The North-Carolina standard., 1849-03-14
NumBER 749.

i For salaries of assistant treasurers Of the United
States at New York, Boston, Charleston, and Sc.
Louis, eleven thousand FIVE hundred. -
For additional salaries of teasurers of the mint at
Philadelphia and branch mint at New Orleans, ons
For salaries of ten clerks, authorized by the actof
sixth August, eighteen hundred and fncud-
ing increase of hundred dollars per annum to-
the salary of each of said clerks from the first day Of
JaIy eighteen hundred and forty eight, nine thou
For salary of chief clerk to the assistant treasurer,
New York, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses under the act for the sae-
keeping collection, transfer, and disbursement of the
public revenue of the sixth August eighteen hum
dred and forty+six, fifteen thousand dollars Provid
ed, That part of said sum of fifteen thousand dol
lars shall be expended for, clerical services.
For compensation to the special agents to examine
books, accounts, and money on hand in the several
repositories nnder the act Of sixth august eighteeh
hundred and forty-six, I'VE thousand dollars. st1
For the support, clothing, and medical treatment
of insane paupefs Of the District Of Columbia, FIVE
thousand seven hundred dollars -
For the warden, clerk, physician, chaplain, three
assistant keepers, five guards, messenger and three
inspectors of the penentiary of the District of Co
lumbia, six thousand two hundred and eighty three
dollars and eighty cents: Proctded, That the nspee
tors shall hereafter receive one hundred doarseac per
annum instead of the sum they now receive and that
they shall perform the duties performed by their
clerk without any additional compensation; and so
much of the act of February twe1ty-ffth, eighteen
hundred and thrtyone, and all other acts, parts Of
acts, are inconsistent with this proVision here
BY repealed. ..,, -. .i.-
of twelve transient pauper medical or surgical pa
tients in the Washington ;Infrmary, two thousand
dollars, be expended under the supervision of the
Commissioner of Public Buildings: Provided, The
physicians: and surgeons of the aforesaid in6rmary
give bonds for the maintenance of twelve pauper
transient patients during one year, if application be
made for their reception, binds themselveto keep
rooms for the accommodation for twelve pauper pa
tients weekly, on an average, during the year
For bringing to the seat of government the votes
for Presidentand Vice President of the United States
nine thousand dollars: Provided, That from and after
the passage of this act, the person appointed by the
electors of any State deliver to the President of the
Senate list of the votes for President and Vice
President shall be allowed, delivery Of said list
twelve and half cents for every mile of the estima
ted distance, by the most usual route, from the place
Of meeting of the electors for such State the
of government for the United States, going and
turning and all laws, and parts of laws inconsist-
ent with this. proyiso, are hereby repealed.
For expenses of loans and treasury notes, fifteen
thousand dollars.
To make good a deficiency in the fund for the re-
lief of sick seamen, twelve thousand dollars "a
To enable the Clerk of the House of Representa-
txes pay for two thousand hundred and
sixty copies of the Congressional Globe and Appen-
dix for the second session of the twentyninth Con-
gress, delivered TO the menbers of the House of that
Congress, under the resolution of first March, eigh
teen hundred and fory=seven eight thousand two hum
dred and eight dollars. '-t
| To enable the Clerk of the House of Represents
tives pay for thousand seven hundred and six
ty copies Of the Congressional Globe and Appendix
of the present session. under the resolution of the
first of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven,
when they shall have been delivered to the members
of the House of Representatives, sixteen Thousand
five hundred and sixty dollars. '-'ff't
To enable the Secretary of the Senate pay James
A. Houston for three hundred and fifty bound copies
of the proceedings and the debates of the Senate, for
the present session, published by him. and for an
analytical index to the same, to be furnished to the
members of the House of Representatives and SEN
ate, two thousand five hundred dollars
To provide for deficiency in the appropriation for
the contingent expenses Of the Senate, for the year
ending June thirtieth eighteen hundred and forty
eight, fifteen thousand dollars.
For payment of the first volume of the fifth seres
of the Documentary History, under contract with
the Secretary of State, twenty-four thousand three
hundred and twenty seven dollars.
To pay for three hundred and fifty copies of
compend of the revenue laws of the United States,
compiled by Thomas F. Gordon, at the instance and
for the Of the Treasury Department, four thou
sand two hundred and seventy dollars.
|, For furniture and fixtures for the cnstom-house
building, including the post Office, United States
courtroom and Offices, Wilmington, North Carolina,
two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
For continuing the construction of the custom
house in the cltof Savannah, thirty thousand dollars
For the purchase of site for custoH-house In
Charleston, South Carolina, hundred thousand
dollars in addition to the of thirty thousand dol
lars already appropriated.
For continuing the construction of the CUSTOM
house in the city of New Orleans, one hundred and
thirty thousand seven hundred and fty-eight dollars
For paying the outstanding claims on account of
the cuStom-house Boston, and for completing
the work, twelve thousand FIVE hundred dollars.
For repairing the custom-house at Wiscasset, in
the State OF Maine, and for purchasing the land on
which 1t stands, two thousand two hundred dollars,
to expended under the direction of the Secretary
the Treasury. ,,. =
For repairing and painting. the custom-house at
Portland, in the State of Maine, three hundred dollars
For refunding certain duties paid by colleges, aca-
denies, schools, and semnaries of learning in the
United States on philosophical apparatus, books,
maps, and charts, agreeably to the provisions of an
act passed July thirtieh thousand eight hundred
aud forty six, entitled An act reducing the duty
thousand dollars and hereafter all philosophical
apparatus, instruments, books, maps; and charts;
satuary, b1sts and casts; of marble, bronze, alabas
ter, OF plaster of Paris; paintings, drawings engraY-
ings, etchngs, specimens, of sculpture, cabinets of
coins, medals, gemo and all collections of antfqutes
provided the same be specially imported in good
faith for the use of any society incorporated esab
lished for philosophical literary purposes or for
the encouragement of the fine arts, or for the use or
by the orderof any college. academy, school, or Sc
mnary OF learning in the United Staes shall be in-
ported into the United States free of duty anything
IN the act above named to the contrary notwithsand
! ing. - :, - 'l5s
For grading and grayellipg nd-a-half street.
from Maryland avenue to the arsenal grounds, and
Tagging the west side, four thousand seven hundred
and fifty dollars. 4fAsa
For grading and graye1Iing Indiana avenue, from
Third street to the Capitol hi and constructing cu
yertunder the same, thirteen thousand Eve hundred
dollars fi s1E3