purchase of files of periodicals and newspapers, one thousand five hundred dollars. ForBotanic garden and greenhouses. botanic garden, grading, draining, procuring manure, tools, fuel, and repairs, and purchasing trees and shrubs, under the direction of the library committee of Congress, five thousand four hundred dollars.
For pay of superintendents and assistants in botanic garden and greenhouses, under the direction of the library committee of Congress, eleven thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars. ForExchange of public documents.Vol. xiv. p. 573. the expenses of exchanging public documents for the publications of foreign governments, as provided by resolution approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, fifteen hundred dollars. *Court of Claims*.—ForCourt of claims. salaries of five judges of the court of claims, the solicitor, assistant solicitor, deputy-solicitor, chief clerk and assistant clerk, bailiff, and messenger thereof, thirty-seven thousand three hundred dollars.
ForExpenses of taking testimony. compensation of attorneys to attend to taking testimony, witnesses, and commissioners, two thousand five hundred dollars. ForPayment of judgments. payment of judgments which may be rendered by the court in favor of claimants, one hundred thousand dollars. *Executive*.—ForExecutive.President compensation of the President of the United States, twenty-five thousand dollars. ForVice-President. compensation to the Vice-President of the United States, from March fourth to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, two thousand six hundred and twenty-two dollars and twenty-two cents.
ForSecretary to sign land patents. compensation of secretary to sign patents for public lands, one thousand five hundred dollars. 96 ForPrivate Secretary, &c. compensation to the private secretary, assistant secretary, who shall be a shorthand writer, two clerks of class four, steward and messenger of the President of the United States, twelve thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided,* ThatRepeal of act authorizing clerk of pardons, &c.1866, ch. 208, §4.Vol. xiv. p. 207. so much of the fourth section of the act of July twenty-three, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, making appropriations for legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, as authorizes the President of the United States to appoint a clerk of pardons, and one clerk of the fourth class, is hereby repealed.
For contingent expenses of the executive office, including stationery therefor, three thousand dollars. *Public Buildings and Grounds*.—ForPublic buildings and grounds. salary of the warden of the jail in the District of Columbia, two thousand dollars. ForWarden of jail. compensation to the laborer in charge of the water-closets in the capitol, seven hundred and twenty dollars. ForLaborers. compensation of four laborers in the capitol, two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.
ForGardener. compensation to the public gardener, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars. For compensation of a foreman and twenty-one laborers employed in the public grounds, nineteen thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars. ForWatchmen. compensation of two watchmen at the President’s House, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For compensation of the doorkeeper at the President’s House, one thousand dollars. For compensation of five watchmen in reservation number two, five thousand dollars.
ForDraw keepers at bridges. compensation of draw-keepers at the Potomac bridge, and for fuel, oil, and lamps, five thousand dollars. For compensation of two draw-keepers at the two bridges across the eastern branch of the Potomac, and for fuel, oil and lamps, one thousand three hundred and ninety-six dollars. ForFurnace-keeper. compensation of furnace-keeper under the old hall of the House of Representatives, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars. For compensation of furnace-keeper at the President’s house, seven hundred and twenty dollars.
ForClerk and messenger. clerk in the office of Public Buildings, one thousand two hundred dollars. For messenger in the same office, one thousand dollars. ForPolicemen at President’s. two policemen at the President’s House, two thousand six hundred and forty dollars. ForHeating apparatus. compensation of the person in charge of the heating apparatus of the library of Congress, and Supreme Court room, one thousand dollars. ForElectrician. electrician for the capitol, one thousand two hundred dollars. *Department of State*.—ForDepartment of State.Pay of Sentry, &c.Office of examiner of claims abolished.Repeal of 1856, ch. 170, § 3.Vol. xi. p. 139, authorizing a superintendent of statistics. compensation of the Secretary of State, second assistant secretary of state, and examiner of claims: *Provided,* That the office of examiner of claims shall be abolished on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine; and assistant secretary of state, for chief clerk, eight clerks of class four, additional to one clerk of class four as disbursing clerk, nine clerks of class three, three clerks of class two, three clerks of class one, one messenger, one assistant messenger, and seven laborers, sixty-three thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars: *Provided,* That the third section of the act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘ An act requiring foreign regulations of commerce to be laid annually before Congress,’ approved August sixteen, eighteen hundred and forty-two, and for other purposes,” be, and the same is hereby, repealed. 97 *For the Incidental and Contingent Expenses of the Department of Stale*.—ForContingent expenses.Pamphlet laws and in newspapers. publishing the laws in pamphlet form and in-newspapers of the States and Territories, and in the city of Washington, forty thousand dollars.
Forproofreading. proofreading, and packing the laws and documents for the various legations and consulates, including boxes and transportation of the same, three thousand dollars. ForStationery, &c. stationery, blank books, furniture, fixtures, and repairs, two thousand five hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, two thousand five hundred dollars. For copperplate printing, books, and maps, five thousand dollars. For extra clerk hire and copying, five thousand dollars. *For the General Purposes of the Building occupied by the Stale Department*.—ForBuilding occupied by State Department. compensation of four watchmen and two laborers of the building, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.
For contingent expenses of said building, viz. For rent, fuel, lights, repairs, and miscellaneous expenses, twenty-five thousand dollars. *Treasury Department*.—ForTreasury Department.Pay of secretary, assistants, &c.; compensation of the Secretary of the Treasury, two assistant secretaries of the treasury, chief clerk, eleven clerks of class four, additional to one clerk of class four as disbursing clerk, twelve clerks of class three, fourteen clerks of class two, two clerks of class two, (transferred from the third auditor’s office,) fifteen clerks of class one, (two of whom were transferred from the third auditor’s office,) one messenger, one assistant messenger, and three laborers, one hundred and one thousand eight hundred dollars.
