Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-10-13
BY AUTHORITY, Public Acts of the Thirty-Fourth Congress of the United States

BY AUTHORITY,
 ruDilc Acts of the Thirty-Fourth Congress
 of the United States.
 Passed at te third session sohsch acas heoun ond 1o1
 den dt hte Cay of Woshinqton, ia fhe D;stri,t of Cotun6aa, on Hopddy tue second day Of Dece,aber
 1895 and ended Tuesday Me Mi,d day of Nareh, fEAskLM p.sE;1 PIERCE, President. JESSE D. BRIGHT
 President of the Senate, pro tenspoe till January
 5, 1857, and JAMES NJ. MASON from that time fiji
 the close of the Session. NATHANIEL F. BANKS Jun., Speaker of the House of Representatives. AN ACT to supply Deficiencies in the Appropria-
 uois TOT the Service of the fiscal year ending the | 30th June 1857.
 be It enacted, etc., That the following sums be and the same are hereby appropriated to supply dcfcien- ces Tn the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the ooth o June 1857, out of any money III Ihe treasury not otherwise appropriated namely:
 For the compensation of the officers clerks messen- gers, and others receiving annual salary in the | service of the Senate, viz: ea
 | TOT an additional messenger from lst February to she ooth June 1857, at $l 200 per annum $496 66
 TOT increase of compensation of the superintendent m charge of the Senate furnaces, from l4th August 1856, to Soth June, 1857, at sl20 per annum in ad- | dltlon to former salary, T04 7s.
 For contingent expenses of the Senate viz:
 $G2S6 62.
 fS~ tde Contingent Expenses of Me .Senate For as, sl47ol r'-'0'' i''''' anu '''
 For stationary, $4,000.
 For reporting proceedings, sls,797 A.
 For miscellaneous items S2 500.
 For clothing for the army camp and garrison eouin age, $332 ,056 IS. iF
 For the regular supplies of the quartermasters de- partment, consisting of fuel for the officers enlisted men, guard, hospital storehouses and offices foraoe ; Find TOT the hofses mules and of the quarter master department at the several posts and stations and with the armies in the eld for the horses of the two leglmens of dragoons the two regiments of cav | airy, the regiment of mounted rifemen the comma nes of light artillery and such companies of infantry | as may be mounted and for the authorized number oI olcers horses when serving in the field and at the ouposts of straw for soldiers bedding and of station try Including company and other blank books for the army certificates for discharged soldiers blank forms TOT the pay and quartermasters departments and for the printing of division and department orders army | regulations, and reports $200 900.
 For the increased compensation of clerks in tbe as say once m New York, authorized by the act of Sd March, 1855, 900.
 r"r the incidental and contingent expenses of the orahch iiiht at San Francisco California $40 OOO
 ol tne salary of the surveyor general of Utah Ter TOT the llscal year ending Both une 1855 $50
 TOT amount due for the construction of the marine hoSPitai at Nlcksburg, Mississippi, s762 5S.
 or amount necessary to complete the custom house at Louisville Kentucky, $40 ,060
 ror amount necessary to complete the custom house at Bath Maine $5 500 ii0''0 For compensation of two clerks in the Department of State authorized by the act of Compress annro\d 18th August, 1856, $3.l30 43; being from inc lStb August 1856, to the 30th Junc 1857
 f" c""fl"gent Expenses ot tbt H1use of ReD,esenta ttres ciz: For folding documents inciuding toIJ;ng ooj i'''A's '''"'eil"I' S2o'-
 For furniture, repairs and boxes for members s2.- OO0 i'' F-'
 For laborers, s3Ooo.
 To indemnify the clerk for such sums as he may have expended for books under resolution of the House oi fellesentanyes of July 7th, 1858, and to enable nm under sad resolution to furnish for each member and delegate ot the House of Representatives who has not heretofore received the same the tolowno enu neraed books, viz Gale X Seaton's Register of De bates, Congressional Globe and Appendix Public Land Laws, Instructions and Opinions Elliott's De- bates, Diplomatic Correspondence Opinions of the Attorncys-Generali in five volumes Finance RepOrts Gales and Seaton's Annals of Congress John Adams works, Jeftersons works, to be supplied from the numbers ot sald work now in charge of the librarian lllckeys Constitution and Mayo and Moulton's Pen sion and Bounty Land Laws, Sl3S .ooO or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appro exceeding those for which they were heretofore sup piled and provided also that said books be forwarded by the clerk to such public library in the district of each of said members and delegates as may be desig nate by said member or delegate.
