Chapter XC. making Appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic Expenses of Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and for other Purposes

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Chap. XC.— An Act making Appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic Expenses of Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and for other Purposes.Sept. 30, 1850. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the following Appropriation for 1851. sums be, and hereby are, 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 fifty-one, namely:— Legislative.—For compensation and mileage of senators, members Congress, compensation and mileage.1818, ch. 5. of the House of Representatives, and delegates, four hundred and sixteen thousand three hundred and thirty-eight dollars.

And it is hereby declared that, according to the true interpretation of the third section of the act entitled “An Act allowing compensation to the members of the Senate, members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and to the delegates of the Territories, and repealing all other laws on that subject,” approved twenty-second January, eighteen hundred and eighteen, all certificates which have been or may be granted Certificate to be conclusive. by the presiding officers of the Senate and House of Representatives respectively, of the amount of compensation due to the members of their several houses, and to such delegates, are, and ought to be, deemed, held, and taken, and are hereby declared to be, conclusive upon all the departments and officers of the government of the United States.

For compensation of the officers and clerks of both Houses of Congress, Officers. forty-one thousand nine hundred and thirteen dollars and twenty-six cents. For stationery, fuel, printing, and other contingent expenses of the Contingencies.Senate. Senate, including publishing proceedings and debates, one hundred thousand dollars. For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent expenses ofContingencies.524 the House of Representatives, one hundred and ninety-seven thousand House of Representatives. seven hundred and forty-nine dollars.

For addition to the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, Increase of contingent fund. thirty thousand dollars. Library of Congress.—For compensation of librarian, two assistant Officers. librarians, and messenger, four thousand five hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of said library, eight hundred dollars.Contingencies. For purchase of books for said library, five thousand dollars.Books. For purchase of law books for said library, two thousand dollars. For carrying into effect the international exchanges of books, authorized International exchanges.1848, ch. 73. by the act of twenty-sixth June, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, entitled “An Act to regulate the exchanges of certain documents and other publications of Congress,” two thousand dollars.

For the purchase of books for the library of the Treasury Department, Library for the Treasury Dept. one thousand dollars. For the purchase of a library to be preserved in the executive mansion, Library for the executive mansion. two thousand dollars; and the joint committee on the library of Congress are hereby authorized to supply the said libraries with any duplicates of public documents which can be spared from the public collections in the library of Congress, or elsewhere; and the secretary Two thousand copies of the Debates and Proceedings of Congress to be subscribed for. of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives be authorized and required to subscribe, on behalf of Congress, for two thousand copies of the Debates and Proceedings of Congress, from the commencement of the first session (of which the one thousand copies of the first four Congresses, already subscribed for, be considered as part) to the second session of the eighteenth Congress, when the Register of Debates, already published, begins; the price per volume not to exceed that agreed upon for the volumes already printed and delivered under the title of “Annals of Congress,” which copies (after distributing one copy to each member of the thirty-first Congress, not provided Distribution. for by the previous order for supplying the members of the thirtieth Congress) shall be deposited with the librarian of Congress for the future disposition of Congress.

Executive.—For compensation of the President of the United President. States, twenty-five thousand dollars. For compensation of the Vice-President of the United States, one VicePresident. thousand dollars. Department of State.—For compensation of the Secretary of State, Secretary and officers. and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger, in his office, twenty-eight thousand three hundred dollars. For the incidental and contingent expenses of said department, viz.: Contingencies.Publishing laws.

For publishing the laws in pamphlet form, and in the newspapers of the States and Territories, and in the city of Washington, eighteen thousand two hundred dollars. For proof-reading, packing, and distributing laws and documents, including boxes, labor, and transportation, ten thousand dollars. For stationery, blank books, binding, labor and attendance, furniture, Stationery, &c. fixtures, repairs, painting and glazing, four thousand five hundred dollars. For printing (letter-press and copperplate) books and maps, two Printing, etc. thousand dollars.

For newspapers, two hundred dollars.Newspapers. For extra clerk hire and copying, two thousand dollars.Extra clerk hire. For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars.Miscellaneous. For compensation of the superintendent and four watchmen of the Northeast executive building. north-east executive building, one thousand seven hundred and ten dollars; for contingent expenses of said building, viz., for labor, fuel, and light, two thousand two hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, one thousand one hundred dollars. 525 Treasury Department.—For compensation of the Secretary of the Compensation.Secretary and officers.

Treasury, and the assistant secretary of the treasury, clerks, messenger, and assistant-messenger, in his office, thirty-two thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation of the first comptroller, and the clerks and messenger First comptroller.1818, ch. 87.Clerk. in his office, twenty-two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars—the salary of one of the clerks in this office, per act of the twentieth of April, eighteen hundred and eighteen, being hereby increased to fourteen hundred dollars per annum, from first of July, eighteen hundred and fifty.

For compensation of the second comptroller, and the clerks and Second comptroller, &c. messenger in his office, twenty-three thousand six hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation of one temporary clerk in the office of the second Temporary clerk. comptroller, at a salary of one thousand dollars per annum, one thousand dollars. For compensation of the first auditor, and the clerks, messenger, and First auditor, &c. assistant messenger, in his office, twenty-two thousand eight hundred dollars.

For compensation of second auditor, and the clerks, messenger, and Second auditor, &c. assistant messenger, in his office, thirty-eight thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation of third auditor, and thirty-six clerks, messenger, Third auditor, &c. and assistant messenger, in his office, forty-four thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation of twelve temporary clerks—two at fourteen hundred Twelve temporary clerks. dollars, four at twelve hundred dollars, and six at one thousand dollars, each per annum, and a temporary messenger at five hundred dollars per annum, fourteen thousand one hundred dollars.

For arrearages to extra clerks, authorized to be employed in said Arrearages to clerks. office, to first of December next, four hundred and thirty-five dollars. For compensation of the fourth auditor, and the clerks, messenger, Fourth auditor, &c. and assistant messenger, in his office, twenty thousand four hundred dollars. For compensation of the fifth auditor, and the clerks and messenger Fifth auditor, &c. in his office, fifteen thousand six hundred dollars. For compensation of the treasurer of the United States, and the Treasurer, &c. clerks and messenger in his office, thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

For compensation of the register of the treasury, and the clerks, Register, &c. messenger, and assistant messenger, in his office, thirty thousand two hundred dollars. For compensation of the solicitor of the treasury, and the clerks Solicitor, &c. and messenger in his office, thirteen thousand six hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation of the commissioner of customs, and the clerks Commissioner of customs, &c. and messenger in his office, including five additional clerks, at one thousand dollars each, per annum, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars.

Contingent Expenses of the Treasury Department:—Contingencies. In the office of the Secretary of the Treasury.Secretary’ office. For copying, labor, blank books, stationery, sealing ships’ registers, translating foreign languages, printing, advertising, printing the public accounts, carrying the department mails, extra clerk hire for preparing and collecting information to be laid before Congress, fifteen thousand two hundred dollars. For miscellaneous expenses, two thousand eight hundred dollars.Miscellaneous.

In the office of the First Comptroller.First comptroller. For furniture, one hundred dollars. 526 For blank books, binding, stationery, printing, and labor, one thousand seven hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the office of the first comptroller of the treasury, required in consequence of the transfer of one half of the contingent fund to the office of the commissioner of customs, said transfer having been authorized by the fourteenth section of the act creating the office of commissioner of customs, approved March third, 1849, ch. 108. eighteen hundred and forty-nine, five hundred dollars.

For miscellaneous items, three hundred dollars. In the office of the Second Comptroller.Second comptroller. For blank books, binding, stationery, and printing blanks, including pay for the National Intelligencer and Union, to be filed, bound, and preserved for the use of the office, seven hundred dollars. For labor, office furniture, and miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars. For the expenses of making investigation and taking testimony in the case of an alleged fraud by an officer of the quartermaster’s department at Evansville, Indiana, two hundred and fifty dollars.

