Chapter XLVII. making Appropriations for the civil and diplomatic Expenses of Government for the Year ending the thirtieth Day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, and fur other Purposes
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Chap. XLVII.— An Act making Appropriations for the civil and diplomatic Expenses of Government for the Year ending the thirtieth Day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, and fur other Purposes.March 3, 1847. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatAppropriations for the year ending June 30, 1848. the following sums be, and hereby are, appropriated to the objects hereinafter expressed, for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, namely: *Legislative.*—ForCongress, pay and mileage. compensation and mileage of senators, and members of the House of Representatives, and delegates, seven hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars.
ForOfficers of Congress. compensation of the officers and clerks of both houses of Congress, thirty-nine thousand five hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty cents. ForContingencies, Senate. stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the Senate, seventy-five thousand dollars. ForHouse of Representatives. stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. *Library of Congress.*—ForLibrary.Officers. compensation of librarians, two assistant librarians, and messengers of the library, four thousand five hundred dollars.
ForContingencies. contingent expenses of said library, eight hundred dollars. ForBooks. purchase of books for said library, five thousand dollars. ForLaw Books. purchase of law books for said library, one thousand dollars. *Executive.*—ForPresident. compensation of the President of the United States, twenty-five thousand dollars. ForVice-President. compensation of the Vice-President of the United States, five thousand dollars. *Department of State.*—ForState Dept.Secretary and officers. compensation of the Secretary of State, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger in his office, twenty-six thousand three hundred dollars.
ForContingencies. the incidental and contingent expenses of said department, viz.: For publishing the laws, and packing and distributing the laws and documents, including proof-reading, labor, boxes, and transportation, nine thousand dollars. For publishing in newspapers of the States and Territories the laws, &c., of the United States, nine thousand three hundred dollars. For stationery, blank books, binding, labor, and attendance, furniture, fixtures, repairs, painting, and glazing, four thousand four hundred dollars.
For printing, (letter-press and copperplate,) advertising, books and maps, two thousand dollars. For newspapers, two hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars. 156TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. 156. ForNorth-east executive building. extra clerk hire, and copying, two thousand dollars. For compensation of superintendent and three watchmen of the north-east executive building, one thousand three hundred and forty-five dollars. For the contingent expenses of said building, viz.:
ForMiscellaneous. labor, fuel, and light, two thousand two hundred dollars. ForTreasury Dept.Secretary and officers. miscellaneous items, one thousand one hundred dollars. *Treasury Department.*—For1st Comptroller and officers compensation of the Secretary of the Treasury, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger in his office, twenty-seven thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. For2d Comptroller and officers. compensation of the First Comptroller, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messengers in his office, twenty-eight thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.
For1st Auditor and officers. compensation of the Second Comptroller, and the clerks and messenger in his office, including the salary of an additional clerk at twelve hundred dollars, who is hereby authorized to be employed for one year, sixteen thousand four hundred and fifty dollars. For2d Auditor and officers. compensation of the First Auditor, and the clerks and messenger in his office including the salary of two additional clerks, who are hereby authorized to be employed until the end of the next fiscal year, from the first day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, at eleven hundred and fifty dollars each, twenty-two thousand nine hundred and seventy-three dollars.
For3d Auditor and officers. compensation of the Second Auditor, and the clerks and messenger in his office, including the salaries of three additional clerks, at eleven hundred and fifty dollars each, who are hereby authorized to be employed for one year, twenty-nine thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. For4th Auditor and officers.1845, ch. 71. compensation of the Third Auditor, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger in his office, thirty-eight thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.
For5th Auditor and officers. compensation of Fourth Auditor, and the clerks and messenger in his office, including the salaries of two clerks at one thousand dollars each, authorized by the act of third March, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and hereby continued for one year, twenty-two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. ForTreasurer and officers. compensation of the Fifth Auditor, and the clerks and messenger in his office, fourteen thousand eight hundred dollars. ForRegister and officers. compensation of the Treasurer of the United States, and the clerks and messenger in his office, thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
ForCommissioner of General Land Office and officers. compensation of the Register of the Treasury, and the clerks, and messenger, and assistant messengers in his office, twenty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars. ForSolicitor of the Treasury and officers. compensation of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and the recorder, draughtsman, assistant draughtsman, clerks, messengers, assistant messengers, and packers in his office, eighty-four thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents.
