3. IN THE WAR DEPARTMENT. In the office of the Commanding General, one messenger, at five hundred dollars. War Department. Office of Commanding General, In the office of the Adjutant General, one messenger at five Adjutant General, hundred dollars. In the office of the Commissary General of Subsistence, one Commissary Genadditional clerk, at one thousand dollars, one messenger, eral of five ence, Subsist Commissioner of hundred dollars. In the office of the Chief Engineer, one messenger at five hundred dollars. Chief Engineer, In the office of the Surgeon General, one clerk, at one thou- Surgeon General, sand one hundred and fifty dollars, and one messenger at five hundred dollars. In the office of the Colonel of Ordnance, one messenger at five hundred dollars. Colonel of Ordnance, and Topographical Engineers. In the bureau of Topographical Engineers, two clerks, each one thousand, one at one thousand four hundred, and one messenger at five hundred dollars. One superintendent of the northwest Executive building, at and watchmen. two hundred and fifty dollars, and four watchmen, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each. Superintendent 4. IN THE NAVY DEPARTMENT. Navy Department Navy Commis In the Navy Commissioners office, two additional clerks, at sioners Office. one thousand four hundred dollars each. Two additional clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each. Superintendent One superintendent of the southwest Executive building at and watchmen. two hundred and fifty dollars, and three watchmen, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each. 5. IN THE OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS Office of Sergeant IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. One messenger, at the daily compensation received by the other messengers of the House of Representatives, and in lieu of one of them. 6. IN THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL. at-arms, House of Representatives. Attorney Generul's Office. Reporter to Su One messenger, five hundred dollars. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in the Supreme Court of the United States one reporter shall be appointed by appointed, &c. the court, with the salary of twelve hundred and fifty dollars: preme Court to be Proviso: he de- Provided, That he deliver to the Secretary of State, for distriliver to the Secrebution, one hundred and fifty copies of each volume of reports copies of the re- that he shall hereafter prepare and publish, immediately after tary of State 150 ports. Salaries of assistant librarian of Congress,and mes senger. A clerk's salary in office of Secre ed. the publication thereof, which publication shall be made an- SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the assistant libra- SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the clerk in the tary Navy increas- Office of the Secretary of the Navy, whose salary was fixed at eight hundred dollars by the act of the twentieth of April, eighteen hundred and eighteen, shall receive, in addition thereto, two hundred dollars. Additional clerk in office of Secretary Treasury. intendent Indian SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ an additional clerk, as assistant in his office, at a salary of eighteen hundred dollars per annum; and the superintendent of Indian Clerks to super Affairs at St. Louis be, and he hereby is, authorized to employ Affairs, St. Louis. one clerk, at a compensation of twelve hundred dollars, in lieu of the two clerks authorized by the act of May ninth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six; and so much of said last mentioned act as authorizes the employment of two clerks is hereby repealed. Foregoing offices, &C., undist July, by this act. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the several offices, authorized and employments hereinbefore mentioned are hereby made 1844, except those and declared to be lawful, to all intents and purposes whatotherwise limited ever; and the respective heads of Departments, under whom the same are held and exercised, are hereby authorized and empowered to fill the same, and to continue the exercise and discharge thereof, at the salaries aforesaid, until the first day of July, eighteen hundred and forty-four, except such as are Proviso relative otherwise limited in this act: Provided, That in all cases so their compensa where any of the aforementioned officers, or other persons herein authorized to be employed, have already been employed, and are now in the discharge of their respective duties, or have been so since the first day of January last, under the authority of former appropriation bills, at a different rate of compensation than is hereby authorized and affixed to their respective places, they shall be entitled to receive the same rate of compensation heretofore allowed, and at which they have been retained in employment, from the first day of January last to the time of the passage of this act, tion. $50,000 appro jects hereinbefore specified. T SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the sum of fifty priated for the ob thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be found necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-two, out of any unappropriated moneys in the Treasury, to the objects hereinbefore specified. ( tinople, and con SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be law Salaries of drage ful for the President of the United States to allow a dragoman oman at Constan at Constantinople, a salary of more than two thousand five sul at London, li hundred dollars; or a consul at London, a salary of more than mited. two thousand dollars. isters resident lim ited. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That the President of the Salaries of min United States shall not allow to any minister resident a greater sum than at the rate of six thousand dollars per annum, as a compensation for all his personal services and expenses: Pro- Proviso: an outvided, That it shall be lawful for the President to allow to such minister resident, on going from the United States to any foreign country, an outfit, which shall in no case exceed one year's full salary of such minister resident. fit allowed. tect abolished, SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the office of Ar- Office of Archi chitect of the Public Buildings be, and the same is hereby, discontinued and abolished. and other persons Congress. