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islative Council, and printing the laws, and the contingent and &c. to the Mem- incidental expenses of said Council, six thousand six hundred bers of the Legis and sixty three dollars.

lative Council, &c.

of the U. States.

For compensation to the Chief Justice, the Associate JudChief Justice, &c. ges, and District Judges of the United States, including the Chief Justice and Associate Judges of the District of Columbia; and, also, for additional compensation to the District Judge of the District of Missouri, to the twenty-sixth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty eight, seventy-nine thousand two hundred dollars. '

Reporter Deci

Court.

For compensation to the Reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Supreme Court, for the present year, one thousand dollars. For compensation to the Attorney General of the United States, three thousand five hundred dollars.

Attorney General.

Clerk.

Sundry District Attorneys, &c.

Expenses of the
Supreme, &c.

&c.

For compensation to the Clerk in the office of the Attorney General, eight hundred dollars.

For compensation to sundry District Attorneys and Marshals, as granted by law, including those in the several Territories, ten thousand nine hundred dollars.

For defraying the expenses of the Supreme, Circuit, and Courts of the U. s. District Courts of the United States, including the District of Columbia and of Jurors and Witnesses, in aid of the funds arising from fines, penalties, and forfeitures, and for defraying the expenses of prosecutions for offences against the United States, and for the safe keeping of prisoners, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Payment of pensions.

Maintenance of

For the payment of sundry pensions granted by the late and present Governments, two thousand and fifty dollars.

For the support and maintenance of light houses, floatlight houses, &c. ing lights, beacons, buoys, and stakeages, including the purchase of oil, keeper's salaries, repairs, and improvements, and contingent expenses, one hundred and sixty-six thousand four hundred and forty four dollars.

Completing a light

Island.

For completing a light house on Baker's Island, near Mount House on Baker's Desert, in Maine; being the amount of an appropriation for that object, carried to the surplus fund on the thirty-first day of December last, one thousand three hundred dollars.

Six bnoys in the

For placing six buoys in the Vineyard Sound, in addition to Vineyard Sound. the appropriation already made, fifty dollars.

Light house
Cove Point.

on

Two light houses

beth.

For building a light house on Cove Point, instead of Cedar Point, as heretofore ordered, in Maryland, being the amount of an appropriation for that object carried to the surplus fund on the thirty first day of December last, five thousand six hundred and eighty five dollars.

For the erection of two light houses on Cape Elizabeth, in on Cape Eliza Maine, in addition to the appropriation of three thousand dollars made by act of second March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, four thousand five hundred dollars.

Three buoys on

the bar at the en

For placing three buoys on the bar at the entrance of St. Augustine Harbor, in Florida, in addition to the appropriation of

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one hundred and twenty dollars, made by act of second March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, two hundred and eighty dollars.

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trance of St. Au.. gustine Harbor.

St. Mark's Har

For placing three buoys in St. Mark's Harbor, in Florida, in Three buoys in addition to the appropriation of one hundred and twenty dol. bor. Jars made by the act of second of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, two hundred and eighty dollars.

For stationary and books for the offices of Commissioners of Stationary, &c. for Loans, one thousand six hundred dollars.

For the salaries of the Keepers of the Public Archives Florida, one thousand dollars.

in

Commissioners of
Loans.

Salaries of keepers

of public archives, Florida.

Discharge of mis

For the discharge of such miscellaneous claims of the Uni ted States, not otherwise provided for, as shall be ascertained cellaneous claims and admitted in due course of settlement at the Treasury, twelve thousand dollars.

