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KAWH OF THS V SITED STATES FABVBII AT THESE- 1
CO.XB SKSSISN OF THE TW6XTI-FOVRTM j
CONGRESS,
(Pvhlic. —No. 22,]
AN ACT making appropriation* for the civil |
trad dipioiaatic expenses of government lor
the year eighteen hundred and thirty-sev
en.
Be it enacted <y the Senate and Hoose of
Representatives of the United States of Amer
tea in Congress assembled. That the follow ing
sums be, and the same arc hereby appropria
ted, to be paid out of any unappropriated mo
ney in the Treasury, via :
For pay and mileage of the members of
Congress and delegates, three hundred and for
ty-eight thousand and forty dollars.
For pay of the officers and clerks of the Sen
ate and House of Representatives, thirty-three
thousand seven hundred dollars.
For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other
contingent expenses of the Senate, forty-nine
thousand live hundred and fifty dollars.
lor stationery, fuel, printing, and all other
contingent expenses of the House of Repre
sentatives, one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars.
The two sums last mentioned to be applie
I* th* payment of the ordinary expenses of the
Senate and House ol Representatives, several
ly, and to no other purpose.
For compensation to the President and Vise
President ot the United States, the Secretary
of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy,
and tho Postmaster General, sixtv thousand
dollars:
I or sallary of the Secretary to sign patents
Cor public lands, per act of March second,eigh
teen hnndred and thirty-three, one thousand
five hundred dollars.
For <4erksand messengers in the office of the
Secretary W State, twenty thousand three hun
dred dellxr-w
For the contingent expenses of the Depart
ment of State, including, publishing and
distributing the laws, twenty-five thousand dol
lars.
For compiling and printing tlie Biennial Re
gister, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
Fort! nt *H|ierintecdent and watchman of the
north cavt executive building, one thousand
five hnndred dollars.
For cwxdsgent expenses of said building, in
cluding luel, lebur, oil and repairs, two thousand
five hundred dotiars.
For compensation to the clerks and messen
gers in the office of the Secretary of the Trea
sury, sixteen thousand four hundred and fifty
dollars.
Far ■compensation to the clerks in said office,
pec a<r. o! twenty-third of June, eighteen hun
dred and thirty-six, three thousand six hundred
lellwrs.
For compensation to the first Comptroller of
the Treasury, three thousand five hundred dol
lars.
For coiwpen«rjon to the clerks and messen
gers in the office of the First Comptroller, nine
***• thousand three hundred dollars.
F or compensation to the Second Comptroller,
three thousand dollars.
For compnnsatioa to the clerks and messen
ger in tk *»f the Second Comptroller, in
cluding t **rksfiips transferred from the of-
'fice of the I nrtk Auditor, twelve thousand two
hundred anti fifty dollar?.
For compensation to the First Auditor of the
Treasury’, three thousand dollars.
For compensation to the clerks and messen
.ger ia the office of the Second Auditor, seven
seen thousand nine hundred dollars.
For compensation to the Third Auditor, three
thousand dollars.
For compensation to the clerks and messen
gers iu the office of the Third Auditor, twenty
sriae thousand six hundred and fifty dollars ; in- !
■eliding two thousand four hundred dollars for
tdork hire, to carry into effect an act of tiie sev
enteetk of January last, entitled “ An act to
provide fur the payment of horses and other
property lost or destroyed in the military ser
vice of the United States.”
For compensation to the Fourth Auditor, threo
lban*and dollars.
For esmpeasation to the clerks and messen
ger in the office of the Fourth Auditor, fifteen
thousand nine hnndred and fifty dollars.
For eompeasatiaa to the clerks and messen
ger in the office of the Fifth Auditor, nine thou
san I eight hundred dollars.
For compensation to the Treasurer of the -
nited States, three thousand dollars.
For deficiency to be appropriated on account
of salaries Ahr the year eighteen hundred and
thirty-six, to the Commissioner and other offi
cers,in the General Laud Office, twenty-seven
thousand eight hundred and eiglity-six dollars
and tea cents.
For ca.Tpensßtieu to the Solicitor of the
'Treasary, throe thousand five hundred dol
lars.
For compensation to the clerks mid messen
ger in the office of the Solicitor of the Trea
sury, three tho userd nine hundred and fifty dol
lars.
For expenses of stationery, printing and all
other contingent expenses of the Treasury De
partment, viz.;:—
For office of the Secretary of the Treasury,
including copying, aitd expenses incurred in
consequence ot the burning of the Treasury
butl ling, twqivertheusuud fire hundred dollars.)
For translating foreign Imiguagcs, mid for re- '
ceivingand iratvmitiing passports and sea let
ters, iu the office of the Secretary, three hun
dred rkllitra.
For stating and printing pnUic accounts, one
thousand four hundred dollars.
I or office of the Firot-Comptrollcr, two thou
sand dollars.
For office of the Second Comptroller, one
thousand five hundred dollars.
For office es the .First Auditor,eight hundred
dollars.
For office of the Second Auditor, one thou
sand dollars.
For office of the Third Auditor, thirteen hun
dred dollars.
For office of the Fourth Auditor, one thou
sand dellirij.
For office of the Fifth Auditor, one thousand
dollars.
For office of the Treasurer es the United
States, one thousand three hundred dollars.
for the office of the Register of tae Treasu
ry, three thousand dollars.
For the office «f the Solicitor «f the Treasu
ry, one thousand dollars.
Fur the olh '• of tho Commissioner of the
General ’Land Office, for one hundred and fifty
thousand pieces of pmclrment for patents ; prin
ting the saw ; and also the cost of books for
patent twenty-nine .thousand two hun
dred and fifty f d’.ara.
For tract b**.’ other bonks, and stationery, |
furniture. I'.r*w:c of advertising land sales, and
otlterr wing'nt ex pen tits., including office rent'
for . - j c dtyi thousand dol-i
I
For compensation of superintendent and two
watchmen lor the additional building.for the use
ot the General Laud Oilier, one thousand and
fifty dollars.
For salary of the Secretary to the Commis
sioners ot the Sinking Fund, from eighth Feb
ruary to eleventh April, eighteen hundred and
thirty-six, lurty-thiee dollars and ninety-live
cetita.
