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 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 47. 1847. 163 the sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, eleven thousand five hundred dollars. For a chief clerk to the assistant treasurer at New York, who is Chid ¢l¤*l= '·° hereby authorized to be appointed by him, and for whose acts he shall ::S1§l?¥°;°"m be responsible, at the rate of one thousand five hundred dollars per ' year, to commence on the first day of March, eighteen hundred and tbrty-seven, two thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty- seven cents. For salaries of ten additional clerks, under act of the sixth August, Ad<1i¤¤¤¤1 eighteen hundred and forty-six, eight thousand dollars. °]‘;@ ch 90 For additional salaries of treasurers of the mint at Philadelphia, and salaries altruisbranch mint at New Orleans, under act of the sixth August, eighteen “"f:,g*` hundred and fortysix, one thousand dollars.°' For compensation, &.c., to special agents, to examine books, ac- Compensation counts, and money on hand, in the several depositories, under the °°sP°°‘“l “g°“°°· act of the sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, five thousand !846.<=l¤·90- dollars. For the repairs of the Potomac Bridge, to be expended under the Rep==i¤_¤f Podirection of the commissioner of public buildings, twenty-two hun- *°m“° B"dg°‘ dred dollars. For contingent expenses, under the act for the collection, safe- C¤¤*=i¤B¢¤¤i¤• keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue, of the 3IQ;i°f,C;h°0,$r°$ sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty~six, ten thousand dollars. August, ms, eh. To enable the clerk of the House of Representatives to pay for Qigwks mmm_ the books furnished to the members of the House of Representatives b,,,, 0; (,,,,g,,,,,_ of this Congress who had not received them, by the order of the House of the third day of August, last, and for books furnished under former resolutions to members of this House, seventy-two thousand two hundred and five dollars and twenty-seven cents. For compiling, printing, and binding the Biennial Register, in ad- _ Bi¢¤¤i¤! Reedition to an unexpended balance of former appropriations, one thou- M"' sand dollars. To reimburse the owners the principal specie value of loan office Loanomceaua and final settlement certificates which may be produced and exhibited, E::1dEc;°,;°;f"°“* the sum of five thousmd dollars: Provided, That no part of the sum pmygee, so appropriated shall  carried to the surplus fund, as in ordinary cases, but shall remain subject to the direction of the accounting officers of the treasury to meet the claims that may arise from time to time: And provided, That no greater amount of interest be allowed on the said certificates than would have been allowed had they been funded under the act of the fourth of August, seventeen hundred and 1790, eb. $4. ninety. For furniture for the custom-house at Boston, twenty-five thousand B£¤¤i¤¤’¢ *`¤¤ dollars. ,,,,,,:2 °m°m` For annual repairs of the Capitol; lamplrgnters, oil for lamps, 3,,,;;,,, c.,,,- wicks, and repairs of lamps and lamp posts; attendance on furnaces \i¤z¤¤<>i$>¤. M-- of the crypt; attendance on water closets; cleaning the rotundo and ;:,,£Q£}°°l me crypt; brushes and brooms; laborers and cartage on the Capitol grounds ; tools, wire, twine, leather, nails, stakes, manure, and straw, for grounds; spent ashes, lime, and plaster, for grounds, trees; attendance at the western gates of the Capitol, enlarging watcb·box at the north·western gate of the Capitol, repairs of public stables, flagging, and enclosures, keeping in order iron pipes that convey the water to the Capitol and public omces; for repairs of the western front of the Capitol to prevent the cracking of the wall over the windows in the basement story; to necessary repairs of the southern abutment of the bridge across Pennsylvania Avenue and Second Street, over Tiber Creek ; new basin at fountain, and repairing jet d'eaux;