# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/21st Congress/1st Session/Chapter 33

Chap. XXXIII.—An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty.
Appropriations for the support of government in 1830.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 the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, viz:
Pay, &c. Congress.For pay and mileage of the members of Congress and delegates, and pay of the officers and clerks of both houses, five hundred and twenty-six thousand seven hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses of Congress. Proviso. Printing for Congress.For contingent expenses of both houses of Congress, one hundred and thirty-five thousand six hundred dollars; to be applied to the payment of the ordinary expenditures of the contingent funds of the Senate and House of Representatives: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be applied to any printing, other than of such documents or papers are are connected with the ordinary proceedings of either of the said houses, during its session, and executed by the public printers agreeably to their contracts, unless authorized by an act or a joint resolution.
Library of Congress.For the library of Congress, five thousand dollars.
Librarians.For salary of the principal and assistant librarians, two thousand three hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses of the library, four hundred and fifty dollars.
Compensation to President, Vice President, &c.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.
Clerks, &c. Dept. State.For clerks and messengers in the office of the Secretary of State, nineteen thousand and fifty dollars.
Clerks, &c. patent office.For clerks, machinist, and messenger, in the patent office, five thousand four hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses of Dept. State.For incidental and contingent expenses of the Department of State, including the printing and distributing the laws, and extra copying of papers, twenty-seven thousand one hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses, of patent office.For contingent expenses of the patent office, including books and binding, copper-plate, and other printing, parchment, stationery, and fuel, one thousand one hundred dollars.
Compensation to certain marshals. 1829, ch. 24.For compensation to the marshals of certain states and territories, for making returns of free taxable non-freeholders, per resolution of twenty-fifth April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, in addition to eight hundred and fifty dollars, appropriated by act of second March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, one thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.
Collecting evidence, &c.To repay the state of Maine for expenses paid in collecting evidence in relation to aggressions by inhabitants of New Brunswick, seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Publishing laws.For publishing the laws of the second session of the nineteenth Congress, in the newspaper Halcyon, published in Alabama, one hundred and twenty dollars.
Publishing laws.For publishing the laws of the second session of the twentieth Congress, in the Eastern Argus, published in Maine, sixty-five dollars.
Completing sets of laws.For completing the sets of laws of the United States on hand in the Department of State, seven hundred and twenty-four dollars.
Fixtures in patent office.For completing the fixtures in the patent office, four thousand six hundred dollars.
Clerks, &c. Secretary of the Treasury.For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, fifteen thousand four hundred dollars.
Clerks, &c.For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the first comptroller, nineteen thousand one hundred dollars.
Second comptroller.For compensation to the second comptroller of the treasury, three thousand dollars.
Clerks, &c.For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the second comptroller, ten thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.
First auditor.For compensation to the first auditor of the treasury, three thousand dollars.
Clerks, &c.For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the first auditor, thirteen thousand nine hundred dollars.
Second auditor.For compensation to the second auditor of the treasury, three thousand dollars.
Clerks, &c.For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the second auditor, sixteen thousand nine hundred dollars.
Third auditor.For compensation to the third auditor of the treasury, three thousand dollars
Clerks, &c.For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the third auditor, twenty-one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
Fourth auditor.For compensation to the fourth auditor of the treasury, three thousand dollars.
Clerks, &c.For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the fourth auditor, seventeen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Fifth auditor.For compensation to the fifth auditor of the treasury, three thousand dollars.
Clerks, &c.For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the fifth auditor, fifteen thousand one hundred dollars.
Treasurer.For compensation to the treasurer of the United States, three thousand dollars.
Clerks, &c.For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the treasurer of the United States, six thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Register.For compensation to the register of the treasury, three thousand dollars.
Clerks, &c.For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the register of the treasury, twenty-four thousand two hundred dollars.
Commissioner of general land office.For compensation to the commissioner of the general land office, three thousand dollars.
Clerks, &c.For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the commissioner of the general land office, twenty thousand five hundred dollars.
Secretary to sinking fund.For compensation to the secretary to the commissioners of the sinking fund, two hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses, &c.For expenses of stationery, printing, and all other incidental and contingent expenses of the several offices of the Treasury Department, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.
Buildings for State, &c. Depts.For erecting a building for the use of the state and treasury buildings, including stone steps at the south front of the treasury, and pavements, two thousand eight hundred dollars.
Superintendents.For compensation of superintendents and watchmen, and repairs of fire engines and buckets, for the security of the state and treasury buildings, one thousand nine hundred dollars.
Clerks, &c. Sec. of War.For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the Secretary of War, twenty-one thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary of War, three thousand dollars.
Maps, &c.For books, maps, and plans, for the War Department, one thousand dollars.
Clerks, &c., in com. gen. office.For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the commissary general of purchases, four thousand two hundred dollars.
Adjutant general’s clerks.For compensation to the clerks in the office of the adjutant general, two thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses of said office, including arrearages of six hundred dollars, in eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, one thousand six hundred dollars.
