The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-04-20
b Y A u Il II o r I T y.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed during TIC 81 coed Session ot
the Thirty second Congress
PuDLIc Acr-No. 3i.]

BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
the following sums he, and the same are
hereby, appropriated to supply defcien.
cies in the appropriations for the service
Of the fiscal year ending the tbirticth of
June, eighteen hundred and fifty three,
out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, namely:
For compensation of the Vice Prcsi-
dent of the United States. one thousand
six hundred and thirty-cight dollars and
eighty-nine cents;
For outfit of charge d'affaires to
Denmark, four thousand five hundred
dollars
For salary to the Commissioner at the
Sandwich Islands, from the seventh Of
June, eighteen hundred and ffty-two.
and to make the same equal to the sum
now provided by law, four thousand four
hundred and fourteen dollars;
For the contingent expenses of the Of
fee of the Treasurer of the United
States one thousand dollars
For salaries and commissions of reg s.
ters of land Offices and receivers of pub.
lie money, eight thousand dollars
For expenses of depositing public mon
eys, by receivers of public moneys, two
thousand and fifty dollars
For incidental expenses of the several
land offices, three thousand eight hun
dred dollars;
For the extension of the United States
Capitol, four hundred thousand dollars
Provided, That so much of former ap.
preparations for the extension of the
Capitol as remains unexpended, and the
appropriation now made, or which may
hereafter be made, or which may hereaf
ter be made for that object, shall be dis
burscd under such regulations as the
President of the United States may pre-
scribe; the accounts for such disburse
ment to be audited and paid at the treas
ury in the same manner as the accounts
of other civil officers charged with the
disbursement Of public money. And said
discussing agent shall report to the Pre-
sident his disbursements and proceeding.
in time to be presented to Congress al
the commencement of each annual scs
sion aud at any other time when requir
cd
For the completion of the repairs Of
the Congressional Library room, author
lied by the act approved March nine
teenth, eighteen hundred and fifty two
twenty thousand five hundred dollars;
For compensation of three men at ono
dollar per day each, for one year, to fin
ish and keep in order Lafayette Square
one thousand and ninety-fve dollars;
For enclosing Lafayette Square with
an iron fence, five thousand one hundred
dollars;
For completing the work of the seventh
census and to prepare the same for pub
lication, twenty-five thousand dollars
For stationery, printing blank forms
and regulations, furniture, binding books
and miscellaneous items in the Office OF
the Commissioner of Pensions, ten thou
sand dollars;
For engraving for fifty-onc thousand
five hundred and twenty copies of the
mechanical part of the Patent Office Re.
port for eighteen hundred and fifty one
two, (lS5l-2) five hundred and eighty.
five dollars;
To pay for the Congressional Globe
and Appendix, and the Annals of Con
grcss, ordered for the use of the Library
of the House of Representatives under
the resolution of the House of Scptem-
ber twcnty-cight, eighteen hundred and
fifty, four thousand five hundred dollars;
To enable the Clerk of the House OF
Representatives to furnish, pay for
and deliver the same books to five new
members of the present Congress, as per
resolution of said House, passed twenty
sixth July, eighteen hundred and fifty
two, four thousand five hundred dollars;
For compensation of five clerks. au-
thorizcd to be appoionted and employed
by the Postmaster General, under the
tbirtieth section of the act of thirty first
August, eighteen hundred and fifty-two,
four thousand i've hundred and four dol
lars and ninety cents;
For compensation to an assistant day
watchman of the General Post Office,
from the fifteenth of September eighteen
hundred aud fifty-two, until tie thirticth
June, eighteen hundred and fifty three,
four hundred and seventy five dollars
For the payment of the amount due
William Williams, under the sixteenth
article of the Cherokee treaty of eigh-
teen hundred and thirty-fiye and six, be-
ing the balance of an award of four hun
dred and five dollars by the commission
ers, under said treaty, two hundred and
fifty-fve dollars of which was paid out Of
the appropriation "for carrying into ef-
feet the Cherokee treaty of eighteen
hundred and thirty-6ve and six, one
hundred and fifty dollars;
To pay Gregory Ennis, executor of
Philip Ennis, deceased, balance due up.
on contract for filling up the low ground
south of the Presidents House, authori-
ze6 by act of March third eighteen hun.
dred aud forty-nine, the sum of four hun
dred and seventy-four dollars and fifty
four cents
For expenses Of the Board Of Visitors
at the Military Academy, five hundred
and ifty-seven dollars and eighty-three
cents
For expenses which may be incurred
in acknowledging the services of the mas
ters and crews CT foreign vessels in res
cuing American citizens anu American
vessels from shipwreck, two thousand
dollars: Provided, That the money shall
be expended uuder the direction of the
President of the United States;
For the year ending ,hirtieth June,
sighteen hundred and fifty three. in ad.