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618 THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 33. 1851. is hereby, revived and continued in force for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-two. Additional Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That to assist the third auditor gfrk m °?°H°" of in more effectually carrying out the provisions of the bounty land act, rrd auditor. . . . . . 1850, Cb_ 85_ and other pressing business in his office, the Secretary of the Treasury Smm is hereby authorized and directed to appoint an assistant chief clerk, to be chosen from among the experienced accoutants already in said office, who, with the present chief clerk, shall have authority to sign and attest such official business as said auditor shall approve and direct. Salary or ap- Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage §;g::s:'*‘1a°;;: of this act, in lieu of the compensation now allowed by law for his HS, ,,,,,1 ggputy services, (a) there shall be paid hereafter to each of the assistant and ¤<>l1¢¤t¤r¤· (a) deputy collectors, and principal appraisers, at the ports of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New Orleans, two thousand five hundred dollars per annum; and to the assistant appraisers at the ports of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and New Orleans, shall each here- Exprjmsvs of after receive for his services, two thousand dollars per annum: Prof;;;?,;?" °f vided, That the entire expense of collecting the revenue shall not be increased, the Secretary of the Treasury being hereby directed and 3,2,;,,,,,;,,,, of required to cause such a pro rata reduction to be made in the number few wd !¤¤¤l>¤¤’ of persons, and in the fees now allowed by law to officers employed in °f °mPl°Y°°s‘ the collection of the revenue, as in his discretion may be just and expedient, to an extent which will provide the additional compensation hereby secured to the said appraisers and assistant appraisers. And (gonecgm- and the compensation of the collector and inspector of the revenue at the i¤SP¤<>w1‘¤¢ Mil- port of Milwaukee, in Wisconsiii, shall hereafter be the same as that W"k°°’ of the collector and inspector of the customs at Chicago, Illinois; and the same shall be paid out of the sum appropriated for the collection of the revenue. Additional Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the district judge for the S;“;X‘:Q;]1?;;*;;°* district of Texas be, and he is hereby, required to hold terms of his ` court annually at Austin, Tyler, and Brownsville, at each of which places he be authorized to appoint a clerk, at each of said places; and the marshal and district attorney for said district shall attend upon said county [court,] and the judge may order transfers of cases as in his judgment justice may require, and direct at what places suits against parties residing in particular counties may be brought. Pay of watch- Sec. 7. And be it farther enacted, That so much of the act of

  • 5*,; ,:3 thirtieth September, eighteen hundred and fifty, as declares that " the

ingtsn. compensation of the watchman in the various departments of govern- 1850, eh. 90. ment shall be five hundred dollars per annum," shall be construed to include the watchmen of the navy yard at Washington. Arpaovnn, March 3, 1851. Much 3, 135]_ Cnsr. XXXIII. — An Act making Jlppropriations far the Support of the .r1r·my -———————·- for the Year ending the thirticth. of June, one thousand eight hundred and jifly- two. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the army, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. Pay of the For pay of the army, two millions ninety-six thousand six hundred °"“Y· and seventy dollars: Provided, That all promotions in the staff department, or corps, shall be made as in other corps of the army.

(a) See vol. iii. p. 736 3 vol. iv. 409, 411.