In thesupervising architect, &c. assistant, clerks &c. construction branch of the treasury: For supervising architect, three thousand dollars; assistant supervising architect, two thousand dollars; for two clerks of class four, three thousand six hundred dollars; for four clerks of class three, six thousand four hundred dollars; for two clerks of class one, two thousand four hundred dollars; and one messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, eighteen thousand one hundred and twenty dollars; and the clause in act of March fourteen,Clause of act of 1864, ch. 39, § 6, continued until July 1, 1869.Vol. xiii. p. 27. eighteen hundred and sixty-four, providing for the officers, clerks, and messengers in the construction branch of the Treasury Department, is hereby continued in force until July one, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and no longer.
ForPay of 1st comptroller, &c.; first comptroller of the treasury, chief clerk, six clerks of class four, eight clerks of class three, seven clerks of class two, (three of them transferred from third auditor’s office,) two clerks of class one, one messenger, and two laborers, in all, forty-three thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. Forof 2d comptroller, &c.; second comptroller of the treasury, chief clerk, twelve clerks of class four, twenty clerks of class three, twenty-eight clerks of class two, (one of them transferred from the third auditor’s office,) twenty-one clerks of class one, twelve copyists, one messenger, one assistant messenger, and two laborers, in all, one hundred and thirty-seven thousand dollars.
Forof commissioner of customs; commissioner of customs, chief clerk, two clerks of class four, six clerks of class three, nine clerks of class two, seven clerks of class one, one messenger, and one laborer, in all, forty thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars. Forof 1st auditor, &c.; first auditor of the treasury, chief clerk, three clerks of class four, eight clerks of class three, six clerks of class two, five clerks of class one; also two clerks of class three, four clerks of class two, and eight clerks of class one, (transferred from the offices of the third auditor and the solicitor,) one messenger and one assistant messenger, and one laborer, in all, fifty-seven thousand five hundred and sixty dollars.
Forof 2d auditor &c. compensation of the second auditor, chief clerk, six clerks of class four, fifty-four clerks of class three, one hundred and eight clerks of class two, two hundred and twelve clerks of class one; also, one clerk of class98 two and one clerk of class one, (transferred from the third auditor’s office,) one messenger, five assistant messengers, and seven laborers, in all, five hundred and twenty thousand six hundred and forty dollars. ForPay of 3d auditor, &c.; compensation of the third auditor, chief clerk, thirteen clerks of class four, for additional to one clerk of class four as disbursing clerk, thirty-two clerks of class three, ninety-seven clerks of class two, one hundred and twenty clerks of class one, ten copyists, three messengers, two assistant messengers, and seven laborers, employed in his office, in all, three hundred and seventy-seven thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.
Forof 4th auditor, compensation of the fourth auditor, chief clerk, five clerks of class four, eighteen clerks of class three, sixteen clerks of class two, thirty-six clerks of class one, one messenger, one assistant messenger, and one laborer, employed in his office, in all, one hundred and ten thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars. Forof 5th auditor, &c.; compensation of the fifth auditor, chief clerk, two clerks of class four, four clerks of class three, seven clerks of class two, fifteen clerks of class one, six copyists, one messenger, and one laborer, employed in his office, in all, forty-nine thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.
Forof auditor for Post-office Department, compensation of the auditor of the treasury, for the Post-Office Department, chief clerk, nine clerks of class four, (additional to one clerk of class four as disbursing clerk,) forty clerks of class three, sixty-four clerks of class two, thirty-seven clerks of class one, one messenger, one assistant messenger, and eleven laborers, employed in his office, in all, two hundred and twenty-nine thousand one hundred and sixty dollars. Forof treasurer, assistant treasurer, &c.; compensation of the treasurer of the United States, assistant treasurer, cashier, assistant cashier, five chiefs of division, two principal bookkeepers, two tellers, one chief clerk, two assistant tellers, fifteen clerks of class four, fifteen clerks of class three, eleven clerks of class two, nine clerks of class one, sixty female clerks, fifteen messengers, five male and seven female laborers, employed in his office, in all, one hundred and ninety-one thousand four hundred and sixteen dollars.
Forof register of treasury, &c.; compensation of the register of the treasury, assistant register, chief clerk, five clerks of class four, thirteen clerks of class three, twenty-five clerks of class two, (one of which transferred from third auditor’s office,) eleven clerks of class one, one messenger, two assistant messengers, and two laborers, employed in his office, in all, eighty-nine thousand one hundred and twenty dollars. Forof solicitor, assistant solicitor, &c.; compensation of the solicitor of the treasury, assistant solicitor, chief clerk, one clerk of class four, three clerks of class three, three clerks of class two, (one of which transferred from the third auditor’s office,) one clerk of class one, one messenger, and one laborer, employed in his office, in all, twenty-two thousand one hundred dollars.
Forof lighthouse board; compensation of the chief clerk of the lighthouse board, two clerks of class three, one clerk of class two, one clerk of class one, one messenger, and one laborer, employed in his office, in all, nine thousand five hundred and twenty dollars. Forof comptroller of currency; comptroller of the currency, deputy-comptroller, clerks, messengers, and laborers employed in his office, in all, eighty thousand dollars. Forof commissioner of internal revenue. paper, special dies, printing circulating notes, express charges, and all expenses necessarily incurred in procuring the same, in above office, one hundred thousand dollars.
ForProviso. commissioner of internal revenue, three deputy-commissioners, one solicitor, seven heads of divisions, thirty-four clerks of class four, forty-five clerks of class three, fifty clerks of class two, thirty-seven clerks of class one, fifty-five female clerks, five messengers, three assistant messengers, and fifteen laborers, employed in his office, in all, three hundred and forty-nine thousand four hundred and fifty dollars: *Provided,* 99 ThatNo pay for services of solicitor until, &c. until a solicitor is appointed in accordance with law, no part of the moneys hereby appropriated shall be applied in payment of services properly pertaining to such office.
ForIncidental expenses rent, dies, paper, for stamps and incidental expenses, including the cost of subscriptions for such number of copies of the Internal Revenue Record and Customs Journal as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem necessary to supply to revenue officers, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. ForCollectors, assessors, &c. salaries and expenses of collectors, assessors, assistant assessors, revenue agents, inspectors, and superintendents of exports and drawbacks, together with the expense of carrying into effect the various provisions of the several acts providing internal revenue, excepting items otherwise estimated for, six million dollars.
