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

fthe Patent Office and Treasury buildings. one
| hundred and seventeen dollars and fifty cents;
For repairs of vessels emp loyed in the coast sur
| vsy, ten thousand dollars; $50
| 10 supply a, deficiency in the contingent ex-
penses OF the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury
tor the fiscal year ending thirtieth june eighteen
hundred and fifty-three, four thousand five hun
dred and fifty dollars; g
For the repair of damages to, and the improve
ment OF Lafayette square, one thousand two hun
dred and seventy Eight dollars; IS
For compensation of the United States assayer
at San francisco, California, from the first of Jan
uary, eighteen hundred and fifty-two to the thir
| teth OF June, eighteen hundred and ffty-three,
seven thousand five hundred dollars.
For temporary clerk hire in the office of the
Auditor OF the Post Office Department, one thou
sand dollars;
| For arrears of compensation due A. j. Downing
tor services as rural architect at the time of his
death, SIX hundred and twenty FIVE dollars;
For laying out and graveng the roads and
| walks, purchasing manure and trees, and seeding
down in grass the square south of the Presidents
House, twelve thousand dollars; and for paying
any balance which may be due for work done and
performed;
| For providing proper foundations for the custom
house at San Francisco, authorized by the sixth
section Of the act entitled can act to supply de-
hciencies in the appropriations for the service of
the hscai year ending the thirtieth of June, one
thousand eight hundred and ffty-two,' and in
addition to the sum of forty thousand dollars here
totore appropriated, twenty five thousand dollars;
For fuel and quarters for officers Of the army
serving on lighthouse duty. the payment of which
ment, ten thousand three hundred and forty zone
dollars and twenty seven cents. For deficiency in
the fund for purchasing lighthouse supplies, six
thousand two hundred dollars;
For the reappropriation of seven hundred and
fifty four dollars and forty cents, being portion
OF the amount heretofore appropriated for the
erection OF custom house at Eastport Maine, and
carried to the surplus fund, on the thirtieth of
i IOntn on- hrrHr opd Ef&ry& I+}Lo :
| the unexpended balance of the appropriation by
the act of June nineteen, eighteen hundred and
thirty four, for payment of the Georgia militia -
&C., which has passed by subsequent acts into the
surplus fund.- be, and the same is hereby, reappro-
priated;
For balance due Levi johnson for the site for
marine hospital at Cleveland, Ohio, three thousand
three hundred and ninety six dollars;
For payment of salaries of deputy surveyors at
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
New Orleans, two thousand five hundred dollars,
and the salary of said officers shall be two thousand
dollars per annum, commencing on the first day
of July, eighteen hundred and fifty two; =.
To pay Walter Burgess (Iate district attorney of
the State of Rhode Isand) the sum of five hundred
and eighty four dollars and eighty cents, being in
full for his services and money paid out in defend
ing Captain Simonds, of the brig Casket, by order
| OF John Y Mason, late Secretary ofthe Navy;
For additional allowance to E. S. Norris, the
sum of two thousand two hundred and sixty dollars
and thirty four cents; and to George R. Stuntz the
| sum of nineteen hundred and ffty-eight dollars
and fifty cents, additional allowance made to them
as deputy surveyors under the surveyor general of
/ Wisconsin and Iowa, and in accordance with the
recommendations and estimates of the Commits
soner of the General Land Office and the Secre-
tary of the Interior, dated respectively on the
eleventh and fourteenth of February, eighteen
hundred and fifty three;
For payment of the amount due Thomas w.
Lane, upon three several drafts drawn in his favor
BY q. w. Barbour, Indian Agent in California,
upon X. Mckee, disbursing agent, for transporta-
tah
special contract, while treating with the Indians
in said State, three thousand eight hundred and
twenty-five dollars; a24als g
For the services of a striker in the shop of the
Delaware Indians, from August first, eighteen
hundred and twenty three, to August thirty first
/ eighteen hundred and twenty six; and for the
services OF smith and striker in the shop of the
Senecas and Shawnees of Lewistowr, from seven.
teenth November, eighteen hundred and thirty.
three, to fifteenth February eighteen hundred and
thirty eight, deductine all amounts paid for such
service during said period, and for balance due
for services on Seneca miil-dam. as estimated for
| BY the proper department, two thousand two hun
bred and twenty nine dollars; 30
| For compensation of FIVE members of the House
| OF Representatives, appointed committee of in
/ vestgation upon all facts touching the connex-
| ion of Thomas Corwin, Secretary of the Treasury
/ with the Gardiner claim and authorized to sit
during the recess between the first and second
sessions OF the present Congress-, the sum of
| three thousand eight hundred and fortv dollars
or SO much thereof as may be necessary to pay the
said members respectively eight dollars per day
Tor the period they were detained at Washington
In discharge OF the duties of their appointment:
| To enable the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives to pay Peter Force and John C. Rives for
one hundred and two copies of the third volume of
the NTH series " American Archives,'' or docu-
mentary history of the United States, for the new
members of the House Of the Twenty-sixth Con-
1 gress, one hundred and seventeen copies of the
same volume for the new members of the TWENTY
seventh Congress, one hundred copies of the same
volume for the new members of the Twenty-eighth
Congress, one hundred and one copies of the same
volume for the new members of the Twenty-ninth
| Congress, one hundred and sixteen copies of the
same volume for the new members of the Thirtieth
Congress, one hundred and thirty-four copies of
] the same volume for the new members of the
Ihirty-trst Congress, and one hundred and thirty
copies OF the same volume for the new members of
I the Thirtysecond Congress, in all eighteen hun
dred volumes, at sixteen dollars forty-five cents
| and six mills per volume, thirteen thousand one
hundred and sixty-two dollars and forty cents;
| To enable the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives to pay for reporting and publishing eight
hundred and fifty columns of the proceedings of
the House of Representatives of the second session
OF the Thirty-second Congress in the Daily Globe,
| at seven dollars and fifty cents per column, six
| thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars;
4 and to enable the said John C.. Rives to pay the
reporters of this House for this session the sum of
| seven dollars per column, instead of four for the
/ reporters of the Congressional Globe, the sum of
/ three thousand dollars, or much as may be me-
| cessary for that purpose, aad the Clerk of this
house De autnorIzed to pay the same to said Rives
/ for that purpose;
To enable the Clerk Of the House of Representa-.
| tlves to pay balance due for reporting and pub
/ fishing the proceedings of the House during the
first session of the Thrty-second Congress, being
| slxty-hve columns and one line, at the rate Of
| seven dollars and fifty cents per column, four
4 hundred and eighty-seven dollars and ifty-four
cents;
To enable the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives to pay for twenty -four copies of the Congress
sional Globe and Appendix Of the second session
ofthe Thirty second Congress for each member and
/ delegate OF the House, seventeen thousand and
sixty four dollars; and for binding the same being
i've thousand six hundred and eighty. eight vol.
umes, in strong and substantial half binding with
Russia back and corners, at rate not exceeding
sixty cents per volume, three thousand four hun
dred and twelve dollars and eighty cents;
For this amount of money appropriated and
goods purchased under treaty stpulations for the
Lake Chippewa Indians, lately DESTROYED bv FIRE
at the agency of said Indians, fifteen thousand
dollars: PROVIDED, That the Commissioner Of In
dian Affairs is hereby authorized to purchase said
goods in open market without the usual notice in
| such cases required by law. IS 8r
/ SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
seventh section of the act entitled San act MAX
ing appropriations for the civil and diplomatic
| expenses Of the Government for the year ending
the thirteth of June, eighteen hundred and fiftv.
/ three and for other purpOses,o approved Aurnst