Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

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Thirtieth Congress,
thi Second Session,
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 hereby are, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty, namely:

Legislative.

For compensation and mileage of senators, members of the House of Representatives, and delegates, seven hundred and ^13^ sixty-eight thousand and two hundred dollars;

For compensation of the officers and clerks of both Houses of Congress, thirty-nine thousand five hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty cents;

For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the Senate, seventy-five thousand dollars;

For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, one hundred and eighty-two thousand seven hundred and forty-nine dollars.

Library of Congress.

For compensation of librarian, two assistant librarians and messenger, four thousand five hundred dollars;

For contingent expenses of said library, eight hundred dollars.

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For purchase of books for said library, five thousand dollars;

^2^ For purchase of lawbooks for said library, one thousand dollars;

Executive.

For compensation of the President of the United States, twenty-five thousand dollars;

For compensation of the Vice President of the United States, five thousand dollars.

Department of State.

For compensation of the Secretary of State, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger in his office, twenty-eight thousand three hundred dollars;

For the incidental and contingent expenses of said department, namely:

For publishing the laws in pamphlet form, and in the newspapers of the States and territories, and of the city of Washington, ten thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars;

For proof-reading, packing and distributing laws and documents, including boxes, labor and transportation, nine thousand dollars;

For stationery, blank books, binding, labor and attendance, furniture, repairs, painting and glazing, four thousand four hundred dollars;

For printing, (letter-press and copperplate,) books and maps, two thousand dollars;

For newspapers, two hundred dollars;

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^54^ For extra clerk hire, two thousand dollars;

For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars;

For compiling, printing and binding the biennial register, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

For compensation of superintendent and four watchmen of the north east executive building, one thousand seven hundred and ten dollars;

For contingent expenses of said building, viz:

For labor, fuel, and light, two thousand two hundred dollars;

For miscellaneous items, one thousand one hundred and ten dollars.

Treasury Department.

For 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;

For compensation of the First Comptroller, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messengers in his office, twenty-eight thousand five hundred and fifty dollars;

For compensation of the Second Comptroller, and the clerks and messenger in his office, twenty-three thousand six hundred and fifty dollars;

For compensation of the First Auditor, and the clerks messenger and assistant messenger in his office, twenty-two thousand eight hundred dollars;

For compensation of the Second Auditor, and the clerks, and ^6^ messenger ^& assistant messenger^ in his office, fifty ône^ thousand ^(^five hundred^)^ and fifty-seven dollars;

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For compensation of the Third auditor and the clerks, messenger and assistant messenger in his office, thirty-eight thousand, three hundred and fifty dollars;

For compensation of the six additional clerks in said office authorized by the act of the twelfth of August, eighteen hundred and forty eight, six thousand four hundred dollars;

For compensation of the Fourth Auditor, and the clerks, messenger & assistant messenger in his office, twenty thousand four hundred dollars;

For compensation of the Fifth Auditor, and the clerks and messenger in his office, fifteen thousand six hundred dollars;

For compensation of the Treasurer of the United State and the clerks and messenger in his office, thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars;

For compensation of the Register of the Treasury, and the clerks, messenger and assistant messengers in his office, thirty thousand two hundred dollars; “And the clerk now employed in said office at a per diem compensation, shall hereafter be allowed a salary of fourteen hundred dollars per annum; Provided, no other person shall be paid for discharging any of the duties now performed by him”.

For compensation of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and the recorder, draughtsman, assistant draughtsman, clerks, messengers, assistant messengers, and packers in his office, ninety-two thousand seven hundred and eighty eight dollars and seventy five cents;

For compensation of the Solicitor of the treasury, and the clerks and messenger in his office, thirteen thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.

Contingent expenses of the Treasury Department.

In the office of the Secretary of the Treasury.

For blank books, binding, stationary, labor, sealing ships registers, carrying the department mails, translations, printing, inclu-

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ding the public accounts, and for collecting and preparing information to be laid before Congress, fifteen thousand two hundred dollars;

For miscellaneous expenses, two thousand eight hundred dollars.

In the office of the First Comptroller.

For blank-books, binding, stationery, printing, and labor, one thousand seven hundred dollars;

For cases to preserve books and papers; also for desks and writing tables, one thousand five hundred dollars;

For carpets, oil cloths, and chairs, in eight rooms, one thousand dollars;

For miscellaneous items, three hundred dollars.

In the office of the Second Comptroller.

For blank-books, binding, stationary, and printing blanks, including pay for the National Intelligence 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 the office of the First Auditor.

For blank-books, binding, stationery, printing, books, and labor, one thousand two hundred dollars;

For miscellaneous items, three hundreds dollars;

In the office of the Second Auditor.

For blank-books, binding, stationery, labor and printing blanks, one thousand five hundred dollars.

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In the office of the Third Auditor.

For blank-books, binding, printing, stationery and labor, one thousand dollars;

For miscellaneous items, three hundred and fifty dollars.

In the 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 the office of the Fifth Auditor.

For blank-books, binding, stationery, and labor, four hundred and twenty-five dollars;

For miscellaneous items, three hundred and fifty dollars.

In the office of the Treasurer.

For blank-books, binding, stationery, labor, and printing one thousand dollars;

For miscellaneous items, five hundred dollars.

In the office of the Register.

For blank-books, binding, stationery, and labor, including the printing of blank certificates of registers, enrolments, and licenses of vessels, and other blanks, for the use of the collectors of the customs, three thousand dollars;

For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars.

In the office of the Solicitor.

For blank-books, binding, stationery, printing circulars and blank-forms for reports of district attorneys, marshals, clerks of courts and labor, one thousand and fifty dollars;

For miscellaneous items, two hundred dollars;

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For statutes and reports, including those of the several States, one thousand dollars.

In the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office.

For tract books, three thousand three hundred and twenty-seven dollars;

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 hand bill form, public notices, printing circulars, office furniture and repairs of the same, and pay of la^(^borers employed in the office, ^2-69 4.[3?]^ twenty-six thousand nine hundred and ninety dollars and fifty cents;

For miscellaneous items, seven hundred dollars;

For compensation of the superintendent and eight watchmen of the southeast executive building, three thousand four hundred and twenty dollars;

For contingent expenses of said building, viz: for labor, fuel and light, eight thousand dollars;

For rent, fuel, watching, and miscellaneous expenses of additional buildings for accommodation of offices of the Treasury Department, ten thousand dollars.

War Department.

For compensation of the Secretary of War, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger in his office, seventeen thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars;

For arrearage for clerks and messengers in said office,

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[27?] one thousand two hundred and sixty-nine dollars and
fifty-six cents;
For compensation of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger in his office,
eighteen thousand seven hundred dollars;
For compensation of the Commissioner of Pensions, and
the clerks and messengers in his office, forty-five thousand seven
hundred and forty-one dollars and eighty-three cents;
For compensation of the clerk and messenger in the office
of the commanding general, one thousand five hundred dollars;
For compensation of the clerks and messenger in the office
of the adjutant general, ten thousand four hundred and
fifty dollars;
For compensation of clerks and messenger in the office
of the quartermaster general, seven thousand three hund-
red dollars;
For compensation of clerks and messenger in the of-
fice of clothing and equipage, at Philadelphia, four thousand
two hundred dollars;
of the paymaster general, nine thousand nine hundred dollars;
of the commissary general of subsistence, six thousand eight
hundred dollars;
For compensation of clerks and messenger in the office of the
chief engineer, ^five thousand six hundred^ ^(^six thousand four hundred^)^ and fifty dollars; “^(^being
an increase in the salary of the chief clerk, of two hundred

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clerk, of two hundred and fifty dollars; in the salary of the [?]
one thousand dollar clerk, of one hundred and fifty dollars;
and in the salary of the eight hundred dollars clerk, of two
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[5?] of the surgeon general, including the sum of one thousand
dollars for additional clerk hire, three thousand six hundred
and fifty dollars;
For compensation of clerks and messenger in the office of the
colonel of ordnance, nine thousand five hundred and eighty-nine

dollars;

For compensation of clerks and messenger in the Bureau of Topographical Engineers, four thousand nine hundred dollars;

Contingencies of the War Department.

For incidental and contingent expenses of said department, and the various offices and bureaus connected therewith, namely:

In the office of the Secretary of War.

For blank books, binding, stationery, labor, and printing, and newspapers and periodicals, one thousand four hundred and fifty dollars;

For books, maps, and plans, one thousand dollars;

For extra clerks in the War Department, one thousand five hundred dollars;

For miscellaneous items, five hundred and fifty dollars.

In the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

For blank books, binding, and stationery, five hundred dollars;

For labor, one hundred dollars;

For miscellaneous items, four hundred dollars.

In the office of the Commissioner of Pensions.

For stationery, blank books, binding, printing blank forms and regulations, advertising, fuel and furniture, seven thousand and

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fifty dollars;

For miscellaneous items, five hundred dollars;

For the purpose of printing under the direction of the Commissioner of pensions, an additional number of House Document number ninety-five of the first session of the twenty-ninth Congress, and all laws relating to pensions, which have been passed since the twenty-seventh day of January eighteen hundred and forty-six, and are still in force, together with the constrictions placed upon such laws by the War Department or Attorney General, and the forms necessary to be followed by applicants for pensions under the several laws, and the bounty land laws, together with the necessary forms for application therefor, for the use of the pension office, the sum of eight hundred dollars.

