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 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 108. 1857. 229 rubble stone now in use on the capitol grounds, but shall, when they are superceded, use so much thereof as may be necessary in enclosing Judiciary Square, and the remainder shall be used in enclosing such public grounds as the President may direct. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the act of S I f, I March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, fixing the salary of the ,mg,”QyC°h,f,;°gQ,_ collector of the port of Chicago, Illinois, at twelve hundred and fifty dol- 1853, eh. 97. lars per annum, shall not be so construed as to deprive the said collector VOL x_ p_ 2oz_ of the per centum allowed by the sixth section of the act approved March 1849 0h_ 100 5B_ third, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, to such officers as may have been 18d6, eh. 50. designated as depositaries under the act of August sixth, eighteen hun- 3% 01- ix- PP- 5% dred and forty-six, and the benefits of said sixth section are hereby ex- ' tended to said collector. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the fifth sec- Pay er survey· tion of the act entitled “An act making appropriations for the civil and ;"'$tg°“¤B °¤ °°l· diplomatic expenses of the government for the year eighteen hundred and °° m‘ forty-one," approved the third day of March, eighteen hundred and forty- 18,,1 was Q5_ one, which established and limited the compensation of collectors of cus- Vo1.°v. p. 452. toms, shall be construed to apply to surveyors performing or having performed the duties of collectors of the customs, who shall be entitled to the same compensation as is allowed to collectors for like services in the settlement of their accounts. Src. 9. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United President ma States may enlarge the area of the reservation Mendocino by extending enlarge Mgndogz its boundary northward along the coast of the Pacific Ocean to the vicin- ¤<> ¥¤$¤¥V¤¤l<>¤· ity of Cape Mendocino, embracing sufficient territory for the colonization of the Indians in the coast range of mountains north of the Bay of San Francisco, and also those in the valley of the Sacramento River, but such extension shall not interfere with the preemption claims of settlers. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury Courtrhouse at be and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be constructed at B°“°°“‘ the city of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, a suitable fire-proof PM. P- 269- building for the accommodation of the circuit and district court of the United States, and for this purpose the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Src. 11. And be it farther enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior Temporary be authorized to employ in the office of Indian Affairs, live temporary f;?il;;':BQ€s°° °f clerks during the fiscal year; and for their compensation the sum of seven ` thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same to be in lieu of the five temporary clerks heretofore authorized to be employed in said omce. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the proper accounting officers Settlement of of the treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to rc- i*:°°Y;¤*5***h examine the account between the United States and the State of Mary- ligancih 3Q_ land, as the same was, from time to time, adjusted under the act passed Vol. iv. p. 161. on the thirteenth May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, entitled "An act authorizing the payment of interest due to the State of Maryland," and on such reexamination to assume the sums expended by the State of Maryland for the use and benefit of the United States, and the sums refunded and repaid by the United States to the said State, and the times of such payments as being correctly stated in the account as the same has heretofore been passed at the Treasury Department; but in the calculation of interests due under the act aforesaid, the following rules shall be observed, to wit: Interest shall be calculated up to the time of belggagsgelgw w any payment made. To this interest the payment shall be first applied, and if it exceed the interest due, the balance shall be applied to diminish the principal; If the payment fall short of the interest, the balance of interest shall not be added to the principal so as to produce interest.