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 'I`HIR.TIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 71. 1848. ‘ 239 salaries shall be paid each year, quarterly, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; and it shall be the duty of the _ said secretary to give such instructions to the collectors of the customs N°9"”°’Y "" . . . . structions to be in the other collection districts, as he may deem necessary to prevent gm,, to c,,;;.,.,,- the importation of adulterated and spurious drugs and medicines. ms <>f'¤us¤¤m¤· Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the special examiners to be _ Special ¤w¤- appointed under this act shall, before entering on the discharge of Lzgsgqzgsdtbg their duties, take and subscribe the oath or aflirmation required by the the act or 30th ninth section of the act of the thirtieth of July, eighteen hundred and J“lY·1846» "l‘·74'· forty-six, entitled "An Act reducing the duty on imports, and for other purposes." Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the special examiners The special exauthorized to be appointed by the fifth section of this act shall, if suit- ;;",;‘}$;int‘;,l;i‘;;$g ably qualilied persons can be found, be taken from the officers now now employed in employed in the respective collection districts; and if new appoint·· ‘h° °““°m“· ments shall be necessary for want of such persons, then, as soon as it can he done consistently with the efficiency of the service, the officers Present numin said districts shall be reduced, so that the present number of said &**b*;Y<;El°°*:s:g* oflicers shall not be permanently increased by reason of such new except tg:,,,,,; appointments. nly. Approved, June 26, 1848. Crm?. LXXI. -.6n Act making .9pprap*riations far the Payment of Revalutimrary June 26, 1848. and other Pensions of the (htited States for the Year ending the thirtieth. June, ·——····—· one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of pensions for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. For revolutionary pensions, under the act of the eighteenth of March, Revolutionary one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, in addition to an unexpended P°“"°”· balance remaining in the treasury of eighty-three thousand eight hun- 181% °h· 19* dred and seventy-seven dollars and forty-three cents, fourteen thousand one hundred and twenty-two dollars and fifty-seven cents. For invalid pensions, under various acts, two hundred and sixty _Invalid peuthousand dollars. “‘°““· For pensions to widows and orphans, under the act of the fourth of For widows July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, in addition to an un- “"d °'Ph‘"“· expended balance remaining in the treasury of one hundred and fifty- 183G> °h· 362 one thousand one hundred and fifty-six dollars and thirty-six cents, thirty-two thousand eight hundred and forty-three dollars and sixty- four cents. For pensions to widows, under the act of the econd February, 1848, eh. 8. eighteen hundred and forty-eight, in addition to the unexpended balance of two hundred and sixty-three thousand seven hundred and twenty-nine dollars and eighty-seven cents remaining in the treasury of a former appropriation for the payment of pensions, under the act of seventeenth June, eighteen hundred and forty-four, one hundred I844, cb- 102- aud thirty-six thousand two hundred and seventy dollars and thirteen cents. For haltipay pensions to widows and orphans, payable through the Fqr halhpady Third Auditor’s office, in addition to an unexpended balance remain- (gh:""` ing in the treasury of eight thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars ' and four cents, nine thousand five hundred dollars. For artearages prior to the lirst of July, one thousand eight hun- Arrearaggg, dred and fifteen, payable through the offices of the Second and Third