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 Tl·lIRTY—FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 111. 1857. 243 bursing officer out of the contingent fund, and his accounts therefor shall Am, Pp_ M5, be allowed by the accounting officers of the_Treasury Department. But 146. nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to repeal the joint reso- Jointresolution lution of twentieth of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, “ to tix the  18;’;“l;’°;';’;f‘ compensation of the employees in the legislative department of the gov- ,,,%,,,,,,0,, d,,, ernment, and to prohibit the allowance of the usual extra compensation clared in force to such as receive the benefits hereof," which said resolution is hereby l'°l‘ x' pf"' declared to be in full force and effect, except so far as herein provided for. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the thirteenth section of “An act making appropriation for certain civil expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-.s·tx," allowing to the several disbursing agents thr the _ Psyof disburslate California Land Commission the same compensation for the receipt  ,2*;],, and disbursement of moneys as are allowed to other disbursing officers of c,,mm;s,,;,m_ the government in California, was intended to apply and is hereby de- 1856, ch. 129, clared to apply, and give said compensation as well when the disbursing l I3' agent was a member of said commission as in other cases. Ante, p. 02. Approved, March 3, 1857. Cin?. CXI.—An Act making Appropriations jbr the Naval Servicefor the Year ending the MMC`, B ]857_ thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and_ji_fty-eight. "—""*""’— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Uongress assembled, That the following sums be and they are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight: · For pay of commission, warrant, and petty officers and seamen, includ- Pay- ing the engineer corps of the navy, three million eight hundred and fifty- five thousand fbur hundred and fifty dollars. And the Secretary of the Navy be and he is hereby authorized to enlist eight thousand five hun- _ N¤¥¤b¤f of m°¤ dred men for the navy instead of seven thousand five hundred, and to m°r°°S°d‘ expend so much of this amount as may, in his opinion, be necessary to T t t. transport officers and men to and from Panama, to relieve the officers and to ,,;%_n?·,i:,({pigs crews of ships in the Pacific. ams. For provisions for commission, warrant, and petty officers and seamen, p,.,,v,S,,,ns_ including engineers and marines attached to vessels for sea service, eight hundred and fifty thousand four hundred and fifty dollars. For increase, repair, armamant, and equipment of the navy, including Increase gw_, the wear and tear of vessels in commission, fuel for steamers, and pur- ¢>¤`¤=¤’Y· l?¤¢l» chase of hemp for the navy, two million eight hundred and seventy-seven md h°mp‘ thousand dollars. For ordnance and ordnance stores and small arms, including incidental Ordnance_ expenses, three hundred and four thousand dollars. For contingent expenses that may accrue thr the following purposes, Cggtingggcjeg, viz: freight and transportation, printing and stationary, advertising in newspapers, books, maps, models, and drawings, purchase and repair of fire engines and machinery, repairs of and attending to steam engines in navy-yards, purchase and maintenance of horses and oxen, and drawing teams, carts, timber wheels, and the purchase and repairs of workmen’s tools, postage of public letters, fuel, oil, and candles for navy-yards and shore stations, pay of watclimen, and incidental labor, not chargeable to any other appropriation, transportation to and labor attending the delivery of provisions and stores on foreign stations, whartage, dockage, and rent, traveling expenses of officers and others under orders, funeral expenses, store·and office rent, stationary, fuel, commissions and pay of clerks to navy agents and store-keepers, flags, awnings, and packing boxes, premiums and other expenses of recruiting, apprehending deserters, per