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In the office of the Commanding General.


In the office of the Adjutant General.

For printing army register and orders, blank books, binding and stationery, one thousand two hundred dollars;


In the office of the Quartermaster General including the office at Philadelphia.

For blank books, binding, stationery, printing, advertising, labor, and fuel, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

For extra clerk hire, five thousand dollars;

For miscellaneous items, one hundred and fifty dollars.

In the office of the Paymaster General.

For blank books, binding, stationery, and fuel, one thousand dollars;

For miscellaneous items, four hundred dollars.

In the office of the Commissary General of Subsistence.

For blank books, binding, stationery, printing, advertising, labor, and fuel, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

For miscellaneous items, one hundred and fifty dollars.

In the office of the Chief Engineer.

For blank books, binding, stationery, fuel and printing, seven hundred dollars;


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^[90?]^ In the office of the Surgeon General.

For blank books, binding, stationery, printing, and fuel, one hundred and ten dollars;

For miscellaneous items, sixty-five dollars.

In the office of the Colonel of Ordnance.

For blank books, binding, stationery, and printing, five hundred dollars;

For miscellaneous items, five hundred and sixty-one dollars.

In the Bureau of Topographical Engineers.

For blank books, binding, stationery, labor and fuel, seven hundred and fifty dollars;

For miscellaneous items, five hundred dollars;

For compensation of superintendent and four watchmen of the northwest executive building, one thousand seven hundred and ten dollars;

For contingent expenses of said building, viz: for labor, fuel, and light, two thousand four hundred dollars

For miscellaneous items, one thousand six hundred dollars;

For rent of sixty additional rooms for offices, (properly warmed,) eight thousand five hundred dollars; Provided, That the Secretary of War can procure the rooms at the rate of said sum of eight thousand five hundred dollars per annum: And provided also, That the said appropriation for rent shall not be construed into a pledge or guarantee, on the part of the government to rent said rooms after the present appropriation ^[4?] îs exhausted.

Navy Department.

For compensation of the Secretary of the Navy, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger in his office, twenty one thousand

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nine hundred and fifty dollars: ^(^Provided, That is shall be and hereby is made the duty of the Secretary of the Navy forthwith to publish an order to abolish the practice of whipping in the Navy^)^;

For compensation of the chief of the bureau of navy yards and docks, and of the civil engineer, draughtsman, clerks, and messenger in his office, eleven thousand four hundred dollars;

For compensation of the chief of the bureau of ordnance and hydrography, and of the draughtsman, clerks and messenger in his office, nine thousand four hundred dollars;

For compensation of the chief of the bureau of construction, equipment, and repairs, and of the assistant constructor, draughtsman, clerks, and messenger in his office, thirteen thousand six hundred dollars;

^For the compensation of the chief of the Bureau of Construction, Equipment, & Repairs for current fiscal year, to supply a deficiency of the appropriation of the last session, five hundred dollars;^

For compensation of the chief naval constructor, and the engineer in chief, six thousand dollars;

For compensation of the chief of the bureau of provisions and clothing, and of the clerks and messenger in his office, nine thousand three hundred dollars;

For compensation of the chief of the bureau of medicine and surgery, and of the assistant surgeon, clerks, and messenger in his office, ^(^six thousand eight hundred^)^ ^seven thousand three hundred^ dollars.

Contingencies of the Navy Department.

For contingent expenses of said department, and all the bureaus connected therewith, namely:

For blank books, binding, stationery, printing, and labor,

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six thousand one hundred and fifty dollars;

For newspapers and periodicals, two hundred dollars;

For miscellaneous items, two thousand dollars;

For compensation of superintendent and three ^(^watchmen ^3-17-387-H. R. 692^ of the southwest executive building, one thousand three hundred and forty-five dollars;

For contingent expenses of said building, namely;

For labor, fuel, and light, one thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars;

For miscellaneous items, one thousand one hundred & fifty dollars;

Post Office Department.

For compensation of the Postmaster General, three assistant postmasters general, clerks, messengers, assistant messenger, and watchmen of said department, seventy-six thousand six hundred dollars;

For compensation of the Superintendent of the post office building, two hundred and fifty dollars;

For contingent expenses of said department, viz:

For blank books, binding, stationery, fuel, oil, printing, labor, and day watching, six thousand two hundred and eighty dollars;

For miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars;

For repairs of the post office building, repairs of furnaces and fire places, office furniture, glazing, and whitewashing, five hundred dollars;

For compensation of the Auditor of the Post Office Department, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger in his

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For contingent expenses of said office, viz:
For labor, blank books, binding, stationery and printing blanks
and circulars, five thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars;
For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars;
Surveyors General and their clerks.
For compensation of the surveyor general north-west of the Ohio,
and the clerks in his office, eight thousand three hundred dollars;
For compensation of the surveyor general of Illinois, and Missou-
ri, and the clerks in his office, five thousand eight hundred and
twenty dollars;
For compensation of the surveyor general of Louisiana, and
the clerks in his office, four thousand five hundred dollars;
For compensation of the surveyor general of Florida, and the
clerks in his office, five thousand five hundred dollars;
For compensation of the surveyor general of Wisconsin and
Iowa, and the clerks in his office, eight thousand three hundred dollars;
^For clerks in the office of the Surveyors General to be apportioned to them according to the exigencies of the public Service; and
if necessary to be employed in transcribing field notes of survey^s^ for the purpose of preserving them at the seat of Government, ^& for other purpose^ twenty two thousand five hundred
dollars;^

For compensation of Secretary to sign patents for public lands, one thousand five hundred dollars;

For compensation of the Commissioner of Public Buildings in Washington, two thousand dollars;

For compensation of four assistants, drawkeepers, at the Potomac bridge, including oil for lamps and machinery, fire wood and repairs, four thousand two hundred and ninety dollars.

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Mint of the United States.
At Philadelphia, viz:

For salaries of the director, treasurer, chief coiner, assayer, melter and refiner, engraver, assistant assayer, and three clerks, eighteen thousand four hundred dollars;

For wages of workmen, twenty-four thousand dollars;

For incidental and contingent expenses, including fuel, materials, stationery, water rent, repairs and wastage, in addition to available funds on hand, three thousand eight hundred and forty-six dollars;

For specimens of ores and coins, to be reserved at the mint, three hundred dollars.

At Charlotte, North Carolina, viz:

For salaries of superintendent, coiner, assayer, and clerk, six thousand dollars;

For wages of workmen, three thousand five hundred dollars;

For incedental and contingent expenses, including fuel, materials, stationery, repairs and wastage, two thousand one hundred dollars.

At Dahlonega, Georgia, viz:

For salaries of superintendent, coiner, assayer, and clerk, six thousand dollars;

For wages of workmen, three thousand six hundred dollars;

For incidental and contingent expenses, including fuel, materials, stationery, repairs and wastage, two thousand five hundred dollars.

At New Orleans, viz:

For salaries of superintendent, treasurer, coiner, assayer,

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melter, and refiner, and two clerks, twelve thousand nine hundred dollars;

For wages of workmen, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars;

For machinery and machinists, fifteen hundred dollars;

For incidental and contingent expenses, including fuel, materials, stationery, water rent, repairs, and wastage, in addition to available funds on hand, twenty-four thousand six hundred dollars.

Government in the Territory of Oregon.

For salaries of governor and Superintendent of Indian affairs, three judges, and Secretary, ten thousand five hundred dollars;

For contingent expenses of said territory, one thousand five hundred dollars;

For compensation and mileage of members of the legislative assembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses of the assembly, twenty thousand six hundred dollars.

Judiciary.

For salaries of the chief justice of the Supreme Court, and the eight associate judges, forty one thousand dollars;

For salaries of the district judges, sixty-three thousand seven hundred dollars;

For salaries of the chief justice of the district of Columbia, the associate judges, the judges of the criminal and orphans’ court, ten thousand seven hundred dollars;

For salaries of the Attorney General, and the clerk and messenger in his office, six thousand one hundred dollars;

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five hundred dollars;
For the purchase of law books, and the necessary book
cases of said office, two thousand dollars;
For salary of the reporter of the decisions of the Supreme court,
one thousand three hundred dollars;
For compensation of the district attorneys, being two hundred
dollars each, as prescribed by law, seven thousand four hundred
dollars;
For compensation of the marshals, six thousand eight hund-
red dollars;
For defraying the expenses of the Supreme, circuit, and dis-
trict courts of the United States, including the District of Columbia;
also for jurors and witnesses, in aid of the funds arising from
fines, penalties, and forfeitures incurred in the fiscal year, ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty, and previous years;
and, likewise, for defraying the expenses of suits in which the
United States are concerned, and of prosecutions for offences com-

mitted against the United States, and for the safe-keeping of prisoners, four hundred and forty-three thousand dollars; ^Provided that the clerks &c^ Provided, That the proviso in the first section of an act entitled “an act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and for other purposes limiting the fees for taking and certifying the depositions of witnesses in civil causes be and the same is hereby declared to extend and apply to all and every civil

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cause between any parties whatsoever, and to all admirality proceedings; Provided, however, That where the actual taking of any such deposition shall necessarily require a longer time than three hours the Judge of the Court in which said deposition is to be used, is hereby authorized to certify an amount not exceeding eight dollars as a proper charge for taking such deposition, and the same shall thereupon be taxable as a part of the costs of the suit ^8^ in proceeding.

