of the messenger, and for contingent expenses of the library,
four thousand two hundred and ten dollars;

For the purchase of books for the library of Congress, five
thousand dollars;

For registers for ships and vessels and lists of crews, four thousand dollars;

1838. Librarians, messenger, &c. books for Lib'y of Congress.

Purchase of

Registers for

ships, &c.

Abstract of the

For compensation to a person employed in making an abstract
of the pension laws, and in preparing the papers for Congress, pension laws,&c.
under the resolution of the House of Representatives of the
ninth of October, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, five hun-
dred dollars;

For carrying into effect the fourth article of the treaty with
Spain, three thousand dollars;

For alterations and repairs of the Capitol, and incidental ex-
penses, six thousand three hundred and thirty-one dollars;

Fourth art. of

treaty with Spain.

Alterations, &c. of the Capitol,&c.

Street in front of carpenter's

shop, water for

stables.

For filling up the street in front of carpenter's shop, and conducting water to the public stables, five hundred and fifty dollars; For lighting lamps and superintendence of public grounds Lighting lamps, around the Capitol, five thousand nine hundred and seventy-six Capitol. dollars;

&c. around the

For extending Capitol square west, and improving the same Improving the south of the centre footway, according to the plan already in Capitol square. part executed, under the provisions of an act of the last Congress, twenty-three thousand one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and eighty-six cents;

western gates.

For attendance at the western gates of the Capitol, five hun- Attendance at dred and forty-seven dollars and fifty cents;

For salary of the principal gardener, one thousand dollars; For alterations and repairs of the President's house, and for superintendence of the grounds around the same, four thousand eight hundred and fifteen dollars;

Principal Gardener.

Alterations, &c, house, &c.

of President's

on Pa. avenue

For flag footways across Pennsylvania avenue at Third, Four- Flag footways and-a-half, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and First street Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth streets, and across First east. street, east of Capitol square, two thousand two hundred and

eighty dollars;

For repairing the Marine Hospital at Charleston, South Carolina, two thousand dollars;

Marine Hospi

tal at Charleston.

Second pay.

ment to L. Per

For the second payment to Luigi Persico, according to the contract made with him, for a group of statues for the Capitol, sico. four thousand dollars;

ment to artists

executing paint

ings for the rotundo.

For the second payment to the artists engaged in executing Second paypaintings for the rotundo of the Capitol, under the joint resolution of the two Houses, eight thousand dollars; For purchasing eighty thousand pieces of parchment, and the expense of printing the same, thirteen thousand six hundred printing parchdollars;

Purchasing and

ment.

office.

For the service of the General Post Office, for the year eight- General Posteen hundred and thirty eight, in conformity to the act of second July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, four million six hundred and ninety-four thousand dollars, viz:

1838.

For transportation of mails, three millions four hundred thouTransportation sand dollars;

of mails. Compensation

For compensation of postmasters, nine hundred and thirtyof postmasters. five thousand dollars;

For ship, steamboat, and way-letters, thirty-one thousand dollars;

For wrapping paper, twenty thousand dollars;
For office furniture, six thousand dollars;
For advertising, twenty-five thousand dollars;
For mail bags, forty thousand dollars;

For blanks, thirty-six thousand dollars;

For mail locks and keys and stamps; nine thousand dollars;
For mail depredations and special agents, twelve thousand

tions and special dollars;

agents.

Clerks.
Miscellaneous.

Proviso.

the President's

house.

For clerks for offices, one hundred and forty thousand dollars;
For miscellaneous, forty thousand dollars.

Provided, That there shall exist in the President and in the Postmaster General, the same power to transfer funds from one to another head of appropriation, between the appropriations above made for the service of the General Post Office, as exists in the President and any other head of an executive department to transfer funds appropriated under one head to the service of another, in any other branch of the public service.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the money arising Furniture for from the sale of the old furniture in the President's house shall be applied to the purchase of new furniture for the same. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the unexpected Unexpected balances of appropriations for compensations for the clerks in clerks in offices the offices of the surveyors general of public lands be, and the appropriated. same are hereby, appropriated, in addition to the sums appropriated by this act for the same purpose.

balances for

of surveyors genl.

Approved, April 6th, 1838.