ForSynopsis of treasury instructions compensation of the Solicitor of the Treasury, and the clerks and messenger in his office, thirteen thousand nine hundred dollars; the salary of the chief clerk in his office being hereby increased to sixteen hundred dollars per annum from the first day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven. For full compensation for all the work heretofore done for completing the synopsis of the treasury instructions in execution of the revenue laws, and for preparing a supplement thereto, illustrating the organization and operations of the Treasury Department, and its various bureaus, in pursuance of those laws and instructions, twoTWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 47. 1847.157thousand dollars:Proviso. *Provided,* That the further prosecution of said work shall be, and hereby is, discontinued and ended. *Contingencies of the Treasury Department.*—In theContingencies of Treas. Dept.Office of Sec’y. office of the Secretary of the Treasury: For blank books, binding, stationery, labor, compensation for carrying the department mails, translations, printing, including the public accounts; and for collecting and preparing information to be laid before Congress, ten thousand two hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous expenses, two thousand eight hundred dollars. In the1st Comptroller. office of the First Comptroller. For blank books, binding, stationery, printing, and labor, one thousand seven hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, three hundred dollars. In the2d Comptroller. office of the 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. In the1st Auditor. office of the First Auditor: For labor, and printing blanks, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For miscellaneous items, two hundred and fifty dollars. In the2d Auditor. office of the Second Auditor: For blank books, binding, stationery, labor, and printing blanks, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. In the3d Auditor. office of the Third Auditor: For blank books, binding, printing, stationery, labor, and office furniture, eight hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous items, two hundred dollars. In the4th Auditor. office of the Fourth Auditor: For blank books, binding, stationery, printing, and labor, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For miscellaneous items, two hundred dollars. In the5th Auditor. office of the Fifth Auditor: For blank books, binding, stationery, and labor, three hundred and seventy-five dollars. For miscellaneous items, three hundred and fifty dollars. In theTreasurer. office of the Treasurer: For blank books, binding, and stationery, three hundred dollars.
For labor, three hundred and seventy-five dollars. For printing, two hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, one hundred dollars. In theRegister. office of the Register of the Treasury: For blank books, binding, printing, stationery, and labor, two thousand dollars. To pay the expenses of procuring a further supply of the certificates of registers of vessels and lists of crews, two thousand dollars. For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars. In theCommissioner of Land Office. office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office:
For stationery, including blank books and blank forms for the district land offices, pieces of parchment and printing patents, advertising land sales in newspapers and handbill form, public notices and printing circulars, office furniture and repairs of the same, and pay of laborers employed in the office, fourteen thousand three hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, seven hundred dollars. In theSolicitor. office of the Solicitor of the Treasury: For blank books, binding, stationery, printing circulars and blank158TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. 158. forms for returns of district attorneys, marshals, clerks of courts, collectors of the customs, and labor, one thousand and fifty dollars. For miscellaneous items, two hundred dollars. ForSouth east executive building. compensation of a superintendent and eight watchmen of the south-east executive building, three thousand four hundred and twenty dollars. For the contingent expenses of the said building, namely: For labor, fuel, and light, seven thousand seven hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous items, one thousand seven hundred dollars. *War Department.*—ForWar Dept.Sec’y, officers in office of. compensation of the Secretary of War, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger in his ofiice, seventeen thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. ForCommissioner of Indian Affairs. compensation of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger in his office, nineteen thousand four hundred dollars. ForCommissioner of Pensions. compensation of the Commissioner of Pensions, and the clerks and messengers in his office, including two additional clerks, hereby authorized to be employed for one year in the Bounty Land bureau, at one thousand dollars each, nineteen thousand one hundred dollars.
ForCommanding-General. compensation of the clerk and messenger in the office of the Commanding-General, one thousand five hundred dollars. ForAdjutant-General. compensation of clerks and messenger in the office of the Adjutant-General, seven thousand six hundred and fifty dollars. ForQuartermaster-General. compensation of clerks and messenger in the office of the Quartermaster-General, seven thousand three hundred dollars. ForClothing and Equipage office at Philadelphia. compensation of clerks and messenger in the office of Clothing and Equipage, at Philadelphia, four thousand two hundred dollars.
ForPaymaster-General. compensation of clerks and messenger in the office of the Pay-master-General, nine thousand one hundred dollars. ForCommissary-General of Subsistence. compensation of clerks and messenger in the office of the Commissary-General of Subsistence, five thousand three hundred dollars. ForChief Engineer. compensation of clerks and messenger in the office of the Chief Engineer, five thousand six hundred and fifty dollars. ForSurgeon-General. compensation of clerks and messenger in the office of the Surgeon-General, two thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.
ForColonel of Ordnance. compensation of clerks and messenger in the office of the Colonel of Ordnance, eight thousand six hundred and fifty dollars. ForTopographical Bureau. compensation of clerks and messenger in the office of the Topographical Bureau, four thousand nine hundred dollars. ForContingencies, viz.: the incidental and contingent expenses of said department, and the various offices and bureaus connected therewith, viz.: In theOffice of Secretary. office of the Secretary of War:
For blank books, binding, stationery, labor, and printing, one thousand four hundred and fifty dollars. For books, maps, and plans, one thousand dollars. For miscellaneous items, five hundred and fifty dollars. In theCommissioner of Pensions. office of the Commissioner of Pensions: For stationery, blank books, binding, printing blank forms and regulations, advertising, and fuel, eight hundred dollars. For rent of houses occupied by the Pension Office, six hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, one hundred dollars.
