The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-10-02
For miscellaneous items, one hundred and fifty


In the office Of Chisf Engineer.
For blank books, binding, stationery, and print
ing. seven hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous items. including twenty dol
lars for years subscription for two daily Wash
ington newspapers, three hundred dollars.
In Me office Of the Surgeon General
For blank books. binding, stationery, printing,
and fuel, two hundred and ten dollars.
For miscellaneous items, sixty five dollars.
In The office Of Colonel Of Ordnance.
For blank books, binding, stationery, and print
| ing, five hundred dollars
For miscellaneous items, three hundred and fifty
| dollars.
In the Bureau Of Typographical! Engineers.
For blank books, binding, stationery, and labor,
| seven hundred and fifty dollars.
| For miscellaneous items, five hundred dollars.
| For compensation OF superintendent and four
watchmen of the northwest executive building, one
| thousand seven hundred and ten dollars.
For contingent expenses OF said building, viz: for
labor, fuel, and light, two thousand four hundred
| dollars.
For miscellaneous items, one thousand SIX hun
drcd dollars
For rent of the house the northwest corner of
+ and Seventeenth streets, and warming all the
rooms in it, for each room one hundred and seventy
five dollars, twenty-one thousand eight hundred
| and seventy five dollars.
NAVY DEPARTMENT
For compensation of the Secretary of the Navy,
and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messen-
and fifty dollars.
For Compensation of the Chief of Bureau of Navy
| Yards and Docks, and OF the civil engineer,
draughtsnan, clerks, and messenger in his office,
eleven thousand four hundred dollars.
For compensation of the Chief of tho Bureau Of
Ordnance and photography, and of the draughts-
men, Clerks and messenger in hs Office nine thou
sand four hundred dollars.
| For compensation Of the Chief Of the Bureau of
Construction, Equipment and Repairs, and of the
assistant constructor, draughtsnen, clerks, and
IN IfH, tha,ua h,,.,
dred dollars.
For compensation of the Chief Naval Constructor,
and of the Engineer in Chief six thousand dollars.
| For compensation OF the clerks and messenger in
the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing six thousand
five hundred dollars; the annual compensation Of
the assistant book keeper being increased two hun
dred dollars.
For the annual salary Of the Chief of the Bureau
of Medicine and Surgery, three thousand dollars.
For of salary Of the Chief of the Bureau of
Medicine and Surgery, provided by the act of third
March, eighteen hundred and forty nine, five hum
dred dollars.
For compensation of the Assistant Surgeon,
clerks, and messengers in the office Of the Chief of
the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery four thou
sand three hundred dollars.
CONTINGENCIES THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
For contingencies of the Navy Department, and
all the Bureaus connected herewith, namely: For
blank books, binding, stationery, printing, labor,
office rent and fuel, seven thousand two hundred
dollars
For compensation of superintendent and three
watchmen Of the southwest executive building, one
thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, the salary
of the three watchmcn being increased from three
hundred and sixty five dollars to five hundred dol
lars each, per annum, from first of July, eighteen
hundred and fifty.
For contingent expenses of said building, name
ly, labor, fuel and light, one thousand six hundred
and seventy five dollars.
For miscellaneous items thousand one hun
dred and fifty dollars.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
For compensation of the Postmaster General, six
thousand dollars.
SURVEYORS GENERAL AND THEIR CLERKS.
For compensation of the Surveyor General north
west of the Ohio, and the clerks in his Office eight
thousand three hundred dollars.
For compensation of the Surveyor General of IL
nois and Missouri, and the clerks in his office, five
thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars.
For compensation of the Surveyor General Of
Louisiana, and the clerks in his office, four thou
sand five hundred dollars.
For compensation of the Surveyor General of
Florida and the clerks in his office, five thousand
five hundred dollars.
For compensation of the Surveyor General of
Wisconsin and Iowa, and the clerks in his office,
eight thousand three hundred dollars.
For clerks in the offices Of the Surveyors General,
to be apportioned to them according to the exigen-
ces of the public service, and if necessary, be
employed in transcribng field notes of surveys for
the purpose OF preserving them at the sent of Gov
eminent, twenty thousand dollars.
For compensation of Surveyor General of rkan-
sas, per act of eighth of August, eighteen hundred
and forty -six, two thousand dollars.
For compensation of clerks in his office, per act
ofeighth of August eighteen hundred and forty six
six thousand three hundred dollars.
For re-surveying and correcting erroneous
veys in Michigan, at a rate not exceeding six dol
lars per mile, twenty thousand dollars
MINT or THE UNITED STATES
Al Philadelphia.
For salaries ofthe director treasurer chief coiner
assayer, melter and refiner, cngraver assistant
! sayer, and their clerks, twenty. one thousand dol
lars, and the employment of an additional clerk at
twelve hundred dollars per annum, is hereby
thorized.
For wages of workmen, thirty two thousand dol
lars
For incidental and contingent expenses includ.
ing fuel, materials, stationery, water rent repairs,
and wastagc, in addition oavailable funds on hand
twenty five thousand dollars. Prorided That TO
enable the President of the United States TO obtain
for the United States, If lac shall deem it expedient
to do so the right to use the improved methods of
refining argentiferous gold bullion recently dis
covered and being patented to X. s. McCulloch and
James {. 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 dol
lnrs
For specimens Of ores and coins, to be reserved
at the Mint, three hundred dollars
The Secretary of the Treasury be, and he il here
by, authorized and directed 10 contract, upon the
most reasonable terms, with the proprietors Of some
well established assaying works, in successful
operation in California upon satisfactory security,
to be judged by the Secretary Of the Treasury 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 lumps, and in forming the same into
bars, shall be prescribed by the Secretury of the
Treasury, and that the said United States Assayer
shal cause the stamp of the United States, indicat
ing the degree Of fineness and value, to be affixed
20 each bar ngo of gold that may be issued from
| the establishment. Prouided, That the United
States shall not be held responsible for the loss of
any gold deposited with said proprietors for assay
Ind prorided further, That the salary of said As
sayer shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Urea
sury, not TO exceed five thousand dollars.
! At Charlotte, North Carolina.
For salaries Of superintendent, coiner, assayer
and clerk, six thousand dollars.
For wages Of workmen, three thousand five hun
/ drcd dollars
For incidental and contingent expenses, incud
| ing fuel, materials, stationery, repairs and vast
| age, two thousand ono hundred dollars.
For repairing the wall of the ditch in front of the
| Mint, and for making other repairs in and about
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