Kansas weekly herald., 1854-11-03

viii make his salary IOT ne Time he was
employed as assistant law agent equal to
that authorized to be paid to the land CONS
missioners by the act of third March, eigh-
teen hundred and fifty-three, s.making ap-
preparations for the civil and diplomatic ex-
penses of government for the year ending
the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and
ffty-four; -a'fl1s - . zsiH' &C 23a 81
That the First Comptroller of the Trea-
sury be, and he is hereby directed, to ex-
anime the claims presented by certain coun-
ties of the late Territory of Iowa, for e1-
penses of the United States District Court,
which were paid by said counties prior to
the admission of said Territory into the
Union as State: and if, upon such exam,
ination, he is satisfied that prior to said
time the said counties have paid money
which, IN accordance with the instructions
of the First Comptroller of the Treasury,
dated nineteenth of December, eighteen
hundred and forty-three, as construed III
the report of said First Comptroller to the
Secretary of the Interior, under date of thir-
teenth of October; eighteen hundred and ff-
ty-three, In reference to said subject, should
have been paid by the Marshal Of the Uni
ted States for said Territory, he is directed
to audit and settle the same;
For compensation of the Judge of first
instance in civil cases for the District of San
Francisco, California, per appointment, da-
ted twenty-6fst of September, eighteen
hundred and forty-nine, by the late Gener-
al B. Riley, while Governor of that coun-
try, from first October, eighteen hundred
and forty mine, to the first April, eighteen
hundred and fifty, seven hundred and fifty
dollars; l5
For the payment of draughtsman and
clerks, employed under the resolution of
| May four, eighteen hundred and forty y-eight,
upon the maps Of the public lands, five
thousand six hundred and seventy-fve dol
lars 80 ~ a 3-5ea
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That
all books, papers, documents, and records,
in the Department of the Interior, may be
copied and certified, under the seal of that
departments, (Which is hereby recognized
as legal, In the same manner as those IN
the other Executive Departments may now
by law be, and with the same force and eff
feet; and in all cases where e seal is ne
cessary by law to any commission, process,
or other instrument provided for by the laws
Iof Congress, it shall be lawful to affix the
Iproper seal by making an impression there
with directly on the paper to which such
Iseal is necessary, which shall be as valid
as if made on wax or other adhesive SUBJ
istance
/ Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
thereafter the commissions of all officers,
under the direction and control of the Sc
cretary of the Interior, shall be made out
and recorded in the Department of the In
terror, and the. seal of the said department
affixed thereto, any laws to the contrary
Notwithstanding Provided, That the said
seal shall not be affixed to any such COM
mission before the same shall have been
signed by the President of the United States;
t Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That
the compensation of the special Mail Agent
of the Post-Ofice Department in Califor-
MIA shall be; five thousand dollars per an
mum; such rate to take effect In virtue of
this provision from July first, eighteen hun
dred and ffty-three;
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That
from and after the passage of this act, there
shall be, in addition to the clerks author
lied by the third section of the act of March
third, eighteen hundred and ffty-three
entitled, can act making appropriations
for the civil and diplomatic expenses of gov
ernment for the year ending the thirtieth
of June eighteen hundred and fifty-foar,' y
in the Office of the Register of the Treasu-
ry, three clerks of class three, to include
the clerk now authorized to take charge
of the redemption of stocks, and In the
office of the Commissioner of Pensions,
in lieu of the temporary clerks now employ
ed therein, five clerks of class two, and fif-
: teen clerks of class three; and said clerks
shall be paid, according to the provisions oil
; said section, until the thirtieth of June
eighteen hundred and fifty-four, out of any
money In the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated;l s.-.;.a = e.-.-..- 81.
q Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That
the portion of the seventh section of the ae,
of twenty-sixth August, eighteen hundred
. and fifty-two, entitled can act to provide
for executing the public printing and estab-
i Using the prices thereof, and for other pur.
poses" which provides s'thatwhen any docrl-
ments shall be ordered to be printed by both
houses of Congress, the entire printing Of
such documents shall be done by the printer
Eof that house which first ordered the same,'
is hereby repealed; and when there are
i different printers for the respective houses
. each shall do the printing which may here.
after be ordered by the house electing him.
i APPRovED, May 81, 1854.
CHAP. LXL-An Act regulating the Pay OF
Deputy Postmaster. 80
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
: of Representatives of the United States Of
t America IN Congress assembled. That in
place of the compensation now allowed de.
putty -pestmasters, the Postmastef-General
be, and he is hereby authorized to allow
f them commissions at the following rates on
f the postage collected at their respective Of.
! fees in each quarter of the year, and Ia due
proportion for any period less than q quar-