ForViolations of the internal revenue laws. detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons guilty of violating the internal revenue laws, or conniving at the same, in cases where such expenses are not otherwise provided for by law, one hundred thousand dollars. *For Incidental and Contingent Expenses of the Treasury Department*.—InContingent, &c. expenses of treasury;in office of secretary.Detailed statement of expenses to be made annually.Special commissioner of revenue to act as director of bureau of statistics.1866, ch. 298 § 13.Vol. xiv. p. 331.Deputy commissioner.Office of director of bureau of statistics abolished after, &c. the office of the Secretary of the Treasury and the several bureaus, including copying, labor, binding, sealing ships’ registers, translating foreign languages, advertising, and extra clerk hire for preparing and collecting information to be laid before Congress, and for miscellaneous items, fifty thousand dollars.
And it shall be the duty of the Secretary to lay before the House of Representatives, annually, with his report of receipts and expenditures, a statement in detail of the disbursements made from the sum hereby appropriated. But the special commissioner of the revenue shall, after the first of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, act as superintendent of the division in the office of said secretary created by the thirteenth section of the act approved July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled “ An act to protect the revenue, and for other purposes,” and called the bureau of statistics; and the Secretary of the Treasury may appoint one division clerk, at the same salary as the head of division, in the office of the commissioner of internal revenue, who shall act as deputy to said special commissioner of the revenue in respect to the said bureau, and exercise in his absence all powers belonging to him as such superintendent, except the franking privilege; and the office of director of the bureau of statistics is hereby abolished after the first of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.
ForStationery. stationery for the Treasury Department and the several bureaus, seventy-five thousand dollars. ForTemporary clerks. temporary clerks in the Treasury Department, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to classify the clerks according to the character of their services. ForFurniture, &c. furniture, carpets, and miscellaneous items for the treasury bureaus, thirty-five thousand dollars. *For the General Purposes of the Treasury Department Building, including the Extension*.—ForTreasury Department building; watchmen and laborers. compensation of twelve watchmen and eleven laborers of the building, sixteen thousand five hundred and sixty dollars.
For contingent expenses of said building, viz. For fuel, light, labor, and miscellaneous items, seventy-five thousand dollars. *Department of the Interior*.—ForDepartment of the Interior.Pay of secretary, assistant, &c. compensation of the Secretary of the Interior, assistant secretary, chief clerk, four clerks of class four, additional to three disbursing clerks, three clerks of class three, four clerks of class two, one return clerk, one messenger, two assistant messengers, five watchmen, and three laborers in his office, in all, forty-one thousand five hundred and forty dollars. 100 *General Land Office*.—ForAppropriation for pay of commissioner of general land office; commissioner of the general land office, recorder, chief clerk, three principal clerks of public lands, private land claims and surveys, three clerks of class four, twenty-three clerks of class three, forty clerks of class two, forty clerks of class one, draughtsman, assistant draughtsman, two messengers, three assistant messengers, two packers, seven laborers, and eight watchmen employed in his office, in all, one hundred and seventy-eight thousand two hundred dollars.
Forof additional clerks;1855, ch. 207.Vol. x. p. 701. compensation of additional clerks in the general land office under the act of March three, eighteen hundred and fifty-five: For one principal clerk as director, one clerk of class three, four clerks of class two, forty clerks of class one, and two laborers, fifty-eight thousand six hundred and forty dollars. *Indian Office*.—Forof commissioner of Indian affairs; compensation of the commissioner of Indian affairs, chief clerk, three clerks of class four, seven clerks of class three, five clerks of class two, one messenger, one assistant messenger, one laborer and two watchmen, employed in his office, in all, thirty-two thousand six hundred dollars. *Pension Office*.—Forof commissioner of pensions, &c.;1863, ch. 59, § 2.Vol. xii. p. 695. compensation of commissioner of pensions, chief clerk, twelve clerks of class four, thirty clerks of class three, fifty-two clerks of class two, fifty clerks of class one, one messenger and three assistant messengers, five laborers and one watchman, employed in his office, two hundred and fifteen thousand two hundred and forty dollars.
And the eight clerks of class four, ten clerks of class three, twelve clerks of class two, and twenty-five clerks of class one, authorized by clause in the act of February twenty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, may be continued until the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and no longer. Forof additional and temporary clerks. compensation of additional clerks in the pension office, viz. For ten clerks of class four, eighteen clerks of class three, twenty-four clerks of class two, and twenty-eight clerks of class one, one hundred and fourteen thousand dollars.
For temporary clerks in the pension office, twenty thousand dollars. *Incidental and Contingent Expenses—Department of the Interior*.—OfficeIncidental expenses.Office of secretary. of the Secretary of the Interior:— For stationery, furniture, and other contingencies, and for books and maps for the library, ten thousand dollars. ForPatent office. casual repairs of the patent-office building, ten thousand dollars. ForDistributing journals and documents.Vol. xi. p. 253.1859, ch. 22.Vol. xi. p. 379. expenses of packing and distributing congressional journals and documents, in pursuance of the provisions contained in the joint resolution of Congress approved twenty-eighth January, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and act fifth February, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, six thousand dollars.
For fuel and lights for the patent-office building, including the salaries of engineer and assistant engineer of the furnaces and repairs of the heating apparatus, eighteen thousand dollars. Office of the commissioner of Indian affairs:— ForFuel and lights. blank books, binding, stationery, and miscellaneous items, including two of the daily city newspapers, to be filed, bound, and preserved for the use of the office, five thousand dollars. OfficeOffice of commissioner of Indian affairs; of the commissioner of pensions:— Forof commissioner of pensions; stationery, engraving, and retouching plates for bounty-land warrants, printing and binding the same, office furniture, and repairing the same, and miscellaneous items, including two daily newspapers, to be filed, bound, and preserved for the use of the office, and for detection and investigation of fraud, forty thousand dollars.
