The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-03-08
THE UNION.

Mann, Marvin, Miller Morehead, Morris, Mulln, Muir
ply, Nelson, Mes, Outlaw, Peasee, Peck Petrie, Pey-
ton Pollock Preston Putnam, Rheu, Richardson Ritchey,
E s1sa' kooEh Rumsey s. John Sawyer shepperd
ams. b stephens Strong ayoT Thomas
vvenable vinton, Warren, White, Wick Williams, and
NAYS-Messrs Candy, Nathan Evans Fisher. Giddngs,
Hale, Henry, Hudson, Daniel P. King Levin Marsh Pal
frey, Julius Rockwell, Root, Strohm and Van Dykel5.
So the bill passed, in the following terms to wit:
Be enacted by the and House of
Of The United States Of america IN Congress assembled, That
the following sums be, and the hereby appro-
prated to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the
service OF the fiscal ending the threth of June egh
teen hundred and tory.eght namely
For pay OF one additional clerk in the office Of the Fifth
business, eight hundred dollars per annum, from the
first of une eighteen hundred and forty seven the thr
teth of June eighteen hundred and ioryeigh eight hun
bred and sxyhve dollars and ninety four cents
For extra clerk hire for the settlement of the increase OF
business in the office of the Secretary of the Navy
stoned by the Mexican war, six thousand dollars.
For salary OF the Judge of the southern district of Florida
act twenty February eighteen hundred and forty
seven from third March, eighteen hundred and forty
TO threth June, eighteen hundred and fory-eght
thousand dollars per annu Two thousand six hundred and
sixy-one dollars and twelve cents.
For salaries OF district attorney and marshal of the south
em district OF Florida per same act from third March,
eighteen hundred and forty seven to hiteh June egh
hundred and toyeght, at two hundred dollars each
annum five hundred and thrtytwo dollars and TWEEN
ty-two cents
Florida per act Of third March, eighteen hundred and
twenty-five, thousand dollars Proptded That SO much
of said of third of March, eighteen hundred and
i , as authorizes the aPpoinmen Of two keep
hundred and forty eight and in the meantime shall be
the duty OF the Secretary OF the Treasury to cause the sal
Florida be designated by the President of the United
States, there to be safely kept.
For expenses of thriyve lighthouses including oil and
other annual supplies delivering the same, and repairing
the lighting apparatus for four hundred and twenty lamps
per annum and also a other expenses for six months,
twenty two thousand seven hundred and forty dollars
six hundred and fifty dollars and all other expenses for
nine months two thousand three hundred and sixteen dol
For additional expenses of sundry buoys for six
For additional expenses of temporary floating light at
Sand Key Florida, in lieu of the lighthouse destroyed
there, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For superntendenfs commission twenty-eight thou
sand hundred and forysix dollars " and half
per cent seven hundred and six dollars and fifteen cents
For contingent expenses under the for the collection
safe keeping transfer and disbursement OF the public
enue of sixth August, eighteen hundred and foysx, five
For per diem compensation of clerk employed in the Adj
jutant Generals office, thousand dollars.
For per diem compensation of clerk employed in the ord
nance office, one thousand and ninety eight dollars
For Per diem Of eight clerks and such ad
service may require to be employed temporarily by the
on he Of @ e
at rate not exceeding three dollars and thrtyhree
teen thousand six hundred and ninety dollars and ninety
six cents.
For clerks in the office the Secretary OF War; being an
unexpended balance OF the appropriation remaining on the
thrteth june eighteen hundred and forty seven for that
purpose two hundred and ninety one dollars and eighty
live cents
For outfits of charges DIES aaires Naples, the Papal
States and the republics of Bolivia Guatemala and Ecua
DOR twenty. two thousand i've hundred dollars
For quarters salary for each of charges DIES
flares the Papal States, Bolivia Guatemala and Ecua
dor, four thousand five hundred dollars
For salary the consul Beyroo from the fourth Au
gust, eighteen hundred and ortysx, the hirtieh of
June, eighteen hundred and forty eight nine hundred
and Hfty Three dollars and eighty e
That the sum OF fifteen thousand dollars be- and hereby
hs Secretary the anu s
donal number OF clerks in the office of the Second Audi
y-tree cents each clerk are required by the exgen
For the relief and protection of American seamen in or
eign countries, twenty thousand dollars.
ARMY.
For regular supplies incidental expenses, and Transport
tation in the quaermaser's department of the army, five
million dollars
For clothing of the army camp and garrison equipage
ing volunteers in lieu of Communication therefor, mil
lion one hundred and twenty thousand dollars.
lion dollars appropriated at the present SESSION. two mil
lion nine hundred and hirseven thousand nine hundred
and thirty mine dollars and seventy four cents.
For pay of unteers called into service during the
fiscal year, three million six hundred and eleven thou
For medical and hospital department, sixty four thousand
For purchase of ordnance, ordnance sore and supplies
three hundred thousand dollars
For expenses of arbating the title the Pea Patch
island, five thousand dollars.
MARINE CORPS.
For provisions, sixteen thousand hundred and four
dollars
For clothing thry-sx thousand three hundred dollars
For fuel three thousand hundred and seventy
dollars.
For military stores three thousand five hundred dollars
For transportation and expenses of recruiting, five thou
sand dollars.
For contingencies, six thousand dollars
For paying James Crnchett for lighting the Capitol and
grounds, two thousand dollars and ten
Sec e. And be it further enacted, That the OF eight
hundred thousand dollars be- and the same hereby APP
proprated for clothing in kind to volunteers for the fiscal
year ending the theth of June, eighteen hundred and
forty mine, agreeaby the act entitled 'An pro-
vide clothing for volunteers in the service of the United
States" approved the twentysiXh of January eighteen
eight hundred thousand dollars the President shall direct
hereby authorized to be applied to the purchase of said
clothing during the current fiscal year,
And then the House adjourned
PETITIONS
The following petitions and memorials have been pre-
sened under the rule and referred to the appropriate
BY Mr.. ABBOTT: The petition of Horace c. Dean, and
207 Others citizens of Lowell Massachusetts praying for
the passage of law establishing uniform of letter
POSTAGE and the prepayment thereof at each
for all letters exceeding ounce in weight and they
further ask that all newspaper postage be established at
one cent for each paper, and the total abolition OF the
By NJ ATKINSON, The petition of the heirs and ad-
of Willis Rddck OF Virginia. praying for the
payment of sustained by the said Kiddick in the
army while they occupied by the American forces
the depose of their military stores in l779 referred to
The Committee Revolutionary Claims
BY Mr.. BOYD: The petition OF Elizabeth Tharp pray
BY Mr.. CLAPP: The petition of Samuel T. Winslow,
soldier in the late with Great Britain, praying for