# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 13/38th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 73

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Chap. LXXIII.—An Act making Appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and additional Appropriations for the current fiscal Year.
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,Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation. out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, namely:
Legislative. Pay and mileage of senators, officers, clerks, &c. Legislative.—For compensation and mileage of senators, two hundred and forty-seven thousand four hundred and thirty dollars.
For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others receiving an annual salary in the service of the Senate, viz: secretary of the Senate, three thousand six hundred dollars; officer charged with disbursements of the Senate, four hundred and eighty dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; principal clerk and principal executive clerk in the office of the secretary of the Senate, at two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars each; eight clerks in office of the secretary of the Senate, at one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars each; keeper of the stationery, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-two dollars; two messengers, at one thousand and eighty dollars each; one page, at five hundred dollars; sergeant-at-arms and doorkeeper, two thousand dollars; assistant doorkeeper, one thousand seven hundred dollars; postmaster to the Senate, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; assistant postmaster and mail-carrier, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; two mail-boys, at one thousand dollars each; superintendent of the document room, one thousand five hundred dollars; two assistants in document room, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; superintendent of the folding-room, one thousand five hundred dollars; two messengers, acting as assistant doorkeepers, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; seventeen messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; clerk or secretary to the president of the Senate, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-two dollars; clerk to the committee on finance, one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars; clerk to the committee on claims, one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars; clerk of printing records, one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars; superintendent in charge of the furnaces, one ​thousand two hundred dollars; assistant in charge of furnaces, seven hundred and twenty dollars; laborer in charge of private passages, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two laborers, at five hundred and seventy-six dollars each; chaplain to the Senate, seven hundred and fifty dollars; making seventy-nine thousand six hundred and forty-six dollars.
Contingent expenses. For contingent expenses of the Senate, viz:
Stationery. For stationery, seventeen thousand dollars.
Newspapers. For newspapers, three thousand dollars.
Congressional Globe. For Congressional Globe, thirty-five thousand dollars.
For reporting proceedings in the Daily Globe for the first session of the thirty-ninth congress, twenty thousand dollars.
Globe and Appendix. For paying the publishers of the Congressional Globe and Appendix, according to the number of copies taken, one cent for every five pages exceeding three thousand, including the indexes and the laws of the United States, twelve thousand nine hundred dollars.
Sets to new senators. For one complete set of the Congressional Globe and Appendix for each senator in the thirty-ninth congress who has not already received them, six thousand eight hundred dollars: Provided, however, That any senator who has already as a member of the House of Representatives received a portion of a set of the Congressional Globe, shall only be entitled to receive as such senator the additional volumes required to complete one full set.
Additional compensation to reporters. For the usual additional compensation to the reporters of the Senate for the Congressional Globe for reporting the proceedings of the Senate for the first regular session of the thirty-ninth congress, eight hundred dollars each, four thousand dollars.
Clerks to committees, &c. For clerks to committees, pages, horses, and carryalls, eighteen thousand dollars.
Capitol police. For capitol police, nineteen thousand one hundred and seventy dollars.
Heating and ventilating. For expenses of heating and ventilating apparatus, sixteen thousand dollars.
Miscellaneous. For miscellaneous items, thirty thousand dollars.
Pay and mileage of representatives, &c.; For compensation and mileage of members of the House of Representatives and delegates from territories, three hundred thousand dollars.
officers, clerks, &c. For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others receiving an annual salary in the service of the House of Representatives, viz: clerk of the House of Representatives, three thousand six hundred dollars; chief clerk and one assistant clerk, at two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars each; eleven clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; principal messenger in the office, at four dollars and eighty cents per day, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-two dollars; three messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; messenger to the speaker, at four dollars and eighty cents per day, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-two dollars; clerk to the committee of ways and means, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; clerk to the committee of claims, one thousand eight hundred dollars; clerk to committee on public lands, one thousand eight hundred dollars; sergeant-at-arms, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; clerk to the sergeant-at-arms, one thousand eight hundred dollars; messenger to the sergeant-at-arms, one thousand two hundred dollars; postmaster, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; assistant postmaster, one thousand seven hundred and forty dollars; four messengers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; two mail-boys, at nine hundred dollars each; capitol police, nineteen thousand one hundred and seventy dollars; doorkeeper, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; superintendent of the folding-room, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two messengers, at one thousand seven hundred and fifty-two dollars each; one messenger, at one thousand seven ​hundred and forty dollars; five messengers, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; six messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; twelve messengers, to be employed during the session of congress, at the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars each per annum; chaplain to the House of Representatives, seven hundred and fifty dollars; making one hundred and nine thousand four hundred and twenty-eight dollars.
Contingent expenses of House.
For contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, viz:
Cartage. For cartage, two thousand dollars.
Congressional Globe and Appendix. For twenty-four copies of the Congressional Globe and Appendix for each member and delegate of the first regular session of the thirty-ninth congress, and one hundred copies of the same for the House library, twenty-nine thousand four hundred dollars.
Clerks to committees, &c., and temporary clerks. For the compensation of clerks to committees, and temporary clerks in the office of the clerk of the House of Representatives, eighteen thousand five hundred and seventy-six dollars.
For paying the publishers of the Congressional Globe and Appendix, according to the number of copies taken,Globe and Appendix. one cent for every five pages exceeding three thousand, including the indexes and the laws of the United States, ten thousand nine hundred dollars.
For one complete set of the Congressional Globe and Appendix for each representative and delegateSets to new members. in the first session of the thirty-ninth congress, who has not already received the same, twenty-three thousand dollars.
Folding. For folding documents, including materials, thirty thousand dollars.
Fuel, lights, &c. For fuel and lights, pay of engineers, firemen, and laborers, repairs, and materials, fifteen thousand dollars.
Furniture, &c. For furniture, repairs, and packing-boxes for members, ten thousand dollars.
Horses, carriages, &c. For horses, carriages, and saddle-horses, nine thousand dollars.
Laborers. For laborers, eight thousand four hundred dollars.
Miscellaneous. For miscellaneous items, thirty thousand dollars.
Newspapers. For newspapers, one thousand dollars.
Pages, &c. For pages and temporary mail-boys, ten thousand and eighty dollars.