Officeof commission er of general land office. of the commissioner of the general land office:— For cash system, maps, diagrams, stationery, furniture and repairs of the same, miscellaneous items, including two of the city newspapers, to be filed, bound, and preserved for the use of the office, for advertising and101 telegraphing,1850, ch. 84, Vol. ix. p. 519. for miscellaneous items on account of bounty lands and military patents under the several acts, and for contingent expenses under swampland act of September twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and fifty, ten thousand dollars. *Surveyors-General and their Clerks*.—ForSurveyors-general and their clerks.Minnesota. compensation of the surveyor-general of Minnesota, two thousand dollars, and the clerks in his office, two thousand five hundred dollars.
ForDakota. surveyor-general of the Territory of Dakota, two thousand dollars, and the clerks in his office, two thousand five hundred dollars,—four thousand five hundred dollars. ForKansas. surveyor-general of Kansas, two thousand dollars, and the clerks in his office, four thousand dollars. ForColorado and Utah. surveyor-general of Colorado and Utah, three thousand dollars, and for the clerks in his office, four thousand dollars. ForNew Mexico. surveyor-general of New Mexico, three thousand dollars.
ForCalifornia and Arizona. surveyor-general of California and Arizona, three thousand dollars, and for clerks in his office, four thousand five hundred dollars. ForIdaho. surveyor-general of Idaho, three thousand dollars, and for clerks in his office, four thousand dollars. ForNevada. surveyor-general of Nevada, two thousand five hundred dollars, and the clerks in his office, four thousand dollars. ForOregon. the surveyor-general of Oregon, two thousand five hundred dollars, and for the clerks in his office, four thousand dollars.
ForWashington. surveyor-general of Washington Territory, two thousand five hundred dollars, and for the clerks in his office, four thousand dollars. ForNebraska and Iowa. surveyor-general of Nebraska and Iowa, two thousand dollars, and the clerks in his office, four thousand dollars. ForMontana. surveyor-general of Montana, three thousand dollars, and for the clerks in his office, three thousand dollars. ForRecorder of land-titles in Missouri.Pay of clerk of district court of northern district of Mississippi, and duty of such clerk.Repeal of act 1853, ch. 97, § 19.Vol. x. p. 214. recorder of land-titles in Missouri, five hundred dollars.
For services of the clerk of the district court of the northern district of Mississippi, as keeper of the records and files of the land office at Pontotoc, Mississippi, from June fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, to June fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, five hundred dollars; and it is hereby made the duty of said clerk, on the passage of this act, to transfer the records and files aforesaid to the register of the land office at Jackson, Mississippi; and the nineteenth section of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, entitled “ An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four,” be, and the same is hereby, repealed. [*Expenses of Courts of the United States.*]—ForExpenses of courts of the United StatesSuits in which the United States are concerned. defraying the expenses of the Supreme Court and district courts of the United States, including the District of Columbia, and also for jurors and witnesses, in aid of the funds arising from fines, penalties, and forfeitures, in the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and previous years, and likewise for defraying the expenses of suits in which the United States are concerned, including legal assistance to the Attorney-General, and other special and extraordinary expenditures in cases of the Supreme Court of the United States in which the United States are concerned, and of prosecutions for offences committed against the United States, and for the safekeeping of prisoners, one million dollars.
ForSafe-keeping of prisoners, and prosecution of crime.Biennial register. compiling and supervising the biennial register, five hundred dollars. *War Department*.—ForWar Department.Pay of secretary, &c. compensation of the Secretary of War, eight thousand dollars. For chief clerk, two thousand two hundred dollars. For four clerks of class four, seven thousand two hundred dollars. For additional to one clerk of class four, as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars. 102 ForAppropriation for office of Secretary of War. seven clerks of class three, eleven thousand two hundred dollars.
For three clerks of class two, four thousand two hundred dollars; eight clerks of class one, nine thousand six hundred dollars; one messenger, one thousand dollars; one assistant, at eight hundred and forty dollars; one laborer, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; two assistant messengers, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, sixteen hundred and eighty dollars. *Office of Adjutant-General*.—Forof adjutant general; three clerks of class four, five thousand four hundred dollars; nine clerks of class three, fourteen thousand four hundred dollars; twenty-seven clerks of class two, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred dollars.
For forty clerks of class one, forty-eight thousand dollars. For three messengers, at one thousand dollars each, three thousand dollars. *Office of Quartermaster-General*.—Forof quartermaster-general; six clerks of class four, ten thousand eight hundred dollars. For twelve clerks of class three, nineteen thousand two hundred dollars. For thirty clerks of class two, forty-two thousand eight hundred dollars. For one hundred and eight clerks of class one, one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred dollars.
For thirty copyists, at nine hundred dollars each, twenty-seven thousand dollars. For one superintendent of the building occupied by the quartermaster general, two hundred dollars. For four messengers, at one thousand dollars each, four thousand dollars. For six laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. *Office of Paymaster-General*.—Forof paymaster-general. chief clerk, two thousand dollars. For four clerks of class four, seven thousand two hundred dollars.
For one clerk of class three, sixteen hundred dollars. For1863, ch. 59.Vol. xii. p. 695.Clerks not to be continued after, &c. three clerks of class three, authorized by clause in the act of February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, four thousand eight hundred dollars: *Provided,* That said clerks shall not be continued after the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. For twenty-six clerks of class two, thirty-six thousand four hundred dollars. For thirty clerks of class one, at twelve hundred dollars each, thirty-six thousand dollars.
