Southern shield., 1850-11-30

| or mSceLaneOuS items, one hundred and fifty dollars
 hathe oDfce Qf Chigf Engineer.
 For blank books, binding, stationery, and printing, seven hundred dollars.
 For miscellaneous items, including twenty dollars for one years subscription for two daily Washington newspapers, three hun- dred dollars.
 ha the office 9f tbe Surgeon General.
 For blank books, binding, o,o,;o...r,., printing, and fuel. two hundred and ten dollars.
 For miscellaneous items,sixty-fve dollars
 In the Q6fce 9f Colonel of Ordnance.
 For blank books, binding, stationery, and printing, five hundred dollars.
 For miscellaneous items, three hundred and fifty dollars. L'' the Bueou 9f Typographical Engineers.
 For blank books, binding, stationery, and abor 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 hundred dollars.
 For rent of the house on the northwest corner of F and Seventeenth streets, and l warming all the rooms in it, for each room one hundred and seventy-five dollars, twen- ty-one thousand eight hundred and seventy | five dollars. NAVY DEPARTMENT. For compensation of the Secretary of the Navy, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger in his office, twentv-one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
 For compensation of the Chief of Bu- reau of Navy Yards and Docks, and of the civil engineer, draughtsman, clerks, and messenger in his office, eleven thousand four hundred dollars.
 For compensation of the Chief of the N Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, and of the draughtsmen, clerks, and messenger, in his office, nine thousand four hundred dollars.
 For compensation of the Chief of the Bureau of Construction, Equipment and Repairs, and of the assistant constructor, N draughtsmen, clerks, and messenger in his office, thirteen thousand six hundred dollars.
 For compensation of the Chief Naval ! Constructor and of the Engineer in Chief, six thousand dollars. 1 For compensation of the clerks and mes senger in the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing six thousand five hundred dollars; the annual compensation of the assistant boodl-keeper being increased two hundred dollars.
 For the annual salary of the,Chaf of the Bureau tof Medicine and Surgery, three | thousand dollars.
 For arrears of salary of the Chief off ' the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, pro- vided by the act of third March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, five hundred dollars ] For compensation of the Assistant Sur geon, clerks, and messengers, in the oflicei of the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, four thousand three hundred | dollars. CONTINGENCIES OF THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
 For contingencies of the Navy Depart ment, and all the Bureaus connected there with, namely: For blank books, binding, stationery, printing, labor, office rent, and fuel, seven thousand two hundred dollars. 1 For compensation of supetin ntendent and three watchmen of the southwest executive building, one thousand seven hundred and | fifty dollars, the salary of the three watch men being increased from three hundred and sxty-fve dollars 10 five hundred dollars each, per annum, from first of July, eigh- teen hundred and fifty.
 For contingent expenses of said building, namely, labor, fuel, and light, one thousand six hundred and seventy-hve dollars. For miscellaneous items, one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
 POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
 For compensation of the Postmaster General, six thousand dollars. SURVEYORS GENERAL AND THEIR CLERKS. l
 For compensation of the Surveyor Gen. eral northwest of the Ohio, and the clerks in his office, eight thousand three hundred dollars.
 For compensation of the Surveyor Gen. ] eral of Illinois and Missouri, and the clerks in his office, five thousand eight hundred ard twenty dollars.
 For compensation of the Surveyor Gen. eraf of Louisiana, and the clerks in his office, four thousand five hundred dollars.
 For compensation of the Surveyor Gen. eral of Florida, and the clerks in his office, five thousand five hundred dollars.
 For compensation of the Surveyor Gen. eral 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 accord ing to the exigencies of the public service, and, if necessary, to be employed in tran