In the office of the First Auditor.First auditor. For blank books, binding, stationery, printing blanks, and labor, one thousand two hundred dollars. For cases for records, documents, and official papers preserved in the office, and necessary furniture, one thousand dollars; and for two hundred dollars in addition to the salary now received by the recording clerk in the first auditor’s office. For miscellaneous items, three hundred dollars. In the office of the Second Auditor.Second auditor.

For blank books, binding, stationery, labor, office furniture, printing blanks, including pay for the Republic and Union, to be filed, bound, and preserved for the use of the office, and miscellaneous items, one thousand five hundred dollars. In the office of the Third Auditor.Third auditor. For blank books, binding, stationery, printing, office furniture for extra clerks, and labor, one thousand seven hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, three hundred dollars. For preparing document room, arranging and preserving files and papers, two thousand dollars.

In the office of the Fourth Auditor.Fourth auditor. For blank books, binding, printing, stationery, and labor, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For miscellaneous items, two hundred dollars. In the office of the Fifth Auditor.Fifth auditor. For blank books, binding, stationery, and labor, four hundred and twenty-five dollars. For miscellaneous items, three hundred and fifty dollars. In the office of the Treasurer.Treasurer. For blank books, binding, stationery, labor, and printing, one thousand dollars.

For miscellaneous items, five hundred dollars. In the office of the Register.Register. For blank books, binding, stationery, and labor, including printing of blank certificates of registry, enrollments, and licenses of vessels, and other blanks for the use of the collectors of customs, three thousand dollars. For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars. In the office of the Solicitor.Solicitor. For blank books, binding, stationery, printing circulars and blank forms for reports of district attorneys, clerks of courts and marshals, and labor, one thousand and fifty dollars. 527 For miscellaneous items, two hundred dollars.

For statutes and reports, including those of the several States, one thousand dollars. For official seal, with press and fixtures, two hundred and fifty dollars. In the office of the Commissioner of Customs.Commissioner of customs. For blank books, binding, stationery, printing, and labor, one thousand seven hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, three hundred dollars. For furniture, five hundred dollars. For compensation of the superintendent and eight watchmen of the south-east executive building, three thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.

For contingent expenses of said building, viz.: for labor, fuel, and light, fourteen thousand six hundred dollars. For rent, fuel, watching, and miscellaneous expenses of additional buildings for accommodation of officers of the Treasury Department, seven thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. Department of the Interior.—For compensation of the Secretary Secretary and chief clerk. of the Interior, and his chief clerk, eight thousand dollars. For compensation of clerks and messengers, fourteen thousand two Clerks and messengers.Proviso.1850, ch. 10. hundred dollars: *Provided,* That the first proviso in the act of May twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty, entitled “An Act to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

For compensation of the commissioner of the general land office, and Commissioner of general land office. the recorder, draughtsman, assistant draughtsman, clerks, messengers, assistant messengers, and packers in his office, ninety-two thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents. That the assistant messengers, laborers, and packers of the general land office shall, from and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty, receive at the rate of five hundred dollars per annum for their services.

For compensation of three temporary clerks, authorized by the seventh Three temporary clerks.1849, ch. 100. section of the act of third March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation of commissioner of Indian affairs, and the clerks, Commissioner of Indian affairs. messenger, and assistant messenger, in his office, eighteen thousand seven hundred dollars. For compensation of the commissioner of pensions, and the clerks Commissioner of pensions. and messengers in his office, thirty-four thousand two hundred and thirty-four dollars; the salary of the principal messenger being hereby raised to seven hundred dollars; and the salary of the assistant messenger to five hundred dollars, to be computed from the first day of July last.

Contingent Expenses of the Department of the Interior:—Contingencies. In the office of the Secretary of the Interior, viz.Secretary’ office. For books, stationery, furniture, and other contingencies, eight thousand dollars. For library, maps, &c., five thousand five hundred dollars. In the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office.Office of commissioner of general land office. For tract books, patent records, parchment records of correspondence, stationery, including blank books and blank forms for the district land officers, advertising land sales, binding plats, field notes, &c., office furniture, and repairs of the same, and pay of laborers employed in the office, and miscellaneous items, twenty-five thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars.

In the office of Commissioner of Indian Affairs.Office of commissioner of Indian affairs. For blank books, binding, and stationery, five hundred dollars. For labor, one hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, one thousand four hundred dollars. 528 In the office of the Commissioner of Pensions.Office of commissioner of pensions. For stationery, printing blank forms, regulations, and circulars, and for advertising, for furniture and binding, four thousand five hundred dollars.

For miscellaneous items, three hundred dollars. For compensation of superintendent and four watchmen of the building Superintendent, &c., of building. occupied by the Secretary of the Interior, one thousand seven hundred dollars. For labor, fuel, light, and incidental expenses, two thousand two hundred dollars. War Department.—For compensation of the Secretary of War, Secretary and officers. and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger, in his office, seventeen thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.

For compensation of the clerk and messenger in the office of the Commanding general’s office. commanding general, one thousand five hundred dollars. For compensation of the clerks and messenger in the office of the Adjutant-general’s office. adjutant-general, ten thousand four hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation of the clerks and messenger in the office of the Quartermaster-general’s office. quartermaster-general, twelve thousand three hundred dollars. For compensation of the clerks and messenger in the office of Office of clothing and equipage, Philadelphia. clothing and equipment, Philadelphia, four thousand and forty dollars.

For compensation of the clerks and messenger in the office of the Paymaster-general’s office. paymaster-general, nine thousand nine hundred dollars. For compensation of the clerks and messenger in the office of the Office of commissary-general of subsistence. commissary-general of subsistence, six thousand eight hundred dollars. For compensation of clerks and messenger in the office of the chief Chief engineer’s office. engineer, five thousand nine hundred dollars; and the salary of the book-keeper and accountant in the said office is hereby raised from one thousand to twelve hundred and fifty dollars.

For compensation of the clerks and messenger in the office of the Surgeon-general’s office. surgeon-general, three thousand six hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation of the clerks and messengers in the office of the Ordnance office. colonel of ordnance, eight thousand six hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation of the clerks and messenger in the bureau of Topographical engineers.Quarter-mastergeneral’s office. topographical engineers, four thousand nine hundred dollars—That the sum of nine hundred and sixty-one dollars and forty-four cents, heretofore appropriated for clerical service in the quartermaster-general’s office, and which remains unexpended, be paid, under the direction of the quartermaster-general, to the persons who perform the duties for which the appropriation was made.

Contingencies of War Department.Contingencies of War Department. For the incidental and contingent expenses of said Department, and the various offices and bureaus connected therewith: In the office of the Secretary of War.Secretary’s office. For blank books, binding, stationery, labor, and printing, and newspapers and periodicals, one thousand four hundred and fifty dollars. For books, maps, and plans, one thousand dollars. For extra clerks in the War Department, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For miscellaneous items, five hundred and fifty dollars. In the office of the Commanding General.Commanding general. For miscellaneous items, three hundred dollars. In the office of the Adjutant-General.Adjutant-general. For printing army register and orders, blank books, binding and stationery, one thousand two hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, three hundred dollars. In the office of the Quartermaster-General, including the office at Philadelphia.Quartermaster-general, &c.

For blank books, binding, and stationery, printing, advertising, labor, and fuel, one thousand and fifty dollars. 529 For office rent at Philadelphia, five hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, four hundred dollars. In the office of Paymaster-General.Paymaster-general. For blank books, binding, and stationery, one thousand dollars. For miscellaneous items, four hundred dollars. In the office of Commissary-General of Subsistence.Commissary-general of subsistence. For blank books, binding, stationery, printing, advertising, and labor, two thousand four hundred dollars.