Miscellaneous.

For furnishing the Presidents House after the third day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, in addition to such sum as may be realized from the sale of such articles furnished for the same by the United States, as may be decayed, out of repair, or unfit for use, and the President may direct to be sold, a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the President of the United States;

For annual repairs of the Capitol, attendance on furnaces in the crypt, attendance on water closets, for public gardener and laborers, and cartage on the Capitol grounds; tools, wire, leather, nails, stakes, boxes, straw for grounds, and whitewashing, graveling the walks in the Capitol grounds, manure and trees for grounds; repairs of public stables, flagging, enclosures &c.: Keeping in order the iron pipes that carry water to the Capitol and public offices, and repairing the damage by freshets; brooms, brushes, wooden spades, shovelling snow; repairing abutments at Tiber creek and building protecting walls, enclosing and improving the public grounds at the north

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Pennsylvania avenue, seventeen thousand dollars;
For annual repairs of Presidents House, gardener and laborers,
graveling the walks in Presents square, manure, leather, nails, tools &c.;
and repairs of fence at Lafayette square, Fountain square, and
Presidents garden, cartage &c.; three thousand five hundred dollars.
For lighting Pennsylvania avenue from Capitol square to the Treasury
Department, and compensation for one lamp-lighter for the same,
and for lighting Capitol and Capitol Grounds and Presidents House,
six thousand dollars to be expended under the direction of the Com-
missioner of Public Buildings;
For payment of annuities and grants by special acts of Congress,
seven hundred and fifty dollars;

For payment, by the Secretary of State, to William C. Reddall and ^4-25 387^ William C. Zantzinger, equally to be divided between them, the sum ^692 H R^ of seven hundred and seventy-one dollars and forty-three cents, which has been already appropriated for clerk hire in the State Department, ^[8?]^ but not drawn from the Treasury;

^(^For payment to Ezra Williams, a clerk in the Bounty Land Division fo the General Land Office, for extra services rendered out of office hours, five hundred dollars^)^;

For compensation and contingent expenses of the auxiliary guard, six thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars;

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For survey of the coast of the United States, including compensation to superintendent and assistants, one hundred and eighty-six thousand dollars;

For printing two thousand charts of the Bay of San Francisco and river Sacremento, under resolution of the House of Representatives of the fifteenth of January, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, two hundred and sixty dollars;

For completing the centre strip of Pennsylvania avenue to fifteenth street west, one thousand two hundred dollars;

For publishing an Atlas of Charts, of the surveys of the Northern and North Western lakes, made under various appropriations, under the direction of the Secretary of War, five thousand dollars;

For continuing the survey of the Northern and North Western lakes, ten thousand dollars;

For the discharge of such miscellaneous claims, not otherwise provided for, as shall be admitted in due course of settlement at the Treasury, five thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be drawn from the Treasury, except in pursuance of some law or resolution of Congress authorizing the expenditure;

For salaries of special examiners of drugs, medicines, and chemicals, eight thousand dollars; hereafter the salary of Examiner of Drugs, Medicines, and Chemicals, at New York, shall be two thousand dollars instead of his present salary of eighteen hundred dollars; and that he be allowed a clerk at one thousand dollars per annum;

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For salary of the records of land titles in Missouri, heretofore paid cut of survey of public lands, five hundred dollars;

For salaries of assistant treasurers of the United States, at New York, Boston, Charleston, and St. Louis, eleven thousand five hundred dollars;

For additional salaries of treasurers of the mint at Philadelphia, and branch mint at New Orleans, one thousand dollars;

For salaries of ten clerks, authorized by the act of the sixth of August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and of the twelfth of August, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, nine thousand dollars;

For salary of chief clerk to assistant treasurer New York, one thousand five hundred dollars;

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collection, transfer and disbursment of the public revenue of sixth
August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, fifteen thousand dollars;
Provided, That no part of said sum of fifteen thousand dollars,
shall be expended for clerical services;
For compensation to special agents to examine books, ac-
counts, and money on hand in the several depositions, under the
act of sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, five thou-
sand dollars;
For support, clothing, and medical treatment of insane
paupers of the District of Columbia, six thousand four hundred
dollars;
For the warden, clerk, physician, chaplain, three assist-
ant keepers, five guards and messenger of the penetentiary of the
District of Columbia, eight thousand five hundred and fifty
dollars;
For three inspectors of said penitentiary, three hundred
dollars;
For expenses of loans and treasury notes, twenty thou-
sand dollars; ^& for the same &c^
To make good a deficiency in the fund for the relief
of sick seamen, fifteen thousand dollars;
For repairs of the custom-house and wharf at Ply-
mouth, North Carolina, one hundred dollars.
For the purchase of such scientific works as are necessary for
the use of the Patent Office, fifteen hundred dollars;
For compensation of librarian, five hundred dollars;

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thirty-five hundred dollars;
For defraying the expenses of chemical analyses of vegetable
substances produced and used for the food of man and animals in
the United States, to be expended under the direction of the Commissioner
of Patents, one thousand dollars; which several sums, amounting in
the whole to six thousand five hundred dollars, shall be paid out of
the patent fund;
Towards the erection of the wings of the Patent office building
according to the original plan ûnder &c^, fifty thousand dollars, to be paid out
of the Patent fund; ^Provided &c^
For the purchase of a building ^for a^ ^(^to be used for holding the courts
of the United States, Post Office, and^)^ Custom House, at Portland in the
State of Maine; a sum not exceeding one hundred and forty-nine
thousand dollars, provided; That the Secretary of the Treasury shall
after full examination deem such purchase expedient, and for the
interest of the United States.

To enable the Clerk of the House of Representatives to pay for twelve copies of the Congressional Globe, and twelve copies of the appendix, for each member of the House of Representatives, under the resolution of the first of March eighteen hundred forty seven, eight thousand two hundred and eighty dollars;

To enable the Clerk of the House of Representatives to pay for five hundred and thirty six copies of the seventh volume of the Documentary History of the American Revolution, being the first volume of the fifth series of that work, eight thousand seven hundred and forty seven dollars and fifty two cents.

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For the reappropriation of this sum (carried to the surplus fund) for payment to the widow of James M^cDonald deceased, said M^cDonald’s share of the sum granted by Congress for distribution as prize money among the captors of the British Brig Detroit, during the last war with Great Britain, thirty-seven ^5^ dollars and fifty cents;

For the erection of a Custom House, at Eastport, in the State of Maine, in addition to the amount heretofore appropriated for that ^8^ object, thirteen thousand dollars;

For the redemption of the Treasury scrip heretofore issued for the satisfaction of the bounties promised to the non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates by the ninth section of the act of the eleventh of February eighteen hundred and forty-seven, to raise for a limited time an additional military force, and for other purposes, and for the satisfaction in money of such bounties due under said section of said act, as those to whom they are due may elect to receive in money instead of land, three hundred thousand dollars. And the Secretary of the Treasury, is hereby directed, immediately after the passage of this act, to give notice by publication for sixty days in at least one of the principal papers, in Washington city, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, and in such other papers as he may deem expedient, that the principal and interest of such scrip, as has been or may be issued prior to the first of July AD. eighteen hundred and forty nine, will be paid on that day on presentation at the Treasury of the United States, and that the interest on such scrip will cease on that day, And the said Secretary is further directed not to issue scrip for said bounty after that day; but to pay the same in money out of this appropriation in all cases when the person entitled to the bounty in land, shall elect to receive money in lieu thereof.

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^[52?]^ Light-House Establishment.

For supplying light-houses, containing two thousand eight hundred and forty-three lamps, with oil, tube glasses, wicks, buff-skins, whiting and cotton cloth, transportation and other expenses thereon, and for repairing and keeping in repair the lighting apparatus, one hundred and thirty-five thousand one hundred and three dollars and sixty cents;

For repairs and incidental expenses, refitting and improvements of light-houses and buildings connected therewith, eighty-one thousand seven hundred and fourteen dollars and four cents;

For salaries of two hundred and seventy-four keepers of light-houses, and fifteen assistants, (twenty of them charged with double and two with tripple lights,) including one thousand two hundred dollars for that of an inspector of lights on the upper lakes, one hundred and sixteen thousand one hundred and ninety-eight dollars and thirty-three cents;

For salaries of thirty-three keepers of floating lights, seventeen thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars;

For seamens’s wages, repairs and supplies for thirty-three floating lights, eighty four thousand three hundred and eighty-six dollars and sixty five cents;

For expenses of weighing, mooring, cleansing and supplying losses of beacons, buoys, chains, and sinkers, twenty nine thousand six hundred and seventy-seven dollars and forty-six cents;

For expenses incurred by superintendents in visiting light-houses annually, and examining and reporting their condition, two thousand dollars;

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For superintendents’ commissions, at two and a half per cent. on the four hundred and sixty-six thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars and eight cents, appropriated above for light-house purposes, eleven thousand six hundred and seventy-three ^5^ dollars and twenty-five cents: ând the proviso^ ^(^Provided, That no part of the sum hereby appropriated shall be paid to any person who receives a salary as an officer of the customs exceeding fifteen hundred dollars per annum. And from and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, the said disbursment shall be made by the collectors of the customs, who shall, also discharge ^[11?]^ the duty of superintendents^)^

For completing the light-house on Brandywine ^(^shoal, Delaware ^5-692-781^ Bay, twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and two dollars and sixty-one cents;

For completing the light house on Carysfort Reef, Coast of Florida, thirty-one thousand five hundred and ninety dollars ^17^ and seventy-six cents;

To pay the balance due to Ebenezer Warner for constructing the light-house at White Fish Point on Lake Superior, three thousand two hundred and ninety-eight dollars;

For illuminating apparatus for the light-house at Minots rock, Boston harbor, Massachusetts, four thousand five hundred ^[23?]^ dollars.