For two messengers, at one thousand dollars each, two thousand dollars. *Office of the Commissary-General*.—ForAppropriation for office of commissary general; one clerk of class four, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class three, one thousand six hundred dollars. For fourteen clerks of class two, nineteen thousand six hundred dollars. For twenty-four clerks of class one, twenty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars. One messenger, at one thousand dollars. For two laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars. *Office of the Surgeon-General*.—Forof surgeon-general. one clerk of class four, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for one clerk of class three, one thousand six hundred dollars; for two clerks of class two, two thousand eight hundred dollars; for fifteen clerks of class one, eighteen thousand dollars; for one messenger, one thousand dollars; one laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars. 103 *Office of Chief Engineer*.—ForAppropriation for office of chief engineer; four clerks of class four, seven thousand two hundred dollars; for four clerks of class three, six thousand four hundred dollars; for five clerks of class two, seven thousand dollars; for three clerks of class one, three thousand six hundred dollars; for two messengers, at one thousand dollars each, two thousand dollars; and one laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars. *Office of Chief of Ordnance*.—Forof chief of ordnance; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four, five thousand four hundred dollars; for two clerk [s] of class three, three thousand two hundred dollars; for six clerks of class two, eight thousand four hundred dollars; for ten clerks of class one, twelve thousand dollars: one messenger, one thousand dollars; two laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, fourteen hundred and forty dollars. *Office of Military Justice*.—Forof military justice; one clerk of class four, one clerk of class three, one clerk of class two, and two clerks of class one, seven thousand two hundred dollars. *Signal Office*.—Forof signal office; two clerks of class two, two thousand eight hundred dollars. *Contingent Expenses of the War Department*.—Officefor contingent expenses in office of secretary of War; of the Secretary of War:
For blank books, stationery, labor, books, maps, extra clerk hire, and miscellaneous items, ten thousand dollars. Officeof adjutant-general; of the adjutant-general: For blank books, stationery, binding, and miscellaneous items, fifteen thousand dollars. Officeof quartermaster-general; of the quartermaster-general: For blank books, stationery, binding, and miscellaneous items, ten thousand dollars. Officeof paymaster-general; of the paymaster-general: For blank books, stationery, binding and miscellaneous items, fifteen thousand dollars.
Chiefof chief engineer; engineer’s office: For blank books, stationery, binding, and miscellaneous items, three thousand five hundred dollars. Officeof surgeon-general; of the surgeon-general: For blank books, stationery, binding, and miscellaneous items, including rent of office, ten thousand dollars. Officeof chief of ordnance; of the chief of ordnance: For blank books, stationery, binding, and miscellaneous items, three thousand dollars. Officeof military justice. of military justice:
For blank books, stationery, binding, and miscellaneous items, one thousand two hundred dollars. *For the General Purposes of the War Department Building*.—ForWar Department building. compensation of superintendent, four watchmen and two laborers of the building, four thousand five hundred and seventy dollars. For labor, fuel, light, and miscellaneous items, twenty thousand dollars. *Building occupied by Paymaster-General, corner of F and Fifteenth Streets*.—ForBuilding corner F and Fifteenth Streets. superintendent, watchmen, rent, fuel, lights, and miscellaneous items, fifteen thousand dollars. *For the General Purposes of the Building corner of F and Seventeenth Streets*.—ForBuilding corner F and Seventeenth Streets. compensation of superintendent, four watchmen, and two laborers for said building, four thousand five hundred and seventy dollars.
For fuel, compensation of firemen, and miscellaneous items, five thousand dollars. For painting exterior and interior of building, papering halls, and repairing roof, two thousand five hundred dollars. *Navy Department*.—ForNavy Department.Pay of Secretary, assistant secretary, &c.Office of solicitor and naval judge advocate-general to cease March 4, 1869.See *post,* p. 313.Vol. xvi. p. 10. compensation of the Secretary of the Navy, eight thousand dollars. For compensation of the assistant secretary of the navy, three thousand five hundred dollars; solicitor and naval judge advocate-general, two thousand six hundred and sixty-three dollars: *Provided,* That this office shall cease on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and no further appropriation for its continuance shall be made until said office shall have been established by law; chief clerk, two thousand104 two hundredAppropriation for Navy Department; dollars; one fourth class clerk, (also a disbursing clerk,) two thousand dollars; four clerks of the fourth class, seven thousand two hundred dollars; five clerks of the third class, eight thousand dollars; three clerks of the second class, four thousand two hundred dollars; three clerks of the first class, three thousand six hundred dollars; one messenger, one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; two laborers, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars.
Forfor bureau of Yards and docks; compensation of civil engineer of the bureau of yards and docks, two thousand dollars; chief clerk, eighteen hundred dollars; one clerk of the fourth class, eighteen hundred dollars; two clerks of the third class, three thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk of the second class, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk of the first class, twelve hundred dollars; one draughtsman, fourteen hundred dollars; one messenger, one thousand dollars; two laborers, fourteen hundred and forty dollars.
Forof equipment and recruiting; the compensation of the chief clerk of the bureau of equipment and recruiting, eighteen hundred dollars; one clerk of the fourth class, eighteen hundred dollars; two clerks of the third class, three thousand two hundred dollars; three clerks of the first class, thirty-six hundred dollars; one messenger, one thousand dollars. Forof navigation; the compensation of the chief clerk of the bureau of navigation, eighteen hundred dollars; one clerk of the second class, fourteen hundred dollars; one clerk of the first class, twelve hundred dollars; one messenger, one thousand dollars.
Forof ordnance;1862, ch. 134, § 3.Vol. xii. p. 611. compensation of the chief clerk of the bureau of ordnance, in place of the assistant provided by section three of the act of July five, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, eighteen hundred dollars; one draughtsman, fourteen hundred dollars; one clerk of the second class, fourteen hundred dollars; one messenger, one thousand dollars; one laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one laborer, five hundred and seventy-six dollars.
Forof construction and repair; compensation of the chief clerk of the bureau of construction and repair, eighteen hundred dollars; one draughtsman, eighteen hundred dollars; one clerk of class four, two clerks of class three, two clerks of class two, seven thousand eight hundred dollars; one messenger, one thousand dollars; one laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars. Forof steam engineering compensation of the chief clerk of the bureau of steam engineering, eighteen hundred dollars; one draughtsman, fourteen hundred dollars; one clerk of the second class, fourteen hundred dollars; one assistant draughtsman, twelve hundred dollars; one messenger, one thousand dollars; one laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars.
