augmented rates in Louisiana, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the surveyor general for the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, shall be, and hereby is, authorized to pay for the surveys to be made in the northern peninsula of Michigan and in the northern part of the southern peninsula of that State, at a rate not exceeding five dollars per mile for township boundaries, and four dollars per mile for section lines.

Intercourse with Foreign Nations.-For salaries of ministers to Great Britain, France, Russia, Prussia, Spain, Mexico, and Brazil, sixty-three thousand dollars; and for outfits of said ministers, sixtythree thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For salaries of secretaries of legation to the same places, fourteen thousand dollars.

For compensation to a Commissioner to reside in China, five thousand dollars.

For salary of secretary and Chinese interpreter to that mission, two thousand five hundred dollars.

For salaries of chargés des affaires to Portugal, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Belgium, Chili, Peru, New Grenada, Venezuela, Texas, Naples, Sardinia, and Buenos Ayres, sixty-two thousand five hundred dollars.

For salary of a minister resident to Turkey, six thousand dollars. For salary of a drogoman to the legation to Turkey, two thousand five hundred dollars.

For contingent expenses of all the missions abroad, fifteen thousand dollars.

For salary of the consul at London, two thousand dollars.
For salary of the consul at Beyroot, five hundred dollars.
For outfits of chargés des affaires to Texas, Austria, Peru, and Vene-
zuela, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars.

For clerk hire, office rent, and other expenses of the office of the consul at London, two thousand eight hundred dollars.

For compensation of a commissioner to the Sandwich islands, three thousand dollars.

For interpreters, guards, and other expenses of the consulates at Constantinople, Smyrna, and Alexandria, fifteen hundred dollars. For salary as chargé d'affaires, and outfit to Henry Ledyard, while so employed in France, nine thousand four hundred and fifty-six dollars.

For compensation to Benjamin E. Green, while officiating as chargé d'affaires in Mexico, one thousand and sixty-nine dollars and forty

cents.

J. P. Hutchin

For compensation to J. Pemberton Hutchinson, in full, for diplomatic services at Lisbon, during the interval between the suspension of the son. mission of T. L. L. Brent, and the recognition of his successor at the Court of Portugal, two thousand nine hundred dollars.

For compensation to Arthur Middleton, in full for diplomatic services in Spain, during several periods in the years eighteen hundred and thirty-six, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and eighteen hundred and forty, fourteen hundred and fifty-four dollars.

For the relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, seventy-five thousand dollars;

For running and marking the boundary line between the United States and the possessions of Great Britain, seventy-five thousand dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no part of the appropriations which may be made for the contingent expenses of either House of Congress, shall be applied to any other than the ordinary expenditures of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, nor as extra allowance to any clerk, messenger, or attendant of the said two Houses,

A. Middleton.

Relief of American seamen.

N. E. boundary.

Application of the contingent Houses of Con

fund of the two

gress.

Congressional printing.

Application of appropriation for the judicial

expenses.

Act of May 18, 1842, ch. 29.

Adjusted accounts not to be re-opened.

Time for presenting acc'ts limited.

Proviso.

Certain officers and persons continued.

1842, ch. 202.

or either of them, nor as payment or compensation to any clerk, messenger, or other attendant [to] be so employed by a resolution of one of said Houses, nor in the purchase of books to be distributed to members. And all Congressional printing, executed under an order of either House, made after the fourth of March, eighteen hundred and forty-five, shall be paid for at prices twenty per centum less than those fixed in the joint resolution of the third of March, eighteen hundred and nine

teen.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That no part of any appropriation that may be made for the judicial expenses of the United States, shall be paid, or in any way allowed, to any person or persons who has or have neglected, or who shall hereafter neglect, to comply with all and every requirement contained in the one hundred and sixty-seventh paragraph of the first section of the twenty-ninth chapter of the Laws of the United States, entitled "An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two," approved May eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, no accounts which have been adjusted by the accounting officers of the Treasury, shall be re-opened without authority of law, nor shall the accounting officers of the Treasury act upon any account which shall not be presented within six years from the date when the claim first existed, unless the person having the claim was an infant, lunatic, or feme covert, and then within six years after the removal of the disability: Provided, That this section shall not apply to cases where special acts have passed, or shall pass, for the relief of individuals.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the respective heads of departments to continue in service, during the next fiscal year, the officers and persons, and at the salaries and compensations authorized in the act approved the twenty-sixth of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, entitled "An act legalizing and making appropriations for such necessary objects, as have been usually included in the general appropriation bills, without authority of law, and to fix and provide for certain incidental expenses of the departments and offices of the Government, and for other purposes," and also, the clerks authorized to be employed in the office of the First Comptroller of the Treasury, by the act of June seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred 1844, ch. 105. and forty-four, entitled "An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the Government, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and for other purposes," and also the copying clerk, authorized by the same act, in the office of the Solicitor of the Treasury, and also, the clerk ia the office of the Second Auditor, by the same act.