Reporting, &c., in Daily Globe. For reporting and publishing proceedings in the Daily Globe, at seven dollars and fifty cents per column, twenty thousand dollars.
Stationery. For stationery, twelve thousand dollars.
Additional pay to reporters. For the usual additional compensation to the reporters of the House for the Congressional Globe, for reporting the proceedings of the House for the first regular session of the thirty-ninth congress, eight hundred dollars each, four thousand eight hundred dollars.
Tiling of floor of old House. For completing the tiling of the floor of the old hall of representatives, under the same authority that the work has already been done, three thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Public printing. Pay of superintendent, &c. Public Printing.—For compensation of the superintendent of the public printing, and the clerks and messenger in his office, nine thousand seven hundred and fourteen dollars.
Contingencies. For contingent expenses of his office, viz: For stationery, postage, advertising, furniture, travelling expenses, horses and wagons, and miscellaneous items, two thousand dollars.
Additions to printing-office. For addition to the public printing-office and the necessary presses, machinery, and fixtures, sixty-one thousand dollars; so much thereof to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior as may be necessary for the erection of said addition.
Public printing. For the public printing, three hundred and thirty-nine thousand four hundred and sixty-five dollars and fifty cents.
Paper for printing. For paper for the public printing, six hundred and twenty-nine thousand and forty dollars.
Binding. For the public binding, three hundred and seventy-three thousand seven hundred and ten dollars and twenty-four cents.
​Mapping. For mapping in cases pending in the supreme court of the United States, five thousand dollars.
Lithographing and engraving. For lithographing and engraving for the Senate and House of Representatives, seventy-five thousand dollars.
Library of congress. Library of Congress.—For compensation of librarian, three assistant librarians, messenger, and laborers, ten thousand eight hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of said library, two thousand dollars.
Books. For purchase of books for said library, eight thousand dollars.
Law books. For purchase of law books for said library, two thousand dollars.
Enlargement of library building. For an enlargement of the library of congress, so as to include in two wings, built fire-proof, the space at either end of the present library, measuring about eighty feet in length by thirty feet in width, in accordance with a plan to be approved by the committee on the library, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.
Court of claims. Court of Claims.—For salaries of five judges of the court of claims, the solicitor, assistant solicitor, deputy solicitor, clerk and assistant clerk, bai1iff, and messenger thereof, thirty-six thousand three hundred dollars.
For stationery, books, fuel, lights, laborers' hire, and other contingent and miscellaneous expenses, three thousand dollars.
Attorneys. For compensation of attorneys to attend to taking testimony, witnesses, and commissioners, one thousand dollars.
Executive. President and Vice-President. Executive.—For compensation of the President of the United States, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For compensation of the Vice-President of the United States, eight thousand dollars.
Secretary, &c. For compensation of secretary to sign patents for public lands, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For compensation to the private secretary, steward, and messenger of the President of the United States, four thousand six hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses. For contingent expenses of the executive office, including stationery therefor, two thousand dollars.
State Department. Pay of secretary, &c. Department of State.—For compensation of the Secretary of State and assistant secretary of state, chief clerk, superintendent of statistics, clerks, messenger, assistant messenger, and laborers in his office, fifty-eight thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.
Contingent expenses. For the incidental and contingent Expenses of the Department of State. For publishing the laws in pamphlet form and in newspapers of the states and territories, and in the city of Washington, seventeen thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
Proof-reading, &c. For proof-reading and packing the laws and documents for the various legations and consulates, including boxes and transportation of the same, three thousand five hundred dollars.
Stationery, &c. For stationery, blank books, binding, furniture, fixtures, and repairs, five thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous items, two thousand five hundred dollars.
Copper-plate printing, &c. For copper-plate printing, books, and maps, five thousand dollars.
Extra clerk-hire. For extra clerk-hire and copying, ten thousand dollars.
Northeast executive building. For compensation of four watchmen and two laborers of the northeast executive building, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.
For contingent expenses of said building, viz: for fuel, light, repairs, and miscellaneous expenses, five thousand five hundred dollars.
Capitalization of Scheldt dues. For the payment of the first annual instalment of the proportion contributed by the United States toward the capitalization of the Scheldt dues,—to fulfil the stipulations contained in the fourth article of the convention between the United States and Belgium, of the twentieth of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, the sum of fifty-five thousand five hundred and eighty-four dollars, in coin, and such further sum as may be necessary to carry out the stipulation of the convention providing for the ​payment of interest on the said sum and on the portion of the principal remaining unpaid.
Treasury Department. Pay of secretary and assistants. Treasury Department.—For compensation of the Secretary of the Treasury, two assistant secretaries of the treasury, chief clerk, supervising architect and assistant architect, clerks, messengers, assistant messenger, and laborers, one hundred and eighteen thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.
1st comptroller. For compensation of the first comptroller, chief clerk, and the clerks, messenger, and laborers in his office, forty-three thousand seven hundred and forty dollars.
2d comptroller. For compensation of the second comptroller, chief clerk, and the clerks, messenger, assistant messenger, and laborer in his office, including three clerks of class four, three clerks of class three, three clerks of class two, three clerks of class one, twelve clerks at an annual salary of seven hundred and twenty dollars each,Additonal clerks authorized. and one laborer at an annual salary of seven hundred and twenty dollars, who are hereby authorized to be appointed, one hundred and thirty-four thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.
1st auditor. For compensation of the first auditor, chief clerk, and the clerks, messenger, assistant messenger, and laborer in his office, forty-eight thousand three hundred and sixty dollars.
2d auditor. For compensation of the second auditor, chief clerk, and the clerks, messenger, assistant messengers, and laborers in his office, including three clerks of class four, twenty clerks of class three,Additional clerks and laborers authorized. forty clerks of class two, seventy of class one, one assistant messenger at eight hundred and forty dollars per annum, and three laborers at seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum, each, who are hereby authorized to be appointed, five hundred and eighteen thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars.
3d auditor. Additional clerks, &c., authorized. For compensation of the third auditor, chief clerk, and the clerks, messengers, assistant messengers, and laborers in his office, including five clerks of class four, fifteen clerks of class three, thirty clerks of class two, and fifty clerks of class one, who are hereby authorized to be appointed, three hundred and eighty-four thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.
