Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-03-12

Congressional Globe the Of three thousand dollars
or much may be necessary and the Clerk of this
be authorized to pay the to said Rves for
To enable the Clerk the House of Representatives to
pay balance due for reporting and publishing the pro-
ceedngs OF the House during the first session Of the thr
tysecond Congress, being sxyve columns and line
al the Of seven dollars and City cents per column
four hundred and eighty dollars and cents
To enable the clerk Of the House of Representatives
pay for twentyfour copies of the Congressional Globe
and Appendix of the second session If the
Congress for each member and delegate of the House.
seventeen thousand and sixtfour dollars and for bind
ing sae being five thousand six hundred and eighty
eight volumes in strong and substantial half binding
with Russia back and corners at n rate exceeding
sixty per volume three thousand four hundred and
twelve dollars and eighty cents
For this amount of money appropriated and goods
purchased under treaty stpulatons for the Lake Chppe
VA Indians lately destroyed by fire Mt the agency of said
Indians fifteen thousand doars ProUided That the Com
missioner Indian Affairs is hereby authorized to pur
said goods in open market without the usual
tce in such cases required by law
Sec q lind be further enacted That the seventh
ton Of the entitled An act making appropriations
for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the Government
for the year ending the hrheth OF June, eighteen hum
dred and fifty three and for other purposes approved
August thirty first eighteen hundred and fifty two, be
and the same is hereby repealed
Sec And be further enacted That hereafter no hooks
shall be distributed members Of Congress except such
as are ordered be printed public DOCUMENTS by the
Congress of which they members ProUtded That ts
section shall prohibit interfere with the distrbu
tion 10 members who have heretofore received books
under an order either House. of the remaining volumes
or parts complete the sets Of which they have
received part. u
For paving expenses of David Dale Owens geological
report from Philadelphia Washington for one hundred
and boxes and porterage ninety dollars
and forty five cents for insurance, ninety dollars for
freight hundred and seventeen boxes one hundred
and forty-sx dollars total, three hundred and thirty
five dollars and forty five cents.
Sec A. Ind be ii further enacted, That much of the
second section of the act making appropriations for the
support of the army for the ending hirteh of june
eighteen hundred and fifty three approved thirty first
August eighteen hundred and ty-two provides that
portions of the moneys appropriated by this act shall
be applied the payment Of expenses incurred prior
to the day of july thousand eight hundred and
fifty-two" be and the is hereby repealed far
it relates the appropriation for lighthouses contained
in said act except the lighthouses which have been
contracted for to be erected upon the Pacific coast
And that the Secretary Of the Treasury be and he is
hereby authorized TO pay to John Nice. Reynolds the
Of thousand dollars for expenses incurred by
him in removing materials for the construction of light
house in the State of Michigan, the Department having
changed the site after said materials delivered at
the site first selected.
Sec 5. Ind be further enacted, That the officers APP
pointed to assist the superintendent of the naval astro
nomca expedition in Chill, directed by the act of the
third Of August eighteen hundred and fortyeigh shall
he allowed increased compensation in rateable pro-
portion according to pay and rank at the time OF depar
ure from the United States to the allowance made to the
said superintendent by the act of March third eighteen
hundred and fy-one, to be paid out of any moneys in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
ceving bids under the third Of july thousand
eight hundred and y-two for the erection of mint in
California be extended to the first Of April thousand
eight hundred and ffyhree and that the Of three
hundred thousand dollars appropriated by said act
much thereof may be necessary shall be applied only
TO the erection and putting in operation mint in Cali
forna and not to the purchase of any building for tina
purpose.
Sec. I. Ind be it further enacted That when gold o.
silver shall be cast into bars ngots formed int
disks at the mint Of the United States any Of thu
hes ar flee nf he N
States, the charge for refining, casting forming SAT-
bars ngots disks shall be equal to but exceed tn
of machinery, materials ETC., to be regulated from tins
to time by the Secretary of the Treasury And the Sc
cretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to regulate
the of the new silver CON- authorized
an act entitled An act amendatory of existing laws
latiye TO the half dollar, delia- dime and hall
dime at the present session and that to procure
such Devices also the models moulds and matrices
original dies for the COINS disks ngots authorized by
said act the director Of the mint is empowered with the
approval Of the Secretary of the Treasury engage tenn
porarily for that purpose the services of
artists distinguished in their respective departments who
shall be paid for such services from theconngent appro
praon for the mint And that hereafter the three CEN
coin now authorized by law shall be made Of the weigh
Of three fsths Of the weight Of the half dollar pro
vded in the said act and the standard Of neness
And the said act entitled An act amendatory Of existing
laws relative the half dollar quarter dollar dime,
half dme shall take effect and be in full force from
after the first day Of April thousand eight hundred
and fythree, any thing therein to the contrary not
Sec s. And5e further enacted That in the settlement
of his the late Collector Of the Port Of San Fran
CISCO in the State Of California be allowed credit for fy
thousand dollars advanced to j. Nicely johnson for taking
the seventh census. approved, March 3, 1858.
TPUBLIc-No. 35
AN ACT making appropriations for the civil and dplo
matte expenses Of Government for the year ending tn
thirteth Of june eighteen hundred and fifty -four.
BE enacted 6y the Senate and House Of Representation
the United States Of America Congress assembled Tha
the following be and hereby appropriated
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
for the objects hereafter expressed for the fiscal yea
ending the thirtieh Of June, eighteen hundred and fifty
four, namely:
LEGISLATIVE
For compensation and mileage of Senator'S hundrec
and eghty-seven thousand nine hundred and
dollars and twenty cents
For compensation and mileage of members Of the House
of Representatives and delegates from Territories 81,
hundred and tyfve thousand three hundred and
ty-three dollars and sixty cents
For compensation Of the officers and clerks Of both
houses Of Congress, fyseyen thousand nine hundred
and thirty dollars.
For the contingent expenses of the Senate, viz:
For binding, fifteen thousand dollars.
dollars.
For books, twelve thousand dolaps
For stationery, eight thousand dollars
For newspapers, two thousand FIVE hundred dollars
For congressional Globe and binding the same eight
For reporting proceedings, twentyfour thousand FIVE
hundred dollars.
For clerks committees and President pyo ,,r,,o,,
draughtsman messengers pages aborers police horses
and carryalls fy-hye thousand dollars. and ~ onahI
the clerk of the House of Representatives to comply with
the resolution Of said House Of March first one
eight hundred and fifty three, directing him 10 nav N,
usual extra compensation to the employees in and abon
the Capitol sum sufficient for that purpose hereby