For compensation of the superintendent and
watchman of tho southeast executive building,
two thousand one hundred dollars.
!■ or contingent expenses of the building occu
pied by the Treasury, including fuel, oil, labor,
repairs, furniture, and for rent, amounting to
four thousand four hundred and fifty dollars per
annum, twelve thousand dollars.
F'or compensation to the clerks and messen
gers in the office of the Secretary at War, inclu
ding sixty-live dollars seventy-one cents, arrear
age due Samuel J. Potts, for clerk hire and for
messenger in the Bounty Land Bureau, thirteen
thousand one hundred and fifteen dollars seven
ty-one cents.
F'or contingent expenses of the office of the
Secretary at War, three thousand dollars.
F'or books, maps, and plans, for the War De
partment, one thousand dollars,
F’or compensation of extra clerks when em
ployed in said office, two thousand five hundred
, dollars.
F'or compensation of the Commissioner of
i Indian Afliiirs, three thousand dollars.
F'or compensation of the clerks and messen
ger in the office of the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs ; sixteen thousand four hundred dol
lars.
For contingent expenses of said office, two
thousand dollars.
F'or compensation of the Commissioner
of Pensions, two thousand five hundred dol
lars.
F'or compensation of clerks transferred from
the office of the Secretary of War to the office
of the Commissioner of Pensions, four thousand
eight hundred dollars.
For compensation to clerks and messengers
for the office of the Commissiotior of Pensions,
authorized by act of ninth May, eighteen hun
dred and thirty-six, thirteen thousand four hun
dred and fifty doljars.
F'orcompensation to clerks and messenger in
the office of the Paymaster General, four thou
sand six hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of said office, threo
hundred dollars.
■ For compensation of clerk and messenger in
the office of the Commanding General, one thou
sand one hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of said office, three
I hundred dollars.
For compensation to clerks and messenger in
the office of the Adjutant General, seven thou
sand six hundred and fifty dollars.
For contingent expenses of said office one
thousand six hundred dollars.
F'or compensation of clerks nnd messenger
in the office of the Quartermaster General, sev
en thousand three hundred dollars.
i For contingent expenses of said office, six hun-
■ dred dollar*'.
For compensation of clerks and messenger
in the office of the Commissary General of Pur
chases, four thousand two hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of said office, eight
■ hundred dollars.
F'or compensation of clerks and messenger
in the office of the Commissary Genera) of Sub
sistence, four thousand three hundred dollars;
F'or contingent expenses of said office, two
thousand six hundred dollars.
1 For compensation of clerks and messenger in
! the office of Chief Engineer, five thousand six
| hundred and fifty dollars.
! F’or contingent expenses of said office, one
i thousand dollars.
For compensation to clerk and messenger in
’ the office of the Surgeon General, one thousand
six hundred and fifty dollars.
F'or contingent expenses of said office, five
hundred and fifty dollars.
F'or compensation of clerks and messenger
in the Ordnance Office, eight thousand six bun
dled and fifty dollars.
For contingent expenses of said office, eight
hundred dollais.
F'or compensation of the clerks and messenger
in the Topographical Bureau,two thousand five
hundred dollars. I
F'or contingent expenses of said Bureau,
one thousand two hundred and thirty-five dol-
For compensation of the messenger in the
'Clothing Bureau, per act of July fourth, eigh
teen hundred and thirty-six, five hundred dol-
■ lars.
F'or salary of th? messenger in tho office of :
; the Inspector General, five hundred dollars.
For compensation of superintendent and
i watchmen of the northwest executive building,
■ two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
F'or contingent expenses of said building, in
| eluding rent, fuel, furniture, labor and repairs,
; three thousand one hundred and eighty-three
' dollars.
I For compensation of cleiks and messengers
jin the office of the Secretary of the Naw,
twelve thousand eight hundred and fifty dul-
I lars.
For contingent expenses of said office, three
thousand dollars.
For compensation of the Commissioners of
the Navy Board, ten thousand iivu hundred dol
lars.
For compensation of the Secretary of the Na
vy Board, two thousand dollars.
For compensation to the clerks and inessen
ge • of the Navy Board, eight thousand four hun
dred and fifty dollars.
For contingent expenses of said office, one
thousand eight hundred dollars.
Forsalary of superintendent and watchmen
of the southwest executive building, one thou
sand two hundred and fifty dollars.
For contingent expenses of said building, three
thousand three hundred and fifty dollais.
For compensation to three Assistant Postmas- ’
1 ter Generals per act third July, eighteen hun- '
dred and thirty-six, seven thousand five hundred
dollars.
For compensation to clerks and messengers !
in the Genera! Post Office, forty-eight thousand
six hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of said office, inclu
ding expenso* of new offices and Lei for the
Auditor’s Office, ten thousand dollars.
F’orrepairs, booksand stationery, already in- '
j curred, over and above the appropriations of!
i former years, in consequence of tiie re-organi
i z.ation of the Post Office Department, six thou
sand seven hundred dollars.
For compensation to two watchmen, six hun
dred dollars.
For compensation to extra clerks, prior to
'third July, eighteen hundred aud thirty-six,
| when the act rc-organiz.ingtho department went
into operation, twenty-two thousand four huu.
dred and nineteen dollars and eighty-one cents.
For compensation to the Auditor of the Post
Office, three thousand dollars.
For compensation to clerks and messengers
in said office, fifiy-iivo thousand five hundred
dollars.
For contingent expenses of said office, inclu
ding books, stationery, printing and expenses
incidental to naw offices, eight thousand two hun
dred dollars.
I F'or compensation of the Surveyor General
I northwest of the Ohio, two thousand dollars.
For compensation to clerks in his office, per
I acts of ninth of May, eighteen hundred and
' thirty-six, six thousand three hundred dollars.
I For compensation to the Surveyor General
Ifar Illinois and Missouri, two thousand dollars.
For compensation to clerk* in tho office of
j said Sat vey or General, per acts of ninth Mav,
i eighteen hundred and tbuty-sik, threo thwiisund
■ eight hundred and twenty dollars.
