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clerks thus authorized, including arrears now due to temporary clerks to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.

"Purchase of

dock.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to purchase for the United States the three stores at stores at Atlantic the Atlantic dock, at the port of New York, now held by the United States under a lease for a term of years, and the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be required for the purpose, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the title to said stores, and the grounds thereunto belonging, shall be made to the United States in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the President.

city treaty with
Great Britain.
Vol. x. p. 1089.
Post, p. 325.
Ante, p. 29.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the commissioner under the Commissioner treaty with Great Britain, of June fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, under reciproshall be allowed the sum of four dollars per diem for subsistence, the same to be paid out of the appropriation made on the first of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, "for the prosecution of the work, including pay of commissioner, and all other expenses provided in the first article of the reciprocity treaty with Great Britain."

Extra allow

&c. in land offi

ces.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That in the settlement of the accounts of registers and receivers of the public land-offices, the Secretary ances for clerks, of the Interior be and he is hereby authorized to allow, subject to the approval of Congress, such reasonable compensation for additional clerical services and extraordinary expenses incident to said offices as he shall think just and proper, and report to Congress all such cases of allowance at each succeeding session, with estimates of the sum or sums required to pay the same.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the holders of the war bonds of the State of California the amount of money appropriated by act of Congress approved May [August] fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four "in payment of expenses incurred and now actually paid by the State of California for the suppression of Indian hostilities within the said State prior to the first day of January, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and fifty-four, under the following restrictions and regulations: Before any bonds shall be redeemed by the Secretary of War, they shall be presented to the board of commissioners appointed by the legislature of said State by an act approved April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and the amount due and payable upon each bond be endorsed thereon by said commissioners. Upon presentation to the Secretary of War of any bond or bonds thus endorsed, it shall be his duty to draw his warrant in favor of the holder or holders thereof for the amount certified to be due upon the same by the said commissioners, upon the Secretary of the Treasury, who is hereby directed to pay the same: Provided, That said amounts in the aggregate shall not exceed the amount of money appropriated by act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, said bonds, after redemption, and after taking off the coupons that may remain unpaid, shall be delivered to the Secretary of War to be cancelled.

Payment authorized to hold

ers of war bonds of California. 1854, ch. 267,

9.

Vol. x. p. 582.

Additional examiners and as

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed and paid, in the manner now provided by law, two principal examiners and two as- sistant examisistant examiners, in addition to the examining force now authorized by ners in the Patlaw to be so employed in the Patent-Office.

ent-Office.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioner of Pat- Payment of ents is hereby authorized to pay those employed in the United States persons acting in those grades Patent-Office from April first eighteen hundred and fifty-four until April heretofore. first eighteen hundred and fifty-five, as examiners and assistant examiners of patents, at the rates fixed by law for these respective grades: Provided, That the same be paid out of the Patent-Office fund, and that the compensation thus paid shall not exceed that received by those duly en

rolled as examiners and assistant examiners of patents for the same period.

Examination SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be into expenses of directed to examine into the amount of expenses necessarily incurred in suppression of Indian hostilities the suppression of Indian hostilities in the late Indian war in Oregon and in Oregon and Washington, by the territorial governments of said Territories, for the Washington. maintenance of the volunteer forces engaged in said war, including pay of volunteers, and that he may, if in his judgment it be necessary, direct a commission of three to proceed to ascertain and report to him all expenses incurred for purposes above specified.

1857, ch. 106,

$13.

Post, p. 205.

Pay of clerk of courts in S. Illi

nois for trans

cribing records

under act of 1056, ch. 18. Ante, p. 4.

Payment to commissioners

agents.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That the compensation of the clerk of the district and circuit courts of the United States for the southern district of Illinois, for transcribing certain records under the act of Congress approved April twenty-third eighteen hundred and fifty-six, shall be the same as is authorized by the act of February twenty-six, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, concerning fees and costs for copying records and attending courts during their sittings.

SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That there be allowed and paid of land claims in to the late commissioners for settling private land claims in California, California and appointed under the act of March third eighteen hundred and fifty-one, their disbursing and acts additional thereto, one month's salary for services rendered sub1851, ch. 41. sequent to March third eighteen hundred and fifty-six, (and to the several Vol. ix. p. 631. disbursing agents for said commission the same compensation for the re1857, ch. 110, ceipt and disbursement of monies as are allowed to other disbursing officers of the government in California, the same to be paid out of the unexpended balance of monies heretofore appropriated for the salaries and expenses of said commission.)

§3.
Post, p. 243.

Payment to certain Cherokees east of the Mississippi.

