The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-06-14


dollars.
No. 1856. For seamen's wages, repairs, and
supplies to thirty floating lights, sixty seven
thousand one hundred and seventy-six dollars
and eighteen cents.
No. 1856. For weighing, mooring, cleansing,
repairing, and supplying the loss of beacons,
buoys, chains, and sinkers, twenty-five thous-
and four hundred and ninety-nine dollars and
twelve cents.
No. 1877 For expenses of examining annually
the condition of the lighthouses, fourIthousand
dollars; and for superintendents' commissions,
at two and half per cent; eleven thorsand
two hundred and fifteen dollars
No. 1873. For completing the dixie (from Goat
Island, Newport, Rhode Island) and removing
the light to the new lighthouse, thirteen thous-
and dollars.
INTERCOURSE WITH FOREIGN
NATIONS.
No. 1S9. For salaries of the ministers of the
United States to Great Britain, France, Rus
STA, Prussia, Austria, Spain, Mexico and Bra
Zil, seventy-two thousand dollars.
No. 100. For salaries of secretaries of lega-
ton to the same places, sixteen thousand dol
lars.
No. l9l. For salaries of the charges des
affaires to Portugal, Denmark, Sw eden, Hol-
land, Belgium, Chill, Peru, Venezuela, New
Granada, Texas, Naples, and Sardinia, fifty
four thousand dollars.
No. 1872. For outfits of charges DIES afaires
to Sweden, Bels ium, New Granada, and Hol-
land, eighteen thousand dollars.
No. 1913. For salary of the minister resident
to Turkey, six thousand dollars.
No. 1914. For salary of drogoman to the
legation to Turkey, two thousand dollars.
No. 165. For contingent expenses of foreign
intercourse, thirty thousand dollars: provided,
That such portion of the appropriations for
foreign missions as shall remain unexpended
by reason of reduction or discontinuance OF
missions, (if any should be made.) may be ap'
piled to the payment of such reduction or dis
continuance,
For contingent expenses of all the missions
abroad, thirty thousand dollars.
No. 1876. For salary of the consul at Lon
don, two thousand dollars.
No. 1877. For the relief and protection of
American seamen IN foreign countries, thirty
five thousand dollars
No. 1873. For clerk hire, office rent, and
other expenses of the office of the consul at
London, two thousand eight hundred dollars.
No. 1919. In full for the balance of exPen-
ses of running and marking the boundary line
between the United States and Texas, four
hundred dollars and for salaries of the COM
missioner, surveyor, and clerk, eleven hundred
and twenty-five dollars, or so much thereof as
may be found due on the accounts being audi
ted by the appropriate officer.
No. 200. For the benefit of the legal repre-
sentatves of Edward Lee, (being reappro'
priation of the amount specified in the act OF
March seven, eighteen hundred and thirty'two,
for the relief of Edward Lee,) three hundred
and fifty dollars: Provided, That no allowance
shall be made, out of any moneys aPpropria-
ted by this bill, to any clerk or other officer,
for the discharge of duties, the performance OF
which belongs to any clerk or other officer In
the same or any other department and that
no allowance shall be made for any extra SER
vices whatever, which any clerk or other officer
may be required to perform: And provided also,
That no person shall be paid for carrying the
office mails or doing any other duties which
ought to be done by the messengers of partlc-
ular departments.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
For the service of the General Post Office
for the year eighteen hundred and forty two,
in the act of second of July, eighteen hundred
and thirty.six, four millions four hundred and
eighty'fve thousand and nine hundred dollars,
viz.
No. 201. For transportation of the mai, three
millions one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars.
No. 2O2. For compensation Of postmasters,
nine hundred and fifteen thousand dollar: Pro
uided however, That in addition to returns now
required to be rendered by postmasters, it shall
be the duty of postmasters at New York, Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New Orleans,
and the other several cities of the Umon,ea
and every year hereafter, to render, quarter
yearly acceunt to the Postmaster General, I'M
der oath, in such form as the latter shall pre-
scribe, for the purpose of giving full effect to
this provso, of all emoluments or sums by them
respectively received for boxes,or pigeon holes,
or other receptacles for the letters or papers,
and by them charged for to individuals; or
for the delivery of letters or papers at or from
any place in either of said cities, other than
the actual post Office of such CITY; and of all
emoluments, receipts, and profits that have
come to their hands by reason of keeping branch
post offices in either of said cities and if from
such accounting, it shall appear that the nett
amount received by either of such cities, for
such boxes and pigeon holes, and other recep-
tacles Tor letters and papers. delivering letters
or papers at or from any place in either
OF SAID cities, other than said said
office, and by reason of keeping branch
post office, in either Of said cities, shall, in the
aggregate, exceed the sum of three thousand
dollars IN any one year, such excess shall be
paid to the Postmaster General, for the use
and purposes Of the Post Office Department;
and no postmaster shall, hereafter, under any
pretence whatsoever, have or receive or 70
tain for himself, in the aggregate, more than
hive thousand dollars per year, including salary.
commissions, boxes, and all other fees. perquis-