Act of July 14,

1832, ch. 227. Proviso.

Proviso.

and thirty-eight, according to the importations of that year, as they
would have been entitled to receive, if the act of the fourteenth of July,
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, had gone into effect: Pro-
vided, That no officer shall receive, under this act, a greater annual
salary or compensation than was paid to such officer for the year one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-two; and that in no case shall the
compensation of any other officers, than collectors, naval officers, sur-
veyors, and clerks, whether by salaries, fees, or otherwise, exceed the
sum of fifteen hundred dollars each per annum; nor shall the union of
any two or more of those officers in one person, entitle him to receive
more than that sum per annum; Provided, further, That the said col-
lectors, naval officers, and surveyors, shall render an account quarterly
to the Treasury, and the other officers herein named, or referred to,
shall render an account quarterly to the respective collectors of the
customs where they are employed, to be forwarded to the Treasury, of
all the fees and emoluments whatever by them respectively received,
and of all expenses incidental to their respective offices; which accounts
shall be rendered on oath or affirmation, and shall be in such form, and
supported by such proofs, to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Trea-
sury, as will, in his judgment, best enforce the provisions of this sec-
tion, and show its operation and effect; Provided, also, That, in the Proviso.
event of any act being passed by Congress at the present session to
regulate and fix sala[ries] or compensation of the respective officers of
the customs, then this section shall operate and extend to the time such
act goes into effect, and no longer: Provided, however, That the Secre-
tary of the Treasury be authorized to extend to the collectors at such
other ports where a surplus of emoluments have been accounted for and
paid into the Treasury, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two, the
privilege granted to the collector of New York, to take effect from the
first day of January last: Provided, nevertheless, That no collector
shall receive more than four thousand dollars, and no naval officer shall
receive more than three thousand dollars, and no surveyor shall receive
more than twenty-five hundred dollars per annum.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the sum of nine thousand two hundred dollars be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Trea sury not otherwise appropriated, for the compensation of a Topographer and clerks employed in the Post Office Department, in conformity with the appropriation act of March third, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and for one additional clerk to keep an appropriation account until the first of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine; and that the sum of ten thousand five hundred dollars be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the compensation of clerks employed in the Auditor's Office of the Treasury, for the Post Office Department, from the first of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, till the first of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated, out of any unappropriated money in the Treasury, viz.:

For the Documentary History of the Revolution, the amount heretofore appropriated for that object and carried to the surplus fund;

Proviso.

Proviso.

Compensation of Topographer and clerks employed in Post Office Dep't.

Act of 1837,

ch. 33.

of clerks in of fice of Auditor of Post Office.

Compensation

Appropriations.

Documentary History of Am. Revolution. Mars Hill mi

For the Mars Hill military road, three hundred and sixty-four dollars and three cents, to enable the Treasury officers to close the account of litary road. Charles Thomas, being part of an amount heretofore appropriated and carried to the surplus fund;

To the State of Maine to reimburse the expense of said State for allowances to Ebenezer S. Greely for his sufferings and losses, attendant upon his arrest and imprisonment in the jail at Frederickton, New Brunswick, in consequence of taking the census at Madawaska, and to John Baker, and others, for sufferings and losses in relation to certain VOL. V.-34

X

To reimburse

the State of Maine for al

lowances to E. S. Greely and

John Baker.

Patent Office Building. Outfit of the branch mints.

Salaries of the officers of the Terr. of Iowa, pay of the Legislature, &c.

Public buildings in Iowa. Contingent exp. of Senate.

Military surveys, &c.

Surveys by civil engineers.

Mail route, &c. through Creek country, Ala.

Salary of additional Judge of

Orphan's Court
Washington co.

D. C.
Salary of Judge
of the Criminal
Court, D. C.

To carry into

effect resolution

in relation to steam engines, &c.

To defray exp. of marshals, and

other civil offi

cers of the U.S.

under amend

ment to act 20th April, 1818, ch.

88-how to be paid, &c.

Act of April 6,

1838, ch. 54.

proceedings in said town, the sum of eleven hundred and seventy-five dollars;

For continuing the construction of the Patent Office, fifty thousand dollars;

For furnishing machinery and for other expenses incident to the outfit of the branch mints at New Orleans, Charlotte, and Dahlonega, two thousand eight hundred dollars;

For salaries of the Governor, Secretary, Chief Judge, Associate Justices, District Attorney, and Marshal, and pay and mileage of the members of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa, and the expenses thereof, printing of the laws, taking the census, and other incidental and contingent expenses of said Assembly and Territory, twenty-four thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars;

For erecting public buildings in the Territory of Iowa, twenty thousand dollars;

For contingent expenses of the Senate, not anticipated when the ordinary estimate of the year was prepared, being principally for engraving and printing maps, and other printing, the purchase of books and book-cases for the Senate committee rooms, the expenses of committees of investigation, and the pay of clerks of committees, fifty thousand dollars.

For an outstanding balance of expenditures under the head of military surveys, and to enable the Department to settle and close that account, ten thousand dollars.

