The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-03-11

For tho expense Of intercourse with the Barbary
Powers. fifteen thousand dollars
For dsfrsyiDg tho expenses attending tho conway
snee aud forwarding, BY land an of the receipt and
delivery Of @as, letters and dispatches al a. be-
tween Chagres aud Panama, including the eompen-
saiion 10 AN agent VI the United States at each OF
lars, 10 be expended under the direction Of the Sc
erelary Of State.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
For The service of the General Post Once for the
year commencing on the hrst day Of July, eighteen
hunred aud ior.ythree, in conformity TO the act Of
second July, eighteen hundred and lhirty-six four
million i've hundred aud forty five thousand dollars.
viz:
For transportation Of the mail, three million one
hundred and ninety -fve thousand dollars
For compensation of postmasters, nine hundred
and twenty thousand dollars.
For ship, steamboat, and way letter.. twenty-five
thousand dollars.
For wrapping paper, eighteen thousand dollars.
For Office furniture, tor the Offices Of postmoster
seven thousand dollars.
For advertising thirty two thousand dollars.
For mail bags, eighteen thousand dollars.
For blanks, thirty thousand dollars.
For mail locks keys, and stamps, nine thousand
dollars
For mail dePredaions and special agents, twenty
eight thousand dollars; Provided That no special or
aveling Post Office agent shall receive a higher
compensation than thousand two hundred and
fifty dollars per annum, and in addition thereto, two
dollars per day for his travelling expenses.
For clerks for Offices flor the Office Of posmasters
two hundred and ten thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous, hfty-sx thousand dollars; Pro-
pided That the President and tho Postmaster Gene
raj shall have the same power to transfer funds from
one TO another head Of appropriation of the forego
ing appropriations, made for the service Of the Ge-
neral Post Office, the President and any other
s""s OF ." DeParte"s no" have 70 trans
Ter funds appropriated under head to the SER
vice OF another, in any other branch Of the public
service.
For taking down the tow old furnaces in the Crypt
under the Rotunda and building two new ones, cut
ting out the necessary hues, and doing other work
G ih sa herewith according to proposition Of
teen hundred and forty three, the sum of one thou
sand four hundred and fifty -four dollars.
For constructing two furnaces under each end of
the first story Of the centre Of the Capitol for
ing the rooms and passages upon and above said first
story, including the Congress Library ROOM accord
ing to the proposition of John Skirving TO the chair
man of the Committee on Public Buildings, seven
thousand nine hundred and seventy three dollars.
For annual repairs OF the Capitol, attending fur
naces and waterclosets lamp-lighting, OIL laborcrs
on the Capitol grounds tools, keeping iron pipes and
wooden fences in order, attending at the western
gates gardeners salary and top dressing for plants
for the eig teen months ending thrti.th June,
thousand eight hundred and forty four eleven thou
sand two hundred and thirty-one dollars and fifty
cents.
For annual repairs of the Presidents house, gar
deners salary, laborers, tools, and top dressing for
plaats for the eighteen months ending hrtieth June,
one thousand eight hundred and forty -four, three
thousand seven hundred and thirtyfo dollars and
twenty five cents.
For the amount due for W rk and materials on the
Treasury building, on the General Post Office, and
the bridge on Pennsy vania avenue, seven thousand
and four dollars and fory-four cents.
For iron railing and gates the lower terrace of
the Treasury building, and tripods and lamps on the
blocking in front of the portico three thousand
en- hundred dollars.
For tripods with lamps, for the blocking in front
of the General Post Office, two hundred dollars.
For repairing damage to iron pipes by freshet,
seven hundred and thirty dollars aed fty-one
cents.
For materials and work for bulkhead frames and
doors and windows in the cellar of the Capitol two
hundred and twenty-one dollars.
For marble basin at the fountain on the terrace Of
the Capitol, one hundred and twenty dollars.
For pay of james Kelly, amount allowed him by
the commissioners under the re,oluton of Congress,
fifty dollars and forty-four cents
For preparing and publishing charts, and other
wise carrying into effect the act Of August twenty
six, one thousand eight hundred and forty two, for
publishing account of the discoveries Of the ex-
ploring expedition, under the supervision and drec-
ton of the Joint Committee the Library, twenty
thousand dollars.
Sec. q find be further enacted, That in case the
sum appropriated for any object Of contingencies,
should b found more than sufficient to meet the
pense thereby contemplated, the surplus may be sppl
ed under the direction Of the head Of eroper Depart
ment supply the deficiency of any other item 10 the
same department, Office Provided That the ex-
penditure for newspapers and periodicals shall not
exceed the amount specifically appropI lated to that
object by this act, except in The State Department.
Approved. March Sd, IS43.