TAVENTY-FIPTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 10. 1837.
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Chap. X .—An Act making further appropriations 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, twohundred and forty-eight thousand five hundred dollars.
For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent expenses of theSenate , thirty thousand dollars.
For stationery, fuel, printing, and all other contingent expenses of theHouse of Representatives , fifty thousand dollars.
For the contingent expenses of the navy, as enumerated in the act ofthe third of March last, in addition to the amount appropriated by thatact, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars.
For the relief and protection of American seamen in foreign coun-tries, ten thousand dollars.
For defraying the expenses attending the prosecution of the claim ofthe United States to the legacy bequeathed by the late James Smithson ,of London , five thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses in the office of the Treasurer, five hundreddollars.
For preparing, printing, and binding documents ordered by the reso-lutions of the Senate of the second of July, 1836, twenty-fifth of Fe-bruary, 1837, and second of March, 1837, to be disbursed under thedirection of the Committee to audit and control the contingent expensesof the Senate , twenty-five thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, if the revenue from duties,or from the sales of public lands remaining in the hands of the receivingand collecting officers, be not sufficient at any time to pay debenturesand other charges which are by existing laws made payable out of theaccruing revenue before it is transferred to the credit of the Treasurer,the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to pay the saiddebentures and other charges out of any money in the Treasury nototherwise appropriated.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Trea-sury be, and he is hereby authorized, to arrange and settle any of theoutstanding transfer drafts given to transfer moneys to the States underthe act of twenty-third of June, 1836, and which have not been paidby the depositories upon which they were drawn, or otherwise arrangedand settled by the United States , by receiving such drafts at par inpayment of any debts due to the United States , without any allowanceof interest for the time the drafts have been outstanding and unpaid, orany other allowance for interest or damages of any description.
Approved, October 16, 1837.
RESOLUTION.
No. 1. A Resolution directing the postage on letters sent by the Express Mail to be paid in advance.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster Generalbe, and he is hereby, directed to cause the postage on all letters sentby the Express Mail of the United States to be paid in advance at thetime of depositing them for transportation by said mail.
Approved, October 12, 1837.
Statute I.Oct. 16, 1837.
[Obsolete.]
Pay and mile-age of membersof Congress .
Expenses ofthe House ofRepresenta-tives .
Expenses ofthe Navy , act ofMarch 3, 1837,chap. 30.
Relief and pro-tection of Ame-rican seamen.
U. S. claimto the Smithson legacy.
If the revenue,remaining in thehands of the col-lecting officersbe not sufficientat any time topay debentures,
&.C.
The Secretaryof the Treasuryauthorized toarrange and set-tle outstandingdrafts given totransfer moneysto the States un-der act 23dJune, 1836, ch,115, &c.
Oct. 12, 1837.