For miscellaneous items, one hundred and fifty dollars. In the office of Chief Engineer.Chief engineer. For blank books, binding, stationery, and printing, seven hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, including twenty dollars for one year’s subscription for two daily Washington newspapers, three hundred dollars. In the office of the Surgeon-General.Surgeon-general. For blank books, binding, stationery, printing, and fuel, two hundred and ten dollars. For miscellaneous items, sixty-five dollars.

In the office of Colonel of Ordnance.Ordnance office. For blank books, binding, stationery, and printing, five hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, three hundred and fifty dollars. In the Bureau of Topographical Engineers.Topographical engineers. For blank books, binding, stationery, and labor, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For miscellaneous items, five hundred dollars. For compensation of superintendent and four watchmen of the north-west executive building, one thousand seven hundred and ten dollars.

For contingent expenses of said building, viz., for labor, fuel, and light, two thousand four hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, one thousand six hundred dollars. For rent of the house on the north-west corner of F and Seventeenth streets, and warming all the rooms in it, for each room one hundred and seventy-five dollars, twenty-one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars. Navy Department.—For compensation of the Secretary of the Secretary, clerks, &c. Navy, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger in his office, twenty-one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.

For compensation of the chief of bureau of navy yards and docks, Bureau of navy yards and docks. and of the civil engineer, draftsman, clerks, and messenger in his office, eleven thousand four hundred dollars. For compensation of the chief of the bureau of ordnance and Bureau of ordnance and hydrography. hydrography, and of the draftsmen, clerks, and messenger, in his office, nine thousand four hundred dollars. For compensation of the chief of the bureau of construction, Bureau of construction, equipment and repairs. equipment, and repairs, and of the assistant constructor, draftsmen, clerks, and messenger in his office, thirteen thousand six hundred dollars.

For compensation of the chief naval constructor, and of the engineer-in-chief, Chief constructor and engineer. six thousand dollars. For compensation of the clerks and messenger in the bureau of Bureau of provisions and clothing. provisions and clothing, six thousand five hundred dollars; the annual compensation of the assistant book-keeper being increased two hundred dollars. For the annual salary of the chief of the bureau of medicine and Medicine and surgery. surgery, three thousand dollars.

For arrears of salary of the chief of the bureau of medicine and surgery, provided by the act of third March, eighteen hundred and 1849, ch. 100. forty-nine, five hundred dollars. 530 For compensation of the assistant surgeon, clerks, and messengers in the office of the chief of the bureau of medicine and surgery, four thousand three hundred dollars. Contingencies of the Navy Department.—For contingencies of the Contingencies. Navy Department, and all the bureaus connected therewith, namely:

For blank books, binding, stationery, printing, labor, office rent, and fuel, seven thousand two hundred dollars. For compensation of superintendent and three watchmen of the South-west executive building. south-west executive building, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, the salary of the three watchmen being increased from three hundred and sixty-five dollars to five hundred dollars each per annum, from first of July, eighteen hundred and fifty. For contingent expenses of said building, namely, labor, fuel, and light, one thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars.

Post-Office Department.—For compensation of the Postmaster-General, Postmaster-general. six thousand dollars. Surveyors-General and their Clerks.—For compensation of the surveyor-general Surveyor-general north-west of Ohio. north-west of the Ohio, and the clerks in his office, eight thousand three hundred dollars. For compensation of the surveyor-general of Illinois and Missouri, Illinois and Missouri. and the clerks in his office, five thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars.

For compensation of the surveyor-general of Louisiana, and the Louisiana. clerks in his office, four thousand five hundred dollars. For compensation of the surveyor-general of Florida, and the clerks Florida. in his office, five thousand five hundred dollars. For compensation of the surveyor-general of Wisconsin and Iowa, Wisconsin and Iowa. and the clerks in his office, eight thousand three hundred dollars. For clerks in the offices of the surveyors-general, to be apportioned Clerks in offices of Surveyor-general. to them according to the exigencies of the public service, and, if necessary, to be employed in transcribing field-notes of surveys, for the purpose of preserving them at the seat of government, twenty thousand dollars.

For compensation of surveyor-general of Arkansas, per act of eighth Arkansas.1846, ch. 106. of August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, two thousand dollars. For compensation of clerks in his office, per act of eighth of August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, six thousand three hundred dollars. For re-surveying and correcting erroneous surveys in Michigan, at a Michigan. rate not exceeding six dollars per mile, twenty thousand dollars. Mint at Philadelphia.— At Philadelphia. For salaries of the director, treasurer, chief coiner, assayer, melter Officers. and refiner, engraver, assistant assayer, and their clerks, twenty-one thousand dollars, and the employment of an additional clerk, at twelve hundred dollars per annum, is hereby authorized.

For wages of workmen, thirty-two thousand dollars.Workmen. For incidental and contingent expenses, including fuel, materials, Contingencies. stationery, water rent, repairs, and wastage, in addition to available funds on hand, twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That to enable Proviso for purchase of right to use methods of McCulloh & Boothe. the President of the United States to obtain for the United States, if he shall deem it expedient to do so, the right to use the improved methods of refining argentiferous gold bullion, recently discovered, and being patented to R.

S. McCulloh and James C. Boothe, or the right to use any other method of accomplishing the same object which may be hereafter discovered and patented, there be appropriated the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars. For specimens of ores and coins, to be reserved at the mint, three Specimens. hundred dollars. 531 The Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and Secretary of treasury authorized to contract with assaying works in California, to assay and fix the value of gold, under supervision of U.

S. assayer. directed to contract, upon the most reasonable terms, with the proprietors of some well-established assaying works now in successful operation in California, upon satisfactory security, to be judged by the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall, under the supervision of the United States assayer to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, perform such duties in assaying and fixing the value of gold in grain and lumps, and in forming the same into bars, as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and that the said United States assayer shall cause the stamp of the United States, indicating the degree of fineness and value, to be affixed to each bar or ingot of gold that may be issued from the establishment. *Provided,* That the United States shall not be held responsible for the Proviso.Further proviso. loss of any gold deposited with said proprietors for assay: *And provided, further,* That the salary of said assayer shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, not to exceed five thousand dollars.

At Charlotte, North Carolina. For salaries of superintendent, coiner, assayer, and clerk, six thousand Salaries, &c. dollars. For wages of workmen, three thousand five hundred dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, including fuel, materials, Contingencies. stationery, repairs, and wastage, two thousand one hundred dollars. For repairing the wall of the ditch in front of the Mint, and for making other repairs in and about the lot, and for painting, one thousand dollars.

At Dahlonega, Georgia, viz. For salaries of superintendent, coiner, assayer, and clerk, six thousand Salaries, &c. dollars. For wages of workmen, three thousand six hundred dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, including fuel, materials, stationery, repairs, and wastage, two thousand dollars.Contingencies. At New Orleans. For salaries of superintendent, treasurer, assayer, coiner, melter, Salaries, &c. and refiner, and clerks, seventeen thousand three hundred dollars—the salary of the treasurer being hereby increased from first July, eighteen hundred and fifty, to four thousand dollars; the salary of chief clerk to eighteen hundred dollars; of the other clerk to fifteen hundred dollars; and the employment of an additional clerk at fifteen hundred Additional clerk. dollars, is hereby authorized.

For wages of workmen, twenty-five thousand dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, in addition to available Contingencies. funds on hand, twenty-three thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven dollars. For new machinery, thirteen thousand dollars. Governments in the Territories of Oregon and Minnesota.— Territory of Oregon.Oregon. For salaries of governor, three judges, and secretary, ten thousand Salaries. five hundred dollars. For salary of superintendent of Indian affairs, three Indian agents, Indian affairs. and for office rent, wood and lights, stationery, and clerk hire, ten thousand dollars.

