Clerks in office Superintendent Indian Affairs at St. Louis.For compensation to a clerk in the office of Superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis, authorized by a previous section of this act, twelve hundred dollars: Provided, That any sum heretofore appropriated for two clerks, now dispensed with, be not used or applied.
Commission to examine claims under Cherokee treaty.For compensation to two commissioners to examine claims under the treaty with the Cherokees of eighteen hundred and thirty-five, and pay of a secretary, and provisions for Indians during the session of the board, and for contingent expenses, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars; and for arrearages of the late board of commissioners under the same treaty, one thousand five hundred and fifty-eight dollars.
Clerks in office Commissioner of Indian Affairs.For compensation to two clerks, authorized to be continued by the Secretary of War in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, by Joint Resolution, approved May twenty, eighteen hundred and forty-two, in addition to former appropriations, fifteen hundred dollars.
Judiciary.
Attorney General’s office.Judiciary.―No. 37. For the contingent expenses of the Attorney General’s office, five hundred dollars.
Surplus for one object may be appropriated to supply a deficiency for another, except newspapers and periodicals.Sec. 23. And be it further enacted, That in case the sum appropriated for any object shall be found more than sufficient to meet the expense thereby contemplated, the surplus may be applied, under the direction of the head of the proper department, to supply the deficiency of any other item in the same department or office: Provided, That the expenditure for newspapers and periodicals shall not exceed the amount specifically appropriated to that object by this act.
Appropriations for Congress.Sec. 24. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be, and hereby are, appropriated for the objects hereinafter mentioned, viz.
Pay and mileage.For pay and mileage of the members of Congress and delegates from the Territories, in addition to the sum already appropriated to that object during the present session, one hundred and twenty-two thousand six hundred and thirty dollars.
Expenses of Senate.For stationery, printing, and all other incidental and contingent expenses of the Senate, in addition to the sum already appropriated to that object during the present session, seven thousand and fifty-eight dollars.
Expenses H. of Reps.For stationery, printing, and all other incidental and contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, in addition to the sum already appropriated to that object during the present session, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Accounts of no commission or inquiry, except courts martial, &c. to be paid without a special appropriation.
Proviso.Sec. 25. And be it further enacted, That it shall not, at any time hereafter, be lawful for any accounting or disbursing officer of the Government to allow or pay any account or charge whatever, growing out of, or in any way connected with, any commission or inquiry, except courts martial or courts of inquiry in the military or naval service of the United States, until special appropriations shall have been made by law to pay such accounts and charges: Provided, That this shall not extend to the contingent fund connected with the foreign intercourse of the Government placed at the disposal of the President of the United States.
Appropriations from the patent fund.Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be appropriated from the patent fund, viz:
Digest of Patents.A sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, for printing a digest of patents from January first, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine.
Scientific books.For the purchase of such scientific books as are necessary for the use of the Patent Office, one thousand dollars.
Agricultural statistics.For the collection of agricultural statistics and for other agricultural purposes, one thousand dollars.
Approved, August 26, 1842.