Rising Sun Times, Volume 4, Number 178, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 15 April 1837 — Page 1

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AUTHORITY. Laws of the United States Passed at the Second Session of the Twenty-fourth Congress. Putilic No. 22. AN ACT making- appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House cf Representatives of the United State.-: o f America in. Congress assembled, That the following' sums he, and the same arc hereby, appropriated, to he paid oat of anv unappropriated money in the Treasury, viz: For pay and mileage ol the members of Congress and delegates, three hundred and forty-eight thousand and fortv d dlars; For pay of the officers and dorks of the Senate and House of Representatives, thirty three thousand seven hundred dollars : For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the Senate, forty-nine thousand five hundred and fifty dollars; For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; The two sums last mentioned to he applied to the paxmcnt of tiie ordinary expenses of the Senate and House of Representatives, severally, and to no other purpose; For compensation to the President and Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Postmaster General, sixty thousand dollars; For salary of the secretary to sign patents for puhiic hinds, per act of March second, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, one thousand live hundred dollars; For clerks and messengers in the office .of the Secretary of State, twenty thousand three hundred dollars; For the contingent, expenses of the i)ervarttnent of Stnt; ;..K.01uy ouoii:-niuy and distributing the law s, twenty-live thousand dollars ; For compiling and printing the Biennial Register, one thousand eight hundred dollars; For the superintendent and watchman ol the northeast executive building,onc thousand live hundred dollars; For contingent expenses of said, building, including fuel, labor, -il and repairs, two thousand five hundred dollars; For compensation to the clerks and nurssengers in the office of Secretary of the Treasury, sixteen thousand lour hundred and fifty dollars; For compensation to the clerks in said office, per act of twenty-third of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, three thousand six hundred dollars; For compensation to the First Comptroller of the Treasury, three thousand live hundred dollars ; For compensation to the clerks n ltd messengers in the office of the First Comptroller, nineteen thousand three hundred u !- lars ; For compensation to tho Second Comp troller, three thousand dollars; For compensation to the clerks and' messenger in the office of Second Comptroller, including two clerkships transferred from the olliee "of Fourth Auditor, twelve thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; For compensation to the First Auditor of the Treasury, three thousand dollars; For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the First Auditor, fifteen thousand nine hundred dollars; For compensation to the Second Auditor of the Treasury, three thousand dollars; For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the Second Auditor, seventeen thousand nine hundred dollars; For compensation to the Third Auditor, three thousand dollars; For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the Third Auditor, twenty-nine thousand six hundred and fitly dollars, including two thoie.and four hundred dollars fi ,r clerk hire, to carry into effect an art of the seventeenth of January last, entitled "An act to provide fr the payment of horses and other property lost or destroyed in the military serviceo! the United States." For compensation to tho Fourth Auditor, thiec thousand dollars; For compensation to the clerks and mes senger in the olhcc of the Fourth Auditor, fifteen thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars: For compensation to the Fifth Auditor, three thousand dollars; For compensation to the clerks and mes senger m ihc olhcc ol the Tilth Auditor, nine thousand ci'dit hundred dollars; r or compensation to the treasurer of the United Stales, three thousand dolhu-s; For compensation to the clerks and mes senger in the office of fhc Treasurer ol the United States, including a deficiency ol appropriation of two hundred and sixtyfour dollars and sixty-four cents, lor the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six, eleven thousand and fourleendollars and sixtyr four cents;

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For compensation to the Register of the Trcnsury, three thousand dollars; For compensation to the clciks and messengers in the office of the Solicitor of the Treasury, twenty -four thousand two hundred dollars; For compensation of the Commissioner of the General Land Cilice, per act of the fourth of July, eighteen hundred and thirtysix, three thousand dollars; For compensation of the recorder, solicitor, draughtsman, and assistant draughtsman, clerks, messengers, and packers, in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, one hundred and eight thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars;