In theCommanding-General. office of the Commanding-General: For miscellaneous items, three hundred dollars. In theQuartermaster-General. office of the Quartermaster-General: For blank books, binding, stationery, labor, and printing, five hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, three hundred dollars. TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 47. 1847.159 In theClothing and Equipage. office of Clothing and Equipage, at Philadelphia: For blank books, binding, and stationery, one hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous items, five hundred dollars. In thePaymaster-General. office of the Paymaster-General: For blank books, binding, stationery, and fuel, one thousand dollars. For miscellaneous items, four hundred dollars. In theCommissary-General of Subsistence. office of the Commissary-General of Subsistence: For blank books, binding, stationery, printing, advertising, labor, and fuel, eight hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, one hundred and fifty dollars. In theChief Engineer. office of the Chief Engineer;
For blank books, binding, stationery, printing, and fuel, three hundred and fifty dollars. For miscellaneous items, two hundred dollars. In theSurgeon-Gen’l. office of the Surgeon-General. For blank books, binding, stationery, printing, and fuel, one hundred and eighty-five dollars. For miscellaneous items, sixty-five dollars. In theColonel of Ordnance. office of the Colonel of Ordnance: For blank books, binding, stationery, printing, and fuel, five hundred and thirty dollars.
For miscellaneous items, three hundred dollars. In theTopographical Engineers. bureau of Topographical Engineers: For blank books, binding, stationery, labor, and fuel, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For miscellaneous items, five hundred dollars. ForNorth-west executive building. compensation of superintendent and four watchmen of the northwest executive building, one thousand seven hundred and ten dollars. For the contingent expenses of said building: For labor, fuel, and light, two thousand four hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous items, one thousand six hundred dollars. *Navy Department.*—For compensation of the Secretary of the Navy, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger in his office, twenty-one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.Navy Dept.Secretary and officers. ForBureau of Navy Yards & Docks. compensation of the Chief of the Bureau of Navy Yards and Docks, and to the civil engineer, draughtsmen, clerks, and messenger in his office, ten thousand four hundred dollars.
ForBureau of Construction, &c. compensation of the Chief of the Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repair, and to the assistant constructor, draughtsman, clerks, and messenger in his office, thirteen thousand one hundred dollars. ForChief Naval Constructor &, Chief Engineer. salaries of the Chief Naval constructor and Engineer-in-chief, six thousand dollars. ForBureau of Ordnance and Hydrography compensation of the Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, and to the draughtsman, clerks, and messenger in his office, nine thousand four hundred dollars.
ForBureau Provisions & clothing. compensation of the Chief of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, and to the clerks and messenger in his office, eight thousand three hundred dollars. ForBureau Medicine & Surgery. compensation of the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, and to the clerks, assistant-surgeon, and messenger in his office, six thousand eight hundred dollars. ForContingencies of War Department, viz.: contingent expenses of said department, and all the bureaus connected therewith, viz:
For blank books, binding, stationery, printing, and labor, four thousand one hundred and forty dollars. For miscellaneous items, one thousand six hundred and sixty dollars. 160TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. 160. ForSouth-west executive building. compensation of superintendent and three watchmen of the south-west executive building, one thousand three hundred and forty-five dollars. For the contingent expenses of said building. For labor, fuel, and light, one thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For miscellaneous items, one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. *Post-Office Department.*—ForPost-Office Department.Postmaster-General.Assistants, &c. compensation of the Postmaster-General, three assistant postmasters-general, clerks, messengers, assistant messengers, and watchmen of the said department, seventy-four thousand three hundred dollars. ForTemporary clerks. compensation to temporary clerks, three thousand dollars. ForSuperintendent of post-office building. compensation of the superintendent of the post-office building, two hundred and fifty dollars.
ForContingencies, viz.: the contingent expenses of said department, viz: For blank books, binding, stationery, fuel, oil, printing, labor, and day watchmen, six thousand one hundred and sixty dollars. For miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars. ForRepairs. repairs of the General Post-Office building, white-washing, glazing, casing fireplaces, and mending office furniture, three hundred dollars. ForAuditor for P. O. DepL compensation of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger in his office, eighty-five thousand seven hundred dollars.
ForContingencies. contingent expenses of said office, viz: For labor, blank books, binding, stationery, printing blanks and circulars, four thousand one hundred and sixty dollars. For miscellaneous items, seven hundred dollars. For rebinding old légers and other books of accountSj to provide cases for keeping accounts and other papers, and for the repairs of office furniture, six hundred dollars. *Patent Office.*—ForPatent Office.Scientific works. the purchase of such scientific works as are necessary for the use of the Patent Office, one thousand dollars.
ForAgricultural statistics. the collection of agricultural statistics, and other purposes, three thousand dollars: *Provided,* That [the] portion of the annua] report of the Commissioner of Patents relating to agricultural subjects shall not exceed four hundred pages. Which several sums, amounting in the whole to four thousand dollars, shall be paid out of the patent fund. *Surveyors and their Clerks.*—ForSurveyors-general and clerks.North-west of the Ohio. compensation of the surveyor-general north-west of the Ohio, and the clerks in his office, eight thousand three hundred dollars.
ForIllinois. compensation of the surveyor-general in Illinois and Missouri, and the clerks in his office, five thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars. ForArkansas. compensation of the surveyor-general in Arkansas, and the clerks in his office, eight thousand three hundred dollars. ForLouisiana. compensation of the surveyor-general in Louisiana, and the clerks in his office, four thousand five hundred dollars. ForMississippi. compensation of the surveyor-general in Mississippi, and the clerks in his office, four thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.
