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thereto, nor by acts regulating the intercourse between the Indian tribesand the United States .
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President may, and he ishereby authorized, to appoint, by and with the consent of the Senate ,three additional Indian agents, one for the Creek, one for the Cherokeetribe of Indians, and one for the tribes on the upper Missouri, who shallexecute the same duties, possess the same powers, and receive the samepay and emoluments as those now authorized by law, execute, possessand receive, and that the salaries of said agents be paid out of anymoney in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 3, 1837.
Chap. XXXII .—Jin Act to change the titles of certain officers in the navy.
Tie it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the pas-sage of this act all “ masters commandant” in the navy shall be takento be and shall be called “ commanders,” and all “ sailingmasters” shallbe taken to be and shall be called “ mastersbut such change of titleshall not impair or in any way affect the rank, pay, or privileges, of anymaster commandant or sailingmaster now in the service; and shouldthey receive new commissions or warrants, they shall respectively takerank from the date of their present commissions.
Approved, March 3, 1837.
Chap. XXXIII .—in Act making appropriations for the civil and diplomaticexpenses of Government for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the followingsums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of anyunappropriated money in the treasury, viz :
For pay and mileage of the members of Congress and delegates, threehundred and forty-eight thousand and forty dollars;
For pay of the officers and clerks of the Senate and House of Repre-sentatives , thirty-three thousand seven hundred dollars;
For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent expenses ofthe Senate , forty-nine thousand five hundred and fifty dollars;
For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent expensesof the House of Representatives , one hundred and fifty thousanddollars ;
The two sums last mentioned to be applied to the payment of theordinary expenditures of the Senate and House of Representatives ,severally, and to no other purpose;
For compensation to the President and Vice President of the UnitedStates , the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Sec-retary of War, the Secretary of the Navy , and the Postmaster General,sixty thousand dollars;
For salary of the secretary to sign patents for public lands, per actof March second, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, one thousand fivehundred dollars ;
For clerks and messengers in the office of the Secretary of State,twenty thousand three hundred dollars;
For the contingent expenses of the Department of State , includingpublishing and distributing the laws, twenty-five thousand dollars;
For compiling and printing the Biennial Register, one thousandeight hundred dollars;
For the superintendent and watchman of the northeast executivebuilding, one thousand five hundred dollars;
The Presidentauthorized toappoint threeadditional In-dian agents.
The titles of“ masters com-mandant”changed to“ command-ers and “sail-ing-masters” to“masters.”
Pay, &c.,of membersof Congress .
Pay ofoffieers,&c. of Con-gress .
Contingentexpenses of Se-nate .
Contingent ex-penses of Houseof Repres.
Two last sumsapplicable onlyto ordinary ex-penses.
President,
Vice President,and the headsof departments.
Secretary tosign patents.
Office of Se-cretary of State.
Clerks, &,c.
Publication.&c. of the laws.
Biennial Re-gister.
Superint’t andwatchman N.E.exec, building.