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THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 82. 1858. 30] Fuel, lights, repairs, and miscellaneous, eight thousand five hundred dollars. For compensation of four watchmen and two laborers for the south extension of the southeast executive building, three thousand six hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of said building, fuel, and miscellaneous items, three thousand dollars. Department of the Interior.——For compensation of the Secretary of the D°W·*¤¤°¤* °*` Interior, and the clerks, messengers, assistant messengers, watchmen, and I°t§1gg;gm.y»S laborers in his office, thirty-six thousand nine hundred dollars. oince. For compensation of the Commissioner of the General Land-Omce, and _0¢<=¤ of G<>m· the recorder, draughtsman, assistant draughtsman, clerks, messengers, ggisfggggggigj assistant messengers, packers, watchmen, and laborers in his office, one hundred and seventy-two thousand six hundred and ninety dollars; and the authority conferred upon the principal clerk of public lands, of Acting Commissioner ad interim, in the absence, and so forth, of the Commissioner, by the second section of the act reorganizing the General Land·Ofiice, 1836, ¤h· $@92- approved the fourth of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, shall be, and V°1' v' p' 10g' the same hereby is, transferred to the chief clerk of said General Land- Office. For additional clerks in the General Land-Oflice, under the act of third March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, granting bounty lands, `}gi5;°h· gg? and for laborers employed therein, fifty-eight thousand four hundred dol-° P` ` lars: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior, at his discretion, shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to use any portion of said appropriation for piece work, or by the day, week, month, or year, at such rate or rates as he may deem just and fair. For compensation of the Commissioner of Indian Aifairs, and the clerks, _OfF*°° of Eammessenger, assistant messenger, watchmen and laborer in his office, thirty- n` one thousand nine hundred and forty dollars. For compensation of the Commissioner of Pensions, and the clerks, _OtjHce of commessenger, assistant messenger, and laborers in his office, one hundred and ;‘;§°”°’ of P°“‘ nine thousand three hundred and forty dollars. ` For compensation of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, and the Qtfice of Comclerk in his oince, three thousand two hundred dollars. §Qs§f§$;;’fSP“b' Ozmtingent Expemes—Departmm¢ of the Interior.-- C0m;,,ge§c{,,,_ Oihce of the Secretary of the Interior: s¢<=¤¢¤>·¤‘y’¤ For books, stationery, furniture, fuel, lights, and other contingencies, °m°°' and for books and maps for the library, seven thousand two hundred dollars. For expense of packing and distributing the congressional journals and documents, in pursuance of the provisions contained in the joint resolution of Congress approved twenty-eight January, eighteen hundred and fifty- A"t°’ p` 25g' seven, six thousand dollars. For the preservation of the collections of the exploring and surveying expeditions of the government, four thousand dollars. For the transfer to, and new arrangement of those collections in, the Smithsonian Institution, one thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay the superintendent of the building occupied by said Secretary and his department, from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-tive, to the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, the allowance to be made to such superintendent, with his salary as clerk, not to exceed two thousand dollars per annum, the sum of seven hundred dollars. General Land-Office: General Land- For cash system and military patents, under laws prior to twenty-eighth 0*H°°- September, eighteen hundred and fifty; patent and other records; tract books and blank books for this and the district land-otiices; binding plats and field notes; stationery, furniture, and repairs of same; and miscellane-