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for which does not belong to the United States,
to purchase the necessary landi proVloeo tue
purchase money be paid from the amount aPpro-
priated for such lighthouse FTouided, That
no superintendent of lights, whose compensation
as collector of customs exceeds three tnousano
dollars per auuum shall receive any compensa-
tion as dsbursing agent for the lighthouse es-
tablishment, whether the sums disbursed By him
be for articles to be used or services rendered
within or without the limits of his suPerinten-
dency or collection district,
Sec. g. And be IL further enacted, That the SAL
arv of the general appraiser in the city of New
York shall be three thousand dollars. And the
salaries of the assistant appraisers at Boston,
Phiadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans, Portland
and San Francisco shall be twenty-five hundred
dollars per annum.
Sec. 6. And be It further enacted, That the
clerk of psrdons in the Department. of State be
placed upon the same footing in regard to com
pensation for extraordinary services under the
amnesty proclamation of the twenty ninth May,
eighteen hundred and sixty five, as the principal
clerk of pardons in the Attorney Generals office;
and any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated is hereby appropriated for this
purpose.
Sec Z. And belt further enacted, That it shall
be the duty of the Clerk Of the House of Repre-
sentatives to select in Virginia, South Carolina
North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas, one or
more newspapers, not exceeding the number now
| allowed by law, in which such treaties and laws
| of the Uniied States may be ordered for pub
lcaton in newspapers according to law shall De
| published, and in some one or more OF which SO
selected all such advertisements as may be or
dered for publication in said districts, by any
United States court or judge thereof, or by auy
officer of such courts, or by any executive officer
of the United States, shall be published, the
compensation for which, and other terms OF
publications, shall be fixed by said Clerk at a
rate not exceeding two dollars per page for the
publication of treaties and laws, and not exceed
ing dollar per square of eight lines of space,
for the publication of advertisements, the ac-
counts for which shall be adjusted by the props
er accounting officers and paid in the manner
now authorized by law in the like cases and
said Clerk shall, soon as practicable after the
passage of this act, notify each head Of the sew
eral executive departments, and each Judge of
the United States Courts therein, of the papers
selected by him in accordance with the foregoing
provisions and thereupon and thereafter it
shall be the duty of the several executive officers
charged Herewith to furnish to such selected
papers only an authentic copy of the publications
TO be made as aforesaid and no money hereby
or otherwise appropriated shall be paid for any
publications or advertisements hereafter to be
made in said districts, nor shall any such pubs
licatien or advertisement be ordered by any de-
partment or public officer otherwise than as
herein provided: Provided, That the rates fixed
in this section to be paid for the publication of
the treaties and laws of the United States in the
States therein designated shall also be paid for
the same publications in all the States not des-
ignated in this section.
Sec. 8. ARd be ii further enacted, That the Sec
| retary of the treasury is hereby authorized to
sell, at public auction, the following property
belonging to the United States, namely the
buildings and grounds known as the old custom
house, at New Haven, Connecticut; the build
ing and grounds known as the old custom house
at Portsmouth, New Hampshire the parcel Of
ground, known as the old custom house lot, at
Norfolk, Virginia the parcel or lot of ground
purchased, in the city of Perth Amboy, New
Jersey, for the erection of a custom house aud
the custom house and grounds at Sacketts Har-
Dor, New York and he is hereby authorized to
make, execute, and deliver all needful convey
ances to the purchaser or purchasers tesreof.
Sec. 0. And be it further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Interior be directed to procure
an examination to be made of the condition of
! the public buildings in the Territory of New
| Mexico aud report to the next Congress an esr
innate Of what amount is necessary 10 complete
! the same.
! Sec. 10. And be il further enacted, That all ad-
vertisemeuts, notices and proposals for con-
| tracts for all the Executive Departments of the
and Executive proclamations, and treaties shall
hereafter be advertised by publication in the
two daily papers, published in the District of
Columbia, now selected under the ct of the first
session Of the thirty ninth Congress- making ap-
propriations for the service of the Post Office
Department, during the fiscal year ending the
thrtieth Of June, eighteen hundred and sixty
seven, and for othar purposes, until otherwise
ordered by Congress, and in no other District of
Columbia papers : ProUided, That the charges
for such publication shall not be higher than
such as are paid by individuals for advertising
in said papers: And provided also, That the same
publications shall be made in each of said papers
equally as to frequency: Prorided further That
all printing ofany kind ordered by the Executive
| Departments shall be executed by the Govern
ment P PTinter, when practicable, and if not, at
such Office as may be designated by the Clerk of
the House of Representatives at rates not ex,
cesding the current rates for such printing,
| Sec, IL. AHd be il further enacted, That all
laws and parts of laws conflicting with the above
provisions with respect to the official advertising
in the District of Columbia, be and are hereby
| repealed.
Sec IL. And Be it further enacted, That the
| Secretary Of War is hereby authorized. at his
disdreton to increase the pay of the clerks of
| the United States armory, at Springfield. Massa.
| chusetts, to twelve hundred dollars per apnum
instead of eight hundred dollars, as now fxed
| by law.
Sec, l3. And be ii further enacted, That the
laws relating to the army, navy, and militia and
marine corps of the United States be pubIisbsd
officially in the United States Army and Navv
Journal, at such rates as are fixed by the Secre.
tary OF State for the publication of the laws of
the United States. -
Approved, March 2, 1867.
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