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the excess ont of any money in his hands de-
rived from the sales of public lands; and the
periods and principle of graduation, fixed bv
the instructions of the General Lands Office, of
thirtieth October, eighteen hundred and fifty
four, shall be. and they hereby, confirmed.
Office of Indian Affairs:
For rent of building on Seventh Street, for
Office, one thousand two hundred dollars.
For compensation of four watchmen, two
thousand four hundred dollars.
For compensation of laborer, five hundred
and seventy-six dollars
For fuel and lights, six hundred and sixteen
dollars.
For blanK-booKs, binding, and stationery,
nine hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous items, including two of
the daily city newspapers to be filed, bound.
and preserved for the use of the office, eight
hundred dollars.
Pension Office:
For engraving and printing bounty-land GER
tifcates, five Thousand dollars.
For stationery, three thousand dollars.
For binding books, two thousand FIVE hundred
dollars.
For furniture, five hundred dollars.
For compensation of laborers, one thousand
five hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous items, including two of
the daily city newspapers. to be filed. bound,
and preserved for the use of the office. five thou
sand dollars.
For the general purposes of the Department of
the Interior:
For compensation of four night watchnen
and one dav watchuian for the eastern wing of
the Patent Office, occupied by the Secretary of
the Interior, three thousand dollars.
For expenses incurred by DIR. John Evans,
in geological explorations in Oregon. Washing
ton, etc., and for the completion of those ex-
plorations in Washington Territory, and on
Goose Bay. twentY-three thousand FIVE hundred
and sixtv dollars.
For CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE EAST
ERN WING OF THE PATENT, OFFICE BUILDING.
For fuel, lights. and incidental expenses, two
thousand five hundred dollars.
For compensation of three laborers, one thou
sand seven hundred and twenty-eght dollars.
For the preservation of the collections OF the
exploring expedition:
For compensation of keepers, watchmen. and
laborers, two thousand nine hundred and eighty
dollars.
For contingent expenses, two hundred dol
lars.
SURvEYoRs-GENERALAN AND THEIR CLERKS
For compensation of the surveyor-general north
west of the Ohio, and the clerks in his office,
eight thousand three hundred dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor-general of
Illinois and Missouri, and the clerks in his Of
fee, five thousand eight hundred and twenty
dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor-general of
Louisiana, and the clerks in his office, four
thousand five hundred dollars
Florida, and the clerks in his office, five thous-
and five hundred dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor-general of
Wisconsin and Iowa. and the clerks in his of
fee. eight thousand three hundred dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor-generaI of
Arkansas, and the clerks in his office, eight
thousand three hundred dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor-general of
Oregon, and the clerks in his office, seven thou
sand five hundred dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor-general of
California. and the clerks in his office, thirty
nine thousand five hundred dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor-seneral of
Washington Territory, and the clerks in his Of
fce seven Thousand five hundred dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor-generaI of
New Mexico, and the clerks in his office, seven
thousand dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor-general of
Kansas and Nebraska, and the clerks in his Of
fee, eight thousand three hundred dollars.
For compensation of clerks in the offices of
the esurveyors-general,t to be apportioned to them
according to the exigencies of the public SER
vice, and to be employed in transcribing field
notes surveys for the purpose of preserving
them at them at the seat of government, sixty
one thousand dollars.
For salary of the recorder of land-titles in
Missouri, FIVE hundred dollars.
For compensation of the Commissioner of
Public Buildings, and the clerk in his office,
three thousand two hundred dollars.
For compensation of the Superintendent of
the Public Printing. and the clerks and messen-
ger in his Office, eleven thousand five hundred
and seventeen dollars. And the superintendent
and the clerks and messenger in his office, and
the librarian, and assistants and messenger in
thhe Library of Congress. shall be entitled to,
and shall receive the benefits of the joint reso-
lution approved July twentieth, eighteen hun
dred and fifty-four, fixing the compensation of
the legislative employees of the government in
the same manner and to the same extent as Of
fcers of the same grade in the legislative de-
partment.
For contingent expenses Of his office, viz:
For blank-books, stationery: postage, adver-
tising for proposals for papea, and miscellane.
Gus items, one thousand dollars.
For rent Of wareroom, two hundred and fifty
dollars.
For carriage and labor in storing and trans
portation of paper, five hundred and fifty dol
lars.
WAR DEPARTMENT.-For compensation of
the Secretary of War, and the clerks, messcn-
ger, assistant messenger, and laborer in his Of
fee, twenty-five thousand three hundred and
forty-eght dollars.
For compensation of the clerks and messen-
ger in the Office of the Adjutant- General, thir-
teen Thousand four hundred dollars.
For compensation of the clerks and messen-
ger in the Office of the Quartermaster-G General,
sixteen thousand two hundred dollars.
For compensation of the clerks and messen-
ger in the Office of the Paymaster- General,
twelve thousand four hundred and forty dollars.
For compensation of the clerks, messenger,
and laborer in the Office of the Commissary-
General of Subsistence, nine thousand seven
hundred and seyenty-six dollars.
For compensation of the clerks and messen-
ger in the office OF the Chief Engineer, eight
thousand two hundred dollars.
For compensation of the clerks and messen-
ger in the Office of the Chief Engineer, eight
thousand two hundred dollars.
For compenSatiOn of the clerks and meSSen-
ger in the Office of the Snrgeon-G General, FIVE
thousand dollars.
For compensation of the clerks, messenger,
and laborer in the Office of the Colonel Of Top
esraphical Engineers, six thousand nine humid
red and seventy-siX dollars.
For compensation of the clerks and messen-
ger in the office of the Colonel of Ordnance,
twelve thousond dollars
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE WAR De-
PARTMENT.-
Office of the Secretary of War.
For blank hooks, stationery, and lacor, one
thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.
For miscellaneous items, five hundred and fif-
ty dollars.
For books, maps, and plans, one thousand
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