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior ascertain the number of Cherokees east of the Mississippi that were omitted in the census taken by D. W. Siler in eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and pay the five thousand dollars appropriated by the eighth section of the act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, approved July thirty-one eighteen 1854, ch. 167, hundred and fifty-four, to said Indians, according to the per capita distriVol. x. p. 333. bution made by the Department of the Interior, in pursuance of the principles contained in the opinion of the Attorney-General of the United States on that subject, of April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one.

§ 8.

Salary of Chaplain of Penitentiary.

SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the annual compensation of the chaplain to the United States Penitentiary shall be five hundred dollars, and twenty per cent. on the same, from July first eighteen hundred and fifty-three.

Rate of paySEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That there shall be paid to John ment for Globe C. Rives, by the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of and Appendix. Representatives, out of the contingent funds of the two houses, according to the number of copies of the Congressional Globe and Appendix taken by each, one cent for every five pages of that work exceeding three thousand pages, for a long session, or fifteen hundred pages for a short one, including the indexes and the laws of the United States, commencing with this session.

Special exam- SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasiner of drugs, ury be and he is hereby authorized and required to appoint a suitably &c., to be appointed at San qualified person as special examiner of drugs, chemicals, medicines, &c., Francisco. at San Francisco in California, whose annual salary shall be two thousand

Public buildings at

Portsmouth,

N. H.

dollars.

SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be constructed the following buildings.

At Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for the accommodation of the custom

house, post-office, and United States courts, a building of stone, with fireproof floors, of iron beams and brickwork, iron roof, shutters, sills, &c., eighty-five feet long by sixty wide and sixty feet high, to cost not more than eighty-eight thousand dollars.

At Nashville, Tennessee, for the accommodation of the custom-house, Nashville, Tenn. post-office, United States courts, and steamboat inspectors, a building of like materials, eighty-five feet long by sixty deep and sixty feet high, to cost not more than ninety-five thousand dollars.

Ogdensburg,

At Ogdensburg, New York, for the accommodation of the custom-house and post-office, a building of like materials, sixty feet long by forty-five N. Y. deep and thirty-two feet high, to cost not more than fifty thousand dollars.

Georgetown,

At Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, for the accommodation of the custom-house and post-office, a building of like materials, sixty feet D. G. long by forty-five deep and thirty-two feet high, to cost not more than fifty thousand dollars.

At Dubuque, Iowa, for the accommodation of the custom-house, post- Dubuque, Iowa. office, and United States courts, a building of like materials, eighty-five feet long by sixty deep and sixty feet high, to cost not more than eightyeight thousand dollars.

Knoxville,

At Knoxville, Tennessee, for the accommodation of the custom-house, post-office, and United States courts, a building of like materials, eighty- Tenn. five feet long by sixty deep and sixty feet high, to cost not more than eighty-eight thousand dollars.

At Galena, Illinois, for the accommodation of the custom-house and Galena, III. post-office, a building of like materials, sixty feet long by forty-five deep

and thirty-two feet high, to cost not more than fifty thousand dollars.

At Springfield, Illinois, for the accommodation of the United States Springfield, Ill. courts and post-office, a building of like materials, sixty feet long by forty-five deep and thirty-two feet high, to cost not more than fifty thousand dollars.

Rutland and

At Rutland and at Windsor, Vermont, suitable buildings for the accommodation of the circuit and district courts of the United States, and the Windsor, Vt. several offices connected therewith, and the post-offices at said Rutland and Windsor, the cost of which shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars each: Provided, That no money shall be expended under this act for the erection of a custom-house, where the duties collected do not equal the expense of collection.

Appropriation

SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That the several sums mentioned in the preceding section of this act, as the cost of the buildings therein therefor. authorized to be constructed, together with ten per cent. thereon to cover the compensation of architects, superintendence, advertising, and other contingent expenses, and so much as may be required to purchase suitable sites for said buildings, be and the same are hereby appropriated for the purposes aforesaid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That no money hereby appropriated shall be used or applied for the purposes mentioned until a valid title to the land title be first secured and right for the site of such buildings in each case shall be vested in the United to tax released. States, and until the State shall also duly release and relinquish to the United States the right to tax or in any way assess said site, or the property of the United States that may be thereon, during the time that the said United States shall be or remain the owner thereof.

Proviso that

at Sandusky,

SEC. 20. And be it further enacted, That to authorize the Secretary of Custom-house the Treasury to enlarge the building now in progress of construction to and Post Office be used as a custom-house and post-office, at Sandusky, Ohio, by the Ohio. addition of another story, and otherwise, as said Secretary may deem expedient, the sum of nineteen thousand five hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated, with the per cent. thereon for contingencies: Provided, That the money hereby appropriated shall not be expended

until said Secretary shall have contracted, upon such security as he may approve, for the completion of said building, so enlarged, at a sum equal to or less than the amount heretofore and hereby appropriated.

