# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/5th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 25

Chap. XXV.—An Act making appropriations for the support of Government for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine.
Specific appropriations.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the expenditure of the civil list, including the contingent expenses of the several departments and officers; for defraying the compensations of clerks in the several loan offices, and for books and stationery for the same; for the payment of annuities and grants; for the support of the mint establishment; for the support of lighthouses, beacons, buoys and public piers; for the contingent expenses of government; for establishing and maintaining trading houses with the Indians, and for satisfying certain miscellaneous claims and expanses, the following sums be respectively appropriated; that is to say:
For the compensations granted by law to the President and Vice President of the United States, thirty thousand dollars.
For the like compensations to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, their officers and attendants, estimated for a session of six months continuance, one hundred and ninety thousand one hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For the expense of firewood, stationery, printing work, and all other contingent expenses of the two houses of Congress, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars.
For the compensations granted by law to the chief justice, associate judges, district judges and attorney general, district attornies and marshals, forty-seven thousand three hundred dollars.
For defraying the expense of clerks of courts, jurors and witnesses, in aid of the fund arising from fines, forfeitures and penalties; and likewise for defraying the expenses of prosecution for offences against the United States, and for safe keeping of prisoners, thirty thousand dollars.
For compensation to the Secretary of the Treasury, clerks and persons employed in his office, eleven thousand and fifty dollars.
For expense of stationery, printing, translating of foreign languages, allowance to persons employed in receiving and transmitting passports and sea letters, in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, eight hundred dollars.
For compensation to the Comptroller of the Treasury, clerks and persons employed in his office, twelve thousand seven hundred dollars.
For expense of stationery, printing and all other contingent expenses in the comptroller’s office, eight hundred dollars.
For compensation to the Auditor of the Treasury, clerks and persons employed in his office, eleven thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
For expense of stationery, printing and all other contingent expenses in the office of the auditor, seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For compensation to the Treasurer, clerks and persons employed in his office, five thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.
For expenses of firewood, stationery, printing, rent and all other contingencies in the treasurer’s office, six hundred dollars.
Specific appropriations.For expense of stationery, printing and all other contingent expenses in the office of the Commissioner of the Revenue, four hundred dollars.
For compensation to the Register of the Treasury, clerks and persons employed in his office, sixteen thousand and twenty-five dollars.
For expense of stationery, printing and all other contingent expenses in the register’s office (including books for the public stocks and for the arrangement of the marine papers), two thousand eight hundred dollars.
For compensation to the Purveyor of Public Supplies, two thousand dollars; and five hundred dollars for a clerk.
For compensation to the Secretary of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, two hundred and fifty dollars.
For the payment of rent for the several houses employed in the Treasury department (except the treasurer’s office) two thousand seven hundred and thirty dollars and sixty-six cents.
For the expense of firewood and candles in the several offices of the Treasury department, (except the treasurer’s office,) three thousand five hundred dollars.
For defraying the expense incident to the stating and printing the public accounts for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, (including an increase of two hundred dollars, in consequence of an extension of the revenue and expenditures,) one thousand two hundred dollars.
For defraying the expense incident to the removal of the books and records of the Treasury department from Philadelphia to Trenton, during part of the summer of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, including the extra expenses of the several officers, clerks and messengers in each office, four thousand four hundred dollars.
For compensations to the several loan officers, thirteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
For the expense incident to the removal of the loan office of Pennsylvania, from Philadelphia, during part of the summer of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, including the extra expenses of the clerks in the said office, one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and seventy cents.
For compensations to the clerks to the Commissioners of Loans, and an allowance to certain loan officers in lieu of clerk hire, and to defray the authorized expenses of the several loan officers, thirteen thousand dollars.
For compensation to the Secretary of State, clerks and persons employed in that department, eleven thousand three hundred dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses in the said department, eight thousand five hundred dollars.
For the expense incident to the removal of the department of State from Philadelphia to Trenton, during part of the summer of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, including the extra expenses of the Secretary for the department, the clerks and messengers therein, four hundred and forty-one dollars and thirty-five cents.
For compensations to the following 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 coiner, 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 at five hundred dollars each, one thousand dollars.
Specific appropriations.For the purchase of ironmongery, lead, wood, coals, stationery, office furniture, and for all other contingencies of the establishment of the mint, six thousand three hundred dollars.
For compensation to the Secretary of War, clerks and persons employed in his office, eleven thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.
