The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-10-25
Fl. BELL, Editor and Proprietor.
One messenger, five hundred dollars

one reporter shall be appointed by The court
with the salary Uftwelve hundred and fifty
dollars: Prorided. That he deliver TO the
Secretary Of State. for distribution, one
hundred and fifty copies of each volume OF
reports that he shall hereafter prepare and
publish, Immediately after the publication
thereof, which publication shall be made
annually. within four months after the ad.
Jnurnment of the court at which the decis.
IONS are made.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted. That
the assistant librarian of the library o fCun-
gress shall receive eleven hundred and fifty
dollars, and the messenger seven hundred
dollars, per annum, 10 take effect from the
first day of January, eighteen hundred and
forty two, in lieu Of their present compen
sation.
Sec. a. And be it further enacted, That
the clerk in the office of the Secretary of
the Navy, whose salary was fixed at eight
hundred dollars by the act OF the twentieth
of April. eighteen hundred and eighteen.
shall receive, in addition thereto two humid.
red dollars.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That
the Secretary of the Treasury be. and he is
hereby, authorized 10 employ an additional
clerk, as assistant in his office. at a salary
of eighteen hundred dollars per annunI; and
the superintendent of Indian Affairs at St.
Louis be, and he hereby is, authorized to
employ one clerk, at a compensation of
twelve hundred dollars, in lieu of the two
clerks authorized by the act of May ninth,
eighteen hundred and thirty six and so
much of said last mentioned act as author
ICES the employment of two clerks is here.
by repealed.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That
the several offices and e~mplovments herein.
before mentioned are hereby made and de.
clared 10 be lawful, TO all intenis and pur-
poses whatsoever; and the respective heads
of Departments, under whom the the same
are held and exercised, are hereby authori
zed and empowered 10 fill the same, and TO
continue the exercise and discharge there.
oil, at the salaries aforesaid, until the first
day Of July. eighteen hundred and forty
four, except such as are otherwise limited
in this act: Provided, That in all cases
where any of the aforementioned officers,
or other persons herein authorized to be en-.
ployed, have already been employed, and
are now In the discharge of their respective
duties, or have been so since the first day
"f january last, under the authority of for
mcr appropriation bills, al Il different rae
OF compensation than is hereby authorized
and affixed to their respective places, they
shall be entitled 10 receive the same rate OF
cnpnDnn-afIop boroI,r,.o .n..o - -.
which they have been retained in employ
ment, from the first day of January last to
the time of the passage Of this act.
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That
the sum Of fifty thousand doIlars,o or so much
thereof as NAV be loui d necessary, be. and
the same Is hereby, appropriated, for the
year eighteen hundred and forty two, om
of any u~nappropriaied moneys in the Trea-
sury, 10 the ohjects hereinbefore specified.
&c. s.. And be it further enacted. That
it shall be lewful for the President Of the
United States TO allow IL dragnman at Con-
s~tantinople, al a salary of more than two
thousand five hundred dollars; or a consul
at London. at a salary OF more than two
thousand dollars.
SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That
the President of the United States shall
not allow 10 any minister resident a greater
sum than at the rate of six thousand dollars
per anHum. as a compensation for all his
personal services and expenses Prorided,
That it shall be lawful for The President 10
allow 10 such minister resident. on going
from the United States To any foreign coun-
try, an outfit, which shall in no case exceed
one years full salary of such minister resi-
dent.
SEC.l0. And be i. further enacted. That
the office of Architect of the Public Build
Ings be. and the same is hereby discontin-
ued and abolished.
Sell And be it further enacted, That
it shall be the duty of the Secretaries of
State. of the Treasury, War. and Navy, of
the Commissioners of the Navy, of the
Postmaster General. of the Secretary Of
the Senate. and of the Clerk of the House
of Representatives, TO report 10 Congress at
the beginning Of each year the names of
the clerks and other persons that have been
employed, respectively, during the proceed
ing year, or any part thereof, in their re-
spectIve departments and offices, together
with the time that each clerk or other per-
SON was actually employed, and the sums
paid 10 each; and. also, whether they ave
been usefu!Iy employed; whether the servi-
ces of any of them can be dispensed with
without detriment 10 the public servicc,and
whether the removal of any individuals,
and The appointment of others in their stead
is required for the better despatch of bust
ness, and no greater allowance shall be
made TO any such clerk, or other person,
than is. or may be aut! orized by law. eX.
cept 10 watchmen and messengers, for any
labor or services required of them beyond
the particular duties of their respective
stations. rendered at such times as does
not interfere with the performance OF their
regular duties.
SEC IL. And be il further enacted, That
no allowance or compensation shall be
made, TO any clerk or other officer. bv rea-
son OF the discharge of duties which be-
long TO any other clerk or Office in the SAINT
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