4th auditor. For compensation of the fourth auditor, chief clerk, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger, and laborer in his office, one hundred and ten thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars.
5th auditor. For compensation of the fifth auditor, chief clerk, and the clerks, messenger, and laborer in his office, forty-eight thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.
Auditor for P.-O. Department. For compensation of the auditor of the treasury for the Post-Office Department, and the clerks, messenger, assistant messenger, and laborers in his office, one hundred and ninety-three thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.
Treasurer. For compensation of the treasurer of the United States, assistant treasurer, cashier, assistant cashier, chiefs of division, bookkeepers, tellers, assistant tellers, chief clerk, and the clerks, messenger, assistant messengers, and laborers in his office, one hundred and sixty-nine thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.
Register. For compensation of the register of the treasury, assistant register, chief clerk, and the clerks, messengers, assistant messenger, and laborers in his office, ninety-one thousand five hundred and twenty dollars.
Solicitor. For compensation of the solicitor of the treasury, chief clerk, and the clerks and messenger in his office, eighteen thousand five hundred dollars.
Commissioner of customs. For compensation of the commissioner of customs, chief clerk, and the clerks, messenger, and laborer in his office, forty thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.
Light-house board. For compensation of the chief clerk, clerks, messenger, and laborer of the light-house board, nine thousand five hundred and twenty dollars.
For compensation of the comptroller of the currency, deputy comp​troller,Comptroller of the currency. clerks, messenger, and laborer, sixty-four thousand nine hundred and forty dollars.
Contingent expenses of Treasury Department; in office of the secretary. Contingent Expenses of the Treasury Department.—
In the office of the Secretary of the Treasury:
For copying, labor, binding, sealing ships' registers, translating foreign languages, advertising, and extra clerk-hire for preparing and collecting information to be laid before congress, and for miscellaneous items, fifty thousand dollars.
Pay of temporary clerks. Clerks may be classified, &c. For compensation to temporary clerks in the Treasury Department, and for additional compensation to clerks in same department: Provided, That the temporary clerks herein provided for may be classified according to the character of their services; And provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury may award such additionalAdditional pay prior to July 1, 1866. compensation to clerks as in his judgment may be deemed just and may be required by the public service, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars; but the said secretary shall not have the authority to award any such additional compensation to such clerks after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
Contingent expenses in office of 1st comptroller;
In the office of the first comptroller:
For furniture, public documents, state and territorial statutes, postage, and miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars.
of 2d comptroller;
In the office of the second comptroller:
For furniture and miscellaneous items, including subscription to one city newspaper, to be bound and preserved for the use of the office, four thousand dollars.
of 1st auditor;
In the office of the first auditor:
For office furniture and miscellaneous items, one thousand five hundred dollars.
of 2d auditor;
In the office of the second auditor:
For office furniture and miscellaneous items, including two of the city newspapers, to be filed and preserved for the use of the office, twenty-five thousand dollars.
of 3d auditor;
In the office of the third auditor:
For office furniture, carpeting, two newspapers, preserving files and papers, bounty-land service, and miscellaneous items, fifteen thousand dollars.
of 4th auditor;
In the office of the fourth auditor:
For contingent expenses of the office, three thousand dollars.
of 5th auditor;
In the office of the fifth auditor:
For postage, furniture, and miscellaneous expenses, in which are included two daily newspapers, two thousand dollars.
of treasurer;
In the office of the treasurer:
For contingent expenses of the office, ten thousand dollars.
of register;
In the office of the register:
For arranging and binding cancelled marine papers, cases for official papers and records, and miscellaneous items, including office furniture, eight thousand dollars.
of solicitor;
Office of the solicitor of the treasury:
For labor and miscellaneous items, and for statutes and reports, two thousand two hundred dollars.
of commissioner of customs;
Office of the commissioner of customs:
For miscellaneous items and office furniture, three thousand dollars.
of comptroller of currency.
Office of the comptroller of the currency:
Furniture. For furniture and miscellaneous items, five thousand dollars.
Stationery. For stationery for the Treasury Department and its several bureaus, one hundred thousand dollars.
Southeast executive building. For the general purposes of the Southeast Executive Building, including the extension.—For compensation of twelve watchmen and eleven laborers of the southeast executive building, sixteen thousand five hundred and sixty dollars.
​For contingent expenses of said building, viz: for fuel, light, labor, and miscellaneous items, seventy-five thousand dollars.
Department of Interior. Pay of secretary, &c.; Department of the Interior.—For compensation of the Secretary of the Interior, assistant secretary, chief clerk, and the clerks, messenger, assistant messengers, watchmen, and laborers in his office, forty-eight thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.
of commissioner of general land-office; For compensation of the commissioner of the general land-office, chief clerk, recorder, draughtsman, assistant draughtsman, clerks, messengers, assistant messengers, packers, watchmen, and laborers in his office, one hundred and seventy-eight thousand two hundred dollars.
of additional clerks; 1855, ch. 207. Vol. x. p. 701. Proviso. For compensation of additional clerks in the general land-office, under the act of third March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, granting bounty land, and for laborers employed therein, fifty-eight thousand six hundred and forty dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior, at his discretion, shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to use any portion of said appropriation for piece-work, or by the day, week, month, or year, at such rate or rates as he may deem just and fair, not exceeding a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum.
of commissioner of Indian affairs; For compensation of the commissioner of Indian affairs, chief clerk, and the clerks, messenger, assistant messenger, watchmen, and laborer in his office, thirty-two thousand six hundred dollars.
of commissioner of pensions; For compensation of the commissioner of pensions, chief clerk, and the clerks, messengers assistant messengers, watchman, and laborers in his office, two hundred and sixteen thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.
additional clerks; Proviso. For additional clerks in the pension office, twenty-one thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior, at his discretion, shall be, and is hereby, authorized to use any portion of said appropriation for piece-work, or by the day, week, month, or year, at such rate or rates as he may deem just and fair, not exceeding a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum.
of commissioner of public buildings. For compensation of the commissioner of public buildings, and the clerk and messenger in his office, four thousand two hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses. Contingent Expenses—Department of the Interior.—
Office of the Secretary of the Interior:
Office of Secretary. For stationery, furniture, and other contingencies, and for books and maps for the library, seven thousand dollars.