For expense of firewood, stationery, printing, rent, and other contingent expenses in the office of the Secretary of War, two thousand dollars.
For compensation to the Accountant of the War department, clerks and persons employed in his office, ten thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.
For contingent expenses in the office of the Accountant of the War department, one thousand dollars.
For the expense incident to the removal of the War department from Philadelphia to Trenton, during part of the summer of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, including the extra expenses of the Secretary for the department, the accountant, clerks and messengers in each office, three thousand two hundred and twenty-two dollars and forty-three cents.
For compensation to the Secretary of the Navy, clerks and persons employed in his office, nine thousand and fifty-five dollars.
For expense of firewood, stationery, printing, rent, and all other contingencies in the office of the Secretary of the Navy, two thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.
For expense of removing the department of the Navy, from Philadelphia to Trenton, during part of the summer of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, including the extra expenses of the clerks and messengers in the offices of the Secretary and Accountant for the department, four hundred and twenty-seven dollars and forty-eight cents.
For compensation to the Accountant of the Navy, clerks and persons employed in his office, nine thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
For contingent expenses in the office of the Accountant of the Navy, seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For compensation to the keeper of the navy store, and his assistant; laborers employed in the store, porterage, and store rent, three thousand eight hundred dollars.
For compensation to the Surveyor General, two thousand dollars.
For compensation to the assistant surveyors, chain carriers, axe men, and other persons employed, stationery, and other contingent expenses in the Surveyor General’s department (in addition to former appropriations) nine thousand five hundred and nineteen dollars.
For compensation to the governor, secretary and judges of the territory northwest of the Ohio, five thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
For expenses of stationery, printing patents for land, office rent and other contingent expenses in the said territory, three hundred and fifty dollars.
For compensation to the governor of the Mississippi territory, and for discharging the duties of superintendent of Indian affairs, during part of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, one thousand three hundred and two dollars and nineteen cents.
For compensation to the secretary of the Mississippi territory, and for discharging the duties of secretary during part of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, four hundred and eighty-eight dollars and thirty-three cents.
For compensation to the three judges of the Mississippi territory, during part of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, one thousand four hundred and forty-eight dollars and thirty-six cents.
For compensation to the governor, secretary and judges of the ​Specific appropriations.Mississippi territory, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, five thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
For the expenses of stationery, office rent, printing patents for land, and other contingent expenses of the government of the Mississippi territory (including eight months of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight) five hundred and eighty-three dollars and thirty-three cents.
For the discharge of such miscellaneous demands against the United States, on account of the civil department, not otherwise provided for, as shall have been admitted in a due course of settlement at the treasury, and which are of a nature, according to the usage thereof, to require payment in specie, one thousand dollars.
For the payment of sundry pensions granted by the late government, nine hundred and fifty-three dollars and thirty-three cents.
For the annual allowance to the widow and orphan children of Colonel John Harding, and to the orphan children of Major Alexander Trueman, by the act of Congress of the twenty-seventh of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, three hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For the maintenance and support of lighthouses, beacons, buoys and public piers, and stakeage of channels, bars and shoals, and for occasional improvement in the construction of lanterns and lamps, and materials used in them, including an allowance for the increased number of lighthouses, forty-four thousand two hundred and eighty-one dollars and eight cents.
For defraying the contingent expenses of the government (the amount of former appropriations unexpended being carried to the credit of the surplus fund) twenty thousand dollars.
For the establishment and maintenance of trading houses with the Indians (the balance unexpended of a former appropriation being carried to the credit of the surplus fund) one hundred and ten thousand dollars.
For the discharge of such miscellaneous demands against the United States, not otherwise provided for, as shall have been admitted, in a due course of settlement at the treasury, and which are of a nature, according to the usage thereof, to require payment in specie, four thousand dollars.
For compensation to the Postmaster General, assistant Postmaster General, clerks and persons employed in the Postmaster General’s office, eight thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
For expense of firewood, stationery, printing, rent and other contingent expenses, in the office of the Postmaster General, two thousand dollars.
Out of what funds the appropriations are to be paid. Ante, p. 138.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations herein before made, shall be paid and discharged out of the fund of six hundred thousand dollars, reserved by the act “making provision for the debt of the United States,” together with so much as may be necessary of the proceeds of the duties on imports, and the tonnage of ships and vessels, and the duties on domestic distilled spirits and stills, which shall accrue until the close of the present year.
Approved, March 2, 1799.