The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1867-01-17

,ation number tmo. twelve hundred dollars.


walton number two, twelve hundred dollars.
F0fteompensation of eight draw-keepers al
the Potomac bridge, and for fuel, oil, and lamps
seven thousand five hundred aud fifty three
dollars and sixty cents.
the two bridges across the eastern branch o
the Potomac, and for fuel, oil, and lamps, on,
thousand three hundred and ninety-siX dol
lars.
For compensation of furnace-keeper under
the old hall of the House of-Representatives
six hundred dollars.
For compensation of furnace-keeper at tn,
Presidents house, six hundred dollars.
Metropolitan Police For salaries and other nee
essary expenses of the metropolitan pol &c of the
District of Columbia, one hundred and twenty
thousand do lars And the compensation of sai(
metropolitan police force, officers and clerks b'
and the same is hereby increased fifty per centun
npon the amount hereby appropriated, commencin:
on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and six
ty-fiye; said increase to be borne by the cities
Washington and Georgetown, and the county o.
Washington, in the District of Columbia in the
proportion equal to the number of patrolnen allot
ted severaly to the city of Washington to the city
of Georgetown and the county of Washington and
Georgetown, and the levy court of said county be
and they are hereby authorized and empow cred tC
levy special tax not exceeding one quarter OF one
per centum for the purpose aforesaid
For the construction OF q police telegraph IN the
city of Washington fifteen thousand dollars.
and after the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hun
bred and sixty -six, the annually salary OF the
sand five hundred dollars the additional salary
herein provided for for the year ending June thlr-
tieth, eighteen hundred and slxty-seven to be
paid out OF any moneyin the treasury not otherwise
Sec g. And be it further enacted, That from and
after the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred
and siyty-six, the salary of the Commissioner eff
public buildings shall be twenty five hundred dol
lars per annum, and the increase of salary herein
authorized may be paid ont of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 4 And be 1t further enacted, That the
President is hereby authorized to appoint a private
secretary at annual salary of three thousand
five hundred dollars an assistant secretary at an
annual salary of twenty-five huodred dollars; a
short hand writer aft an annual salary of twenty.
five hundred dollars a clerk of pardons, at an an
nual salary OftwO thousand dollars and three clerks
household, who shall receive an annual salary of
two thousand dollars. and said steward shall have
the custody of the plate furniture and other pub
bond to the United States in such sum the Sec
rotary of the Interior shall deem sufficient and to
be approved by him, for the faithful discharge of
salaries of the officers and clerks herein provided
for for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eight
cen hundred and sixty seven, and also such sun
may be necessary to pay the salaries of said officers
and clerks from the date of their appointment to
the end of the fiscal ear eighteen hundred and
ski are hereby appropriated out OF any mon
ey in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That from
and after the thirieth day Of June, eighteen hun
dred and sixty six there shall be an officer in the
Treasury Department to be known as the assistant
solicitor of the treasury, who shall DO appointed by
the Secretary Ofthe Treasury, and who shall re-
ceive am annual salary of three thousand dollars.
And the attorney general of the United States is
hereby authorized to employ in his office, in adtli-
ton to the present force, clerk to be known as the
law clerk, at an annual salary of twenty-five hun
dred dollars; And the amount required to pay the
for the fiscal wear ending June thirtieth eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven is hereby appropriated.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the fe-
10 o1o
departments and bureaus, whose appointments
made by the several heads of departments under
the provisions OF law and whose legal compensation
has heretofore amounted to seven hundred and
twenty dollars each per annum, and the female
clerks employed at the Post Office Department
shall, from and after the th'rtieth day of June
eighteen hundred and sixty-s:x receive in leu of
all other compensation an annual salary of nine
hundred dollars each per annum; and the amount
to pay the increased salaries herein pro-
vided for for the fiscal year ending June thirty
eighteen hundred and sixty-Seven, is hereby APP
proprIated out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated.
Sec. :. And be it further enacted That the adj
diton of twenty per centum to the compensation of
the females not Otherwi.e provided for messengers,
watchmen and labOrers employed in the several de-
partments and under the commissioner of public
buildings and the commissioner of agriculture and
at the capitol by section three of IAN act making
appropriationsfO for the legislative, executive, and
judicial expenses of the government, for the year
ending June thirteth eighteen hundred and sixty
FIVE, and for other purposes" is hereby continued
In force. and the amount necessary to pay the
Tor the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
Sec 8. And be it further enacted, That the Sec
rotary of the Navy is authorized to appoint in the
several bureaus of his department., in addition to
their chief clerks and in lieu of the clerical force
now authorized clerks as follows viz: In the bu-
reau of yards and docks, clerk of class four
who shall be draughtsman, two clerks Ofclass three
two clerks of class two and one clerk OF ass one
in the bureau of navigation, one clerk of class four
and one clerk of class two in the bureau of equip
ment and recruiting one clerk of class four, two
clerks of class three two clerks of class two. and
three clerks of class one in the bureau OF ord
nance one clerk of class four two clerks OF class
three, and two clerks of class two; in the bureau OF
constructions and repairs one clerk of class four
TWO clerks of cl SIS three two clerks of class two
,ne clerk of class one in the bureau of steam nav
CATION one clerk of class three. In the bureau of
provisions and clothing one clerk Of class four
md three clerks of class one in the bureau OF |
Medicine and surgery, one clerk of class four, and
pay the increase of salaries herein provided for,
or the fiscal year ending the thirteth of june !
eighteen hundred andsixty- seven is hereby apprO
,riatt out of any money in the treasury not other
wise appropriated.
Sec 8. And be. it further enacted, That the pro |
7isions of the act approved April twenty nine, |
compensation of inspectors of customs in certain |
,orts is hereby continued in force.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That in |
diusting the accounts of Stewart Gwynn, under |
nd by authority of IAN act making appropfia- |
ions for the legislative. executive and Judicial ex
enses of the government for the year ending June
hirtieth, eighteen hundred and siXty-siX," for |
printing presses, machinery, material. and labor |
furnished and supplied to the Treasury Depart
lent, and for expenditures under the authority OF
he Secretary the proper accounting officers of the
reasury are hereby authorized to make said ad-
ustment without deducting for expenditures made
y said department. or under authority thereof up
n said presses and machinery for the purpose of
improving and repairing the same.
Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That the
UNI of thirty-nine thousand two hundred and sew
mtg six dollars and fifty cents be, and the same is
ereby appropriated out-of any money in the
reasury not otherwise appropriated, to purchase
indian annuity goods for the Indians parties to the
reaty of Fort Laramie and for the BlaekfOot ma
ion. to replace those destroyed by fire on the
teamer Frank Bates, at st. Louis, April seventh.
ighteen hundred and sixty-siX.
See. - And be it further enacted, That in cases
0 which moneys accruipg to the United States
rom 'tines, penalties, and forfeitures," or other
Onr0es, have been enormously received and cover
into the treasury before the payment ofthe prop
r informers' moeties or other charges legally and
lstly chargeabe against the same, so much money
3 may be necessary to pay said claims, admitted
nd certified in due course of settlement, is hereby
appropriated ont of any money in the treasury not
therwisea appropriated. t-ssz7ssse
Approved, July %, 1856. 4
Donations to fIle Orphans Home.