Patent office. For repairs of the patent-office building, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.
Distributing documents. Vol. xi. p. 253. 1859, ch. 22. Vol. xi. p. 379. For expenses of packing and distributing congressional journals and documents, in pursuance of the provisions contained in the joint resolution of congress, approved twenty-eighth January, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and act fifth February, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, six thousand dollars.
Fuel and lights. For fuel and lights for the patent-office building, including the salaries of engineer and assistant engineer of the furnaces, eighteen thousand dollars.
Office of Indian affairs;
Office of Indian Affairs:
For blank books, binding, stationery, and miscellaneous items, including two of the daily city newspapers, to be filed, bound, and preserved for the use of the office, four thousand dollars.
of commissioner of pensions;
Office of the Commissioner of Pensions:
For stationery, engraving, and retouching plates for bounty land warrants, and binding the same, office furniture, and repairing the same, and miscellaneous items, including two city daily newspapers, to be filed, bound, and preserved for the use of the office, fifteen thousand dollars.
of commissioner of public buildings.
Office of the Commissioner of Public Buildings:
For stationery, blank books, plans, drawings, and other contingent expenses of his office, five hundred dollars.
Surveyors-General and their Clerks.—For compensation of the sur​veyor-generalSurveyors-general and their clerks. of Wisconsin and Iowa, and the clerks in his office, eight thousand three hundred dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor general of Minnesota, and the clerks in his office, eight thousand three hundred dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor-general of the Territories of Dakota and Montana, and the clerks in his office, eight thousand three hundred dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor-general of Kansas and Nebraska, and the clerks in his office, eight thousand three hundred dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor-general of the Territories of Colorado, Utah and Idaho, and the clerks in his office, seven thousand dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor-general of New Mexico and Arizona, and the clerks in his office, seven thousand dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor-general of California and Nevada, and the clerks in his office, fourteen thousand dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor-general of Oregon, and the clerks in his office, six thousand five hundred dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor-general of Washington Territory, and the clerks in his office, six thousand five hundred dollars.
For compensation of the clerks in the offices of the surveyors-general, to be apportioned to them according to the exigencies of the public service, and to be employed in transcribing field-notes of surveys, for the purpose of preserving them at the seat of government, ten thousand dollars.
Recorder of land-titles in Missouri. For compensation of recorder of land-titles in Missouri, five hundred dollars.
Translator. For compensation of translator in the office of surveyor-general of New Mexico and Arizona, two thousand dollars.
For rent of surveyor-general's office in Oregon, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, including pay of messenger, seven hundred dollars.
For rent of the surveyor-general's office in California, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, including pay of messenger, six thousand dollars.
For office-rent for the surveyor-general of Washington Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars.
for office-rent of the surveyor-general of Kansas and Nebraska, fuel, and incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For rent of surveyor-general's office in the Territory of Dakota, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, six hundred dollars.
For rent of office for the surveyor-general of Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and Idaho Territories, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars.
For the pay of the wages of one clerk in the consolidated land-office at Des Moines, Iowa, one thousand dollars.
Expenses of courts of the United States, safe-keeping of prisoners, and prosecution of crime. [Expenses of Courts of the United States.]—For defraying the expenses of the supreme court and district courts of the United States, including the District of Columbia, and also for jurors and witnesses, in aid of funds arising from fines, penalties, and forfeitures, in the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and previous years, and likewise for defraying the expenses of suits in which the United States are concerned, and of prosecutions for offences committed against the United States, and for the safe-keeping of prisoners, seven hundred thousand dollars, and the unexpended balances of appropriations for the judiciary fund shall return into the treasury.
War Department. Pay of secretary, &c. War Department.—For compensation of the Secretary of War, assistant secretaries of war, solicitor, chief clerk, and the clerks, messenger, assistant messengers, and laborer in his office, sixty-four thousand and sixty dollars.
​Office of adjutant-general; For compensation of the clerks and messengers in the office of the adjutant-general, two hundred and twenty-four thousand four hundred dollars.
of quartermaster-general; For compensation of the clerks, messengers, assistant messengers, and laborers in the office of the quartermaster-general, three hundred and ninety-five thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.
of paymaster-general; For compensation of the clerks and messengers in the office of the paymaster-general, two hundred and nine thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.
of commissary-general; For compensation of the clerks, messenger, and laborers in the office of the commissary-general, eighty-six thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.
of surgeon-general; For compensation of the clerks, messenger, and laborer in the office of the surgeon-general, forty-four thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.
of chief engineer; For compensation of the clerks, messengers, and laborer in the office of the chief engineer, twenty-nine thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.
of colonel of ordnance; For compensation of the clerks and messenger in the office of the colonel of ordnance, one hundred and seventy-three thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.
of military justice. For compensation of the clerks in the office of military justice, seven thousand two hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses. Contingent Expenses of the War Department.—
Office of Secretary of War;
Office of the Secretary of War:
For blank books, stationery, labor, books, maps, extra clerk-hire, and miscellaneous items, twenty thousand dollars.
of adjutant-general;
Office of the Adjutant-General:
For blank books, stationery, binding, and miscellaneous items, twenty-five thousand dollars.
of quartermaster-general;
Office of the Quartermaster-General:
For blank books, stationery, binding, and miscellaneous items, twenty thousand dollars.
of paymaster-general;
Office of the Paymaster-General:
For blank books, stationery, binding, and miscellaneous items, ten thousand dollars.
of commissary-general;
Office of the Commissary-General:
For blank books, stationery, and binding, including rent of office and hire of watchmen, twenty thousand dollars.
of chief engineer;
Office of the Chief Engineer:
For blank books, stationery, binding, and miscellaneous items, three thousand five hundred dollars.
of surgeon-general;
Office of the Surgeon-General:
For blank books, stationery, binding, and miscellaneous items, including rent of office, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.
of chief of ordnance;
Office of the Chief of Ordnance:
For blank books, stationery, binding, and miscellaneous items, ten thousand dollars.
of military justice.
Office of Military Justice:
For blank books, stationery, binding, and miscellaneous items, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Northwest executive building. For the general purposes of the Northwest Executive Building.—For compensation of superintendent, four watchmen, and two laborers of the northwest executive building, four thousand five hundred and seventy dollars.