Pay of the army.

Subsistence of officers.

Forage for officers' horses.

Clothing for

CHAP. 55. An ACT making appropriations for the support of the army for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the army during the year eighteen hundred and thirty-eight; that is to say:

For the pay of the army, one million and ninety-one thousand one hundred and ninety-three dollars.

For the subsistence of officers, three hundred and forty-seven thousand seven hundred and forty-nine dollars.

For forage of officers' horses, seventy thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven dollars.

For clothing for officers' servants, twenty-six thousand five officers' servants. hundred and fifty dollars.

For payments in lieu of clothing to discharged soldiers, thirty thousand dollars.

1838. Payments in

Subsistence, ex

For subsistence, exclusive of that of officers, seven hundred lieu of clothing. and thirty thousand nine hundred and twelve. dollars and fifty clusive of that of

cents.

officers.

For clothing of the army, camp and garrison equipage, cook- Clothing, camp ing utensils, and hospital furniture, four hundred and thirteen and garrison thousand two hundred and ninety-nine dollars.

equipage, &c.

For the medical and hospital department, thirty-nine thou-, Medical and sand two hundred dollars.

hospital dept.

Supplies fur

nished by the Qr.

For the regular supplies furnished by the Quartermaster's department, consisting of fuel, forage, straw, stationery, and Mr's. Dept. printing, two hundred and three thousand dollars.

quarters, store

For barracks, quarters, store-houses, embracing the repairs Barracks, and enlargements of barracks, quarters, store-houses, and hos- houses, &c. pitals, at the several posts; the erection of temporary cantonments at such posts as shall be occupied during the year, and of gun-houses for the protection of cannon at the forts on the seaboard; the purchase of the necessary tools and materials for the objects wanted, and of the authorized furniture for the barrack rooms; rent of quarters for officers; of barracks for troops at posts where there are no public buildings for their accommodation; of store-houses for the safe-keeping of subsistence, clothing, &c. and of grounds for summer cantonments, encampments, and military practice, ninety-five thousand dol

lars.

of officers' bag

For the allowance made to officers for the transportation of Transportation their baggage, when travelling on duty without troops, fifty gage. thousand dollars.

of troops and sup

For the transportation of troops and supplies, viz: trans- Transportation portation of the army, including the baggage of troops when plies, &c. moving either by land or water; freight and ferriages; purchase or hire of horses, mules, oxen, carts, wagons, and boats, for the purpose of transportation, or for the use of garrison; drayage, and cartage at the several posts; hire of teamsters, transportation of funds for the Pay department; expense of sailing a public transport between the posts on the Gulf of Mexico; and of procuring water at such posts as, from their situation, require it; the transportation of clothing from the depot of Philadelphia, to the stations of the troops; of subsistence from the places of purchase, and the points of delivery under contracts, to such places as the circumstances of the service may require it to be sent; of ordnance from the foundries and arsenals to the fortifications and frontier posts, and of lead from the western mines to the several arsenals, the sum of one hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars.

For the incidental expenses of the Quartermaster's depart- Incidental exment, consisting of postage on public letters and packets; ex-penses of the Qr. penses of courts martial and courts of inquiry, including the compensation of judge advocates, members, and witnesses; extra pay to soldiers, under an act of Congress of the second of March, eighteen hundred and nineteen; expenses of ex

1838.

Extra pay to

presses from the frontier posts; of the necessary articles for the interment of non-commissioned officers and soldiers; hire of labourers; compensation to clerks in the offices of quartermasters and assistant quartermasters at posts where their duties cannot be performed without such aid, and to temporary agents in charge of dismantled works, and in the performance of other duties; expenditures necessary to keep the two regiments of dragoons complete, including the purchase of horses to supply the place of those which may be lost and become unfit for service, and the erection of additional stables, ninety-two thousand dollars.

For two months' extra pay to re-enlisted soldiers, and for renlisted sol- the contingent expenses of the recruiting service, twenty-four thousand two hundred and sixty-four dollars.

diers, &c.

National armo

ries.

Armament of the fortifications.

Ordnance ser

vice.

Arsenals.

Elevating machines, &c.

Light field artillery.

Gunpowder and shot.

