The Empire County argus., 1855-05-19

LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
PUBLIC ACTS OF aad CONGRESS
OF THE
UNITED STATES,
the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on
Monday the 9th day Of December 1853 and ended on
FRANKLIN PIERCE President; DAVID R. ATcHsoN Pres
dcn of the Senate temore LINN BOYD, Speaker OF
the House of Representatives.
CHAP CCXLII.-An Act making Appropriations for the
Civil and Diplomatic Expenses of Government for the
year ending the thrtieth of June thousand eight
hundred and fifty-fve, and for other purposes.
Belt enacted By the Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the United States Of Anaerica in Congress assembled,
That the following be- and the hereby, ap
proprated out of money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated for the objects hereafter expressed for the
fiscal year ending the thirteth of June, thousand
eight hundred and ifty-fve, namely:
Lgisatioe For compensation and mileage of Senator's
one hundred and six thousand eight hundred and sixty
two dollars and eighty cents;
For compensation and mileage of members of the House
of Representatives, and delegates from Territories three
hundred and foryour thousand eight hundred dollars
For compensation of the officers clerks, messengers,
and others receiving annual salary in the service of
the Senate, ffty-seven thousand and ten dollars;
For compensation of the officers and clerks of the House
of Representatives, thirty thousand four hundred
and sixty dollars;
For the contingent expenses of the Senate, viz:
For binding thirty-fve thousand dollars;
For lhographing and engraving forty-fve thousand
For books, ten thousand dollars;
For stationery fifteen thousand dollars
For newspapers two thousand six hundred dollars;
For Congressional Globe, and binding the same sixty
five thousand dollars;
For reporting proceedings thirteen thousand dollars;
For clerks to committees pages, police horses and car
ryals thirty thousand dollars;
For miscellaneous items, thirty thousand dollars;
,nS r and n Of the SENATE eghvs 6 nG
of the Joint Committee Printing the character of any
document ordered to be printed render such change
necessary and proper the size of the may be changed
from octave to quarto orm but in shall the prices
to be paid for composition and press-work exceed, pro
auta, those established by the printing act August the
twenty-sxth eighteen hundred and ffty-two, for the
printing of Congressional documents
For the contingent expenses of the House of Representa-
tives, viz:
For binding documents thirynine thousand three hun
dred and seventy-tive dollars;
For furniture and repairs three thousand eight hundred
and seventy five dollars;
For stationery for members, fifteen thousand dollars;
For twenty-one messengers, twenty thousand dollars;
For horses and carriages four thousand and fifteen dol
For fuel OIL and candles three thousand dollars
For newspapers for MEMBERS twelve thousand five hun
dred dollars;
For engraving and thographng, seventy thousand dol
For Capitol police three thousand five hundred and six
For miscellaneous items, twenty thousand dollars;
For messenger in charge of hail. thousand four hun
dred and fifty dollars;
dollars;
For saddle horses, eight hundred dollars;
For laborers, two thousand five hundred dollars;
For pages, four thousand five hundred dollars;
For folding documents, seven thousand five hundred
dollars;
For paper and printing of the House, one hundred and
twelve thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars.
Lbraryof Cong'ese-For compensation of librarian two
assistant librarians and messenger four thousand five
For contingent expenses of said library thousand
For purchase of books for said library five thousand
For purchase of law books for said library, two thou
sand dollars;
For the completion and the publication of the works
Thomas Jefferson and pay of the editor of said work,
seven thousand two hundred dollars;
Tpa hla Tho ftpn fha lhrnrV nf CDn.
gress replace the volumes and atlas of the Expo
ring Expedition, destroyed by the burning of the Library
and the plates and other property destroyed by the fire in
Philadelphia, including binding, nine thousand and ten
dollars and seventy-fve cents.
EpecutiOe-For compensation OF the President OF the
United States twenty-five thousand dollars;
For compensation of Secretary sign patents for lands
thousand five hundred dollars.
Department of T0te-For compensation of the Secre-
tary of State and Assistant Secretary of State clerks
messenger and assistant messenger in his office, thirty
eight thousand seven hundred dollars.
For the Incidental anI Contingent Expenses Of said De-
partment.-For publishing the laws in pamphlet form,
in the City of Washington eighteen thosand five hundred
And such sum shall be pud for publishing the laws in
California Oregon and Washington, the Secretary of
State may deem reasonable;
For proofreadng packinc and distributing laws and
thousand dollars;
For stationery blank books, binding, labor and attend
thousand four hundred dollars;
For copperpate printing books and maps, thousand
dollars;
For newspapers, four hundred dollars
For extra clerk hire and copying two thousand dollars;
said clerks to be employed only during the session of Con
gress when ndspensaby necessary to enable the de-
partment answer some call made by either house of
Congress at one session to be answered at another.
For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars;
For purchasing for the of the State Department one
hundred copies of Little and Browns edition of the Uni
ted States Statutes Large and the number of the
pamphlet laws of the Thirty third Congress, three thou
sand five hundred and seventyfve dollars;
For the purchase of fifty sets of Howards Reports of
the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States,
three thousand five hundred dollars;
For he purchase of copies of the Reports of the Su-
preme Court ard Opinions of the Atorneys-General of
the United States for the executive offices of the Terrific
res OF Kansas and Nebraska four hundred and fifty dol
lars;
Northeast Erecuti0e Building.-For compensation of
the superintendent and four watchmep of the norheast
executive building, two thousand two hundred and fifty
dollars.
For contingent expenses of said building viz:
For fuel light labor. and REPAIRS three thousand three
hundred dollars
Treasury Deparnaent.-For compensation of the Secre-
of the Treasury and Assistant Secretary Trea-
sury clerks, messenger and assistant messenger in his
Office fftywo thousand two hundred and fifty dollars;
For compensation of the First Comptroller and the
clerks and messenger his office twentyfour thousand
five hundred dollars
For compensation of the Second Comptroller and the
clerks and messenger in his office, twenty-five thousand
Eve hundred dollars