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of Illinois and Missouri , in addition to the appropriation herein beforemade for the surveys of the public lands, thirty-six thousand dollars;
For the compensation of additional clerks and a topographer to beemployed in the Post Office Department, ten thousand two hundreddollars ;
For the compensation of additional clerks to be employed in the officeof the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department, sixthousand dollars;
For law books for the library of Congress, five thousand dollars, tobe expended in the purchase of such books, a catalogue of which shallbe furnished by the Chief Justice of the United States .
Sf.c. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Trea-sury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to the collectors, deputycollectors, naval officers, surveyors, and their respective clerks, togetherwith the weighers, gaugers, measurers, and markers of the several portsof the United States , out of any money in the Treasury not otherwiseappropriated, such sums as will give to the said officers, respectively,the same compensation in the year one thousand eight hundred andthirty-seven, according to the importations of that year, as they wouldhave been entitled to receive if the act of the fourteenth of July, onethousand eight hundred and thirty-two, had not gone into effect: Pro-vided, That no officer shall receive, under this act, a greater annualsalary or compensation than was paid to such officer for the year onethousand eight hundred and thirty-two; and that in no case shall thecompensation of any other officers than collectors, naval officers, sur-veyors, and clerks, whether by salaries, fees, or otherwise, exceed thesum of fifteen hundred dollars each per annum; nor shall the union ofany two or more of those offices in one person entitle him to receivemore than that sum per annum : Provided further, That the said col-lectors, naval officers, and surveyors shall render an account quarterlyto the Treasury; and the other officers herein named or referred toshall render an account quarterly to the respective collectors of thecustoms where they are employed, to be forwarded to the Treasury, ofall the fees and emoluments whatever by them, respectively, received,and of all expenses incidental to their respective offices; which accountsshall be rendered on oath or affirmation, and shall be in such form, andsupported by such proofs, to be prescribed by the Secretary of theTreasury, as will, in his judgment, best enforce the provisions of thissection and show its operation and effect; (a) Provided, also, That inthe event of any act being passed by Congress at the present session toregulate and fix salaries or compensation of the respective officers ofthe customs, then this section shall operate and extend to the time suchact goes into effect, and no longer; Provided, hoivevcr, That the Secre-tary of the Treasury be authorized to extend to the collectors at suchother ports, where a surplus of emoluments have been accounted forand paid into the Treasury in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two,the privilege granted to the collector of New York; to take effect fromthe first day of January last.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the clerks in the Depart-ments of State, Treasury, Navy and War, and of the two Houses ofCongress, and the Librarians of Congress , whose salaries are less thantwo thousand dollars, shall, in addition thereto, be allowed the followingincrease of annual compensation, from the first day of January last, tothe end of the next session of Congress , (b) viz : such of said clerkswhose annual compensation does not exceed one thousand dollars, anaddition of twenty per cent, thereto; such of said clerks whose annual
Purveys inIllinois andMissouri .
Additionalclerks, &c. inPost Office De-partment.
Additionalclerks in officeof Auditor ofPost Office.
Law books forthe library ofCongress.
Pay of collect-ors, deputy col-lectors, navalofficers, &,c.
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Increase ofsalaries of cl’ksand messen-gers.