Labor, fuel, &c For labor, fuel, light, and miscellaneous items, twenty thousand dollars.
Building corner F and Seventeenth Streets. For the general purposes of the Building corner of F and Seventeenth Streets.—For compensation of superintendent, four watchmen, and two laborers for said building, four thousand five hundred and seventy dollars.
For fuel, compensation of firemen, and miscellaneous items, six thousand dollars.
​Building corner F and Fifteenth Streets. For the general purposes of the Building corner of F and Fifteenth Streets.—For superintendent, watchmen, rent, fuel, lights, and miscellaneous items, fifteen thousand dollars.
Navy Department. Pay of secretary, &c. Additional clerks, &c., authorized. Navy Department.—For compensation of the Secretary of the Navy, assistant secretary of the navy, chief clerk, and the clerks, messenger, assistant messenger, and laborers in his office, including four clerks of class four, and one laborer, at an annual salary of seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum, which are hereby authorized to be appointed, fifty-five thousand eight hundred dollars.
Bureau of yards and docks; For compensation of the chief of the bureau of navy-yards and docks, and the civil engineer, chief clerk, clerks, messenger, and laborers in his office, nineteen thousand six hundred and forty dollars.
of equipment and recruiting; For compensation of the chief of the bureau of equipment and recruiting, chief clerk, and the clerks, messenger, and laborer in his office, including one clerk of class three, and one clerk of class one, which are hereby authorized to be appointed,Additional clerks authorized. sixteen thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.
of navigation; For compensation of the chief of the bureau of navigation, chief clerk, and the clerks, messenger, and laborer in his office, ten thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.
of ordnance; For compensation of the chief of the bureau of ordnance, and the assistant, chief clerk, clerks, draughtsman, messenger, and laborers in his office, nineteen thousand one hundred and ninety-six dollars.
of construction and repair; For compensation of the chief of the bureau of construction and repair, chief clerk, and the clerks, draughtsman, messenger, and laborer in his office, including one additional temporary clerk of class two, which is hereby authorized to be appointed,Additional clerks authorized. eighteen thousand and twenty dollars.
of steam engineering; For compensation of the chief of the bureau of steam engineering, chief clerk, and the clerks, draughtsmen, messenger, and laborer in his office, eleven thousand and twenty dollars.
of provisions and clothing; For compensation of the chief of the bureau of provisions and clothing, chief clerk, and the clerks, messenger, and laborers, twenty-four thousand six hundred and twenty dollars.
of medicine and surgery. For compensation of the chief of the bureau of medicine and surgery, assistant, and the clerks, messenger, and laborer in his office, ten thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars.
Contingent expenses. Incidental and contingent Expenses of the Navy Department.—
Office of Secretary of Navy.
Office of the Secretary of the Navy:
For stationery, labor, newspapers, periodicals, and miscellaneous items, five thousand dollars.
Bureau of yards and docks;
Bureau of Yards and Docks:
For stationery, books, plans, drawings, and incidental labor, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
of equipment and recruiting;
Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting:
For stationery, books, and miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars.
of navigation;
Bureau of Navigation:
For stationery, blank books, and miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars.
of ordnance;
Bureau of Ordnance:
For stationery and miscellaneous items, two thousand dollars.
of construction and repair;
Bureau of Construction and Repair:
For stationery and miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars.
of steam engineering;
Bureau of Steam Engineering:
For stationery and miscellaneous items, two thousand five hundred dollars.
of provisions and clothing.
Bureau of Provisions and Clothing:
For stationery and miscellaneous items, one thousand five hundred dollars.
​Bureau of medicine and surgery.
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery:
For blank books, stationery, and miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars.
Southwest executive building. For the general purposes of the Southwest Executive Building.—For compensation of five watchmen and two laborers of the southwest executive building, four thousand seven hundred and fifty-two dollars.
For contingent expenses of said building, viz:
For labor, fuel, lights, and miscellaneous items, six thousand five hundred dollars.
Post-Office Department. Post-Office Department.—For compensation of the Postmaster-General, three assistant postmasters-general, chief clerk, and the clerks, messenger, assistant messengers, watchmen, and laborers of said department, one hundred and sixty thousand three hundred and sixty dollars.
For compensation of twenty-five additional clerks, twenty thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses of Post-Office Department. Contingent Expenses of the Post-Office Department.—For blank books, binding, and stationery, fuel for the general post-office building, including the auditor's office, oil, gas, and candles, printing, repair of the general post-office building, office furniture, glazing, painting, whitewashing, and for keeping the fireplaces and furnaces in order; for engineer for steam-engine, laborers, watchmen, repairs of furniture, and for miscellaneous items, forty thousand dollars.
Money-order bureau. Money-Order Bureau.—For compensation of superintendent and the clerks in his office, seven thousand five hundred dollars.
Department of agriculture. Department of Agriculture.—For compensation of commissioner of agriculture, chief clerk, and the clerks and employees in his office, thirty-nine thousand six hundred dollars.
Contingencies. For contingencies, viz: For stationery, purchase of library, laboratory, rent, and miscellaneous items, seven thousand five hundred dollars.
Agricultural statistics. For collecting agricultural statistics, twenty thousand dollars.
Seeds For purchase and distribution of new and valuable seeds, viz: For purchase of cereal, vegetable, and flower seeds, and for labor in putting up seeds, seed-bags, and miscellaneous items, sixty-one thousand dollars.
For employees in seed-room, five thousand two hundred dollars.
Plants, cuttings, &c. For propagation and distribution of plants, cuttings, and shrubs, fourteen thousand dollars: Provided, That the propagation of plants, cuttings, and shrubs shall be confined to such as are adapted to general cultivation and to promote the general interests of horticulture and agriculture throughout the United States.
Experimental garden. For experimental garden in reservation number two, eight thousand dollars.
Mint at Philadelphia. Mint at Philadelphia.—For salaries of the director, treasurer, assayer, melter and refiner, chief coiner and engraver, assistant assayer, and seven clerks, twenty-six thousand four hundred dollars.
For wages of workmen and adjusters, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses, ten thousand dollars.
For specimens of ores and coins to be preserved in the cabinet of the mint, three hundred dollars.