ar. l the annual salary of the Recorder of the Genera! Land Ollice, shall be two thousand dollars: and the sum of nine hundred doll ars shall be paid Charles Gordon, for services rendered under the resolution ol the Senate of the second July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six; For deficiency to be appropriated on account of salaries for the year eighteen hundred and thirl v-six. to the Commissioner and other officers in the General Land Office, twenty-seven thousand eight hundred and eighty-six dollars and ten cents; For compensation to the Solicitor ol the Treasury, three thousand five hundred dollars; " For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of Solicitor of the Treasury, three thousand nine hundred and fiity dollars; For expenses of stationery, printing, and ail other contingent expenses of the Treasury Department, viz:For office of the Secretary of the Treasury, including copying, and expenses incurred in consequence of the burning of the Treasury building, twelve thousand five hundred dollars; For translating foreign languages, and for receiving and transmitting passports and sea-letters, in the office of the Secretary oi the Treasury, three hundred dollars ; For stating and printing public accounts, one thousand four hundred dollars; For i',!c-c of the First Comptroller, two thousand dollars ; For office of the Second Comptroller, one thousand live hundred dollars; For office of' the First Auditor, eight hundred doll a rs ; Foroiiicc of the the Second Auditor, one u.,t ! .1 n , For ollice of the Third Auditor, thirteen hundred dollars; For office of the Fourth Auditor, one thousand dollars ; For office of the Fifth Auditor, one thou sand dollars; For office of the Treasurer of fhc United States, one thousand three hundred dollars; For clf.ee of the Register of the Treasury, three thousand dollars; For tho office of the Solicitor of the Treasury, one thousand dollars; For the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, for one hundred and; fifty thousand pieces of parchment for patents; printing the same: and, also, the cost of books for patent records, twentv-iiine thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; For t.-o't books, other books, aud stationery, furniture, expense of advertising hud sales, and other contingent expenses, iuc'uding office rent for an additional building, ion ;h .usaiid dollars; For compensation of superintendent and two watchmen lor the additional building for the use of the General Land Office, one thousand and fifty dollars; I For sahvrv ot" the Secretary to the Com missioners of the Sinking Fund, from eighth February to eleventh April, eighteen hun rod and thirty -six, forty-three dollars and ninet v-livc cents ; For compensation of the superintendent and watchman of the southeast executive building, two thousand one hundred dollars; For contingent expenses of the building oeeupioii I'v Uic l reasury, mciuumg tuci, i i O rn . 1' labor, repairs, furniture, and for rent, a-iiounimir to lour thousand lour hundred and fii'tv dollars per annum, twelve thou sand dollars ; For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the Secretary at War, including sixty-fnc dollars seventy one cents, arrearage due Samuel J. Potts, for clerk hire and for messenger in the Bandy Land Bureau, thirteen thousand one hundred ami intccn dollars scvcnlvone cents ; For contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary at our, three thousand do! lars ; For books, maps, and plans, for the War Department, one thousand dollars; For compensation of extra clerks, when employed in said office, two thousand five hun b ed dollars ; For compensation of the Commissioner of Indian Afiaus, three thousanu dollars ; For compensation of the (dorks and mes senger in the oiiiccot tho Commissioner Indian Affairs, sixteen thousand four hun di ed dollars : For contingent, expenses of said office two thousand dollars; For condensation of the Commissioner of Pensions, two thousand five hundre dollars; For compensation of clerks transferrer ti'oin the ollice of the Secretary of War t the office of the Commissioner of Pensions f ur thousand eight hundred dollars; I' or compensation to clerks and messengers for the office of the Commissioner of Pensions, authorized by act of ninth May

eighteen hundred and lhirtv-si.vs thirteen thousand four hundred jfnd fiity dollars; For compensation to clerks and messenger in the office of the Paymaster General, four thousand six hundred dollars; For contingent expenses of said office, three hundred dollars; For compensation of clerk and messenger in the ollice of the Commanding General, one thousand five hundred dollars; For contingent expenses of said ollice, three hundred dollars; For compensation to clerks and messenger in the office of the Adjutant General, seven thousand six hundred and fifty dollars; For contingent expenses of said office, one thousand six hundred dollars; For compensation of clerks and messenger in fhc office of the Quartermaster General, seven thousand three hundred dollars; For contingent expenses of said ollice, six hundred dollars; For compensation of clerks and messenger in the office f the Commissary General of Purchases, four thousand two hundred dollars ; For contingent expenses of said office,

