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United States Statutes at Large, Volume 3
United States Congress
Public Acts of the Sixteenth Congress, 2nd Session, Chapter 34
2640328United States Statutes at Large, Volume 3 — Public Acts of the Sixteenth Congress, 2nd Session, Chapter 34United States Congress


March 3, 1821.
[Obsolete.]

Chap. XXXIV.An Act making appropriations for the support of government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one.

Sums appropriated, for—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, respectively, appropriated for the service of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one; that is to say:

Congress and their officers.For compensation, granted by law to the Senate and House of Representatives, their officers and attendants, three hundred and fourteen thousand eight hundred and sixty-six dollars.

Senators, &c. of Missouri.For the compensation of the senators and representatives, elected by Missouri, six thousand dollars.

Contingent expenses.For the expenses of firewood, stationery, printing, and all other contingent expenses, of the two Houses of Congress, forty-nine thousand dollars.

Library of Congress.For the expenses of the library of Congress, including the librarian’s allowance for the year, one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.

Books, &c. for the library.For the purchase of books for the library of Congress, comprehending the statutes and the reports of the decisions of the courts of law and chancery of the different states, with the latest maps of the several states and territories of the United States, one thousand dollars.

The President.For compensation to the President of the United States, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Vice President.For compensation to the Vice President of the United States, five thousand dollars.

Secretary of State.For compensation to the Secretary of State, six thousand dollars.

Clerks.
1818, ch. 87.
For compensation to the clerks in the Department of State, by the act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, fifteen thousand nine hundred dollars.

Messengers.For compensation to the messengers in said Department, including the messenger to the patent office, nine hundred and sixty dollars.

Contingent expenses.For the contingent and incidental expenses of the department of State, including expenses of distributing copies of the laws of the second session of the sixteenth Congress, twenty-two thousand seven hundred dollars.

Secretary of the Treasury.For compensation to the Secretary of the Treasury, six thousand dollars.

Clerks.
1818, ch. 87.
For compensation to the clerks in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, per act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, ten thousand four hundred dollars.

Messengers.For compensation to the messengers in said office, seven hundred and ten dollars.

1st comptroller.For compensation to the first comptroller of the treasury, three thousand five hundred dollars.

Clerks.
1818, ch. 87.
For compensation to the clerks in the office of the first comptroller, per act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, seventeen thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.

Messenger.For compensation to the messenger in said office, four hundred and ten dollars.

2d comptroller.For compensation to the second comptroller, three thousand dollars.

Clerks.
1818, ch. 87.
For compensation to the clerks in the office of the second comptroller, per act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

Messenger.For compensation to the messenger in said office, four hundred and ten dollars.

1st auditor.For compensation to the first auditor of the treasury, three thousand dollars.

Clerks.
1818, ch. 87.
For compensation to the clerks in the office of the first auditor, per act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, fifteen thousand two hundred dollars.

Messenger.For compensation to the messenger in said office, four hundred and ten dollars.

2d auditor.For compensation to the second auditor of the treasury, three thousand dollars.

Clerks.
1818, ch. 87.
For compensation to the clerks in the office of the second auditor, per act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, seventeen thousand two hundred dollars.

Messenger.For compensation to the messenger in said office, four hundred and ten dollars.

3d auditor.For compensation to the third auditor of the treasury, three thousand dollars.

Clerks.
1818, ch. 87.
For compensation to the clerks in the office of the third auditor, per act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, twenty-eight thousand six hundred dollars.

Messenger.For compensation to the messengers in said office, seven hundred and ten dollars.

4th auditor.For compensation to the fourth auditor of the treasury, three thousand dollars.

Clerks.
1818, ch. 87.
For compensation to the clerks in the office of the fourth auditor, per act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, fifteen thousand fifty dollars.

Messenger.For compensation to the messenger in said office, four hundred and ten dollars.

5th auditor.For compensation to the fifth auditor of the treasury, three thousand dollars.

Clerks.
1818, ch. 87.
For compensation to the clerks in the office of the fifth auditor, per act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, ten thousand five hundred dollars.

Clerks.For three clerks to complete the duties of the commissioner of the revenue, transferred to the office of the fifth auditor, three thousand seven hundred dollars.

Messenger.For compensation to the messenger in said office, four hundred and ten dollars.

Treasurer.For compensation to the treasurer of the United States, three thousand dollars.

Clerks.
1818, ch. 87.
For compensation to the clerks in the office of the treasurer, per act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

Additional clerk to treasurer, 1819, ch. 54.
1820, ch. 40.
For compensation to an additional clerk, as allowed by act of appropriation one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and one thousand eight hundred and twenty; and, also, for an assistant to the chief clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars.

Messenger.For compensation to the messenger in said office, four hundred and ten dollars.

Commissioner of general land office.For compensation to the commissioner of the general land office, three thousand dollars.

Clerks.
1818, ch. 87.
For compensation to the clerks in the office of said commissioner, per act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, twenty-two thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.

Messenger.For compensation to the messenger in said office, four hundred and ten dollars.

Register of the treasury.For compensation to the register of the treasury, three thousand dollars.

Clerks.
1818, ch. 87.
For compensation to the clerks in the office of the register, per act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, twenty-two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.

Messenger.For compensation to the messenger in said office, including the allowance for stamping ships’ registers, five hundred dollars.

Secretary to sinking fund.For compensation to the secretary of the commissioners of the sinking fund, two hundred and fifty dollars.

Transmitting passports, translating, &c. in the treasury.For allowance to the person employed in transmitting passports and sea-letters, for expense of translating foreign languages in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, for stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent and incidental expenses, in the Treasury Department, and the several offices therein, forty-eight thousand seven hundred and forty dollars.

Superintendent and watchmen of State and Treasury Departments.For allowance to the superintendent, and four watchmen, employed for the security of the state and treasury buildings, one thousand nine hundred dollars.

Secretary of War.For compensation to the Secretary of War, six thousand dollars.

Clerks.
1818, ch. 87.
For compensation to the clerks in the War Department, per act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, twenty-three thousand four hundred dollars.

Messenger.For compensation to the messengers in said department, seven hundred and ten dollars.

Contingent expenses.For expense of fuel, stationery, printing, and other contingent expenses, in said department, five thousand dollars.

Maps, books, &c.For maps, plans, books, and instruments, one thousand dollars.

Paymaster general.For compensation to the paymaster general, two thousand five hundred dollars.

Clerks.
1818, ch. 87.
For compensation to the clerks in the office of the paymaster general, per act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, nine thousand two hundred dollars.

Messenger.For compensation to the messenger in said office, four hundred and ten dollars.

Commissary general.For compensation to the commissary general of purchases, three thousand dollars.

Clerks.For compensation to the clerks in the office of said commissary, two thousand eight hundred dollars.

Messenger.For compensation to the messenger in said office, three hundred and sixty dollars.

Adjutant general’s clerks.
1818, ch. 87.
For compensation to the clerks in the office of the adjutant and inspector general, per act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.

Clerks of the Ordnance.
1818, ch. 87.
For compensation to the clerks in the office of the ordnance, per act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, two thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.

Clerks of commissary general of subsistence.For compensation to the clerks in the office of the commissary general of subsistence, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.

Clerks in the engineer office.For compensation to the clerks in the engineer office, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.

Clerks.For compensation to the clerks in the surgeon general’s office, one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.

Contingent.For the contingent expenses of the said office, five hundred dollars.

Secretary of the Navy.For compensation to the Secretary of the Navy, six thousand dollars.

Clerks.
1818, ch. 87.
For compensation to the clerks in the office of the Secretary of the Navy, per act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, eight thousand two hundred dollars.

Messengers.For compensation to the messengers in said office, seven hundred and ten dollars.

Contingent expenses.For the contingent expenses of said office, two thousand dollars.

For compensation to the commissioners of the navy board, ten thousand five hundred dollars.Commissioners of navy board.

Secretary of the navy board.For compensation to the secretary of the commissioners of the navy beard, two thousand dollars.

Clerks.
1818, ch. 87.
For compensation to the clerks in the office of the commissioners of the navy board, per act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, three thousand five hundred and fifty dollars

Other clerks, &c.
1819, ch. 54.
1820, ch. 40.
Messenger.
For compensation to three clerks, and a draftsman, as allowed by acts of appropriation for one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, and one thousand eight hundred and twenty, in the office of said commissioners, four thousand dollars. For compensation to the messenger, in said office four hundred and ten dollars.

Contingent expenses.For the contingent expenses of said office, two thousand dollars.

For allowance to the superintendent, and four watchmen, for the security of the war and navy buildings,Security of war and navy buildings. and for the repairs of engine, hose, and buckets, one thousand nine hundred dollars.

Postmaster general.For compensation to the Postmaster General, four thousand dollars.

For compensation to two assistant postmasters general, five thousand dollars.Assistant P.M. general.

Clerks.
1818, ch. 87.
For compensation to the clerks in the general post-office, per act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, twenty-two thousand seven hundred dollars.

Messengers.For compensation to the messengers in said office, six hundred and sixty dollars.

Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses of said office, four thousand dollars.

Surveyor general.For compensation to the surveyor general, two thousand dollars.

Clerks.For compensation to the clerks in the office of the surveyor general, two thousand one hundred dollars.

Surveyor south of Tennessee.For compensation to the surveyor south of Tennessee, two thousand dollars.

Clerks.For compensation to the clerks in the office of said surveyor, one thousand seven hundred dollars.

Surveyor in Illinois and Missouri.For compensation to the surveyor in Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas, two thousand dollars.

Clerks.For compensation to the clerks in the office of said surveyor, two thousand dollars.

Surveyor in Alabama.For compensation to the surveyor in Alabama, two thousand dollars.

Clerks.For compensation to the clerks in the office of the surveyor, in Alabama, one thousand five hundred dollars.

Commissioner of public buildings.For compensation to the commissioner of public buildings, at Washington city, two thousand dollars.

Officers and clerks in the mint.For compensation to the officers and clerks in the mint, nine thousand six hundred dollars.

Persons employed in the mint.For wages of persons employed in the different operations of the mint, nine thousand and fifty dollars.

Contingent expenses.For incidental and contingent expenses, and repairs, cost of machinery, and for allowance of wasteage in the gold and silver coinage of the mint, eight thousand one hundred dollars.

Governor, &c. of Arkansas.For compensation to the governor, judges, and secretary, of the Arkansas territory, six thousand six hundred dollars.

Contingent expenses.For the contingent expenses of said territory, three hundred and fifty dollars.

Governor, &c. of Michigan.For compensation to the governor, judges, and secretary, of the Michigan territory, six thousand six hundred dollars.

Contingent expenses.For the contingent expenses of said territory, three hundred and fifty dollars.

Judges of the United States.For compensation to the chief justice, the associate judges, and district judges, of the United States, including the chief justice and associate judges of the district of Columbia, seventy-eight thousand two hundred dollars.

Attorney general.For compensation to the attorney general of the United States, three thousand five hundred dollars.

Clerks.
1818, ch. 87.
For compensation to the clerk in the office of the attorney general, per act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, eight hundred dollars.

Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses of said office, including compensation to the messenger, five hundred dollars.

Reporter of decisions of Supreme court.For compensation to the reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court, one thousand dollars.

District attorneys and marshals.For compensation to sundry district attorneys and marshals, as granted by law, including those in the several territories, eight thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.

Sundry pensions.For the payment of sundry pensions, granted by the late and present governments, one thousand five hundred and ninety dollars.

Disabled seamen.For making good a deficiency in the fund for the relief and protection of sick and disabled seamen, fifty thousand dollars.

Lighthouses.For the support of lighthouses, and other establishments for the protection of navigation, one hundred and two thousand three hundred and forty-one dollars and twenty-eight cents.

Surveying public lands.For surveying the public lands of the United States, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Clerks in the office of superintendent of Indian trade.For additional compensation allowed by the act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, to the clerks in the office of the superintendent general of Indian trade, four hundred and fifty dollars.

Bringing votes, &c.For bringing the votes of President and Vice President, three thousand one hundred and ninety-five dollars and fifty cents.

Ships’ registers.For expenses of ships’ registers, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

Miscellaneous claims.For the discharge of such miscellaneous claims against the United States, not otherwise provided for, as shall be admitted in due course of settlement at the treasury, six thousand dollars.

Salaries of ministers of the United States in foreign places.For the salaries of the ministers of the United States to London, Paris, St. Petersburg, and Madrid, with the salaries of their several secretaries of legation, and the salaries of the charge d’affaires at the Hague, Rio Janeiro, and at Stockholm, fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.

Outfit for minister at Paris.For an outfit to a minister at Paris, nine thousand dollars.

Contingencies of foreign missions.For the contingent expenses of those missions, ten thousand dollars.

Foreign intercourse.For the contingent expense of foreign intercourse, thirty thousand dollars.

Barbary powers.For the expenses of intercourse with the Barbary powers, forty-two thousand dollars.

Agents for claims and seamen.For salaries of the agents for claims on account of spoliations and for seamen, at London and Paris, four thousand dollars.

Relief of seamen.For the relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, forty thousand dollars.

Opening a road in the Indian country.For opening, under the direction of the Secretary of War, within the Indian country, a road from a point at or near Turner Brashears’ stand, on the old Natchez road, to a point at or near Columbus, on the military road, the sum of five thousand dollars, which, by an act of the twenty-seventh of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, was 1818, ch. 24.appropriated for keeping in repair said old road from Natchez to Columbia, in Tennessee, and which remains unexpended.

Out of moneys in the treasury.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations hereinbefore made, shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

Approved, March 3, 1821.