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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the respective heads of the Departments of the General Government to employ or appoint the officers and persons hereinafter mentioned, in addition to those already provided by law, in the offices, bureaus, and places connected with their several Departments, and at the following annual salaries, that is to say;

1. In the Department of State.―One superintendent of the northeast Executive building, at two hundred and fifty dollars, and three watchmen, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each.

2. In the Treasury Department.―In the First Comptroller’s office, one assistant messenger, at three hundred and fifty dollars.

In the First Auditor’s office, one additional clerk, at one thousand dollars.

In the Second Auditor’s office, one additional clerk, at one thousand dollars, until the second of April, eighteen hundred and forty-three.

In the Third Auditor’s office, three additional clerks, two at one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars each, and one at one thousand dollars.

In the Fourth Auditor’s office, one clerk at twelve hundred dollars.

In the Fifth Auditor’s office, two clerks, under, at one thousand dollars each.

The compensation of the clerk authorized by the, in the Treasurer’s office, is hereby increased to one thousand dollars; and the compensation of the clerk in the same office authorized by the , is hereby increased to one thousand two hundred dollars.

In the office of the Register of the Treasury, one loan clerk (to take effect from fifteenth April, eighteen hundred and forty-two,) at one thousand four hundred dollars.

In the office of the Solicitor of the Treasury, three additional clerks, at one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars each, and one law clerk, at fifteen hundred dollars.

One superintendent of the southeast Executive building, at five hundred dollars, and eight watchmen, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each.

3. In the War Department.―In the office of the Commanding General, one messenger, at five hundred dollars.

In the office of the Adjutant General, one messenger, at five hundred dollars.

In the office of the Commissary General of Subsistence, one additional clerk, at one thousand dollars, one messenger, five hundred dollars.

In the office of the Commissioner of Pensions, one messenger, at seven hundred dollars, until the first day of January next, after which time there shall be two messengers only in said office, at a compensation of five hundred dollars each.

In the office of the Chief Engineer, one messenger at five hundred dollars.

In the office of the Surgeon General, one clerk, at one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars, and one messenger at five hundred dollars.

In the office of the Colonel of Ordnance, one messenger at five hundred dollars.