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and thirty-eight, according to the importations of that year, as theywould have been entitled to receive, if the act of the fourteenth of July,one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, had 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 officers 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 to,shall 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 the Trea-sury, as will, in his judgment, best enforce the provisions of this sec-tion, and show its operation and effect; Provided, also, That, in theevent of any act being passed by Congress at the present session toregulate and fix sala[ries] 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, however, 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 for andpaid into the Treasury, in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two, theprivilege granted to the collector of New York, to take effect from thefirst day of January last: Provided, nevertheless, That no collectorshall receive more than four thousand dollars, and no naval officer shallreceive more than three thousand dollars, and no surveyor shall receivemore than twenty-five hundred dollars per annum.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the sum of nine thousandtwo hundred dollars be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Trea-sury not otherwise appropriated, for the compensation of a Topographerand clerks employed in the Post Office Department, in conformity withthe appropriation act of March third, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven,and for one additional clerk to keep an appropriation account until thefirst of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine; and that the sum often thousand five hundred dollars be appropriated, out of any moneysin the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the compensation ofclerks employed in the Auditor’s Office of the Treasury, for the PostOffice Department, from the first of January, eighteen hundred andthirty-eight, till the first of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be, andthe same are hereby appropriated, out of any unappropriated money inthe Treasury, viz. :
For the Documentary History of the Revolution, the amount hereto-fore appropriated for that object and carried to the surplus fund;
For the Mars Hill military road, three hundred and sixty-four dollarsand three cents, to enable the Treasury officers to close the account ofCharles Thomas, being part of an amount heretofore appropriated andcarried to the surplus fund;
To the State of Maine to reimburse the expense of said State forallowances to Ebenetzer S. Greely for his sufferings and losses, attendantupon his arrest and imprisonment in the jail at Frederickton, NewBrunswick , in consequence of taking the census at Madawaska, and toJohn Baker, and othiers, for sufferings and losses in relation to certain
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