Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-18
For interpreters to the consulates in Chino fo,r

Tor interpreters to the consulates in China, four thousand five hundred dollars.
 TOT estimated loss by exchange on drafts of con- su1s E aiu i inlti lreters for salary, S45, 900.
 TOT the preservation of the archives of the several conSuia'es of the United States and the commercial agencies, $ll 300. O ~
 Tor once rent for those consuls-general. consus. ana commercial agents who are not allowed to trade not to exceed ten per centum on the amount of their lS56, $23500.
 v; That the seventh section of An act to reeu late the Diplomatic and Consular Systems of the Ghted States" approved 18th August, 1856, be and Iiie same hereby repealed.
 APPROVED, February T. lS57
 AN ACT making Aspirations for the Support of the Military Academy for the year ending the outh of June, 1858.
 :, be It enacted etc. That the following sums be and
 . same are hereby appropriated, out of any money All 'e treasury not otherwise appropriated for the support oi the Military Academy for the year end Ing the 3oth June, lS5S
 For pay of officers instructors ood,ts and ,o,,s; cans s9l los N''' "'.e -A'''7' For commutalon of subsistence s2,o44 For forage for officers horses sS64. TOT current and ordlnary expenses follows: re- Pa[S ana improvements, fuel and apparatus forage postage, stationary, transportation, printing clerks miscellaneous and incidental expenses and depart- nlentS of instruction, $35,275.
 800 ~ VI 'i SA' For expenses of the board of visitors, s 900. For forage for artillery and cavalry horses XS $40 | tice Sl .OuO f''N TOT furniture for hospital for cadets $250 TOT barracks for dragoon detachment $5, ,0OO For purchase of bell, and mounting the same with the clock on one of the public buildings SS0O
 To procure the baliistic apparatus for gun pendu- lum, S50O. For repairs to officers quarters $500. For models for the deturtnent of cavalr,, (, ooo For extension of water pipes and increase of re- servoir, $2,0O0.
 For targets and batteries for artillery exercise s2oO For gas pipes, gasometers and retorts ST 800 2. That there shall be appointed at the Military Academy, in addition to the professors authorized by the existing laws, professor of Spanish, a salary of $2 2,000 per annum.
 3. That the compensation of the master of the sword be $l ,5O0 Der annum with fuel and quarters APPROVED, February l6, 1857. AN ACT to incorporate the Columbian Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind.
 Be 1t enacted. etc, That Byron Sunderland J. C. Mcclure, David A. Hall, and George w. Riggs o1 Washington city, William Eles and Judson Mite hell, of Georgetown, and Amos Kendall and Will nam SuciiIey, of the county of Washington, and such persons as may hereafter be associated with them. by contributions for the instructions of the Deat and Dumb and the Blind, are hereby created body polite and corporate under the name of the
 
 Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind," to have perpetua succession and be capable to take, hold and enjoy lands, tencmrnts, heredtanents and personal pro perty, to use common seal, and the same to alter It lleasure Procded, That real or personal pro perty shall be held by said corporation except sucl
 s may be necessary to the maintenance and eiiicien management of said institution 7. hat the Institution shall be managed as pro vlded for Ill its present constitutions and such addi l tonaI regulation may from time to time bt found necessary; but us sufficient contIbu
 ons shall have been paid in to authorize an election according to the provisions of said constitution, tht provisional officers therein named shall give notice ot general meeting to the contributors for the elec- ton of officers, and he officers elected at such gene raj meeting shall hold their offices for one year anC until their successors shall be elected Us in said con stltution provided: PrrMed, That said constitution may Dc altered in the manner therein provided, bu not ln such manner to violate the constitution any law oi the United States of the District of Col unbia.
 5. That it shall be the duty of the Justices O 1 the Peace Ill the several wards of the cities 0 | Washington and Georgetown and of the county o 1 Washington, to ascertain the names and residences of all Deaf and Dumb and Blind persons within thelr respective wards and districts; who of them l of teachable age and also who of them are in in dgent circumstances, and report the same the Pre- l SIdent Of the Institution hereby incorporated. l 4: That whenever the Secretary of the Interior shall be sa'lshed by evidence produced by the Pres dent ot the Institution hereby incorporated that any Deaf and Dumb or Blind person of eachable age pro perly belonging to this District is i'll ndigent circum stances and cannot command the means to secure al educatlon It shall be his duty to authorize the said per son to enter the said Institution for instruction anC to pay for his maintenance and tuition therein at h ! rate of $50 per annum. for such Deaf and Duml pupil, and at the rate of q 50 per annum for sucl Blind pupil, yayable quarterly of the Treasury 1 of the United States.
 5. That it shall be lawful for said Institution t, ! receive and instruct Deaf and Dumb and Blind per sons from any of the States and Territories of thu l United States on such terms may be agreed upoI by themselves, their parents, guardians or trustees and the proper authorities of said Institution. | $ $. Thait shall be the duty of the President anC directors of said institution report the Sccretar, of the Interior the condition of said Institution oi
 the first day of July in each year. embracing in saiC rePrt the number of pupils of each description re celNed and discharged during the preceding year. an( 1 the number remaining in the Iusti,mton also thu branches of knowledge and industry taught and th, progress made therein; also a statement showing th receipts of the Institution and from what sources | and its disbursement and for what objects. APPROVED. February l6. 1857.