# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/22nd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 74

Chap. LXXIV.—An Act making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Appropriations.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, ​and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, viz:
Congress.For pay and mileage of the members of Congress and delegates, four hundred and ninety-three thousand eight hundred dollars.
For pay of the officers and clerks of both Houses, thirty-four thousand four hundred dollars.
For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other incidental and contingent expenses of the Senate, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other incidental and contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, one hundred thousand dollars. The said two sums last named to be applied to the payment of the ordinary expenditures of the Senate and House of Representatives, severally, and to no other purpose.
Library.For the library of Congress, five thousand dollars: and also for repairs and furniture for the library of Congress, three thousand dollars, to be applied under the direction of the library committee.
For salary of the principal and assistant librarians, two thousand three hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of the library, and pay of messenger, eight hundred dollars.
Capitol.For alterations and repairs of the Capitol, five hundred dollars.
Public grounds.For improving the grounds, including the gardener’s salary, two thousand dollars.
President, &c.For compensation to the President and Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Postmaster General, sixty thousand dollars.
Department of state.For clerks and messengers in the office of the Secretary of State, nineteen thousand four hundred dollars.
For clerks, machinist, and messenger, in the patent office, five thousand four hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses.For incidental and contingent expenses of the Department of State, including the expense of publishing and distributing the laws, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For contingent and incidental expenses of the patent office, fifteen hundred dollars.
For the superintendent and watchmen of the north-east executive building, eight hundred and fifty dollars.
For contingent expenses of said building, including fuel, labour, oil, repairs of the building, three thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.
Treasury Department.For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, fifteen thousand four hundred dollars.
For a clerk employed on revolutionary bounty-land scrip, eleven hundred and fifty dollars.
Comptroller.For compensation to the first comptroller of the treasury, three thousand five hundred dollars.
For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the first comptroller, nineteen thousand one hundred dollars.
For compensation to the second comptroller of the treasury, three thousand dollars.
For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the second comptroller, ten thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.
Auditors.For compensation to the first auditor of the treasury, three thousand dollars.
For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the first auditor, thirteen thousand nine hundred dollars.
For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the second auditor, sixteen thousand nine hundred dollars.
For compensation to the third auditor of the treasury, three thousand dollars.
For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the third auditor, twenty-one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
For compensation to the fourth auditor of the treasury, three thousand dollars.
For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the fourth auditor, seventeen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the fifth auditor, twelve thousand eight hundred dollars.
Treasurer.For compensation to the Treasurer of the United States, three thousand dollars.
Clerks, &c.For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the treasurer of the United States, six thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Register.For compensation to the register of the treasury, three thousand dollars.
Clerks, &c.For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the register of the treasury, twenty-four thousand two hundred dollars.
Commissioner of general land office.For compensation to the commissioner of the general land office, three thousand dollars.
Clerks, &c.For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the commissioner of the general land office, twenty thousand five hundred dollars.
Solicitor of the treasury.For compensation to the solicitor of the treasury, three thousand five hundred dollars.
Clerks, &c.For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the solicitor of the treasury, three thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
Secretary to sinking fund.For compensation to the secretary to the commissioners of the sinking fund, two hundred and fifty dollars.
Expenses, contingent, &c., of the Treasury Department.For the expenses of stationery, printing, and all other incidental and contingent expenses of the several offices of the treasury department, the following several sums, viz:
For the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, including advertising and extra copying, and the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars applied from this fund for clerk hire and other expenses incident to the issuing of revolutionary bounty land scrip, six thousand five hundred dollars.
For the office of the first comptroller, one thousand dollars.
For the office of the second comptroller, one thousand dollars.
For the office of the first auditor, eight hundred dollars.
For the office of the second auditor, eight hundred dollars.
For the office of the third auditor, one thousand dollars.
For the office of the fourth auditor, one thousand two hundred dollars.
For the office of the fifth auditor, one thousand dollars.
For the office of the treasurer of the United States, seven hundred dollars.
For the office of the register of the treasury, three thousand dollars.
For the office of the commissioner of the general land office, nine thousand dollars.
For compensation for extra aid, during one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, in the issuing military land scrip, and patents founded on Virginia military surveys, and on private claims, making indexes, and writing and recording patents for lands sold, six thousand six hundred dollars.
For translations, and for expenses of passports and sea letters, three hundred dollars.
For stating and printing the public accounts for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, one thousand four hundred dollars.
For compensation of superintendent and watchmen of the south-east executive building, eight hundred and fifty dollars.