For contingent expenses of said Territory, one thousand five hundred Contingencies. dollars. For compensation and mileage of members of the legislative assembly, Legislative assembly. officers, clerks, and contingent expenses of the assembly, twenty-four thousand dollars. For taking the census in the Territory of Oregon, under the act of Census.1848, ch. 177. fourteenth August, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, one thousand five hundred dollars. 532 Territory of Minnesota.Minnesota.

For salaries of governor and superintendent of Indian affairs, Salaries. three judges, and secretary, nine thousand seven hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of said Territory, one thousand dollars.Contingencies. For compensation and mileage of members of the legislative assembly, Legislative assembly. officers, clerks, and contingent expenses of the assembly, twenty-four thousand dollars. That the accounting officers be empowered to audit, adjust, and Printing. allow the public printers of Minnesota Territory, for printing the Constitution of the United States, such parts of the laws of the United States as relates to the north-west territory, and the laws of Wisconsin in force in said Territory, by provision of the act organizing it; the said accounts to be subjected to the same rules and principles as are prescribed by the act of August twenty-ninth, eighteen 1842, ch. 259. hundred and forty-two, for other territorial accounts.

Territory of New Mexico.—For salaries of governor and superintendent New Mexico.Salaries. of Indian affairs, three judges, and secretary, nine thousand seven hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of said Territory, one thousand dollars.Contingencies. For compensation and mileage of members of legislative assembly, Legislative assembly. clerks, officers, and contingent expenses of the assembly, twenty-four thousand dollars. For library for said Territory, five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That Library.Proviso. the library for the Territories of New Mexico and Utah shall be purchased by agents to be appointed by the President of the United States.

For public buildings for the Territory of New Mexico, twenty thousand Public buildings.Proviso as to time of expenditure of appropriations for New Mexico.1850, ch. 49. dollars: *Provided, however,* That no part of said appropriations for the Territory of New Mexico shall be expended, until the State of Texas shall have agreed to the terms of the act of Congress entitled “An Act proposing to the State of Texas the establishment of her northern and western boundaries, the relinquishment by the said State of all territory claimed by her, exterior to said boundaries, and of all her claims upon the United States, and to establish a territorial government for New Mexico.

” Judiciary.—For salaries of the chief justice of the Supreme Court, Chief justice and associates. and the eight associate justices, forty-one thousand dollars. For salaries of the district judges, sixty-three thousand seven hundred District judges. dollars. For salaries of the chief justice of the District of Columbia, the Judges of District of Columbia. associate judges, the judges of the Criminal and Orphans’ Court, ten thousand seven hundred dollars. For an addition to the salary of the judge of the Orphans’ Court of Judge of Orphans’ Court. the District of Columbia, (which is hereby increased to fifteen hundred dollars per annum), five hundred dollars.

For salaries of the attorney-general, and the clerk and messenger Attorney-general. in his office, eight thousand three hundred dollars—the salary of the messenger in his office being hereby increased to seven hundred dollars Salary increased. per annum, from first July, eighteen hundred and fifty; and the salary of the attorney-general being hereby increased to six thousand dollars per annum from the same day. To reimburse to Reverdy Johnson, late attorney-general of the United Reverdy Johnson.

States, the amount paid by him out of his private funds for the services of a clerk employed for public purposes in public duties, eight hundred and sixty-six dollars and fifty-nine cents. For the salary of an additional clerk in the attorney-general’s office, Additional clerk. two thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of the office of the attorney-general, five Contingencies. hundred dollars. 533 For the purchase of law books, and the necessary book-cases for Law books. said office, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For salary of the reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court, Reporter of Supreme Court. thirteen hundred dollars, if one volume only of the reports shall be published, as heretofore; and in case the Supreme Court shall direct him to publish two volumes, then the sum of thirteen hundred dollars for each volume so published. For compensation of the district attorneys, being two hundred dollars District attorneys. each, as prescribed by law, eight thousand four hundred dollars.

For compensation of the marshals, seven thousand dollars.Marshals. For defraying the expenses of the Supreme, Circuit, and District Expenses of U. States courts. 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 incurred in the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and previous years, and likewise for defraying the expenses of suits in which the United States are concerned, and of prosecutions for offences committed against the United States, and for the safe-keeping of prisoners, five hundred and fifty-seven thousand five hundred and thirty-seven dollars.

For compensation for the clerk of the district judge of Florida, employed Clerk of district judge of Florida. in keeping and making transcripts of the records of the decisions of said judge in certain matters submitted to him by the Secretary of the Treasury, the compensation for said service to be audited and allowed by the Secretary of the Treasury, nine hundred dollars. Lighthouse Establishment.—For supplying lighthouses, containing Supplies. three thousand one hundred and ten lamps, with oil, tube-glasses, wicks, buff-skins, whiting, and cotton cloth, transportation, and other expenses thereon, and for repairing and keeping in repair the lighting apparatus, one hundred and forty-seven thousand four hundred and seventy-four dollars and nineteen cents.

For providing surf-boats, life-boats, and other means for the preservation Surf and lifeboats. of life and property shipwrecked on the coast of the United States, ten thousand dollars; to be expended under the control and direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. For repairs and incidental expenses, refitting, and improvements of Repairs. lighthouses, and buildings connected therewith, eighty-four thousand six hundred and thirty dollars and sixty cents. For salaries of three hundred and two keepers of lighthouses, and Lighthouse keepers. twenty assistants, (twenty-five of them charged with double and two with triple lights), and including one thousand two hundred dollars for salary of an inspector of lights on the upper lakes, one hundred and twenty-seven thousand four hundred and forty-eight dollars and thirty-three cents.

For salaries of forty keepers of floating lights, twenty-one thousand Floating lights. seven hundred and fifty dollars. For seamen’s wages, repairs and supplies of forty floating lights, seventy-one thousand three hundred and ninety dollars and seventy-seven cents. For expenses of weighing, mooring, cleansing, repairing losses of Beacons, &c. beacons, buoys, chains, and sinkers, thirty-nine thousand four hundred and forty-nine dollars and ninety-two cents. For expenses of superintendents in visiting lighthouses annually, and Superintendents. reporting their condition, two thousand dollars.

For superintendents’ commissions, at two and a half per cent., on Commissions. the four hundred and ninety-four thousand one hundred and forty-three dollars and eighty-one cents, appropriated above for lighthouse purposes, twelve thousand three hundred and fifty-three dollars and sixty Proviso as to superintendents. cents: *Provided,* That collectors, whose compensation exceeds twenty-534five hundred dollars, shall receive no compensation as superintendent of lights, or disbursing agents.

For completing the lighthouse on Waugoshance, Lake Michigan, Lighthouse on Waugoshance, in Lake Michigan. twenty thousand five hundred and eighty dollars. For completing the lighthouse on Minot’s Rock, Boston Harbor, five Minot’s Rock, Boston Harbor. thousand dollars. For completing the lighthouse on Brandywine Shoal, Delaware Bay, Brandywine Shoal, Delaware Bay. three thousand dollars. For repair of damages, caused by the late storm, to the light on Repair of damages. “Brandywine Shoal,” two thousand dollars.

For completing the lighthouse on Blackston’s Island, Potomac River, Blackston’ Island, Potomac River. one thousand five hundred dollars. For completing the lighthouse on Carysfort Reef, coast of Florida, Carysfort Reef, Florida. thirty-six thousand dollars. Hospitals.—For completion of the marine hospital at Chicago, Illinois, Chicago. fifteen thousand dollars. For completion of the marine hospital at Louisville, Kentucky, five Louisville. thousand dollars. For furnishing said hospital, seven thousand dollars.

For completion of the marine hospital at Pittsburg, now under construction, Pittsburg. ten thousand one hundred and forty-nine dollars and forty-two cents. For inclosing the site of said marine hospital with wooden fence, for filling up, and levelling the lot, and constructing sewers, for supplying the building with water, and protecting the bank of the lot on the Ohio River, eleven thousand six hundred and four dollars. For furnishing marine hospital at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, seven thousand dollars.