, F'or compensation to the Surveyor General
' of Arkansas, two thousand dullhis.
! For compensation es clerks in tho office of
I said Surveyor General, three thousand dollars ;
! and for office rant and fuel, three hundred dol
-1 ltrs.
For compensaton of the Surveyor General of
I.uulsimia, two thousand dollars ;
For compi nsatioti to clerks in the office of Sai<l
Surveyor General, per acts of ninth May, cghteen
j hundred and thirty-six twenty-live hundred dol
-1 lars ;
For compensation of the Surveyor Geueral of
I Mississippi, two thousand dollars;
For conipansatirtlTof Clerks in the office of said
| Surveyor General, per acts of ninth May, eighteen
' hundred and thirty six, five thousand dollars;
For Compensatioii of the Surveyor Geueral for
[ Alabama, two thousanddolhirs;
I For compensation of l lerks in the offieo of said
| Surveyor General per acts ninth of May, eighteen
huiideed mid thiity-six, two tlmusand dollars;
i For compensation of tho Surveyor Geueral of
I Florida, two thousand dollars:
j For compensation of clerks in the office of said
j Surveyor General, three thousand dollars ;
Foi expenses of completing the copies of con
i firm ations and orders of survey, and procuring from
the officers of the registers copies of plats and
sketches necessary to a correct ioetaion of private
claims, explained in the report from the General
Land Office, two thousand dollars ;
For compensation to Commissioners of Public
I Buildings in Washington, two thousand four hmi
i <lred and fifty dollars;
For compensation to three assistants to com-
I missioildrs, as superintendent of Potomac bridge,
| two thousand four hundred aud sixty-three dollars
i aud soveiiiy-five cents;
For repairs of the said bridge, wood for ihc
i draw keepers, and oil for lamps, tw o hundred and
I seventy dollars;
j For compensation to the officers and clerks of
I the Mint, nineteen thousand seven hundred dol
lars ;
For compensation to assistants and laborers in
the various departments of the Mint, twenty-four
thousand dollars';
For wastage ot gold find silver, and contingent
expenses oi the Mint, including improve uents in
maciiiuery, thirty-eight thousand one hundred dol
lars ;
F’or expenses incidental to tho introduction of
new uiaciiniery raid apparatus, ■ twe-uty ihousaud
dollars;
For compensation of the Governor, Judges aud
Secretary of Wisconsin Territory, nine thousand
one hundred dollars;
For contingent expenses and compensation of
the members of die Legislative Assembly of said
Territory, aud priming the laws, nine thousand
seven hundred ttad fifty dollars ;
For compensation ot the Governor, Judges and
Secretary of the Ten itory of Florida, eleven thou
sand seven hundred dollars ;
For contingent expenses, pay aud mileage of
the members of the Legislative Cottmul of said
Territory, st liiiniary, fuel, punting, the
officers ol the council, and eopyingj.iws, ten thou
sand three iiuudr?d and ihii i , live di.iiu.s ;
For compeiisaliuu to the Clii. I ustite the is
soeiate Judges and IhsiiK t Junges ot the I oiled
oti.tes, eiglity-lour liijus ind nine iiundiei! dol
lars ;
I For comp, usati-u of th.- Chief Justice - 'in.l As
| sociate judges ol the rtislriei of Coimatii.i, . t mJ „f
I toe Judges oi the Orphans’ Courts of said District
i nine thi.iisaiid five iiuudrcd dollars ;
| For eompensaiLn to the Attorney Geueral of
tiie Liiited States, tour iliousami dollar*;
| F'orcompeusaliou of Clerk and Messenger iu the
I office es the Attorney General, one thousand tmee
buiidrcd,dollars;
r or comiugeut expenses ol said office, five hun
dred dollars ;
For compensation to the reporter of the decis
ions of the Supreme Court, one thousand dol
lars ;
For compensation to the District Attorneys ami
Marshals, as granted by law, iuciu ling those in
tho several Territories, thirteen thousand two hun
dred and fifty dollars ;
I For defraying the expenses of the Supreme
Court and tiie District Courts of the D. S. inclu
ding the District ol Columbia; also, for jurors and
witnesses in aid oi the fund arising from tines; pe
' nalties, forfeitures incurred iu the year eighteen
hundred and thii ly-sevcn and preceuing yiq - rs ;
aud likewise for defray ing the expenses of suits in
which the Liiited States are concerned, and of
prosecutions for offences committed against the
United Stales, and lor the safe-keeping of prision
ers, three hundred and thirty thousand dollars;
For the expenses ot printing the records of the
Supreme Court, three ihousaud dollars ;
For the payment ol pensioners granted by spe
cial acts ot Congress, one thousand aud fifty dol
lars ;
For the support and maiutainanee oflight-hou
ses, floating-lights, beacons, buoys, and stakages,
including the purchase oi lamps, oil, keepers sal
aries, repairs improvements, aud contingent ex
panses, two hundred and uiuety-eight thousand
and fifty-live dollars;
For a boil, aud fixing the same, on the light
house at Cove point iu the Chescpeak bay, being
the amount of an appropriation for tiiat purpose,
which will be carried to the surplus fund, one thou
sand two hundred dollars ;
For a. light-house at the mouth of Chefuncte
river, being the amount ol a former appropriation
lor that object, which will he carried to the surplus
fund, five thousand dollars;
F or tw o small beacon-lights ou Cockspur island,
at the mouth <4 the Savannah river, including 1
four thousand dollars already appropriated, which
will he carried to the surplus fund, seven thousand
dollars;
Fur surveyof the coast of the United States, in
cluding ar-ears oi compensation and expenses of
the,Superintendent, estimating his compensation
at three thousand dollars per annum, and bis ex
penses at the same rate from August second, eigh
teen hundred aud thirty two; and including also,
such additional payment to the army and navy
officers employed upon the survey, for lheir
past services and expenses as the President (may
decide to be just and proper, sixty thousand* dol
lars ;
For completing the public warehouse zt Balti
timore, fifty thousand dollais ;
I or the custom-house at Boston, one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars;
I‘or refunding duties on railroad iron to the
i Lexington and Ohio Railroad Company, import
ed in eighteen hundred and tliirty-two and cigl -
I teen hundred and thirty-three, per ret of second
July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, one tliou
: sand nine hundred and eighty four dollars ;
! I'm - expenses iu relation to the relief oi certain
insolvent debtors of the United States, three thou
i sand dollars;
[ For deficiency in the fund for the relief of the
sick and disabled seamen as established by the act
. «f the third of May, eighteen hundred and two,
twenty-five thousand dollars;
j For the compensation to two keepers of the
1 public arcbicvcs in Florida, one thousand dol
lars ; ’ |
For the disch? rge of such miscellaneous claims |
ag'diist the United States, not otherwise provided j
for, as shall be admitted in due course of settle- !
