Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-05-17

the gene-al post-oifice, not exceeding
Tor each department. respectively, fii-
teen per centum, In addition TO the
sums allowed by the actinti,uled An
act to regulate and fix the compensa-
rion of clerks, and to authorize the
laying out certain public roads, and
for other purposes" thirteen thousand
two hundred aad sixty nine dollars
and thirty three cents.
For compensation granted by law to
the chief justice, associate judges and
d. .rict judges of the United States,
inciading the chief justice and two as
ciate judges of the District of Colum-
bia: to the attorney general, and to
the District Judge of the territory OF
Orleans, fifty nine thousand, four hun
dred dollars:
For the like compensation granted
to the several district attornics OF the
United States, three thousand, four
hundred dollars:
For compensation to the marshals
OF the districts of Maine, New-Hamp-
shire, Vermont, kentucky, Ohio, East
and West Tennessee, and Orleans,
one thousand, six hundred dollars
For defraying the expenses OF the
supreme, circuit, and district courts
of the United States, including the
district OF Columbia, and ofjurors and
witnesses, Ia aid OF the funds arising
from fines, forfeiturcs and penalties,
and likewise fo. defraying the expcn-
ses OF prosecutions for offences against
the United States, and for safe keep
ing OF prisoners, forty thousand dol
lars:
For the payment Of sundrypensions
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 fifth Of
March, one thousand eight hundred
and eight TO the fourth OF March one
thousand eight hundred and nine,
ninety eight thousand dollars:
For the maintenance and support of
light houses, beacons, buoys, and pub
lie piers, stakeages OF channels, bars
and shoals, and certain contingent ex-
penses, including repairs and raising
Newport lighthouse, eight-Gve thou
sand dollars
For erecting lighthouses at the
mouth ofthe Mississippi river, and at
or near the ditch of Cape Lookout in
North Carolina, a former appropriate
onof twenty thousand dollars for those
objects having been carried to the sur
plus fund, twenty thousand dollars:
For erecting lighthouse on the
south point OF Cumberland island, in
the state of Georgia, . former appro-
priation of four thousand dollars for,
that object having been carried to the
surplus fund, four thousand dollars
For erecting lighthouse on Cape
Hatteras, and beacon on Shc!l-castle
island, in addition to the sums here.
tcfore appropriated for those objects,
one thousand one hundred and forty
five dollars and forty four cents.
For erecting the following light
houses, in addition to the suns here
toiorc appropriated for them rcspec-
lively, that is to say: for erecting al
lighthouse OF New Point Comfort in
Virginia, one hundred and SEVENTY Sc
ven dollars and twenty cents
For erecting lighthouses on Long
island sound, one thousand dollars:
For erecting lighthouse on Wood
island or Flctcher's neck, one hundred
dollars:
For erecting doublelight-house at
or near Chatham harbor, on the back
cf Cape Cod, two thousand dollars
For placing buoys and beacons, In
or near the rocks & shoals in the chan
mel leading into the harbor of Salem
in Massachusetts, in addition to the
sum heretofore appropriated for that
object, five thousand dollars:
For the expenses ofthe boards form
cd in the territories of Orleans and
Louisiana, for investing and adjusting
titles and claims 10 land, in addition
to the sum heretofore appropriated
Tor that object, thirty-three thousand,
three hundred dollars:
For carrying OH the surveys Of The
public lands il the several territories,
twenty one thousand, one hundred and
seventy -four dollars: