The true Democrat., 1855-07-24

Monday the day December 1854 and ended on sa
 turday, the Sd day of March, 1855.
 FRANKLIN PIERCE, President. JESSE D. BRIGHT Pre-.
 sident of the Senate, tempore LINN BoYD Speaker
 of the House of Representatives
 (Cntinued.)
 AN ACT making Appropriations for the Support of
 the Army, for the year ending the 3Oth of June,
 1856, and for other Purposes.
 Be it enected by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America Fin Con gross assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated out of any money Ill the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the support of the army for the year ending the 30h of June 1056:-
 For contingent expenses under the act for the safe keeping, collecting, transfer and disbursement of the public revenue, of August 6th 1S46, SIG, 300: Pro- U9ded, That no part of said of $16 500 shall be expended for clerical services.
 For compensation to special agents to examine the books, accounts and money on hand, of the several Repositories under the act of August 6th 1S46 S5 O0O
 For the discharge of such miscellaneous claims not otherwise provided for, shall be admitted in due course of settlement at the treasury 900: Proyade That no part Of the appropriation shall be drawn rom the treasury, except in pursuance of some law or resolution of Congress authorizing the expenditure
 For salaries of nine supervising and fifty local in spectors, appointed under the act of August 3Oth, 1852 for the better protection of the lives of passen gers by seamboats with travelling and other expen- ses incurred by them, SS0,O00.
 Surrey 0f the C0ast.-For survey of the coast of the United States, (includng compensation to super intendent and assistants and excluding pay and eol- uments of officers of the army and navy, and petty officers and men of the navy, employed on the work S250,000.
 For continuing the survey of the western coast of the United States, S130,O00
 For continuing the survey of the Florida reefs and keys, (eXcludng pay and emoluments of officers of the army and navy, and petty officers and men of the navy, employed on the work, s4o,00o.
 For publishing the observations made in the pro gress of the survey of the coast of the United States Sl5,000.
 For fuel and quarters, and for mileage and trans portaton for officers and enlisted soldiers of the army serving in the coast survey in longer provided for by the quartermasters department, Sl0,000.
 Laght-Hou8e Establishment For supplying five hundred and ten light houses and beacon lights with oil, glass chimncys, wicks, channels skins polishing powder, whiting and cleaning materials, transporta- ton and other necessary expenses of the same; re- pairing and keeping the lightning apparatus, $751; 240 50.
 For repairs and incidental expenses, reftting, and improvements of all the light houses and buildings connected herewith, Sl424S9 21.
 For salaries of five hundred and forty three keepers of lighthouses and lighted beacons, and their assi.t ants and including S 200 for salary of surperintend ent of supplies on the upper lakes s21S 400.
 For salaries of fortynne keepers of light vessels $27 $50.
 For seamens wages, repairs supplies and incden- tai expenses of forty ght-vessels, Sl96 S6l 23
 For expenses of raising, cleaning, painting, repair ing, remoorng and supplying losses of buoys and day bencons and for chains and snkers for the same and for coloring and numbering all the buoys, $09,- 357 32.
 For expenses of visiting and inspecting lights and other aids to navigation &, 900.
 For commissions at two and half per centum to such superintendents areentted to the same under the proviso the of Sd of March 1851 entitled an act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of government for the year ending June 30th, 1852, and for other purposes the amount that may be disbursed by them, 5000. ~ 4
 For oil and other supplies for twenty one lights, cleaning materials of all kinds and transportation of the same, expenses of keeping lamps and machinery in repair publishing notices to mariners of changes of aids to navigation, S3S ,024 25.
 For repairs and incidental expenses of twenty-o lights and buildings connected herewith, $l2,750.
 For salaries of forty -one keepers and assistant keepers of lighthouse at average not exceeding $500 per annum, $32, 500.
 Forexpenses of raising, cleaning repairing, remoor- ing and supplying losses of floating beacons and buoys and chains and sinkers for the same, and for coloring and numbering all the buoyss, sll ,5oo
 For commissions at two and a half per centum, to such superintendents entitled to the same un- der the provso to the act of the Sd of March, 1S5l entitled an act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of government for the year ending June 30th, 1852 and for other purposes the amount that may be disbursed by them, $500.
 For continuing the construction of the light house near Cotfns Patches, off Dry Bank, the Florida Reef. between Cary's Fort Reef and Sand Key light houses, $65,O0O.
 For continuing the construction of the light house on Minot's Ledge, of the Cohasset rocks Boston Bay, Massachusetts, S75O00.
 For continuing the construction of the light house on Ship Shoal, Louisiana, to take the place of the lght-vessel at that point, $50 900.
 To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to replace lost light vessel, to mark the dangerous New South shoals off Nantucket, Massachusetts, $30,000.
 For continuing the appropriation of the Sd of March, 1S53 for trstcass light house at the mouth of the Sabine River $50 ,000
 For continuing the system of protecting human life from shpwreck as heretofore established, by life boats and other means the coast of Massachu setts, the of $OO0O; said money to be expended by the Boston Humane Society, under the direction and control of the Secretary of the Treasury.
 For fuel and quarters for officers of the army serv ing on light house duty, the payment of which is longer provided flor by the quartermaster's depart ment, $5 O63 67.
 To supply deficiencies in the revenue of the Post Office Department, $1 ,106197.
 For the continuation of the custom house at Char leston, South Carolina, $2OO OOO
 For the continuation of the custom -house at New Orleans, Louisiana, $2T5 OOO.
 To complete the custom house at Bath, Maine. $10,OOO. ''' '
 For the completion of the custom-house at Mobile with granite facing, in place of brick, 1000.
 hatercOu9se aOath Eoreagn Ndtsons-For salaries of envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiarv of the United States, $267, 800.
 For salaries of secretaries of legation, sA 800.
 EOT SdldTy Ol COulIIlSSlOQof to the Sandwich IS- lands, s6,00O
 For the dragoman on the mission to Turkey, 3D. 500.
 For the interpreter to the mission of China S2 5Oo
 For the salaries of consuls of the United States, $271,750.
 For contingent expenses of all the missions abroad, or much thereof may be necessary, $96 ,543 75.
 For contingent expenses offoreign intercourse $6O- 900.
 For expenses of intercourse with the Barbary pow CTS, $6,000. '.
 For office rent of the commercial agent at St. Mar tn from the 18th of November, 1852, to the end of the present fiscal year, at the rate of sl0O per annu, s265 S3. the same being allowed because of un- expected losses sustained at said consulate.
 And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby au- thorzed and directed to pay James Kenman, consul at Hong Kong, in Chna the sum of S58l 58, expend- ed by him for the relief of American citizens ship wrecked in Chinese waters in August last Provided That the account and vouchers shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and the claim be first approved by him.
 For the relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, $125,000.
 For expenses which may be incurred in acknowl- edging the services of the masters and of for