inefit at the Treasury, twelve thousand dollars; I
For mid mldilion to the existing unexpended!
balances of appropriation l or surveys of the pitbl c
lands, to be duly apportioned to the several dis
tricts, according to the exigencies ol the public ser
vice.one hundrtid and fifty thousand dollars ;
l or < oiiipleiing ihe sm ress of upfiuidied por
tions of townships, island, lakes, &’C. vi.',;
In Oliie, Indiana, Michigan and M, isronsin, not
exceeding five dollars per mile, threo thousand
and forty dollars;
hi F lorida, not exceeding five dollars per mile,
six lhotls;)|)<l dollai s ;
hi Louisiana, not exceeding eight dollars per
mile, t'v’i nty thousand dollars ;
hi Alabama, not exceeding eight dollars per
mile, one thousand dollars, in addition to two
thousand five hundred dollars already appropria
ted ;
For salaries of ministers of the United States,
to Great Britain, France, Spain, and Russia, mid
outfits and salaries of ministers to I’russia mid
Austria, ami for rhe outfit and salary of a diplo
matic agent to bo set to tile Republic of Texas,
whenever the President of the United States may
STINKARD OF UNION.
, receive sa'isfactory evidence that Texas is an in
i dependent power, ami shall deem it expedient to
j appoint such ministers, in nddit on to the balance
, remaining of the appropi ialiou of eighteen hundred
. and thirty-six, seventy-two thousand dollars;
| For an outfit salary for an Envoy Extrarid-
I nary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico,
j whenever in the opinion of tho Executive, cir
| cumstances w ill permit a renewal of diplomatic in
tercourse honorably with that power, eighteen
thousand dollars;
1 or salet'ies of the secretaries of legation to
Great Britain, France, Spain, Russia, Prussia,
Mexico, and Austria, fourteen thousand dollars ;
| For salaries ol the chargesde affairs to Portugal.
I Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Turky, Belgium,
braz.il, Chili, Peru. Mexico, Central America,
ixew Grenada, ami Venezuela, fifty-eight thousand
fivehumlredjdidlars.s
For salary of the dragoman, and for contingent
expenses for the legation of Turkey, six Ihousaud
live hundred dollars;
1 or outfit of a miuisterto Russia, nine thousand
dollars;
For outfit of a charge d’affairs to Belgium, four
thousand five hundred'dollars ;
F or coitiin ;cns expenses of all the missions a
broad in addition to the balance remaining of a
toimer appropriation, thirty thousand dollars;
I or salaries of thecounsuls of the U. S. at Lon
dow ami paris, four thousand dollars;
1‘ or expenses of intercourse with the Barbary
owers, seventeen thousand four hundred dol
lars ;
For toe relief and protection of America sea
men in foreign countries, thirty thousand dollars;
1 or the contingent expenses of foreign inter
course, in addition to the balance remaining of for
mer appropriations, thirty thousand dollars ;
For clerk hire, office rent, stationary mid other
expenses, in the office oi the Americati counsel iu
London, per act ol tile nineteenth January cigh
tccu hundred and thirty-six, two thousand eight
hundred dollars;
For interpeters, guards, and other expenses in
cidental to the consulates in the Turkish domin
ions five thousand five hundred dollars;
F'or salary oi the principal ami assistant librari
ans; compensation of assistant during the two
sessions ot the twenty-fourth Congress ; messenger,
and contingent expenses of the library, four thou
sand two hundred ami forty-three dollars;
For Ihe purchase of hooks lor the library of
Congress, five ihousaud dollars;
F’or furnishing stub members of the present
House of Representatives as have not receivedthe
same, under former orders es the House, the Di
plomatic, Correspondence, American State i’a
peis. Registered Debates, Elliot's Debates ami the
first volume oi the Land J.aws, forty-four thou
sand four hundred and ninety dollars'mid twenty
eight cents;
Pmeidcd, That if there are any surplus books,
copies ol which have been disturbed to former
nic.ilbers. iu the Library of Cougres, they shall be
distributedmie copy to each of the said members
who has not received the same.