Reduction of clerks in General Land Office. Application of the excess of appropriations.

Appropriations for the year end

ing June 30th, 1845.

Vice President.

Register's of fice.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, from and after the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-five, to cause the number of clerks in the General Land Office to be reduced to sixty. And the excess of appropriations made for payment of salaries in the General Land Office, shall be and hereby is applied to the payment of any additional clerks that may be required in the other offices of the Treasury Department.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be and the same are hereby appropriated for the service of the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-five:

For compensation to the Vice President of the United States from the fourth of March to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and forty-five, sixteen hundred and twenty dollars and eighty-eight cents.

For arrearages of contingent expenses in the office of the Register of the Treasury, including paper printing, ruling and binding sixteen

books for entering collectors' returns of imports and exports, eight hundred dollars

For cases for the safe-keeping of settled accounts, two hundred dol

lars.

To make good a deficiency (anticipated) in the appropriation for the relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, thirty thousand dollars.

Cases.

Relief of American seamen.

Office of Com

To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the compensation of the Commissioner of Pensions and the clerks and messenger in his missioner of office, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five, two thousand dollars.

For the payment of mudding duties, erroneously charged by the Danish Government, and refunded in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, being a balance remaining in the hands of the agent of the Department of State, and by him paid into the Treasury March tenth, eighteen hundred and forty-one, four hundred and eighty-one dollars and ninety cents.

For additional compensation to the district judges of Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, under the provisions of the first section of the act of seventeenth June, eighteen hundred and fortyfour, seven thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven

cents.

To make good a deficiency in the appropriation for stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, fifty thousand dollars, out of which shall be paid to William L. Goggin the sum of eight hundred and twenty-four dollars, his pay and mileage as a member of the House of Representatives while contesting the seat of Thomas W. Gilmer of Virginia, the same being at the rate of eight dollars per day from the seventh day of December, eighteen hundred and forty-three, to the seventeenth day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-four inclusive.

To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the Senate, seventy thousand dollars.

Pensions.

Mudding du

ties.

Additional compensation to district judges. 1844, ch. 95.

House of Representatives.

W. L. Goggin.

Senate.

Texas boun

To defray arrearages of expenses of the commission appointed to mark the boundary line between the United States and Texas, ninety- dary. four dollars and sixty cents.

Mexican in

For paying the April and July instalments of the Mexican indemnities due in eighteen hundred and forty-four, the sum of two hundred demnity. and seventy-five thousand dollars: Provided, It shall be ascertained to the satisfaction of the American Government, that said instalments have been paid by the Mexican Government to the agent appointed by the United States to receive the same in such manner as to discharge all claim on the Mexican Government, and said agent to be a delinquent in remitting the money to the United States.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to pay, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount of postages which may be chargeable to any of the Executive Departments or the Bureaus thereof, under the provisions of an act passed the present session of Congress, entitled "An act to reduce the rates of postage, to limit the use and correct the abuse of the franking privilege, and for the prevention of frauds on the revenues of the Post Office Department," the accounts for the same being first audited and allowed by the proper officer of the Treasury Department; the amount thereof to be reported to Congress at the next

session.

APPROVED, March 3, 1845.

Postage of the Executive Departments.

1845, ch. 43.

STATUTE II. March 3, 1845.

Appropria

tions.

Superintendent and agents. 1834, ch. 162.

1837, ch. 31.

Clerk to superintendent at St. Louis.

1834, ch. 47. 1842, ch. 202.

Clerk and su

perintendent of

western territory.

Contingencies.

Christian Indians.

1824, ch. 174. 1826, ch. 110.

