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 THIRTY—THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 175. 1855. 649 Department of the Interior.-—For compensation of the Secretary of H<>m¢ DBPMF the Interior, and the clerks, messengers, and assistant messenger in his mmm officc, thirty thousand and eighty dollars. For compensation of the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, G<>¤¢r¤lL¤-¤d· mid the recorder, draughtsman, assistant draughtsman, clerks, messengers, Om°·"‘ assistant messengers, packers, and laborers, in his office, one hundred and sixty-eight thousand one hundred and eighty-six dollars. For compensation of the Commissioner of Indian Afairs, and the Indian affairs. clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger, in his office, twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. For compensation of the Commissioner of Pensions, and the clerks, P¢¤5i<>¤¤· messenger, and assistant messenger, in his office, one hundred and seven thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. For the repairs of the Potomac, navy-yard, and upper bridges, and to Pvwmec brid§¢¤ refund to the Commissioner of Public Buildings three thousand dollars, ““d “”“'Y`Y“' ‘ advanced to him by the corporation of Washington, in eighteen hundred Washington and fifty-three, and expended on the Potomac bridge, ten thousand dollars. Contingent Expenses Department of the Interior.- 0<>¤¤i¤g¤¤<=i·>¤· Office Secretary of the Interior: Secretary. For books, stationery, furniture, and other contingencies, three thousand seven hundred dollars. For library, books, and maps, one thousand dollars. General Land~Oflice: Gener¤1L=>·¤d For cash system and military patents, under laws prior to twenty- 0m°°· eighth September, eighteen hundred and fifty; patents and other records, tract—books, and blank books, for this, and the district land-offices; binding plats and field-notes; stationery, furniture, and repairs of same, and miscellaneous items, including two of the daily city newspapers, to be filed, bound, and preserved for the use of the office,thirty-three thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars. For contingent expenses in addition, under swamp-land act of twenty- eighth September, eighteen hundred and fifty; military bounty acts of 185°>°l" S5' twenty-eighth September, eighteen hundred and fifty, and twenty-sec0nd March, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and act thirty-first August, 1852: °h· l9· eighteen hundred and fifty-two, for the satisfaction of Virginia land War- 1852,**1- 11*- rants, twenty-six thousand one hundred dollars. For tract and other books for new land-offices, created during the first session of the thirty-third Congress, including blanks for the same, six thousand dollars. To enable the register and receiver of the land-ofiice at Indianapolis, Ig¤¤d·¤*{li¤° °*` Indiana, to rent suitable rooms for the preservation of the records and I”dm"P° B' papers of the several land-ofiices in said State, which have been discon— tinucd, andthe books and papers thereof transferred to the said landoffices at said city of Indianapolis, the sum of five hundred dollars. For amount required to enable the Secretary of the Interior to execute Graduation act the provisions of the “ act to graduate and reduce the price of the public Of 185*% °h· 24* lands to actual settlers and cultivators," approved fourth August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. thirty thousand dollars: Provided, however, That in all cases where lands have been or shall hereafter be sold under the act of fourth August, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, " to E f A B graduate and reduce the price of the public lands to actual settlers and to Qsigifnégf cultivators," at a higher rate than authorized by that act, the Secretary of the Interior shall be, and is hereby authorized, to direct the receivers of public money for the proper land district, to refund the excess out of _ any money in his hands derived from the sales of public lands; and the 1a!3Sg¤E¤;¤°ggnQf periods and principle of graduation, fixed by the instructions of the Gen- signed_ ° eral Land-Oilice, of thirticth October, eighteen hundred and fifty·four, shall be, and they are hereby confirmed. von. x. Pun.-- S2