The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-03-13

v1 sEMI-wEEKLv subscribers sas enclosed, will be On
tIled 10 copy srafif.
snbsd nj slces mot exceeding those ioe which they
were heretofore supplied and provided also that said books
be forwarded by the clerk to such pabe library in the
district of each said members and deeg-ss as may be
designated by said member and delegate
Contingent expenses House of Representatives
For stationery eight thousand FIVE hundred and hfiy
For miscellaneous items, Eve thousand dollars.
For the purchase one hundred and iory-wo copes ot
Ire and tenth volumes OF the works OF John Adami
for the emts Of the hisysecond Congress SIX huhdrei
and thirty-nine dollars.
For the reappropration of FIVE hundred and eghtyfve
dollars heretofore carried 10 the surplus fund.- being the
aount appropriated for the engraving OF hfy-one thou
sand FIVE hundred and twenty copies OF the mechanical
part of the Patent 0ce Report eighteen hundred aud
10 supply deficiency in the appropriation for books
for members of the hirythird Cofsfss three thousand
dollars
For CAPITOL police two hundred dollars. -
70 enable the clerk of the House of Representatives TO
pay to Juhn Hives the additional compensation ior me
Congressional Globe and Appendix provided IN the six
teenth section of the making appropriations for certain
civil expenses of the for The year ending oir
teth June eighteen hundred and ftyssven eleven thou
sad one hundred and seveny-four dollars and
To enable John Rves TO pay the reporters of the
House the usual additional compensation for reporting ne
debates of the present session. eight nuhuteu a
ot The completion Of the printing heretofore ordered by
the Senate and H6se Of ana lor tue
same two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
For fees of witnesses in behalf Of the government IN the
Court of Claims, and Of agents or attorneys 70 %
ed by the solicitor thereof TO attend to the tsng OF depo
sitions, five thousand dollars. a
ARMY
10 meet the expenses Of nurses and attendants, author
lied by the third section of the Of tenh August
eighteen hundred and fysix, entitled An ACT ProVuine
for necessary increase aud better organization OF me
medical and hospital department Of the army rom tne
date Of said act 10 thiriieh June eghia bundled and
ffty-seyen, twenty-five thousand dollars,
For reappropriaon of fifty thousand dolsss OF the
balance of the appropriation for tbs medical and
departments which carried to the surplus fund tr-
teh June eighteen hundred and hiy-ihree Tor the pay
men of claims applicable 10 said department accruing d
ring the war with Mesico and not yet settled by the
Treasury Department fifty thousand dollars
For transportation of the army including the baggage
Of the troops when moving either by land Or wae o.
clothing camp and garrison equpage from the oepot ~
PHILADELPHIA the several posts and arny depo's morse
and of subsistence from the places Of purchase
and from the places Of delivery under conact 20 susn
places as c of the service may require IL 10
be sent of ordanee, ordnance stores ana sma arms
from the oundres and nrmores to the arsenas ornca
Ons frontiers posts and army depo!s Ireish.S %
tolls and forcges for the purchase and hire OF horses mules
and and the purchase and repair %! wagons eaS
draws ships and other seagong vessels and boas Tor me
transportation supplies and for garrison or
dayape and at the several posts hire of teaer
transportation OF funds for the pay and otnef
departments expense of sailing public transport" on ,he
\
c6c and for procuring water at such posts as from ne
situation require that il be brought roma distance seven
hundred Thousand dollars.
For completing the repairs of tho branch mint at New
Orleans and rendering the fire proof, one hundred
and twenty thousand six hundred and sixty one dollars
For seamcns wages repairs and incidental expenses o.
light vessels occasioned by damages loss O anu
for necessary expenses in recovering said vessels broken
adrt during the late storms and freshes and y noang
ice forty thousand one hundred and hive dollars ana Sky
two snts. g8t 3t3 4a
For expenses Of raising, ceaning painting, repairing
moorng supplying losses OF buoy and for chains
and snkers occasoned by damage losses ana or
ry expenses in recovering and restoring bnoys and their
appendages during the late storms and freshes ana Dy
foatng Ice thirty thousand five hundred and sixty
For restoring spindes and repairing day beacops de-
sroyed or damaged by the late storms reshes aud float
ing ice fourteen thousand five hundred and my dol
lars. y, 1890,
For deayne expenses Of the defence of suits against the
United States for lands occupied by marine hospitals light
houses and Notifications at the harpor OF pan francsco
California, thirty thousand dollars .
To defay expenses incurred in preparing plans and esti-
mates of cost OF new Jail for the District Of ColanGa ana
Of building for the proper accommodation ol ne
mcnt of the Interior, five hundred dollars
SEE 2. Ana be further enacted That the extra com
unsation given by of the Houses Of Congress IN
the year eighteen hundred aud fysx to It's oces anu
EMPLOYEES shall be paid ny It's dsbursng oicer out Oh t
contingent fund.- aud his therefor shall be allowed
by the accounting officers OF the treasury department u
nothing herein contained shall be SO construed az 70
the oint resolution twentieth OF July eighteen hundreo
and ty-(our to fix The compensation OF tue employees
N the legislative department of the government and to
prohib the allowance of the extra compensation 10
such receive the benefit hereof which said
hereby declared be in full force and effect except 30 a
as herein provided for. 80,
SEo g. And further enacted That the provisions OF the
thirteenth section of "An act making approprsnon or
certain civil expenses of the government for the end
ing the thirtieh of June eighteen hundred ana MY M
allowing the several dsburng agent for the iae JAIL
fornia Land Commission the same compensation ior tne
receipt disbursement of moneys are allowed 70 olne
dsbursiug officers of the government IN Caiorn WAS IN
tended to apply and is hereby declared to apply aud give
said compensation well when the disbursing aBeht was
a member Of said Commission as in other cases
Approved March 3. 1861
Public 40
AN ACT making appropriations for the naval service or
the year ending the hireth of June eighteen hundred
and ffy-eght
Be enacted By the Senate and House ef Represenai,vS
Of the United States Of AMERICA in Congress assembled,
That the following sums be, and they are hereby appro
prated be paid out of any money IN the treasury
appropriated for the year ending the thrtesh OF
June, eighteen hundred and ffty-eight:
For pay of commission, warrant and petty otcers ana
seamen including the engineer corps OF the navy three
million eight hundred and yfve thousand four hundred
and fifty dollars,
And the Secretary the Navy be- and he is hereby
thorzed enlist eight thousand five hundred for the
navy instead of thousand five hundred and to ex
pend much of this amount may in his opinion be ne
cessary transport officers and TO and from Panama
relieve the officers and Of ships in the Pacific
For provisions for commission, warrant and pcty om
and seamen including engineers and marines attached
vessels for servcs eight hundred and fifty thousand
| four hundred and fifty dollars -
1 taft the