For compensation and mileage of the members of the Legis1836. lative Council of the Territory of Arkansas, including fuel, sta-510,000 tionery, printing and distribution of the laws and journals, ten thousand dollars. or, &c. of Florida For compensation to the Governor, Judges, and Secretary $11,700. Govern of the Florida Territory, eleven thousand lars. seven hundred dol- Territory For the contingent expenses of the Florida Territory, three $350. hundred and fifty dollars. For compensation and mileage of the members of the Legis- $9,406. lative Council of Florida, pay of officers and servants of the Council, fuel, stationery, printing, and incidental expenses, nine thousand four hundred and six dollars. For arrearages of the expenses of the Legislative Council of 8908 60. Florida, nine hundred and eight dollars, and sixty cents. For allowances to the Assistant Counsel, and District Attorney, $4,000. under the acts for the settlement of private land claims in Florida, four thousand dollars. For compensation to the Chief Justice, the Associate Judges, 981,400. Judicia and District Judges of the United States, eighty-one thousand four hundred dollars. For the expenses of printing the records of the Supreme $3,000 Court of the United States, for the term of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, three thousand dollars. For the salaries of the Chief Justice and Associate Judges of $9,500. the District of Columbia, and of the Judges of the Orphans' courts of the said District, nine thousand five hundred dollars. For compensation to the Attorney General of the United States, $4,000. Attorney four thousand dollars. General. For compensation to the clerk in the office of the Attorney $800. General, eight hundred dollars. For a messenger in said office, five hundred dollars. $500. For contingent expenses of said office, five hundred dollars. $500. preme Court, one thousand dollars. Supreme Court For compensation to the District Attorneys and Marshals, as $12,900. granted by law, including those in the several Territories, twelve thousand nine hundred dollars. For defraying the expenses of the supreme, circuit, and district $345,000. courts of the United States, including the District of Columbia; also, for jurors and witnesses, in aid of the funds arising from fines, penalties, and forfeitures, incurred in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and preceding years; and, likewise, for defraying the expenses of suits in which the United States are concerned, and of prosecutions for offences committed against the United States, and for the safe keeping of prisoners, three hundred and forty five thousand dollars. For the payment of sundry pensions, granted by special acts of 1,350. Pensions Congress, one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. For the support and maintenance of light-houses, floating lights, $279,986 07. Light beacons, buoys, and stakeages, including the purchase of lamps, houses, &c. oil, keepers' salaries, repairs and improvements and contingent 1836. $3,000. $3,000. : $1,200. $8,700. $2,600. $225 50. $15,000. Disabled seamen. $3,000. Insolvent $650. Surveying expenses, two hundred and seventy-nine thousand, nine hundred and eighty-six dollars and seven cents. For a light-house on a proper site, at or near Michigan city, Indiana, in addition to a former appropriation, made thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, three thousand dollars. For a light-house on a proper site, at Pottawatamie island, at the entrance of Green bay, in Lake Michigan, in addition to a former appropriation, made thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, three thousand dollars. For a light-house or beacon light on one of the piers at the harbor of Oswego, on Lake Ontario, in addition to former appropriations, twelve hundred dollars. For the removal of the light-house now on the north end of Goat island, near the harbor of Newport, Rhode Island, in addition to former appropriations, eight thousand seven hundred dollars. For erecting a frame building for a beacon light, at the end of west pier, at the mouth of Black river, Ohio, two thousand six hundred dollars. For finishing and securing the foundation of the beacon light at Cunningham creek, Ohio, two hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty cents. To make good a deficiency in the funds for the relief of sick and disabled seamen, as established by the acts of sixteenth July, seventeen hundred and ninety-eight, and third May, eighteen hundred and two, fifteen thousand dollars. For expense in relation to the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States, under the act of seventh of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, three thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Ohio, six hundred and fifty dollars. $15,000. Michigan For surveying the public lands in the Michigan, peninsula, peninsula. $50,000. Michigan $40,000. Illinois and