For completion of the marine hospital at Cleveland, Ohio, eight Cleveland. thousand dollars. For furnishing said marine hospital, seven thousand dollars. For grading, piling, &c., that portion of the said marine hospital site at Cleveland fronting the lake, in order to protect the bank from the encroachment of the water, and secure the hospital edifice, five thousand dollars. For repairs and improvements of marine hospital at Mobile, Alabama, Mobile. two thousand three hundred and thirty dollars.

To aid in the construction of a marine hospital at Evansville, Indiana, Evansville. ten thousand dollars. To aid in the construction of a marine hospital at Vicksburg, Mississippi, Vicksburg. ten thousand dollars. For repairs and improvements of marine hospital at Key West, Key West. Florida, six hundred dollars. For completion of marine hospital at Paducah, seven thousand six Paducah. hundred and twenty-five dollars. For completion of marine hospital at Natchez, two thousand two Natchez. hundred and fifty dollars.

For completion of marine hospital at Napoleon, Arkansas, ten thousand two Napoleon. hundred and fifty dollars. For repairs and improvements of marine hospital at New Orleans, New Orleans. five thousand five hundred dollars. For the construction of a marine hospital, to be located by the Secretary San Francisco. of the Treasury, at or near San Francisco, in the State of California, fifty thousand dollars. For the purchase of Greenwood’s Island, near Pascagoula, Mississippi, Purchase of Greenwood’ Island. lately made by the surgeon-general, under the order of General Twiggs, for the location of a military hospital, five thousand dollars.

Surveys of Public Lands.—For surveying the public lands, in addition to the unexpended balance of former appropriations, viz.: 535 For surveying the public lands, including incidental expenses to be Surveys and incidental expenses. apportioned to the several districts according to the exigencies of the public service, the part to be applied to the surveys of the mineral region of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa, and in the resurveys required by the location and survey of private claims in Florida, to be distributed at augmented rates, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.

For completing the surveys of the towns and villages in Missouri, Missouri. named in the acts of eighteen hundred and twelve and eighteen hundred and twenty-four, including office work, two thousand dollars. For the survey of private claims in Florida, under the act of twenty-eighth Florida.1848, ch. 83. of June, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, including the work now under contract, fifteen thousand dollars. For surveying in Louisiana, viz.:Louisiana. For the outstanding liabilities of the surveying department, in Louisiana, exclusive of the Greensburg district, thirty thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.

For the outstanding liabilities of the surveying department in the Greensburg district, Louisiana, three thousand two hundred and twelve dollars. For proposed surveys in Louisiana, exclusive of the Greensburg district, and including office work, seventeen thousand dollars. For proposed surveys, including office work, in the Greensburg district, Louisiana, seventeen thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. For the mineral land service, to carry out the requirements of the 1847, ch. 32 & ch. 54. acts of the first and third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, to wit:

For compensation of geologists, assistant geologists, laborers, packmen, Geological examination of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa. &c., and incidental expenses attending the geological examination and survey of the mineral lands in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa, twenty thousand dollars. For running and marking the northern boundary of the State of Northern boundary of Iowa.1849, ch. 123. Iowa, conformably to the act of the third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, fifteen thousand dollars.

For running and marking the meridian boundary between Wisconsin Boundary between Wisconsin and Minnesota. and Minnesota, six hundred dollars. For refunding to the surveying appropriation the amount transferred Refunding of transferred appropriation. therefrom, on the application of the commissioner of the general land office, by the Secretary of the Treasury, to the contingent fund of that office, for the service of the fiscal year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, for the payment of outstanding liabilities of that fund, contracted by the general land office, before the fourth of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, beyond the amount appropriated for that year, and to be carried to the credit of the general surveying fund, thirteen thousand seven hundred and seventeen dollars and forty-six cents.

Intercourse with Foreign Nations.—For salaries of the ministers of Ministers. the United States to Great Britain, France, Russia, Prussia, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, and Chili, seventy-two thousand dollars. For salaries of the secretaries of legation to the same places, sixteen Secretaries of legation. thousand dollars. For salary of minister resident to Turkey, six thousand dollars.Minister to Turkey. For salary of the dragoman to the legation to Turkey, two thousand Dragoman. five hundred dollars.

For salary of an assistant dragoman and secretary to the legation Assistant and secretary. to Turkey, fifteen hundred dollars. For outfit of chargés des affaires to Portugal, New Grenada, Guatemala, Outfit of chargés. and Ecuador, eighteen thousand dollars. For salary and outfit to chargé d’affaires to Nicaragua, nine thousand Charge to Nicaragua. dollars. 536 For salaries of chargés des affaires to Portugal, Austria, Denmark, Chargés des affaires. Sweden, Holland, Belgium, Naples, Sardinia, the Papal States, Peru, New Grenada, Venezuela, Buenos Ayres, Bolivia, Guatemala, and Ecuador, seventy-two thousand dollars.

And for compensation to Alexander Hammett, for his services as chargé d’affaires at Naples, from Alexander Hammett. the twentieth of May, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, to the twenty-first of June, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, four thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars. For contingent expenses of all the missions abroad, forty thousand Contingent expenses of foreign intercourse. dollars. For contingent expenses of foreign intercourse, thirty thousand dollars.

For expenses of intercourse with the Barbary powers, nine thousand Barbary powers. dollars. For salary of the consul at London, two thousand dollars. To defray Consul at London.Special agent to Central America. the expenses of a special agent to the three republics of Venezuela, New Granada, and Ecuador, to claim of those governments respectively the several amounts due from each of them on claims of citizens of the United States against the former government of Columbia, two thousand dollars.

For salary of the commissioner to the Sandwich Islands, three thousand Commissioner to Sandwich Islands. dollars. To Anthony Ten Eyck, for salary and contingent expenses as commissioner Anthony Ten Eyck. to the Sandwich Islands, for the year ending December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, three thousand nine hundred and twenty-two dollars and eighty-seven cents. To Charles Eames, for additional compensation as late commissioner Charles Eames. to the Sandwich Islands, in pursuance of the recommendation of the Department of State, three thousand dollars.

For interpreters, guards, and other expenses of the consulates at Consulates at Constantinople, Smyrna, and Alexandria. Constantinople, Smyrna, and Alexandria, one thousand five hundred dollars. For the expenses of the agent of the Sublime Porte, ten thousand Agent of the Sublime Porte. dollars, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of State. For office rent of the consul at Basle, in Switzerland, one hundred Consul at Basle. dollars. For salary of a commissioner to reside in China, including the additional Commissioner resident in China.1848, ch. 150. compensation under the act of the eleventh of August, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, six thousand dollars.

For salary of the interpreter and secretary to said mission, two thousand Interpreter and secretary. five hundred dollars. For compensation of the consuls at the five ports in China, viz.: Consuls at five Chinese ports. Kwang-chow, Amoy, Fuchow, Ning-po, and Shang-hai, five thousand dollars. For salary of consul-general at Alexandria, three thousand dollars.Consul-general at Alexandria. For clerk hire, office rent, and other expenses of the office of the Consulate at London. consul at London, two thousand eight hundred dollars.

For salary of the consul at Beirout, five hundred dollars.Consul at Beirout. For relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, Relief of American seamen. one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For additional contingent expenses of foreign intercourse, four thousand Additional contingencies. dollars. For relief of Stephen H. Weems, late consul of the United States Stephen H. Weems. at Guatemala, and to enable him to procure a passage home, twelve hundred dollars, to be expended under the direction of the State Department.