Forof provisions and clothing; compensation of the chief clerk of the bureau of provisions and clothing, eighteen hundred dollars; one clerk of the fourth class, eighteen hundred dollars; three clerks of the third class, forty-eight hundred dollars; six clerks of the second class, seven thousand two hundred dollars; three clerks of the first class, thirty-six hundred dollars; one messenger, one thousand dollars; one laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars. Forof medicine and surgery; compensation of the chief of the bureau of medicine and surgery, three thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk of the fourth class, eighteen hundred dollars; one clerk of the third class, sixteen hundred dollars; one messenger, one thousand dollars; one laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars. *Incidental and Contingent Expenses of the Navy Department*.—OfficeContingent, &c. expenses.Office of Secretary of Navy. of the Secretary of the Navy, for stationery, labor, newspapers, and miscellaneous items, two thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. *Bureau of Yards and Docks*.—ForBureau of yards and docks; stationery, books, plans, drawings, and miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars. *Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting*.—Forof equipment and recruiting; stationery, books, and miscellaneous items, seven hundred and fifty dollars. *Bureau of Navigation*.—Forof navigation. stationery, blank books, and miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars. 105 *Bureau of Ordnance*.—ForContingent, &c. expenses of bureau of ordnance; stationery and miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars. *Bureau of Construction and Repair*.—Forof construction and repair; stationery and miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars. *Bureau of Steam Engineering*.—Forof steam engineering; stationery and miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars. *Bureau of Provisions and Clothing*.—Forof provisions and clothing; stationery and miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars. *Bureau of Medicine and Surgery*.—Forof medicine and surgery. stationery and miscellaneous articles, four hundred dollars. *For the General Purposes of the Navy Department Building*.—ForNavy Department building. compensation of five watchmen and two laborers of the building, four thousand seven hundred and fifty-two dollars.
For labor, fuel, lights, and miscellaneous items, six thousand dollars. *Post-Office Department*.—ForPost-office Department.Pay of postmaster-General, assistants &c. compensation of the Postmaster-General, eight thousand dollars; three assistant postmasters-general, at three thousand five hundred dollars each, ten thousand five hundred dollars; superintendent of money-order system, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred dollars; three chief clerks, at two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; additional to one clerk of class four, as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; eleven clerks of class four, nineteen thousand eight hundred dollars; forty-nine clerks of class three, seventy-eight thousand four hundred dollars; forty-five clerks of class two, sixty-three thousand dollars; twenty-three clerks of class one, twenty-seven thousand six hundred dollars; fifty female clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, forty-five thousand dollars; ten folders, seven thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger and three assistants, at one thousand dollars each, four thousand dollars; nine watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, six thousand four hundred and eighty dollars; fifteen laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, ten thousand eight hundred dollars.
ForDead-letter office.1862, ch. 8.Vol. xii.p.332. twenty-five clerks in dead-letter office, under act of January twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, twenty thousand dollars. For temporary clerks, twenty thousand dollars. *For Contingent Expenses of the Post-Office Department*.—ForContingent expenses of Post-office Department. blank books, binding, stationery, fuel, lights, laborers, and furnishing apartments for additional letter-carriers and clerks of the money-order system, sixty-five thousand dollars. *Department of Agriculture*.—ForDepartment of agriculture.Pay of commissioner, &c. compensation of commissioner of agriculture, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; entomologist, two thousand dollars; chemist, two thousand dollars; superintendent of experimental gardens, two thousand dollars; botanist, fourteen hundred dollars; superintendent of seed-room, eighteen hundred dollars; librarian, eighteen hundred dollars; superintendent of folding-room, twelve hundred dollars; two clerks of class four, three thousand six hundred dollars; four clerks of class three, six thousand four hundred dollars; six clerks of class two, eight thousand four hundred dollars; seven clerks of class one, eight thousand four hundred dollars; five copyists and attendants in museum, at one thousand dollars each, five thousand dollars; three messengers, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, two thousand five hundred and twenty dollars; two watchmen, at eight hundred and sixty-four dollars each, one thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight dollars; six laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars; statistician, two thousand dollars; assistant chemist, one thousand six hundred dollars; assistant superintendent of experimental garden and grounds, one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant superintendent of seed-room, one thousand two hundred dollars; disbursing clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars. 106 *Agricultural Statistics*.—ForAgricultural statistics and annual report.Accounts, how to be audited and certified. collecting statistics and material for annual report, ten thousand dollars: *Provided,* That hereafter the accounts of the agricultural department shall be audited by the first auditor of the Treasury Department, and revised and certified by the first comptroller according to law. *Contingencies*.—ForContingencies in department of agriculture. stationery, freight, and incidentals, five thousand dollars.
For purchases for library, laboratory, and museum, five thousand dollars. For fuel, light, and miscellaneous expenses, three thousand two hundred dollars. For keep of horses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For labor and repairs in the experimental garden, and purchase of plants for the same, ten thousand dollars. For purchase of new and valuable seeds and labor in putting them up, twenty thousand dollars. *For the New Building*.—ForNew building. heating apparatus, fifteen thousand dollars.
For gas fixtures, two thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars. For cases for museum, three thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars. For painting walls, and fitting up bathrooms, six thousand two hundred and fifty-five dollars. For purchase of furniture and fitting up laboratory, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For grading, forming roads and walks, and improving the grounds, twelve thousand dollars. *Department of Education*.—ForDepartment of education.Pay of commissioner, &c. compensation of commissioner of education, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four, eighteen hundred dollars; and one clerk of class three, sixteen hundred dollars.
