Western Sun, Volume 3, Number 17, Vincennes, Knox County, 21 April 1810 — Page 1

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(BY AUTHORITY.) LAWS OE THE U. STATES. Session 1809 & 1810.

AN ACT Making appropriations for the support of government during the year one thousand eight hundred and ten. BE it enacted bv the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled. That for the expenditure of the civil list, in the prcesent year, including the contingent expences of the several departments and offices ; for the compensation to the several loan officers and their clerks, and for books and stationery for the same ; for the pay. ment of annuities and grants ; for the support of the mint establishment ; for the expense of intercourse with foreign nations ; for the support of light houses, beacons, buoys and public piers ; for defraying the expences of surveying the public lands, and for satisfying certain miscellaneous claims ; the following sums be, and the same here by are respectively appropriated, that is to say : For compensation granted by law to the members of the senate and house of representatives, their officers and attendants, estimated for a session of four months and a half continuance, two hundred and one thousand four hundred and twenty five dollars : For the expence of fire-wood, stationery, printing, and all other contingent expences of the two houses of congress, thirty four thousand dollars : For all contingent expences of the Library of congress, and for the librarian's allowance for the year one thousand eight hundred and ten, eight hundred dollars : For compensation to the president and vice-president of the United States, thirty thousand dollars .

For compensation to the secretary of

state, clerks and persons employed in that department, including the sum of one thousand four hundred and seventy eight dollars for compensation to his clerks, in addition

to the sum allowed by the act of the twenty first of April, one thousand eight hundred and six, fourteen thousand and thirty eight dollars ; For the incidental and contingent expences of the said department, one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars :

For printing and distributing the laws of

the first and second session of the eleventh congress, and printing the laws in news-pa-pers, six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars : For compensation to the secretary of the treasury, clerks and persons employed in his office, including the sum of one thousand dollars for clerk hire, in addition to the sum allowed by the act of the twenty first of April, one thousand eight hundred and six, sixteen thousand eight hundred ollars: For the expence of translating foreign languages, allowance to the person employed in transmitting passports and sea-letters, and for stationery in the office of the secretary of the treasury, one thousand dollasr :

For compensation to the comptroller of

the treasury, clerks, and persons employed in his office, including the sum of one thou-

sand six hundred and thirty nine dollars, for

compensation to his clerks, in addition to

the sum allowed by the act of the twenty first of April, one thousand eight hundred and six, fourteen thousand six hundred and

sixteen dollars :

For expence of stationery, printing, and

incidental and contingent expences of the

comptrollers other, eight hundred dollars :

For compensation to the auditor of the treasury, clerks and persons employed in his

office, twelve thousand two hundred and

twenty one dollars : For expence of stationery: printing, and

incidental and contingent expences of the

auditor's office, five hundred dollars: For compensation to the treasurer, clerks and persons employed in his effice, six thousand two hundred and twenty seven dollars and forty five cents: For expence of stationery, printing, and incidental and contingent expences in the Treasurer's office, three hundred dollars : For compensation to the register of the treasury, clerks and persons employed in his office, sixteen thousand and fifty two dollars

and two cents : For compensation to the manager and door-kreper of the registers office, for stamping and arranging theship registers, ninrety dollars : For expence of stationery, printing and all other incidental and contingent expences in the register's office, including books for the public stocks, and for the arrangement of the marine records, two thousand eight hundred dollars : For fuel and other contingent and incidental expences of the treasury department, four thousand dollars : For defraying the expence of printing & stating the public accounts for the year one thousand eight hundred and ten, one thousand two hundred dollars: For the purchase of books, maps and charts, for the use of the treasury department, four hundred dollars : For compensation to a superintendant employed to secure the buildings and records of the treasury department, during the year one thousand eight hundred and ten, including the expence of two watch men, the repairs of two fire engines, buck, ets, lantherns, and other incidental and con-

tingent expences, one thousand one hundred dollars . For compensation to the secretary of the commissioners of the fsinking fund, two hundred and fifty dollars : For compensation to the secretary cf war clerks and persons employed in his office, eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars ; For expence of fuel, stationery, printing and other contingent expences of the office of the secretary of war, one thousand dollars : For compensation to the accountant of the war department, clerks and perssons employed in his office, ten thousand nine hundred and ten dollars : For contingent expences in the office of the accountant of the war department, one thousand dollars. For compenfation to the clerks employed in the paymaster's office, three thousand four hundred dollars : For contingent expences in the said office two hundred dollars : For compensation of additional clerks in the office of the superintendant of Indian trade, eight hundred dollars. For compensation to the purveyor of pub

lic supplies, clerks and persons employed in

his office, and for expence of stationery, store rent, and fuel for the said office, four thousand sx hundred dollars. For compensation to thesecretary of the navy, clerks and persons employed in his office, nine thousand eight hundred and ten dollars: For expences of fuel, stationery, printing and other contingent expences in the said office, two thousand dollars. For compensation to the accountant o the navy, clerks, and persons employed in his office, ten thousand four hundred and ten dollars. For contingent expences in the office of the accountant of the navy, one thousand dollars. For compensation to the post-master general, assistant post-master general, clerks, and persons employed in the post-master general's office, including the sum of one thousand five hundred and forty five dollars for compensation to clerks, in addition to the sum allowed by the act of the twenty

first of April, one thousand eight hundred and six, sixteen thousand dollars. For expence of fuel, candles, house rent for the messengers, stationery, chests, &c. pertaining to the post-master general's office, two thousand five hundred dollars. For compensation to the several loan officers, thirteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation to the clerks of the commissioners of loans, and for allowances to certain loan officers, in lieu of clerk hire, and to defray the authorised expence of the several loan offices, fifteen thousand dollars. For compensation to the surveyor general, and his clerks, three thousand two hundred dollars. For compensation to the surveyor of the lands south of the state of Tennessee, clerks employed in his office, and for stationery and other contingencies, three thousand two hundred dollars. For compenfation to the officers of the mint ; The director, two thousand dollars. The treasurer, one thousand two hundred dollars. The assayer, one thousand five hundred dollars. The chief clerk one thousand five hundred dollars. The melter and refiner, one thousand five hundred dollars. The engraver, one thousand two hundred dollars. One clerk at seven hundred dollars, and Two clerks at five hundred dollars each, one thousand dollars. For wages to the persons employed in the different branch' s of melting, coining, carpenter's, millwright's, and smith's work, in-

cluding the sum of one thousand dollars per

annum, allowed to an assistant coiner and

die forger, who also oversees the execution

of the iron work, and of six hundred dollars per annum allowed to an assistant engraver, eight thousand dollars. For repair of furnaces, case rollers and screws, timber, bar iron, Iead, steel, pot ash, and for all other contingencies of the mint two thousand seven hundred and seventy five dollars. For compensation to the governor, judges and secretary of the territory of Orleans, thirteen thousand dollar. For expence of stationery and other contingent expences of the said territory, three hundred and fifty dollars.