Forlhe p ircn.ise ofthe in anti escript of tho late
Mr. Madison referred to in a letter from Mis. Madi
son to the President ol the United States dated the
■ fifteenth of November eighteen hundred ami thirty
| six, am! conimmiicated in his message ofsixth De
[ comber eialitesn hundred and thirty-six, (thirty
! ihousaud dollars ;
For tin; service of the General Post Office, for
• the year eighteen hundred aud thirty-seven, in
coulormity to the act ofthe second of July, eigh
teen hundred and thirty-six, viz:
( lor trausporiation of the mails, compensations
iol postma-ters, ship, steamboat, and way letters,
w rapping paper, office furniture, advertising, mail
oage, blanks, mail «ocks and kees, and stamps,
mail depredations, and special agents, clerks for
offices, ami miscellaneous expenses four millions
four hundred and ninety-four thousand dollars;
For payment to A. Fuller, and the rent of the
building now occupied as a General Post Office
from the sixtccnih December last,]an<l for the year
I eighteen hundred aud thirty-seveu, five thousand
I dollais ;
I F'or guarding the site of the old Post Oflice.aml
preserving the public property, two thousand doi-
I lars;
i For the expenses of the branch mint, at New
! Orleans, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty
seven, viz:
Fu- salaries of officers aud clerks, twelve thou
sand umc hundred dollars ;
Eor compensation to laborers in the various de
partments, thirteen thousand dollars ;
F’or completing the mint edifice, and enclosing
, the lot, ninety-six thousand five hundred dollars ;
| For furnishing the whole establishment, iuclu
|siveofall apparatus, tools, and fixtures, not in
cluded in the contract, fifteen thousand five liun
1 dred dollars;
■ For wastage of gold and silver, and for the con
tiugeut expenses of the mint, eighteen thousand
! six hundred dollars ;
I For expenses of the branch miuth at Dahlone-
■ ga, Georgia; for the year eighteen hundred ami
thirty-seven, viz;
For salaries of officers aud clerks, six thousand
! dollars;
! For compensation to laborers, one thousand five
hundred dollars;
For furnishing the establishment with all the ap
paratus, tools and fixtures, not included iu thecou
' tracts, seven thousand dollars;
F'or wastage of gold, and for the contingent ex
penses ofthe mint, five thousand five hundred dol
j lars;
I F'or expenses incurred in eighteen hundred and
| thirty-six, lor the edifice and machinery, more than
i the amount appropriated in the act of eighteen
hundred and thirty-five, two thousand dollars ;
! F'or the expenses of the branch mint at Chir
lotte, North Carolina, for the year eighteen hun-
| died and thirty-seven, viz :
For salaries of officers and clerks, six thousand
dollars;
For compensation to laborers, one thousand five
hundred dollars;
For furnishing the establishment with all the
apparatus, tools and fixtures, not included ( in the
contracts, six ihousaud dollais;
F’or wastage of gold, aud ter the contingent ex
penses of the mint, five thousand, fire hundred
dollars ;
For inclosing the grounds, repairing a building
on the lot, and fur out-houses, seven thousand dol
lars ;
For furniture for the President’s house, twenty
thousand dollais;
For the taxes on the arsenal near Philadelphia,
for the years eighteen hundred and thirty-five, ami
eighteen hundred and thirty-six, one thousand four
hundred and fifty dollars ami fifty cents ;
For the salaries of the registers and receivers of
land offices w here there are no sales, including one
thousand seven hundred and thirty-six dollars,
ami thirty-four cents, carried to the surplus fund,
two thousand five hundred dollars ;
For the construction of the Treasury building
for the ycareighteen hundred and thirty-seven, in
addition to the amount unexpended in eighteen
humlred mid thirty-six, two hundred and fifty-sev
en thousand dollars;
F’or the ceiistnictinn of the patent office, in ad
dition to the former appropriations, one hundred
thousand dollars;
l or surveying unfinished portions of townships,
i islands and lakes, in Arkansas, at the rate of six
j dollars per mile, six thousand dollars •
For compensation to George Watterston, for his
i services in preparing a (statement of the persons
: imprisoned for debt in this District since op? thou
i sand eight hnndred and twenty, umlei a resolution
| of the House of Representatives, six hundred dol
lars ;
For building a light house at or near Michigan
city, being mi amount heretofore appropriated for
the same purpose, and carried to the surplus fuml
live thousand dollars ;
For rebuilding* tho Lazaretto, ami wharf, near
tin* city of Baltimore, thirty thousand dollars ;
For arrearages for the expenses of the Legishi
five Assembly ofthe Territory of Wisconsin, for
the year cue thousand seven humlred and thirty
six. fifteen thousand seven hundred and thirty
dollais. and sixteen ceqts;
Foi expenses ofthe same, for the year one, thon
snnil eight hundred and thirty seven, thirty six
thousand seven humlred ami sixty-five dollars ;
F'or an outfit ami salary of a charge d’affaires to
Naples, nine thousand dollars;
Eor alterations apd repairs of the capital, nnd
incidental expenses, three thousand six hundred
dollar';
For lighting lamps ami superintendence of the
public grounds around the capital, five thousand
ouo hundred und sjxty-foiir dollars ;
io enable the President to cause the sonthwes
’ boundary lino of the United States to be run,
the following sums, viz;
i For the salary of a commissioner, two thousand
live hundred dollars ;
I* or the salary of a surveyor, two thousand
, dollars, and for contingetices, including the pur
chase of necessary iti-,11 uments, wages to atten
■ demits, and other expenses, ten thousand dollars :
i Provided, That said commissioner ami surveyor
be appointed with the advice ami consent of the
i Senate ;
, For expiating aud surveying the north ami cast
boundary line ol the United Slates, where the
, same has not already been surveyed, and establish
, ug monuineiits thereon, agreeably to the definity
, reaty ot peace ol seventeen hundred and eighty
hree. tuba expended under the direction of the
i resident ot the United States, twenty thousand
: dollais ;
; i orenlarging the public stable at the capital, and
the creciion ot a shed for the protection of the
I i tools, implements aud materials, twelve hundred
i dollars ;
For completing the improvements commenced,
by* extending the capital square west, forty thou
sand dollars ;
F oralrcraiions and repairs of the President’s
house and tot supcriiitendeiice of the grounds a
rouml the same, seven thousand three hundred
dollars ;
I* or compensation to the gardener employed in
superintending tliecapitol square and other pub
lic grounds, one thousand dollars;
For clerk hire, mileage, pay of witnesses, serv
ing subpimias, ami other incidental expenses, un
der the orders ol the select commiliees of inquiry,
| appointed by the House of Representatives, twen
i ty-live thousand dollars, in addition to tbecontin
; geutfuml of said Douse ;
i For an outfit of a Charge d’Affaircs to New Gre-
I nada, four thousand five humbed dollars ;
Forbalance duo the Acting Governor of Michi
gan, according to an account adjusted by the ac
counting officers, seven humlred and twenty dol
lar.* and fifty-one cents ;
| 1* or completing surveys of unfinished portions
j of townships, islands, lakes, &c. in Missouri, not
I exceeding live dollars per mile, seventeen thou
sand live hundred dollars ;
j v **** c<,,u P‘ et * ,, ls the light-house at Osw’ego, New
j York, seven hundred aud fifteen dollars ;
j lor payment ot arrearages due contractors on
j the Cumberland Road, in Ohio, being the. balance
! ol au appropriation carried to the surplus fund on
. the thirty-first December, eighteen hundred and
I thirty-six, twelve humlred and twenty-five dollars
aud forty-one cents ;
1 or compensation to Daniel Graham, late Sec
retary of state fm the State of Tennessee, for his
services performed at the request of the Commis
sioner oi the General Laud Office, iu order to an
swer a call oi the House ot Representatives made
on the twentieth ol January, eighteen hun
dred aud twenty-nine, two hundrea aud fifty dol
lars ;
F'or the expense of bringing to the seat of Gov
ernment, the votes lor President and Vice Presi
der.t ot the United States, in addition to a former
{ appropriation, two thousand two hundred dol
'lars ;
F'or compensation of tiie Senators and Repre
| seutativns elected by Michigan, twelve hundred
aud forty-eight dollars ;
ror the payuieut oi a balance due for the ex
penses oi the LegislativE Council of the Michigan.
