24 THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 67, 68. 1852. Contracts with made collectively. Nor shall the executive beamch of the goveimment °S°¤?·° ¤°° ’°· hereafter recognize any contract between any tribe or part of: v. tube and °°gmZ°d" any attorney or agent, for the prosecution of any clmm against the government under this act. Em-, pay of Sec. 4. And be it further enacteda 'lthat no esumate er appropriation <>$¤¤¤· of money, in any bill making appropriations, shall authorize the payment R°P°°·1°d 186% of any increased pay, allowance, or compensation, in any form whatever °b' 108**1* beyond the amount prescribed by 1a,w, in any case,•unless there shall first be a. specific direction for such extra payment, designating the oflieers to whom such extra payment shall be made. Repairs or S20. 5. And be tt further enacted, That the Commissioner of Public gg; of °]°*k Buildings be, and he is hereby authorized to apply any uncxpended Comfaugpéggf portion of the money appropriated by the act of Congress entitled “An wl. act making appropriation to meet the expenses incurred in consequence of the late fire at the Capito1," approved January thirteenth, eighteen 185), ch, 1, hundred and fifty-two, to the payment of expenses necessarily incurred in repairing the damage lately done by ire in the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court, and in making other repairs about the Capitol. Site for e SEC- 6. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treaggaméuéggifsoat sury be, and he is hereby authorized to purchase for the United States WL ix Y 546 a suntable piece of ground at a central point in the city of San FISDCISCO, 609,P` ’ California, as a. site for the erection of the custom-house heretofore au- Proviso. thorized to be built: Provided, That said site or ground may be obtained with good and sufficieut title to the United States, in exchange for such reasonable portion of the government reserve in that city as the said Secretary shall deem just and equitablefor for a. sum in lieu thereof not exceeding forty thousand dollars; and to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to carry into eifect this provision, the sum of forty thousand Pf<>Vi¤0· dollars is hereby appropriated: Provided, That if the said Secretary shall fail to obtain such ground ou satisfactory terms, then the said sum, or such portion thereof as may be necessary, may be expended in providing the proper foundations for said custom-house on the site heretofore selected for the purpose. APPROVED, July 21, 1852. July 21, 1852. Ong. LXVII.-—An Act to authorize the Mayor and Common Council of Chicago, Illi- ··—···—······· [WIS, to Excavate W of the Public Resemation at that place, unt}:. a view to the mprovement of the avzgation 9/` Chicago River. Be it enacted by the Senate and Jbuse of Representatives of the Qhieego eu- United States of America in Congress assembled, That the corporate 3m“;°gg?t§)f]°g} authorities of the city of Chicago, Illinois, be, and they are hereby apublic mmm_. authorized to excavate such portion of the reservation at Chicago, not ¢i¢>¤· exceoding the limits described in their memorial of January five, eighteen hundred end fifty-two, as may be necessary, according to the plan E; forth saud memorial, for the improvement of the navigation of the
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