Kansas weekly herald., 1855-08-18
Office of the Commissary-General:

| Office of the Chief Engineer:
/ For blank books, binding, stationery, four
hundred dollars. - So -
For miscellaneous items, including two daily
Washington papers, five hundred dollars.
ls7aG Office of the Surgeon General: 80
For blank books, binding, and stationery, two
hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous items, two hundred dollars.
| Office of the Colonel of Ordnance:
For blank books, binding, and stationery, six
For miscellaneous items, FIVE hundred dollars.
| Office of the Colonel Of Typographical Engi-
t1t neers 80 -;l-s
For blank books, binding; and stationery,
| seven hundred dollars.
| For miscellaneous items, five hundred dollars
For the General Purposes Of the Northwest Er-
ecUti0e Building. For compensation of four
watchmen of the northwest executive building,
two Thousand four hundred dollars.
For compensation of two laborers Of the
northwest executive building, eight hundred and
| sixty-four dollars.
For fuel and light, two thousand four hundred
dollars. -
For miscellaneous items, one thousand six
hundred dollars.
For the General Purposes of the Building corner
Of F and Seventeenth Streets. For compensation
of superintendent, four watchmen, and two la
borers, for said building, three thousand eight
hundred and two dollars.
For repairs and Improvements, ten thousand
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cents.
For fuel and compensation of fremen, one
| thousand nine hundred and forty-two dollars
and fifty cents.
| For contingent expenses, one thousand four
hundred dollars.
Nary Department.-For compensation of the
| Secretary of the Navy, and the clerks, messen-
ger, assistant messenger, and laborer in his Of
flee, twenty-nine thousand two hundred and
ninety-siX dollars.
| For COMMUNICATION of fho cb;of of fbo pu-o,,,
of Ordnance and Hydrography, and the clerks,
| messenger, and laborer, in his Office twelve
thousand three hundred and sixteen dollars.
| For compensation of the chief of the Bureau
of Navy Yards and Docks, and the civil engi-
neer, clerks, messenger, and laborers, in his of
fee, seventeen thousand and ninety-tw dollars.
| For compensation of the chief of the Bureau
| OF Construction, Equipment, and Repairs, and
| OF the engineer-in-chief, and the clerks, mes-
senger and la5orers in his Office. twenty thous-
and seven hundred and ninety-two dollars.
For compensation Of the clerks, messenger,
and laborer in the Bureau of Provisions and
Clothing, eight thousand eight hundred and six
teen dollars.
of Medicine and Surgery, and the clerks, mes
senger, and laborer in his office, nine thousand
and sixteen dollars.
Contingent Expenses of the Nary DEPARTMENT.
Office Secretary of the Navy:
For blank books, binding, stationery, labor,
items, two thousand eight hundred and forty
dollars.
Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography:
For blank books and stationery, five hundred
dollars.
For miscellaneous items, two hundred and
fifty dollars.
Bureau Of Construction, Equipment, and Re-
pairs:
For blank books, binding, stationery, and mis-
cellaneous items, eight hundred dollars.
Bureau of Yards and Docks:
For stationery, books, plans, drawing, and in
cldental labor, eight hundred dollars.
Bureau of Provisions and Clothing:
For blank books, binding, stationery, and
miscellaneous items, seven hundred dollars.
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery:
For blank books and stationery, three hum
dred and fifty dollars
For miscellaneous items, one hundred dollars.
For the General Purposes Of the Southwest En-
ecUtiUe Bailding.-For compensation of four
watchmen of the southwest executive building.
two thousand four hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of said building, viz
For labor, fuel, lights, and miscellaneous
items, three thousand eight hundred and sixty
five dollars.
Post Office Experimentation compensation of
the Postmaster General, three Assistant Post
masters General, and the clerks, messenger, as
slstant messengers, watchmen, and laborers of
said department, one hundred and fifty thous-
and five hundred and fifty-two dollars.
Contingent expenses of said department:
For blank books, and stationery, fuel for the
General Post-O Office building, including the Au-
ditor's office, oil, gas and candles, printing, la
Dor, day watchman. and for miscellaneous items
nine thousand five hundred dollars.
For the continuation of the Post Office build
ing, three hundred thousand dollars, to be ex-
pended under the direction of the President Of
of the United States, according to the plan sub
mitted by Thomas U. Walter, architect, to the
Postmaster General, and approved of by the
committees of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatlVes, at the present session of Congress.
For repairs of the General Post Office build
ing, for office furniture. glazing. painting,
and for keeping the freplaces
and furnaces in order, four thousand dollars.
For the renewal of the furnaces in the Gen
eral Post-Office building, and for repairing the
mantels and freplaces therein, two thousand
dollars.
For paper and printing for the executive de-
Partments: including the annual statement of
commerce and navigation, the Biennial Regis
ter, and annual estimates of appropriations, one
hundred and forty-six thousand FIVE hundred
dollars: ProUidcd, All blank books, binding.
and ruling the same for the several executive
departments herein appropriated for, shall be |
furnished under the direction and supervision of
the Superintendent of Public Printing.
Mint of the United States
At Philadelphia.
For salaries of the director, treasurer. assay-
er, melter and refiner, chief coiner and engraver
assistant assayer, assistant melter and refner,
and seven clerks, twenty-seyen thousand nine
hundred dollars.
For wages of workmen and adjustsrs, fifty
thousand dollars. -sE..'...s - =
For specimens of ores and coins, to be resery-i
ed at the mint, three hundred dollars
For transportation of bullion from New York
assay Office to the United States mint, for COIN
age, ten thousand dollars Provided, That all |
bullion required by law to be transmitted from
said Office to the mint for coinage, shall, if /
practicable, be in the form Of refined bars.
For incidental and contingent expenses, in
;luding fuel, materials, stationery, water-rent,
gas, wastage, freight on bullion, in addition to
At New Orleans.