Hospitals.

For completion of marine hospital at Pittsburgh, eleven thousand six hundred and sixty-seven dollars;

For completion of marine hospital at Louisville, eleven thousand

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six hundred and sixty-seven dollars;

For completion of marine hospital at Cleveland, six thousand six hundred and sixty-seven dollars;

For completion of the marine hospital at Chicago, twenty thousand dollars;

For completion of marine hospital at Paducah, twenty thousand dollars;

For completion of marine hospital at Natchez, twenty thousand dollars;

For completion of marine hospital at Napoleon, Arkansas, twenty thousand dollars;

For the purpose of erecting a marine hospital at or near St. Louis, Missouri, in addition to the ten thousand dollars, heretofore appropriated, by the act approved August third, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, for the same object; twenty thousand dollars, to be expended only when ^the^ government shall have obtained a bona fide title to the site; And for the purchase of said site, the ten thousand dollars heretofore appropriated, by the act aforesaid, or so much thereof as is necessary shall be applied;

To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to collect facts and information in relation to Marine Hospitals, and the Marine Hospital Fund, and to report to Congress what alterations and improvements are necessary and practicable in the administration of the same, one thousand dollars.

Surveys

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Surveys of Public Lands.

For surveying the public lands, in addition to the unexpended balance of former appropriations, viz:

For surveying the public lands, including incidental expenses, to be apportioned to the several districts, according to the exigencies of the public service, the part to be applied to the surveys of the mineral regions of Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa, in the location of private claims in Florida, to be disbursed at augmented rates, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars;

For surveys in the southern part of Missouri, east of the meridian, at five dollars per mile, on account of the difficulties in executing surveys in that section of the State, owing to lakes, swamps, and marshes, four thousand dollars;

For the correction of erroneous and defective surveys, in small and detached portions, in Illinois and Missouri, at a rate not exceeding six dollars per mile, one thousand two hundred dollars;

For completing surveys of the towns and villages in Missouri, named in the acts of eighteen hundred and twelve and eighteen hundred and twenty-four, including office work, two thousand dollars;

For completing certain surveys in Arkansas, at the increased rates, in consequence of the peculiar difficulties attending the execution of them, eight hundred and fifty dollars.

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Intercourse with Foreign Nations.

For salaries of the ministers of the United States to Great Britain, France, Russia, Prussia, Spain, Brazil and Mexico, sixty-three thousand dollars; and for outfits of said ministers sixty-three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary;

For salaries of the Secretaries of legation, to the same places, fourteen thousand dollars;

For salary of minister resident to Turkey, six thousand ^10^ dollars;

For salary of the dragoman to the legation to Turkey, ^[12?]^ two thousand five hundred dollars;

For salaries of charges des affaires to Portugal, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Belgium, Naples, Sardinia, the Papal States, Chili, Peru, New Grenada, Venezuela, Buenos Ayres, Bolivia, Guatemala, and Ecuador, seventy-six thousand five hundred dollars; and for outfits for said charges des affaires, seventy-six thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary;

For contingent expenses of all the missions abroad, thirty-five thousand dollars;

For contingent expenses of foreign intercourse, thirty thousand ^[23?]^ dollars;

For expenses of intercourse with the Barbary Powers, nine thousand dollars;

For salary of the consul at London, two thousand dollars;

For salary of the Commissioner to the Sandwich Islands, three thousand dollars;

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For interpreters, guards, and other expenses of the consulates at Constantinople, Smyrna, and Alexandria, one thousand five hundred dollars;

For salary of the commissioner to reside in China, including additional compensation under the act of eleventh August, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, six thousand dollars;

For compensation to Peter Parker, Secretary of Legation and Chinese interpreter at Canton, for his services as Charge des affaires of the United States at said place, from the twenty eighth day of June eighteen hundred and forty-seven, to the twenty-first day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, being the interval between the death of Alexander Everett late commissioner at Canton, and the actual arrival of John W. Davis the present commissioner, after the rate of four thousand five hundred dollars per annum (deducting his salary as such Secretary, and two thousand dollars already paid him towards said service,) the sum of two hundred and ninety-five dollars and ninety two cents;

For salary of the interpreter and secretary to said mission, two thousand five hundred dollars;

For compensation to the consuls at the five Chinese ports, viz: Kwangchow, Amoy, Fuchow, Ningpo and Shanghae, ^(^three^)^ thousand dollars;

For salary of consul general at Alexandria, three thousand dollars;

For salary of consul at Beirout, five hundred dollars;

For the relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, one hundred thousand dollars;

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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;

For office of the consul at Basle in Switzerland, one ^5^ hundred dollars; ^& for office rent &c^

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the third section of the act, entitled, “An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of government, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and for other purposes,” approved the tenth of August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, be, and the same is hereby, revived and continued in force for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the proviso to the nineteenth section of the act of the twenty-eighth of January eighteen hundred and forty-seven, entitled, “an act authorizing the issue of treasury notes, a loan, and for other purposes,” be, and the ^same^ is hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That no clerk or other officer shall receive the salary of any Secretary or Head of Bureau for acting or having acted in his place or office, while said Secretary or Head of Bureau receive such salary.

[ certification ]
01/23/1849
Passed the House of Representatives
January 23^d AD. 1849.
Attest,
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

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In Senate of the United States,
February 28, 1849

Resolved, That the Bill from the House of Representatives entitled
“An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty” do pass, with the following

Amendments:

1
^S agreed^

2

^S agreed^

3

^S agreed^

4

âgreed with amendment^ Page 1.

Page 2.

Page 3

Page 4 after line 13, insert:
“For compensation and mileage of Senators ^Nô 1^
and members of the House of Representa-
tives, and Delegates, for the current fis-
cal year, one hundred thousand
dollars.”

after line 2 insert:
“For printing and binding a complete
catalogue of the Library of Congress, two
thousand dollars.”

after line 26 after the word “messenger” ^Nô 3^
insert the words “assistant messenger”
after the word “fifty” insert “one” and
strike out the words “five hundred”

For compensation for six addition-
al ^Nô 4^ clerks in the Third Auditor’s office for ser-
vices during the current fiscal year eleven
hundred dollars

⋄Nô 4 Add at end of 4^th amendment as follows
and for the ^clerical^ services of S. I Bowen in said office from the 1^st July to the 15^th October, 1848, $292.66⋄

5

6 Page 8
âgreed^ line 26 strike out “six thousand four hundred” and
insert “five thousand six hundred” ând
strike out all after “dollars”, to the end of line 5 in
page 9.^

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^X^
8
^X^

9
^ Sebastian [page?] 19^
^S^

10
âgreed with amendment^ [~~Page~~?] 9

Page 14
^Not agreed to^
"
^Not agreed to^

Page 16
âgreed^

Page 19 line, strike out all after the word [~~“dollars”~~?]
to the end of line 5 [~~...~~?]
line 1 Strike out all after the word “dollars”
to the end of line 4.
line 23 Strike out “six thousand eight ^Nô 8^
hundred” and insert “seven thousand
three hundred”
line 19, after the word “Government”
insert “and for correcting, restoring,^√^
and retracing of surveys in the State of Arkansas,
and for other purposes”
line 20 after the word “dollars”
insert:
“Provided that the clerks of
the several Circuit Courts of the ^10 vol [for?] 198^
United States be and the same
are hereby authorized and allowed
to retain to their own use of the
fees and emoluments of their office,
a sum equal to that allowed to
the clerks of the District Courts of
the United States by the “act ma-
king appropriations for the civil and
diplomatic expenses of the govern
ment for the year eighteen hundred
and forty two” approved May eighteenth
eighteen hundred and forty two.”

⋄Strike out 10^th amendment & insert as follows:
^S^ Provided that hereafter the clerks of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States shall not be entitled to receive for personal compensation over and above the necessary expenses of their offices and necessary clerk hire included, a sum exceeding $2,500 ^$3000 each^ per year for any such Circuit and District clerk or at and after that rate for such time as they may severally hold their office and so much of the act making appropriation for the Civil and Diplomatic expenses of the Government for the year 1842 approved May 18^th 1842 as is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed.⋄

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^S^

12
^X
Not^
Page 21

^ agreed to^

âgreed to
X^ after line 11 insert
To reimburse the corporation of
Washington the cost of erecting the
half of the city Hall building, gran-
ted ^to^ and occupied by the government
for the Circuit, District and Criminal
Courts of the United States thirty thousand
dollars, the same to be expended by
the said Corporation in finishing
the exterior of the said building un-
der the direction of the Secretary of
the Treasury Provided that rooms ^√^
enough be set apart for the use
of the United States in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the Secretary
of the Treasury to be the judge
as to the sufficiency of the rooms
so provided.
For cleaning out and deepening
that portion of the Washington City
Canal, which passes through and ^^
along the public grounds, twenty thou-
sand dollars, to be expended under
the direction of the Secretary of the
Treasury: Provided the corporation of
Washington shall expend a like sum
in the cleaning out and deepening the
other portions of said canal: and provided
also, that all transportations on said

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âgreed^

^X^ 14
15

^X^

^to^

^disagreed^
Page 21.
Page 24

^disagree^ canal for the use of the Government of the
United States shall be free of toll”
“For Sewer under fifteenth street, two ^√^
thousand one hundred and sixty dollars,
to be expended under the direction of the
Topographical Bureau.”