For an outstanding balance of expenditure for surveys by the civil engineers, to enable that Department to settle and close the account for those surveys, two thousand dollars.

To close the account for the laying out and construction of a mail route and post road through the Creek country, in the State of Alabama, and to pay the balances due to contractors and workmen upon the said road, the sum of nineteen hundred and forty-five dollars and fifty cents.

For the salary of the additional Judge of the Orphans' Court of Washington county in the District of Columbia, the office having been created by a law of the present session of Congress, one thousand dollars. For the salary of the Judge of the Criminal Court of the District of Columbia, the said court having been established by a law of Congress of the present session, two thousand dollars.

For enabling the Secretary of the Treasury to carry into effect the resolution of the twenty-ninth ultimo, on the subject of steam engines and steam boats, and the loss of life and property which has been suffered in their use, the sum of six thousand dollars, or so much thereof as he may find necessary for the purpose.

For defraying the expenses of the marshals, deputy marshals, and other civil officers of the United States, in executing the provisions of an act passed at the present session of Congress, entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and to repeal the acts therein mentioned, approved April twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen,'" the sum of twenty thousand dollars, to be paid out of the appropriation of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars for defraying the expenses of the courts of the United States, made in the "act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, approved April sixth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight," to be expended by the Secretary of the Treasury, under the direction of the President, upon the certificate of the Judge of the Circuit or District Court of the United States of the circuit or district where the expenditure may have been made or the services rendered,

For carrying into effect the act for the increase of the army, to wit: For pay, three hundred and seventy-nine thousand five hundred and twenty dollars and fifty cents.

For clothing, two hundred and sixteen thousand seven hundred and thirty dollars.

For subsistence, seventy-four thousand six hundred and forty-five dollars.

For contingent expenses for recruiting, fifty-three thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.

For defraying the expenses of the board of visiters at the Military Exp. of board Academy, in addition to the sum contained in the annual appropriation of visiters at Mifor that object, six hundred and ninety-eight dollars and seventy-five

cents.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That all the money arising from the bequest of the late James Smithson, of London, for the purpose of founding at Washington, in this District, an institution to be denominated the Smithsonian Institution, which may be paid into the Treasury, is hereby appropriated and shall be invested by the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approbation of the President of the United States, in stocks of States, bearing interest at the rate of not less than five per centum per annum, which said stocks shall be held by the said Secretary in trust for the uses specified in the last will and testament of said Smithson, until provision is made by law for carrying the purpose of said bequest into effect; and that the annual interest accruing on the stock aforesaid shall be in like manner invested for the benefit of said institution.

For procuring new machinery for the Harper's Ferry Armory, the sum of twenty thousand dollars.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury cause to be made, under the superintendence of Mr. Hassler, one standard balance for each State, and when completed that he cause them to be delivered to the respective Governors for the use of the respective States.

For the paper and printing of a complete catalogue of the books of the Congress Library heretofore ordered, fourteen hundred dollars. For compensation to Ferdinando Pettrich, for models of statues for blocking to the western front of the Capitol, six hundred dollars. For enlarging the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, to provide for the payment for certain expenses incurred by the House by resolution of twenty-seventh January, eighteen hundred and thirtyeight, forty-eight thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars.

For laborers and horse, cart and driver, employed at the President's square, two thousand and fifteen dollars.

For repairs of the Potomac bridge, two thousand and fifty dollars; for three hundred feet of suction hose for the Capitol and Capitol grounds, two hundred dollars; for cast iron settees and chairs for the public grounds, one hundred and fifty dollars.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That a collector shall be appointed at the port of Vicksburg who shall give the usual bonds required by such officers in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, and be entitled to a salary of five hundred dollars per annum, and that the salary for the present year be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

APPROVED, July 7, 1838.

litary Academy.

All money arising from be. quest of James Smithson, &c. shall be invest

ed in State stocks, &c.

STATUTE II.

July 7, 1838. [Obsolete.]

Sec. War to cause New

York to be paid
such amount as
the Paymaster
Gen'l, and ac-

count' officers
of the Treasury
shall certify,
&c.

Proviso.

Proviso.

STATUTE II.

July 7, 1838. [Obsolete.]

Chicago har

bor.

Michigan City harbor.

St. Joseph pier or breakwater.

Harbor near the mouth of the river Raisin.

Harbor at the

CHAP. CLXX.—An Act to provide for the settlement of the claim of the State of
New York for the services of her militia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be reimbursed and paid to the State of New York, on the order of the Governor of said State, out of the appropriation for the prevention of hostilities on the northern frontier, such amount as the Paymaster General of the United States army and the accounting officers of the Treasury shall ascertain and certify would have been due from the United States to the volunteers and militia called into the service of the State, in the latter part of the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven and the first part of the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, for the protection of said frontier, by the Governor, if said volunteers had been duly called into the service of the United States and regularly received and mustered by officers of the United States army, according to the laws and regulations which have governed in the payment of the volunteers and militia of other States: Provided, That the accounts of the agent employed by the State of New York to make said payments, be submitted to the Paymaster General and the accounting officers for their inspection: And provided also, That no reimbursement shall be made on account of the payment of any volunteers or militia who refused to be received and mustered into the service of the United States or to serve under the officers of the United States army appointed by the President to command on the northern frontier.