Territory, two thousand aud fifty-seven dollars
and seveuty-two cents ;
F’or tuitiiimg the contracts made with John
Vamlerlyun, iieury Inman, Robert VVier, and
John G. Chapman, by the Joint Committee of
Congress under the joint resolution of the twenty
third oi June, one Uiousaud eight humlred and
thirty-six, tor the execution of lour historical paint
ingstor the vacant pauuels of the Rotunda of the
Capitol, eight thousand dollars ;
to enable the President of the United States to
contract lor two groups of statues, to adorn the
two blockings ou tiie East fiont of the Capitol,
eight thousand dollars;
To Mr. Auger, for the bust of the late Chief
Justice I'.llisworth, four hundred dollars ;
Io enable the aeeretary ofthe Treasury toem
ploy tor one year, a competent person to classify
and arrange, translate w lieu necessary, aud make
satiable records ot the papers and documents con
nected with the private laud claims, which, at sun
dry periods, have been presented to, and acted on,
by the Commissioner, or the Registers aud Re
ceivers acting Zs Commissioners, on private laud
claims for the District east of the island of New
Orleans, mid west of Pearl river, in the State of
Louisiana, the sum of two thousand dollars;
F »ir pay aud mileage ot the members of the
Semite tor tile extra session to commence on the
fourth day ol March, instant, tbiiteeu thousand
eight hundred and seventy-five dollars;
F or stationery, tuel, printing, and all other con
tingent expenses of the Senate for ihe extra ses
sion to commence on the fourth day of March, in
stant, five thousand dollais;
For the expenses ot the distribution inboxes,
and by the ordinary modes of transportation, of
the compilation oi tho Slate papers printed by
Gales & Seaton, as directed by the joint resolution
ot the tenth day oi July, one thousand eight hun
dred aud thirty-two, to the severcl States, Terri
tories, Colleges, ami athemeums of the United
States, one thousand five hundred dollars ;
1* or the purchase ot nineteen copies of the A
merican State papers, printed by Gates &; Seaton,
pursuant to the resolution of tho Senate, of the
iiist day of March, instant, four thousand five
hundred and eighty-eight dollars and fifty cents;
1* or two hundred and forty-four copies of the
debates oi the first Congress, ami of the Register
ot debates to the end of the present Congress as
published by Gales & Seaton, to be distributed to
i.ie members ot the present House, titteen thou
sand five hundred dollars;
For compensation to the Commissioner, Secre
taiy and Clerk and the contingent expenses of the
commission under the contingent expenses of the
commission under the convent ion with Spain,
eight thousand tw o hundred dollars ;
lo authorize the President of the United States
to procure new dies to renew the medal directed
to lie made in honorol Brigadier Cencral Daniel
Morgan, by the act ot the second day* of July,one
thousand eight hundred and thirty six, in case the
original dies for the said medal cauuot he found,
one thousand dollars;
I or improving the credit of the Capitol, by clo
sing the openings on the east front w ith sash doors,
making double floors to the outer entrances, and
repairing furnaces, eleven hundred and fifty dol
lars ;
For making the post office, documents, folding
ami library loomsot the House of Representatives,
lire piool, three thousand oue hundred and fifty
dollars;
i o complete the enclosing the garden and
grounds ot the naval magazine and marine hospi
tal, oue hundred dollars;
Lor conducting water along the Pennsylvania
avenue from the pipes at the Capitol to the Trea
sury and General Post Office buildings, w ith the
necessary fire plugs to water the avenue, ten thou
sand dollars ;
lor the purchase of a fire engine, apparatus,
bh.u engine house for tiie War ami Navy Depart
ments, seven thousand two hundred and twenty
five dollars
For the purchase of a fire engineaud apparatus
for the Treasury building, aud the enlargement of
the engine house, five thousand live hundred and
twenty dollars;
For paying W illiam V. Elliot, for drawing of
the Treasury, building and Patent Office, three
humlred dollars;
For constructing a dw’arf wall and fence from
the southwest corner of the President's house to
intersect the new fence near the north cornel of
the Navy Department one thousand three hundred
dollars ;
For the support of the penitentiary for the Dis
trict of Columbia, for the year eighteen humlred
and thirty.-seven, for pay of officers and agents,
tor repajrs t<‘ buildings, for purchase of raw mate
rials, sos Rtipns, clothing, beds, ami bedding of
pt'isoiiprs, for purchase es fuel, for purchase of
hospital stores ami medicines, for purchase ofbooks
and stationery, for purchase of horse feed, for al
lowance to dischaigc convicts, ami for other con
tingent expenses, the sum of twelve thousand five
hundred ami five dollars ami thirty-nine cents, to
bo paid out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, mid to bo expended under
the direction of the Board of Inspectois ;
For tho erection of n plain substantial fence a
round tho burying ground at Fort Gibson, iu the
(State of Arkansas, five hundred dollars ;
For surveys of the public lauds in tbc District
c omposed of the States of Illinois and Missouri
in mldilion to the appropriation herein before made
for the smveys of the public lands, thirty-six thou
sand dollais ;
F'or the compensation oi additional clerks and
a topographer to be employed in the Post Office
Department, ten thousand two hundred dollars;
For the compensation of additional clerks to be
employed in the office of the Auditor of the Trea
sury for the Post Office Department, six thousand
dollars ;
For law books for the library of Cougreas, five
thousand dollars, to he expended in the purchase
of such books, a catalogue of which shall be *ur
nished by the Ghief Justice of the United Slates ;
Sectiox. 2. And be it further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Treasury he, and he is hereby,
authorized to p.iy the collectors, dehttty collectors,
naval officers, surveyors, and their respective
clerks, together w ith the weighers, guagws, meas
ures, and markers of the several ports of the U. S.