eigiu hundicd dollars; ror compensation ol clerks and messen ger in the office of the Commissary General of Subsistence, four thousand dollars; ror contingent expenses ol said ollice, two thousand six hundred dollars; For compensation of clerks and messen ger in tho ollice of the Chief Engineer, five thousand six hundred and fifty dollars; For coniing.rnt expenses of said office. one thousand dollars; For compensation of clerk and messen ger in the office of the Surgeon General, one thousand six hundred and fifty dollars; r or contingent expenses ol said office, five hundred and fifty dollars; tor compensation of clerks aud messen ger in the Ordnance Ollice, eight thousand six hundred and fifty dollars; rot contingent expenses of said office. eight hundred dollars; lor compensation ot clerks and messen ger in the Topographical Bureau, two thousand five hundred dollars; For contingent expenses of said bureau. one thousand two hundred and thirty-five dollars ; For compensation of the messenger in the Clothing Bureau, per act of July fourth, n!rliinn .....I il, ;,..- 1.dred dollars; For salary of the messenger in the office of the Inspector General, live hundred dol lars; For compensation of superintendent and watchmen of the northwest executive building, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars ; For contingent expenses of said build ing, including rent, fuel, furniture, labor, and repairs, three thousand one hundred and eighty-three dollars; r or compensation ol the clerks and mes sengers in the ollice of the Secretary of the Navy, twelve thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars: For contingent expenses of said office, throe thousand dollars ; For compensation of the Commissioners if the Navy Board, ten thousand live hunlrcd dollars ; For compensation of fhc Secretary of the Navy board, two tnousand dollars; lor compensation of clerks and messen ger of the Navy Board, eight thousand four honored and litty dollars; ror contingent expenses of said oliicc, one thousand eight hundred dollars ; For salatv of superintendent and watch man of the southwest executive building-, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; For contingent expenses of said building. three thousand tnrec hundred and liny dollars: For compensation to three Assistant Postmaster Generals, per act third July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, seven thousand five hundred doi.ars; For compensation to clerks and messen gers in the General Post Office, forty-eight thousand six hundred dollars; For contingent expenses of said office, including expense ot new ollices ami luel for the Auditor's Oliicc, ten thousand dol lars ; For repairs, books, and stationery, al ready incurred, over and above the appro priations ol former years, in consequence of the re-organization of the Post Office Department, fcix thousand seven hundred dollars ; For compensation to two watchmen, six hundred dollars; For compensation to extra clerks, prior to third July, eighteen hundred and thirtysix, w hen the act re-organizing the depart ment went into operation, twenty-two thousand four hundred and nineteen dollars and eight y-onc cents; For compensation to the Auditor of the l ost Office, three thousand dollars; For compensation to clerks and messen gers in said office, fifty-five thousand five hundred dollars; For contingent expenses of said office litcuioing books, stationery, printing, and expenses incidental to new offices, eight thousand two hundred dollars: For compensation of the Surveyor Gen oral northwest of the Ohio, two thousand dollars ; For compensation of clerks in his ollice per acts f ninth of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, six thousand three hundred dollars: For compensation to the Surveyor Gen

eral for Illinois and Missouri, two thousand dollars; For compensation to clerks in the office of said Surveyor General, per acts of ninth ol May, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, three thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars; For compensation to the Surveyor General of Arkansas, two ihousand dollars: For compensation of clerks in ths office of said Surveyor General, three thousand dollars, and for office rent and fuel, three hundred dollars; For compensation of the Surveyor General of Louisiana, two thousand dollars; For compensation to clerks in the office of said Surveyor General, per acts of ninth May, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, twenty-five hundred dollars; For compensation of the Surveyor General of Mississippi, two thousand dollars; For compensation of clerks in the ollice ot said Surveyor General, per acts of ninth May, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, five thousand dollars; For compensation of the Surveyor Gen