Clerks of com. gen. sub.For compensation to the clerks in the office of the commissary general of subsistence, two thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses of said office, two thousand six hundred dollars.
Clerks of chief engineer.For compensation to the clerks in the office of the chief engineer, two thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses of said office, one thousand dollars.
Clerks in ordnance office.For compensation to the clerks in the ordnance office, two thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses of said office, eight hundred dollars.
Surgeon general’s clerk.For compensation to the clerk in the office of the surgeon general, eleven hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses of said office, two hundred and twenty dollars.
Q. M. Gen. clerks.For compensation to the clerks in the office of the quartermaster general, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses of said office, five hundred and ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents.
Clerks, &c. Secretary Navy.For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the Secretary of the Navy, eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
Arrearages, clerks’ salaries.For deficiency in the appropriations of one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, for salaries of clerks in the office of the Secretary of the Navy, four hundred and nineteen dollars.
Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses of said office, three thousand dollars.
Navy board.For compensation to the commissioners of the navy board, ten thousand five hundred dollars.
Secretary.For compensation to the secretary of the commissioners of the navy board, two thousand dollars.
Clerks, &c.For compensation to the clerks, draftsman and messenger, in the office of the commissioners of the navy board, eight thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses of the office of the commissioners of the navy board, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
Superintendent, &c. War and Navy Departments.For allowance to the superintendents and four watchmen, employed for the security of the records and buildings of the War and Navy Departments, and for incidental and contingent expenses, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
Building, &c.For erecting a building for the use of the War and Navy Departments, and for pavements connected therewith, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Assistant P. General.For compensation to the two assistant postmasters general, five thousand dollars.
Clerks, &c.For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the Postmaster General, forty-one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses of said office, seven thousand five hundred dollars.
Superintendents, &c.For superintendency of the buildings, making up blanks, and compensation to two watchmen and one labourer, sixteen hundred and forty dollars.
Surveyor general in Ohio, &c.For compensation to the surveyor general in Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, two thousand dollars.
Clerks.For compensation to the clerks in the office of said surveyor, two thousand one hundred dollars.
Surveyor south of Tennessee.For compensation to the surveyor south of Tennessee, two thousand dollars.
Clerks.For compensation to the clerks in the office of said surveyor, one thousand seven hundred dollars.
Surveyor in Illinois, &c.For compensation to the surveyor in Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas, two thousand dollars.
Clerks.For compensation to clerks in the office of said surveyor, two thousand dollars.
Surveyor in Alabama.For compensation to the surveyor in Alabama, two thousand dollars.
Clerks.For compensation to clerks in the office of said surveyor, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Surveyor in Florida.For compensation to the surveyor in Florida, two thousand dollars.
Clerks.For compensation to the clerks in the office of said surveyor, two thousand dollars.
Commissioner public buildings.For compensation to the commissioner of the public buildings in Washington city, two thousand dollars.
Officers and clerk of mint.For compensation to the officers and clerk of the mint, nine thousand six hundred dollars.
Assistants.For compensation to assistants in the several departments of the mint, including extra clerk hire and labourers, twelve thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses.For incidental and contingent expenses and repairs; cost of machinery; for allowance for wastage in gold and silver coinage of the mint, seven thousand and eighty dollars.
Governor, &c. of the Michigan territory.For compensation to the governor, judges, and secretary of the Michigan territory, seven thousand eight hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses of the Michigan territory, three hundred and fifty dollars.
Legislative council, &c.For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative council, pay of the officers of the council, fuel, stationery, and printing, including arrearages, eight thousand dollars.
Governor, &c. of the Arkansas territory.For compensation to the governor, judges, and secretary of the Arkansas territory, including an additional compensation to each judge, of eight hundred dollars, to twenty-sixth May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, nine thousand and ninety-two dollars and thirty cents.
Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses of the Arkansas territory, three hundred and fifty dollars.
Governor, &c. of Florida.For compensation to the governor, judges, and secretary of the Florida territory, ten thousand five hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses, and arrearages of such expenses, of the Florida territory, eight hundred and sixty-one dollars and eighty-eight cents.
Legislative council.For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative council, pay of officers and servants of the council, fuel, stationery, printing, and distribution of the laws, seven thousand seven hundred and sixteen dollars.
Legislative council.For the payment of the session of the legislative council of Florida, ending the twenty-fourth of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, and for arrearages from deficiencies of appropriation for the legislative council of Florida, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, and one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, eleven hundred and fifty dollars.
Judiciary.For compensation to the chief justice, the associate judges, and district judges of the United States, including the chief justice and associate judges of the District of Columbia, including additional compensation of judge of Missouri, to twenty-sixth of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, seventy-eight thousand seven hundred and twenty-three dollars.
Att’y Gen.For compensation to the attorney general of the United States, three thousand five hundred dollars.
Reporter of Supreme Court.For compensation to the reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court, one thousand dollars.
District attorneys and marshals.For compensation to the district attorneys and marshals, as granted by law, including those in the several territories, eleven thousand three hundred dollars.