SEC. 21. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United Court-house at States cause to be constructed at Key West, Florida, a suitable building Key West. for the accommodation of the district court of the United States for the southern district of Florida; and that the sum of eight thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for this purpose out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, August 18, 1856.

Aug. 18, 1856.

CHAP. CXXX.-An Act making Appropriations for the Service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty

seven.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be Appropriations. and the same are hereby appropriated for the service of the Post-Office Department for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, out of any moneys in the treasury arising from the revenues of the said department, in conformity to the act of the second of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six :

Deficiencies.

For transportation of the mails, (inland,) six million one hundred and forty thousand dollars.

For compensation to postmasters, two million one hundred and fifty

thousand dollars.

For ship, steamboat, and way letters, twenty thousand dollars.
For wrapping paper, forty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.

For office furniture in the post-offices, six thousand five hundred dollars.
For advertising, eighty-five thousand dollars.

For mail-bags, fifty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.

For blanks and paper for the same, ninety-one thousand five hundred dollars.

For mail-locks, keys, and stamps, eighteen thousand five hundred dollars.

For mail depredations and special agents, sixty-five thousand dollars. For clerks in the offices of postmasters, seven hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.

For postage stamps and stamped envelopes, seventy-five thousand dollars.

For miscellaneous items, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of two million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the revenue of the Post-Office Department, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.

Appropriation SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of five hundred for post-office thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for purchasing and site in New a site, and the erection or preparation of the necessary building for the post-office in the city of New York.

York.

Act of 1854, ch. 270, § 4, continued.

Vol. x. p. 588. Pay of Postmaster at Washington, D. C. &c.

Adjustment of

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the fourth section of the act of Congress approved fifth of August eighteen hundred and fifty-four, entitled "An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department, during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five," be and the same is hereby continued for one year from August fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the First Comptroller of the Chim or W. L. Treasury shall proceed to execute the provisions of the ninth section of the act of March third eighteen hundred and fifty-five, entitled “ An act

Blanchard.

making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June eighteen hundred and fifty- 1855, ch. 201, six," in conformity with the directions of said act, notwithstanding the 99. acceptance by William L. Blanchard of one month's extra compensation under his contract, the said payment being deducted from any further allowance, if any, made under said act.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the First Comptroller of the Treasury be and he is hereby required to adjust the damages due to Edward H. Carmick and Albert C. Ramsey, on account of the abrogation, by the Postmaster-General, of their contract to carry the mail on Vera Cruz, Acapulco, and San Francisco route, dated the fifteenth February eighteen hundred and fifty-three; to adjudge and award to them, according to the principles of law, equity, and justice, the amount so found due; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby required to pay the same to the said Carmick and Ramsey, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Vol. x. p. 685.

Adjustment of claim of Car

mick and Ram

sey.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That there be allowed and paid Payment to Ja to Jacob Hall, for carrying the mail on route number eight thousand cob Hall. nine hundred and twelve, from Independence to Santa Fe, twenty-two thousand dollars per annum, instead of the sum for which he contracted, commencing August, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and ending with his contract; and the same shall be in full for all the losses by him sustained in said service by Indian depredations or otherwise. This grant is made on the condition that the Postmaster-General may at any time, on giving three months' notice, annul the contract of said Hall.

Post, p. 190.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General is Payment to hereby authorized to pay to George H. Giddings, contractor for carrying Geo. H. Giddings. the mail on route number twelve thousand nine hundred, from Santa Fe, 1857, ch. 96, New Mexico, to San Antonio, Texas, monthly each way, according to § 9. the contract under which said service is now being performed, the sum of thirty-three thousand five hundred dollars, for each year's service, commencing with the eighteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and fiftyfive, and continue during his contract: Provided, That the PostmasterGeneral be, and he is hereby authorized to annul said contract, on giving three months' notice to said contractor.

Relief of S. M.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the proper accounting officers of the Post-Office Department be and they are hereby authorized and Leavenworth. required to execute the "joint resolution for the relief of Seth M. Leavenworth, now deceased, approved the sixth day of August, eighteen hun- Vol. ix. p. 681. dred and forty-six," and that the amount found due shall be paid to his legal representatives out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the proviso, at the end of the third section of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, entitled "An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and for other purposes," is hereby repealed. APPROVED, August 18, 1856.

Part of act of

1851, ch. 21, § 3, respecting power to remit fines, &c., repealed. Vol. ix. p. 593.

CHAP. CLX.-An Act making Appropriations for Light-houses, Light-boats, Buoys, &c. Aug. 18, 1856. and providing for the Erection and Establishment of the same, and for other Pur

poses.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following appropria- Appropriation. tions be, and the same are hereby made, and directed to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to carry the provisions of this act into effect: Provided, however, If a good title to any land, which it may be necessary

Proviso as to

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