eral, for Alabama, two thousand dollars ; For compensation of clerks in the office of said Surveyor General, per acts of ninth May, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, two thousand dollars; For compensation of the Surveyor General of Florida, two thousand dollars; For compensation of clerks in the office of said Surveyor General, three thousand dollars ; For expenses of completing the copies of confirmations and orders of survey, and procuring from the offices of the registers copies of plats and sketches necessary to a correct location of private, claims, explained in the report from the Geneial Land Office, two thousand dollars; For compensation to Commissioners of Public Buildings in Washington, two thousand four hundred and fifty dollars; Forcompensation to three assistants to commissioner, as superintendent at Potomac bridge, two thousand four hundred and sixty-three dollars and seventy-live cents; For repairs of the said bridge, wood for the draw-keepers, and oil for lamps, two hundred and seventy-seven dollars; For compensation to the officers and clerks of the Mint, nineteen thousand seven hundred dollars; For compensation to assistants and laborers in the various departments of the For wastage of gold and silver, and con tingent expenses of the Mint, including improv cments in machine ry, thirty-eight thousand one hundred dollars; For expenses incident to ihe introduc tion ot new machinery and apparatus, twenty thousand dollars; r or compensation ol the Governor, Judg es, and Secretary of Wisconsin Territory, nine thousand one hundred dollais; For contingent expenses and compensa tion of the memuers ot the legislative Assembly f said Territory, and printing the sws, nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars: Forcompensation of the Governor, Judg es and Secretary of the Territory oi 1 iorida, eleven thousand seven hundred dollars; For contingent expenses, pa v, and mile age of the members of the Legislative Council of said Territory, stationery, luel, printing, pay of the oificcis of the council, and copying laws, ten thousand three hundred and thirSv-livc dollars; For compensation to the Chief Justice, the Associate Judges, and District Judges of the United States, eighty-four thousand nine hundred dollars; For compensation of the Chief Justice and Associate Judges ot ihe District of Columbia, and of the Judges of the Or phan1 Courts of said District, nine thousand live hundred dollars; For compensation to the Attorney Gen1 . V T T " . 1 lO...... ,1. . 1 oral oi mo Loaneu ciaies, lour niousaiiu doll a rs; For compensation ol clerk and messen ger in the ollice of the Attorney General, nine ihousand three hundred dollars; For contingent expenses of said office, five hundred dollars ; For comoensation to the reporter of ihe decisions of the Supreme Court, one thou sand dollars; For compensation to the District Attorneys and Marshals, as granted by law, including these in the several Territories, thirteen thousand tivo hundred and fifty dollars; For defraying the expenses of the Supreme Court and the District Courts of fhc United States, including the District of Columbia; also, for jurors and witnesses in aid of the fund arising from fines; penaltics, aud forfeitures incurred in tiie year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven and proceeding years; and likewise for defraying the expenses of suits in w hich the United States are concerned, and of prosecutions for offences committed against the United States, and for the safe-keeping of prisoners, th.ee hundred and thirty thousand dollars; For the expenses of printing the records of the Supreme Court, three thousand dollars ; For the payment of pensions granted by special acls of Congress, one thousand and fifty dollars; For the support and maintenance of light-houses, floating-lights, beacons, buoj s and stackages, including the purchase of lamps, oil, keepers' salaries, repairs, improvements, and contingent expenses, two

hundred and ninety-eight thousand and fifty-five dollars ; For a bell, and fixing the same, on the light-house at Cove point in tho C'hescpeakc Bay, being the amount of an appropriation for that purpose, which will be carried to the surplus fund, one thousand two hundred dollars ; I'or a liglit-hou5.e at the mouth of Chcfunctc river, being the amount of a former appropriation for that object, which will bo carried to the surplus fund, live thousand dolla rs ; l'r two small beacon-lights on C.ckspur Island, at the mouth of Savannah river, including four thousand dollars already 'appropriated, which will be carried to the surplus fund, seven thousand dollars; For survey of tho coast of the United Slates, including arrears of compensation and expenses of the Superintendent, estimating his compensation at three thousand dollars per annum, and his expenses at