CHAP. LXXII.-An Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and ending on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and ending on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six, for the purpose of paying the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes; to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

For the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, viz.: For the pay of the superintendent of Indian affairs at St. Louis, and the several Indian agents, as provided by the acts of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and of March third, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars;

For pay of clerk to superintendent at St. Louis, authorized by the acts of eighteenth June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and twentysixth of August, eighteen hundred and forty-two, one thousand two hundred dollars;

For pay of clerk to acting superintendent of western territory, authorized by the act of March third, eighteen hundred and forty-three, one thousand dollars;

For postages, rents, stationery, fuel for offices, and other contingencies of the Indian Department, and for transportation and incidental expenses, thirty-six thousand five hundred dollars;

For fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, viz. : To the Christian Indians.-For permanent annuity, stipulated in the acts of May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, and May twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, four hundred dollars; Chippewas of To the Chippewas of Mississippi and Lake Superior.-For payment Mississippi and Lake Superior. in money, for twenty years, stipulated in the second article of the treaty Annuity. of twenty-ninth July, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, nine thousand five hundred dollars;

For payment in goods, for twenty years, stipulated in the second article of the treaty of twenty-ninth July, eighteen hundred and thirtyseven, nineteen thousand dollars; for establishing three blacksmiths' shops, supporting three smiths, and furnishing iron and steel for twenty years, stipulated in the second article of the treaty of twenty-ninth July, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, three thousand dollars;

For support of farmers, purchase of implements, grain, or seed, and to carry on their agricultural pursuits for twenty years, stipulated in the second article of the treaty of twenty-ninth July, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, one thousand dollars;

For purchase of provisions for twenty years, stipulated in the second article of the treaty of twenty-ninth July, eighteen hundred and thirtyseven, two thousand dollars;

For purchase of tobacco for twenty years, stipulated in the second article of the treaty of twenty-ninth July, eighteen hundred and thirtyseven, five hundred dollars;

For limited annuity for twenty-five years, (in money,) stipulated for in the fourth article of the treaty of fourth of October, eighteen hundred and forty-two, twelve thousand five hundred dollars;

For limited annuity for twenty-five years, (in goods,) stipulated for in same article, same treaty, ten thousand five hundred dollars;

For purchase of tobacco and provisions, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of fourth of October, eighteen hundred and forty-two, two thousand dollars;

Tobacco and

provisions.

Blacksmiths,

For support of two blacksmiths' shops, including pay of smiths and assistants, and furnishing iron and steel, stipulated for in same article, iron, &c. same treaty, two thousand dollars;

For support of two farmers, stipulated for in same article, same treaty, one thousand dollars;

For the pay of two carpenters, stipulated for in same article, same treaty, twelve hundred dollars;

For the support of schools, stipulated for in same article, same treaty, two thousand dollars;

Farmers.

Carpenters.

Schools.

Chippewas of
Annuities.

To the Chippewas of Saganaw.-For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of third August, seventeen hundred Saganaw. and ninety-five, one thousand dollars ;

For permanent annuity, stipulated in the second article of the treaty of seventeenth November, eighteen hundred and seven, eight hundred dollars;

For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of twenty-fourth September, eighteen hundred and nineteen, one thousand dollars;

For support of blacksmith at Saganaw, and for farming utensils and cattle, and for the employment of persons to aid them in agriculture, stipulated in the eighth article of the treaty of twenty-fourth September, eighteen hundred and nineteen, two thousand dollars;

Blacksmith,

&c.

For education, during the pleasure of Congress, stipulated in the Education. sixth article of the treaty of fifth August, eighteen hundred and twentysix, one thousand dollars;

To the Chippewas, Menomonies, Winnebagoes, and New York Indians. For education, during the pleasure of Congress, stipulated in the fifth article of the treaty of eleventh August, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, one thousand five hundred dollars;

Chippewas, Menomonies,

&c.

Education. Chippewas, Ottawas, and

Annuities

To the Chippewas, Ottawas, and Pottawatomies. For permanent Pottawatomies. annuity, stipulated in the second article of the treaty of twenty-ninth July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, sixteen thousand dollars;

For limited annuity, for twenty years, stipulated in the third article of the treaty of twenty-sixth September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, fourteen thousand dollars;

For limited annuity, for twenty years, stipulated in the second (supplemental) article of the treaty of twenty-sixth of September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, two thousand dollars;

For life annuity to chiefs, stipulated in the third article of the treaty of twenty-sixth September, one thousand eight hundred and thirtythree, seven hundred dollars;

For blacksmith and assistant, stipulated in the second article of the treaty of twenty-ninth July, one thousand eight hundred and twentynine, seven hundred and twenty dollars; for iron and steel, two hundred and twenty dollars; for purchase of salt, stipulated in the second article of the treaty of twenty-ninth July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, two hundred and fifty dollars.

To the Choctaws.-For permanent annuity, stipulated in the second article of the treaty of sixteenth November, eighteen hundred and five, three thousand dollars;

For permanent annuity, stipulated in the thirteenth article of the treaty of eighteenth October, eighteen hundred and twenty, six hundred dollars;

For permanent annuity, stipulated in the second article of the treaty of twentieth January, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, six thousand dollars;

Blacksmith.

Iron and steel.
Salt.

Choctaws.

Annuities.