The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1836-09-03
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PurLic. No. es.
AN ACT in addition 10 The act entitled
"An uci makins appropriations in par,
FOR the support of Government. for the
year eighteen hundred and ihirty.six,
ana. for other purposes.
Be /, enucted. by the Senate and House
os Representatives Of the United States
of America, in Congress Assembled, Tha.
the following sums be aud the same are
hereby appropriated, to be paid ont Of any
money in The Treasury not otherwise ap-
prSpriascd: For compensation granted BY
Law 10 The members Of tho Senate and
House OF Representatives. in addition to
The appropriation heretofore made for iha.
ubirci, scycniy-fwn lhousand two him.
.!red aud sixteen dollars; for compcnsa.
lion OF the Senators and Representatives
elected by Michigan. seven thousand. Sc.
zen hundred and seycn,s-six dollars; for
The contingent expenses Of Senate, twelve
thousand dollars; for allowance for was-
,agc in gold and silver coinage at the
minl: for labor aud for alloy, in addition
to tho former appropriation, .l'irly-.hree
Thousand dollars; for extra clerk hire IN
the General Land Office, for the year
eighteen hundred and ,hirty-six. fourteen
thousand six hundred aud sixiy-six dollars
and six.y-fous cents; for messengers in
the Offices Of the Chief Engineer, Adiu-
tan. General. the Commanding General,
Surgeon General and Inspector General
and in the Clothing Bureaus Topographi-
cal. Ordnance, and Subsistence Depart-
meu,s, two thousand. dvc hundred aud six
iy.cisi.i dollars: 10. The assistant mcssen-
ger ia the frs; c0mp,roilcr's Office. in ad-
eiition 10 former appropriations, hny dol.
lars; for compensation 10 tho surveyor in
Alabama, in addition 10 q former uppr0.
p,ia,ion, fisc hundred dollars; for COM
rcnsa.ion to tho clerks in the Office Of the
Secretary of the Navy, and in tho Navy
COMMISSIONER 0sgicc, in addition to The
sums already appropriated for The present
year, niretccn hundred dDllars.
SEc. 9. And be il further enacted.
That SO much Of the acI Of ,heninth May
eighteen hundred and lkiriy.six, ''provi-
ding for the salaries Of certain officers
therein aamcd, and for other purposes"
as provides for tho employment Of an sd-
ditionni clerk In the Office Of the Navy
Commissions, and for his compensation
for the year eighteen hundred and thirty
six. be-. and the same 10 hereby repealed.
SEC. 8. And he i, further enacted, That
The third section Of tho act making appsopsi.
a,ions ior tho c,r,l ard diplomatic expenses
OF the government, far the year one thousand
eich, hundred ,hir,y. fire, is hereby repealed /;
and. ,l,a, ,he Secretary oi tho Treasury be,
and he is hereby authorized 10 pay 10 ihe col
lrc,ors, naval officers, surveyors, and iheir
respective clerks, together with the wc,ghers.
caarcrs. mcasurers, and markers. Of the SET
erai ports Of :hc Uni,cd States, out Of any
money IN tho Treasury no. o,hcruno appro-
pria.cd. such suma as will give 10 the said OF.
fccrs, respectively. the same compensation IN
:.,e year one thousand eight hundred ana 'n'r'
,y.six, according 10 the impor'al'ons ol that
yoar. as they would have been entitled 10 re-
ccirc, If tho aci Of the fourteenth ot July,
ono thousand eigh, hundred and th,I,y'two.
had no, gone into effect: Proridsd. That no
officer shall receive, under this act. create.
annual salar, or con,pcnsa,ios than was paid
TO such officer for The year ono Thousand etght
hundred and lhir,y.,wo and that, IN no case
shall tho compensation Of any other officers
Than collectors, naral officers, surveyors, aud
clerks, whether BY salaries, ices, or otherwise,
exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars
each per uunum; nor shall The union OF any
two or more Of those Offices in one person, cn-
title him 10 receive moro than that sum per
annum Proridtd. .farthr, That the SAID
collectors, naval officers, and surveyors, shall
rcuI!-r an aceoun, quarterly 10 Tho Treasury,
and The other officers herein named. or re-
frrred TO, shall render an account quarterly
to .he respective collectors Of the customs,
where they are employed, TO DC forwarded to
the Treasury, cf all the fees and cmo'umc'its
uha,cscr hs i.cm respectively received /; and
Of oil expenses incidental 10 their respective
Offices which accounts shall DC rendered on
oath OF affirmation, ard shall he in such form,
and be supported by such proofs, TO b' pre-