# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/24th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 60

Chap. LX.—An Act providing for the salaries of certain officers therein named, and for other purposes.
Translator State Department.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the translator of foreign languages and the librarian in the Department of State, shall receive a salary of sixteen hundred dollars.
Disbursing agents in do.That the disbursing agent in said Department be allowed a salary, of fourteen hundred and fifty dollars.
Secretary of Treasury to employ two clerks. 1835, ch. 48. 1842, ch. 202, § 5.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ two additional clerks, to enable him to carry into effect the provisions of the second section of the act of third of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, one at a salary of eleven hundred and fifty dollars, and the other at a salary of one thousand dollars.
Assistant messenger in Treasury, salary.That the assistant messenger in said Department be allowed the sum of six hundred and fifty dollars.
In office of First Comptroller.That the assistant messenger in the First Comptroller’s office be allowed the annual compensation of five hundred dollars.
Clerks and messengers in office of Commissioner of Pensions.For the employment of clerks and messengers for the office of the Commissioner of Pensions, in addition to those authorized by law, twelve thousand two hundred dollars.
Messenger, office of Indian Affairs.That the annual compensation of the messenger in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, be seven hundred dollars.
Additional clerk in Navy Board.That the Commissioners of the Navy Board be authorized to employ a clerk in addition to those authorized by law, at the sum of nine hundred dollars.
Surveyor General of Ohio, &c. to employ additional clerks.That the Surveyor General of Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, be authorized to employ two clerks at a sum not exceeding twenty-three hundred dollars, and that he be allowed the further sum of four thousand dollars for additional clerk hire.
Surveyor General of Illinois to employ, &c.That the Surveyor General of Illinois and Missouri be authorized to employ clerks at a sum not exceeding three thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars.
Surveyor General of Arkansas for clerk hire.That the Surveyor General of Arkansas be allowed the sum of two thousand eight hundred dollars, for clerk hire in his office.
Surveyor of Louisiana for clerk hire.That the Surveyor of Louisiana be allowed the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars for clerk hire in his office.
Surveyor General of Mississippi, clerk hire.That the Surveyor General of Mississippi be allowed the sum of five thousand dollars for clerk hire in his office.
Surveyor General of Alabama, clerk hire.That the Surveyor General of Alabama be allowed the sum of two thousand dollars for clerk hire in his office.
Surveyor General of Florida for clerks.That the Surveyor General of Florida be allowed the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars for clerks in his office.
Clerks to be employed in the Department of War. Proviso. Clerks in the Pension Office.That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized to employ, for the discharge of the various duties of the Department, the following clerks and messengers; one clerk at sixteen hundred dollars, and one clerk at fourteen hundred dollars; to be employed in the business of reservations and grants under Indian treaties: Provided, That the said clerks shall not be employed for a longer term than four years. Three clerks for the Pension office at one thousand dollars each, to be continued only during the present year.
In the Quartermaster General’s Office.Six clerks and one messenger, in the Quartermaster General’s office, whose compensation shall be as follows; one clerk at sixteen hundred dollars, one clerk at twelve hundred dollars, four clerks at one thousand dollars each, and one messenger at five hundred dollars, one clerk for the Ordnance Office at twelve hundred dollars, and four clerks at one thousand dollars each. ​One clerk in the Engineer Office at twelve hundred dollars, and one clerk at one thousand dollars. One clerk in the Commanding General’s office at one thousand dollars. Six clerks and one messenger in the Emigrating Indian Bureau attached to the Subsistence Department, whose compensation shall be as follows: one clerk at sixteen hundred dollars, one clerk at fourteen hundred dollars, one clerk at twelve hundred dollars, three clerks at one thousand dollars each, and one messenger at five hundred dollars;1812, ch. 46. 1812, ch. 92. Provided, That the authority claimed under the acts approved March twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and twelve, and May twenty-second eighteen hundred and twelve, or by any other act for the employment of non-commissioned officers, or the appointment of extra clerks in any of the offices of the War Department be, and the same are hereby repealed. Provided however, That where express appropriations are made by law, for the employment of clerks, such employment shall not be deemed to be extra, within the meaning of the above act.
Clerk in Topographical Bureau.For one clerk in the Topographical Bureau, one thousand dollars.
Superintendent of Indian Affairs, St. Louis, to employ two clerks.That the Superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis be authorized to employ two clerks in his office, and no more, one of which shall receive a compensation of one thousand, and the other of eight hundred dollars.
Superintendent south of Missouri to employ one.That the Superintendent of Indian Affairs south of the Missouri river be authorized to employ one clerk in his office who shall receive a compensation of one thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the salaries provided for in this act, and payable for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six, shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, May 9, 1836.