The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-03-07

For continaoak expenses OF all the missions
abroad. forty tA6usand doiasy; -. 3. .,ar
ter's salary AZ Charge d'Ad3ires At the Lega'on
at Rio de Janeir0. duringth absence OF the min.
ister and under the Instructions of4he Department
Of State, one thousand one hundredand twenty flve
dollars; "
To reimburse David Todd, late Minister of the
United States at Brazil, cum of money advanced
by him to William E. Anderson, who was sent by
the minister from Rio de Janeiro to he Unite
States, in the spring of 1861, as witness against
two persons engaged in the slave trade, seventy
five dollars;
For payment of Buckingham Smith, late Score
tary of Legation in Mexico, the difference between
his salary as Secretary of Legation and that of
Charge d'Affaires, from the twenty sixth July,
eighteen hundred and fifty one, to the eighth of
October following, during which period he dis
charged the duties of Charge d Affaires in Mexico,
in the absence of the Minister of the United States.
who had returned home on leave, thousand
seven hundred and fifty six dollars and ninety five
cents the same if he received to be in full for all
charges during the period aforesaid;
For contingent expenses of foreign intercourse.
forty thousand dollars;
For expenses of Intercourse with the Barbary
powers, nine thousand dollars;
For salary of the consul at London, two Thousand
dollars;
For salary Of the commissioner to the Sandwich
Islands, five thousand dollars;
For interpreters, guards, and other expenses OF
the consulates at Constantinople, Smyrna, Gambia
and Alexandria, two thousand dollars;
For office rent of the consul at Basle in Switzer-
land, one hundred dollars;
For salary and outfit of a commissioner to reside
in China, including the additional compensation
under the act to carry into effect certain provisions
in the treaties between the United States and China
and the Ottoman Porte, eighteen thousand dollars;
For salary of the interpreter and secretary 10
said mission, two thousand five hundred dollars;
For compensation to the consuls at the five ports
in China, viz: Kwang Chow, Annoy, Fuchow
Ming Pc, and Shanghai, FIVE thousand dollars;
For salary of the consul general at Alexandria
For the relief and projection of American searnen
in foreign countries, one hundred and twenty FIVE
thousand dollars;
For clerk HIRE, Office rent, and other expenses of
the Office of the consul of the United States at
London, two Thousand eight hundred dollars;
For salary OF the consulat Beirout five hundred
dollars.
PUBLIC LANDS
For compensation for secretary to sign patents
for public lands, one thousand five hundred dol
larsj
For salary of the recorder of land titles in Mis-.
souri,, five hundred dollars;
For salaries and commissions Of registers OF land
offices and receivers of public moneys, one
hundred and forty one thousand seven hundred
dollars: Provided, That whenever the amount
received at any United States land office under the
third section of an act entitled ssAn act to make
land warrants assignable, and for other imposes -
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and fifty two, has exceeded or shall exceed the
amount which the registers and receivers at any
such office entitled to receive under said third
section, the surplus which shall remain after pay
ing the amount due aforesaid to said registers
and receivers, shall be paid into the Treasury of
the United States other public moneys: And
preptded further, That the President be and he is
hereby authorized to change the location of the
several land offices, and to establish the same from
time to time at such other place in the district as
he may deem expedient;
For expenses of depositing publicNmoneys by
receivers Of public moneys, twenty five thousand
seven hundred and eighty dollars;
For incidental expenses of the several land
Offices, thirty seven thousand and forty dollars
SURVEYS OF THE PUBLIC LANDS.
For surveying the public lands including Incl
dental expenses and special surveys, demanding
augmented rates, to be applied ard apportioned to
the several districts according t6the exigencies of
The public service, (the part to be applied to the
required by the location and survey of
private claims in Florida, to be disbursed at rate
not exceeding five dollars per mile,) in addition to
he unexpended balances of former appropriations,
'ne hundred and fifteen thousand dollars;
For resurveys and examinations of the surveys
IF the public lands in those States where the offices
If the surveyors general have been or shall be
closed under the acts Of twelfth of June, one
thousand eight hundred and forty, and twenty
bird of January, one thousand eight hundred and
fifty three, including two thousand dollars for the
n the General Land Office, the cum of fifteen
thousand dollars;
For correcting defective and fraudulent surveys
n the upper peninsula of Michigan, including
he expenses of field inspector of surveys, five
thousand dollars;
To defray the expenses of examining and correct
ng old, imperfect, and defective SURVEYS in the
,orthern part of the lower peninsula of Michigan,
hree thousand dollars;
For the survey of township and section lines in
w a n in fSvp ioIi Ia
nile, twenty five thousand dollars;
For the survey OF Standard correction, township,
md section lines in Minnesota, in conformity with
he instructions recently issued by the Comtnis.
Toner of the General Land Office for similar
urveys in Oregon, at a rate not exceeding five
dollars per mile, forty five thousand dollars;
For correcting erroneous and detective lines of
public and private surveys in Illinois and Missouri
It rate not exceeding six dollars per mile,
including Office work, two thousand five hundred
lollars;
For compensation of surveyors and other agents,
equired in Illinois, Missouri, Florida, and Arkan
as, to carry into effect the act of twenty eighth of
september. eighteen hundred and fifty, granting
wamp lands. fourteen thousand dollars;
For detached and unfinished surveys and re
urveys in Arkansas, at rate not exceeding six
ollars per mile, fifteen thousand two hundred and
hiry dollars;
For correction of erroneous and defective SURVEYS
n Arkansas, at rate not exceeding four dollars
,er mile, six thousand two hundred and eighty
TX dollars;
For surveying in Louisiana at augmented1saes,
including salary and expenses of surveyor, Ito
ocate private land claims, nine thousand one
hundred and forty two dollars;
For the survey of private land claims in Florida,
lnder the act of twenty eighth of June, eighteen
hundred and forty eight, including the work now
lnder contract, ten thousand dollars;
For completing certain surveys in Florida, at a
ate not exceeding six dollars per mile in conse
luence of the peculiar difficulties attending the
execution of the same, on account of swamps,
axes, marshes, &c and for scrap work ten
thousand dollars;
For continuing the survey of the keys on the
Florida coast, under the act Of twenty eighth of
June, eighteen hundred and forty eight, twenty
thousand dollars;
For surveying standard, parallel, townahip and
section lines in Oregon, at rate not exceeding
Twelve dollars per mile, nearly equal to six thou
sand four hundred miles, seventy six thousand four
hundred dollars;
For extending the principal meridian line in
Oregon, distance of one hundred and sixty miles,
four thousand dollars;
For rent of surveyor generals Office in Oregon,
fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental ex-
penses, including pay Of messenger, &C., two
thousand two hundred and fifty dollars;
To defray the expenses incurred of geological
in Oregon, undertaken in the year
one thousand eight hundred and fifty one, under
from the Department of the Interior,
and entrusted to Doctor j. Evans, eleven thousand
nine hundred and eighty four dollars and twenty
five cents;
For completing the geological reconnaissance in
OREGON five thOusa nd dOlla s.