 Contingent expenses House of ReI Iresentatives: | For stationary SS S.55n.
 For miscellaneous items. 5000 For the purchase l42 copies of the first and tenth
  of the thrty-second Congress f639 For the reappropriaton of $5S5 heretofore carried to the surplus fund being the amount appropriated for the engraving of ,52o copies of the mechanical part of the Patent Office Report for lS5l-'52. To supply the defcincy ;n the appropriation for books for members of the thirty third Congress, s. 900. For Capitol polce, s20O.
 To enable the clerk of House of Representatives to pay to John C. RiveS the additional conversation for the CongresSlonal Globe and Appendix provided in the 10th section of the act making appropriation for certain civil expenses of the government for fine year ending Soth June 1851. sll.l74 69.
 To enable John C. Rives to pay to the reporters of the House the usual additional ,compensatidn for re- porting the debates of the present session. $500 each $4 .o00
 For the completion of the printing heretofore order ed by the Senate and House of Representatives and l paper for the same S250,DOO.
 For fees ot witnesses i'll behalf of the government m the court of claims and of agents or atornevs to he appointed by the solicitor thereof to attend to the | taking of dispositions, 5000.
 ffny.-T" meet the expenses of nurses attendants authorized by the 3d section of the of 6h August lS56 entitled " An act providing for a necessary in crease and better organization of the medical and hospital department of the army" from the date of said act to 3oth June 1857. S25 000. For reappropriation of $50 900 of the balance of the appropriation for the medical and hospital depart monts. which was carried to the surplus fund 3oth June ls53 for the payment of claims applicable to sad department accuring during the war with Mexico and not yet settled by the Treasury Department S5o 000. , For transportation of the army including the bap gage of the troops when moving either by land or water of clothing camp. and garrison equpage from the depot at Philadelphia to the several posts and army depots horse equipments, and of subsistence rom the places If purchase and from the places of delivery under contract, to such places hecircum- stances of the service may require it to be sent of or dnance or ordnance stores and small arms from the toundries and ar>enals to the arsenas Notifications frontier posts, and army depots; freghts wharfage tolls and forageS for the purchase and her of horses | mules, and oxen, and the purchase and repair of wagons, carts, drays ships, and other going ves sels and boats for the transportation of supplies and for garrison puposes for drayage and carriage at the several posts, hire of teamsters transportation of funds for the pay and other disbursinc departments the expense of sailing public transports on the various rivers the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic and Pa chc- and for procuring water at such posts as from their situation require that it be brought from dis | tance, $700 ,00O
 For completing the repairs of the branch mint at New Orleans and rendering the fire proof s12O, s6l.
 For seamen's wages, repairs, and incidental expen ses of light-vessels accustomed by damapes loss of moorngs and for necessary expenses in so;d vessels broken adri during the late storms and frosb cts. and by floating ice, s4olo5 s2
 For expenses Of raising, cleaning, painting repair ing. remooring. and supplying losses of bnovs and for chains and sinkers accustomed by damaoe losses and for necessary expenses in recoverne and restor ng huoys and their appendages during the late storms and Gi freshets and by floating ice, s87 ,562 SO. | For restoring spindles and repairing day beacons destroyed or damaged by the late storms, freshets, and floating ice sl4,550.
 | For detraying expenses of the defence of suits against the United States for lands occupied by marine hospitals lighthouses. and Notifications at the harbor of san Francisco, California, S3o ,O00
 To defray expenses incurred in preparing plans and estimates of cost of jail for the District of Co | nmbia, and of a building for the proper accommoda ! ton of the Department of the Interior $500 1 E. hat the extra compensation given by each of the two houses of Congress, ill the year le5s to it's olnccrs and employees shall be paid by it's disburSne officer out of the contingent fund.- and his accounts therefor shall be allowed by he accounting officers of the Treasury Department. But nothing herein con ained shall be construed repeal the joint reso luton of 2oth of July 1854, '' to fix the conversation of the employees in the legislative department of tbe l government, and to prohibit the allowance of the usual extra compensation to such as receive the bene fits hereof which said resolution is hereby declared to be in full force and effect except far as herein | provided for.
 | $ B. That the provisions of the thirteenth section | of An act making appropriation for certain civil |