Missouri. $10,000. Missis. $2.500. South of fifteen thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Michigan Territory, west of the lake, and in Wisconsin Territory, fifty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Illinois and Missouri, forty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Mississippi, ten thousand dollars. For surveys south of the thirty-first degree north latitude, by the Surveyor General of Alabama, twenty-five hundred dollars. For survey of the Creek lands, one thousand dollars. For survey of the public lands and private land claims, by the Surveyor General of Florida, sixteen thousand four hundred and eighty dollars. For survey of the public lands and private land claims, by the Surveyor General of Louisiana, thirty-five thousand dollars. For surveying public lands by the Surveyor General of Arkansas, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the salaries of two keepers of the public archives, in Florida, one thousand dollars. 1836. For the discharge of such miscellaneous claims against the United States, not otherwise provided for, as shall be ascertained $12,000. Miscel and admitted in due course of settlement at the Treasury, twelve laneous claims. thousand dollars. For the salaries of the Ministers of the United States to Great $36.000. Salaries Britain, France, Spain, and Russia, thirty-six thousand dollars. of Ministers. For the salaries of the secretaries of legation to the same places, $6,000. Secretaeight thousand dollars. ries of Legation. For the salaries of the secretaries of legation to France, Spain, $6,000. and Russia, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-five, six thousand dollars. For the salaries of the chargés des affaires to Portugal, Den-$63,000. mark, Sweden, Holland, Turkey, Belgium, Brazil, Chili, Peru, Mexico, Central America, New Grenada, Prussia, and Venezuela, sixty-three thousand dollars. For the salary of the drogoman to the legation of the United $6,500. Legation States to Turkey, and for contingent expenses of that legation, to Turkey. six thousand five hundred dollars. Outfits of ministers. For outfits of ministers to Great Britain, France, and Spain, $27.000. twenty-seven thousand dollars. For outfits of chargés des affaires to Mexico, Prussia, and $13,500. Outfits Peru thirteen thousand five hundred dollars. of charges. For the salaries of the agents for claims at London and Paris, $4,000. Agents of four thousand dollars. claims. For the expenses of intercourse with the Barbary Powers, $12,000. Barbary twelve thousand dollars. powers. For the relief and protection of American seamen in foreign $30,000. Ameri countries, thirty thousand dollars. can seamen. Commercial Reg For completing Digest of Commercial Regulations of Foreign $5,883 34. Digest Countries, under the resolution of the House of Representatives ulationer of the third of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, five thousand eight hundred and eighty-three dollars and thirty-four cents. For completing the custom-house at New Bedford, and en- $7,200. Custom. closing the lot, seven thousand two hundred dollars. house, &c. New Bedford. For the crection of a custom-house at New York, in addition $300.000. At New to former appropriations, three hundred thousand dollars. York For completing the public warehouse, at Baltimore, seventeen $17,000. At Balti thousand dollars. more. For the payment of balances due to officers of the old internal $5,700 23. revenue and direct tax, being the balance of a former appropriation for that object, carried to the surplus fund, thirty-first December, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, five thousand seven hundred dollars and twenty-three cents. For paying certain inhabitants of West Florida, now citizens $1,519 41. of Louisiana and Mississippi, the claims passed by the accounting officers of the Treasury, being the balance of a former appropriation for that object, carried to the surplus fund on the thirty-first December, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, one thousand five hundred and nineteen dollars and forty-one cents. For the payment of certain certificates, being the balance of a $37,455 76. former appropriation for that object, carried to the surplus fund 1836. on the thirty-first December, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, thirty-seven thousand four hundred fifty-five dollars and seventysix cents. $2,010 06. 