Kansas weekly herald., 1855-02-09
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PUBLIC ACTS OF THE THIRTY
THIRD CONGRESS
OF THE
UNITED STATES,

UNITED STATES,
CHAR. CCXLu-.7n .Act maIcing appropriations
for the Grill and Diplomatic Expenses Of GoU-
ernn,ent for the year cn1ins the thirtieth Of June
one thousand eight hundred and tfty.fice, ami
for other Eurposes.-CoNTINRED.
For the coasts of California, Oregon, and
Washington:
For oil and other supplies for fifteen lights,
cleaning materials of all kinds, and transporta-
ton of the same, expenses of keeping lamps and
machinery in repair, publishing notices to mar
fners of changes of aids to navigation, twentysix
thousand nine hundred and eighty-six dollars
and twenty-five cents;
For repairs and incidental expenses of fifteen
lights, and buildings connected Herewith, eigh:
thousand five hundred dollars;
For salaries of fifteen keepers and twelve as
sistants, at an average not exceeding eight hun
dred dollars per annum each, twenty-one thou
sand six hundred dollars;
For expenses Of raising, cleaning, repairing,
remooring, and supplying losses of floating bea-
cons and buoys, and chains and sinkers for the
same, and for coloring and numbering all the
buoys, eight thousand five hundred dollars;
For commissions, at two and half per cent
um, to such superintendents entitled to the
same under the proviso to the act of the third OF
March, one Thousand eight hundred and fifty
one, entitled, San act making appropriations
for the civil and diplomatic expenses Of govern
rnent for the year ending June thir[tieth. eigh-
teen hundred and ffty-two, and for other purpo-
esp on the amount that may be disbursed by
them, four hundred dollars;
For completing the lighthouses, on the coast
OF California and Oregon, the sum OF hfty-nine
thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars
Provided That it shall be the duty OF the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to pay the contractors for
building the lighthouse on Point LENA, near
Ean Diego, what the same Is reasonably worth.
Intercourse uvith Foreign NatiOns.-For salaries
of Ministers of the United States to Great Brit
ain, France, Russia, Prussia, Spain, Brazil Peru,
Mexico, Chill, and Central America, ninety
Thousand dollars;
For salaries of Secretaries of Legation to the
same places, twenty thousand dollars;
Fer salary of Minister resident to Turkey,
six thousand dollars;
For salary OF the Dragoman to the Legation
to Turkey, two thousand five hundred dollars;
For salaries Of Charges d'Afaires or Minis
ters resident to Portugal, Austria, Denmark:
Sweden, Holland, Belgium, Naples, Sardinia.
the Papal States, New Grenada, Venezuela, Bu-
enos Ayres, Biiivia, Ecuador, and Switzerland
sixty-seven thousand five hundred dollars
For salary of Clerk to the United States Le-
CATION at London, eight hundred dollars;
For contingent expenses OF all the missions
abroad, forty thousand dallars;
For contingent expenses OF foreign intercourse
forty thousand dollars;
For expenses OF intercourse with the Barbary
Powers, nine thousan dollars;
For salary of the Consul at London, two thou.
sand dollars;
For salary of the Commissioner to the Sand
wich Islands, five thousand dollars;
For interpreters, guards, and other expenses
OF the Consulates at Constantinopie, SMYRNA
Gambia, and Alexandria, two thousand dollars
For office rent Of the Consul at Basle,in Switz-
erland, one hundred dollars;
For salary of Commissioner to reside in
China, nine thousand dollprs:
For salary of the Interpreter and Secretary to
said mission, two thousand five hundred dollars
For salary of Consul General at Alexandria,
five thousand dollars; 80
For compensation to the Consuls at the five
ports in China, viz: Kwang Chow, Annoy, Fu-
chow, Ming Po, and Shanghai, five thousand
dollars;
For the relief and protection of American
seamen, and seamen belonging to American ves-
sells in foreign countries, one hundred and TWEEN
ty-fvc thousand dollars;
For clerk hire, Office rent, and other expenses
of the Office of the Consul of the Omitted States
at London, two thousand eight hundred dollars:
That the Consul at BeiTout, Syria, is hereby
allowed salary Of two thousand dollars per
nnnum; and, the said Consulate shall comprehend
both Syria and Palestine, and two thousand dol
lars is hereby appropriatedfor for the salary of said
consul.
For Office rent Of the Consul at Zurich, in
Switzerland. one hundred dollars;
That the Secretary of the Treasury audit and
settle the accounts OF Robert G. Schenck, late
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiarY of the United States to Brazil, ana Jonn d
pendleton. late Charge GAffairs Of the United
States to the Argentine Confederation, for addi-
tional compensation and for expenses incurred
by them in the performance of special services,
not pertaining to their respective missions, and
at points distant from those TO which they were
. originally accredited, in compliance, with In
structionS from the Department of State; in set
Ting which accounts the certificate OF the par
ties shall be regarded as sufficient evidence as
to the amount OF expenses incurred, where no
regular voucher can be produced, and compen-
sation at the rate of twenty-five dollars per diem
shall be allowed to each of them for the TINA
they were so employed, to be paid out OF any
money in the treasury not otherwise appropria-
ted;
For expenses which may be incurred in ac-
knowledglng the services of the masters and
crews Of foreign vessels in rescuing citizens and
vessels Of the Uuited States from shipwreck,
five thousand dollars: Prorided, That the same
shall be expended under the direction of the
President of the United States; -f -. -.
For the purchase of blank books, stationery,
of the United States, presses and naSSs, and
for tie payment OF postages, for the Consa1S OF
the United States, ten thousand dollars
To enable the Secretary OF State to deffay the
expense Of releasing from captivity among the
Indians Of Queen Charlotte's Island, the crew
and passengers of the American sloop Georgi-
ana, fifteen thousand dollars, or 80 much thereof
as may be necessary;
To defray expenses incurred, and to be in
CURED, in complying with the resolution Of the
House OF Representatives Of the fourteenth Of
December, one thousand eight hundred and fifty