Ministers to Lon

charge d'Affaires

For the salaries of the Ministers to London, Paris, St. Pe- Salaries of the tersburg, Madrid, Mexico, and Colombia; for the salary of don, c. and Chargé des Affaires at Stockholm, the Netherlands, Lisbon, at Stockholm, &c. Guatemala, Brazil, Buenos Ayres, Peru and Chili; for outfit of a Minister to London, of the Chargé des Affaires at Chili and Brazil, and to cover an outfit to the present Chargé d'Affaires at Colombia; for the salaries of the Secretaries of Legation, and for contingent expenses of all the Missions abroad, including one hundred thousand dollars, which is the unexpended balance of appropriation applicable tothe aforesaid objects, one hundred and forty nine thousand dollars.

For the salaries of the Agents of Claims at London and Pa- Salaries of agents ris. four thousand dollars.

of claims, London

tressed American

For the relief and protection of distressed American seamen Relief, &c. of disin foreign countries, twenty-five thousand dollars. including an Seamen. unexpended appropriation of sixteen thousand dollars.

For Registers for ships and vessels, and lists of crews, four Register for ships, thousand dollars.

&c.

For expense of bringing the votes for President and Vice Expenses of bringPresident of the United States to the Seat of Government, six President thousand five hundred dollars.

ing the votes for and Vice President.

To be paid from

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several sums, the Treasury. hereby appropriated, shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

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Post Master Geng

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SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to pass to the credit of the Postmaster the credit of the General, the sum of twelve thousand six hundred and twenty eight dollars and twenty four cents, being the sum actually expended during the years one thousand eight hundred and twen ty five, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, and one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, for extra clerk hire in the Department of the General Post Office, for repairs of the buildings of that Department, and for contingencies.

[Approved, 12 February, 1828.]

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to issue a patent to

deceased, for the

plan for making

CHAP. 7. Au ACT authorizing the Secretary of State to issue a Patent to
Elizabeth H. Bulkley, widow of Chauncey Bulkley, deceased.

[SECT. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Secretary of State That it shall be lawful for the Secretary of State to issue letters the widow of patent to Elizabeth H. Bulkley, widow of Chauncey Bulkley, Chauncey Bulkley deceased, two-thirds of the proceeds to be in trust for the chil invention of dren of said Chauncey Bulkley, for the invention of a plan shovels, &c. by for making shovels, spades, and scythes, by welding iron and steel together, and rolling the same, alleged to have been discovered by the said Chauncey Bulkley,'in his life time, upon the presentation at the Patent Office of the original specification and application, made out by the said Chauncey Bulkley, which patent shall have the same force and effect as if it had been granted to the said Chauncey Bulkley, himself.

welding iron and steel together.

[Approved, 21 February, 1828.]

cers of the Treasu.

ton L. Boone,

CHAP. 8. An ACT for the Relief of Hampton L. Boone, of Missouri.

[SECT. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Accounting of That the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby au. ry to pay to Hamp-thorized and required to allow and pay to Hampton L. Boone, 362.75 for per- late Clerk in the Register's Office at Franklin, in Missouri, the of Register at Mis- sum of three hundred and sixty-two dollars and seventy-five cents, in full, for performing the duties of Register of that Office, from the fourteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty five, to the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six.

forming the duties

souri.

[Approved, 21 February, 1828.]

Liberator.

CHAP. 9. An ACT authorizing a Register to be issued for the brig Liberator, of Bath.

[SECT. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, A register be is That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to sued to the Brig order a register to be issued to the brig Liberator, of Bath, formerly a British vessel, called the Liberator, the said vessel having been stranded on the coast of the United States, and purchased by Parker McCobb, a citizen of the United States, and Proviso satisfae, by him repaired: Provided, That it shall be proved to the tion of the Trea satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that the repairs made in the United States, after the purchase of the said vessel by the present owner, exceed three-fourths of the original cost of building a vessel of the same tonnage in the United States. [Approved, 10 March, 1828.]

sury to be obtain

ed.

CHAP. 10. An ACT for the Relief of William Thompson.

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on account of E

others.