the same rafc from August second, eigh- I Icon hundred and:.thirty-lwo; and includ ing also, such r.uu;t:onal pay incut to tiie army and navy officers employed upon the survey, for their past scrv ices and expenses ns the President muv decide to he ju.-t and proper, sixty thousand dollars; For completing the puhiic warehouse at Baltimore, fifty thousand dollars; For the custom-house at Boston, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars : For refunding duties on railroad iron to the Lexington and Ohio Railroad Company, imported in eighteen hundred and thirty-two and eighteen hundred and thirtvthrec, per act of second Juiv, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. one thousand nine hundred and eighty-four dollars; For expenses in relation to the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States, three thousand dollars; For deficiency in the fund for ihe relief of the sick and disabled seamen as established by the 'act of third May, eighteen hundred two, twenty-live thousand dollars; For the compensation to two keepers of ihe public archives in Florida, one thousand dollars ; For the discharge of such miscellaneous claims against the United Slalcs, o.ol otherwise provided lor, as shall bo admitted in due course of settlement at the Treasury, twelve thousand dollars; For an addition to the existing ttnc.vpen 1cd balances of appropriation fa- surveys to the several disi lie's, according to the exigencies of the public service, one hundred aud fiity thousand dollars ; For completing the surveys of unfinish ed portions of townships, islands, lakes S. c. viz: In Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Wiseou sin, not exceeding live d ars per nine, uiree inousaiHi anu n.itv noun rs; In Florida, not e:ceeedinr five dollars per mile, six thousand dollars; Li Louisiana, n t execedino eight do!lars pcrmoe, twenty thousand d .liars; in uaoania, not excee; 14 11 eight dollars per mile, one thousand collars, m addition to two ihousand live hundred dollars already appropriated ; For salaries of ministers of tiie United Slates, to Great Britain, France, Spain, and Russia, and outfits and salaries of ministers to Prussia and Austria, and for the outfit and salary of a diplomatic agent to be sent to the Republic of Texas, whenever the President of the United States may receive satisfactory evidence that Texas is an independent power, and shall deem it expedient to appoint such minister, in addition to ihe balance remaining of tho appropriation of eighteen hundred and thir ty-six, seventy-two thousand dollars; For an outfit ami salary lor an Envoy Extraordinary and Mmisier Plenipotentiary to Mexico, whenever in the opinion ol the Executive, circumstances will pennii a renewal of diplomatic intercourse honorably with that power, eighteen ihousand dollars ; For the salaries of fhc Secretaries of I legation to Great Britain, France, Spain. Russia, Prussia, Mexico, aud Aiintri.i, fourteen thousand dollars; For salaries of the charges des affaires to Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Turkey, Belgium, Brazil, Chili, Peru. Mex ico, Cenfral America, New Grenada, and Venezuela, fifty-eight thousand five hundred dollars ; For salary of fhc drug -m.ir:, and lor contingent expenses of the Legal ion lo Turkey, six thousand live hundred dollar.--; For outfit of a minister to Russia, nine thousand dollars ; For outfit of a charge d1a!fiires to Balgiuin, four ihousand five hundred dollars; For contingent expenses of all the missions abroad, in addition to the balance reniainingof a former appropriation, thirly lliausand dollars; For salaries of the consul.--- of the United Stales, at London and Paris, four thousand dollars; For intercourse w ith fhc B.ubary Powers, seventeen thousand four hundred dollars; For ihe relief and proteeiion of American seamen in foreign countries, thirly thousand dollars; For tho conl ingont expenses of foreign intercourse, in addition to ihe balance remaining of former appropriations, thirty thousand dollars ; For clerk hire, office rent, stationery and other expenses, in the ollice of the America u consul in Loudon, per a -t of nineteenth January, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, two thousand eight hundred dollars;

