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so unreasonably delayed or intentionally omitted; and, in any such case, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to discontinue the publication of the laws in the newspaper belonging to such proprietors, and such newspaper shall in no event be again authorized, nor shall the proprietor thereof be again employed, to publish the laws of the United States.

. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of limiting the incidental and contingent appropriations for the necessary expenses of the Government to specific objects, as far as practicable, the following sums are hereby appropriated for the year eighteen hundred and forty-two, out of any unappropriated money in the Treasury, to the objects hereinafter specified, namely:

Department of State.―For distributing the aggregate returns of the sixth census, eight thousand dollars.

For purchasing and preparing indices to the manuscript papers of the Congress of the Confederation, and to the Washington Papers, deposited in the department of State, one thousand dollars.

Navy Department.―No. 1. In the Secretary’s Office:

For blank books, binding, and stationery, six hundred dollars.

For extra clerk hire, four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

For printing, three hundred and fifty dollars.

For labor, three hundred and fifty dollars.

For miscellaneous items, four hundred dollars.

For newspapers and periodicals, one hundred dollars.

No. 2. In the Navy Commissioners’ Office:

For blank books, binding, and stationery, five hundred dollars.

For extra clerk hire, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.

For labor, three hundred dollars.

For miscellaneous items, six hundred and fifty dollars.

No. 3. For the southwest Executive building:

For labor, three hundred and twenty-five dollars.

For fuel and light, one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.

For miscellaneous items, one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.

No. 4. For the northeast Executive building:

For labor, one thousand two hundred dollars.

For fuel and light, one thousand four hundred dollars.

For miscellaneous items, seven hundred dollars.

War Department.―No. 5. In the office of the Secretary of War.

For blank books, binding, and stationery, six hundred dollars.

For newspapers and periodicals, and stationery, six hundred dollars.

For labor, three hundred dollars:

For printing, three hundred dollars.

For miscellaneous items, five hundred and fifty dollars.

For books, maps, and plans, one thousand dollars.

For extra clerk hire, three thousand dollars.

No. 6. In the office of the Commissioner of Indian affairs:

For blank books, binding, and stationery, six hundred dollars.

For printing, four hundred dollars.

For fuel, one hundred and fifty dollars.

For miscellaneous items, four hundred and fifty dollars.

No. 7. In the office of the Commissioner of Pensions.

For blank books, binding, and stationery, five hundred dollars.

For printing, four hundred dollars.

For fuel, four hundred dollars.

For miscellaneous items, four hundred and fifty dollars.

No. 8. In the office of the Commanding General:

For miscellaneous items, three hundred dollars.

No. 9. In the office of the Adjutant General:

For blank books, binding, and stationery, two hundred dollars.

For miscellaneous items, three hundred dollars.