Strike out lines 19, 20, and 21. ^√^ ^√^
“For the support, care, and medical ^√ appro. act 1848 p 152^
treatment of twelve transient pauper,
medical, or surgical patients, in the
Washington Infirmary, two thousand
dollars, to be expended under the
direction of the Commissioner of
Public Buildings: Provided, The Physi-
cians and surgeons of the aforesaid
infirmary give bonds for the maintenance
of twelve pauper transient patients during
one year, if application be made for
their reception, or bind themselves to
keep rooms for the accommodation of
twelve pauper patients, weekly, on an
average, during the year.”

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^S^

17

^S^
18

^S^

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^X^ Page 24
Âgreed^

Page 25

Âgreed^
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Âgreed^

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^Disagreed^ line 20 at the end thereof add the ^√ Nô 16^
words “and for the same during
the remainder of the current Fis-
cal year six thousand dollars”
line 10 after the word “plan” insert ^√^
“under the direction of the Secretary
of State”
line 11 after the word “Fund” ^√^
insert the following Proviso:
“Provided that the said Sec-
retary is hereby authorized to cause
the said extension to be done by
contract in the same manner as
was pursued in executing the
work of the General Post Office
Building”
after line 11 insert the following: ^√^
“To enable the Secretary of ^c 19^
War to execute the survey and
examination of the Potomac river
ordered by a Resolution of the
House of Representatives of the
eighth August eighteen hundred
and forty eight fifteen hundred
dollars”

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^S^

21

âgreed^
^S^

22
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âgreed^

"

Âgreed^

Âgreed^
lines 12 and 13, Strike out the ^√^
words “to be used for holding
the courts of the United States
Post Office and” and insert
the words “for a”
After line 17 insert as follows:^√ Nô 21^
“For the purchase of a building erected
by the President and Directors of the Bank
of the United States for a Banking House
in the town of Erie, Pennsylvania, to be
used as a Custom House, and the Secretary
of the Treasury is hereby directed to make
said purchase, provided that the cost of
the building and the ground necessary
to its convenient use can be made for a
sum not exceeding twenty nine thousand
dollars”

“For continuing the construction of the ^√ Nô 22^
Custom House at Savannah in Georgia thirty
five thousand dollars”
“For the construction of a Custom House ^√ Nô 23^
at Charleston South Carolina fifty thou-
sand dollars”

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âfter line 27^
âgreed amendment^

^S^

[25?]

^X^
Page 25

Page 26

^Disagreed^
after line 27 insert as âfter line 27^ fol-
lows:
“To supply a deficiency in the appropriation
in the act entitled “an act to supply deficiencies
in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending
the thirtieth of June eighteen hundred and
forty nine” approved the twenty sixth of Jan-
uary ^c 20êighteen hundred and forty-nine under
a resolution of the House of the seventh of
August eighteen hundred and forty eight,
directing the clerk to furnish to members of
the House the books therein authorized, the sum
of three thousand eight hundred and ninety-
three dollars and fifty cents.”
⋄No 24
Add at end of 24^th amendment as follows
For compensation for the services of T. O.
Edwards in making an examination into
the practical operation and effect of the
act passed at the last session of Congress
for the prevention of the importation of spu-
rious and adulterated drugs & medicines $250. ⋄
after line 27 insert as
follows:

“For continuing the public publication of the
works of the exploring expedition including ^c 19^
the salary of the horticulturist and addi-
tion to the Green House fifteen thousand
dollars.”

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26 ^[?]^
^[26 after line 27?]^
^S agreed^

27

^X^

28
^[?]^
^X^
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Page 30

^Disagreed^

Page 32
^Disagreed^
after line 27 insert as follows:

“For completing the room under the
Post Office of the Senate, and the stair-
cases and passages communicating therewith,
and the circular room on the upper floor
of the capital four thousand dollars”

“For completing the geological survey ^Nô 27^
and exploration of the mineral lands in
Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa, in addi-
tion to the amounts heretofore appropriated
for that service sixteen thousand dollars.”
“To pay A. J. Glossbrenner for work
done in re-arranging and classifying the
volumes in the copy-right room in the Depart-
ment of State, in eighteen hundred and
forty eight, two hundred and fifty dollars.”

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^[18?]^
29
^[after line 4?]^
^X Disagreed^

30
^S^

31
^S^

Page 16

Page 20
Âgreed^

Page 23
Âgreed^


“For additional compensation to the messengers
of the Post Office Department so as to place them on
the same footing as the messengers of the other De-
partments, the sum of one hundred and thirty
dollars”
after line 8 as follows:

“For the expenses incurred under the joint ^1848 for 226 [?] Nô 30^
resolution of August eleventh eighteen hun-
dred and forty eight, entitled “A Resolution
authorizing the submission of certain claims
to arbitration,” twenty five hundred dollars; the
same to be disbursed under the authority of the
Secretary of the Treasury”
“For the expenses that may be incurred in the further exe-^1848 for 63 & Nô 31^
cution of the act of first of July eighteen hundred and forty eight, for the
relief of the bona fide settlers under the acts for the armed occupation of Flori-
da the provisions of said act being continued and extended till the first day of
October eighteen hundred and forty nine one thousand five hundred
dollars”

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^Disagreed^
^X 28^

33
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^X^ Page 24

Page 30

^Disagreed^ after line 24 insert as follows:

“To Robert Beale for his services and
expenses incurred in a journey to virginia
to notify President Tyler of his accession
to the Presidency, three hundred dollars”

“For the correction of erroneous and ^Nô 33^
defective surveys in southern Michigan,
at a rate not exceeding six dollars per
mile, ten thousand dollars”
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34
^Disagreed^

35
^S^

36

^X^
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âgreed^

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^Disagreed^
“For the purchase of a site for a new
custom House Norfolk Virginia twelve
thousand dollars provided the President of
the United States shall deem it proper to
make the purchase.”
“For continuing the construction of the ^Nô 35^
Custom House in the city of New Orleans, one
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars”
line 5 Strike out all after the ^Nô 36^
word “cents” to the end of line 11,
and insert in lieu thereof as follows:

“And the proviso contained in the act
making appropriations for the civil and di-
plomatic expenses of the government for the
year ending the thirtieth day of June,
eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and for other
purposes, approved August twelfth, eighteen
hundred and forty-eight, which proviso is
in the following words: ‘Provided that no part
of the sum hereby appropriated shall be paid
to any person who receives a salary as an

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Page 28 officer of the customs. And from and after the
first day of July, eighteen hundred and
forty nine, the said disbursement shall
be made by the collectors of the customs
without compensation;” is hereby repealed.”

“For the reimbursement of the New York,
Providence and Boston Railroad company and
the New Jersey Steam navigation company for
their expenses in maintaining a Light Boat
on Eel grass shoal in Fisher’s Island sound,
from the month of November in the year
eighteen hundred and thirty seven to the
present time ten thousand four hundred
and seven dollars”
[~~...~~?]

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^X^

39
^#^
^S^
40
^S^

41

^S^ Page 31
^Disagreed^

Page 32

âgreed^
Page 33
âgreed^
^#^
^#^ Page 33

Âgreed^ after line 28insert as follows:
“For payment of the salary of a Com-^Nô 38^
missioner to the Sandwich Islands from the
commencement of the salary of M^r Eames
to the termination of that of M^r Ten
Eyck so much as is necessary of the
sum of fifteen hundred dollars”
line 21 Strike out “three” and ^Nô 39^

insert “five”
After line 5 insert as follows
“For procuring medals for Indians ^Nô 40^
twenty five hundred dollars”
line 5 at the end thereof insert as
follows:
“and for office rent, from ^Nô 41^
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and forty five, to the close of the
current fiscal year, four hundred
dollars”

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^ agreed with amend^t ^

^X^

43

^X^ Page 13

Page 18
^[~~...~~?]^
^Disagreed^ after line 24 insert as follows:

“To enable the Secretary of War to ^Nô 42 1848 p210^
pay the balance of the estimated cost
of the buildings of the Choctaw Acad-
emy to Col. R. M. Johnson of Kentucky
six thousand dollars.”

⋄Add at end of 42^d amendment as follows,
the acceptance of which shall be in full
of all claims whatsoever⋄
[?]
after line 20 as follows: insert,
“For additional compensation to ^Nô 43^
the District Judge of Louisiana
for the year ending the thirtieth
of June eighteen hundred and
forty eight six hundred dollars
being the deficiency of the appropria-
tion for that year, and eight hun-
dred dollars for the year ending
the thirtieth of June eighteen hun-
dred and forty nine under the
provisions of the first section of the
act of seventeenth of June eighteen ^1844 [p?] 577^
hundred and forty four.”

