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For miscellaneous items, one thousand one hundred and twenty dollars;

For the contingent expenses of the southwest executive building, viz:

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.

Patent Office.―For the purchase of such scientific works as are necessary for the use of the Patent Office, one thousand dollars;

For the collection of agricultural statistics, and for other purposes, two thousand dollars;

For covering the coping of the Patent Office, to protect the building from injury by water, seven hundred dollars;

For an iron railing on the portico, and for lamp posts, six hundred dollars; which several sums, amounting in the aggregate to four thousand three hundred dollars, to be paid out of the patent fund.

Post Office Department.―For compensation to the Postmaster General, three Assistant Postmasters General, clerks, messenger, three assistant messengers, and two watchmen, of the said department, seventy-four thousand three hundred [dollars:] [sic] Provided, That no extra compensation shall be paid to clerks in any department for extra services;

For additional compensation to the four assistant messengers employed in the Post Office Department, two hundred dollars, so as to increase their compensation to four hundred dollars per year;

For the contingent expenses of said department, viz:

For blank books, binding, and stationery, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

For fuel and oil, two thousand one hundred dollars;

For printing, nine hundred dollars;

For labor, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars;

For day watch, three hundred and sixty dollars;

For miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars; including compensation to the superintendent of the General Post Office building from the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, to the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, at the rate of two hundred and fifty dollars a year.

For compensation of the Auditor for the Post Office Department, and the clerks, messenger, and assistant messenger, in his office, eighty-five thousand seven hundred dollars.

For contingent expenses of said office, viz:

For labor, two thousand and forty dollars;

For blank books, binding, and stationery, one thousand one hundred dollars;

For printing blanks and circulars, one thousand and twenty dollars;

For miscellaneous items, seven hundred dollars;

Surveyors and their Clerks.―For compensation of the surveyor general northwest of the Ohio, and the clerks in his office, eight thousand three hundred dollars.

For compensation of the surveyor general in Illinois and Missouri, and the clerks in his office, five thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars.

For compensation of the surveyor general in Arkansas, and the clerks in his office, four thousand three hundred dollars.

For compensation of the surveyor general in Louisiana, and the clerks in his office, four thousand five hundred dollars.

For compensation of the surveyor general of Mississippi, and the clerks in his office, three thousand dollars.

For compensation of the surveyor general in Alabama, and the clerks in his office, four thousand dollars.

For compensation of the surveyor general in Florida, and the clerks in his office, four thousand five hundred dollars.