Branch at San Francisco. Branch Mint at San Francisco, California.—For salaries of superintendent, treasurer, assayer, melter and refiner, coiner, and six clerks, thirty thousand five hundred dollars.
For wages of workmen and adjusters, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses, repairs, and wastage, fifty thousand dollars.
Assay office, New York. Assay Office, New York.—For salaries of superintendent, assayer, and melter and refiner, assistant assayer, officers, and clerks, twenty-three thousand nine hundred dollars.
​For wages of workmen, forty-eight thousand dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses, twenty thousand dollars.
Branch mint at Denver. Branch Mint at Denver.—For superintendent, assayer, melter, refiner, coiner, and clerks, thirteen thousand dollars.
For wages of workmen, twenty-one thousand seven hundred and fifty-five dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses, five thousand dollars.
Governments in the territories.
GOVERNMENTS IN THE TERRITORIES.
New Mexico. Territory of New Mexico.—For salaries of governor, chief-justice and two associate judges, and secretary, twelve thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of said territory, one thousand dollars.
For interpreter and translator in the executive office, five hundred dollars.
For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses of the assembly, twenty thousand dollars.
Utah. Territory of Utah.—For salaries of governor, chief-justice, two associate judges, and secretary, twelve thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the territory, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses of the assembly, fifteen thousand dollars.
Washington. Territory of Washington.—For salaries of governor, chief-justice, two associate judges, and secretary, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of said territory, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, officers, clerk, and contingent expenses of the assembly, fifteen thousand dollars.
Nebraska. Territory of Nebraska.—For salaries of governor, chief-justice and two associate judges, and secretary, ten thousand five hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of said territory, one thousand dollars.
For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses of the assembly, eighteen thousand dollars.
Colorado. Territory of Colorado.—For salaries of governor and superintendent of Indian affairs, chief-justice and two associate judges, and secretary, nine thousand seven hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of said territory, one thousand dollars.
For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses of the assembly, eighteen thousand dollars.
Nevada. State of Nevada.—For salary of superintendent of Indian affairs, two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Dakota. Territory of Dakota.—For salaries of governor and superintendent of Indian affairs, chief-justice and two associates judges, and secretary, nine thousand seven hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of the territory, one thousand dollars.
For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses of the assembly, fifteen thousand dollars.
Arizona. Territory of Arizona.—For salaries of governor, chief-justice and two associate judges, and secretary, twelve thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the territory, one thousand dollars.
For interpreter and translator in the executive office, five hundred dollars.
For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative as​sembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses of the assembly, twenty thousand dollars.
Idaho. Territory of Idaho.—For salaries of governor and superintendent of Indian affairs, chief-justice and two associates judges, and secretary, twelve thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the territory, one thousand dollars.
For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses of the assembly, twenty thousand dollars.
Montana. Territory of Montana.—For compensation of governor and superintendent of Indian affairs, chief-justice and two associate judges, and secretary, twelve thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the territory, one thousand dollars.
For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses, twenty thousand dollars.
Judiciary.
JUDICIARY.
Office of Attorney-General. Office of the Attorney-General.—For salaries of the Attorney-General, assistant attorney-general, and the clerks and messenger in his office, twenty thousand four hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses of the office of the Attorney-General, namely:
For fuel, labor, furniture, stationery, and miscellaneous items, three thousand five hundred dollars.
For purchase of law and necessary books for the office of the Attorney-General, five hundred dollars.
Land-claims in California. For legal assistance and other necessary special and extraordinary expenses in the disposal of private 1and-claims in California, ten thousand dollars.
Justices of supreme court. Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.—For salaries of the chief-justice and nine associate justices, sixty thousand five hundred dollars.
For travelling expenses of the judge assigned to the tenth circuit for attending session of the supreme court of the United States, two thousand dollars.
District judges. For salaries of the district judges of the United States, one hundred and eighteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Courts in District of Columbia. For salaries of the chief-justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, the associate judges, and judge of the orphans' court, fourteen thousand five hundred dollars.
Reporter of decisions. For salary of the reporter of the decisions of the supreme court of the United States, one thousand three hundred dollars.
District attorneys. For compensation of the district attorneys, nineteen thousand one hundred dollars.
Marshals. For compensation of the district marshals, twelve thousand dollars.
Independent treasury. Independent Treasury.—For salaries of the assistant treasurers of the United States at New York, Boston, Charleston, and St. Louis, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars.
For additional salary of the treasurer of the mint at Philadelphia, one thousand dollars.
For additional salary of the treasurer of the branch mint at New Orleans, five hundred dollars.
For additional salary of the treasurer of the branch mint at Denver, five hundred dollars.
For salaries of the clerks and messengers in office of assistant treasurer at Boston, eight thousand one hundred dollars.
Additional clerks at Boston. For salaries of additional clerks in the office of the assistant treasurer at Boston, which are hereby authorized, eleven thousand five hundred dollars.
For salaries of clerks, messengers, and watchmen, in office of the ​assistant treasurer at Philadelphia, eighteen thousand three hundred dollars.
For salaries of clerks, messengers, and watchmen, in office of assistant treasurer at New York, one hundred and five thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.
For salaries of clerks, messenger, and watchmen, in the office of the assistant treasurer at St. Louis, nine thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.
Increase of salaries to clerks at St. Louis. For additional salaries to the messenger at four hundred dollars per annum, and to the four watchmen at one hundred dollars per annum each, which increase is hereby authorized, in the office of the assistant treasurer at St. Louis, eight hundred dollars.
For salaries of clerks, porter, and watchmen, in the office of the assistant treasurer at New Orleans, nine thousand six hundred dollars.
For compensation of the depositary at Santa Fé, and the clerk, watchman, and porter in his office, four thousand eight hundred dollars.
For salary of the clerk to the acting assistant treasurer at Denver, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
For salaries of additional clerks, and additional compensation of officers and clerks, under act of August sixth,1846, ch. 90. Vol. ix. p. 59. 1853, ch. 97, § 10. Vol. x. p. 212. eighteen hundred and forty-six, for the better organization of the treasury, and tenth section of act of March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, at such further rates as the secretary may deem just and reasonable, fifty thousand dollars.
Designated depositaries. For compensation to designated depositaries, under fourth section of act of August sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue, eight thousand dollars.