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, such sums as will give to the said
officers, respectively, the same compensation iu
the year one thousand eight hundred ami ihirty
seven, according to the importations of that year,
as they would have been entitled to receive if the
act ofthe fourteenth es July, oac thousand eight
liutigred and thirty-two, had not gone it.to effect :
Piovided, Tha! no officer shall receive, under this
act, a greater r.iiniial salary or compensation than
w as paid to officer for thuy.iar one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-two ; and that in no case shall
the compensation of uny other officer than collec
tors, naval officers, surveyors and clerks, whether
by salaries, fees or otherwise, exceed the sum of
fifteen hundred dollars each per annum* nor shall
the union (of any two or more of those offices
in oue person, entitle him to receive more than
that sum per annum: Provided further, That the
said collectors, naval officers, ami surveyors, shall
render au account quarterly to the Treasury, snd
the other officers herein named or referred to, shall
render an account quarterly to the respective col
lectors of the customs, w here tl ey are employed,
to be forwarded to the Treasury, of all the feesjuid
emolument whatever, by them, respectively, re
ceived, aud of all expenses incidental to their re
spective offices; which accounts shall be rendered
on oath, or affirmation, and shall be in such form,
and supported by such proofs, to be prescribed by
the'Secretary of thcTreasury, as well, in his judg
ment, best enforce the provisions of this section,
and show its operation and effect: Provide d, also,
That, in the event of any act being passed by emi
gres at tho present session, to reglatc and fix sal
aries or compensation of the respective officers of
the customs, then this section shall operate and ex
tend to the dime such aetgoess into effect, and no
longer: Provided, however. That the Secretary of
the Treasury he authorized lo extend to the col
lectors al such other ports, where a surplus ot
emoluments have been adopted for and paid into
the Treasury, in the year eighteen hundred and
thsrty-two, the privilege granted to the collector of
New York, to take effect from the first day of J au
uary last.
Section 3. And he.it farther enneted That the
clerks in the Departments of State, Treasury, Na
vy and War, and of the two houses of Congress,
and the Librarians of Congress, whose sararies
are less than two thousand dollars, shall, in addi
tion thereto, be allowed the following increase of
annual compensation, from the first day cf Jan
uary last, to the end of the next session of Congress,
viz,: such of said clerks whose annual compensa
tion does not exceed one thousand doHa.ts, an ad
dition of twenty per cent, thereto; such of said
clerks whose annual compensation exceed one
thousand dollars; and twenty percent in addition
to the salaries of messengers and assistant mes
sengers employed iu the respective offices, and ike
library of Congress ; the amount of increase of
compensation provided for in this to be
paid out of any money in the Treasury not other-
W'ise appropriated, Provided, That nothing in this I
esetion shall he so construed as to effect the sala-!
ries of any clerks whose salaries have been’ fixed ■
by any law* of the last or present session of Con- j
gress. Provided, That no further extra allowance
bo given for any extra services performed by them
under any law or resolution ofConzress.l
JAMES K. POLK,
Speaker of tiie House of Representatives.
W. R. KING,
President of the Senate pro tem.
Approved, March ffil, 1837.
ANDREW JACKSON.
STATE, RIGHTS and UNITED STATES
RIGHTS.
'gfentoO of OKttiom
“The friends of the Unionare our friends,and its
enemies, our enemies.'"
TUESDAY MOBAING, APRIL 11.
Cy- 1 Three convicts made tlieir escape, from
the Penitentiary, on Tuesday morning last
MONEY MATTERS.
The sudden decline in the price of cotton,
and the consequent pressure in the money mar
ket, have produced many, and contradictory
speculations amongst the wiseacres in com
merce and politics ; and with those opposed to
the present administration, it is already intima
ted, that the measures of our own government,
are the primary cause of the present depression
iu the price of our staple article, and will con
sequently be held responsible for all the evils
which may follow ; all of which is about as
plausible as the story which originated in South i
Carolina in 1833, that nullification hadproduced
a rise in the sumearticle.
Bnt the common sense of the Ametican
people is not to be hoodwinked by such strained
and improbable stories. They know the price I
of cotton, in this country, is geverned exclusive
ly by the price in Europe. It has recently fal
len in the European markets and of course in a
corresponding ratio in this country, and the only*
rational enquiry is, why has it fallen abroad ?
To this it may well be answered, not from the
operations of cur government or people, but
from causes altogether beyond their control.
The money market in England is greatly deran
ged—panic and pressure prevail to a great ex
tent, and a consequent stagnation of business
has followed ; but as to the cause, we may spec
ulate like others, and give out our imaginings to
the public for what they arc worth. According
then, to our views of political economy, it rare
ly happens, that individuals or nations suffer
from pecuniary embarrassments, who deal upon
their own capital and resources, and who spend
no more money than they make ; while on the
other hand, people who deal upon fictitious cap
ital, who borrow money for the purposes ofspec
ulation, and extend their credit in evety direc
tion, in tho hope of glowing suddenly rich, are
in constant danger of ruin and bankruptcy;
and although they may seem to prosper for a
while, and enjoy the reputation of great wealth,
pay day will come at last, and most frequently
it a time when tho debtqrs arc in the wo;*st con
dition to .meet it, , .
A moments reflection must satisfy every en
quiring mind, that the direct system has increa
sed with th., increase of Banks, and the facili
ties aflorded by them f or (be means ofembarkinr
-n almost every sort of enterprize, have led
thousands into the wildest speculations.
