Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1856-03-22

second April, eighteen hundred and fifty four.
And the whole permanent clerical force in said
department snail consist of three clerks of class
one' two Of clasa two, eight of class three, eirht
OF el0s four, and one chief clerk, in lieu of those
now authorized by law; and one of the said cler.
ks Of class four shall give bonds as REQUIRED by
the Independent Treasury Act, and make the
disbursements for the department, and superin-
tene the northeast executive building, and shall
receive therefor two hundred dollars per an.
nun, in addition to his salary as clerk of class
four: Provided, That the increased salary here.
by allowed the chief clerk, shull be construed
to take effect from the first of July, eighteen
hundred and fifty three, and bo paid accordin.
ely,
Sec. o. And be il further enacted, Thatupon
the tract so to be selected and set arart. there
shall be crcctcp under the direction Of the Sc
cretary Of the Treasury, marine hospital for
said district, of faced brick exterior walls, up.
on hammered granite underpinning, one hun.
dred and forty feet long, fifty two feet deem in
the centre, and one hundred feet peep at the
wings, and forty five feet deep from ton to en-.
trance story foo to the caves, with ysrandahs to
each story on each side between the wings; and
on each end of tho building; for the construc.
tlon OF which sum equal to tho proceeds of
tho solo hereinafter directed, is hereby appro-
priated.
See. 6. And be it further enacted, That
tract OF ten acres of the And heretofore pur-
chosNd ly the United States for the purposes of
the naval hospital at Chesea, Massachusetts,, be
selected ana set apart under the direction of
the President Of the United States, for .he use
of the marine hospital Of the district of Boston
and charestown.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted That the
Secretary Of the Treasury is hereby authorized
to sell and convey the land with the bnildigs
thereon belonging to the United States, now
occupied as the marine hospital at Chelsea, rs
may seem to be most advantageous to the Uni.
ted States, and he is hereby empowered to exc.
cute valid title deeds of the same to the pur-
chaser or purchasers, and that the proceeds of
such sales shall be paid intu the treasury Of the
United States.
Sec. s. And be it further enacted, That
the provisions contained in the second section
of the act entitled "An act making apropria-
tions for the civil and diplomatic expenses of
the government" approved the seventeenth dav
OF June, eighteen hundred and fortv-four, be
required to be carrSd into effect in all particu.
lars, any act in conflict Herewith being hereby
repeated; and all estimates for the compensa-
tion of officers of the government authorized hy
law to be employed shall be based upon the-cx.
pressed provisions of law, and not upon tho
authority Of erPcutive distribution thereof; and
the act, and section authorizing the same, with
the volume and page where such authority may
be found, shall be cited in each and all cstima-
ties respectively.
Sec, Q. And be it further enacted That
the proper accounting officers of the treasury be,
and they are hereby, authorized and required ia
credit T. Butler King, late collector and depo.
sitary at San Francisco, in the sum OF twelve
thpnsand eight hundred and twcnty.four dollars
and nincty-eight cents, being the amount Of mo
nry proved to have been lost by the destruction
Of the custom house building ana vault at San
francisco, by the fire Of May, eighteen hundred
and fifty. one.
Sec. TO- And be It further enacted, That
there shall be appointed and paid in the man
ner now provided by law, four principal czam-
ners and -four assistant examiners of patencnts
in addition to the examining force now autho.
ri2ed by law. to be so employer in the PATENT
Office; and should the necessities of the public
service, in the estimation of the Comiseioner Of
Patents, require any additional examining for
ce to that hCoein provided, previous to the next
session Of COngres, there may also be appointed
and paid in the manner now provided by law,
in addition to tho forcing. not exceeding two
nj nnl and NJ ,ybo all
not so continue to be employed subsequent to
the expiration of said next session Of Congress
without further provision of law.
That the second sebtion Of tho act Of thirty.
first August. eighteen hundred and Gftytwo,
which provides 'that the clerk, messengers,
watchmcn, and loborcrs, employed at an annual
salary, or in temporary positions, in the Execu-
tive and Legislative Departments Of the Cover
nments in the CITY Of Washington, whose an-
nual compensation does not exceed twelve hun.
: dred dollars, shall, in addition thereto, he ao-
wed and increase compensation Of twenty per
Icnt.,' shall be construed to include the prn.
cpal clerk at the National Observatory Mt
Washington; and that hereafter the salary of
said clerk shall be fifteen hundred dollars per
annum.
And one thousand six hundred and ninety.
six dollars and fifteen cents to supply diGcicn-
. cv in the appropriation for building four steam
dredge boats, in use by the War Department
{ on Lakes "Champlain," "Erie," "MiChigan, "
u and Ontario, to be applied for materials, ma
ehinery, tools, and labor furnished in painting
. said boats.
!, Sec, IL. And he II further enacted, Tha
the Secretary Of the Treasury be, and he is he
Q reby. authorized to cause to be constructed tn
: following buiIdings;-
e At Burlington, Vermont, marine hospital
y to cost not more than thrty.fve thousand dol
It lars.
, At Wilmington, North Carolina, a marin
: hospital, includindg pcst.house for the sepa
4 rate accommodation Of patients with contagious
e and infective diseases, to cost not more thar
forty thousand dollars.
n Sec IL. And be it further, That the SCve
!. ral sums mentioned in the buildings thcreil
., autorized to be constructed, together with tel
% per cent. thereon. to cover the comren sation o