or interpreters, guards, and other ex penses incident to the consulates in the Turkish dominions five thousand five hundred dollars; For salary of the principal and assistant librarians; compensation of assistant during the two ses.-ions ,,f tiie twentv-f jurth Congress; messenger, and contingent expenses of tiie library, four thousand two hundred and tbrty-ihree collars; For ihe purchase of books Ibr'the library of Congress, jive thousand dollars; For furnishing such members of the House of lb:"-,v!i,!:i!a e? as have not received the sama, under Ibrmer orders of the House, tho Diplomatic Correspondence, American Slate Paper.-, Register of Debates, Elliot's Dc bales, ami the first volume of the Laud Laws, ibrtv-f -ur thousand four hundred and ninety dollars and twenty-eight cents; Provided, That if there are any surplus books, copies of which have been distributed to former member.-, m the Library of Congress, they shall bo di.strihuicd ouo copy to each of said members who Ins not received the same. l'or tho purchase of ihe manuscripts of the laic -Mr. -Mauls,.,, referred to in a letter irom Mrs. Ma If,,.,, to the Prr-ident of the Lulled States dated the. fifteenth of No vem.cr eignieen hundred and thirty-six, and coiumouicat, , j,, r n,0SSUjre Gf 'sixth Der-cmb; r eighteen hundred and' thirty-six, thirly thou-anl dollais; For the servi.-o of the General Post Office, lor the :! eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, in conformity to the act of the second of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, viz: For transportation of the mails, compensation of postmasters, ship, steamboat, and way letters, wrapping paper, office furniture, advertising, mad-bags, blanks, mad-locks and keys, and stamps, mail depredations, aud special agentsclerks for offices, and miscellaneous expenses four millions four hundred, and ninety-four thousand dollars; For payment of A. Fuller, and the rent of the building now occupied as a General Post Ollice. iVni tho sixteenth December la?t, and for Ihe year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, five thousand dollars; For guarding Ihe.-ito of the old Post Office, and preserving the public property, mo luoufau-i d ,:; For tiie c.iO!!.New )r!e:ms. IV t'-rv;t!;!n"e5 of, O i . ;rs ; s of the branch Mint, at the year eighteen hun-'boe,-s a nd clerks, twelve liD'i-a-ai loio cm I. e.! dollars ; . r coiivn iisii ' departments n to laborers in the vathu teeu ihousand dolr the Mint edifice, and rioi's lars; For completing enclosing the lot, n inct v-six thousand five hundred dollars ; For furnishing the whole establishment, inclusive of ail apparatus, tools, and fixtures, not included in the contract, fifteen thousand fiv e hundred dollars; For wastage of "-old and silver, and for the contingent expenses A' the Mint, eighteen thousand six hundred dollars: For expenses of tho bnuieh Mint, at I) ddonega. Georgia, fi r the year eighteen hundred and Shirt v seven, viz: For salaries of officers and clerks, six ihousand dollars; For compens-ifio'i to laborers, one thousand live hundred dollars ; For iurub hiiig tho establishment with ail ihe apparatus, tools and fixtures, not included in tho contracts, seven thousand dollars; For wastage of gold, and lor the contingent expenses of the Mint, fiv e thousand five hundred t o. 1 rs ; For expenses incurred in eighteen hundred and b.irf v-si, for the edifice and machinery, m oo lhaii thi' amount appropriated in ihe act of eigh'ccii hundred and ihirtx -ii . e, two thousand dollars; For the' c -pauses of ihe branch mint, at Charlotte, eighteen b North uidrct ( 'arolina, for the year and thirty-seven, viz: For sala i i oluocrs and clerks, six lliousanl doi.ars; For c !u:; to a' ton to laborers, one thousan 1 iiv hiouba d dollars ; For furnishing dueer-lablishnient with all the apparatus, to.ds, and 'ixtures, not in-cludo-.i in the contracts, six thousand dollars ; For wastaga .-f g-d.l, and for contingent expenses of ihe Mint, live thousand five hundred d-dla ''s ; For cii' lo-iiig the grounds, repairing a building on the io.', and for oul-houses, seven th ):;-aud dollars; For furniture for the Presidents house, ivvrti'v thousand dollars; For the taxes on the arsenal near Philadelphia, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six, one thousand four hundred and lilt v dollars ao ! fifty cents; For the. salaries of tin- registers and receivers .flan. I offices where there arc no sales, ni'.dr.ding one thousand seven hund.red an I si d ';! t; s and thirty-tour cents, carried to the surplus fund, two thousand live hundred dollars; For ihe construction of the Treasury building, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, i:i addition to tho amount uncpein:cdin eighteen hundred and thirtysix, two hundred and fitiy-sovcii ihousand dollars ; For ihe con icti u of the Patent Office, in addition to nncr appropriations, one hundred thousand dollars; For surveying unfinished portions of townships, islands, tin 1 lakes, in Arkansas, at (he rate of six dollais per mile, six thousand dollars;

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