ForAlabama. compensation of the surveyor-general in Alabama, and the clerks in his office, four thousand dollars. ForFlorida. compensation of the surveyor-general in Florida, and the clerks in his office, five thousand five hundred dollars. ForWisconsin and Iowa. compensation of the surveyor-general in Wisconsin and Iowa, and the clerks in his office, eight thousand three hundred dollars. ForClerks. compensation of the clerks in the offices of the surveyors-gen-TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 47. 1847.161eral, to be apportioned to them according to the exigencies of the public service, and, and [if] necessary, to be employed in transcribing field-notes of surveys, for the purpose of preserving them at the seat of government, eleven thousand dollars. ForSecretary to sign patents. compensation of the secretary to sign patents for public lands, one thousand five hundred dollars. ForCominiesioner public buildings. compensation of the commissioner of public buildings in Washington city, two thousand dollars.
ForPotomac Bridge. compensation of four assistants, draw-keepers at the Potomac Bridge, including oil for lamps and machinery, fire-wood, and repairs of bridge, four thousand two hundred and ninety dollars. *MintMint U. S. and branches. of the United States and Branches.*— AtAt Philadelphia. Philadelphia, viz.: ForOfficers. salaries of the director, treasurer, chief coiner, assayer, melter and refiner, engraver, assistant assayer, and four clerks, nineteen thousand two hundred dollars.
For wages of workmen, twenty-four thousand dollars. ForContingencies. incidental and contingent expenses, including fuel, materials, stationery, water-rent, repairs, and wastage, in addition to available funds on hand, two hundred and fifty dollars. For specimens of ores and coins, to be reserved at the mint, one hundred and fifty dollars. AtAt Charlotte, N. Carolina. Charlotte, North Carolina, viz.; ForOfficers, &c. salaries of superintendent, assayer, coiner, and clerk, six thousand dollars.
For wages of workmen, three thousand five hundred dollars. ForContingencies. incidental and contingent expenses, including fuel, materials, stationery, repairs, wastage of gold, and watching, two thousand one hundred dollars. AtAt Dahlonega, Georgia. Dahlonega, Georgia, viz.: ForOfficers, &c. salaries of superintendent, assayer, coiner, and clerk, six thousand dollars: For wages of workmen, three thousand six hundred dollars: ForContingencies. incidental and contingent expenses, including fuel, materials, stationery, repairs, and wastage of gold, three thousand dollars.
AtAt N. Orleans. New Orleans, viz.: ForOfficers, &,c. salaries of superintendent, treasurer, coiner, assayer, melter and refiner, and two clerks, twelve thousand nine hundred dollars. For wages of workmen, nineteen thousand dollars. ForContingencies. incidental and contingent expenses, including fuel, materials, stationery , water-rent, and wastage, nineteen thousand one hundred dollars. For machinery and machinists, three thousand dollars. *Judiciary.*—ForJudiciary.Chief justice and associate judges.District judges. salaries of the chief justice of the Supreme Court, and the eight associate judges, forty-one thousand dollars.
ForAdditional compensation to certain judges.1844, ch. 95.Proviso. salaries of the district judges, sixty-one thousand seven hundred dollars. For additional compensation, at two hundred dollars each, to the district judges of Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, under the provisions of the first section of the act of seventeenth June, eighteen hundred and forty-four, one thousand dollars: *Provided,* That so much of the aforesaid act as authorizes the additional compensation to the said judges shall, from and after the first day of October next, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
ForAttorney-General and officers. salaries of the chief justice of the District of Columbia, the associate judges, the judges of the criminal and orphans1 courts of said District, ten thousand seven hundred dollars. For salaries of the Attorney-General, and the clerk and messenger in his office, including an increase of the salary of his clerk, at the rate of six hundred dollars per annum, commencing on the first day162TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. 162. of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, six thousand seven hundred dollars.
ForContingencies. contingent expenses of the office of the Attorney-General, five hundred dollars. ForReporter of Supreme Court. salary of the reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court, one thousand three hundred dollars. ForDistrict attorneys. compensation of the district attorneys, including one in the Territory of Wisconsin, being two hundred dollars each, as prescribed by law, seven thousand two hundred dollars. ForMarshals. compensation of the marshals, including one in the Territory of Wisconsin, as prescribed by law, six thousand four hundred dollars.
ForContingencies. defraying the expenses of the Supreme, Circuit, and District Courts, of the United States, including the District of Columbia; also for jurors and witnesses, in aid of the funds arising from fines, penal-ties, and forfeitures, incurred in the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and previous years; and likewise for defraying the expenses of suits in which the United States are concerned, and for prosecutions for offences committed against the United Slates, and for the safe-keeping of prisoners, four hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars. *Wisconsin Territory.*—ForWisconsin Territory. salaries of governor, three judges, and secretary, nine thousand one hundred dollars.
