Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-06-13
BY AUTHORITY.
| LAWS or THE UNITED sTuEs PASSED AT rHE FIRST
SESSION OF rnL TWENTY SIXTH CoNGELss.
[PuaLle- Nc IL

PuaIie- Ne. III
AN ACT making appropriations Cor tho cNlI md
diplomatic expenses Of the Government for the
year eighteen hundred and forty.
BE il enacted bg the Senate and House Of Repre-
seataiga Of tho United States Of ,laeicam Con
gre@ ass.'1tica, That the following sums be, and
tie same are hereby appropriated, to be paid ouI
OF any unaPproDraCd money IN the Treasury
VIZ:
For pay and mileage Of the members Of Congress
and delegates Two hundred and si&ty-csht thou.
sand nine hundred ana fory-iour dollars;
For pay Of the officers and clerks Of the Scuae
| ard House of Representative, eighteen thousand
Iour hundred dollars
FOR stationery, fuel, printing, aud all ether con
tngent expenses u the Senate. fifty thousand dol
lars;
For stationery, mc, printing and Of other con
tngeHt expenses Of the House of Representatives,
one hundred thousand dolats;
| The two sums last mentioned 10 be applied 10 the
! payment OF the ordinary expenditures OF the Senate
and llouse Of Representatives, scvelaly, aud 10 no
! other purpose;
For compensation TO the President aud Vice Pres
ldeAt Of The United States, the Secretary Of State,
the Secretary oil the Treasury, the Secretary Of
War; the Secretary Of the Navy, aud the Puslmas-
ter General sixty thousand dollars;
For salary Of the secretary 10 sign patents ur
pubic lands per act of March coud, eighteen hun.
dred and lh!sty.thr,e, one thousand i've Hundred
dollars
For clerks and messengers in tic Office of The
Secretary OF STATE, twenty thousand three huudcd
dollars;
For the contingent expenses Of the Department
Of State, including publishing aud distributing The
laws twenty-five thousand dollars,
For the superintendent aud watthmen Of the
northeast executive building uuc thousand five hun
dred dollars
For contingent expenses Or said building inclu.
ding fuel labor on, and repairs three thousand three
hundred and fifty dollars;
For compensation 70 the CLERKS and messengers
ia The Office Of the Secretary Of be Treasury, bx.
leer thousand -four hundreda and fifty dollars:
For compensation TO the clerks IN said office, per
act Of he lwedty-thrd June, eighteen hundred and
thirty SIX entitled An act 20 regulate the depos.
ties Of the public money" three thousand sy hun.
bred dollars;
For compensation 10 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 thou
sand three hundred dollars;
For compensation 10 the Second Comptroller,
three thousand dollars;
For compensation 70 the clerks and messengers
| in the Office Of the Second Comptroller, including
U1S compensation w wv ttt NJ iHihttlItb liO.H W,
office Of the Fourth Auditor, Twelve thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars;
For compensation to the First Auditor e TIE
Treasury, three thousand dollars;
For compensation 10 the clerks and messengers In
the Office Of the First Auditor, fieen thousand nine
hundred dollars;
For compensation to The Second hulsor # the
Treasury, three thousand dollars;
For compensation to The clerks bnd messengers
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sand nine hundred dollars;
For compensation TO the Third Auditor, three
thousand dollars.
For compensation to the clerks and messengers
in the Office oflhe Third Auditor twenty.nne thou
sand SIX hundred and dIiy dollars;
For compensation 10 Two clerks erapoyed on
claims under the act Of The eighteenth January one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-seveD, two thou
sand four hundred dOilars,
For compensation 10 the Fourth Auditor, three
thousand dollars;
For compensation to the clerks and messengers
IN The Office Of tie Fourth Auditor, sixteen thou
sand nine hundred and fifty dollars
For compensation 10 the fifth Auditor, three
thousand dollars;
For compensation I, clerks and messengers IN
the Office OF the Filth Auditor, nine thousand eigh,
hundred dollars;
Fof compensation 10 two clerks in the Office Of
IN. + nm Auditor, according 10 the act ol The se-
venth July eighteen hundred and lhlrly.eight, Two
thousand dollars;
For compensation TO the Treasurer o. the United
States three tlrousaud dollars;
FOR compensation 70 the clerks and messengers
IN the Office oil the Treasurer OF the United States,
ten thoussnd seven hundred and fly dollars
For COMPENSATION 10 the Register Of the Trease-
~, three thousand dolas;
For compensation to the clerks and messengefs IN
the office Of the Register Of the Treasury, twenty
four thousand two hundred dollars;
For compensation fthe Commissioner Of the Gen.
era, Land Office, per act Of fourth OF July, egh-
teen hundred and tainysx, three thousand dol
laHf