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act, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, invested with powers to authorize the surveyor of any port of delivery, under such regulations as he shall deem necessary, to enrol and license ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, in like manner as collectors of ports of entry are now authorized to do, under existing laws.

Surveyors thus empowered, entitled to same fees, &c. as collectors.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That any surveyor who shall perform the duties directed to be performed by the first section of this act, shall be entitled to receive the same commissions and fees, as are now allowed by law to collectors for performing the same duties, and no more.

Approved, February 11, 1830.

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Feb. 27, 1830.

Chap. XXV.An Act to continue in force an act authorizing the importation and allowance of drawback on brandy in casks of a capacity not less than fifteen gallons.

Act of March 2, 1827, ch. 55.
Act authorizing importation of brandy in casks of 15 gallons, &c. continued in force.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled “An act to authorize the importation of brandy in casks of a capacity not less than fifteen gallons, and the exportation of the same for the benefit of a drawback of the duties,” approved second March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, be, and the same is hereby, continued in force.

Approved, February 27, 1830.

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Feb. 27, 1830.
[Obsolete.]

Chap. XXVI.An Act making appropriations for the Indian department, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty.

Appropriation for Indian department.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be appropriated, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, for the Indian department, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, viz:

Pay of superintendent at St. Louis, and Indian agents.For pay of the superintendent of Indian affairs at St. Louis, and the several Indian agents, as authorized by law, twenty-nine thousand five hundred dollars.

Pay of sub-agents.For pay of sub-agents, as authorized by law, nineteen thousand and fifty dollars.

Presents to Indians.
1802, ch. 13.
For presents to Indians, as authorized by the act of one thousand eight hundred and two, fifteen thousand dollars.

Pay of interpreters and translators.For pay of Indian interpreters and translators employed at the several superintendencies and agencies, twenty-one thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars.

Pay of gun and blacksmiths and assistants.For pay of gun and blacksmiths and their assistants, employed within the superintendencies and agencies, under treaty provisions and the orders of the Secretary of War, eighteen thousand three hundred and forty dollars.

Iron, steel, coal, &c.For iron, steel, coal, and other expenses attending the gun and blacksmith’s shop, five thousand four hundred and twenty-six dollars.

Transportation and distribution of annuities.For expense of transportation and distribution of Indian annuities, nine thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine dollars.

Provisions for Indians at distribution of annuities, &c.For expense of provisions for Indians at the distribution of annuities while on visits of business with the different superintendents, and agents, and when assembled on business, eleven thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars.

Contingencies.For contingencies of the Indian department, twenty thousand dollars.

Approved, February 27, 1830.