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In the bureau of Topographical Engineers, two clerks, each one thousand, one at one thousand four hundred, and one messenger at five hundred dollars.

One superintendent of the northwest Executive building, at two hundred and fifty dollars, and four watchmen, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each.

4. In the Navy Department.―In the Navy Commissioners’ office, two additional clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each.

One superintendent of the southwest Executive building, at two hundred and fifty dollars, and three watchmen, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each.

5. In the office of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives.―One messenger, at the daily compensation received by the other messengers of the House of Representatives, and in lieu of one of them.

6. In the office of the Attorney General.―One messenger, five hundred dollars.

. And be it further enacted, That in the Supreme Court of the United States one reporter shall be appointed by the court, with a salary of twelve hundred and fifty dollars: Provided, That he deliver to the Secretary of State, for distribution, one hundred and fifty copies of each volume of reports that he shall hereafter prepare and publish, immediately after the publication thereof, which publication shall be made annually, within four months after the adjournment of the court at which the decisions are made.

. And be it further enacted, That the assistant librarian of the library of Congress shall receive eleven hundred and fifty dollars, and the messenger seven hundred dollars, per annum, to take effect from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-two, in lieu of their present compensation.

. And be it further enacted, That the clerk in the office of the Secretary of the Navy, whose salary was fixed at eight hundred dollars by the, shall receive, in addition thereto, two hundred dollars.

. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ an additional clerk, as assistant in his office, at a salary of eighteen hundred dollars per annum; and the superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis be, and he hereby is, authorized to employ one clerk, at a compensation of twelve hundred dollars, in lieu of the two clerks authorized by the ; and so much of said last mentioned act as authorizes the employment of two clerks is hereby repealed.

. And be it further enacted, That the several offices, and employments hereinbefore mentioned are hereby made and declared to be lawful, to all intents and purposes whatever; and the respective heads of Departments, under whom the same are held and exercised, are hereby authorized and empowered to fill the same, and to continue the exercise and discharge thereof, at the salaries aforesaid, until the first day of July, eighteen hundred and forty-four, except such as are otherwise limited in this act: Provided, That in all cases where any of the aforementioned officers, or other persons herein authorized to be employed, have already been employed, and are now in the discharge of their respective duties, or have been so since the first day of January last, under the authority of former appropriation bills, at a different rate of compensation than is hereby authorized and affixed to their respective places, they shall be entitled to receive the same rate of compensation heretofore allowed and at which they have been retained in employment, from the first day of January last to the time of the passage of this act.

. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty thousand