For contingent expenses of said building, including two thousand dollars for repairs of building, and also the sum of one thousand three hundred dollars, applied out of the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the Treasury Department, for clerk hire in the general land office, in relation to revolutionary land scrip, six thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.
For defraying the expenses of enclosing the grounds attached to the Treasury Department, one thousand five hundred dollars.
War Department.For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the Secretary of War, twenty-two thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.
For contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary of War, three thousand dollars.
For books, maps, and plans for the War Department, one thousand dollars.
Paymaster general’s office.For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the paymaster general, four thousand and six hundred dollars.
Commissary general’s office.For compensation to the clerks and messenger in the office of the commissary general of purchases, four thousand two hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of said office, eight hundred dollars.
Commissary general’s office.For compensation to the clerks in the office of the commissary general of subsistence, two thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
For contingent expenses of said office, two thousand five hundred dollars.
Chief engineer’s office.For compensation to the clerks in the office of the chief engineer, two thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
Topographical bureau.For contingencies of the topographical bureau, including the purchase of books and maps, and the repairs of instruments, one thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For contingent expenses of said office, one thousand dollars.
Lithographer.For the services of a lithographer, and the expenses of the lithographic press, of the War Department, seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Ordnance office.For compensation to the clerks in the ordnance office, two thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
For contingent expenses of said office, eight hundred dollars.
Surgeon general’s office.For compensation to the clerk in the office of the surgeon general, eleven hundred and fifty dollars.
For contingent expenses of said office, four hundred and twenty dollars.
Quartermaster general’s office.For compensation to the clerks in the office of the quartermaster general, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
For contingent expenses of said office, six hundred dollars.
N. W. executive building.For the salary of the superintendent and watchmen of the north-west executive building, eight hundred and fifty dollars.
For contingent expenses of said building, including fuel, labour, oil, furniture, repairs of building, and improvement of adjoining ground, three thousand six hundred dollars.
Navy Department.For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the Secretary of the Navy, eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
For contingent expenses of said office, three thousand dollars.
Navy board.For compensation to the commissioners of the navy board, ten thousand five hundred dollars.
For compensation to the secretary of the commissioners of the navy board, two thousand dollars.
For compensation to the clerks, draughtsman, and messenger, in the office of the commissioners of the navy board, eight thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.
For contingent expenses in the office of the commissioners of the navy board, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
S. W. executive building.For the salary of the superintendent of the south-west executive building, and the watchmen, eight hundred and fifty dollars.
For contingent expenses of said building, including fuel, labour, oil, repairs of building, engines, and improvement of the grounds, three thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.
Post-office department.For compensation to the two assistant postmasters general, five thousand dollars.
For compensation to the clerks and messengers in the office of the Postmaster General, forty-one thousand one hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of said office, seven thousand five hundred dollars.
For superintendency of the buildings, making up blanks, and compensation to two watchmen and one labourer, sixteen hundred and forty dollars.
Surveyors.For compensation to the surveyor general in Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, two thousand dollars.
For compensation to the clerks in the office of said surveyor, two thousand one hundred dollars.
For compensation to the surveyor south of Tennessee, two thousand dollars.
For compensation to the clerks in the office of said surveyor, one thousand seven hundred dollars.
For compensation to the surveyor in Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas, two thousand dollars.
For compensation to clerks in the office of said surveyor, two thousand dollars.
For compensation to the surveyor in Alabama, two thousand dollars.
For compensation to clerks in the office of said surveyor, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For compensation to the surveyor in Louisiana, including one thousand dollars, from first July to thirty-first December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, per act of third March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, three thousand dollars.1831, ch. 116.
1831, ch. 116.For compensation to the clerks in the office of said surveyor, per act of third March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, fifteen hundred dollars.
For an additional clerk for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, to bring up arrearages of recording, and including compensation to clerks in one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, for which no appropriation was made by the1831, ch. 116. act of third of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, three thousand five hundred dollars.
For compensation to the surveyor in Florida, two thousand dollars.
For compensation to the clerks in the office of said surveyor, two thousand dollars.
Commissioner of public buildings.For compensation to the commissioner of the public buildings in Washington city, two thousand dollars.
Mint.For compensation to the officers and clerks of the mint, ten thousand six hundred dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses and repairs, cost of machinery, for allowance for wastage in gold and silver coinage of the mint, twenty-one thousand eight hundred dollars.
Territories.For compensation to the governor, judges, and secretary of the Michigan territory, seven thousand eight hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Michigan territory, three hundred and fifty dollars.
