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CHAP. 97.-AN ACT for the relief of the citizens of Cedar Bluff, in the
State of Alabama, and for other purposes.

of Cherokee Co.,

of land on which

dar Bluff is situ

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of the county of Cherokee, Commissioners in the State of Alabama, be, and they are hereby, authorized Ala., authorized to enter the tract of land lying on the Coosa river, whereon the to enter 150 acres town of Cedar Bluff (formerly called Jefferson) is situated, in the town of Cesaid county, containing one hundred and fifty acres, according ated. 10 the survey of S. R. Russell, on the payment by the commissioners of said county of the minimum price, as in other cases: Provided, That said commissioners shall sell in lots, Provisohbe on reasonable notice, (not less than sixty days) to the highest sold and proceeds bidder, all that portion of said tract of land not hereinafter re- applied. ferred to and embraced, make titles to the purchasers, and apply the proceeds of said sale for the common benefit of said county of Cherokee.

Such entry not

to interfere with or disturb the

purchasers to lots in said town.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That neither the entry nor the right of entry of said tract of land, by said commissioners, shall interfere with or disturb the titles of purchasers titles of certain to the lots heretofore sold in said town by the county commis- heretofore sold sioners of said county of Cherokee, who have paid, or may, within twelve months, complete payment of, according to the terms of sale, the sum of the first instalment on the amount for which said lots were purchased; but in all such cases, without further action of any kind, the right and title of the purchasers to the lots thus purchased and paid for, together with all the improvements thereon, are hereby fully confirmed to and vested in said purchasers, their heirs at law, and bona fide vendees and assignees. And the said commissioners are hereby authorized and required (should they enter said tract of titles to said lots land on the terms above named) to make titles to said lots to to the owners. the owners thereof, according to the description by which the same were known and distinguished in the plan of said town. of Cedar Bluff.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That (should said commissioners enter said tract of land on the terms above named) the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to issue, to said commissioners of said county of Cherokee, a patent for said tract of land, for the uses and purposes herein before mentioned.

Approved March 2, 1849.

CHAP. 98.-AN ACT for the relief of A. C. Bryan and others.

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Said commissioners to make

Patent to issue.

made for horses

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is Payments to be hereby, directed to pay, out of any moneys in the treasury not captured in Mexotherwise appropriated, in full payment for horses captured in an, Mexico, to A. C. Bryan, the sum of sixty dollars; to Alfred Air'd Argabright,

B. A. Chapman, Argabright, the sum of sixty dollars; to B. A. Chapman, the Chas: E. Mooney, sum of fifty-five dollars; to Charles E. Mooney, the sum of David C. Jones, fifty dollars; to David C. Jones, the sum of sixty dollars; to William D. Rad- William D. Radcliffe, the sum of seventy dollars; to John J. John J. Finch. Finch, the sum of sixty-five dollars.

cliffe, and

Secretary of the

Treasury to pay

horses captured

commands

of

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the value of any the Treasury shall be, and he is hereby, authorized and diin Mexico at the rected to pay the value of any horses and equipments that may surrender of the have been lost in consequence of their having fallen into the Majors Gaines possession of the Mexicans at the surrender of the commands Captain Heady. of Major John P. Gaines, Major Solon Borland, and Captain William J. Heady; the owners satisfactorily proving their loss on that occasion, and also the value of the horses and accoutrements thus captured and lost.

and Borland and

Approved March 2, 1849.

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$20 per month allowed him.

CHAP. 99.—AN ACT for the relief of B. O. Payne, of Albany, New York.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asA pension of sembled, That the name of B. O. Payne, of Albany, in the State of New York, be placed on the roll of invalid pensions, and that the Secretary of War be directed to pay to him a pension, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and to continue during his natural life.

Approved March 2, 1849.

for the year end

CHAP. 100.-AN ACT making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty, and for other purposes.

[Sec. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as Appropriations sembled, That the following sums be, and hereby are, approing June 30, 1850. priated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty, namely:

Congress-pay and mileage.

Officers.

LEGISLATIVE.

For compensation and mileage of senators, members of the House of Representatives, and delegates, seven hundred and sixty-eight thousand two hundred dollars;

For compensation and mileage of senators and members of the House of Representatives and delegates, for the current fiscal year, one hundred thousand dollars;

For compensation of the officers and clerks of both Houses of Congress, thirty-nine thousand five hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty cents;

For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent ex- Contingenciespenses of the Senate, seventy-five thousand dollars;

Senate.

House of Reps.

For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent ex- Contingenciespenses of the House of Representatives, one hundred and eightytwo thousand seven hundred and forty-nine dollars.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

Library.

For compensation of librarian, two assistant librarians, and officers. messenger, four thousand five hundred dollars;

For contingent expenses of said library, eight hundred dol- Contingencies. lars;

For purchase of books for said library, five thousand dollars; Books.
For purchase of law books for said library, one thousand

dollars;

For printing and binding a complete catalogue of the Library Catalogue of liof Congress, two thousand dollars.

EXECUTIVE.

brary.

For compensation of the President of the United States, President. twenty-five thousand dollars;

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For compensation of the Vice President of the United States, Vice President. five thousand dollars.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE..

