The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-17

Interior, ninety thousand dollars to be paid out OF
the patent fund.
AIRY line between the United States and Mexico,
and paying the salaries of the officers and men OF
the commission, fifty thousand dollars.
Provided, There shall be allowed and paid TO the
commissioner, surveyor, and astronomer appointed
or to be appointed for the purpose aforesaid each
salary at the rate of three thousand dollars per
mum; and that If the duties of either have been,
shall be performed by an officer Of the army, his
pay during the time OF such employment shall be
increased to that sum- And prouided, further, that
the appointments aforesaid shall terminate and
at the expiration of three years from the first
day of January, one thousand eight hundred and
! fifty.
| TO provide for unforeseen expenses in the survey
of the western coast of the United States already
commenced, fifteen thousand dollars.
| For relief and protection OF American seamen in
foreign countries, twenty five thousand dollars.
In aid Of the appropriation heretofore made for
the contingent expensesofthe Treasury Office eight
hundred dollars.
To provide for the removal and subsistence of the
Seminole Indians, now in Florida, west of the Mis-
sissippi, two hundred thousand dollars.
For deficiency in the appropriation for the pay
ment of pensions for the fiscal year ending the
thirtieth Of June, eighteen hundred and fifty, five
hundred and sixty thousand dollars
For continuing the pavement Of the avenue
around the Capitol grounds, sixteen thousand five
hundred dollars, 10 be expended under the direction
of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, on whose
the engineers, or other corps OF the army, may be
detailed to supervise the work.
For deficiency in the appropriation for the Mint
of the United States at Philadelphia for the fiscal
year ending the hrtieth of June, eighteen hundred
and fifty, twelve thousand dollars.
For supplying new boilers to the engines, length
ching chimney, and for other alterations and
improvements in the Mint of the United States at
Philadelphia, twenty thousand eight hundred dol
lars.
Additional sum required to supply deficiency
in the appropriation for provisions for the Navy,
for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June,
eighteen hundred and forty nine, seventy thousand
dollars.
For the pay of two additional clerks in the Audi
tors office of the Post Office Department, from the
first of January to the thirtieth of June, eighteen
hundred and fifty one thousand dollars.
To supply the deficiency in former appropriation
for store house number nineteen, and gateway,
wall across timber dock, digging out timber dock,
and for repairs at the Norfolk navy yard, sixty
thousand dollars
For deficiency in the appropriation for the pres
cnt fiscal year for lighting the Capitol and Capitol
grounds, Pennsylvania avenue, and the Presidents
House, six thousand dollars.
For the management of Indian Affairs in Oregon
Territory to be expended under the direction OF the
President, ten thousand dollars, to supply the de-
/ hciency in the appropriation made by the law OF
fourteenth August, eighteen hundred and forty
eight.
To supply deficiency in the appropriation for
the contingent expenses of the House OF Repre-,
sentatives for printing, binding, and engraving,
and other miscellaneous expenses for the present
fiscal year, one hundred and twenty nine thousand
two hundred and fifty dollars.
To enable the Clerk Of the House of Representa-
tvcs TO pay for one thousand sets Of the continue
ton of the Statutes at Large, printed by Little g.
Brown pursuant to the order Of the House of Rep
resentatives, two thousand five hundred and twenty
one dollars.
For repairing the United States steamers Jeffer-
son, Hetzel, and Legare, employed in the coast
under the direction a the Secretary of the
Treasury, twenty thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Senate, two hun
dred and thirteen thousand dollars
For deficiencies in the appropriations for the
branch mint at New Orleans, the present fiscal
year, fifteen thousand dollars.
For supplying deficiencies in appropriations
for the naval service for the fiscal year ending the
hrtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty nine,
in pursuance of the letter Of the Secretary of the
Navy of December twenty four, eighteen hundred
and forty nine, seven hundred and forty seven
thousand five hundred and thirty three dollars and
thirty cents.
For the compensation of two watchmen to be
employed in preserving the public grounds about
the Capitol at the rate of three hundred and sixty
five dollars per annum each, seven hundred and
thirty dollars.
For the removal of the public greenhouse and
the botanical collection thereat TO some suitable
site the public grounds, and for the erection of
such other green house as may be deemed neces-
sary by the Joint Committee on the Library, i've
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of the said Joint Committee, and under the super
vision of the Commissioner of Public Buildings
For continuing the improvement OF the grounds
south OF the Presidents house, and incidentally
necessary thereto, towards the construction Of a
J culyert on Seventeenth street. leading from the
| grounds attached TO the Navy Department building
TO the Washington canal, ten thousand dollars.
For completing the improvement OF Indiana ave-
nue., in the city of Washington, from the City Hall
TO the Capitol Hill, thousand dollars, to be
expended under the control Of the Commissioner OF
Public Buildings.
For continuing the improvement Of the public
grounds west Of Seventh street, designated the
mall, five thousand dollars.
For enclosing with substantial wooden fence,
grading, and planting with trees, the low grounds
on the canal, between Third and Sixth Streets two
thousand five hundred dollars.
SEC. 2. And be Il further enacted, That the Post
master General be, and he is hereby authorized tc
employ twenty two additional clerks in the Pos
Office Department, viz seven clerks, each at an
annual salary Of fourteen hundred dollars; eigh
clerks, each at an annual salary Of twelve hundred
dollars; and seven clerks, each at annual sala
ry Of one thousand dollars; and one additional
Waterman, at a salary Of three hundred and sixty
five dollars.
SEC. 3. Ind be IL further enacted, That the sala
ries provided for in the second section Of this act
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty
eighteen hundred and ffty-one, shall be paid on
Of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap
propriated.
Approved, May is, 1850.