Special agents. For compensation to special agents under act of sixth of August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, eight thousand dollars.
Inspectors of steamboats. 1852, ch. 106. Vol. x. p. 61. For salaries of nine supervising and fifty local inspectors, appointed under act thirtieth August, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, for the better protection of the lives of passengers by steamboats, with travelling and other expenses incurred by them, eighty thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses under the act of sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue, in addition to premium which may be received on transfer drafts: Provided, That no part of said sum shall be expended for clerical services, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Expenses of treasury notes. For necessary expenses in carrying into effect the several acts of congress authorizing loans and the issue of treasury notes, two million dollars. Provided, That the proper accounting officers of the treasury be,Accounts of Stuart Gwynn to be adjusted, &c. and they are hereby, authorized and directed to examine and adjust the accounts of Stuart Gwynn for printing-presses, machinery, material, and labor furnished and supplied to the Treasury Department, and for expenditures under the authority of the secretary, and to report to him such sum as may be equitably due to said Gwynn: Provided, further,Contract price. That for items furnished or supplied under contract, no greater sum than the contract price shall be allowed: And provided, further,Gwynn to make certain conveyance to the United States before receiving payment. That before any payment shall be made, the said Stuart Gwynn shall, in such form as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, fully convey and secure to the United States the right to use the said presses, and any additional number thereof, with their machinery and future improvements in the treasury building, or any other buildings directed by the secretary for any and all printing the government may desire for its own use and purposes.
Dies, stamps, and expenses under internal revenue act. 1864, ch. 173. Ante, p. 223. For procuring dies, stamps, adhesive stamps, paper, printing forms and regulations, advertising, and other expenses of carrying into effect the internal revenue act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, one million one hundred thousand dollars.
​Paper, dies, and printing notes. For paper, special dies, and the printing of circulating notes, and expenses necessarily incurred (including express charges) in procuring the same, in the office of the comptroller of the currency, six hundred and seventy-seven thousand five hundred dollars.
Commissioners of direct taxes. Commissioners of Direct Taxes in Insurrectionary Districts.—For compensation of thirty-three commissioners, at three thousand dollars each, and eleven clerks at twelve hundred dollars each, one hundred and twelve thousand two hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses, advertising, and surveying, forty thousand dollars.
Laborers. For compensation to the laborer in charge of the water-closets in the capitol, five hundred and twenty-five dollars and sixty cents.
For compensation of four laborers in capitol, two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.
Public gardener. For compensation to the public gardener, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars.
For compensation of a foreman and twenty-one laborers employed in the public grounds, sixteen thousand and eighty dollars.
Gate-keeper. For compensation of the keeper of the western gate, Capitol Square, one thousand dollars.
Watchmen. For compensation of two day watchmen employed in the Capitol Square, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars.
Doorkeepers. For compensation of the doorkeeper at the President's house, seven hundred and twenty dollars.
For compensation of assistant doorkeeper at the President's house, seven hundred and twenty dollars.
Watchmen. For compensation of one night watchman at the public stables and carpenters' shops south of the capitol, one thousand dollars.
For compensation of watchman in reservation number two, seven hundred and twenty dollars.
Draw-keepers. For compensation of eight draw-keepers at the Potomac Bridge, and for fuel, oil, and lamps, seven thousand five hundred and fifty-three dollars and sixty cents.
For compensation of two draw-keepers at the two bridges across the eastern branch of the Potomac, and for fuel, oil, and lamps, one thousand three hundred and ninety-six dollars.
Furnace-keepers. For compensation of furnace-keeper under the old hall of the House of Representatives, seven hundred and twenty dollars.
For compensation of furnace-keeper at the President's house, seven hundred and twenty dollars.
Metropolitan police. Metropolitan Police.—For salaries and other necessary expenses of the metropolitan police for the District of Columbia, one hundred and ten thousand dollars. And the compensation of said metropolitan police force, officers, and clerks, is hereby increased fifty per centum,Increase of pay. upon the amount hereby appropriated, commencing on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, said increase to be borne by the citiesHow allotted. of Washington and Georgetown, and the county of Washington in the District of Columbia, in proportion to the number of patrolmen allotted severally to the city of Washington, to the city of Georgetown, and the county of Washington, and the levy court of said county are hereby authorized and empowered to levy a special tax not exceedingSpecial tax. one quarter of one per centum for the purpose aforesaid.
Temporary accommodations for State Department and clerks of the treasury. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to provide temporary accommodations for the State Department, and for the accommodation of such of the clerks of the Treasury Department as cannot be accommodated in the present building, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, and for the purpose of furnishing and fitting up suitable rooms for the office of the Attorney-General, if it shall be necessary for him to remove from the Treasury ​Department, the sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Nevada included in surveying district of California. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, the public lands in the State of Nevada shall, for surveying purposes, be attached to and included in the surveying district of California.
Salaries of assistant secretaries, attorney-general, and postmasters-general. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and after the commencement of the next fiscal year, the salary of each of the assistant secretaries of the executive departments, the assistant attorney-general, and the three assistant postmasters-general, shall be three thousand five hundred dollars per annum.
Pay of certain inspectors of customs. 1864, ch. 71. Ante, p. 61. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the act approved April twenty-nine, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, "increasing the compensation of inspectors of customs in certain ports," be extended to July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
No payment for constructive mileage. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That no part of the money appropriated either by this act or former acts, shall be applied to the payment of any claim for constructive mileage on account of any extra session of either house of congress.
Condition to appropriations for Congressional Globe. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the appropriations hereinbefore made for the Congressional Globe shall be upon the condition that hereafter the proceedings of congress shall be published in the Daily Globe of the day subsequent to the day such proceedings were had, and delivered to both houses at their time of meeting—this to take effect at the next session of congress; but the publishers of the Congressional Globe shall not, however, be required to publish daily more than forty columns of the proceedings of the two houses of congress, and any speeches not actually delivered in either house shall be postponed until the same can be published without increasing the extent of the proceedings beyond forty columns.
Deficiencies for 1865. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated:
3d auditor's office. For office furniture, carpeting, preserving files, and miscellaneous items in the office of the third auditor, five thousand dollars.