Expenses of the Supreme, &c. Courts of the United States.For defraying the expenses of the Supreme, circuit, and district 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 year eighteen hundred and thirty, and preceding years; and, likewise, for defraying the expenses of suits in which the United States are concerned, and of prosecution, for offences, committed against the United States, and for the safe keeping of prisoners, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Pensions.For the payment of sundry pensions granted by the late and present governments, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Support of lighthouses.For the support and maintenance of lighthouses, floating lights, beacons, buoys, and stakeages, including the purchase of oil, keepers’ salaries, repairs and improvements, and contingent expenses, one hundred and eighty-six thousand and three dollars and thirteen cents.
Lighthouse on Whale’s Back.For building a lighthouse on a ledge of rocks called the Whale’s Back, in the harbour of Portsmouth, being the amount of an appropriation for that object, which was carried to the surplus fund on the thirty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Lighthouse on Cat Island.For building a lighthouse at Cat Island, in the Gulf of Mexico, being the amount of an appropriation for that object, which was carried to the surplus fund on the thirty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, five thousand dollars.
Beacon on Bass river.For erecting a beacon in the harbour at the mouth of Bass river, between the towns of Dennis and Yarmouth, in Massachusetts, being the amount of an appropriation for that object, which was carried to the surplus fund on the thirty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, one thousand dollars.
Pier at Buffalo, &. Act of May 18, 1826, ch. 73.For erecting a pier adjacent to the pier at Buffalo, in New York, and placing thereon the lighthouse authorized to be built at the east end of Lake Erie, by act of the eighteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, being the balance of an appropriation for that object, which was carried to the surplus fund on the thirty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, two thousand five hundred dollars.
Lighthouse, Roanoke Marshes. Act of March 2, 1827, ch. 47.For building a lighthouse at the south entrance of Roanoke Marshes, in North Carolina, in addition to the appropriation of five thousand dollars, made March second, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight [twenty-seven], five thousand dollars.
L. H. Passamaquoddy.For rebuilding the lighthouse at West Passamadquoddy Head, in Maine, eight thousand dollars.
Light-vessel, Carysfort reef.For building a light-vessel, to be placed on Carysfort reef, in the territory of Florida, the one heretofore stationed there having become so decayed as to be irreparable, twenty thousand dollars.
Surveying East Florida.For surveying private land claims in East Florida, eight thousand dollars.
Registers and receivers.For the salaries of registers and receivers of land offices, where there are no sales, two thousand dollars.
Keepers archives, Florida.For the salaries of two keepers of the public archives in Florida, one thousand dollars.
Stationery.For stationery and books for the offices of commissioners of loans, five hundred dollars.
Law agent, &c. Act of May 23, 1828, ch. 70.For allowance to the law agent, assistant counsel, and district attorney, under the act supplementary to the several acts providing for the settlement of private land claims in Florida, ​dated twenty-third of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, including contingencies, two thousand five hundred dollars.
Luigi Persico.For the second payment to Luigi Persico, for statues for the capitol, four thousand dollars.
Custom-house, &c. Portland.For finishing the custom-house and warehouse at Portland, Maine, and for repairing the wharf and clearing out the dock belonging to the same, two thousand one hundred dollars.
Miscellaneous claims.For the discharge of such miscellaneous claims against the United States, not otherwise provided for, as shall be ascertained and admitted in due course of settlement at the treasury, twelve thousand dollars.
Diplomatic salaries and outfits;For the salaries of the ministers of the United States to Great Britain, France, Spain, Russia, the Netherlands, and Colombia; for outfits of ministers of the United [States] to Great Britain, France, Spain, and Colombia, and a chargé d’affaires to Mexico; for outfits for chargé d’affaires to Sweden, Peru, and Guatemala; for the salaries of the chargé des affaires of the United States to Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Brazil, Buenos Ayres, Peru, Chili, Mexico, and Guatemala; for the salaries of the secretaries of legation;and contingent expenses. and for the contingent expenses of all the missions abroad, one hundred and eighty-four thousand five hundred dollars.
Agents for claims.For the salaries of the agents for claims at London and Paris, four thousand dollars.
Barbary intercourse.For the expenses of intercourse with the Barbary powers, thirty thousand dollars.
Relief, &c., Amer. seamen.For the relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, fifteen thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses.For the contingent expenses of foreign intercourse, thirty thousand dollars.
Surveying, &c. N. E. boundary.For surveying, printing, clerk hire, and other expenses, in relation to the north-eastern boundary agency, five thousand four hundred dollars.
Fifth census. 1829, ch. 24.For discharging the expense of taking the fifth enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in addition to the sum of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, appropriated for that purpose by the act of March second, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.
Publishing foreign correspondence of old Congress.For enabling the Secretary of State to execute a contract with Jared Sparks, of Boston, made by Henry Clay, late Secretary of State, for printing and publishing the foreign correspondence of the Congress of the United States, from the first meeting thereof to the ratification of the definitive treaty of peace, in one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, thirty-one thousand three hundred dollars.
Approved, March 18, 1830.