Southern shield., 1850-11-30

For compensation of Clerks in his office, per act of eighth of August, eighteen hun dred and forty six, six thousand three hua- dred dollars
 For re-surveying and correcting errone- GUS surveys in Michigan, at a. rate not exceeding six dollars per mile, twenty thou sand dollars.
 MINT or THE UNITED STATES.
 sliE Fht0deip7t0.
 For salaries of the director, treasurer, chief coiner, asSayer, melter and refner, en- graver assistant aSsayer, and their clerks, twenty-one thousand dollars, and the en- ployment of an additional clerk at twelve hundred dollars per annum, is hereby au- thorized.
 For wages of workmen, thirty-two thou sand dollars.
 For incidental and contingent expenses, including fuel, materials, stationery, water rent, repairs, and Wastage, in addition to available funds on hand, twenty-five thou sand dollars. Pr0vided, That to enable the President of the United States to obtain for the United States, if he shall deem it expedent 10 do so, the right 10 use the i'm proved methods of refining argentiferous gold bullion, recently discovered and being patented to R. $. McCulIoch and James c. Boothe, or the right to use any other method of accomplishing the same object which may be hereafter discovered and patented, there be appropriated the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars.
 For specimens of ores and coins, to be reserved at the Mint, three hundred dollars.
 The Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to con- tract, upon the most reasonable terms, with the proprietors of some Well-estabIished as- saying works, now in successful operation in California, upon satisfactory security, 10 be judged by the Secretary of the Treasu- ", who shall, under the supervision of the United States Assayer to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, perform such duties in assaying and fixing the value of gold in grain and Jumps, and in forming the same into bars, as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and that the said United States Assdycr shall cause ti1e stamp of the United States, indicating the degree of fineness and value, to be affixed 10 each bar or ingot of gold that may be issued from the establishment. P,'ovided, That the United States shall not be held responsible for the loss of any gold deposited with said proprietors for assay. And prOyided, fur Mer, That the salary of said Assayer shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, not 10 exceed five thousand dollars.
 fl Charlotte, North Car0linq.
 For salaries of seperintendent coiner, assayer, and clerk, six thousand dollars
 For wages of Workmen, three thousand five hundred dollars.
 For incidental and contingent expenses, including fuel, materials, stationery, repairs, and wastage, two thousand one hundred dollars.
 Forrepairng the wall of the ditch in front of the Mint, and for making other repairs in and about the lot, and for painting, one thousand dollars.
 .4t Dahlonega, GeOrgia, viz:
 Far salaries of uperintendent, coiner, assayer, and clerk, six thousand dollars.
 For wages of workmen, three thousand six hundred dollars. a-"
 For incidental and contingent expenses, including fuel material, stationery, repairs, and wastage, two thousand dollars.
 if NesO OrIemas.
 For salaries of superintendent, treasurer, coiner, melter, and reiner, and clerks, seventeen thousand three hundred dollars-the salary of the Treasurer being hereby increased from first July, eighteen hundred and fifty, to four thousand dollars; the salary of chief clerk to eighteen hundred dollars: of the other clerk to fifteen hundred dollars; and the employment of an addi- 1l lrlar rly ic hereby authorized.
 For wages of Workmen, twenty dollars.
 For incidental and contingent expenses in addition to available funds on hand, twenty-three thousand seven hundred and seventy y-seven dollars.
 For new machinery, thirteen thousand dollars.
 TERRITORY or NEW MEXICO.
 For salaries of Governor and Superin- tendent of Indian Affairs, three Judges and Secretary, nine thousand seven hundred dollars.
 For contingent expenses ofsaid Territory, one thousand dollars.
 For compensation and mileage of mem- bers of Legislative Assembly, clerks, officers, and contingent expenses ot the Assembly, twenty -four thousand dollars.
 For library for said Territory, five thou sand dollars: Proyided, That the library for the Territories of New Mexico and Utah shall be purchased by agents to be appoint ed by the President of the United States.
 For public buildings for the Territory of New Mexico, twenty thousand dollars Prouided, however, That no part of 'he said appropriations for the Territory oi