Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-03-31

against the United States, on account of
he civil department, not otherwise peovi-
Led for, as shall have been admitted in a
due course of settlement at the treasury,
Two thousand dollars
For additional compensation to the
clerks ofthc several departments of state,
treasury, war, and navy, and Of The general
post Office, not exceeding, for each depart
mcnt respectively, fifteen per centum. in
addition To The sums allowed by the act,
inti'uled An act to regulate end fix the
COMPENSATION oe clerks, and 10 authorize
the laying out certain public roads and
for other purposes" thirteen thousand
two hundred and sixty-nine dollars:
For compensation granted by law
to the chief Justice, associate Judges,
& disadvantages OF the United States,
including the chief Justice, and two
associate judges of the district of CO.
lumbia; to the attorney general. and
TO the judge Of the district of o rleans,
fifty nine thousand four hundred dol
lars /;
For the like compensation granted
TO the several district attornies Of the
United States, three thousand four
hundred dollars:
For compensation to the marshals
OF the dristsicta of Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Kentucky, Ohio,
East and West Tennessee, and Or
leans, one thousand six hundred dol
lars
For defraying the expenses of the
supreme, circuit and district courts of
the United States, including she dis
trict of Columbia, and Of Jurors and
witnesses, in aid Of the funds arising
from fines, forfeitures and penalties,
and likewise FOR dcfraying the expen-
ses of prosecution for offences against
the United States, and for safe keep.
ing Of prisoners, forty thousand dol
lars:
For the payment of sundry pensi-
ons granted by the late government,
eight hundred and sixty dollars:
For the payment of the annual al
lowance to the invalid pensioners Of
the United States, from the 5th of
March, one thousand eight hundred
and seven, TO the fourth Of March,
one thousand eight hundred and eight.
ninety eight thousand dollars
For the maintenance and support of
light houses, beacons, buoys, and pub
lie piers, and stakeage OF channels,
bars and shoals, & certain contingent
expenses, eighty three thousand, nine
hundred and sixty one dollars and
eight cents:
For erecting a light house on ST.
SImon's island, in Georgia, the former
appropriation of seven thousand dol.
lars for that object having been carri-
ed to the surplus fund, nineteen thou
sand dollars
For erecting light houses at the
mouth Of the Mississippi river, and AZ
or near the pitch of cape Lookout,
in North Carolina, in addition to the
sums heretofore appropriated by law
for those objects, the balance Of a
former appropriationfor those objects,
Of twenty four thousand six hundred
and twenty five dollars and ninety six
cents, having been carried to the sur
plus fund, fifty FIVE thousand dollars /:
For erectingalighthouse on White
head, at the entranceof Penobscot bay,
the former appropriation for that OBJ
iect having been carried to the surplus
fund, two thousand two hundred and
FIVE dollars, and eighty cents:
For the erecting of beacons in the
harbor of Newly ork, in addition to
the sums heretofore appropriated =,
one thousand two hundred dollars:
For defraying the expenses incur
red in surveying the coast of North
Carolina, between cape Hatteras and
cape Fear, in addition to the sum
heretofore appropriated for that OBJ
iect, one thousand three hundred dol
lars:
For compensating the commissions
ers in the aforesaid service forthe loss
of their effects incident to the service
on board the revenue cutters wrecked
at Ocracock the amount of which
loss the accounting officers Of the trea-
sury are hereby authorised to liqui-
date and allow upon satisfactory proof
being exhibited to them Of such loss,
ore thousand six hundred dollars
For carrying on the surveys of pub
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