The derangement of our monetary system,
and that of England also, proceeds from over
tradingand as is mainly chargeable to the fact,
that a very large portion of the commercial
tiansactionsof our country, are based upon uo
solid foundation, and are conducted upon no
solid capital at all,but owe their existence to
the precarious resource of Baek accommoda
tes. Nor are the Banks exempt from ihe
temptation of making bay while the sun shines.
The more money they lend, the more' profit to
the stockholders, and thus they extend their is
sues until the public confidence is shaken ; they
are called on lo redeem lheir paper, a sudden
and general curtailment of their business ensuea
—their customers are called on for heavy re
ductions—the men of borrowed capital cannot
meet them—failure follows failure, until nothing
is seen bnt dismay nnd consternation; and so it
will be until a total revolution shall work itself
out, and men come to the knowledge of this
great and important truth, that there is no mean*
of sustaining public or private credit, but by
keeping within the bonds of our own means,
and trading upon our own capital.
“RENDER UNTO CdESAR, THE THINGS
WHICH ARE CzESARS.”
Tne christian maxim which stands at the head
of this article, is so full of justice, reason, and
common sense, that the civilized world has long
since adopted it as a fundamental principle of
sound morality.
7 here was a time in the darker ages, when
the fathers eat sower grapes, and the children’!
teeth were set on edge, and when innocent men
were called to suffer for the acts of the guilty ;
j but that day has gone by.
V> e live in a land of intelligence and oflibcr*
ty, where every* citizen enjoys equal immunities,
j and where, by the laws and the constitution, tire,
i sins ot one man, are not to be visited upon tho
head of another, but where all are ameanable to
the laws and to public opinion for their acts.
\\ e are led to these reflections, by the outcry
which has been raised against Governor Schley,
on account of the appointment of Col. Bishop
to an office in the Central Bank. It has been
asset ted again and again, that the appointment
was made by the Executive, and no exertion*
have been spared to excite prejudices against
him in the minds of those who are hostile to
Col. Bishop, many of whom are unien men and
have heretofore supported Governor Schley with
the utmost zeal ; but the eiror is too glaring to
receive the public countenance. Every man
who knows any thing about the Central Bank ;
who has examined its charter, and particularly
I the provisions under whichitsofficersaieappoin
i ted, equally well knows that the Governor has
■ nothing to do with the election of Teller to that
institution, that officer being elected exclusively
by the Directors of the Bank. With the ap
pointment of Col. Bishop, the Governor had
nothing to do ; and we feel ourselves fully au
thorized to state,that so far from having any a
gency in the matter, he was not consulted by
the direction in regard to the appoin.ment, nor
did he know of their inter.tion lo elect Col.
Bishop, until the appointment was actually made.
This is the true history of the case, and if
the appointment be for good, Governor Schley
can share no part of the credit ; and if it be
for evil, the blame cannot rest upon liis.shoul
ders, and .n support of these premises, we ap
peal to trie candid and magnanimous address of
Williams Rutherford Esq. upon the subject, as
well in exculpation of the Governor in relation
to any officious intermedling with the rights and
duties of the Directors, as for the testimony
which it bears to the gentlemanly deportment,
and business qualifications ot Coi. Bishop.
The following communication from the Sheriff,
of Murray county, to Governor Schley, was han
ded us, by His Excellency, for publication:
Spring Place, Murray county, >
Marell 21th, 1837. J
Gov. Schley— Sir;—The publication of a letter
of your Excellency’s correspondent iu "the Stan~
darduf Union,"at the 4th in»t.. makes it my duty
to notice, iu a special inanuer, his false represen
tation ofthe facts iu relation to tho arrest of sever
al individuals therein alluded to, aud his unjust and
unmanly attempt to cast a foul assertion, upon my
official, as well as my private reputation, and
those concerned with me iu the transaction allu
ded to.
It is true, as your Ecellency’s correspondent
has mentioned , that I did, with a sufficient force
under my command, enter the houses of a majori
ty ofthe citizens of Spring Place, ou the 27th uit.
and did arrest ten inclividuals, by virtue of diver*
warrants, under the official signature of a Justice
of the Peace, iu aud for the county of Murray,
anil not, as your Excellency’s correspondent un
justly insinuates, “under colurofa Stale's warrant."
These persons were charged with having commit
ted, on the first day of January last, assaults aud
j batteries, with intent to murder, and owing, as I
presume your Excellency ought to know, to an en
tire suspension of the administration of the laws of
of the State, in Murray county, for several year*
past, from causes I will presently mention, it be
came imperative on me in order to insure a faith
ful discharge of my official duty, to summons such
! a force, as would be sufficient to effect that object.
With that force, well prepared, 1 entered the hou
ses of the persons alluded to, and under tho autho
rity above mentioned, made the arrest complained
of, among whom were found the muskets, well
charged, we, I yet rejoice to say, afterward*
committed to tho flames, Tho indignation of
those, who aided in the arrest and seizure of th*
muskets, were such, upon their capture, that no
thing short of their entire destruction could, or
would appease their justly excited feelings. W*
weie then conscious, and are now fully apprized,
that the act cannot be justified under the laws of
•ur State; yet although we cannot justify ourselves
under the laws of our country, we feel confident,
under all the circumstances, that the act is justifia
ble, in a moral point of view, and in tho sight of
high Heaven. The deplorable condition of affair*
iu this county, for several years past, is known, to
some extent; to yourExceilenay and the people of
Gcoigia. It will he recollected, that this misera
ble state of affairs in Murray county, had its ori
gin in a celebrated meeting of the citizens of
Spring Place, in the [early part of the
year 1834. At that meeting, to the shame aud
disgrace of those connected with it, be it spoken,
it will be remembered that a long stringot resolu
tions were passed, censuring in ihe strongest lan
gung ', the official acts of the then presiding judge
of our court, and even using threatening and mena
cing language, of a highly culpable character, to
wards that officer, for having issued a certain writ
called a “co-warranto," w hich finally resulted i*
breaking up the court, aud a prostration of the
laws ofthe State, at the footsool of a military de
spotism, the w oist of all despotism, and now sir,
if your Excellency will indulge me for a moment,
I will briefly recount to you, a few of the cause*
w hich ultimately led to tho destruction of the mu*-
ket*. • •