[SECT. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury pay to William Thompson, 298,68 to be paid late Paymaster of the thirty sixth regiment of Virginia militia, Wm. Thompson out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, y Farr the sum of two hundred and ninety-eight dollars and sixty-eight cents, for so much money paid by said William Thompson on account of the services of Elsey Farr, Thomas Waters, William Gibbs, William McClanahan, John Penquite, Isaac Silvey, Caleb Walker, Henry Way, Robert Shackleford, Fauntley R. Stone, George Appleby, Ignatius Mitchell, William Remus, and George Scott, an allowance whereof was suspended for the want of proper vouchers, deducting therefrom any sum due from the said William Thompson to the United States: Provided, That, before any money be paid under this act, the Proviso; to said William Thompson shall execute a bond, with security, to curity, in the penthe acceptance of said Secretary, and payable to the United States, in the penal sum of six hundred dollars, conditioned to pay to the United States the like sums of money, that the Treasurer thereof may pay to the legal representative of either of the persons above named, on the production of proof that such a representative is entitled thereto.

[Approved, 10 March, 1828.]

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cute bond with se

al sum of g600.

CHAP. 11. An ACT for the Relief of Joshua T. Chase and others.

mouth, to pay to

and others, such

[SECT. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Collector of the Customs for the District of Ports- Collecter of the mouth, in New Hampshire, is hereby authorized to pay to Jo- customs for Pontsshua T. Chase, John Dennett, Joseph Todd, and Joseph Litch- Joshua T. Chase field, Jr. late owners of a fishing schooner, lost at sea, called allowance for a the Betsey, of forty tons and seventy-six winety fifths of a ton lost at sea, as she burthen, and to the persons composing her late crew, such al- tied to,had she lowance, to be distributed according to law, as they would completed her have been entitled to receive, had the said schooner complet, ed into gori, ed her fishing term, and returned into port.

[Approved, 10 March, 1828.]

fishing schooner

would have been

term, and rertin

CHAP. 12. An ACT for the Relief of Henry G. Rice.

SECT. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Collector of the District of Boston and Charlestown Henry & Rice to be, and he is hereby, authorized to allow Henry G. Rice the mount of denta

be allowed an

ty of colored cut

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1828. amount of debentures on a quantity of colored cottons, exporttures on a quanti ed by him, in the fall of the year one thousand eight hundred tons exported in and nineteen, in the brig Franklin, for Leghorn, in the same manner as if the export oath had been taken within the tune then required by law: Provided. That said Collector shall to be satisfied, &c. be satisfied that all the other requirements of the law were complied with by said Rice, so as to entitle him to the drawback on the cottons aforesaid. [Approved, 10 March, 1828.

Proviso; collector

$1,380 to be paid

catives of the late

CHAP. 13. An ACT for the Relief of the legal representatives of the late
General William Hull.

[SECT. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury cause to be paid to the lethe legal represen- gal representatives of General William Hull, deceased, or to Fen. Wm. Hull. their authorized agent, the sum of one thousand three hundred and eighty dollars, in full for his claims against the United States; and that the same be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

[Approved, 10 March, 1828.]

896 to be paid mount of a fine

CHAP. 14. An ACT for the Relief of William Cloyd.

[SECT. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directWm. Cloyd, the a- ed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise improperly asses appropriated, to William Cloyd, the sum of ninety-six dollars, the amount of a fine improperly assessed and paid by him, for not performing a tour of duty in the military service of the United States during the late war.

sed.

[Approved, 10 March, 1828.]

See Vol 3, p. CHAP. 15. 319.]

of 7th March, 1800,

An ACT to revive and continue in force "An Act declaring the assent of Congress to a certain Act of Maryland. "*

[SECT. 1.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled Act of Maryland That the act passed the seventeenth day of March, in the "An Act declaring continued in force year one thousand eight hundred, entitled the assent of Congress to certain Acts of the States of MarySee Vol 3, P land and Georgia," and which, by subsequent acts, has been revived and continued in force, until the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, be; and the

until 3d March, 1828.

$19.

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