ForGovernor, judges, and secretary.Contingencies. contingent expenses of said Territory, three hundred and fifty dollars. ForCompensation and mileage of members of Legislative Assembly.Proviso. compensation and mileage of the members of the Legislative Assembly, pay of officers and attendants, printing, stationery, fuel, and other incidental and contingent expenses, thirteen thousand seven hundred dollars; *Provided,* That only so much of the foregoing appropriation for Wisconsin Territory shall be drawn from the treasury as may be necessary to defray the expenses of said Territory until the formation of a State government therein, and the admission of said State into the Union. *Miscellaneous.*—ForMiscellaneous.Annuities, &c. payment of annuities and grants by special acts of Congress, seven hundred and fifty dollars.
ForLighting Penn. Avenue. lighting Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol Square to the Treasury Department, seven hundred and seventy-five dollars. ForAuxiliary guard. compensation and contingent expenses of the auxiliary guard, six thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars. ForIndexing Washington papers. completing indices to the papers of Washington and of the Confederation, in the Department of State, one thousand two hundred and fifty-six dollars. ForCoast survey. survey of the coast of the United States, including compensation to the superintendent and assistants, one hundred and forty-six thousand dollars.
ThirtyCustom-houses at Savannah and Charleston. thousand dollars in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated for the construction of a custom-house in the city of Savannah, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury in the construction of the same, and the purchase of a lot therefor, any portion of which may be expended during the current fiscal year, and a like sum for a custom-house at Charleston. ForCustom-house at Eastport.At Castine. the purchase of a site and the erection of a custom-house at Eastport, in the State of Maine, to be expended for the said purposes under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, ten thousand dollars.
For the purchase of three fourths of the building now used as a custom-house in Castine, and for three fourths of the lot of land on which it stands, and for the repairs of said building, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, eleven hundred dollars. ForSalaries of assistant treasurers. salaries of assistant treasurers of the United States, per act ofTWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 47. 1847.163 the sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, eleven thousand five hundred dollars.
ForChief clerk to assistant treasurer, N. York. a chief clerk to the assistant treasurer at New York, who is hereby authorized to be appointed by him, and for whose acts he shall be responsible, at the rate of one thousand five hundred dollars per year, to commence on the first day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, two thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents. ForAdditional clerks.1846, ch. 90. salaries of ten additional clerks, under act of the sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, eight thousand dollars.
ForSalaries of treasurers of mint.1846, ch. 90. additional salaries of treasurers of the mint at Philadelphia, and branch mint at New Orleans, under act of the sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, one thousand dollars. ForCompensation to special agents.1846, ch. 90. compensation, &c., to special agents, to examine books, accounts, and money on hand, in the several depositories, under the act of the sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, five thousand dollars. ForRepairs of Potomac Bridge. the repairs of the Potomac Bridge, to be expended under the direction of the commissioner of public buildings, twenty-two hundred dollars.
ForContingencies under the treasury act of 6th August, 1846, ch. 90. contingent expenses, under the act for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue, of the sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, ten thousand dollars. ToBooks for members of Congress. enable the clerk of the House of Representatives to pay for the hooks furnished to the members of the House of Representatives of this Congress who had not received them, by the order of the House of the third day of August, last, and for books furnished under former resolutions to members of this House, seventy-two thousand two hundred and five dollars and twenty-seven cents.
ForBiennial Register. compiling, printing, and binding the Biennial Register, in addition to an unexpended balance of former appropriations, one thousand dollars. ToLoan office and final settlement certificates.Proviso.1790, ch. 34. reimburse the owners the principal specie value of loan office and final settlement certificates which may be produced and exhibited, the sum of five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That no part of the sum so appropriated shall be carried to the surplus fund, as in ordinary cases, but shall remain subject to the direction of the accounting officers of the treasury to meet the claims that may arise from time to time: *And provided,* That no greater amount of interest be allowed on the said certificates than would have been allowed had they been funded under the act of the fourth of August, seventeen hundred and ninety.
ForFurniture for Boston custom-house. furniture for the custom-house at Boston, twenty-five thousand dollars. ForRepairs, contingencies, &c., for Capitol and grounds. annual repairs of the Capitol; lamplighters, oil for lamps, wicks, and repairs of lamps and lamp posts; attendance on furnaces of the crypt; attendance on water closets; cleaning the rotundo and crypt; brushes;ind brooms; laborers and cartage on the Capitol grounds; tools, wire, twine, leather, nails, stakes, manure, and straw, for grounds; spent ashes, lime, and plaster, for grounds, trees; attendance at the western gates of the Capitol, enlarging watch-box at the north-western gate of the Capitol, repairs of public stables, flagging, and enclosures, keeping in order iron pipes that convey the water to the Capitol and public offices; for repairs of the western front of the Capitol to prevent the cracking of the wall over the windows in the basement story; to necessary repairs of the southern abutment of the bridge across Pennsylvania Avenue and Second Street, over Tiber Creek; new basin at fountain, and repairing jet d’eaux;164TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. 164. shovelling snow, and wooden spades; gardener’s salary; ten thousand three hundred eighty-one dollars and fifty cents. ForFloor of Senate Chamber, &c. taking up and relaying the floor of the Senate chamber, to increase the number of seats, making flues, building fire-proof and ventilating apparatus, and other work, the sum of four thousand eight hundred and seventy-six dollars. ForJohn Skirving, for extra work. payment of bill of John Skirving, for extra work done in the Capitol during the year eighteen hundred and forty-six, three hundred and twenty-one dollars and eighty-two cents.
