thereto, nor by acts regulating the intercourse between the Indian tribes and the United States.
The President authorized to appoint three additional Indian agents.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President may, and he is hereby authorized, to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, three additional Indian agents, one for the Creek, one for the Cherokee tribe of Indians, and one for the tribes on the upper Missouri, who shall execute the same duties, possess the same powers, and receive the same pay and emoluments as those now authorized by law, execute, possess and receive, and that the salaries of said agents be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 3, 1837.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
Chap. XXXII.—An Act to change the titles of certain officers in the navy.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,The titles of “masters commandant” changed to “commanders;” and “sailing-masters” to “masters.” That from and after the passage of this act all “masters commandant” in the navy shall be taken to be and shall be called “commanders,” and all “sailingmasters” shall be taken to be and shall be called “masters:” but such change of title shall not impair or in any way affect the rank, pay, or privileges, of any master commandant or sailingmaster now in the service; and should they receive new commissions or warrants, they shall respectively take rank from the date of their present commissions.
Approved, March 3, 1837.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XXXIII.—An Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven.
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, to be paid out of any unappropriated money in the treasury, viz:
Pay, &c. of members of Congress.For pay and mileage of the members of Congress and delegates, three hundred and forty-eight thousand and forty dollars;
Pay of officers, &c. of Congress.For pay of the officers and clerks of the Senate and house of Representatives, thirty-three thousand seven hundred dollars;
Contingent expenses of Senate.For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the Senate, forty-nine thousand five hundred and fifty dollars;
Contingent expenses of House of Repres.For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars;
Two last sums applicable only to ordinary expenses.The two sums last mentioned to be applied to the payment of the ordinary expenditures of the Senate and House of Representatives, severally, and to no other purpose;
President, Vice President, and the heads of departments.For compensation to the President and Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Postmaster General, sixty thousand dollars;
Secretary to sign patents.For salary of the secretary to sign patents for public lands, per act of March second, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, one thousand five hundred dollars;
Office of Secretary of State.
Clerks, &c.For clerks and messengers in the office of the Secretary of State, twenty thousand three hundred dollars;
Publication of the laws.For the contingent expenses of the Department of State, including publishing and distributing the laws, twenty-five thousand dollars;
Biennial Register.For compiling and printing the Biennial Register, one thousand eight hundred dollars;
Superint’t and watchman N.E. exec. building.For the superintendent and watchman of the northeast executive building, one thousand five hundred dollars;