The Empire County argus., 1855-04-07
OItINIuNT

Marine Corps. For pay OF officers non-commsoned Of
fcers musicians and privates clerks, messengers stew
ards and for ratons and clothing for servants
subsistence and additional ratons for five years. of
officers unrawn clothing and ratons bounties for re-
ensmens and pay for uneXpred terms of previous SER
vice. hundred and hityseven thousand hundred
and sixteen dollars and forty-four cents; ESE5
That the noncommissioned officers, musicians, and pr
Yates of the United States marine corps shall be entitled
are now or may hereafter be allowed to the non-comms
stoned officers, musicians, and prvatcs IN the Infantry Of
the army
thousand nine hundred and eghyour dollars and seventy
five cents;
For fuel fourteen thousand hundred and nneyfour
dollars and fifty cents;
For military stores repairs of pay of armorer for
accourement ordnance stores, flags, drums, fes and
musical instruments, eight thousand dollars;
For transportation of officers and troops and Of
recruiting, twelve thousand dollars;
For repairs of barracks and rent of temporary barracks
and offices, six thousand dollars
For contingencies viz. freight, ferriage cartage and
wharfage compensation to judgesadvocate per diem for
attending courts martial and courts of enquiry for
labor house rent in lieu of quarters burial of deceas
ed marines, printing advertising stationery forage, post
age pursuit of deserters candles, OIL straw furniture bed
sacks SPADES shoves axes, picks and carpenters TOOLS
expense of horse for messenger pay of matron washer
woman and porter, for the hospital at headquarters
twenty-five thousand dollars;
For the reaprropriaon of the following carried to
the surplus fund.- under the provisions of the tenth section
of the act entitled can act making appropriations for the
civil and diplomatic expenses of the government for the
year ending the theth of June, thousand eight hum
drod and fyhree, and for other purposes approved thr
two, to be applied to the payment Of all expenses incurred
prior the first day of july thousand eight hundred
and ffywo for carrying into effect the provlslons of the
United States and the Republic of Mexico, twenty-six
thousand hundred and fty-six dollars and fifty cents
SEC 2. Sind be further enacted That the provisions,
contained in the act of the twentysecond April eighteen
hundred and fyfour, adding per cenage to the pay of
the clerks employed at the navyyard in Washington city,
be construed include the clerks and messengers in
the office of the navy agent for said yard and the messen
ger in the commandants office.
SEC 4UHb bp H fJgrtbpr n he
and appurenances thereunto belonging, known the
Memphis Navy Yard in Shelby county Tennessee be and
the is hereby ceded to the Mayor and Aldermen Of
the city of Memphis, for the and benefit of said city,
and that the secretary of the navy order the commandant
of said Navy Yard at Memphis to surrender to the Mayor
of Memphis said property Prorded, That the account
ing officers of the treasury in settling the of the
late navy agent at Memphis shall net deduct the of
two thousand nine hundred and sxyour dollars and fifty
nine cents already received by him and passed to his credit
the books of the Treasury Department. from his salary
acting purser provided for by act making appropra
tons for the naval service of the country for the for the
year ending the hirtch of june eighteen hundred and
ffty-three
SEC 4. And be 1t further enacted, That the two ''gene
raj orders of the secretary of the navy dated August thirty
eighteen hundred and upon relative rank shall
have the force and effect Of law.
SEC 5. And be At further enacted, That the pay of the
boaswains gunnes carpenters, and sailmakers of the
navy, shall be as follows:
On leave, waiting orders per six hundred dol
lars; shore duty, hundred dollars service, nine
hundred dollars An addition of two per centum upon the
foregoing rates for every years service and addition
four hundred and twenty per centum, when serving in
ships with nine hundred men.
Approved, August 8, 1854.
CHAP CCLXIX.-An act to carry into effect Treaty be-
tween the United States and Great Britain, signed on
the fifth day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty -four
Be enacted Jythe Senate and House@ Representatives
Of tile United States Of Aerica in Congress assenJled
That whenever the President of the United States shall
receive satisfactory evidence that the Imperial Parliament
Of Great britain and the prSvne" PA paTnments Of Ca9s
Island have passed laws their part to give full effect
the provisions of the treaty between the United States and
Great Britain signed the fifth OF June last, he here
by authorized to issue his proclamation declaring that he
has such evidence and hereupon from the date of such
proclamation the following articles being the growth and
produce of said provinces Of Canada New Brunswick No.
va Scotia, and Prince Edwards Island to wit:
GRAIN -four, and breadstus of all kinds; animals of all
kinds; fresh smoked end salted meats; cotton WOOL seeds
and vegetables; undred fruits; dried fruits fish of all
kinds; products of fish and all other creatures living in
slate; butter cheese, allow lard; horns manures
timber and lumber of all kinds round hewed and sawed
unmanuactured in whole in part; fre-wood plants
shrubs and trees; pes WOOL fish oil; rice; broom
and bark gypsum, ground unground hewn wrought
unwrOught burr grindsones dyes-sufs; fax hemp,
and tow, unmanufacured unmanuatured tobacco rags
Shall be introduced into the United States free of duty
long the said treaty shall remain in force-subect
however, to be suspended in relation to the trade with
Canada, the condition mentioned in the fourth article
of the said treaty. And all the other provisions of the
said treaty shall into effect and be observed the
part of the United States.
island of Newfoundland shall give its to the app
cation of the spuations and provisions of the said treaty
to that Province and the Legislature thereof and the I'M
peria Parliament shall pass the necessary laws for that
purpose the above enumerated articles shall be admitted
free of duty from that Province into the United Staes
from and after the date of proclamation by the Presi
dent of the United States declaring that he has satisac
tory evidence that the said Province has consented in
due and proper manner to have the provisions of the
treaty extended to it, and to allow the United States the
full benefit of all the stipulaons therein contained
Approved, August s, 1854
CHAP CCLXX-An Act making appropriations for the
Service of the PosOice Department during the fiscal
year ending the thrteth of June, thousand eight
hundred and ffty-fve.
Be enncte 6ye Senate and House of Representatives
Of the Ued States Of Anaerca, in Congress assembled
That the following be- and the hereby ap-
proprated for the service of the Post-Oce Department
eight hundred and fyfve, out of any moneys in the
treasury arising from the of the said Depart
ment in conformity to the act of the second of july
thousand eight hundred and thirty-six:
For transportation of the mails five million two hum
dred and seventy y-ive thousand dollars;
For compensation to postmasters, two millions of dol
lars;
For ship, steamboat, and way letters twenty-five thou
sand dollars;
For wrapping paper, ffty-fve thousand dollars;
For office furniture in the postofces, eight thousand
dollars;
For advertising eghty-fve thousand dollars;
For mail bags, gfty-fve thousand dollars;
For blanks, sixtyive thousand dollars;
For mail locks, keys and stamps twenty-five thousand
dollars;
For mail depredations and special agents. sixty thousand
dollars;
For clerks in the offices of postmasters, five hundred
and sixty thousand dollars;