For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative council, pay of the officers of the council, fuel, stationery, and printing, seven thousand three hundred and ninety-two dollars.
For compensation to the governor, judges, and secretary of the Arkansas territory, seven thousand eight hundred dollars.
For pay and mileage of the legislative council of said territory, five thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Arkansas territory, three hundred and fifty dollars.
To pay deficiency in appropriation of last year for pay and mileage to the members of the legislature of Arkansas, one thousand dollars.
For compensation to the governor, judges, and secretary of the Florida territory, including additional compensation to the judges, under the1830, ch. 106. act of twenty-sixth May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, at eight hundred dollars, each, and arrearages of one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, thirteen thousand four hundred and ninety-five dollars and nine cents.
For contingent expenses of the Florida territory, three hundred and fifty dollars.
For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative council of Florida, pay of officers and servants of the council, fuel, stationery, printing, and distribution of the laws, including two thousand dollars to defray the expenses of the publication of the statutes of the territory, as directed by a law of the territory, and a deficiency in the appropriation for one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, of two hundred and twenty-eight dollars and ninety-one cents, nine thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight dollars and ninety-one cents.
Judges of the United States.For compensation to the chief justice, the associate judges, and district judges of the United States, eighty-one thousand four hundred dollars.
Judges of the District of Columbia.For the salaries of the chief justice and judges of the District of Columbia, and of the judges of the orphans’ courts of the said district, nine thousand five hundred dollars.
Attorney-general.For compensation to the attorney general of the United States, four thousand dollars.
Attorney-general’s office.For compensation to the clerk in the office of the attorney general, eight hundred dollars.
For a messenger in said office, five hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of said office, five hundred dollars.
Reporter Supreme Court.For compensation to the reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court, one thousand dollars.
District attorneys and marshals.For compensation to the district attorneys and marshals, as granted by law, including those in the several territories, eleven thousand three hundred dollars.
For compensation to assistant counsel and district attorneys under the act of the twenty-third of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight,1828, ch. 70. supplementary to the several acts providing for the settlement of private land claims in Florida, including contingencies, seven thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorize the payment of a salary to the law agent in Florida.
Expenses of United States courts, &c.For defraying the expenses of the Supreme, circuit and district courts of the United States, including the District of Columbia: also, for jurors and witnesses, in aid of the funds arising from fines, penalties, ​and forfeitures, incurred in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and preceding 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, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars.
Pensions.For the payment of sundry pensions granted by the late and present governments, one thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.
Lighting public grounds, &c.For expense of lighting the lamps in the Capitol square, seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For improving the grounds round the President’s house, including the gardener’s salary, three thousand dollars.
For alterations and repairs in the President’s house, three hundred dollars.
Lighthouses, &c.For the support and maintenance of lighthouses, floating lights, beacons, buoys, and stakeages, including the purchase of oil, keepers’ salaries, repairs and improvements, and contingent expenses, two hundred and five thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight dollars.
For building a lighthouse on or near one of the islands called the Brothers at the Narrows, in Long Island Sound, New York, being the amount of an appropriation for that object,1829, ch. 25. carried to the surplus fund on the thirty-first of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, five thousand dollars.
For placing eight buoys at proper sites between the city of Albany and a point opposite Red Hook, New York, being the amount of an appropriation for that object, carried to the surplus fund on1829, ch. 25. the thirty-first of December, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, five hundred dollars.
For erecting a beacon near the Charleston lighthouse, in order to mark the entrance into the channel commonly known as Lawford’s channel, South Carolina, being the amount of an appropriation for that object, carried1829, ch. 25. to the surplus fund on the thirty-first December, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, six hundred dollars.
Registers and receivers.For the salaries of registers and receivers of land offices, where there are no sales, two thousand dollars.
Survey of public lands.For surveying the public lands, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, viz: For the survey of the Choctaw cession in Mississippi, eighty thousand dollars; and for the survey of other public lands, eighty thousand dollars; and a further sum for the survey of the lands ceded by the Creeks to the United States, fifty thousand dollars.
Keepers of archives.For the salaries of two keepers of the public archives in Florida, one thousand dollars.
Census.For the revision of all former statements of the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States and their territories, being a balance due D. Green, for printing the abstract of said revision, two hundred and twenty-nine dollars.
Miscellaneous claims.For the discharge of such miscellaneous claims against the United States, not otherwise provided for, as shall be ascertained and admitted in due course of settlement at the treasury, twelve thousand dollars.
Commissioners of loans.For stationery and books for the offices of commissioners of loans, five hundred dollars.
