Custom-house at New Orleans. Custom-house at Eastport, Me. Custom-house For continuing the construction of the custom-house at New Orleans, during the fiscal year, ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty, in addition to the sum appropriated by the act of the third of March, eighteen hundred and fortynine, one hundred thousand dollars. To complete the erection of a custom-house at Eastport, Maine, and for compensation of architect, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty, thir; teen thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars. For repairs of the custom-house at New Bedford, Massaat New Bedford, chusetts, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty, eight hundred and forty-five dollars. Mass. Patent Office. Running boun dary line between and Mexico. Proviso. Towards the completion of the east wing of the Patent Office building, according to the original plan, and placing the west wing in a state of security, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, ninety thousand dollars to be paid out of the patent fund. For expenses of running and marking the boundary line United States between the United States and Mexico, and paying the salaries of the officers and men of the commission, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, there shall be allowed and paid to the commissioner, surveyor and astronomer, appointed or to be appointed for the purpose aforesaid, each a salary at the rate of three thousand dollars per annum, and that if the duties of either have been or shall be performed by an officer of the army, his pay during the time of such employment shall be increased to that sum: And provided further, that the appointments aforesaid shall terminate and cease at the expiration of three years from the first day of January, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty. Western coast survey.. Protection of American seamen. To provide for unforeseen expenses in the survey of the western coast of the United States, already commenced, fifteen thousand dollars. For relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, twenty-five thousand dollars. Contingent ex- In aid of the appropriation heretofore made for the contingent expenses of the Treasury office, eight hundred dollars. penses. Seminole In dians. Deficiency in pensions. Pavement of the avenue around the Capitol grounds. Mint of the U. To provide for the removal and subsistence of the Seminole Indians, now in Florida, west of the Mississippi, two hundred thousand dollars. For deficiency in the appropriation for the payment of pensions for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty, five hundred and sixty thousand dollars. For continuing the pavement of the avenue around the Capitol grounds, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, on whose application to the Secretary of War an officer of the engineers or other corps of the army may be detailed to supervise the work. For deficiency in the appropriation for the mint of the United States at Phila- States, at Philadelphia, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and fifty, twelve thousand dollars. delphia. For supplying new boilers to the engines, lengthening chimney, and for other alterations and improvements in the mint of the United States at Philadelphia, twenty thousand eight hundred dollars. Additional sum required to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for provisions for the Navy, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, seventy thousand dollars. For the pay of two additional clerks in the Auditor's office of the Post Office Department, from the first of January to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty, one thousand dollars. To supply the deficiency in former appropriation for storehouse number nineteen, and gateway, wall across timber dock, digging out timber dock, and for repairs at the Norfolk navy yard, sixty thousand dollars. For deficiency in the appropriation for the present fiscal year for lighting the Capitol and Capitol grounds, Pennsylvania avenue, and the President's House, six thousand dollars. For the management of Indian affairs in Oregon Territory, to be expended under the direction of the President, ten thousand dollars, to supply the deficiency in the appropriation made by the law of fourteenth August, eighteen hundred and fortyeight. of the To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the contin- Contingent exgent expenses of the House of Representatives for printing, House of Reprebinding, and engraving, and other miscellaneous expenses for sentatives. the present fiscal year, one hundred and twenty-nine thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. To enable the Clerk of the House of Representatives to pay Statutes at Large. for one thousand sets of the continuation of the Statutes at Large, printed by Little & Brown pursuant to the order of the House of Representatives, two thousand five hundred and twenty-one dollars. tain U. States For repairing the United States steamers Jefferson, Hetzel, Repairs of cerand Legare, employed in the coast survey, under the direction steamers. of the Secretary of the Treasury, twenty thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of the Senate, two hundred and thirteen thousand dollars. For deficiencies in the appropriations for the branch mint at New Orleans, the present fiscal year, fifteen thousand dollars. For supplying deficiencies in appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, in pursuance of the letter of the Secretary of the Navy of December twenty-four, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, seven hundred and forty-seven thousand five hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty cents. Contingent expenses of Senate. Branch mint at New Orleans. Naval service. Two watchmen about the Capitol For the compensation of two watchmen to be employed in preserving the public grounds about the Capitol, at the tate of grounds. three hundred and sixty-five dollars per annum each, seven hundred and thirty dollars. Removal of pub etc. For the removal of the public green-house and the botanical lit green-house, collection thereat, to some suitable site on the public grounds, and for the erection of such other green-house as may be deemed necessary by the Joint Committee on the Library, five thousand dollars, to be expended by the direction of the said Joint Committee, and under the supervision of the Commissioner of Public Buildings. Improvement of ground south of For continuing the improvement of the grounds south of the President's house President's House, and as incidentally necessary thereto, toand construction wards the construction of a culvert on Seventeenth street, leading from the grounds attached to the Navy Department building to the Washington canal, ten thousand dollars. of culvert. Indiana avenue. Public grounds. Enclosing, grading, and planting certain low grounds. Twenty-two additional clerks, For completing the improvement of Indiana avenue in the city of Washington, from the City Hall to the Capitol Hill, seven thousand dollars, to be expended under the control of the Commissioner of Public Buildings. For continuing the improvement of the public grounds west of Seventh street, designated as the mall, five thousand dollars. For enclosing with a substantial wooden fence, grading, and planting with trees, the low grounds on the canal, between Third and Sixth streets, two thousand five hundred dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster and one watch General be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ twenty-two man in P. O. De- additional clerks in the Post Office Department, viz: Seven clerks each at an annual salary of fourteen hundred dollars, eight clerks each at an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars, and seven clerks each at an annual salary of one thousand dollars, and one additional watchman at a salary of three hundred and sixty-five dollars. partment. Salaries to be paid out of any Treasury not otherwise appro priated. