THATthe Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to cause to be paid to David Wilkinson the sum of ten thousand dollars as a remuneration to him for the benefits accruing to the public service from the use of the principle of the guage and sliding lathe, of which he was the inventor, now in use in the workshops of the government at the different national arsenals and armories; the same to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.