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

books 10 be provided for that purpose, and the al
lowances for personal compensation for each
calendar year shall be made from the fees and
emoluments of that year, and not otherwise:
And provided. further, That nothing in any ex-
isting law of Congress authorizing the payment
of per diem compensation to district attor-
ney, clerk OF district Court, or clerk oil cIron'
court, or marshall or deputy marshal, for attend
ance upon The district or circuit courts during
their sittings, shall be so construed 10 author
lie any such payment 10 any one OF those OIL
| GERS for attendance upon either Of those cour's,
while sitting for the transaction Of business IN
der the bankrupt law merely or for any portion
of the time for which either of the said courts
may be held open, or in session, by the author
ity conferred in that law; and no such charge
in an account of any such officer, shall be Ger,
titled as payable, or shall be allowed and pam
out of the money hereinbefore appropriated for
defraying the expenses of the courts of the w
tied States, unless such district attorney, clerk
or marshal shall be required by the Judge oil
said court or the Solicitor of the Treasury 10
attend the session of the same, shall actually
attend for the performance of the duties OF MS
said Office: and no per diem other allowance
| shall be made to any such officer for attend
ance at rule days of the circuit or district
! courts, and when the circuit and district courts
sit at the same time, no greater per diem OF
other allowance shall be made to any such OH
Ger than for an attendance on one court: ana
provided further, That the district attorney,
marshal, clerk of the circuit court and clerk OF
| the district court of the United States for the
northern and southern districts of New York.
shall not hereafter receive any greater or other
fees and emoluments, including fees and emol-
uments under the act entitled sAn act to estab-
lish uniform system of bankruptcy through
out the United States for service rendered by
them, respectively, in the said courts, than
now are or hereafter may be allowed by the
| laws of the State of New York to attorneys,
solicitors, counsel, sheriffS and clerks, in the
highest courts of law or equity, OF
original jurisdiction, of the State of New
York according to the nature ofthe proceedings
for like services rendered therein: Provided,
That no part of the fund hereby appropriated
shall be applied (unless) in addition to the GER
tificates now required by law, the clerk of the
said court shall certify in his official capacity
that the services have been rendered, and the
supplies furnished for and used by the court,
and that the charges therefor were legal and
proper.
MISCELLANEOUS
No. 16s. Annuities and grants: Josiah H.
Webb, per act of twelfth December, eighteen
hundred and eleven, fifty dollars; Rachael
Dohrman, per act of Sd March, eighteen hun
izabeth c. Perry. per act of second March,
eighteen hundred and twenty-one, four hun
dred dollars; Elizabeth M. Perry, per act Of
second March, eighteen hundred and twenty
one, one hundred and fifty dollars; making in
all nine hundred dollars.
No. 1863. For survey of the coast of the Un-
tied States, including compensation to superin-
tendent and assistants, one hundred thousand
dollars.
No. 40. For the continuation OF the survey
of the northern and southern lakes of the I'm
tied States, twenty thousand dollars.
No. III. For completing survey of the boun-
dairy between the State of Michigan and Ter
ritory of Wisconsin, seven thousand dollars.
No. 172. To enable the President of the Un-
tied States to cause to be made and completed
an exploration and survey of that part of the
northeastern boundary line of the United
States and the adjacent country which separ-
ates the States of Maine and New Hampshire
from the British provinces, and for completing
maps of surveys already made, and other work
according to estimates, sixty-sx thousand
three hundred and one dollars and seventy-fye
cents.
No. l7S. For salaries of the two keepers of
the public archives in Florida, one thousand
dollars.
For allowance to law agent, assistant coun-
sci, and district attorney, under acts providing
for settlement of private land claims in Florida,
three thousand five hundred and thrty-five dol
lars and eighty-two cents: Provided, That no
allowance shall hereafter be m ade for compen-
sation to the law ageut, assistant counsel, or
extra fees to the district attorney of Florida,
for attending to the settlement of private land
claims in Florida; and the office of law agent
and power to employ assistant counsel are
hereby abolished.
No. IVA. For expenses in relation to the re-
lief OF certain insolvent debtors of the United
States, two thousand dollars.
No. IFS. For the support and maintenance
of the pententiary of the District of Column
bia in addition to an unexpended balance of
nine thousand three hundred and eiehty-four
dollars, six hundred and sixteen dollars.
No. 176. To make good deficiency in the
year eighteen hundred and forty-one in the
fund for the relief of sick and disabled sea-
men, as established by the act of the third of
May, eighteen hundred and and three, FORTY
six thousand five hundred dollars.
No. III. To complete and put in a suitable
condition for occupation the marine hospital at
Mobile, fifteen thousand dollars.
No. us. For the custom house at Boston.
seventy-five thousand dollars.
No. l79. For payment of such amount M
shall be found due by the select committee. an
pointed in the House of Representatives on the
thirteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and
forty-two, tor superintendent, work done and
materials furnished in completing the custom
house, New York, a sum not exceeding twenty
eight thousand two hundred dollars.
No. $50. For expenses of sixth census. in
GLIDING printing statistics and reports, enumer-
alton of inhabitants and addendum, and census
of pensioners for revolutionary and military
services, ten thousand copies each, sum not
exceeding one hundred and ten thousand doll
ars: Provided, however, That before The said
accounts are paid, it shall be the duty of the
Secretary of State, or other proper accounting
officer, to ascertain from one or more disinter,
ested practical printers, what would be consid-
cred fair and just compensation for compost
ton, press-work, printing and paper, and that
so much and no more be allowed And provid-
ed further, That no part of the said snm be an.
piled to the payment of printing the compend-
ium which is now subject of dispute.
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