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the salaries promoney in the vided for in the second section of this act, and payable for the remainder of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty, and for the whole year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved May 15, 1850. Marshals take a census. CHAP. 11.-AN ACT providing for the taking of the seventh and subsequent censuses of the United States, and to fix the number of the members of the House of Representatives, and provide for their future apportionment among the several States. I.—OF THE DUTIES, LIABILITIES, AND COMPENSATION OF [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asto sembled, That the marshals of the several districts of the United States, including the District of Columbia and the Territories, are hereby required respectively to cause all the inhabitants so enumerated, and to collect all the other statistical information within their respective districts, in the manner provided for in this act, and specified in the instructions which shall be given by the Secretary of the Interior, and in the tables annexed, and to return the same to the said Secretary on or before the first day of November next ensuing, omitting from the enumeration of the inhabitants Indians not taxed; also, at the discre tion of said Secretary, any part or all the statistics of the Territories except those of population: Provided however, And if Proviso. the time assigned for making the returns shall prove inadequate. for the Territories, the said Secretary may extend the same: Provided further, If there be any district or Territory of the Further proviso. United States in which there is no marshal of the United States, the President shall appoint some suitable person to discharge the duties assigned by this act to marshals." affirm. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That each of said mar- Marshals requirshals shall, before entering upon his duties take and subscribe ed to swear or the following oath, or affirmation, before any circuit or district judge of the United States, or before any judge of any State court, to wit: , marshal of the district of I, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will to the best of my ability enumerate, or cause to be enumerated, all the inhabitants of said district, and will collect, or cause to be collected, the other statistical information within the same, and will faithfully perform all the duties enjoined on me by the act providing for the taking of the seventh census. And when duly authenticated by the said judge, he shall deposite a copy thereof, so authenticated, with the said Secretary of the Interior, and no marshal shall discharge any of the duties herein required, until he has taken and subscribed this oath, and forwarded a copy as aforesaid. Form of oath or affirmation. Each marshal is required to sepa rate his district into subdivisions exceeding 20,000 containing SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That each marshal shall separate his district into subdivisions containing not exceeding twenty thousand persons in each, unless the limitation to that number causes inconvenient boundaries, in which case the number may be larger; and shall also estimate from the best persons, &c. sources of information which he is able to obtain, the number of square miles in each subdivision and transmit the same to the Department of the Interior: Provided however, That in bounding such subdivisions, the limits thereof shall be known. civil divisions, such as county, hundred, parish, township, town, city, ward or district lines, or highways, or natural boundaries, such as rivers, lakes, &c. Proviso. not Each marshal to appoint and commission SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That each marshal shall appoint an assistant for each subdivision, who is a resident therein, to whom he shall give a commission under his hand, assistant. authorizing him to perform the duties herein assigned to assis tants, which commission shall set forth the boundaries of the subdivision, of which appointment so made, and the boundaries so specified, the marshal shall keep a true and faithful record. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That each marshal shall seasonably supply each assistant with the instructions issued by the Department of the Interior, the blanks provided for the an Marshals required to supply with assistants for the prosecu duties, &c. Marshal's du ties defined. tions, and blanks enumeration of the population, and the collection of other statistion of their tics, and give to him from time to time all such information and directions as may be necessary to enable him to discharge his duty. He shall carefully examine whether the returns of each assistant marshal be made in conformity with the terms of this act, and where discrepancies are detected, require the same to be corrected. He shall dispose of the two sets of the returns required from the assistant marshals as hereinafter provided for, as follows: one set he shall transmit forthwith to the Secretary of the Interior; and the other copy thereof he shall transmit to the office of the Secretary of the State or Territory to which his district belongs. He shall classify and determine the rate of compensation to be paid to each assistant marshal according to the provisions of this act, subject to the final approval of the Secretary of the Interior. He shall from time to time make himself acquainted with the progress made by each assistant marshal in the discharge of his duties, and in case of inability or neglect arising from sickness, or otherwise, appoint a substitute. Marshal forbidden to secure fee, an assistant. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any marshal reward, or com shall, by any arrangement or understanding whatever, secure pensation, from to himself any fee, reward, or compensation for the appointment of an assistant, or shall in any way secure to himself any part of the compensation provided by this act for the services of assistants, or if he shall knowingly neglect or refuse to perform the duties herein assigned to him, he shall, in any such case, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and if convicted in any such case, shall for such offence, forfeit and pay not less than one thousand dollars. Penalty. Marshal Proviso. may Marshal's fees. the SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That any marshal of appoint deputies. the United States may, for any purposes not inconsistent with the duties of the assistants herein provided for, appoint a deputy or deputies, to act in his behalf, but for all official acts of such deputy or deputies, the marshal shall be responsible: Provided, however, An appointment to collect the social statistics shall not be deemed an interference with the duties of the assistants. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That whenever the population returned in any district shall exceed one million, marshal thereof shall be entitled to receive as a compensation for all his services in executing this act, after the rate of one dollar for each thousand persons; but if the number returned shall be less than a million in any district, the marshal thereof shall be allowed for his services at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents for each thousand persons: Provided, however, That no marshal shall receive less than two hundred and fifty dollars: and when the compensation does not in the whole exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, a reasonable allowance for clerk hire shall be made, the amount whereof shall be deterFurther provi- mined by the Secretary of the Interior. And provided, further, That the marshal of any district may at his discretion perform the duties of an assistant in any subdivision in which he may reside, and when he shall personally perform the duties assigned So. |