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^36^
45

^S^

46

^Disagreed^
^X^ Page 31
^[~~...~~?]^
âgreed^

âgreed with amendment^

Page 31
^[~~...~~?]^

Âgreed^

âgreed^
Page 31
^[~~...~~?]^ after line 12 insert as follows:

“For the outfit of a minister to the
Germanic confederation nine thousand
dollars”
“For one year’s salary for the said
minister, nine thousand dollars” ^Provided^
“For one year’s salary for a sec-
retary of legation to the said mission
two thousand dollars”
⋄Add at end of 5^th line of 44^th amendment as follows
Provided That in case a minister be sent ^Nô 44^ to the Germanic Empire, no minister shall
^s^be sent to Prussia ⋄

“For outfit for a minister to the
Government of Chili nine thousand
dollars”
“For salary of said minister
nine thousand dollars”
after line 23 insert as follows

“For Abraham Rencher late charge d’ affaires to ^Nô 46^
Portugal such sum as the Secretary of State, upon adjusting his
claim shall allow for his unavoidable detention abroad
from second January eighteen hundred and forty eight, to the sixteenth
September following Provided such sum shall not exceed the rate
of his official salary”

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^X^

48
^ disagreed^
^X^ Page 32
^Disagreed^

Page 28 after line 19 insert as follows:
“For compensation to Alexander
Hammett for his services as charge D’
affaires at Naples from the twentieth of
May eighteen hundred and forty-seven
to the twenty first of June eighteen
hundred and forty eight four thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-
five dollars”
“For buoys on and near the Bar ^Nô 48^
of Nassua River and on the coasts of
Georgia and Florida in the neighbor-
hood thereof one thousand dollars.”

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49
âgreed^
âgreed^

^S^

50

^X^ âgreed^

^Disagreed^ Sec. And be it further enacted, That
whenever it shall be shown to the President
of the United States that the State of Florida
has by law provided for the safe custody of
the public archives which were formerly kept
by the keepers of archives at St Augustine
and Pensacola, it shall be lawful for him
to cause to be delivered to duly authorized
officers of the State such of the
said archives as do not relate
to grants of land which remain
unconfirmed or unsurveyed: provided
that the President of the United
States may suspend the execution
of this provision if in his judg-
ment the public interests requires
it.
Sec. And be it further enacted, That
the sum of twenty thousand dollars, be
and is hereby appropriated for the
payment of a compensation of one
half per centum, to each designated
Depository, (provided to be appointed, but not
provided to be paid, under the act of August sixth
eighteen hundred and forty six,) on all monies
received by him as such designated Depository,
from the date of his appointment to the first

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^Disagreed^

^X^ day of March eighteen hundred and forty-
nine, Provided that no compensation shall
be allowed for above services where the
emoluments of the office of which said designated
Depository is in commission, amounts to over
two thousand dollars per annum, nor shall the
amount allowed to any one of said designated
Depositories for such service be at the rate of
over fifteen hundred dollars per annum.”

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51

52 ^[?] end^
âgreed^
^ S^

âgreed with amen^dment ^

^ S^ “Sec. And be it further enacted, That the Com-
missioner of the General Land Office be authorized
to continue three temporary clerks, during the
recess of Congress, until the patents for bounty lands
shall be issued; said clerks to be paid out of the
contingent fund”
“Sec. And be it further enacted That the ^Nô 52^
sum of Twenty Thousand dollars be and the same
is hereby appropriated to be paid out of any
monies in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, to enable the Secretary of State to purchase
the remaining manuscript books and papers of
General George Washington the said books and
papers to be deposited and preserved in the
Department of State: and that a like sum be
appropriated for the purchase of the manu-
script books and papers of the late James Monroe
to be deposited in like manner in the Department
of State.”
⋄Add at end of 52^d amendment as follows,
^Nô 52^
Provided That this purchase shall include all the
papers of Gen^l Washington and M^r Monroe which
are of a public nature, ^(ând not of the character
of ^(^private family papers.^)^⋄^[?] Hos A.^

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âgreed X
[~~with~~?] amendments^
53

Sec. And be it further enacted, That the constitution of
the United States in so far as the provisions of the same
be applicable to the condition of a Territory of the
United States and all and singular the several
acts of Congress respecting the registering, recording,
enrolling, or licensing ships or vessels, and the
entry and clearance thereof, and the foreign and
coasting trade and fisheries, and all the acts
respecting the imposing and collecting of duties
on imports, and all acts respecting trade and
intercourse with the Indian tribes, and all acts
respecting the public lands, or the survey or
sale thereof, and all and singular the other
acts of Congress of a public and general char-
acter, and the provisions whereof, are suitable
and proper to be applied to the Territory ^(^west
of the Rio del Norte,^)^ acquired from Mexico by
the Treaty of the second day of February,
eighteen hundred and forty eight, be, and
the same are hereby extended over and given
full force and efficacy in all said territory,
and the President of the United State is
hereby authorized to prescribe and establish
all proper and needful rules and regulations,
(in conformity with the constitution of the United
States) for the enforcement of the provisions of
the constitution hereinbefore referred to and

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of said laws in said territory, and for the pre-
servation of order and tranquillity, and the
establishment of justice therein, and from time
to time to modify or change the said rules and
regulations in such manner as may seem to
him discreet and proper; and to establish,
temporarily, such divisions, districts, ports, of-
fices, and all arrangements proper for the exe-
cution of said laws, and appoint and commis-
sion such officers as may be necessary to ad-
minister such laws in said Territories, for
such term or terms as he may prescribe, whose
authority shall continue until otherwise provided
by Congress; said officers to receive such compen-
sation as the President may prescribe, not
exceeding double the compensation heretofore
paid to similar officers of the United States, or
its Territories, for like services; and to enable
the same to be done, the sum of two hundred
thousand dollars be appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated.”

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Attest
Asbury Dickins,
Secretary

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H R. 692
Amendments

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In the House of Representatives
March. 2^d. 1849,

Resolved, That this House do concur in the 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 30, 31, 35, 39, 40, 41, 45 49 & 51^st amendments of the Senate to House Bill (Nô 692) Making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Goverment for the year ending the 30^th June, 1850, and for other other purposes.

Resolved, That this House do concur in the 4^th amendment of the Senate to said bill, with an amendment. Add at the end thereof, “and for the clerical services of S. J. Bowen âgreed.^ in said office from the first of July to the fifteenth October eighteen hundred and forty-eight, two hundred and ninety-two dollars and sixty-six cents.”

Resolved, That this House do concur in the 10^th amendment of the Senate to said bill with an amendment. Strike out the 10^th amendment and insert “That hereafter the clerks of the circuit âgreed with an [amendment?] at $3000.^ and district courts of the United States shall not be entitled to receive for personal compensation over and above the necessary expenses of their offices and necessary clerk hire included, Âtherton
Dickinson
Berrien^ a sum exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars per year for any such circuit and district clerk or at an^d^ after that rate for such time as they may severally hold their office, and so much of the act making appropriation for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year eighteen hundred and forty-two approved May eighteenth eighteen hundred and forty-two as is inconsistent hereby repealed.

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In Senate of the U. States
March 2^d 1849

Resolved, That the Senate insist upon their amendments disagreed to by the House of Representatives to the aforementioned Bill (H. R. 692,) they disagree to the amendments of the House to their amendments to said bill, and ask a conference upon the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on said amendments.

Ordered, That Mr. Atherton, Mr. Dickinson and Mr. Berrien be the managers of said conference on the part of the Senate.

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Attest
Asbury Dickins.
Secretary.

In the House of Representatives
March 3^d 1849

Resolved, That this House do insist upon their disagreements to the amendments of the Senate to the above bill, and agree to the conference asked by the Senate.

Ordered, That Mr Mr and Mr be the managers of said conference on the part of the House.

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Attest
Tho J. Campbell
Clerk.

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Resolved, That this House do concur in the 24^th amendment of the Senate to the said bill, with an amendment, And at the end thereof, “For compensation for the services of T. O. Edwards in making an examination into the practical operation and âgreed^ effect of the act passed at the last session of Congress for the prevention of the importation of [suprious?] and adulterated drugs and medicines two hundred and fifty dollars.”

Resolved, That this House do concur in the 44^th amendment of the Senate to said bill, with an amendment, Add at the end of the 5^th line, “Provided, That in case a minister be sent to the ^House Committee [?]^ Germanic Empire no minister shall be sent to Prussia”

Resolved, That this House do concur in the 52^nd amendment of the Senate to said bill with an amendment. Add at the end thereof “Provided, That this purchase shall include âgreed with [?] amendments^ all the papers of Gen Washington and Mr Monroe which are of a public nature.”

Resolved, That this House do disagree to the 7, 8, 12, 14, 15 19, 25, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 42, 43, 46, 47, 48, 50 and 53 amendments of the Senate to said bill.

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Attest,
Tho J Campbell
Clerk

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[ docketing ]
H. R. 692.
Amendments.