Miscellaneous.—For the annual repairs in the Capitol and attendance Capitol and public grounds. on furnaces in crypt, attendance on water closet, cleaning rotunda, for public gardner and laborers, and cartage on the Capitol grounds, 537 tools, wire, twine, leather, nails, chains, and posts, boxes, straw, white-washing, manure, trees for grounds, attendance at the western gates of the Capitol, repairs of public stables, flagging, enclosures, &c., keeping in order iron pipes that convey water to the Capitol and public offices, and repairing damages by freshets; brooms, brushes, wooden spades, and shovelling snow, repairing abutments at Tiber Creek, gravelling the walks in the Capitol grounds, inclosing and improving the public grounds at the north, south, east, and west of the Capitol, the open triangular spaces on Pennsylvania [Avenue], for relaying and repairing flag pavements in the building, terraces, and western approaches, &c., and for other incidental repairs and improvements, twenty thousand dollars.

For annual repairs of President’s house, garden, and laborers, gravelling President’ house, etc. the walks in President’s Square, manure, leather, nails, tools, &c., and repairs of fence at Lafayette Square, Fountain Square, President’s Square, and President’s garden, cartage, &c., four thousand five hundred dollars. For improving the grounds in Lafayette Square, and fencing the Lafayette Square. same, three thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the President of the United States.

For compensation of four assistants, draw-keepers at the Potomac Potomac bridge. bridge, including oil for lamps and machinery, firewood, and repairs, five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the allowance to the two assistants Proviso. employed in keeping the southern draw of said bridge shall be two dollars per day. For lighting Pennsylvania Avenue, from Capitol Square to the Lighting Pennsylvania Avenue, etc. Treasury Department, and compensation of two lamp-lighters for the same, and for lighting the Capitol and Capitol grounds and President’s house, eleven thousand dollars.

For compensation and contingent expenses of auxiliary guard, six Auxiliary guard. thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars. For repairs of the bridges on the eastern branch of the Potomac, pay Repairs, etc., of bridges on Eastern Branch. of two draw-keepers, oil for lamps and machinery, and for reimbursing to the corporation and Levy Court of Washington City the sum of six hundred and fifty dollars advanced by them for repairs already done, five thousand dollars. For completing the improvements on Indiana Avenue, three thousand Indiana Avenue. dollars.

For grading, gravelling, repairing sidewalks, building culverts, and New Jersey Avenue. otherwise improving New Jersey Avenue, north of the Capitol, three thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the commissioner of public buildings. For like improvements on New Jersey Avenue, from the Capitol Square to public reservation number seventeen, according to such grade as the corporation of Washington may hereafter establish, two thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the commissioner of public buildings.

For paying a balance due Peter Gorman, for furnishing stone for Peter Gorman. paving Pennsylvania Avenue, two hundred and sixty dollars and sixty-five cents. For completing the gravelling on Four-and-a-half Street, from Maryland Four-and-a-half Street. Avenue to the arsenal grounds, and flagging the west side, one thousand two hundred dollars. For the support, care, and medical treatment of twelve transient pauper Twelve patients in Washington Infirmary. medical or surgical patients in the Washington Infirmary, two thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the commissioner of public buildings: *Provided,* The physicians and surgeons Proviso. of the aforesaid infirmary give bonds for the maintenance of twelve pauper transient patients during one year, if application be made for 538 their reception; and bind themselves to keep rooms for the accommodation of twelve pauper patients weekly on an average during the year.

For completing the grading, planting with trees, and enclosing with The Mall. a substantial wooden fence for their protection, the Mall from Sixth Street westward to the Potomac River, five thousand dollars. For extending the sewers from the executive department and the Sewers from executive mansion and improving grounds. President’s house to the canal, and for further improving the grounds south of the President’s house, fifteen thousand dollars. For paying a balance due the contractors for laying gas pipes between Balance due contractors for laying gas pipes. the Capitol and Fifteenth Street, within the Capitol and Capitol grounds, and for chandeliers and burners in the President’s house, and completing the branch pipes, lamps, &c., within the Capitol grounds, three thousand dollars.

For continuing the sewer under Pennsylvania Avenue, on the east Continuing sewer under Pennsylvania Avenue. line of Fourteenth Street, to the canal, three thousand dollars; to be expended under the direction of the commissioner of public buildings. For the extension of the Capitol, according to such plan as may be Extension of the Capitol. approved by the President of the United States, one hundred thousand dollars; to be expended under his direction, by such architect as he may appoint to execute the same.

That the duties now due the United States upon a certain importation Remission of duties on books consigned to Hill and Sears. of printed books, contained in three cases, marked one hundred and ninety-three, one hundred and ninety-five, and three, and shipped by William Cricknor, from London, England, in the ship J. W. Andrews, unto Messrs. Hill and Sears, Boston, the value of said books being seventy-eight pounds four shillings and sixpence sterling, be, and the same are hereby, remitted: *Provided,* It shall be made to appear Proviso. to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that such books have not been imported for sale, but for charitable and gratuitous circulation by certain religious societies in the United States.

For refunding to John Joseph Chance, bishop of Natchez, the duties Bishop of Natchez. paid on a cathedral bell, presented to said bishop by Prince Alexander Torlonia, of Rome, two hundred and fifty dollars. For the expenses of pauper lunatics in the Maryland Hospital at Maryland Hospital. Baltimore, eight thousand six hundred dollars. For payment of annuities and grants by special acts of Congress, Annuities. seven hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation of Secretary to sign patents for public lands, one Secretary to sign land patents. thousand five hundred dollars.

For compensation of two additional watchmen on the Capitol Additional watchmen, Capitol grounds. grounds, seven hundred and thirty dollars. For compensation of the commissioner of public buildings, two Commissioner of public buildings. thousand dollars. For the discharge of such miscellaneous claims, not otherwise provided Miscellaneous claims.Proviso. for, as shall be admitted in due course of settlement at the Treasury, five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That no part of the appropriation shall be drawn from the Treasury, except in pursuance of some law or resolution of Congress authorizing the expenditure.

For salaries and commissions of registers of land offices and receivers Land offices and receivers. of public moneys, one hundred and twenty-eight thousand and seventy dollars. For expenses of depositing public moneys by receivers of public Expenses of depositing public moneys. moneys, seventeen thousand seven hundred and fifteen dollars. For incidental expenses of the several land offices, twenty-five thousand Incidental expenses of land offices. fifty dollars. For salaries of assistant treasurers of the United States at New Assistant treasurers.

York, Boston, Charleston, and St. Louis, eleven thousand five hundred dollars. 539 For additional salary of the treasurer of the mint at Philadelphia, Treasurer of mint, Phila. five hundred dollars. For salaries of ten clerks authorized by the act of sixth August, Ten clerks.1846, ch. 90.1848, ch. 166. eighteen hundred and forty-six, and of the twelfth of August, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, nine thousand dollars. For salary of chief clerk of assistant treasurer at New York, one Chief clerk of ass’t. treasurer, New York. thousand five hundred dollars.

For contingent expenses under the act for the safe-keeping, collecting, Contingent expenses of keeping, etc., the revenue.1846, ch. 90.Proviso. transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue, of sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided,* That no part of said sum of sixteen thousand five hundred dollars shall be expended for clerical services. For compensation to special agents to examine books, accounts, and Special agents.1846, ch. 90. money on hand, in the several depositories, under the act of sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, five thousand dollars.

For expenses of loans and treasury notes, twenty thousand dollars.Loans and treasury notes. For supply of deficiencies in the fund for the relief of sick seamen, Relief of sick seamen. including the furnishing of five new marine hospitals, now building, viz.: Paducah, Kentucky; Chicago, Illinois; Natchez, Mississippi; Napoleon, Arkansas; St. Louis, Missouri; two hundred thousand dollars. For continuing the construction of the custom-house at New Orleans, Custom-house at New Orleans. two hundred thousand dollars.

For the topographical and hydrographical survey of the Delta of the Survey of the Delta of the Mississippi. Mississippi, with such investigations as may lead to determine the most practicable plan for securing it from inundation, and the best mode of so deepening the passes at the mouth of the river as to allow ships of twenty feet draft to enter the same, fifty thousand dollars. For repairs, alterations, and furniture for the new custom-house at Custom-house at Portland. Portland, Maine, eight thousand dollars.

