, 1855-10-26
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
by AUTHORITY.


ury, marine hospital for said district Of faced brick
exterior walls upon hammered granite uplcllhhhg'
one hundred and forty feet long hiy.t"o icy usg u
the centre and one hundred lect deep al tue wings,
and furtyfve feet high from top OF enranccstory o9r
10 the caves with yerandahs to eaf story on eaeh sue
between the wings and on each qhd oil the "HuIhE :
for theanstricton Of which sim equal u the pro
ceedS Of the sale hereinafter directed is hereby appro
priated.
ten Of the land heretofore purchased by the III
ted States for the purposes of the naval hospital at
Chelsea Massachusetts be selected and set apart under
the direction Of the President Of the United States for
the Of the marine hospital Of the district Of Boston
and CharlestOwn.
SIC. I. And BE- il firths1' enacted That the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury is hereby authorized to sell and
convey the land with the buildings thereon belonging
TO the United States and he is hereby empowered to
execute valid title deeds II the same 70 the purchaser
or purchasers and that the proceeds OF such sales
shall be paid into the treasury OF the United States
SEC. 8. And be il further enaefsd That the pr1Eis,
ions contained in the second section Of the act entitled
An act making appropriations for the civil and dlpO-
matte expenses Of the government approved the sew
enteenth day Of June eighteen hundred and iotyour
be required to be carried into effect in all particulars,
any act in conflict Herewith being hereby repealed
and all estimates for the compensation OF officers Of the
government authorized BY law to be employed shall be
based upon the expressed provisions OF law, ana nos
upon authority Of executive distribution thereof and
the act and section authorizing the same, with the vol
and page where such authority may be iound'
shall be cited in each and all estimates respectively
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accounting officers Of the treasury be- and they are
hereby authorized and required to credit I. Butler
King late collector and depositary ut San Francisco,
in the sum Of twelve thousand eight hundred and
twentyfour dollars and ninetyeight cents, being the
amount Of money proved 10 have been lost by the de
tructoh OF the custom-house building and vault at
San Francisco by the fire Of May, eighteen hundred
and iifty-One.
SEo. To- And be Il further eaacied That there shall
he appointed and paid in the manner provided by
law four principal examiners and four assistant exam
iners OF patents In addition TO the examining t0rce
authorized by law, TO be 80 employed IN the rat
ent0ice and should the necessities of the public ser
vice. in the estimation of the Commissioners Of Pat
ents, require any additional examining force TO that
herein provided previous to the next session OF Con
gress there may also be appointed and paid in the
provided by law, in addition 10 the fore
going, not exceeding two principal and two assistant
examiners, who shall not so continue 10 he employed
subsequent to the expiration Of said next session OF
Congress, without further provision Of law.
That the second section Of the act of thiryirt Au'
gust, eighteen hundred and hfy-two, which provides
"that the clerks, messengers watchmen, and hborers
employed at an annual salary, or in temporary posi-
tons In the Executive and Legislative Departments OF
the Government in the City Of Washington whose an
nual compensation does not exceed twelve hundred
dollars, shall In addition thereto, be allowed an in
compensation Of twenty per cent" shall be con
strued 10 include the principal clerk at the National
Observatory at Washington and that hereafter the
salary f said clerk shall be fifteen hundred dollars PEI
annunJ
And one thousand six hundred and ninety-six dol
lars and fifteen cents to supply deficiency in the ap
preparation for building four steam dedge boats IN use
by the War Department on Lakes "Champlain,
Erie" Michigan" and "0ntarioh to he applied IoI
materials, machinery tools, and labor furnished In
painting said boats.
SEC. II. ARd be It further enacted, That the SEC.
retary Of the Treasury be- and he Is hereby authorized
TO cause TO be constructed the following buildings
AT Burlington, Vermont, marine hospital, TO cost
not more than thirty-hve thousand dollars.
