The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-03-09

the buildings for the construction OF which equal
to the proceeds Of the sale hereinafter directed hereby APP
| proprated.
sEo & Aad Be Il further enacted That tract Of ten acres
Of the land heretofore purchased by the United States for
the purposes Of the naval hospital Chelsea Massacha-
set 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 Charestown
Sac T. lad Be n further enacted That the Secretary OF
the Treasury hereby authorized sell and convey the
land with the buildings thereon belonging 70 the United
States occupied the marine hospital at Chelsea,
may 10 be most advantageous the United States
and he Is hereby empowered TO execute valid title deeds OF
the the purchaser purchasers and that the
ceeds Of such sales shall be paid into the treasury OF the
United States.
sEc s. And BE- further enacted That the provisions
contained in the second section of the act entitled San act
making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expen-
of the government approved the seventeenth day OF
june eighteen hundred and fortoor be required TO DC
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herewith being hereby repealed and all estimates for the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 be employed shall be based upon the expressed pro-
visions of law upon the authority Of executive dis
tribnon thereof and the and section authorizing the
same with the volume and page where such authority may
be found shall be cited in each and all estimates respect
lively.
Sac O. lind Be Il further enacted That the proper ac-
counting officers Of the treasury be- and they are hereby
authorized and required to credit T. Butler King late col
eetor aud depositary at San Francisco IN the sum ot
twelve thousand eight hundred and dollars and
nnetyegh cents being the amount OF money proved 10
have been lost by the destruction Of the eusomhouse build
ing and vault nj San Francisco by the lire OF May eighteen
hundred and hfty-one.
appointed and paid in the provided by law,
four principal examiners and four assistant examiners of
patents in addition to the examining force now authorized
by law be employed in the Patent Office and should
the necessities of the public service In the estimation OF the
Commissioner of Patents require any additional examining
force that herein provided previous to the next session
of Congress there may also be appointed and paid in the
provided by law in addition 10 the foregoing
exceeding principal and two assistant examiners
who shall continue to be employed subsequent TO the
expiration Of said next session Of Congress- without further
provision OF law
eighteen hundred and ftytwo, which provides that the
clerks messengers watchmen and aborers employed at an
annual salary, in temporary Positions in the Executive
and Legislative Departments of the Government in the City
of Washington whose annual compensation does not ex-
coed twelve hundred dollars SHALL in addition thereto be
allowed increase compensation OF twenty per cent? shall
be construed include the principal clerk at the National
Observatory Washington and that hereafter the salary
of said clerk shall be fifteen hundred dollars per annum
And one thousand six hundred and ninety-sx dollars
and fifteen cents supply deficiency in the appropra-
ton for building four steam dredge boats in use by the
War Department Lakes Champaign Erie Michi-
gam and Ontario be applied for materials machinery
tools and labor furnished in painting said boats.
SIC H. lind be further enacted That the Secretary OF
the Treasury be- and he is hereby authorized to
be constructed the following buildings:
At Burlington Vermont marine hospital, to cost not
more than thirty-fve thousand dollars.
At Wilmington, North Carolina, marine hospital, in
Guiding pesthouse for the separate accommodation Of
patients with contagious and ntectye diseases to cost not
+ more than forty thousand dollars
SEC H. And be further enacted That the several sums
mentioned in the preceding section the cost Of the build
ngs therein authorized be constructed together with
ten per cent thereon to the compensation of areh
tects, superintendent advertising and other contingent
expenses and SO much as may be required 10 purchase
suitable for said buildings be- and the here
by appropriated for the purposes aforesaid out Of any
edd That money hereby appropriated shall be used
applied for the purposes mentioned until valid title for the
land for the site of such bnldng each case shall be
vested in the United States and until the State shall also
duly release and renqush to the United States the right
to tax in any way assess said site or property OF the
UT,.to ha lprpfr thu that
the United States shall be remain the thereof
That the compensation OF the collector Of customs at
Sandusky Toledo and Cleveland be hereafter the as
is now allowed by law To the collector at Detroit.
Il That the provisions OF the act OF February twenty
SIXTH eighteen and ftythrec to regulate the fees and
be allowed clerks mashals and attorneys of the
circuit and district of the United States and for
other purposes hereby extended to the Territories OF
Minnesota New Mexico, and Utah. as fully, in all pareu
lars they would be, had the word Territories been
inserted in the sixth line after the word States and the
had read sin the several States and in the Territories
of the United States This clause to take effect from and
after the date Of said act and the accounting officers will
settle the accounts wltnn its pprgiew accordingly.
For the building of alighthouse the government
ervaon Minnesota Point, near the head OF Lake Supe
rior in the Territory Of Minnesota, fifteen thousand dol
/ lars.
! And for toe construction Of two lighthouses in Caltor
MIA at Crescent city, and one al trinity bay fifteen
thousand dollars EACH should the Secretary of the Treas
ury decide that said lighthouses necessary after
proper examination and surveys,
SEC. l3. And6e further enacted That Franklin in the
collection district of Paso del Nore Texas be and the
is hereby made the Of for said district instead
Of Frontera and the collector shall reside thereat.
II SEC IA lind bSn further enacted That the treaties made
during the present Congress with the Indian tribes and
those be made in future shall be published the laws
and other treaties in the newspspag of such States and
Territories Tie Secretary of tbs Interior may think
pedient r. ab
That In the settlement the accounts Of r r. BeaIe late
superintendent Of Indian affairs in California the account
ing officers Of the treasury be authorized elbow him the
amount actually paid to interpreter during the years
eighteen hundred and ffty-hree and eighteen hundred
and fifty four upon producing satisfactory vouchers there
for.
SEC H. Ind Be further enacted That the sum OF seven
hundred ard sxtyge dollars balance OF two thousand
/ two hundred dollars, directed to be paid James r. Miller
and Pyne l-ie-uIas eseV Of them by the Senate
amendment the treaty with the Mama nt,ans made Ia
August eighteen hundred and fy-four be- and the same
is hereby directed to be paid the said Miller Pyhe
yoh NAH ont Of any moneys in the treasury other
4 wise appropriated
i To pay this amount for interest 10 the Chcssaws al
the rate OF hse per cent per annum in pursuance Of the
treaty Of eighteen hundred and thrty-two the Of
hundred and twelve thousand fory-two dollars and
ninety cents improperly charged To said nation
cordng to the decision Of the proper accounting officers Of
this treasury, from the first September eighteen hundred
and thirty seven, until the ninth March eighteen hundred
and fifty thousand nine hundred and sixty dol
Il lars and twenty-five cents. f"f tf.e
$50 TO- lind be further enacted That The Secretary OF
the Treasury be- and he is hereby authorized directed
4 TO cause TO be constructed the following buildings
AT Bristol Rhode Island for the the
custom-house and post Office building Of brick with
fre-procf floors constructed Of iron beams and brick