APPROVED, July 7, 1838.

CHAP. CLXXI.—An Act to provide for certain harbors and for the removal of obstructions in and at the mouths of certain rivers, and for other purposes, during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eigh'.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for carrying on and completing certain works heretofore commenced, viz:

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Chicago, Illinois, thirty thousand dollars;

For continuing the construction of a harbor at Michigan City, Indiana, sixty thousand seven hundred and thirty-three dollars and fiftynine cents;

For continuing the construction of a pier or breakwater at the mouth of the river Saint Joseph, Michigan, fifty-one thousand one hundred and thirteen dollars;

For the continuation of the works at the harbor near the mouth of the river Raisin, Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars;

For continuing the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of Black mouth of Black river, in Jefferson county, State of New York, twenty-two thousand four hundred and one dollars;

river.

Whitehall har

bor.

Genesee river.

Black river.

Huron river.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor at Whitehall, in the State of New York, fifteen thousand dollars;

For continuing the improvement of the channel at the mouth of Genesee river, in the State of New York, twenty-five thousand dollars;

For continuing the removal of obstructions at Black river, Ohio, five thousand dollars;

For continuing the removal of obstructions at the mouth of the Huron river, in Ohio, five thousand dollars;

For continuing the improvement of the navigation at the mouth of Vermillion river, Ohio, twenty-three thousand six hundred and twentysix dollars and fifty-seven cents;

For continuing the improvement of Cleaveland harbor, Ohio, fiftyone thousand eight hundred and fifty-six dollars;

For continuing the removal of obstructions at Cunningham creek, Ohio, five thousand dollars;

For continuing the removal of obstructions at Ashtabula creek, Ohio, eight thousand dollars;

For continuing the removal of obstructions at Conneaut creek, Ohio, eight thousand dollars;

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Presque isle, Pennsylvania, thirty thousand dollars;

For continuing the improvement of Dunkirk harbor, New York, ten thousand dollars;

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Portland, Lake Erie, New York, thirty-five thousand four hundred and sixty-six dollars; For continuing the improvement of the harbor at Cattaraugus creek, Lake Erie, New York, thirty-two thousand four hundred and ten dollars;

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Salmon river, Lake Ontario, New York, thirty thousand dollars;

For continuing the construction of a breakwater at Plattsburg, New York, twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars;

For continuing the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of Oak Orchard creek, New York, five thousand dollars;

For continuing the pier at Kennebunk, Maine, eight thousand dollars;

For continuing the improvement of Big Sodus bay, New York, ten thousand dollars;

Vermillion

river.

Cleaveland

harbor. Cunningham creek. Ashtabula

creek.

Conneaut creek.

Presque isle harbor.

Dunkirk har.

bor.

Portland har

bor, N. Y. Cattaraugus creek harbor.

Salmon river harbor. Plattsburg breakwater.

Oak Orchard creek harbor. Pier at Kennebunk.

Big Sodus bay.

For continuing the pier and mole at Oswego harbor, New York, Oswego harforty-six thousand and sixty-seven dollars;

For continuing the construction of a breakwater at Burlington, Vermont, fifty thousand dollars;

For continuing the breakwater on Stanford's Ledge, Portland harbor, Maine, twenty-six thousand three hundred and sixty-six dollars;

For continuing the breakwater at Hyannis harbor, Massachusetts, eight thousand seven hundred and sixty-four dollars;

For continuing the breakwater at Sandy Bay, Massachusetts, twenty thousand dollars;

For continuing the improvement of the channel of the river Thames, leading into Norwich harbor, Connecticut, ten thousand dollars;

For improving the harbor of Westport, Connecticut, four thousand seven hundred and eighty-two dollars;

For continuing the improvement of the navigation of the Hudson river, above and below Albany, in the State of New York, one hundred thousand dollars; to be expended according to the plan and estimate recommended by the Secretary of War;

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Wilmington, Delaware, nine thousand three hundred and fifty-six dollars;

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of New Castle, Delaware, eleven thousand five hundred and seventy-three dollars; For continuing the Delaware breakwater, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars;

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, twenty thousand dollars;

For continuing the improvement of the navigation of Cape Fear river, below Wilmington, North Carolina, twenty thousand dollars; For opening a passage of fifty yards wide, and seven feet deep, at low

bor.

Breakwater at Burlington. Breakwater on Stanford's Ledge. Breakwater at Hyannis. Breakwater at Sandy Bay.

River Thames.

Westport harbor.

Hudson river.

Wilmington harbor.

New Castle harbor.

Delaware

breakwater.

Baltimore har

bor.

Cape Fear ri

ver.