ForRepairs, contingencies, &c., of President’s house and grounds. annual repairs of President’s house; gardener’s salary; laborers, and cartage; tools, wire, twine, leather, nails, stakes, straw for plants, and oil for lamps; manure for garden and grounds at La Fayette Square; repairs for fence at Fountain Square, La Fayette Square and President’s garden, three thousand three hundred and ninety-three dollars and twenty-five cents. ForMarine hospital at N. Orleans. the completion of the new marine hospital ofthe United States now building in New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, to be expended under the superintendence of the Secretary of the Treasury, twenty-one thousand six hundred and ninety-six dollars.
ForCustom-house at New Orleans. the construction of a custom-house in the city of New Orleans, to be erected on a square of ground on which stands the building now used as a custom-house in said city, or the land in front of the custom-house square embraced within the public road, Custom-house, Canal, and Génois Streets, on condition that the corporate authorities of said city relinquish and convey to the United States an absolute and unconditional title in and to such portion of said ground as may, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, be necessary and convenient for the erection and use of such custom-house; and, so soon as said relinquishment and conveyance is made, as stated, that then, and in that case, the United States release to the said city of New Orleans all claim on their part to the residue of the ground included within said square; one hundred thousand dollars.
ForPenitentiary District Columbia. the support and maintenance of the penitentiary of the District of Columbia, seven thousand three hundred and eighty-nine dollars and forty-six cents. ForImprovement Pennsylvania Avenue. completing the paving and improvement of Pennsylvania Avenue, agreeably to the estimate of the Topographical Engineer, made at the last session of Congress, sixteen thousand dollars. ForInsane paupers of District Columbia. support, clothing, and medical treatment of insane paupers of the District of Columbia, five thousand seven hundred dollars.
ForHistorical painting for rotundo of the Capitol.Vol. 5, p 133. the execution of an historical painting for the rotundo of the Capitol, by William H. Powell, in place of the one contracted for with Henry Inman, deceased, under the joint resolution of the twenty-third of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, six thousand dollars; and the Library Committee are hereby directed to contract with the said William II. Powell, to execute the said painting on the same terms as were made with the said Inman.
ToSwan & Palmer for work done on Ohio River.Proviso. pay Swan and Palmer for work executed by them at “Twin Island,” on the River Ohio, above the falls, six thousand four hundred and seventy-nine dollars, and twenty-five cents: *Provided,* The account be first settled by the proper accounting officer of the Treasury Department. ToDeficiency in fund for sick and disabled seamen. make good a deficiency in the fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen, twelve thousand dollars.
For7th and 8th volumes Laws U. S. payment for one thousand copies of the seventh and eighth volumes of the Statutes at Large of the United States, seven thousand dollars. ForContinuing of works of exploring expedition. continuing the publication of the works of the exploring expedition, including the printing of the charts, the pay of the scien-TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 47. 1847.165tific corps, salary of the horticulturist, and care of the collections, fifteen thousand dollars.
ForRefunding certain duties.1842, ch. 270. refunding certain duties collected under the act of thirtieth August, eighteen hundred and fortytwo, entitled “An Act to provide Revenue from Imports, and to change and modify existing Laws imposing Duties on Imports, arid for other Purposes,” contrary to the terms of the treaty of commerce and navigation of first May, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, between Prussia and the United States, twenty-five thousand dollars. For1842, ch. 270. refunding certain duties collected under the tariff act of eighteen hundred and fortytwo, above mentioned, contrary to the terms of the treaty of twentieth December, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, between the Hanseatic Republics of Lubec, Bremen, and Hamburg, and the United States, five thousand dollars. *Lighthouse Establishment.*—ForLighthouse establishmentSupplies. supplying lighthouses, containing two thousand five hundred and ninety-four lamps, with oil, tube-glasses, wicks, buff-skins, whiting, and cotton cloth; transportation, and other expenses on the same; and for keeping the lighting apparatus in repair, one hundred and thirteen thousand four hundred and seventy-eight dollars and sixty-four cents.
ForRepairs, &c. repairs and incidental expenses, refitting, and improvements of lighthouses, and buildings connected therewith, sixty-five thousand four hundred and fifty-five dollars and ten cents. ForKeepers. salaries of two hundred and thirty-eight keepers, and sixteen assistant keepers of lighthouses, (seventeen of them charged with double, and two with triple lights,) including also the salary of an inspector of lights’on the upper lakes, and superintendent on Lake Michigan, one hundred and one thousand five hundred and thirty-eight dollars and thirty-three cents.
