Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-05-19

teen hundred and fcrty-six, to the thirtieth
June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven,
nine hundred and two dollars anc seveteen
cents Provided, That the salaries Of the
assistant trcasurers and their clerks, the
additional salaries of the treasurers Of the
mint shall commence only from the day on
which they respectively entered upon the
discharge Of the duties Of their several
| offices;
For the renewal of diplomatic inter-
course with Mexico, with view to the
termination of hos,ilities in the event that
the government Of that repulic shall con-
sent to enter upon negotiations, fifty thou
sand dollars;
For outfit of charge d'affaires to Peru,
four thousand five hundred dollars;
For outstanding claims for the late mis-
| sion to China, 10 be settled by the Secre-
tary ofState upon principles ofequitv and
justice, a sum not exceeding seven thous-
and seven hundred dollars;
For deficiency in the appropriations for
the salary Of the late commissioners to the
Sandwich Islands, four thousand two hun
| dred and eight dollars and thirty three
| cents;
For deficiency Of appropriations for re-
pairs Of Pennsylvania avenue, one thousand
nine hundred and fifteen dollars and TWEEN
ty-nine cents;
For deficiency of former appropriations
for articles furnished for the New York
custolnhouse, by Wenman and Wyckof,
five hundred and thirty-three dollars and
eigty-six cents;
For extra clerk hire and copying in the
Office Of the Secretary OF State, including
preparing induces to the papers of the
confederation and Of Washington, during
the current fiscal year, two thousand dol
lars,
For compensation TO special agents to
examine books, accounts, and money on
hand in the several repositories under the
act oil August sixth, eighteen hundred and
| forty six, nineteen hundred dollars;
For roof to the building adjoining and
belonging to the treasury building, FIVE
hundred dollars; ..t
For expense of procuring and issuing
certificates Of stock in the several loans
heretofore authorized, for blank, stock, and
dividend books, and other expenses at
tending the issue and transfer of the evil
dences of public debt, including the GER
tificates of scrip authorized by the act Of
eleventh February, eighteen hundred and
forty seven, twenty thousand dollars;
For contingent expenses, including sta
tionery, blank books, Sc, in the Office of
the Second Auditor, two hundred and
ninety five dollars;
| For compensation Of two clerks in the
office of the Fourth Auditor, at one thou
sand dollars per annum, two thousand
dollars; ......
For re-appropriation of this sum for the
compensation OF the meteorolo, lists the
same having been omitted by mistake in
the enrolment Of the civil and diplomatic
bill of the last session-two Thousand dol
lars;
For deficiency in the appropriation for
completing the maps, specifications and
astronomical computations of the line OF
boundary between the United States and
the British provinces, six thousand dollars;
For rent, repairs, watching, and Incl
dental expenses Of such buildings as may
be indispensably necessary for the use Of
the treasury department, the Secretary Of
the Treasury being hereby authorized to
obtain the same, twenty. five hundred dol
lars per annum, to commence from the
passage of this act;
For repairs to the wharf at the Peni.
Tertiary, six hundred dollars;
For settling the claims Of the late rcpub-
lie of Texas, according to principles Of
justice and equity, for disarming body OF
Texan troops under the command of Colo
mel Snively; and for entering the custom
house at Bryarly's landing, and taking
certain goods thereirom, a sum not exceed
irg thirty thousand dollars; the account to
be settled by the proper accounting eff
GERS of the Treasury Department.;
| SEC. 3. find be 1t further enacted, That
the Secretary OF the Treasury be instruc.
ted to pay to Richie and Hess, out efany
money in the treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, the amount deducted by the
committees in the Senate and House o.
Representatives from their accounts as
rendered for printing finished and de!iy-
cred previous to the passage Of the Print
ing law now in operation:
| SEC. 4. Rnd be 1t further enacted. That
the third section of the acl making appro
priations for the civil and diplomatic ex.
penses ofgovcrnment for the year ending
| the thiriie,h of June, one thousand eight
hundred and forty seven, and for othe,
purposes, approved the tenth day of Au,
gust, one thousand eight hundred and fur.
ty-six, be, and the same is hereby revived
and continued in force for the fiscal yeal
ending the thirtieth June, one thousand
eight hundred and forty eight.
| JOHN w. DAVIS,
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives
| ...- G.. NJ. DALLAS,
! Vice President of the United Staaes and
President ofthe Senate
| .JAMESK POLK