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692

In the House of Representatives,
March 3^d 1849

30 Congress,
thi 2^d Session,
BE IT ENACTED
By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress Assembled.

^Resolved^ That ^this^ House ^do^ agree to the Senate’s ^53^d^ amendment [~~...~~?]with the following amendment. Strike out all the enac word “enacted” and insert as follows “That the President of the United States be and he is hereby authorized to hold possession of & occupy the Territories ceded by Mexico to the United States by the treaty of the 2^d of February 1848 and that he be and hereby is authorized for that purpose and in order to maintain the authority of the United States and preserve the peace and order in said territories to employ employ such parts of the army and Navy of the United States as he may deem necessary and that the Constitution of the United States, so far as the same is applicable be extended over said territories

Section 2. And be it further enacted that until the 4^th day of July, 1850, unless Congress shall sooner provide for the government of said territories ^(^the existing laws thereof shall be obtained ^retained^ and observed and that^)^ the civil judicial authority heretofore exercised in said Territories shall be

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[1]5
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[1]8
[1]9 be vested in and exercised by such person or
persons as the President of the United States
shall appoint and direct to the end that
the inhabitants of said Territories may
be protected in the full and free enjoyment
of their liberty property and religion: Provided
nevertheless that martial law shall not be proclaimed
or declared in said territories, or either of them, nor any
military court established or instituted except ordinary
courts martial for the trial offenses belonging to the
army and Navy of the United States and the imprison-
ment of any citizen of the said territories for debt is hereby
forbidden

Sec 3. And be it further enacted, that to enable the President to carry into effect the provisions of this act the sum of two hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

That ^this^ House ^do^ recede from their disagreements to the ôther^ amendments of the Senate.

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Tho. J Campbell
Clerk.

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[ docketing ]
HR 692
Amendment

27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 [18?] [19?] [20?] [21?] [22?] [23?] [24?] [25] [26] [27]	For contingent expenses under the act for the safe-keeping, collection, transfer and disbursment of the public revenue of sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, fifteen thousand dollars; Provided, That no part of said sum of fifteen thousand dollars, shall be expended for clerical services; For compensation to special agents to examine books, ac- counts, and money on hand in the several depositions, under the act of sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, five thou- sand dollars; For support, clothing, and medical treatment of insane paupers of the District of Columbia, six thousand four hundred dollars; For the warden, clerk, physician, chaplain, three assist- ant keepers, five guards and messenger of the penetentiary of the District of Columbia, eight thousand five hundred and fifty dollars; For three inspectors of said penitentiary, three hundred dollars; For expenses of loans and treasury notes, twenty thou- sand dollars; ^& for the same &c^ To make good a deficiency in the fund for the relief of sick seamen, fifteen thousand dollars; For repairs of the custom-house and wharf at Ply- mouth, North Carolina, one hundred dollars. For the purchase of such scientific works as are necessary for the use of the Patent Office, fifteen hundred dollars; For compensation of librarian, five hundred dollars;
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17	For the collecting of agricultural statistics and other purposes thirty-five hundred dollars; For defraying the expenses of chemical analyses of vegetable substances produced and used for the food of man and animals in the United States, to be expended under the direction of the Commissioner of Patents, one thousand dollars; which several sums, amounting in the whole to six thousand five hundred dollars, shall be paid out of the patent fund; Towards the erection of the wings of the Patent office building according to the original plan ^under &c^, fifty thousand dollars, to be paid out of the Patent fund; ^Provided &c^ For the purchase of a building ^for a^ ^(^to be used for holding the courts of the United States, Post Office, and^)^ Custom House, at Portland in the State of Maine; a sum not exceeding one hundred and forty-nine thousand dollars, provided; That the Secretary of the Treasury shall after full examination deem such purchase expedient, and for the interest of the United States.

