The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-19
CHAP. CCVIII.

OF the OeSS1On SCHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker
OF the House OF Representatives.
CHAP. CCVIII
An Act m king Appropriations for the Legisla-
tive, Executive, and Judicial Expenses of the
Government for the Year ending the tirtieth of
June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and
for other Purposes.
Lighthouse board, viz:
For miscellaneous expenses and postage, six
hundred dollars.
Office furniture and miscellaneous items, five
thousand dollars.
For stationery for the Treasury Department
and its several bureaus, one hundred and twenty
five thousand dollars.
For the General Purposes of the Southeast Ex-
ecutive Building, including the Extension.-For
compensation of twelve watchmen and eleven Ia
borers OF the southeast executive buildings thir-
teen thousand eight hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of said building, viz:
for fuel, light, labor, and miscellaneous items
seventy-tive Thousand dollars.
For rent of buildings for the accommodation of
clerks who cannot be accommodated in the trea-
sury building, two thousand dol.
Department of the Interior.-FOr compensation
of the Secretary of the INTERIOR assistant secreta
ry, chief clerk, and the clerks, messenger, assis-
tant messengers, watchmen, and laborers in his
office, forty-SiX thousand three hundred and eigh
ty dollars.
For compensation of the commissioner of the
general land office, chief clerk, recorder, draughtS-
man, assistant draughtsman, clerks MESSENGERS
assistant messengers, packers, watchmen, and la
borers in his office, one hundred and forty dol
lars.
For compensation of additional clerks in the
general land Office, under the act of third March,
one thousand eight hundred and ffty-tive, grant
ing bounty land, and for laborers employed there
in, fifty-eght thousand six hundred and forty
dollars Provided, That the Secretary of the In
terror, at his discretion, shall be, and he is here
by, authorized to use any portion OF said appro
praton for pice-work, or by the day, week,
month, or year, at such rate or rates as he may
deem just and fair, not exceeding salary Of
twelve hundred dollars per annum.
For compensation of the commissioner of In
dian affairs, chief clerk, and the clerks,
ger, assistant messenger, watchmen and laborer
in his Office, thirty-one thousand nine hundred
and forty dollars.
For compensation of the commissioner of pen
sions, chief clerk, and the clerks messengers,
sistant messengers, watchman, and aborers in
his Office, two hundred and fifteen thousand three
eundred and forty dollars.
For additional clerks in the pension Office,
twenty-one thousand dollars: Provided, That
the Secretary OF lhe Interior, at his discretion
shall be, and is hereby, authorized to use any
portion of said appropriation for piece work, or
by the day, week, month, or year, at such rate
rates as he may deem just and fair, not exceed
ing salary OF twelve hundred dollars per an
mum.
Contingent Expenses-Department of the In
terior.-Office of the Secretary of the Interior:
For stationery, furniture, and other contingen-
cies, and for books and maps for the library, sew
en- thousand dollars.
For casual repairs of the patent office building,
twelve thousand five hundred dollars.
For expenses of packing and distributing con-
gressional journals and documents, in pursuance
of the provisions contained in the joint resolu-
ton of Congress approved twenty eight January,
eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and act fifth
February, eighteen hundred and tifty-nine, six
thousand dollars.
For fuel and lights for the patent Office build
ing the salaries of engineer and assistant engineer
of the furnaces, eighteen thousand dollars.
Office of the commissioner of Indian affairs:
For blank books, binding, stationary, and mis-
cellaneous items, including two of the daily city
newspapers to be filed, bound, and preserved for
the use OF the offico, four thousand dollars.
Office of the commissioner of pensions:
For stationery, engraving, and retouchng
plates for bounty land warrants, and binding the
same, office furniture, and repairing the same,
and miscellaneous items including two city dali
ly newspapers, to be filed, bound, and preserved
for the use of the Office, fifteen thousand dol
lars.
Office of the commissioner of public build
ings:
For compensation of the commissioner of pub
lie buildings, and the clerk and messenger
in his office, four thousand two hundred dol
lars.
For stationary, blank books, plans, drawings,
and other contingent expenses of his Office, five
hundred dollars.
Surveyors General and their Clerks.-For COM
pensaton of the surveyor-general of Wisconsin
ing up the business in his office, four thousand
eight hundred dollars: Provided, That when this
appropriation shall have been exhausted the said
office shall be abolished.
For compensation of the surveyor-gcneral of
Minnesota, and the clerks in his office, eight
thousand three hundred dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor-gcneral of
the Territories of Dakota and Montana, and the
clerks in his Office, six thousand three hundred
dollars.
For compensation of the surveyor:-general of
Kansas and Nabraska, and the clerks in his office
eight thousand three hundred dol.
For compensation of the surveyor-general of
the Territories of Colorado, Utah. aud Idaho, and
the clerks of his office, seven thousand dol
lars.
For compensation of the surveyor-general of
New Mexico and Arizona, three thousand dol
lars.
For compensation of the encouragement of
California and Navada, and the clerks in his Of
flee, fourteen thousand dol.
For compensation of the surveyor-general of
Oregon, and the clerks in his office, six thousand
five hundred dollars.
Washington Territory, and the clerks in his Of
flee, six thousand five hundred dol.
For compensation of recorder of land titles in
Missouri, five hundred dollars.
For rent OF surveyor generals Office in Oregon,
fuel, books, stationary, and other incidental ex-
penses including pay of messenger, fifteen hun
dred dollars.
For rent of suryeyor-generars office of Califor
MIA and Navada, fuel, books, stationery, and 9th
er incidental expenses, including pay of messen-
ger, five thousand dollars.
For Office rent for the surveyor-general of
Washington Territory, fuel, books, stationary,
and other incidental expenses, two thousand dol
lars.
For office rent of the surveyor-general of Kan
sas and Nebraska, fuel, and incidental expenses
two thousand dollars
For rent of surveyor-general's office in the Ter
ritories of Dakota and Montona, fuel, books. sta
tonery, and other incidental expenses, two thou
sand dollars.
For rent of office for the surveyor-general of
Colorado, Utah, and Idaho Territories, fuel,
books stationery, and other incidental expenses,
one thousand five hundred dollars.
Expenses of Courts of the United States-For
defragin the expenses of the supreme court and
direct courts of the United States, including the
District of Columbia and also for jurors and wit
nesses, in aid of funds arising from fines, penal
ties and forfetures in the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixtyseven, and
previous years, and likewise for defraying the
penses of suits in which the United States are
concerned, including legal assistance to the at
torney-general, and other special and extraordina-
ry expenditures, in cases in the Supreme Court of
the United States, sn which the United States are
concerned, and of prosecution for offences COM
mitted against the United States and for the safe
keeping of prisoners, in addition to the unexpen-
dod halo Of To ha prpdit of