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in addition to a former appropriation, made thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, three thousand dollars.

For a light-house on a proper site, at Pottawatamie island, at the entrance of Green Bay, in Lake Michigan, in addition to a former appropriation, made thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, three thousand dollars.

For a light-house or beacon light on one of the piers at the harbor of Oswego, on Lake Ontario, in addition to former appropriations, twelve hundred dollars.

For the removal of the light-house now on the north end of Goat island, near the harbor of Newport, Rhode Island, in addition to former appropriations, eight thousand seven hundred dollars.

For erecting a frame building for a beacon light, at the end of west pier, at the mouth of Black river, Ohio, two thousand six hundred dollars.

For finishing and securing the foundation of the beacon light at Cunningham creek, Ohio, two hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty

cents.

To make good a deficiency in the funds for the relief of sick and disabled seamen, as established by the acts of sixteenth July, seventeen hundred and ninety-eight, and third May, eighteen hundred and two, fifteen thousand dollars.

Disabled seamen.

1798, ch. 77.

Insolvent

For expense in relation to the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States, under the act of seventh of June, eighteen hundred debtors. and thirty-four, three thousand dollars.

For surveying the public lands in Ohio, six hundred and fifty dollars. For surveying the public lands in the Michigan peninsula, fifteen thousand dollars.

For surveying the public lands in Michigan Territory, west of the lake, and in Wisconsin Territory, fifty thousand dollars.

For surveying the public lands in Illinois and Missouri, forty thousand dollars.

For surveying the public lands in Mississippi, ten thousand dollars. For surveys south of the thirty-first degree north latitude, by the Surveyor General of Alabama, twenty-five hundred dollars.

For survey of the Creek lands, one thousand dollars.

For survey of the public lands and private land claims, by the Surveyor General of Florida, sixteen thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.

For survey of the public lands and private land claims, by the Surveyor General of Louisiana, thirty-five thousand dollars.

Surveying in Ohio.

Michigan peninsula.

Michigan and Wisconsin.

Illinois and Missouri. Mississippi. Surveys.

Creek lands.
Florida.

Louisiana.

For surveying public lands by the Surveyor General of Arkansas, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For the salaries of two keepers of the public archives, in Florida, one thousand dollars.

Arkansas.

Archives of Florida.

Miscellaneous

For the discharge of such miscellaneous claims against the United
States, not otherwise provided for, as shall be ascertained and admitted claims.
in due course of settlement at the Treasury, twelve thousand dollars.
For the salaries of the Ministers of the United States to Great Britain,
France, Spain, and Russia, thirty-six thousand dollars.

For the salaries of the secretaries of legation to the same places, eight thousand dollars.

For the salaries of the secretaries of legation to France, Spain, and Russia, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-five, six thousand dollars.

For the salaries of the chargés des affaires to Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Turkey, Belgium, Brazil, Chili, Peru, Mexico, Central America, New Grenada, Prussia, and Venezuela, sixty-three thousand dollars.

Salaries of Ministers.

Secretaries of Legation.

Legation to Turkey.

Outfits of

ministers.

Outfits of

chargés.

Agents of claims.

Barbary pow

ers.

American

seamen.

Digest of Commercial Regula

tions.

Customhouse, &c., New Bedford.

At New York.

At Baltimore.

Direct taxes.

Inhabitants of

&c.

For the salary of the drogoman to the legation of the United States to Turkey, and for contingent expenses of that legation, six thousand five hundred dollars.

For outfits of ministers to Great Britain, France, and Spain, twentyseven thousand dollars.

For outfits of chargés des affaires to Mexico, Prussia, and Peru, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars.

For the salaries of the agents for claims at London and Paris, four thousand dollars.

For the expenses of intercourse with the Barbary Powers, twelve thousand dollars.

For the relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, thirty thousand dollars.

For completing Digest of Commercial Regulations of Foreign Countries, under the resolution of the House of Representatives of the third of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, five thousand eight hundred and eighty-three dollars and thirty-four cents.

For completing the custom-house at New Bedford, and enclosing the lot, seven thousand two hundred dollars.

For the erection of a custom-house at New York, in addition to former appropriations, three hundred thousand dollars.

For completing the public warehouse, at Baltimore, seventeen thousand dollars.

For the payment of balances due to officers of the old internal revenue and direct tax, being the balance of a former appropriation for that object, carried to the surplus fund, thirty-first December, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, five thousand seven hundred dollars and twentythree cents.

For paying certain inhabitants of West Florida, now citizens of West Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi, the claims passed by the accounting officers of the Treasury, being the balance of a former appropriation for that object, carried to the surplus fund on the thirty-first December, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, one thousand five hundred and nineteen dollars and forty-one cents.

Astronomical observations, north boundary of Ohio.

1832, ch. 229.

Proviso.

James H.Relfe.

Lt. Col. W. Lawrence.