ForFloating lights. salaries of thirty keepers of floating lights, sixteen thousand dollars. For seamen’s wages, repairs, and supplies of thirty floating lights, sixty-nine thousand six hundred and sixty-nine dollars and forty-eight cents. ForBuoys, &c. weighing, mooring, cleansing, repairing, and supplying the losses of beacons, buoys, chains, and sinkers, twenty-four thousand and three hundred and seventy-one dollars and forty three-cents. ForAnnual examination. expenses incurred by superintendents in visiting their light-houses annually, and examining and reporting the condition of each, two thousand dollars.
ForSuperintendents’ commissions. superintendents’ commissions, at two and a half per centum, nine thousand eight hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-two cents. *Surveys of Public Lands.*—ForAssistant surveyor in Greensburg District. salary of an assistant surveyor, to have charge and oversight of the resurveys in the Greensburg District, (late St. Helena,) under the direction and supervision of the surveyor-general of Louisiana, one thousand dollars. ForAssistant Surveyor, &c., in Florida. salary of an assistant surveyor, to survey the private claims in Florida, under the direction and supervision of the surveyor-general of Florida, one thousand dollars.
ForChain-carriers, &c. pay of chain-carriers, markers, transportation, provisions, &c., one thousand five hundred dollars. ForSurveying. surveying, in addition to the unexpended balances of former appropriations, viz.: ForSurveying public lands. surveying the public lands, including incidental expenses, to be apportioned to the several districts according to the exigencies of the public service, one hundred thousand dollars. ForSurveying copper regions. surveying the copper regions of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa, with reference to mines and minerals, at a rate not exceeding six dollars per mile, fifty thousand dollars. 166TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. 166. ForDetached surveys detached surveys in Missouri, at a rate not exceeding five dollars per mile, on account of the difficulties in surveying lakes, swamps, &c., four thousand five hundred dollars. ForSurveys in Missouri.1824, ch. 184. surveys of towns and villages in Missouri, named in the act of twenty-sixth May, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, including office rent, two thousand dollars. ForSurveying in Arkansas. surveying in that part of Arkansas where, in consequence of local attraction, the ordinary compass cannot be used, at a rate not exceeding eight dollars per mile, nine hundred dollars.
ForSurveying in Mississippi, &c. surveying the islands in the Mississippi, Arkansas, White, Red, Black, and St. Francis Rivers, and detached fractional townships in Arkansas, at a rate not exceeding six dollars per mile, three thousand dollars. ForSurveys at augmented rates. surveys, at augmented rates, in Louisiana, sixteen thousand six hundred and ninety dollars. ForSurveying in Louisiana. surveying the public lands in the State of Louisiana to meet the liabilities of the surveyor-general’s office, on contracts now in the course of execution, twenty-one thousand dollars. *Intercourse with Foreign Nations.*—ForForeign intercourse.Ministers. salaries of ministers to Great Britain, France, Russia, Prussia, Spain, Mexico, and Brazil, sixty-three thousand dollars.
ForSecretaries of legation. salaries of secretaries of legation to the same places, fourteen thousand dollars. ForMinister to Turkey. salary of a minister resident to Turkey, six thousand dollars. ForDragoman. salary of a dragoman to the legation to Turkey, two thousand five hundred dollars. ForCharges-des-affaires, salaries of chargésdesaffaires to Portugal, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Belgium, Chili, Peru, New Grenada, Venezuela, Naples, Sardinia, and Buenos Ayres, fifty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.
ForContingent expenses. contingent expenses of all the missions abroad, thirty thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of foreign intercourse, thirty thousand dollars. ForConsul at London. salary of the consul at London, two thousand dollars. For clerk hire, office rent, and other expenses of the office of the consul of the United States at London, two thousand eight hundred dollars. ForBarbary powers. expenses of intercourse with the Barbary powers, ten thousand dollars. ForCommissioner to Sandwich Islands. salary of a commissioner to the Sandwich Islands, three thousand dollars.
ForInterpreters, &c., at Constantinople, &c. interpreters, guards, and other expenses of the consulates at Constantinople, Smyrna, and Alexandria, one thousand five hundred dollars. ForCommissioner at China. salary of a commissioner to reside in China, five thousand dollars. ForSecretary. salary of secretary to commissioner to reside in China, and Chinese interpreter, two thousand five hundred dollars. And also to make up the difference between the salary of said secretary and that of a chargé-desaffaires during the time the said secretary has acted as chargé-desaffaires, three thousand dollars, or so much thereof ns may be necessary for that purpose, the compensation herein allowed to be in full for the services of the said secretary, as acting chargé-des-affaires of the United States in China, down to the arrival of A.
H. Everett at Canton; and for all other public services rendered at any previous period to the government of the United States, or to any officer, agent, or citizen thereof, in the capacity of interpreter, translator, or otherwise. TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II Ch. 47. 1847.167 ForAmerican seamen. the relief und protection of American seamen in foreign countries, seventy-five thousand dollars. ForMinister to Mexico. outfit of a minister to Mexico, nine thousand dollars. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatContingent fund of the Senate. the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the service of the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, under the following heads, viz.:
For the contingent fund of the Senate, to enable its Secretary to comply with their resolutions, passed February eighteenth and February twentieth, for the purchase of certain books therein named, forty-five thousand dollars. ForSurveyor-general Wisconsin. additional salary to the surveyor-general of Wisconsin and Iowa, from first of July, eighteen hundred and forty-six, to the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, five hundred dollars. ForSurveyor-general of Arkansan. additional salary to the surveyor-general of Arkansas, from first July, eighteen hundred and forty-six, to the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, five hundred dollars.
