# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/4th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 8

Chap. Ⅷ.—An Act making appropriations for the support of Government, for the year one thousand seven hundred ninety-seven.
Specific appropriations for 1797.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; for the extra expenses of foreign intercourse; for the support of the mint establishment, lighthouses, beacons, buoys and public piers, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven; and to satisfy certain miscellaneous claims, stated in the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, of the fifteenth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, together with the incidental and contingent expenses of the several departments, and the offices thereof, the following sums be respectively appropriated; that is to say:
President and Vice President.For the compensations granted by law to the President and Vice President of the United States, thirty thousand dollars.
Members of Congress.For the like compensations to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, their officers and attendants, estimated for a session of four months’ continuance, one hundred and thirty-eight thousand seven hundred and eighty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents.
Contingencies.For the expenses of firewood, stationery, printing work, and all other contingent expenses of the two houses of Congress, twelve thousand dollars.
For the compensations granted by law to the chief justice, associate judges, district judges, and attorney general, forty-four thousand nine hundred dollars.
For defraying the expenses 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 prosecutions for offences against the United States, and for safe keeping of prisoners, thirty thousand dollars.
For compensation to the Secretary of State, clerks and persons employed in that department, seven thousand seven hundred and ninety-two dollars and sixty-four cents.
For incidental and contingent expenses in the said department, eight thousand seven hundred and five dollars.
For compensation to the Secretary of the Treasury, clerks and ​Specific appropriations for the support of government for 1797.persons employed in his office, eight thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For expense of stationery, printing and all other contingent expenses in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, five hundred dollars.
For compensation to the Comptroller of the Treasury, clerks and persons employed in his office, eleven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For expense of stationery, printing and all other contingent expenses in the Comptroller’s office, eight hundred dollars.
For compensation to the Treasurer and clerks employed in his office, four thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.
For expense of firewood, stationery, printing, rent and other contingencies in the Treasurer’s office, six hundred dollars.
For compensation to the Auditor of the Treasury, clerks and persons employed in his office, eleven thousand eight hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For expense of stationery, printing and other contingent expenses in the Auditor’s office, seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For compensation to the Commissioner of the Revenue, clerks and persons employed in his office, five thousand four hundred and twenty-five dollars.
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, fifteen thousand four hundred 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 to the commissioners of the sinking fund, including his salary from the time of his appointment, to the thirty-first day of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, four hundred and nineteen dollars and seventeen cents.
For the payment of rent for the several houses employed in the treasury department, (except the Treasurer’s office,) two thousand six hundred and ninety-three dollars and thirty-three cents.
For 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-seven, one thousand dollars.
For the payment of certain incidental and contingent expenses of the Treasury department, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, beyond the sum which was appropriated, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For compensation to the several loan officers, thirteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
For clerk hire and stationery to the commissioners of loans, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, twelve thousand dollars.
For compensation to the Secretary of War, clerks and persons employed in his office, eight thousand dollars.
For expense of firewood, stationery, printing, rent and other contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary of War, two thousand dollars.
For compensation to the accountant to the War department, clerks ​Specific appropriations for the support of government for 1797.and persons employed in his office, seven thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.
For contingent expenses in the office of the accountant to the War department, six 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 in carrying into effect the surveys to be made by the act, intituled “An act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States, in the territory northwest of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky river, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For compensation to the Governor, Secretary and Judges of the territory northwest of the river Ohio, five thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
For expenses of stationery, office rent, printing patents for land, and other contingent expenses in the said territory, three hundred and fifty dollars.
For the payment of sundry pensions granted by the late government, one thousand one hundred and thirteen 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 1793, ch. 14.act of Congress of the twenty-seventh of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety three, seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For the annual allowance for the education of Hugh Mercer, son of the late Major-general Mercer, by the 1793, ch. 28.act of Congress of the second of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, four hundred dollars.
For defraying the expenses of foreign intercourse, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, beyond the annual appropriations authorized by the act of Congress, passed the first day of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, intituled Ante, p. 128.“An act providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations,” seventeen thousand nine hundred dollars.
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; three clerks, one at seven hundred dollars, and two at five hundred dollars each, one thousand seven hundred dollars.
For the wages of persons employed in the mint, at the different branches of refining, melting, carpenter’s, millwright’s, and smith’s work, including the sum of eight hundred dollars per annum, allowed to an assistant coiner and die-forger, who also overseers the execution of the iron work, seven thousand dollars.
For the payment of a deficiency which has arisen in the mint, in coining the precious metals, by reason of wasteage, the sum of one thousand eight hundred and forty-five dollars and ninety-six cents; and for the payment of a deficiency which has arisen by reason of the loss of a quantity of silver, the further sum of nine hundred and seventy-four dollars and seventy-six cents.
For the purchase of ironmongery, lead, wood, coals, stationery, office furniture, and for all other contingencies for the establishment of the mint, seven thousand four hundred dollars.
For the discharge of such demands against the United States, on account of the civil department, not otherwise provided for, as shall be ascertained and admitted in 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 maintenance and support of lighthouses, beacons, buoys, and ​Specific appropriations for the support of government for 1797.public piers, and stakeage of channels, bars and shoals, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.
For completing a lighthouse on the island of Seguin, two thousand one hundred and seventy dollars.
For completing the payment due for building the lighthouse on Baldhead, North Carolina, one thousand three hundred and fifty-nine dollars and fourteen cents.
For completing a lighthouse on Montock-point, two thousand seven hundred and forty dollars and sixty-seven cents.
For the balance carried to the “Surplus Fund,” of an appropriation for building a lighthouse on Montock-point, thirteen thousand dollars.
For extra clerkship, necessary for a part of the present year in the loan office, for consolidating the accounts of assumed and original debt. agreeable to the thirteenth section of the 1795, ch. 45.act passed the third of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For the payment of the representatives of Samuel Patterson, late commissioner of the loan office for the state of Delaware, two hundred and seventy-two dollars and eighty-nine cents.
For the payment of a balance due to James O’Hara, late agent for the quartermaster’s department, two hundred and thirty-five dollars and eighty-one cents.
For the payment of a balance due to Timothy Pickering, as commissioner appointed to hold the Indian treaties at Konondaigua and Oneida, three thousand four hundred and sixty-three dollars and twelve cents.
For compensation to persons employed in bringing votes to the seat of government, for electors of the President and Vice President of the United States, one thousand six hundred dollars.
For making good certain deficiencies arising from the balance of monies of various appropriations, being carried to the credit of the “Surplus Fund,” in pursuance of the sixteenth section of the 1795, ch. 45.act passed the third of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, viz:
For payment of the clerks employed by the commissioners of loans, for the states of Massachusetts, New York and North Carolina, for the quarter ending the thirtieth of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, seven hundred and eighty-nine dollars and seventy cents.
For the payment of a balance due to Timothy Pickering, Beverly Randolph, and Benjamin Lincoln, commissioners appointed to negotiate and treat with the Indians, northwest of the river Ohio, on the second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, three thousand two hundred and forty-seven dollars and fifty-six cents.
For the discharge of such miscellaneous demands against the United States, not otherwise provided for, as shall have been admitted in 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.
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 Ante, p. 138.“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 3, 1797.