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the Report of clerks duty of the Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, War, and employed, to be Navy, of the Commissioners of the Navy, of the Postmaster made anually to General, of the Secretary of the Senate, and of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, to report to Congress, at the beginning of each year the names of the clerks and other persons that have been employed, respectively, during the preceding year, or any part thereof, in their respective departments and offices, together with the time that each clerk or other person was actually employed, and the sums paid to each; and, also, whether they have been usefully employed; whether the ser vices of any of them can be dispensed with without detriment to the public service, and whether the removal of any individuals, and the appointment of others in their stead, is required for the better despatch of business; and no greater al-lowance shall be made to any such clerk, or other person, than is, or may be authorized by law, except to watchmen and messengers, for any labor or services required of them beyond the particular duties of their respective stations, rendered at such times as does not interfere with the performance of their regu lar duties. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That no allowance or compensation shall be made to any clerk or other officer, by reason of the discharge of duties which belong to any other clerk or officer in the same or any other department; and no allowance or compensation shall be made for any extra services whatever, which any clerk or other officer may be required to perform. No allowance be made for extra services. clerks to supervise clerks, &c. SEC. 13. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the Duty of chie duty of each chief or principal clerk in the respective depart- the duties of other ments, bureaus, and other offices, to supervise, under the direction of his immediately superior officer, the duties of the other clerks therein, and to see that their duties are faithfully executed, and that such duties are distributed with equality and uniformity, according to the nature of the case. And such. distribution shall be revised, from time to time, by the said Manner in which estimates are to be -communicated to Congress. Employment of extra clerks. Employment of essengers, labor BIS, &c. Purchase of newe chief or principal clerk, for the purpose of correcting any tendency to undue accumulation or reduction of duties, whether arising from individual negligence or incapacity, or from increase or diminution of particular kinds of business; and such chief or principal clerk shall report monthly to his superior officer any existing defect that he may be aware of in the arrangement or despatch of business; and such defect shall be amended by new arrangements of duties, dismissal of negligent or incompetent officers, or otherwise. SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the several heads of Departments, in communicating estimates of expenditures and appropriations to Congress, and to any of the committees thereof, to specify, as nearly as may be convenient, the sources from which such estimates are derived, and the calculations upon which they are founded; and, in so doing, to discriminate between such estimates as are conjectural in their character, and such as are framed upon actual information and application from disbursing officers; and, in communicating the several estimates, reference shall be given to the laws and treaties by which they are authorized, the dates thereof, and the volume, page, and section, in which the necessary provisions are contained. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That no extra clerk shall be employed, in any department, bureau, or office, at the seat of Government, except during the session of Congress, or when indispensably necessary to enable such department, bureau, or office, to answer some call made by either House of Congress at one session, to be answered at another; and not then, except by order of the head of the department in which, or in some bureau or office of which, such extra clerk shall be employed; and no such extra clerk, for copying, shall receive more than three dollars per day, or for any other service more than four dollars per day, for the time actually and necessarily employed. SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That no messenger, assistant messenger, laborer, or other person, shall be employed in any department, bureau, or office at the seat of Government, or paid out of the contingent fund appropriated to such department, bureau, or office, unless such employment shall be authorized by law, or shall become necessary to carry into effect some object for which appropriations may be specifically made; and not exceeding one hundred dollars per annum shall be applied by each department (except the Department of State,) for the purchase of newspapers for such department, and all' the bureaus and offices connected therewith; and such papers shall be preserved as files for said department. Stationery and SEC. 17. And be it further enacted, That all stationery, of ob printing to be emished and per- every name and nature, for the use of the two Houses of Conformed by con- gress, and all stationery and job printing, of every name and nature, for the use of the several departments of Government, and for the bureaus and offices in those departments at Wash ington, including all stationery, blanks, wrapping paper, and twine, and mail bags, furnished the post offices and collectors" Bids and pro served, &c. SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That all such bids or proposals shall be returned by the person authorized, as afore- posals to be presaid, to receive the same, to the Executive Department from which such authority is derived, and shall be preserved in said Department, subject to such examination as Congress may at any time order and direct. SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, That no part of the contingent fund appropriated to any department, bureau, or office, shall be applied to the purchase of books, periodicals, pictures, or engravings, or other thing, except such books, periodicals, and maps, or other thing, as the head of such department shall deem necessary and proper to carry on the business of such department, and shall, by written order, direct to be procured for that purpose. Relative to the purchase of books |