For repairs and furniture for the custom-house at Castine, in the district Custom-house at Castine. of Penobscot, three thousand six hundred dollars. For the purchase of a site, and the erection of a custom-house, in Custom-house at Bangor. the city of Bangor, Maine, fifty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury; and the cost of said building shall not exceed said sum. For the purchase of a site, and the erection of a new custom-house, Custom-house and post-office at Mobile. at Mobile, to contain rooms for the post-office in that city, and the accommodation of its officers, and also rooms for the United States District Court, and the accommodation of its officers, one hundred thousand dollars, in addition to such sum as may be received for the sale of the old custom-house building: *Provided,* That the plan of the building Proviso. shall be such, that the whole cost, both of building and site, shall in no event exceed the appropriation hereby made.

The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and required to Custom-house and post-office at Bath. purchase, as soon as it can be effected on reasonable terms, a site for a custom-house and post-office in the city of Bath, in the State of Maine, and to cause to be erected thereon such a building as may be suitable for a custom-house and post-office: *Provided,* The said Proviso. Secretary should not deem it more expedient to have the present custom-house repaired: *Provided, also,* That the entire cost of such site Further proviso. and building, or of such repairs, shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars.

For repairing and lining the arches and vaults of the custom-house Custom-house at Philadelphia. building at Philadelphia, to render them proper for storing goods, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For continuing the construction of the custom-house at Charleston, Custom-house at Charleston. one hundred thousand dollars. For the purchase of a site and the building of a custom-house andCustom-house and post-office at Norfolk.540 post-office at Norfolk, Virginia, in addition to the proceeds of the sale of the present custom-house and site, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,*Proviso.

That the plan of the building shall be such that the whole cost, both of building and site, shall in no event exceed the appropriation hereby made. For the erection of a new custom-house at San Francisco, to contain Custom-house and post-office at San Francisco. rooms for the post-office in that city, and the accommodation of its officers, and also rooms for the United States District Court, the accommodation of its officers, and other government officers in California, until the whole building is needed for custom-house purposes, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* Said building shall be exempt Proviso.Further proviso. from all State, city, or other taxation: *And provided, further,* That the whole cost of the same shall not exceed four hundred thousand dollars.

For continuing the construction of the custom-house at Savannah, Custom-house at Savannah. Georgia, fifteen thousand dollars. For purchasing a site, and commencing the erection of a suitable Custom-house and government offices at St. Louis. fire-proof building, in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, for a custom-house and independent treasury, and other offices of the United States, the sum of fifty thousand dollars; the whole cost of the building not to exceed the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That Proviso. said building shall be exempted from city taxes, and all other taxes whatever, by act of the legislature of Missouri.

For the purchase of a site, and construction of a proper building, at Custom-house and government offices at Cincinnati.Proviso.Further proviso. Cincinnati, for a custom-house, independent treasury, and other offices of the United States, fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the total costs of construction shall not exceed seventy-five thousand dollars: *And provided, also,* That said building shall be exempted from city taxes, and all other taxes whatever, by act of the legislature of Ohio.

For repairing and painting the custom-house at Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, one thousand dollars. For finishing and altering rooms in the custom-house, Portland, Altering Custom-house at Portland for accommodation of U. S. courts. Maine, for the accommodation of the federal courts, clerk of the District and Circuit Courts, and marshal’s office, three thousand and thirty-one dollars and seventy-one cents. For survey of the coast of the United States, including compensation Coast survey. to superintendent and assistants, one hundred and eighty-six thousand dollars.

For continuation of the survey of reefs, shoals, keys, and coasts of Survey of Florida coasts. South Florida, by the superintendent of the coast survey, thirty thousand dollars. For continuing the survey of the western coast of the United States, Western coast survey. forty thousand dollars. To enable the clerk of the House of Representatives to pay for one Purchase of eighth volume of American archives. hundred and two copies of the eighth volume of the American archives, to be retained in his possession until disposed of by Congress, at sixteen dollars and eighty-three cents per volume, one thousand seven hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-six cents.

To enable the clerk of the House of Representatives to pay for one hundred and seventeen copies of the eighth volume of the American archives, to be retained in his possession until disposed of by Congress, at sixteen dollars and eighty-three cents per volume, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine dollars and eleven cents. To enable the clerk of the House of Representatives to pay for For reporting in the “Daily Globe.” reporting and publishing in the “Daily Globe” two thousand columns of the proceedings of the House of Representatives, for this session, at the rate of seven dollars and fifty cents a column, fifteen thousand dollars. 541 To enable the clerk of the House of Representatives to pay for Binding “Congressional Globe.” binding the Congressional Globe and Appendix, for members of the thirty-first Congress, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be required to pay for binding said volumes in strong, substantial Russia leather, backs and corners, at a price not exceeding sixty cents.

To enable the clerk of the House of Representatives to pay for Purchase of “Congressional Globe.” five thousand five hundred and ninety-two copies of the “Congressional Globe,” and for five thousand five hundred and ninety-two copies of the Appendix, at three dollars per copy each, thirty-three thousand four hundred and eight dollars. To enable the librarian of Congress to subscribe for and purchase Purchase of the works of President Adams.Proviso. one thousand copies of the works of John Adams, second President of the United States, to be published by Little & Brown, in an edition of ten volumes: *Provided,* The cost of the same shall not exceed two dollars and twenty-five cents per volume, said volumes to be disposed of as Congress may hereafter direct, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars.

For completing the eastern wing of the patent office building according Patent office; east wing. to the original plan, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and for defraying such expenses as may have been incurred by materials procured or labor applied towards the west wing, prior to the fifteenth of May last, and for such materials or labor as may have been since procured or applied for the security of the old building, one hundred and ten thousand dollars, to be paid out of the patent fund, if so much of said fund remains unappropriated; and if not, the excess out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

For the collection of agricultural statistics, four thousand five hundred Agricultural statistics. dollars, to be paid out of the patent fund. For the purchase of such scientific works as are necessary for the Scientific works for patent office. use of the patent office, one thousand five hundred dollars, to be paid out of the patent fund. For compensation of librarian, five hundred dollars, to be paid out Librarian. of the patent fund. For payment of the second and third volumes of the fifth series of Documentary History. the Documentary History, under contract with the Secretary of State, thirty-five thousand dollars.

For expenses in running and marking the boundary line between Boundary line between U. S. and Mexico. the United States and Mexico, marking the examinations contemplated by the sixth article of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and paying the salaries of the officers of the commission, one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars. For the warden, clerk, physician, chaplain, two assistant keepers, Penitentiary of the District of Columbia. four guards, and porter of the penitentiary of the District of Columbia, seven thousand five hundred dollars.

For three inspectors of said penitentiary, three hundred dollars.Inspectors. For discharging the expense of taking the seventh enumeration of Taking seventh census. the inhabitants of the United States, one million one hundred and sixteen thousand dollars. For the payment of a balance certified by the first comptroller of James D. Doty. the treasury to be due to James D. Doty as governor and superintendent of Indian affairs for the Territory of Wisconsin, one thousand one hundred and forty-eight dollars and nine cents.

For the payment of taxes due on the mint in Philadelphia, for which Taxes on the Philadelphia mint. a judgment has been obtained, ten thousand dollars. For compensation due Lieutenant George Thom, of the United George Thom. States corps of topographical engineers, while acting upon the north-eastern boundary during the years eighteen hundred forty-three, eighteen hundred forty-four, and eighteen hundred forty-five, for his neces-542sary travelling and other personal expenses, as authorized by the Secretary of State, one thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars.

