EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 156,157. 1824.
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ing with the Chactaw [Choctaw] Indians, to obtain a modification of thetreaty of October eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty.Approved, May 26, 1824.
Chap. CLVI. —An Ad malting an appropriation towards the extinguishmentof the Quanpau title to lands in the territory of Arkansas .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That a sum not exceedingseven thousand five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropri-ated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropri-ated, to enable the President of the United States to negotiate a treatywith the Quaupau Indians, for the extinguishment of their title to landsin the territory of Arkansas .
Approved, May 26,1824.
Chap. CLVI1.— An Ad authorizing the employment of additional clerks, and
certain messengers and assistants, and other persons in the several departments.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful forthe respective departments, hereinafter mentioned, to employ the fol-lowing clerks, in addition to those authorized by existing laws, that is tosay:
In the Treasury Department , one clerk, whose salary shall not exceedthe sum of one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars per annum:
In the office of the treasurer, one clerk, whose salary shall not exceedthe sum of eight hundred dollars, and one assistant to the chief clerk,whose salary shall not exceed the sum of four hundred dollars per an-num :
In the office of the fifth auditor, one clerk, whose salary shall notexceed one thousand four hundred dollars, and two clerks, whose salaries,respectively, shall not exceed one thousand one hundred and fifty dol-lars.
In the Navy Department, one clerk, whose salary shall not exceed onethousand dollars:
In the office of the navy commissioners, three clerks, and one draughts-man, whose salaries, respectively, shall not exceed the sum of one thou-sand dollars per annum:
In the office of the Postmaster General, four clerks, whose salaries, re-spectively, shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars; and twoclerks, whose salaries, respectively, shall not exceed the sum of eighthundred dollars per annum;
In the office of the commissary general of subsistence, two clerks, whosesalaries, together, shall not exceed the sum of two thousand one hundredand fifty dollars per annum : *
In the engineer department, two clerks, whose salaries, together, shallnot exceed the sum of two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars perannum:
In the office of the surgeon general, one clerk, whose salary shallnot exceed the sum of one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars perannum:
In the office of the commissary general of purchases, three clerks,whose salaries, together, shall not exceed the sum of three thousand fivehundred dollars per annum :
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the
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7500 dollarsappropriated tonegotiate a trea-ty with theQuaupau Indi-ans.
Statute I.May 26, 1824.'
Clerks to beemployed in thefollowing of-fices.
Clerks in 5thauditor’s office.
Clerk in navydepartment.
Three clerks anddraughtsman innavy commis-sioners’ office.
Clerks in gen-eral post-office.
Clerks in com-missary gene-ral’s office.
Clerks in en-gineer depart-ment.
Clerk in sur-geon general’soffice.
Clerks in of-fice of the com-missary generalof purchases.