At Wilmington, North Carolina, marine hospital
naNin
Of patients with contagious and infectve diseases,
cost not more than forty thousand dollars
Sac. H. dnd be IL further enacted, That the sever
al Sums mentioned In the preceding section, rs the cost
together with ten per cent thereon TO the com
pensation Of architects superntendents, advertising
and other contingent expenses and so much As may be
required 10 parchase suitable sites for said buildings
BE- and the same hereby appropriated for tho pur
poses aforesaid out OF any money In the treasury not
otherwise appropriated Provided, That no money
hereby appropriated shall be used applied for the
purposes mentioned, until valid tte for the land fol
the site Of such building In each case, shall be eJ
in the United States; and until the State shall ais,
duly release and relinQush to the United States thS
right to tax or In any way asses said site or property
Of the United States that may be thereon during thu
time that the United States shall be or remain TIT
owner thereof
That the compensation Of the collector of customs
Sandusky Toledo and Cleveland be hereafter the SAINT
as Is now allowed by law TO the collector st Detroit
That the provisions Of the act Of February twenty
sixth eighteen [hundredl and hftythree "to regulate
the fees and costs TO be allowed clerks, marshas ant
attorneys Of the circuit and district courts Of the Uni
te States and for other purposes are hereby extend
ed 70 the Territories Of Minnesota, New Mexico, ant
Utah, as fully in all particulars they would be, ha'
the word "Tert0resn been inserted in the sixth lin
after the word "statess and the same had read III
the several States and IN the Territories Of the Untet
States" This clause TO take effect from and after th
date of sad act, and the accounting officers will sett
the accounts within its purview, accordingly.
For the building Of lght-house on the gOvernmen
reservation az Minnesota Point near the head Of LAX
superior, in theTerrtory Of Minnesota, fifteen thor
And for the construction Of two lighthouses in Call
fonia one at Crescent City, and one at Trinity Bay
fifteen thousand dollars each, should the Secretary
the Treasury decide that said lighthouses neces
sary, after proper examination and surveys.
SEC. Is. And BE- Il further enacted That Franklin
In the collection district Of Paso del NoTte. Texas,
and the same is hereby made the port Of entry for sail
District insteadof Frontera and the collector shal
reside therein.
sEc, IA And be il further enacted, That the trea
ties made during the present Congress with the lndia
tribes, and those to be made in future, shah be put
shed as tho laws and other treaties in the newspaper
OF such States and Territories the Secretary Of IN
Interior may think expedient
That in the settlement OF the accounts Of f. =. Bcalt
late superintendent Of Indian Affairs in California, III
accounting officers Of the treasury be authorized to aoV
him the amount actually PAID 70 an Interpreter dun
the years eighteen bundled and tyhree, and eightcc
hundred and afyfour, upon producing satisfaction,
fOuCnefn tnefetOf.
SEC. Is, And BE- il further snaeted, That the sun
ofseyen hundred and sixtyve dollars, the balance
two thousand two hundred dollars directed to be pai
James +. Miller and Pyne-yoh-te-mah, or either o
them by the Senate amendment TO the treaty with IN
Mama Indians, made in August eighteen hundred an
dftyfour, be, and the same Is hereby, directed 70
paid 10 The said Miller and Pyney yohte-niah, out o
any moneys In the treasury not otherwise appropriate
To pay this amount for interest due TO the Chcka
saws at the rate Of five per cent per annurn In puru
Of the treaty OF eighteen hundred and thirytwo
on the Of Que hundred and twelve thotsand forty
two dollars and ninetynlne cents improperly charges
TO said nation, according 10 the decision Of the prope
accounting officers Of the treasury from the first Sep
tember eighteen hundred and thiItyseyen, until tn
ninth March, eighteen hundred and ffty seyentyltw
thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars and twenty
five cents.
SEC. l6. Ana Be il farther enacted. That the Sec
reay OF the Treasury be- and he Is hereby authorize,
and directed 10 cause 10 be constructed the foown,
buildings9-
Al Bristol, Rhode Island, for the accommodation o
the custom-house and postOfioe, building Of brick
with hre-proof hOors constructed Of iron beams IN,
brick work iron roof shutters slis &c, twenty a VI