For the payment of certain certificates, being the balance of a former appropriation for that object, carried to the surplus fund on the thirtyfirst December, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, thirty-seven thousand four hundred fifty-five dollars and seventy-six cents.

For the incidental and contingent expenses of the Department of State, being a balance due to William Browne, on that account, two thousand and ten dollars and six cents.

For clerk hire and other expenses in relation to the north-eastern boundary agency, being a balance due to William Browne, on that account, two thousand seven hundred and thirty-two dollars and twenty cents; these two last appropriations to be carried to the credit of said Browne, on account of contingencies of foreign intercourse.

For arrearages for the service of astronomer, assistants, and incidental expenses incurred in making astronomical observations during the year eighteen hundred and thirty-five, under the act of the fourteenth July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, "to provide for the taking of certain observations preparatory to the adjustment of the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio": Provided, The compensation to the principal astronomer and assistants shall not exceed that granted, under the appropriation for the same service, of eighteen hundred and thirty-three, thirteen thousand six hundred and fifteen dollars.

For compensation to James H. Relfe, for his services as messenger, in conveying the final report of the commissioners for the adjustment of private land claims, five hundred dollars.

For the payment of claims of Lieutenant Colonel W. Lawrence and

others, being part of an appropriation made by the act of the fifth of 1816, ch. 23. March, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, for these objects, carried to the surplus fund on the thirty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, reappropriated on the twentieth of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, and again carried to the surplus fund on the thirty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, three hundred and forty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents. For the expense of medals and swords for Colonel Croghan and others, five thousand one hundred dollars.

For the expense of bringing to the seat of Government the votes for President and Vice President of the United States, eight thousand dollars.

For the survey of the coast of the United States, eighty thousand dollars.

For the Governor, judges, secretary, district attorney, and marshal, and contingent expenses, of the Wisconsin Territory, nine thousand, nine hundred dollars.

Compensation and mileage of the members of the Legislative Council, and to defray the expenses of the Legislative Assembly, the printing of the laws, and other incidental expenses of said Territory, nine thousand four hundred dollars.

For the public buildings and library of said Territory, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Medal for Col. Croghan, &c. Bringing votes of Presidential election.

Coast survey.

Governor, &c. of Wisconsin Territory.

Custom

For enlarging and repairing the custom-house, and purchasing additional land therefor, at Bath, in the State of Maine, five thousand five house, Bath, hundred dollars.

For repairs of public buildings at Staten Island, four thousand five hundred dollars.

For defraying the expenses of a survey of lots in the town of Galena, Illinois, to be made by the Surveyor General of Missouri and Illinois, under an act of Congress, approved the fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, one thousand [dollars].

For a custom-house in Boston, in addition to a former appropriation, two hundred thousand dollars.

For a marble bust of the late Chief Justice Marshall, five hundred dollars.

For payment for preparing, printing, and binding the documents ordered to be printed by Gales & Seaton under the same restrictions and reservations as were contained in the appropriation for the same object in the act of May the fifth eighteen hundred and thirty-two, fifteen thousand six hundred and six dollars; and the eight volumes of the second series of the said publication shall be distributed in the same manner as were the volumes of the first series by the joint resolution of the tenth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duties of the Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, of the War and Navy Departments, and of the Postmaster General, and the Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Representatives, to lay before Congress, in lieu of the statement now required by law, during the first week in each annual session of Congress, a statement of the expenditures made by them respectively from the contingent funds of their respective departments and offices; that of the Secretary of State to include all the contingent expenses of foreign intercourse, and of all the missions abroad except such expenditures as are settled upon the certificate of the President; said statements to be abstracts of the accounts with the names of all persons to whom payments have been made and the amount paid to each.

APPROVED, May 9, 1836.

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Survey at Galena.

Customhouse, Boston. Bust of C. J. Marshall. Documents printing by Gales & Seaton.

Statements to Congress by the be presented to Executive De partments, &c.

STATUTE I.

May 9, 1836.

Translator State Depart

ment.

Disbursing agent in do.

Secretary of Treasury to employ two clerks.

1835, ch. 48.

Assistant messenger in Treasury, sala

ry.

In office of First Comptroller.

Clerks and messengers in office of Com. missioner of Pensions.

Messenger,

office of Indian Affairs.

Additional clerk in Navy Board. Surveyor General of Ohio, &c. to employ additional clerks.

Surveyor General of Illinois to employ, &c. Surveyor General of Arkan

sas for clerk hire.

Surveyor of Louisiana for clerk hire.

Surveyor Ge

neral of Missis

sippi,clerk hire. Surveyor General of Alabama, clerk hire. Surveyor General of Florida for clerks.

CHAP. LX.—An Act providing for the salaries of certain officers therein named, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the translator of foreign languages and the librarian in the Department of State, shall receive a salary of sixteen hundred dollars.