ForDepartment abolished.Office of education established.Commissioner, &c.See *post*, p. 291.Vol. xvi. p. 13. stationery, blank books, freight, express charges, library, miscellaneous items, and extra clerical help, ten thousand six hundred dollars; in all twenty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That from and after the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, the department of education shall cease, and there shall be established and attached to the Department of the Interior an office to be denominated the office of education, the chief officer of which shall be the commissioner of education, at a salary of three thousand dollars per annum, who shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, discharge all such duties, and superintend, execute, and perform all such acts and things touching and respecting the said office of education as are devolved by law upon said commissioner of education. united states mint and assay office. *Mint at Philadelphia*.—ForMint and assay office.Mint at Philadelphia.Pay of weighing and calculating clerks, &c. salaries of the director, treasurer, assayer, melter and refiner, chief coiner and engraver, assistant assayer, and seven clerks, thirty-nine thousand four hundred dollars: *Provided,* That from and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, the annual compensation of the weighing clerk shall be two thousand dollars, and the compensation of the calculating, accounting, and warrant clerks shall be eighteen hundred dollars each.
For wages of workmen and adjusters, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, twenty-five thousand dollars. For specimens of ores and coins to be preserved in the cabinet of the mint, six hundred dollars. For freight on bullion and coin, five thousand dollars. *Branch Mint at San Francisco, California*.—ForBranch mint at San Francisco. salaries of superintendent, treasurer, assayist, melter and refiner, coiner, and six clerks, thirty thousand five hundred dollars. 107 ForBranch mint at San Francisco. wages of workmen and adjusters, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses, repairs, and wastage, eighty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That hereafter all the “ available profits ’’ of the United States mint and branches, shall be covered into the treasury, to be expended only by a specific appropriation. For specimens of ores, three hundred dollars. *Assay Office, New York*.—ForAssay office, New York. salaries of superintendent, assayer, and melter and refiner, assistant assayer, officers and clerks, twenty-five thousand seven hundred dollars.
For wages of workmen, in addition to unexpended balances of former appropriations, forty thousand dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, fifty thousand dollars. *Branch Mint at Denver*.—ForBranch mint at Denver; superintendent, assayer, melter and refiner, coiner, and clerks, thirteen thousand dollars. For wages of workmen, fourteen thousand eight hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifty cents. For incidental and contingent expenses, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five dollars and eighteen cents. *Branch Mint at New Orleans*.—Forat New Orleans; the care and preservation of the branch mint buildings, machinery, and material, at New Orleans, three thousand dollars. *Branch Mint at Charlotte, North Carolina*.—Forat Charlotte. the care and preservation of the branch mint buildings, machinery, and materials, at Charlotte, North Carolina, including five hundred dollars for necessary repairs, one thousand dollars. *Independent Treasury*.—ForIndependent treasury.Pay of assistant treasurers.Salary of assistant at Charleston established. salaries of the assistant treasurers of the United States, at New York, Boston, Charleston, and Saint Louis, viz.
For the assistant treasurer at New York, eight thousand dollars; those at Boston and Saint Louis, each, five thousand dollars; and the one at Charleston, two thousand five hundred dollars; and after the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, the annual salary of the assistant treasurer at Charleston shall be four thousand dollars, and that amount is hereby appropriated—twenty-two thousand dollars. For additional salary of the treasurer of the mint at Philadelphia, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For additional salary of the treasurer of the branch mint at New Orleans, five hundred dollars. For additional salary of the treasurer of the branch mint at Denver, five hundred dollars. For additional salary of the treasurer of the branch mint at San Francisco. California, fifteen hundred dollars:Proviso. *Provided,* That there shall be no increase of salary in the foregoing paragraphs relating to the independent treasury over that allowed by existing laws. ForPay of clerks and messengers. salaries of the clerks and messengers in the office of assistant treasurer at Boston, twenty-five thousand two hundred dollars.
For salaries of clerks, messengers, and watchmen in the office of the assistant treasurer at New York, one hundred and ten thousand dollars. For salaries of clerks, messengers, and watchmen in the office of the assistant treasurer at Philadelphia, twenty-four thousand eight hundred and eighty-five dollars. For salaries of clerks, messengers, and watchmen in the office of the assistant treasurer at Saint Louis, ten thousand five hundred and sixty dollars. For salaries of clerks, porter, and watchmen in the office of the assistant treasurer at New Orleans, nine thousand six hundred dollars.
For compensation to stamp clerk, cashier, and clerk in the office of the assistant treasurer at San Francisco, six thousand nine hundred dollars. ForDepositary at Santa Fé. compensation of the depositary at Santa Fé, and the clerk, watchman, and porter in his office, four thousand eight hundred dollars. 108 ForAppropriation for clerks, &c. of depositaries at Denver: salary of the clerk to the acting assistant treasurer at Denver, one thousand eight hundred dollars. ForLouisville; salaries of clerks in the office of the depositary at Louisville, five thousand nine hundred and forty dollars.
ForChicago; salaries of clerks in the office of the depositary at Chicago, two thousand six hundred dollars. ForPittsburgh; salaries of clerks and watchmen in the office of the depositary at Pittsburgh, three thousand four hundred dollars. ForBaltimore; salaries of clerks and messengers in the office of the depositary at Baltimore, seven thousand six hundred dollars. ForCincinnati. salaries of clerks in the office of the depositary at Cincinnati, fourteen thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.
ForAdditional clerks, &c.1846, ch. 90.Vol. ix. p. 59. salaries of additional clerks, and additional compensation of officers and clerks, under act of August sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, for the better organization of the treasury, at such rates as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem just and reasonable, fifteen thousand dollars. ForDesignated depositaries. compensation to designated depositaries, under fourth section of the act of August sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, for the collection. safekeeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue, five thousand dollars.
ForSpecial agents compensation to special agents to examine the books, accounts, and money on hand at the several depositaries, under the act of the sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, six thousand dollars. ForContingent expenses. contingent expenses under the act of the sixth of August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, for the collection, safekeeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue, in addition to premium which may be received on transfer drafts, one hundred thousand dollars:Proviso. *Provided,* That no part of said sum shall be expended for clerical services.
