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TI-IIRTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Szss. II. Ch. 38, 42. 1861. 131 manner and under the same circumstances as is now provided by law in other judgments and decrees of such circuit courts, without regard to the sum or value in controversy in the action. APPROVED, February 18, 1861. Ch.u·. XXXVIII. —- An Aer making fugiirc Pmmkimi in Rdatim m Consolidated Land Feb¤m·y18, 1861. es. -————·-— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represeniatives of the United 52am of America in Uongress msembki That from and after the passage The zjelfiswr at of this act the register for the oousolidated land districts at Booueville, in £°°m“;{’ve°;g&*{¤ the State of Missouri, in consequence of additional- duties imposed upon mmwmm, him, and in addition to the fees now allowed by law, shall be entitled to charge and receive for making transcripts for individuals, or furnishing any other record information respecting public lands or land titles in his consolidated land district, such fees as are properly authorized by the tariff existing in the local courts in said district: Provided, The whole amount Pm.i,0_nOt of the registefs compensation, including all fees and commissions to which wexmed the rate he is entitled under existing laws, shall not exceed three thousand dollars °f ”°°°dP°’c’;‘S per annum, or pro rata per quarter, the excess, if amy, over that amount, mus; shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States; and the receiver mmm, mM_ shall receive his equal share of such fees, and it shall be his duty to aid uga w one mm the register in the preparation of the transcripts, or giving the record infomation as aforesaid. Sec. 2. And be izfunim mactei Tim the Secretary of the Interior Allowance my be and he is hereby authorized to make a reasonable allowance for office b°dm;du;*:‘ir;•°“* rent for such consolidated oHioe, aud, when satisfied of the necessity there- m for, to approve the employment by said register of one or more clerks, at a rmsonable per diem compensation, for such time as said clerk or clerks are absolutely required to keep up the current public business, and who shall be paid out of the surplus fees above authorized to be charged, if any, and if no surplus exists, then out of the appropriation for incidental expenses of' district land offices; but no clerk shall be so paid unless his employment Employmentcf has been first sanctioned by the Secretary of the Interior. ;’;‘;';b*:J1’_° Bm Szmc. 3. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act be and This m to ¤_ they are hereby extended to all other consolidated land officesz Provided, tem; M, 8;; wu- That this act shall be construed to extend to and provide for all expenses S<>iid¤¤>d Ind heretofore incurred by any register or receiver of any such consolidated °E°°S' _ land office for additional clerical aid or ofice mom: Provided further, That P’°“·’°· the amount of such indemnity be first approved by the Secretary of the Interior. S1·:c. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Sec- Former regisretary of the Interior to make a reasonable allowance to former registers r15g3g of consolidated land odioes for room rent and clerk hire, made necessary clerk mm by such consolidation, to be paid out of the appropriation for incidental expenses of district land officcs, upon satisfactory vouchers actually Sled, or m be filed. APPROVED, February 18, 1861. . .- n m De/femmes'inzbeA 'ankm m~zlieS¤-mbeo the Feb 19, 1861. cm? XLH_frZsmfYx·lmds?m‘Ig;Itl;une thirty, eighteen hmzdr;3 and f L Be it enacted the Senate and House of Represcn¢atives of the United _ States of Amerigzy in Oonyress assembled, That; the following sums be,a.ud ‘?' the same are hereby, appropriated be supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appr0priated.