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pay or salary of any person is withheld, in pursuance of this act, it shallbe the duty of the accounting officer, if demanded by the party, hisagent, or attorney, to report forthwith to the agent of the Treasury De-partment , the balance due ; and it shall be the duty of the said agent,within sixty days thereafter, to order suit to be commenced against suchdelinquent and his sureties.
Approved, February 21, 1825.
Chap. XIII.— An Act making appropriations for the support of government, forthe year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be,and the same are hereby, respectively, appropriated, for the serviceof the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five; that is tosay:—
For compensation to the Senators, and members of the House of Re-presentatives , their officers and clerks, in addition to the sum of twohundred and sixty-five thousand dollars, appropriated by the act of thefifteenth day of December last, sixty-four thousand eight hundred andsixty-eight dollars.
For expenses of fuel, stationery, printing, and all other incidentaland contingent expenses, of both Houses of Congress , sixty-five thousanddollars.
For the expenses of the library of Congress, including the salaryof the librarian, one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
For compensation to the President of the United States , twenty-fivethousand dollars.
For compensation to the Vice President of the United States , fivethousand dollars.
For compensation to the Secretary of State, six thousand dollars.
For compensation to the clerks in the Department of State , per actof the twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen,fifteen thousand nine hundred dollars.
For compensation to the messengers in said department, including themessenger in the patent office, one thousand four hundred and fiftydollars.
For compensation to one mechanist, per act of twenty-sixth of May,one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, seven hundred dollars.
For the incidental and contingent expenses of the Department of State ,including the expenses of printing the laws, and for extra copying ofpapers, twenty-five thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.
For compensation to the Secretary of the Treasury , six thousanddollars.
For compensation to the clerks in the office of the Secretary of theTreasury , per act of twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundredand eighteen, including four hundred dollars short appropriated for onethousand eight hundred and twenty-four, ten thousand eight hundreddollars.
For compensation of one clerk, per act of twenty-sixth of May, onethousand eight hundred and twenty-four, one thousand one hundred andfifty dollars.
For compensation to the messengers in said office, one thousand andfifty dollars, in full of all allowances.
For compensation to the first comptroller of the treasury, three thou-sand five hundred dollars.
Statute II.
Feb. 25, 1825.[Obsolete.]
Sums appro-priated for theyear 1825.
Secretary ofState.
Clerks.
1818, ch. 87.
Messengers.
Mechanist forpatent office.
1824, ch. 157.
Incidental andcontingent ex-penses.
Clerks.
1818, ch. 87.
Additional
clerk.
1824, ch. 157.Messengers.
First comp-troller.
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