Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-08-05
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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed at Second Session Of Fortieth Congress-
IPUBIIC-No. 60.


IPUBLIC-No. COL
An Act making appropriations for the legis:
latlye, executive, and lud lcial expenses of the
government for the year ending the thiriieth
81 June, eighteen hund red and sixty -nIne.
(COntinEed from Yesterdays Star.l
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
For compensation or the Secretary OF the In
terror, Assistant Secretary, chief clerk four
clerks OF class four, additional TO that disburs-
ing clerks, three OF class three four clerks
OF class two, one return clerk, one messenger
two assistant messengers, five watchmen, and
three laborers in has Office, in ell, forty-one
thousand five hundred ard forty dollars
GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
For Commissioner OF the General Land Of
nee, recorder, chief clerk, three principal
clerks of public lands, private land claims and
surveys, three clerks Of class four, twenty
three clerks OF class three forty clerks Of class
two, forty clerks OF class one, draughtsman,
assistant draughtsman, two messengers, thee
assistant messengers, two packers, seven Ia
office, IL all, one hundred and seventy
thousand two hundred dollars.
For compensation of additional clerks in the
General Land Office under the act OF March
three, eighteen hundred and fifty five: For one
principal clerk as director one clerk Of class
three, tour clerks of class two, forty clerks of
class one, and TWO laborers, ffry-eight thous-
and SIX hundr and forty dollars.
INDIAN OFFICE.
For compen itIon of the Commissioner of
IncIan Affairs, chief clerk, three clerks OF
clerks OF clas two, one messenger, one as
sistant messenger, one laborer and two watch
MEN, employed in his ONCE, in all, tn il ty two
thousand SIX hundred dollars.
PENSION oFsICE
For compensation OF Commissioner of Pen
sions, chief clerk, twelve clerks of class four,
class two, fifty clerks of class one, one messen-
ger and three sIstar mes sengers. I've laborers
and one Waterman, employed in his Office, wo
hundred and fifteen thousand two hundred
ha q iUh olarlr r,f
class four, ten clerks of class three, twelve
clerks OF class two. and twenty five clerks OF
Glass one, authorized by clause IN the act Of
February twenty-five, eighteen hundred ard
sixty-three, may be continued until the thir-
tieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty mine,
ana no lorger.
For compensation Of additional clerks i'm the
Pension Office, viz: For ten clerks Of class
four. eighteen clerks Of cl; three, twenty four
clerks Of class two, and twenty -eiyht clerks OF
class one, one hundred and fourteen thousand
dollars.
For temporary clerks in ne Pension Once,
INCIDkNTAL AND CONTINGENT KXPKNsEs-DR-
PARTMkNT OF THE INTERIOR.
Office OF the Secret ~ of the Interior:
For stationery, furniture, aad other contin-
geneies, and ior books and maps for the library,
ten thousand dollars.
For casual repairs of the Patent Office build
ing, ten thou and dollars.
For expenses OF packing and distributing
congressional journals and documents, in pur-
suahce Of the prov isions contained IN the Joint
resolution OF Congress approved twenty eighth
Jan uary, eighteen hundred and hfty-seyen,
fty-nine, six thousand dollars.
For fuel and lights for the Patent Office
building, including the salaries OF engineer and
assistant engineer Of the furnaces and repairs
OF the heating apparatus, eighteen thousand
dollars.
Office OF the Commissioner Of Indian At
For blank books, binding, stationery and mis-
cenaneous items, including two Of the daily
city newspapers, TO be flied, bound, ana pre-
served for The use Of the office. five thousand
dollars.
Once of the Commissioner of Pensions:
For stationery, engraving and retouching
plates for bounty-land warrants, printing and
binding the same, Office furniture, and repair
ing the same, and miscellaneous items, includ-
ing two daily newspapers, to be filed, bound,
and preserved for the use Of the Office, and for
thousand dollars.
Office Of the Commissioner of the General
Land Once:
For cash system, maps, diagrams, stationery,
furniture and repairs of the same, miscella-
neous items, including two of the city ne VS.
papers, TO be filed, bound, and preserved for
me use OF the ONCE, Tor advertising and tele-
graphing, for miscellaneous items on account
OF bounty lands and milit~ ~ patents under the
several acts, and for contingent expenses under
swamp-land act Of September twenty-eight,
eighteen hundred and fifty, ten thousand dol
lars.
SURVEYORS GENERAL AND THEIR CLERKS.
For compensation of the surveyor general Of
Minnesota, two thousand dollars, aud the
cleI ks in his ONCE, two thousand five hundred
dollars.
For surveyor general of the Territory OF
Dakota, two thousand dollars, and the clerks
IN his office. two thousand i've hundred dol
lars-four thousand five hundred dollars
For surveyor general Of Kansas, two thou
sand dollars and the clerks in his Office, four
For surveyor general Of Colorado and Utlh.
three thousand dollars, and for the clerks in
his office, four thousand dollars.
For surveyor general Of New Mexico, three
thousand dollars.
For surveyor general Of California and Ari.
IONA, three thousand dollars, ard for clerks
lars.
For surveyor general OF 'Idsro, three thou.
sand dollars. and for clerks in his once, four
For surveyor general Of Nevada, two thou.
sand ive hundred dollars, and the clerks IN
his ofiice. four thousand dollars.
thOusand five hundred dollars, and for the
clerks in his once, four thousand dollars
For surveyor general Of Washington Tern.
for the clerks in his once, four thousand dol.
lars. 49,
For surveyor general Of Nebraska and Iowa.
two thousand dollars, and the clerks In his Of
For surveyor general Of Montana, three thou
sand dollars, and for the clerks In his once,
three thousand dollars.
For recorder Of land titles in Missouri, five
hundred dollars. tr'.- rtz
For services Of the clerk OF the district court
of the northern district of Mississippi, ~ krep-
er Of the records and nles Of the land once at
Pentotoc, Mississippi, from june fourth, eigh.
teen hundred and stxty.six. - June fourth.
eighteen hundred and sixty-etGhl I've hun-
dred dollars; and Il u hereby made the duty OF
said clerk, on the passage OF this act 70 trans
fer the records and files aforesaiA 20 the regis
tef Of the land once at Jackson, lGissLsstppi;
aid the nineteenth section Of the act Of March
third, eighteen hundred md any -thres. eau.