Southern shield., 1850-11-30

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 For the erection of new custom.bon. lat San Francisco, 10 contain rooms for f post office in that city, and the accomod, ton of its officers, and also rooms for tb. United States district court, the accomod, ton of it's officers, and other Governmen, officers in California, until the whole bnild
 ing is needed for custom-houSe purpoqo, one hundred thousand dollars: P,ogideJ Said building shall be exempt from all Stala City, or other taxation: And Pr0Uided fDr Ither, That the whole cost of the same shall not exceed four hundred thousand dollars
 For continuing the construction of the lcustom-house at Savannah, Georgia, fifteen thousand dollars.
 l For purchasing the site and commencin, the erection of a suitable fire proof buildin9 in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, for the custom-house, and independent Treasurv and other offices of the United States, tb sum of fifty thousand dollars; the whole cog of the building not to exceed the sum Of seventy-fve thousand dollars: Prouids9 That said building shall be exempted from city taxes, and all other taxes whatever, b act of the Legislature of Missouri.
 For the purchase of site, and construc, ;ion of a proper building at Cincinnati for a custom house, independent Treasury, and other offices of the United States, fifty thou. sand dollars: ProUided, That the total cost lof construction shall not exceed seventy five thousand dollars; And provided also, That said building shall be exempted from Ioit oil hot h., act of the Legislature of Ohio.
 For finishing and altering rooms in the custom-house, Portland, Maine, for the ac, commodation of the federal courts, clerk of the district and circuit courts, and marshal's office, three thousand and thirty-one dollars and seventy-one cents.
 For survey of the coast of the United States, including compensation to superin- tendent and assistants, one hundred and eighty-six thousand dollars.
 For continuation of the survey of reefs, lshoals, keys, and coasts of South Florida, by the superintendent of the coast survey, thirty thousand dollars.
 For continuing the survey of the western coast of the United States, forty thousand dollars.
 To enable the clerk of the House of Rep resentatives to pay for one hundred and two Icopies of the eighth volume of the Amer can archives, to be retained in his possession until disposed of by Congress, at sixteen dollars and eighty-three cents per volume one thousand seven hundred and sixteen ldolars and sixty-six cents.
 1 To enable the clerk of the House of Rep resentatves to pay for one hundred and seventeen copies of the eighth volume of lhe American archives, to be retained in his possession until disposed of by Congress, at sixteen dollars and eighty-three cents per volume, one thousand nine hundred and lsixty-nine dollars and eleven cents.
 To enable the clerk of the House of Rep resentatives to pay for reporting and pub. fishing in the "Daily Globe" two thousand columns of the proceedings of the House ot Representatives, for this session, at the rate otseven dollars and fifty cents column, fifteen thousand dollars.
 To enable the clerk of the House of Rep. resentatives to pay for binding the Congres- Islonal Globe and Appendix, for members of the Thrty-tirst Congress, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be re. Iquiled to pay for binding said volumes in strong substantial Russia leather, backs and corners, at price not exceeding sixty cents
 To enable the Clerk of the House of Rep resentatlves to pay for five thousand five hundred and ninety-two copies of the "Con. Igressonal Globe," and for five thousand five hundred and ninety-two copies of the Alp lpendIx, at three dollars pel CODY, each thirty y-three thousand four hundred and eigh ldollars.
 To enable the Librarian of Congress tC |subscribe for and purchase one thousand Icopies of the works of John Adams, seconl President of the United States, to be pub liShed by Little and Brown in an edition O ten volumes; ProUided, The cost of the same shall not exceed two dollars ana Twenty-Five cents per volume, said volume: } 10 be disposed ot as Congress may hereafter ldlrect, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars.
 For completing the eastern wing of tht Patent Office building according to the ori ) gnal plan, under the direction of the Secre tary of the Interior; and for defraying sucl !, lexpenses as may have been incurred b1 {, materials procured or labor applied toward } the west wing, prior to the fifteenth of May last, and for such materials or labor as ma,
 nave been since procured or applied for tn security ot the old building, one hundre' and ten thousand dollars, to be paid out c , the patent fund, if so much of said fun remains unappropriated, and if not, the ex cess out ot any money in the treasury no otherwise appropriated.
 For the collection of agricultural statis : tlcs, tour thousand five hundred dollars, | be paid out of the patent fund. For the purchase of such scientific work