The true Democrat., 1855-07-31

law to be employed shall be based upon the expressed provisions of law, and not upon the authority of exe cutve distribution thereof and the act, and section authorizing same, with the volume and page where such authority may be found, shall be cited in each and all estimates respectively
 $ 9. And be it further enacted, That the proper accounting officers of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to credit T. Butler king late collector and depositary at San Francisco in the sum of Sl2024 9S being the amount of money proved to have been lost by the destruction of the house building and vault at San ancisco by the fire of May, 1851.
 10. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed and paid in the manner now provided by law four principal examiners and four assistant examiners of patents in addition to. the examining force now authorized by law, to be so employed in the Patent -Otce and should the necessities of the public service in the estimation of the Commissioner of Patents, require any additional examining force to that herein provided previous to the next session of congress, there may also be appointed and paid in the manner now provided by law, in addition to the foregoing, not exceeding two principal and two assistant examiners, who shall not so continue to be employed subsequent to the expiration of id next session of Congress- without further provision of law
 That the second section of the act of 3lst August 1852, which provides ' that the clerks, messengers Watchmen and laborers, employed at an annual sa- !ary, or Ill temporary positions, in the Executive and Legislative Departments of the Government in the City of Washington, whose annual compensation does not exceed $12o0, shall, in addition thereto be allowed an increase compensation of 20 per cent" shall be construed to include the principal clerk at the National Observatory at Washington and that here after the salary of said clerk shall be $500 per a mum.
 And Sl,696 l5 to supply deficiency in the appro- Pnauon for building four steam dredge boats in use by the War Department, on Lakes ' Champlain,n , [" Erie, y" Michigan" and Ontario, to be applied for materials, machinery, tools, and labor furnished in painting said boats.
 II. And 6e 1 turtAer enacted, That the secreta- ry of the Treasury be- and he is hereby authorized tn tA hp ,Solt tl,oQ H.,
 At Burlington, Vermont, marine hospital, to cost not more than S35, ,00V.
 At Wilmington North Carolina marine hospital, including house for the separate accommoda- ton of patients with and ntective diseases to cost not more than S40,0OO
 $ 12. And be 1 turther enacted, That the several sums mentioned IT, the preceding secton as the cost of the buildings therein authorized to be constructed together with ten per cent thereon to the pelsaton ot architects superintendcnts, advertising and other contingent expenses, and so much as may be required to purchase suitable sites for said build ings' be- and the same are hereby, appropriated for the purposes aforesaid out of any money in the trea sury not otherwise appropriated: P,oeadel That no money hereby appropriated shall be used or applied for the purposes mentioned until valid title for the land for the site of such building in each case shall be vested in the United States; and until the State shall also duly release and relinquish to the United States the right to taX in any way assess said site or property of the United States that may be thereon during the time that the United States shall be or re- main the owner thereof.
 hat the compensation of the collector of customs at Sandusky, Toledo, and Cleveland. be hereafter the same as is allowed by law to the collector at Detroit.
 hat the provisions of the act of February 2sth. 1853, regulate the fees and costs to be Allowed clerks marshas and attorneys of the circuit and dis trct courts of the United States and for other pur poscs are hereby extended to the Territories of Min nesota, New Mexico, and Utah. as fully in all parti- culars they would be- had the word Territories, he and the same had read, in 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 within its purvlew, accordingly.
 For the building of lighthouse on the govern 1ncnC reservation at Minnesota Point, the head of Lake Superior in the Territory of Minnesota, Sl5- 900. "
 And for the construction of two lighthouses in California; one at Crescent City and one at Trinity Day, SlooOO cach should the Secretary of the Trea- sury decide that said light houses were necessary af ter proper examination and surveys
 Is. Aa1 be at tsuther enacted, That Franklin in the collection district of Paso del Norte Texas be and the same is hereby made the port of entry for said district instead of Frontera; and the collector shall reside thereat.
 14. 42d be at turther enacted, That the treaties made during the present Congress- with the Indian tribes, and those to be made in future shall be pub
 shed as the laws and other treaties ill the newspapers of such States and Territories the Secretary of the Interior may think eXpedient.
 That in the settlement of the accounts of F. F. Beae, late superintendent of Indian affairs in Cali fornla, the accounting officers of the treasury be au thorizcd to allow him the amount actually paid to an interpreter, during the years lS53 and lS54 upon producing satisfactory vouchers therefor
 l5. Aad 5o it turtler enacted, That the sum of S76o, the balance of the $2 200 directed to be paid James F. Miller, and Pyne- -y- oh te- nah, or either Of them, by the Senate amendment the treaty with the Miama Indians, made in August. 1854 be. and S tod toh ha tbo Ter and Pyne-y- mah out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
 To pay this amount for interest due to the Chicka- saws, at the rate of per cent per annum, in pursu- ance ot the treaty of 1892 the of SIP 042 99 improperly charged to said nation, according to the decision of the proper accounting offices of the Urea sury, from the lst September, 1887, until the sth March, 1850, s72,096 9.
 Is. 41nd be I tN1tAtr enacted. That the Secre- tary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be constructed the following buildings
 At Bristol, Rhode Island, for the accommodation o the custom house and post office, building of brick with proof floors constructed of iron beams and brick work, iron roof shutters slls, etc. % feet by 30, and 25 feet high, to cost not than Sl2 500
 At Pensacola, Florida, for the accommodation o the custom house, post-otice, and the United States court building of like materials, 55 by 50 feet and 40 feet high, to cost not more than S35,O00
 At Cleveland, Ohio, for the accommodation of the custom house, post office and United States court building of stone, s5 by 50 feet and 50 feet high like floors, beams roof, shutters, etc., to cost not more than ,000.
 At Plattsburgh, New York, for the accommodation of the custom house, office, and United States court, building of brick, of like floors, roof beams shutters, etc., 45 feet by co., and AS feet hgh to not more than $50, ,O0O
 At Alexandria, Virginia, to accommodate the GUS tom-house, post office, and United States court building of brick of like floors, beams roof shutters etc., 45 feet by 50, and AS feet hgh to cost not nor than $50 ,0O0.
 At Barnstable, Massachusetts, for the accommoda tion of the custom house and post-office, buidn. tof brick of like floors beams roof shutters etc. 4 feet by 32 and 32 feet in height and to cost not more than S20,00O.
 IT. And De at .ftatAer enacted, That the severa sums mentioned in the preceding section of this act the cost of the buildings therein authorized to b, constructed together with 10 per cent. thereon to CO., the compensation of architects superintendents advertising, and other contingent expenses, and SC much may be required to purchase suitable sites for said buildings, be, and the same hereby ap- propriated, for ths purposes aforesaid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated Prouaded, That no money hereby appropriated shall be used applied for the purposes mentioned, until
 valid title to the land for the site of such buildings in each case shall be vested in the United States and until the State shall also duly release and relinquish to the United States the right to tax or in any way