Stationery in Treasury Department. For stationery for the Treasury Department and its several bureaus, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Fuel, &c. For fuel, labor, light, and miscellaneous items for the treasury building, including the extension, twenty thousand dollars.
Disbursement, &c., of public revenue. 1846, ch. 90. Vol. ix. p. 59. For contingent expenses under the act of August sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue, provided that no part of said sum shall be expended for clerical services, fifty thousand dollars.
Clerks in office of surveyor-general of California. For compensation to clerks in office of the surveyor-general in California for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.
Public grounds. For hire of carts on the public grounds, two hundred and thirty-two dollars.
Insane of the army and navy. For the support, clothing, and medical treatment of the insane of the army and navy and the revenue-cutter service, and of the District of Columbia, at the hospital for the insane in said district, thirty thousand dollars.
Navy-yard bridge. For repairs of the navy-yard bridge, to enable the commissioner of public buildings to erect a new draw, one thousand dollars.
Bureau of military justice. For compensation of clerks in the bureau of military justice, viz: one of class four, one of class three, one of class two, and two of class one, seven thousand two hundred dollars.
Office of commissary-general. For stationery, rent of office, hire of watchmen, and miscellaneous items in the office of the commissary-general, five thousand dollars.
​Miscellaneous. For stationery and miscellaneous items in the office of the paymaster-general, six thousand dollars.
For stationery, blank books, and miscellaneous items in the office of the bureau of military justice, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For labor, fuel, lights, and miscellaneous items in the War Department, fifteen thousand dollars.
For fuel, compensation of firemen, and miscellaneous items for the building corner of F and Seventeenth Streets, six thousand dollars.
Collection of revenue. For reimbursing the appropriation for expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, the amount heretofore transferred from that fund to the appropriation for expenses of a national loan, under act of March third, eighteen hundred and nine, two million dollars.
Sick, &c., seamen. For supplying a deficiency in the fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Furniture. For refunding to the treasury extension the amount of payments made for furniture, sixteen thousand nine hundred and eleven dollars and fifty-three cents.
For furniture, carpets, and miscellaneous items for the treasury building, fifteen thousand dollars.
Reservations in California. For deficiency for pay of physician, blacksmith and assistant, farmer, and carpenter for each of the four reservations in California, nine thousand six hundred dollars.
Armament of fortifications. For armament of fortifications, nine hundred thousand dollars.
Ordnance. For current expenses of the ordnance department, and for ordnance service, six hundred thousand dollars.
Armory. For national armory, six hundred thousand dollars.
Gunpowder and lead. For gunpowder and lead, four hundred thousand dollars.
For contingencies of fortifications, eight hundred thousand dollars.
Tool, &c., trains. For tool and siege trains, one hundred thousand dollars.
Fort Taylor. For Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
Fort Jefferson. For Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Florida, seventy-five thousand dollars.
Hospital department. For the medical and hospital department, three million two hundred and fifty-one thousand dollars.
For the quartermaster's department, viz:—
Cavalry, &c., horses. For purchase of cavalry and artillery horses, seven million six hundred thousand dollars.
Transportation. For transportation of the army, nineteen million eight hundred and fifty-six thousand one hundred and thirty-seven dollars.
For regular supplies, twenty million dollars.
Barracks. For barracks and quarters, two million dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses, one million dollars.
Telegraph. For military telegraph, seven hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
Prisoners of war. For supplies and the expenses of providing for prisoners of war, two million dollars.
Clothing and camp equipage. For clothing, camp and garrison equipage, thirty million dollars.
Capitol police. For pay of the capitol police, three thousand eight hundred and eighty-five dollars and seventy-two cents.
Contingent expenses of House of Representatives. To supply deficiencies in the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, viz:—
For folding documents, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For fuel and lights, including pay of engineer, ten thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous items, twenty-four thousand four hundred and five dollars and fifty-two cents.
For stationery, six thousand dollars.
Comptroller of currency. To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the payment of salaries in the bureau of the comptroller of the currency, twelve thousand dollars.
Capitol police. To supply deficiency in the appropriation for capitol police, to be added ​to the contingent fund of the Senate, two thousand nine hundred and fourteen dollars and twenty-eight cents.
Public printing. To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the public printing, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
Paper. To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for paper for the public printing, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Binding. To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the public binding, ninety thousand dollars.
Reporters. To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for compensation to the reporters of the Congressional Globe, eight hundred dollars.
Branch mint at Denver; To supply a deficiency for compensation of clerks in the Denver branch mint, four hundred and fifty dollars.
at San Francisco. To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the branch mint at San Francisco, one hundred and thirty-four thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine dollars and sixty-eight cents.
Navy Department. Navy Department.—
Bureau of navigation.
Bureau of Navigation:
For binnacles, binnacle lamps, and alidades; for bunting, muslin, and sewing materials; for ensigns, jacks, distinctive flags and marks, signal flags and foreign flags, and for making flags of all kinds; for logs, log-lines, log-reels, log-slates, log-paper, log-books, and sand glasses; for leads, lead-reels, lead-lines, armings for leads, and sounding cups, and for signal apparatus other than signal flags, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For freight and transportation of navigation materials, instruments, books, and stores; for postage on public letters; for telegraphing for proposals; for packing-boxes and materials; for blank books, forms, and stationery at navigation offices; for maps, drawing, and models; and for incidental expenses not applicable to any other appropriation, three thousand dollars.
Nautical instruments. For the purchase of nautical and astronomical instruments, nautical books, maps, and charts, and for repairs of instruments, and for binding and backing books and charts, one hundred thousand dollars.
Equipment and recruiting.
Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting:
For fuel for the navy, and for the transportation and expenses thereof, five million three hundred and sixty-seven thousand four hundred dollars.
For equipment of vessels, five hundred thousand dollars.
Provisions and clothing.
Bureau of Provisions and Clothing:
For provisions, one million five hundred thousand dollars.
For clothing, seven hundred thousand dollars.
Gold medal to Cornelius Vanderbilt. Ante, pp. 401, 402. For a gold medal to Cornelius Vanderbilt, pursuant to a joint resolution approved January twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, three thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses of House of Representatives. And the sum of forty-three thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to be added to the contingent fund of the House of Representatives for the purpose of paying such contingent expenses as may be directed by resolution of the House.
Approved, March 2, 1865.