That the disbursing agent in said Department be allowed a salary, of fourteen hundred and fifty dollars.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ two additional clerks, to enable him to carry into effect the provisions of the second section of the act of the third of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, one at a salary of eleven hundred and fifty dollars, and the other at a salary of one thousand dollars.

That the assistant messenger in said Department be allowed the sum of six hundred and fifty dollars.

That the assistant messenger in the First Comptroller's office be allowed the annual compensation of five hundred dollars.

For the employment of clerks and messengers for the office of the Commissioner of Pensions, in addition to those authorized by law, twelve thousand two hundred dollars.

That the annual compensation of the messenger in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, be seven hundred dollars.

That the Commissioners of the Navy Board be authorized to employ a clerk in addition to those authorized by law, at the sum of nine hundred dollars.

That the Surveyor General of Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, be authorized to employ two clerks at a sum not exceeding twenty-three hundred dollars, and that he be allowed the further sum of four thousand dollars for additional clerk hire.

That the Surveyor General of Illinois and Missouri be authorized to employ clerks at a sum not exceeding three thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars.

That the Surveyor General of Arkansas be allowed the sum of two thousand eight hundred dollars, for clerk hire in his office.

That the Surveyor of Louisiana be allowed the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars for clerk hire in his office.

That the Surveyor General of Mississippi be allowed the sum of five thousand dollars for clerk hire in his office.

That the Surveyor General of Alabama be allowed the sum of two thousand dollars for clerk hire in his office.

That the Surveyor General of Florida be allowed the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars for clerks in his office.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized to employ, for the discharge of the various duties of the Department, the following Clerks to be clerks and messengers; one clerk at sixteen hundred dollars, and one employed in the clerk at fourteen hundred dollars; to be employed in the business of Department of War. reservations and grants under Indian treaties: Provided, That the said Proviso. clerks shall not be employed for a longer term than four years. Three Clerks in the clerks for the Pension office at one thousand dollars each, to be continued only during the present year.

Pension Office.

In the Quarter-master Ge

neral's Office.

Six clerks and one messenger, in the Quartermaster General's office, whose compensation shall be as follows; one clerk at sixteen hundred dollars, one clerk at twelve hundred dollars, four clerks at one thousand dollars each, and one messenger at five hundred dollars, one clerk for the Ordnance Office at twelve hundred dollars, and four clerks at one thousand dollars each. One clerk for the Adjutant General's Office at twelve hundred dollars, and three clerks at one thousand dollars each.

One clerk in the Engineer Office at twelve hundred dollars, and one clerk at one thousand dollars. One clerk in the Commanding General's office at one thousand dollars. Six clerks and one messenger in the Emigrating Indian Bureau attached to the Subsistence Department, whose compensation shall be as follows: one clerk at sixteen hundred dollars, one clerk at fourteen hundred dollars, one clerk at twelve hundred dollars, three clerks at one thousand dollars each, and one messenger at five hundred dollars; Provided, That the authority claimed under the acts approved March twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and twelve, and May twenty-second eighteen hundred and twelve, or by any other act for the employment of non-commissioned officers, or the appointment of extra clerks in any of the offices of the War Department be, and the same are hereby repealed. Provided however, That where express appropriations are made by law, for the employment of clerks, such employment shall not be deemed to be extra, within the meaning of the above act.

For one clerk in the Topographical Bureau, one thousand dollars. That the Superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis be authorized to employ two clerks in his office, and no more, one of which shall receive a compensation of one thousand, and the other of eight hundred dollars.

That the Superintendent of Indian Affairs south of the Missouri river be authorized to employ one clerk in his office who shall receive a compensation of one thousand dollars.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the salaries provided for in this act, and payable for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six, shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. APPROVED, May 9, 1836.

CHAP. LXI.-An Act making appropriations for the naval service, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be appropriated for the naval service for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, in addition to the unexpended balances of former appropriations, viz:

For pay of commissioned, warrant, and petty officers, and of seamen, two millions three hundred and eighteen thousand and seventeen dollars and sixteen cents.

For pay of superintendents, naval constructors, and all the civil establishment at the several yards, sixty-eight thousand three hundred and forty dollars.

For provisions, seven hundred and eighty-two thousand two hundred and sixty-three dollars and seventy-five cents.

For repairs of vessels in ordinary, and the repairs and wear and tear of vessels in commission, one million and sixty-five thousand dollars. For medicines and surgical instruments, hospital stores, and other expenses on account of the sick, forty-one thousand one hundred dollars. For improvement and necessary repairs of the navy yard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, sixty-seven thousand dollars.

For improvement and necessary repairs of the navy yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, one hundred and ninety-nine thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars.

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For improvement and necessary repairs of the navy yard at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, N.Y. New York, eighty-four thousand three hundred dollars.

For improvement and necessary repairs of the navy yard at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, eleven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

Philadelphia.

For improvement and necessary repairs of the navy yard at Wash

Washington.

ington, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.

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