Arrearages payable by 2d. Aud.

Arrearages payable by 3d. Aud.

Taxes on the Passyunk arsenal.

Contingencies

of the army. Balance due the

Meldrum.

For the national armories, three hundred and sixty thousand dollars.

For the armament of the fortifications, one hundred thousand dollars.

For the current expenses of the ordnance service, ninetyeight thousand dollars.

For arsenals, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may suffice to complete the arsenals already commenced, and those on the western frontier.

For the manufacture of elevating machines for barbette and casemate carriages, five thousand dollars.

For the purchase and manufacture of light field artillery, thirty-nine thousand nine hundred and fifty-three dollars.

For the purchase of gunpowder and grape shot, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.

For arrearages payable through the office of the Second Auditor, twelve hundred dollars.

For arrearages payable through the office of the Third Auditor, three thousand dollars.

For taxes on the Passyunk arsenal, near Philadelphia, for the years eighteen hundred and thirty-seven and eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, fourteen hundred and fifty dollars. For contingencies of the army, five thousand dollars.

For paying the balance due the heirs of William Meldrum, heirs of Williain one of the commissioners for surveying and marking the road from La Plaisance Bay to Chicago, two hundred and sixtyeight dollars and fifty-five cents.

for expenses ining medals.

Adam Eckfeldt For paying Adam Eckfeldt, for fine gold and other expenses curred in prepar- incurred by him in preparing nine medals ordered by Congress for various distinguished officers, one thousand and eight dollars and eighty-six cents. Approved, April 6th, 1838

CHAP. 56. An ACT directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by cer-
tain pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the
United States.

1838.

having remained

an agent un.

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all money which has been, or may hereafter be, All money after transmitted to the agents for paying pensions, which may have in the hands of remained, or may hereafter remain, in the hands of said agents claimed by any unclaimed by any pensioner or pensioners for the term of eight pensioner eight months after the same may have or may become due and pay- ing become due able, shall be transferred to the Treasury of the United States; red to the Treas., and that all pensions unclaimed as aforesaid, shall be there- and all pensions after payable only at the Treasury of the United States, and out of any money not otherwise appropriated.

months after hav

shall be transfer

as

aforesaid shall be

payable only at the Treas.

The transfer to

be made by the

draft of the Coms.

of Pensions, &c.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the transfer directed by the first section of this act shall be made by the draft of the Commissioner of Pensions upon the agents for paying pensions, and in favour of the Treasurer of the United States; and that the form of said draft shall be prescribed by the Secretary of Form of draft War. Approved, April 6th, 1838.

to be prescribed by the Sec. War.

CHAP. 57. An ACT to amend the act for quieting possessions, enrolling con-
veyances, and securing the estates of purchasers, within the District of Columbia,
passed the thirty-first day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-two.

cuit court D. C.

adinit to re

Clerks of cir required to record cord any convey. ance whereby a estate right, &c., in real estate is con

[SEC. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the clerks of the circuit court of the District of Columbia, and their deputies, in their respective counties, shall be, and are hereby, authorized and required to admit to any conveyance whereby a right, title, or interest, in real is conveyed, or purports to be, lying within the limits of respective counties, upon the certificate under seal of any two the certificate of justices of the peace of any State or Territory of the United the peace in the States, or of the District of Columbia, annexed to such deed, and to the following effect, to wit:

-County [or Corporation, &c.] to wit:

their

We, A B and C D, justices of the peace in and for the county
[or corporation, or parish, or district,] aforesaid, in the State [or
Territory, or district,] of do hereby certify that E F, a
party [or E F and G H, &c. parties,] to a certain deed, bearing
date on the
day of
and hereto annexed, personally
appeared before us in our county [or corporation, &c.] aforesaid,
the said E F [or E F and G H, &c.] being personally well known
to us, as [or proved by the oaths of credible witnesses before us
to be] the person [or persons] who executed the said deed, and
acknowledged the same to be his, [her, or their] act and deed.
Given under our hands and seals, this

day of

A. B. [SEAL.

C. D. [SEAL.J

veyed, &c., upon

two justices of

following form.

Form of certifi

cate.

Provided, That, when such acknowledgment shall be taken be- Proviso