ForDistrict judge of Texas. salary of the district judge of Texas, from twenty-ninth May, eighteen hundred and forty-six, to the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, two thousand one hundred and eighty dollars and thirty cents. ForDistrict attorney and marshal ofTexas. salaries of the district attorney and marshal of Texas, from twenty-ninth May, eighteen hundred and forty-six, to the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, four hundred and thirty-six dollars and twenty-six cents.
ForAssistant treasurers at New York, &c. salaries of the assistant treasurers at New York, Boston Charleston, and St. Louis, from sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six to the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, ten thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars. ForAdditional clerks. salaries of ten additional clerks, from sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, to the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, seven thousand two hundred and seventeen dollars and thirty-nine cents.
ForAdditional salaries of treasurers of the mints, &c.Proviso. additional salaries of treasurers of the mint at Philadelphia and branch mint at New Orleans, from sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, to the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, nine hundred and two dollars and seventeen cents: *Provided,* That the salaries of the assistant treasurers and their clerks, the additional salaries of the treasurers of the mint, shall commence only from the day on which they respectively entered upon the discharge of the duties of their several offices.
ForRenewal of diplomatic intercourse with Mexico. the renewal of diplomatic intercourse with Mexico, with a view to the termination of hostilities, in the event that the government of that Republic shall consent to enter upon negotiations, fifty thousand dollars. ForCharge-de’ affaires to Peru. outfit of charge-d’affaires to Peru, four thousand five hundred dollars. ForOutstanding claims for mission to China. outstanding claims for the late mission to China, to be settled by the Secretary of State upon principles of equity and justice, a sum not exceeding seven thousand seven hundred dollars.
ForCommissioner to Sandwich Islands, deficiency in the appropriations for the salary of the late commissioner to the Sandwich Islands, four thousand two hundred and eight dollars and thirty-three cents. ForPennsylvania Avenue. deficiency of appropriations for repairs of Pennsylvania Avenue, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen dollars and twenty-nine cents. ForNew York custom-house. deficiency of former appropriations for articles furnished for the New York custom-house, by Wenman and Wyckoff, five hundred and thirty-three dollars and eighty-six cents.
ForExtra clerk hire and indices of Washington papers. extra clerk hire and copying in the office of the Secretary of State, including preparing indices to the papers of the Confederation168TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. 168. and of Washington, during the current fiscal year, two thousand dollars. ForSpecial agents to examine books, &c.1846, ch. 90. compensation to special agents to examine books, accounts, and money on hand in the several depositories, under the act of August sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, nineteen hundred dollars.
ForRoof to building, &c. roof to the building adjoining and belonging to the treasury building, five hundred dollars. ForCertificates of stocks.1847, ch. 8. the expenses of procuring and issuing certificates of stock in the several Joans heretofore authorized, for bank stock, and dividend books, and other expenses attending the issue and transfer of the evidences of public debt, including the certificates of scrip authorized by the act of eleventh February, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, twenty thousand dollars.
ForContingent expenses. contingent expenses, including stationery, blank books, &c., in the office of the Second Auditor, two hundred and ninety-five dollars. ForOffice of 4th Auditor. compensation of two clerks in the office of the Fourth Auditor, at one thousand dollars per annum, two thousand dollars. ForMeteorologist reappropriation of this sum for the compensation of the meteorologist—the same having been omitted by mistake in the enrolment of the civil and diplomatic bill of the last session, two thousand dollars.
ForMaps, specifications, &c. deficiency in the appropriation for completing the maps, specifications, and astronomical computations of the line of boundary between the United States and the British Provinces, six thousand [dollars.] ForRent, repairs, &c., for Treasury Department. rent, repairs, watching, and incidental expenses of such buddings as may be indispensably necessary for the use of the Treasury Department, the Secretary of the Treasury being hereby authorized to obtain the same, twenty-five hundred dollars per annum, to commence from the passage of this act.
ForPenitentiary. repairs to the wharf at the Penitentiary, six hundred dollars. ForRepublic of Texas for disarming its troops, &c. settling the claims of the late Republic of Texas, according to principles of justice and equity, for disarming a body of Texan troops under the command of Colonel Snively; and for entering the custom-house at Bryarly’s landing, and taking certain goods therefrom, a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars; the account to be settled by the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* ThatRitchie & Heiss. the Secretary of the Treasury be instructed to pay to Ritchie and Heiss, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount deducted by the committees in the Senate and House of Representatives from their accounts, as rendered for printing finished and delivered previous to the passage of the printing law now in operation. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That3d section of act of general appropriations for year ending June 30, 1847, revived. &c., for the fiscal year ending June 30 f 1848.1846, ch. 175. the third section of the “Act making Appropriations for the civil and diplomatic Expenses of Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and for other Purposes,” approved the tenth of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, be, and the same is hereby, revived and continued in force for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.
Approved, March 3, 1847.