ForChecks and certificates of deposit. checks and certificates of deposit for office of assistant treasurer at New York and other offices, eight thousand dollars. governments in the territories. *Territory of New Mexico*.—ForGovernments in Territories.Territory of New Mexico; salaries of governor, chief justice and two associate judges, and secretary, twelve thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of said Territory, one thousand five hundred dollars. For interpreter and translator in the executive office, five hundred dollars.
For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses of the assembly, twenty thousand dollars. *Territory of Utah*.—Forof Utah; salaries of governor, chief justice, two associate judges, and secretary, twelve thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of the Territory, one thousand five hundred dollars. For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses of the assembly, twenty thousand dollars. *Territory of Washington*.—Forof Washington; salaries of governor, chief justice, two associate judges, and secretary, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of said Territory, one thousand five hundred dollars. For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses of the assembly, twenty thousand dollars. *Territory of Colorado*.—Forof Colorado. salaries of governor and superintendent of Indian affairs, chief justice and two associate judges, and secretary, eleven thousand eight hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of said Territory, one thousand dollars.
For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative as-109sembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses of the assembly, twenty thousand dollars. *Territory of Dakota*.—ForAppropriation for Territory of Dakota; salaries of governor and superintendent of Indian affairs, chief justice and two associate judges, and secretary, nine thousand seven hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the Territory, one thousand dollars. For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses of the assembly, fifteen thousand dollars. *Territory of Arizona*.—Forof Arizona; salaries of governor, chief justice and two associate judges, and secretary, twelve thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Territory, one thousand dollars. For interpreter and translator in the executive office, five hundred dollars. For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses of the assembly, twenty thousand dollars. *Territory of Idaho*.—Forof Idaho; salaries of governor and superintendent of Indian affairs, chief justice and two associate judges, and secretary, twelve thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of the 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. *Territory of Montana*.—Forof Montana. compensation of governor and superintendent of Indian affairs, chief justice and two associate judges, and secretary, twelve thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of the 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: *Provided,*Proviso.
That the several amounts herein appropriated for the expenses of the legislative assemblies, shall only be expended in payment for biennial sessions, after the first day of July next. judiciary. *Office of the Attorney-General*.—ForJudiciary.Pay of attorney-general, assistant, &c. salaries of the Attorney-General, assistant attorney-general, law clerk, and chief clerk, two clerks of class four, two clerks of class three, one clerk of class one, and one messenger, in his office, twenty-five thousand two hundred dollars.
ContingentContingent expenses. expenses of the office of the Attorney-General, namely: For fuel, labor, furniture, stationery, and miscellaneous items, five thousand dollars. ForLaw, &c. books. purchase of law and necessary books for the office of the Attorney-General, one thousand dollars. *Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Slates*.—ForJustices of the Supreme Court of the United States.Pay of judges; salaries of the chief justice and six associate justices, forty-two thousand five hundred dollars.
For one associate justice, six thousand dollars. For travelling expenses of the judge assigned to the tenth circuit for attending session of the Supreme Court of the United States, one thousand dollars. Forof district judges; salaries of the district judges of the United States, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars. Forof judges of the courts of district of Columbia.Reporter. salaries of the chief justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, the associate judges, and judge of the orphans’ court, nineteen thousand dollars.
For salary of the reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, two thousand five hundred dollars. ForDistrict attorneys.District attorney for Nevada. compensation of the district attorneys, twelve thousand five hundred dollars, and that the district attorney for Nevada shall receive a110FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 176, 177. 1868. salary for extra services of two hundred dollars per annum, and the secretary of the TreasuryR. M. Clark. is hereby authorized to audit and pay out of any moneys in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the salaries of the present incumbent and his predecessor, R.
M. Clark, at the rate of two hundred dollars per annum for their services. ForDistrict marshals. compensation of the district marshals, fourteen thousand six hundred dollars. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatAdvertisements, notices, &c. may be printed in three newspapers in the District of Columbia, &c.1867, ch. 167. § 10.Vol. xiv. p. 467. the provisions of section ten of an act “ making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and for other purposes,” approved March two, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, be, and they are hereby, extended to one additional newspaper in the District of Columbia from the date of the approval of said act, the same to be selected by the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* ThatAll acts authorizing publication of debates of Congress repealed from March 4, 1869.Proposals to be made for publication of proceedings and debates, &c.See *post,* p. 347. all acts or parts of acts authorizing the publication of the debates in Congress are hereby repealed from and after the fourth day of March next, and the joint committee on printing is hereby authorized and required to invite proposals for the publication of the actual proceedings and debates in Congress, upon a plan and specifications to be previously published by them, and shall also ascertain the cost of such publication by the superintendent of public printing, and shall report as soon as practicable such proposals and estimate of cost, together with a bill to provide for the publication of the debates and proceedings of Congress.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* ThatAdvertisements, &c. in District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia to be published in certain newspapers; all advertisements, notices, proposals for contracts, executive proclamations, treaties, and laws to be published in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, shall be published in the papers now selected under the provisions of section ten of an act approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled, “ An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and for other purposes,” and shall also be published in the paper selected under the provisions of the second section of this act:for other States, &c. not to be published in these papers, unless, &c. *Provided,* That no advertisement to any State, District, or Territory other than the District of Columbia, Maryland, or Virginia, shall be published in the papers designated, unless at the direction first made of the proper head of a department.
Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* ThatPay of nightwatchmen at Treasury Department increased.Appropriation. each night watchman at the Treasury Department shall, from the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, receive a compensation of nine hundred dollars per annum, and an amount sufficient to pay said increased compensation for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, is hereby appropriated. Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* ThatPaintings, &c. belonging to private individuals not to be exhibited in capitol building.Superintendent to remove those now there. no statuary, paintings, or other articles, the property of private individuals, shall hereafter be allowed to be exhibited in the rotunda or any other portion of the capitol building; and it shall be the duty of the superintendent in charge of the public buildings to remove all such statuary, paintings, or other articles, being the property of private individuals, now in the capitol.
Approved, July 20, 1868.