For the pay of draftsmen and assistants to the head of the scientific Expenses of reconstructing maps, and making examinations on the northern frontiers of Vermont and New York. corps, employed under the direction of the Department of State, in the reconstruction of the maps of the boundary under the treaty of Washington, and in copying and recording, seven thousand dollars; the rent of rooms employed for assistants to the head of the scientific corps engaged in recording, copying, &c., including fuel for the same, five hundred dollars; attendance on office rooms, and expenses of employing messengers, five hundred dollars; purchase of drawing paper, and other necessary drawing materials, and office furniture, three hundred and seventy-five dollars; stationery for office use, one hundred dollars; mileage and expense of officers employed in examinations required on the frontiers of Vermont and New York, eight hundred and forty dollars; for survey and examination of that portion of the line lying on the northern frontiers of Vermont and New York, embracing hire of men, and their transportation and subsistence, hire of horses and baggage wagons, camp equipage and its transportation, purchase of instruments and all contingencies, five thousand dollars; and compensation of two private soldiers, for their services as draftsmen in reconstructing maps, eleven hundred and fifteen dollars; making, in all, fifteen thousand four hundred and thirty dollars.

For paying a balance found by the accounting officers to be due to Jose Yznardy, formerly consul at Cadiz, in Spain, the sum of one Jose Yznardy. thousand two hundred and twenty-eight dollars and eight cents; and said accounting officers are to ascertain how much of said sum is due by descent or devise, or in any other manner, to the late Joseph M. Yznardy, or to his heirs, former consul of the United States at Havana, who is indebted to the United States; and so much of this appropriation as shall so be found due to said Joseph M.

Yznardy, or to his heirs, shall be applied on said indebtedness; and the remainder of this appropriation to be paid to the other heirs of the said Jose Yznardy, or to his representatives. For payment of compensation to Doctor Thomas O. Edwards, for his Thomas O. Edwards. services as examiner into the practical operation of the law for the prevention of the importation of spurious and adulterated drugs and medicines, under appointment from the Secretary of the Treasury, October tenth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, two hundred and fifty dollars.

For salaries for examiners of drugs for the fiscal year ending the Examiners of drugs. thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, and New Orleans, per act twenty-sixth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and third of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, seven thousand dollars. For salary of clerk to examiner at New York, one thousand dollars.Clerk at New York. For the payment to W. J. Duane, of Philadelphia, executor of Daniel W.

J. Duane, executor of Daniel Parker. Parker, deceased, late paymaster-general and agent for paying salaries in his office, a balance found due the said Parker by the accounting officer of the treasury, eight hundred and eighty-six dollars. For the payment to Major W. H. Chase, of the corps of engineers, W. H. Chase. in pursuance of the decision of the second comptroller of the treasury, of the second and fifteenth of November, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, one thousand one hundred and nineteen dollars and sixty-eight dollars.

For the payment to Richard Rush of a balance ascertained to be Richard Rush. due, by the accounting officers of the treasury, for his salary as attorney-general of the United States, and for the satisfaction of which there is no appropriation, two hundred and fifty-nine dollars and fifty-nine cents: *Provided, however,* That hereafter the proper accounting offi-Proviso prohibiting pay for two officers at the same time.543cers of the treasury, or other pay officers of the United States, shall in no case allow any pay to one individual the salaries of two different offices on account of having performed the duties thereof at the same time.

But this prohibition shall not extend to the superintendents of the executive buildings. For the payment to Corporal Charles Hawke, as ascertained to be Charles Hawke. due him by the fourth auditor of the treasury, one hundred and seventy-six dollars and thirty-eight cents. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to take a perpetual lease to Lease of rooms in City Hall of Utica. the United States from the city of Utica, New York, free of taxes or other charges of any sort, so many rooms in the City Hall, in said city, about to be erected, as may be necessary for the proper accommodation of the United States District and Circuit Courts, holden in said city, and their officers, twelve thousand dollars: *Provided,* That no part of this Proviso. appropriation shall be paid until it shall be certified by the justices of said Circuit Court that the said rooms are provided, and the said lease made.

For making alterations in the office of the assistant treasurer of the Office of assistant treasurer, New York. United States at New York, and for furniture for the said office, four hundred and fifty-five dollars. For making alterations in the approaches of the building belonging Alteration of building occupied by U. S. courts in Detroit. to the United States, in the city of Detroit, now occupied by the courts of the United States and their officers, under order of the common council of Detroit, and for repairing and renovating said building, five hundred and thirty-five dollars.

To pay the amount of subscription under the joint resolution of the Subscription to the annals of Congress. third March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, for one thousand copies of the annals of Congress to the end of the fourth Congress, and to include the first Congress, as well as the second, third, and fourth Congress, thirty thousand dollars. For continuing the publication of the works of the Exploring Expedition, Publishing the works of the Exploring Expedition. including the printing of the charts, the pay of the scientific corps, salary of the horticulturist, and care of the collections, twenty-five thousand dollars.

To defray the expenses incurred under the authority of the committee Funeral of President Taylor. of arrangement for the funeral of General Zachary Taylor, deceased, late President of the United States, eight thousand one hundred and forty-six dollars and seventy-three cents, to be disbursed by the marshal of the District of Columbia. To defray the expenses of transporting the remains of General Transporting remains of General Taylor to Kentucky. Taylor from the cemetery in Washington to Kentucky, to be expended under the direction of the President of the United States, four thousand dollars.

To enable the War Department to make such examinations and surveys Examination with reference to supplying Washington with pure water. as may be necessary to determine upon the best and most available mode of supplying the city of Washington with pure water, and to prepare a plan and estimate of the probable cost of the same, to be reported to Congress at its next session, five hundred dollars. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That from and after the passage Laborers on the public grounds. of this act, the compensation of the laborers on the public grounds, under the public gardner, in Washington city, shall be forty dollars per month, to be paid monthly, without reduction for time lost in consequence of sickness.

And the compensation of the watchmen, in the various departments Watchmen in the departments. of government, shall be five hundred dollars per annum. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the accounting officers of Accounts of M. M. Clark. the treasury are hereby authorized, in settling the accounts of Captain M. M. Clark, superintendent in erecting barracks and quarters at Savannah, Georgia, to allow him credit for whatever amount was properly 544THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess.

I. Ch. 91. 1850. disbursed by him beyond the sums which he disbursed under the laws making specific appropriations for the work. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That the third section of the Continuation of a former act of 1846, ch. 175, sec. 3, concerning clerks, &c. act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and for other purposes,” approved the tenth of August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, be, and the same is hereby, revived and continued in force for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-one.

Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That the Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of Treasury authorized to adjust the claim of representatives of Robert L. Browning. be authorized and directed to adjust and settle the claim submitted by the legal representatives of Lieutenant Robert L. Browning, late of the United States navy, deceased, for a share of the proceeds of the sale of the schooner Oregon and cargo, seized and confiscated in the month of April, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, under the President’s regulations of the first March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, at the port of Tampico, during the war with Mexico, and to pay the amount of said claim out of any moneys in the treasury arising from military contributions collected in Mexico in pursuance of the regulations of the President before referred to: *Provided,* That before any money is Proviso. paid in this case, any claim submitted by the owners of the vessel before mentioned for remission of the penalty and payment of the proceeds under the confiscation shall first be duly examined and decided by the Secretary of the Treasury, under the directions of the President of the United States.

Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* That it shall be lawful for the Steamer Dallas to be appraised. Secretary of the Treasury to cause the revenue steamer Dallas, now lying in the port of New York, together with the machinery placed therein, under and by virtue of a contract by and between R. J. Walker, late Secretary of the Treasury, and Ethan Campbell, dated August twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, to be appraised by one or more good and sufficient appraisers, and to sell (if the said Secretary shall think the public interests will be thereby promoted) the said steamer and machinery to said Campbell at said apprised value, and to annul, by and with his assent, said contract: *Provided,* That the Proviso. said Secretary shall, on selling said steamer and machinery to said Campbell, take from him a release or discharge of the United States from all claims and demands under and by virtue of said contract.

Approved, September 30, 1850.