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be granted for any lands previously granted or sold, or for a larger tract than a quarter of a section, nor for any other tract than that on which he resides, and such land shall be granted at the same price, and on the payments being made, as for other public lands sold at private sale.

, April 21, 1806.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the secretaries of state, treasury, war, and navy departments, shall be, and they are hereby authorized to apportion the compensations for clerks in their respective departments, in such manner, as the services to be performed shall, in their judgment, require: Provided, that the whole amount of ordinary compensations for clerks in the said departments, respectively, shall not exceed the following sums, annually, that is to say:

For the department of state, seven thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.

For the treasury department, forty-four thousand two hundred and twenty-seven dollars and twenty-eight cents, that is to say: in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, ten thousand two hundred and eighty-nine dollars and eighty-one cents; in the office of comptroller of the treasury, nine thousand and sixty-seven dollars; in the office of the auditor, eight thousand eight hundred and eleven dollars; in the office of the treasurer of the United States, two thousand eight hundred and seventeen dollars forty-five cents; and in the office of the register of the treasury, thirteen thousand two hundred and forty-two dollars and two cents.

For the department of war, sixteen thousand five hundred and forty dollars, that is to say: in the office of the secretary, six thousand three hundred and forty dollars; in the office of the accountant of the war department, eight thousand five hundred dollars; and in the office of the purveyor of public supplies, one thousand seven hundred dollars.

For the department of the navy, twelve thousand nine hundred dollars, that is to say: in the office of the secretary, four thousand nine hundred dollars; and in the office of the accountant of the navy department, eight thousand dollars.

. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General of the United States shall be, and hereby is authorized to appoint such number of clerks in his office, as he shall judge proper, and to apportion their compensations in such manner as the services to be rendered by each shall, in his judgment, require: Provided, that the whole amount of ordinary compensations for clerks in the said office, shall not exceed the sum of nine thousand three hundred and forty-five dollars, annually.

. And be it further enacted, That the director of the mint be, and he is hereby authorized to allow to one of the clerks employed in his office, seven hundred dollars per annum; and the said director is hereby authorized to expend the further sum of one thousand dollars, annually, in clerk hire, in such manner as his direction shall dictate. And the surveyor-general is hereby allowed to expend twelve hundred dollars, annually, for clerk hire.

. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed to the commissioners of loans, in the states of Massachusetts and New York, respectively, not exceeding five clerks, at the rate of five hundred dollars, each, per annum: to the commissioner of loans in Connecticut, not exceeding two clerks, at the rate of four hundred dollars, each, per annum: to the commissioner of loans in Pennsylvania, not exceeding six clerks, at the rate of five hundred dollars, each, annually: to the