The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-03-09
BY AUTHoRITY Y
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

AN ACT making appropriations for the civil and dipo-
matte EXPENSES OF government for the year ending the
hireth Of June eighteen hundred and my SIX and Tor
other purposes
r. e Senate a,.d House 81 Representatives. ot
s United States Q Amtriea IN Congress asseadted That
the following sums be- and the hereby, apprcp-
Of n,.y money in the treasury not otherwise APP
propated for the objects hereafter expressed for the fiscal
year ending the hrteh of june one thousand eight hun
dred and f,fy-six, namely
LEGISLATIVE
For compensation and mileage of senator's one hundred
and nnetyfve thousand hundred and ten dollars
For compensation Of the officers clerks messengers and
others receiving annual salary in The service OF the
Senate viz Secretary OF the Senate three thousand six
hundred dollars officer charged with the disbursements OF
the Senate four hundred and eighty dollars principal
clerk and principal executive clerk IN the Office OF The Sec
retary the Senate ut two thousand one hundred and
sixty dollars each eight clerks in oice OF the Secretary
Of the Senate Ut thousand eight hundred and fifty
dollars each keeper Of the stationery one thousand ssen
hundred ana fytwo d0liArs two messengcr one at one
thousand and eighty dollars and at seven hundred and
fifty dollars page at five hundred dollars Sergeant
atarms and doorkeeper two thousand dollars assistant
oorkeeper one thousand hundred dollars postmas-
ter to the Senate THOUSAND seven hundred and nifty
dollars assistant postmaster and macarer, one thou
sand four hundred and fifty dollars; two maiboys, at
nine hundred dollars each superintendent of the document
ROOM thousand five hundred dollars two assistants IN
documenroo ut thousand two hundred dollars each
superintendent of the fodngroom, thousand five hun
dred dollars two messengers acting assistant door
keepers thousand five hundred dollars EACH fifteen
messengers at thousand hundred dollars each
superintendent in charge Of Senate furnaces thousand
aud eighty dollars assistant in charge Of furnaces six
hundred dollars laborer in private passage six hundred
dollars laborers at four hundred and eighty dollars
each clerk secretary the President of the Senate
thousand seven hundred and iftytwo dollars draughts-
man. thousand one hundred and sixty dollars chap
lain Of Senate, hundred and fifty dollars making
seventy thousand two hundred and eighy-four dollars
For the contingent expenses of the Senate viz
For binding, forty-fve thousand dollars
For lithoprauhup and engraviup forty-fye thousand
dollars.
For books, five thousand dollars.
For stationery, twelve thousand dollars,
For newspapers three thousand dollars.
thousand dollars. -
For reporting proceedings thirteen thousand dollars
For clerks to committees pages police horses and car
ryalls, forty-eight thousand dollars
For miscellaneous items twenty thousand dollars
For compensation and mileage of members of the House
Of and delegates from Territories six hum
dred and ninety thousand nine hundred and seventy
six dollars,
FOR compensation of the officers clerks messengers and
Others receiving annual salary the service the House
Representatives Wiz Clerk ofthe House Representatives
three thousand six hundred dollars two clerks at two
thousand hundred and sixty dollars each clerks
thousand eight hundred dollars Sergeantatarms
two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars doorkeeper
two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars postmaster
thousand one hundred and sixty dollars
ger thousand hundred and fy-six dollars
and eighty cents librarian one thousand eight hundred
dollars reaeing clerk thousand eight hundred dol
lars clerk TO Committee of Claims, thousand eight
hundred dollars clerk to Sergeanat-arms thousand
eight hundred dollars FIVE messengers at thousand
four hundred and forty dollars each chaplain hum
dred and fifty dollars masking ortythree thousand nine
hundred and six dollars and eighty cents.
For the contingent expenses of the House of Repre-
sentatives, viz:
For binding documents, seventy thousand dollars.
For furniture and repairs, three thousand dollars
For stationery for members, twelve thousand dollars.
For twenty-one messengers including superintendent of
folding and document rooms twenyeght thousand four
hundred and thirteen dollars and twenty cents.
For horses and carriages four thousand five hundred
dollars E
For fuel, oil, and candles, two thousand five hundred
dollars.
For newspapers for members twelve thousand FIVE hun
dred dollars
For engraving and lthographng, fifty thousand dol
lars 4
For Capitol police five thousand four hundred and nine
ty dollars.
For miscellaneous items, thirty thousand dollars.
For messenger in charge Of hall, one thousand seven
hundred and forty dollars
For two messengers in Clerks Office three thousand six
hundred dollars.
For saddle horses, six hundred and fifty dollars
For laborers two thousand five hundred dollars.
dollars
For folding documents including pay OF folders folding
paper twine and paste, twenty thousand dollars
For compensation OF draughtsnan and clerks per reso-
luton Of the fourth May, thousand eight hundred and
forty-eight, nine thousand dollars
For compensation to II. W. Lander, civil engineer for
furnishing report Of his reconnaissance for railroad
from Washington and Oregon Territory, by the o
Fort Hall, to Salt Lake, FIVE thousand dollars
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS-
For compensation OF librarian three assistant Librarians
and messenger, nine thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of said library, thousand
dollars.
For purchase of books for said library FIVE thousand
dollars.
For purchase of lawbooks for said library two thou
sand dollars.
For paper required for the printing Of the first session
of the thrtyourth Congress- hundred and fftysix
thousand four hundred and eight dollars
For printing required for the first session Of the thirty
fourth Congress, hundred and fifteen thousand dol
lars Prord That the printed sheets for the finer descrp
uon OF books authorized by either house of Congress sh
be dry before being bound whenever in the opn.
on ot the Joint Committee Printing deemed neces
safy The cost thereof not to exceed the of fty cents
per ream medium
EXECUTIVE
For compensation OF the President Of the United States
twenty-five thousand dollars.
For compensation TO secretary sign patents for lands
one thousand five hundred dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Bor compensation Of the Secretary Of State and Assist
Secretary Of State clerks messenger assistant esan
ger and aborers in his office fftywo thousand six hun
dred and ninety-t~o dollars.
FOR THE INCIDENTAL AND CONTINGENT Ey-
PENSES or SAID DEPARTMENT
Tof publishing the laws in pamphlet form and in III,
newspapers of the States and Territories and in the cjy
Washington nineteen thousand hundred and wen
ty-ive dollars.
For proofreadng packing additional compensation Il
packer, and distributing laws and documents including
cases, labor and transportation fifteen thousand hun
dred dollars
For stationery, blank books binding labor and attend