Ships’ registers.For registers for ships and vessels, and lists of crews, four thousand dollars.
Luigi Persico.For the fourth payment to Luigi Persico, for two colossal statues for the Capitol, four thousand dollars.
Ministers.For the salaries of the ministers of the United States to Great Britain, France, Spain, Russia, and Colombia, forty-five thousand dollars.
Secretaries of legation.For the salaries of the secretaries of legation to the same places, ten thousand dollars.
Chargés.For the salaries of the chargés des affaires to Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Turkey, Belgium, Brazil, Buenos Ayres, Chili, Peru, ​Mexico, Central America, and Naples, fifty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.
Legation to Turkey.For salary of the drogoman, and for contingencies of the legation of the United States to Turkey, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.
Outfits.For outfits of the ministers of the United States to Great Britain, France, and Russia, thirty-six thousand dollars.
For outfits of the chargés des affaires of the United States to Holland, Belgium, Central America, Buenos Ayres, and Naples, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars.
Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses of all the missions abroad, thirty thousand dollars.
Agents of claims.For the salaries of the agents for claims at London and Paris, four thousand dollars.
Mediterranean powers.For the expenses of intercourse with the Mediterranean powers, twenty-four thousand four hundred dollars.
Relief of American seamen.For the relief and protection of American seamen, in foreign countries, twenty thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses.For the contingent expenses of foreign intercourse, thirty thousand dollars.
Historical documents.To enable the President of the United States to procure copies of documents relative to the history of the United States, from the public offices in Great Britain, two thousand dollars.
Bust of Thomas Jefferson.For the purchase of the bust of Thomas Jefferson, executed by Ceracci, now in the possession of Mr. Jefferson’s executor, four thousand dollars, if so much should be deemed necessary by the committee on the library.
Marshal of Michigan.For the purpose of enabling the Secretary of State to discharge a balance due to the marshal of the territory of Michigan, beyond the existing appropriation, for his services in taking a census of the persons in the said territory, who are not freeholders, one hundred and twenty dollars and forty-four cents.
Compilation of documents. 1831, ch. 65.For account of printing and binding, and for selecting, editing, and preparing indexes, for the compilation of documents, for which a subscription was authorized by the act of the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, fifty-five thousand dollars; the printing to be paid for by the secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House, according to the terms of the subscription; and the selecting, editing and making indexes, to be paid for in like manner, and at such rate of compensation as shall be judged reasonable and proper by the committees of accounts of the two houses.
Diplomatic correspondence.To enable the Secretary of State to cause to be printed, under his direction, a selection from the diplomatic correspondence of the United States, between the peace of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, and the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, remaining unpublished in the Department of State, twelve thousand dollars.
Recording patents.To enable the Secretary of State to carry into effect the resolution of congress of the seventh of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, in relation to recording patents, fourteen thousand six hundred and twelve dollars.
Peters’ Condensed Reports.To enable the Secretary of State to pay for seventy copies of Peters’ Condensed Reports of Decisions of the Supreme Court, subscribed for under the resolution of Congress of the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, two thousand one hundred dollars.
Marine hospital. 1830, ch. 100.To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to employ a suitable person to complete the marine hospital at Charleston, South Carolina, authorized by the act of twentieth May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, four thousand three hundred and sixty dollars: Provided, nothing herein contained shall be construed to enlarge the said contract, or to release the contractor from his liability thereunder.
Marine barracks.For the erection of marine barracks and officers’ quarters at the navy yard, Philadelphia, nine thousand dollars.
Surveyor of Narragansett bay.For the purpose of defraying the expenses of a survey of the waters of Narragansett bay, to be made under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, with a view to ascertain the practicability and expediency of establishing a naval depot therein, five thousand dollars.
Norfolk bridge.For enabling the President of the United States to obtain from the Norfolk Bridge Company a release and conveyance to the United States of the bridge over the southern branch of the Elizabeth river, between the navy yard and the dry dock, and of the road leading from the same to the south-western side of said yard, the sum of sixteen thousand dollars: Provided, the Secretary of the Navy shall be satisfied that the said sum does not exceed the value of the same: And provided, That the Attorney General of the United States shall be satisfied of the validity of the title, and the right thus acquired will authorize the United States to remove the bridge, and to enclose the road within the navy yard.
Assistant marshals to be paid out of census appropriation.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of State be authorized, out of the sums appropriated to defray the expenses of taking the late census, to pay those assistant marshals, for their services, who have failed to receive compensation, from the delinquency of the principal marshals.
Approved, May 5, 1832.