Dept. of State.

officers.

For compensation of the Secretary of State, and the clerks, Secretary and messenger, and assistant messenger in his office, twenty-eight thousand three hundred dollars;

For the incidental and contingent expenses of said depart- Contingencies. ment, namely:

For publishing the laws in pamphlet form, and in the news- Publishing laws. papers of the States and Territories, and of the city of Washington, ten thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars;

For proof-reading, packing, and distributing laws and documents, including boxes, labor, and transportation, nine thousand dollars;

For stationery, blank books, binding, labor and attendance, Stationery, &c. furniture, repairs, painting and glazing, four thousand four hundred dollars;

For printing (letter press and copperplate) books and maps, Printing, &c.

two thousand dollars;

For newspapers, two hundred dollars;

For extra clerk hire, two thousand dollars;
For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars;
For compiling, printing, end binding the Biennial Register,

one thousand eight hundred dollars;

For compensation of superintendent and four watchmen of the northeast executive building, one thousand seven hundred and ten dollars;

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For contingent expenses of said building, viz:

For labor, fuel, and light, two thousand two hundred dollars;

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Treasury Dept.

Secretary and

officers.

1st Comptroller.

2d Comptroller.

1st Auditor.

2d Auditor.

3d Auditor.

4th Auditor.

5th Auditor.

Treasurer.

Register.

General Land Office.

Solicitor.

For miscellaneous items, one thousand one hundred and ten dollars.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

For compensation of the Secretary of the Treasury, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger in his office, twenty-seven thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars;

For compensation of the First Comptroller, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger in his office, twenty-eight thousand five hundred and fifty dollars;

For compensation of the Second Comptroller, and the clerks and messenger in his office, twenty-three thousand six hundred and fifty dollars;

For compensation of the First Auditor, and the clerks, inessenger, and assistant messenger in his office, twenty-two thousand eight hundred dollars;

For compensation of the Second Auditor, and the clerks and messenger, assistant messenger in his office, fifty-one thousand and fifty-seven dollars;

For compensation of the Third Auditor, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger in his office, thirty-eight thousand three hundred and fifty dollars;

For compensation of the six additional clerks in said office, authorized by the act of the twelfth of August, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, six thousand four hundred dollars;

For compensation of six additional clerks in the Third Auditor's office, for services during the current fiscal year, eleven hundred dollars;

For compensation of the Fourth Auditor, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger in his office, twenty thousand four hundred dollars;

For compensation of the Fifth Auditor, and the clerks and 'messenger in his office, fifteen thousand six hundred dollars; For compensation of the Treasurer of the United States, and the clerks and messenger in his office, thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars;

For compensation of the Register of the Treasury, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messengers in his office, thirty thousand two hundred dollars: "and the clerk now employed in said office at a per diem compensation shall hereafter be allowed a salary of fourteen hundred dollars per annum: Provided, No other person shall be paid for discharging any of the duties now performed by him ;'

For compensation of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and the recorder, draughtsman, assistant draughtsman, clerks, messengers, assistant messengers, and packers in his office, ninety-two thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents;

For compensation of the Solicitor of the Treasury, and the clerks and messenger in his office, thirteen thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.

CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Contingencies of

In the office of the Secretary of the Treasury.

For blank books, binding, stationery, labor, sealing ships' registers, carrying the department mails, translations, printing, including the public accounts, and for collecting and preparing information to be laid before Congress, fifteen thousand two hundred dollars;

For miscellaneous expenses, two thousand eight hundred dollars.

In the office of the First Comptroller.

various offices of Treasury Department, viz:

Office of Secre,tary.

For blank books, binding, stationery, printing, and labor, one thousand seven hundred dollars;

For cases to preserve books and papers; also for desks and writing tables, one thousand five hundred dollars;

For carpets, oil-cloths, and chairs, in eight rooms, one thousand dollars;

For miscellaneous items, three hundred dollars.

In the office of the Second Comptroller.

For blank books, binding, stationery, and printing blanks, including pay for the National Intelligencer and Union, to be filed, bound, and preserved for the use of the office, seven hundred dollars;

For labor, office furniture, and miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars.

In the office of the First Auditor.

For blank books, binding, stationery, printing, books, and labor, one thousand two hundred dollars;

For miscellaneous items, three hundred dollars.

In the office of the Second Auditor.

For blank books, binding, stationery, labor, and printing blanks, one thousand five hundred dollars.

In the office of the Third Auditor.

For blank books, binding, printing, stationery, and labor, one thousand dollars;

For miscellaneous items, two hundred dollars.

In the office of the Fourth Auditor.

For blank books, binding, stationery, printing, and labor, seven hundred and fifty dollars;

For miscellaneous items, two hundred dollars.

In the office of the Fifth Auditor.

For blank books, binding, stationery, and labor, four hundred and twenty-five dollars;

For miscellaneous items, three hundred and fifty dollars.

First Comptrol

ler.

Second Comptroller.

First Auditor.

Second Auditor.

Third Auditor.

Fourth Auditor.

Fifth Auditor.

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