11 ^S^ 12 ^X Not^	Page 21 ^ agreed to^ ^agreed to X^	after line 11 insert To reimburse the corporation of Washington the cost of erecting the half of the city Hall building, gran- ted ^to^ and occupied by the government for the Circuit, District and Criminal Courts of the United States thirty thousand dollars, the same to be expended by the said Corporation in finishing the exterior of the said building un- der the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury Provided that rooms ^√^ enough be set apart for the use of the United States in the Dis- trict of Columbia, the Secretary of the Treasury to be the judge as to the sufficiency of the rooms so provided. For cleaning out and deepening that portion of the Washington City Canal, which passes through and ^^ along the public grounds, twenty thou- sand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided the corporation of Washington shall expend a like sum in the cleaning out and deepening the other portions of said canal: and provided also, that all transportations on said
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13 ^agreed^ ^X^ 14 15 ^X^	^to^ ^disagreed^ Page 21. Page 24 ^disagree^	canal for the use of the Government of the United States shall be free of toll” “For Sewer under fifteenth street, two ^√^ thousand one hundred and sixty dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Topographical Bureau.” Strike out lines 19, 20, and 21. ^√^ ^√^ after line 12 insert: “For the support, care, and medical ^√ appro. act 1848 p 152^ treatment of twelve transient pauper, medical, or surgical patients, in the Washington Infirmary, two thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Commissioner of Public Buildings: Provided, The Physi- cians and surgeons of the aforesaid infirmary give bonds for the maintenance of twelve pauper transient patients during one year, if application be made for their reception, or bind themselves to keep rooms for the accommodation of twelve pauper patients, weekly, on an average, during the year.”
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16 ^S^ 17 ^S^ 18 ^S^ 19 ^X^	Page 24 ^Agreed^ Page 25 ^Agreed^ " ^Agreed^ " ^Disagreed^	line 20 at the end thereof add the ^√ N^o 16^ words “and for the same during the remainder of the current Fis- cal year six thousand dollars” line 10 after the word “plan” insert ^√^ “under the direction of the Secretary of State” line 11 after the word “Fund” ^√^ insert the following Proviso: “Provided that the said Sec- retary is hereby authorized to cause the said extension to be done by contract in the same manner as was pursued in executing the work of the General Post Office Building” after line 11 insert the following: ^√^ “To enable the Secretary of ^c 19^ War to execute the survey and examination of the Potomac river ordered by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the eighth August eighteen hundred and forty eight fifteen hundred dollars”
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20 ^S^ 21 ^agreed^ ^S^ 22 ^S^ 23	Page 25 ^agreed^ " ^Agreed^ ^Agreed^	lines 12 and 13, Strike out the ^√^ words “to be used for holding the courts of the United States Post Office and” and insert the words “for a” After line 17 insert as follows:^√ N^o 21^ “For the purchase of a building erected by the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States for a Banking House in the town of Erie, Pennsylvania, to be used as a Custom House, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to make said purchase, provided that the cost of the building and the ground necessary to its convenient use can be made for a sum not exceeding twenty nine thousand dollars” “For continuing the construction of the ^√ N^o 22^ Custom House at Savannah in Georgia thirty five thousand dollars” “For the construction of a Custom House ^√ N^o 23^ at Charleston South Carolina fifty thou- sand dollars”
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24 ^after line 27^ ^agreed amendment^ ^S^ [25?] ^X^	Page 25 Page 26 ^Disagreed^	after line 27 insert as ^after line 27^ fol- lows: “To supply a deficiency in the appropriation in the act entitled “an act to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June eighteen hundred and forty nine” approved the twenty sixth of Jan- uary ^c 20^eighteen hundred and forty-nine under a resolution of the House of the seventh of August eighteen hundred and forty eight, directing the clerk to furnish to members of the House the books therein authorized, the sum of three thousand eight hundred and ninety- three dollars and fifty cents.” ⋄No 24 Add at end of 24^th amendment as follows For compensation for the services of T. O. Edwards in making an examination into the practical operation and effect of the act passed at the last session of Congress for the prevention of the importation of spu- rious and adulterated drugs & medicines $250. ⋄ after line 27 insert as follows: “For continuing the public publication of the works of the exploring expedition including ^c 19^ the salary of the horticulturist and addi- tion to the Green House fifteen thousand dollars.”
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^[three?]^ 26 ^[?]^ ^[26 after line 27?]^ ^S agreed^ 27 ^X^ 28 ^[?]^ ^X^	Page 26 Page 30 ^Disagreed^ Page 32 ^Disagreed^	after line 27 insert as follows: “For completing the room under the Post Office of the Senate, and the stair- cases and passages communicating therewith, and the circular room on the upper floor of the capital four thousand dollars” after line 23 insert as follows: “For completing the geological survey ^N^o 27^ and exploration of the mineral lands in Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa, in addi- tion to the amounts heretofore appropriated for that service sixteen thousand dollars.” after line 34 insert as follows: “To pay A. J. Glossbrenner for work done in re-arranging and classifying the volumes in the copy-right room in the Depart- ment of State, in eighteen hundred and forty eight, two hundred and fifty dollars.”
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^[?]^ ^[18?]^ 29 ^[after line 4?]^ ^X Disagreed^ 30 ^S^ 31 ^S^	Page 16 Page 20 ^Agreed^ Page 23 ^Agreed^	after line 4 insert as follows: “For additional compensation to the messengers of the Post Office Department so as to place them on the same footing as the messengers of the other De- partments, the sum of one hundred and thirty dollars” after line 8 as follows: “For the expenses incurred under the joint ^1848 for 226 [?] N^o 30^ resolution of August eleventh eighteen hun- dred and forty eight, entitled “A Resolution authorizing the submission of certain claims to arbitration,” twenty five hundred dollars; the same to be disbursed under the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury” after line 3 insert as follows: “For the expenses that may be incurred in the further exe-^1848 for 63 & N^o 31^ cution of the act of first of July eighteen hundred and forty eight, for the relief of the bona fide settlers under the acts for the armed occupation of Flori- da the provisions of said act being continued and extended till the first day of October eighteen hundred and forty nine one thousand five hundred dollars”
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32 ^Disagreed^ ^X 28^ 33 ^[?] after line 17^ ^X^	Page 24 Page 30 ^Disagreed^	after line 24 insert as follows: “To Robert Beale for his services and expenses incurred in a journey to virginia to notify President Tyler of his accession to the Presidency, three hundred dollars” after line 17 insert as follows: “For the correction of erroneous and ^N^o 33^ defective surveys in southern Michigan, at a rate not exceeding six dollars per mile, ten thousand dollars” [~~...~~?]
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34 ^Disagreed^ 35 ^S^ 36 ^X^	Page 26 " ^agreed^ Page 28 ^Disagreed^	after line 5 insert as follows: “For the purchase of a site for a new custom House Norfolk Virginia twelve thousand dollars provided the President of the United States shall deem it proper to make the purchase.” after line 8 insert as follows: “For continuing the construction of the ^N^o 35^ Custom House in the city of New Orleans, one one hundred and fifty thousand dollars” line 5 Strike out all after the ^N^o 36^ word “cents” to the end of line 11, and insert in lieu thereof as follows: “And the proviso contained in the act making appropriations for the civil and di- plomatic expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and for other purposes, approved August twelfth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, which proviso is in the following words: ‘Provided that no part of the sum hereby appropriated shall be paid to any person who receives a salary as an
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37 ^disagreed^	Page 28	officer of the customs. And from and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and forty nine, the said disbursement shall be made by the collectors of the customs without compensation;” is hereby repealed.” after line 23 insert as follows: “For the reimbursement of the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad company and the New Jersey Steam navigation company for their expenses in maintaining a Light Boat on Eel grass shoal in Fisher’s Island sound, from the month of November in the year eighteen hundred and thirty seven to the present time ten thousand four hundred and seven dollars” [~~...~~?]
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38 ^X^ 39 ^#^ ^S^ 40 ^S^ 41 ^S^	Page 31 ^Disagreed^ Page 32 ^agreed^ Page 33 ^agreed^ ^#^ ^#^ Page 33 ^Agreed^	after line 28insert as follows: “For payment of the salary of a Com-^N^o 38^ missioner to the Sandwich Islands from the commencement of the salary of M^r Eames to the termination of that of M^r Ten Eyck so much as is necessary of the sum of fifteen hundred dollars” line 21 Strike out “three” and ^N^o 39^ insert “five” After line 5 insert as follows “For procuring medals for Indians ^N^o 40^ twenty five hundred dollars” line 5 at the end thereof insert as follows: “and for office rent, from ^N^o 41^ June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and forty five, to the close of the current fiscal year, four hundred dollars”
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42 ^[~~...~~?]^ ^ agreed with amend^t ^ ^X^ 43 ^X^	Page 13 Page 18 ^[~~...~~?]^ ^Disagreed^	after line 24 insert as follows: “To enable the Secretary of War to ^N^o 42 1848 p210^ pay the balance of the estimated cost of the buildings of the Choctaw Acad- emy to Col. R. M. Johnson of Kentucky six thousand dollars.” ⋄Add at end of 42^d amendment as follows, the acceptance of which shall be in full of all claims whatsoever⋄ [?] after line 20 as follows: insert, “For additional compensation to ^N^o 43^ the District Judge of Louisiana for the year ending the thirtieth of June eighteen hundred and forty eight six hundred dollars being the deficiency of the appropria- tion for that year, and eight hun- dred dollars for the year ending the thirtieth of June eighteen hun- dred and forty nine under the provisions of the first section of the act of seventeenth of June eighteen ^1844 [p?] 577^ hundred and forty four.”
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44 ^36^ 45 ^S^ 46 ^Disagreed^ ^X^	Page 31 ^[~~...~~?]^ ^agreed^ ^agreed with amendment^ Page 31 ^[~~...~~?]^ ^Agreed^ ^agreed^ Page 31 ^[~~...~~?]^	after line 12 insert as follows: “For the outfit of a minister to the Germanic confederation nine thousand dollars” “For one year’s salary for the said minister, nine thousand dollars” ^Provided^ “For one year’s salary for a sec- retary of legation to the said mission two thousand dollars” ⋄Add at end of 5^th line of 44^th amendment as follows Provided That in case a minister be sent ^N^o 44^ to the Germanic Empire, no minister shall ^s^be sent to Prussia ⋄ after line 12 insert as follows: “For outfit for a minister to the Government of Chili nine thousand dollars” “For salary of said minister nine thousand dollars” after line 23 insert as follows “For Abraham Rencher late charge d’ affaires to ^N^o 46^ Portugal such sum as the Secretary of State, upon adjusting his claim shall allow for his unavoidable detention abroad from second January eighteen hundred and forty eight, to the sixteenth September following Provided such sum shall not exceed the rate of his official salary”
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47 ^X^ 48 ^ disagreed^ ^X^	Page 32 ^Disagreed^ Page 28	after line 19 insert as follows: “For compensation to Alexander Hammett for his services as charge D’ affaires at Naples from the twentieth of May eighteen hundred and forty-seven to the twenty first of June eighteen hundred and forty eight four thou- sand eight hundred and seventy- five dollars” after line 17 insert as follows: “For buoys on and near the Bar ^N^o 48^ of Nassua River and on the coasts of Georgia and Florida in the neighbor- hood thereof one thousand dollars.”
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[?] 49 ^agreed^ ^agreed^ ^S^ 50 ^X^	^agreed^ ^Disagreed^	Sec. And be it further enacted, That whenever it shall be shown to the President of the United States that the State of Florida has by law provided for the safe custody of the public archives which were formerly kept by the keepers of archives at St Augustine and Pensacola, it shall be lawful for him to cause to be delivered to duly authorized officers of the State such of the said archives as do not relate to grants of land which remain unconfirmed or unsurveyed: provided that the President of the United States may suspend the execution of this provision if in his judg- ment the public interests requires it. Sec. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty thousand dollars, be and is hereby appropriated for the payment of a compensation of one half per centum, to each designated Depository, (provided to be appointed, but not provided to be paid, under the act of August sixth eighteen hundred and forty six,) on all monies received by him as such designated Depository, from the date of his appointment to the first
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^1^	^Disagreed^ ^X^	day of March eighteen hundred and forty- nine, Provided that no compensation shall be allowed for above services where the emoluments of the office of which said designated Depository is in commission, amounts to over two thousand dollars per annum, nor shall the amount allowed to any one of said designated Depositories for such service be at the rate of over fifteen hundred dollars per annum.”
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51 52	^[?] end^ ^agreed^ ^ S^ ^agreed with amen^dment ^ ^ S^	“Sec. And be it further enacted, That the Com- missioner of the General Land Office be authorized to continue three temporary clerks, during the recess of Congress, until the patents for bounty lands shall be issued; said clerks to be paid out of the contingent fund” “Sec. And be it further enacted That the ^N^o 52^ sum of Twenty Thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to be paid out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, to enable the Secretary of State to purchase the remaining manuscript books and papers of General George Washington the said books and papers to be deposited and preserved in the Department of State: and that a like sum be appropriated for the purchase of the manu- script books and papers of the late James Monroe to be deposited in like manner in the Department of State.” ⋄Add at end of 52^d amendment as follows, ^N^o 52^ Provided That this purchase shall include all the papers of Gen^l Washington and M^r Monroe which are of a public nature, ^(^and not of the character of ^(^private family papers.^)^⋄^[?] Hos A.^
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^agreed X [~~with~~?] amendments^ 53		Sec. And be it further enacted, That the constitution of the United States in so far as the provisions of the same be applicable to the condition of a Territory of the United States and all and singular the several acts of Congress respecting the registering, recording, enrolling, or licensing ships or vessels, and the entry and clearance thereof, and the foreign and coasting trade and fisheries, and all the acts respecting the imposing and collecting of duties on imports, and all acts respecting trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and all acts respecting the public lands, or the survey or sale thereof, and all and singular the other acts of Congress of a public and general char- acter, and the provisions whereof, are suitable and proper to be applied to the Territory ^(^west of the Rio del Norte,^)^ acquired from Mexico by the Treaty of the second day of February, eighteen hundred and forty eight, be, and the same are hereby extended over and given full force and efficacy in all said territory, and the President of the United State is hereby authorized to prescribe and establish all proper and needful rules and regulations, (in conformity with the constitution of the United States) for the enforcement of the provisions of the constitution hereinbefore referred to and
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		of said laws in said territory, and for the pre- servation of order and tranquillity, and the establishment of justice therein, and from time to time to modify or change the said rules and regulations in such manner as may seem to him discreet and proper; and to establish, temporarily, such divisions, districts, ports, of- fices, and all arrangements proper for the exe- cution of said laws, and appoint and commis- sion such officers as may be necessary to ad- minister such laws in said Territories, for such term or terms as he may prescribe, whose authority shall continue until otherwise provided by Congress; said officers to receive such compen- sation as the President may prescribe, not exceeding double the compensation heretofore paid to similar officers of the United States, or its Territories, for like services; and to enable the same to be done, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated.”