1 $2,732 20 observa For the incidental and contingent expenses of the Department of State, being a balance due to William Browne, on that account, two thousand and ten dollars and six cents. For clerk hire and other expenses in relation to the northeastern boundary agency, being a balance due to William Browne, on that account, two thousand seven hundred thirty-two dollars and twenty cents; these two last appropriations to be carried to: the credit of said Browne, on account of contingencies of foreign intercourse. $13,615. Astron- For arrearages for the service of astronomer, assistants, and micahora incidental expenses incurred in making astronomical observadary of Ohio. tions during the year eighteen hundred and thirty-five, under Proviso $500 to James H. 8347 67. Lt. Col. $5,100. Medal for the act of the fourteenth July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, For compensation to James H. Relfe, for his services as messenger, in conveying the final report of the commissioners for the adjustment of private land claims, five hundred dollars. For the payment of claims of Lieutenant Colonel W. Lawrence and others, being part of an appropriation made by the act of the fifth March, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, for these objects, carried to the surplus fund on the thirty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, reappropriated on the twentieth of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, and again carried to the surplus fund on the thirty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, three hundred and forty-seven dollars and sixty seven cents. For the expense of medals and swords for Colonel Croghan Col. Croghan, &c. and others, five thousand one hundred dollars. 88,000. Bringing For the expense of bringing to the seat of Government the votes of Presiden votes for President and Vice President of the United States, eight thousand dollars. $80,000. Coast For the survey of the coast of the United States, eighty thou- $9,900. Governor $9,400. $25,000. nine thousand, nine hundred dollars. Compensation and mileage of the members of the Legislative Council, and to defiay the expenses of the Legislative Assembly, the printing of the laws, and other incidental expenses of said Territory, nine thousand four hundred dollars. For the public buildings and library of said Territory, twentyfive thousand dollars. For enlarging and reparing the custom-house, and purchas- 1836. ing additional land therefor, at Bath, in the State of Maine, five s. Custom thousand five hundred dollars. house, Bath, Me. For repairs of public buildings at Staten Island, four thou- 84,500. sand five hundred dollars. Galena. For defraying the expenses of a survey of lots in the town of $1,000. Survey at Galena, Illinois, to be made by the Surveyor General of Missouri and Illinois, under an act of Congress, approved the 5th day of February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, one thousand. $200 000. Cus For a custom-house in Boston, in addition to a former appro-som-house, Bos priation, two hundred thousand dollars. ton. For a marble bust of the late Chief Justice Marshall, five $500. Bust of C. hundred dollars. J. Marshall. Docu For payment for preparing, printing, and binding the documents $15.606. ments printing by ordered to be printed by Gales & Seaton under the same restric- Gales & Seaton. tions and reservations as were contained in the appropriation for the same object in the act of May the fifth eighteen hundred and thirty-two, fifteen thousand six hundred and six dollars; and the eight volumes of the second series of the said publication shall be distributed in the same manner as were the volumes of the first series by the joint resolution of the 10th of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two. Statements to be presented to Congress by the ExDepart ments, &c. SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duties of the Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, of the War and Navy Departments, and of the Postmaster General, and the Secretary of enige the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Representatives, to lay before Congress, in lieu of the statement now required by law, during the first week in each annual session of Congress, a stateinent of the expenditures made by them respectively from the contingent funds of their respective departments and offices, that of the Secretary of State to include all the contingent expenses of foreign intercourse, and of all the missions abroad except such expenditures as are settled upon the certificate of the President; said statements to be abstracts of the accounts with the names of all persons to whom payments have been made and the amount paid Approved, 9th of May, 1836. to each. CHAP. 60. An ACT providing for the salaries of certain officers therein named, and for other purposes. [SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the translator of foreign languages and the librarian in the Translator State Department of State, shall receive a salary of sixteen hundred Deary of dollars. That the disbursing agent in said Department be allowed a salary, of fourteen hundred and fifty dollars. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ two additional clerks, to enable him to carry into effect the provisions of the second section of the act of the salary $1,600. Disbursing agent in do, a salary of $1 450. Secretary of Trea two clerks. sury to employ |