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THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 175. 1855. 673 John Randon : Provided, That the amount shall not exceed the sum of five thousand nine hundred and twenty-five dollars. Sec. 20. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed a _ Gousukgencral consul-general to reside in the British North American provinces, with a K cfrgizh salary of four thousand dollars per annum, and the sum of four thousand mm, P O ` dollars is hereby appropriated for that object. For the reimbursement of the Patent-Office fund for moneys heretofore P¤t€¤t·<>ffi<=<¤ paid out by appropriations of acts of 'Congress, for seeds, and the eollec— f°" S°°dB* &°‘ tion of agricultural statistics, forty thousand and seventy-eight dollars and seventy-eight cents, to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. For filling up and draining the grounds in the vicinity of the national _ greenhouses, known as the Botanic Garden; and for walling with brick B°°m“° g“d°“‘ the creek which passes through the same, twelve thousand dollars. Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twenty-Eve Pay of Texas thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money "°1““*°°”· in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the necessary expenses of six companies of volunteers called into the service of the United States, by Brigadier-General Smith, in the State of Texas, to be paid under the direction of the Secretary of War. That the President be authorized to appoint, during the recess of Con- Register cmd gress, to be nominated to the Senate for confirmation at the next session, {j’;f"’g;1§’;`d the register and receiver of the land-office for the Umpqua land district, disggdr, in the Territory of Oregon, established by the act of February seventeenth, 185% <=h~ 109- eighteen hundred and fifty-five, to take effect on the seventeenth of May, eighteen hundred and fifty-ive. Sec. 22. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior Temporary be authorized, in his discretion, the employment of temporary clerks by °1‘;‘;§SJt$‘ £‘f1P“"t" superintendents of Indian affairs, on such occasions and for such periods of $5,1;,-S_ um time as he may deem necessary to the public service; for which purpose there is hereby appropriated the sum of five thousand dollars. SEO. 23. And be it further enacted, That the seventh section of the Salaries of act of eighteenth January, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, entitled $****8*} mm M “ An act supplementary to an act establishing the mint, and regulating elvgayfsgngi the eoinslof the United States," be so amended as to extend the allowance for the annual salary of the clerks in the branch mint of the United States at New Orleans, to eighteen hundred dollars each, from and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, at the discretion of the officers authorized by law to appoint, with the approbation of the President of the United States. That the accounting officers of the treasury are hereby authorized to Auowzmoe to allow to the secretary of the Territory of Nebraska the difference between §°;°*¤{£Y Gf the salary of the governor of said Territory, and his salary as secretary, 6 ms "' during the period he acted as governor after the decease ot, and until the arrival in the Territory of the successor of the late Governor Burt, which 1854 ch 242 amount after being ascertained is payable out of the appropriation “ for ’` salaries of governor, three judges and seeretary" of said Territory, as . made by Congress, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five. Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That the tenth section of the act paylmnts to making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Ch¤F<>l<°°¤· Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, approved July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, be 185% °h· 167- carried into efeet by paying the valuations, ascertained and reported by Messrs. Upton and Summey, and other oiilcial assessors, as ordered by the commissioners, under the Cherokee treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-five, and eighteen hundred and thirty-six, with interest on sand valuations respectively from the date of the said o0mmissioners’ orders for assessment; and that the Secretary of the Interior be further directed to vox,. x. Pun. - 85