TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 29. 1842.
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Library ofCongress—offi-cers.
Contingent
expenses.
Purchase ofbooks.
Secretary.
Clerks, &c.
Contingent
expenses.
Printing, &c.of executive de-partments, tobe by contract.
Biennial Re-gister.
Second Comp-troller, &c.
1st Auditor.
2d Auditor.
3d Auditor.
4 th Auditor.
eight th6usand three hundred and thirty-five dollars and eighty-fivecents, or so much thereof as may be found necessary, on auditing theaccounts by the appropriate committee ; fifty-two thousand three hun-dred and forty-three dollars and forty-six cents of this amount being forbooks ordered by the House of Representatives , at the second session ofthe twenty-sixth Congress , to be distributed to the members of that body.
No. 8. For the salary of the principal and two assistant librarians,and the messenger of the library, three thousand four hundred andfifty dollars.
No. 9. For contingent expenses, for carpet and repairs to the furni-ture of the library, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
No. 10. For purchase of books for the library of Congress, fivethousand dollars.
No. 11. For purchase of law books for the library of Congress,one thousand dollars.
No. 12. For the salary of the President of the United States ,twenty-five thousand dollars.
Department of State . —No. 13. For the salary of the Secretary ofState, six thousand dollars.
No. 14. For clerks and messengers in his office, twenty thousandthree hundred dollars.
No. 15. For incidental and contingent expenses of the Departmentof State , including publishing and distributing the laws, twenty-fivethousand dollars : Provided, That the job printing, stationery, andbinding, of each of the Executive Departments, shall, until otherwisedirected by law, be furnished by contract, proposals for which shallregularly be advertised in the public prints. The classes, character,and description, of the printing being specified in each advertisementas far as that can be done, and it being made a condition in all cases,unless otherwise specifically stated in the advertisement, that the workshall be done in the city of Washington; and the contract shall in eachcase, so far as the proposals and acceptance shall enable the contract tobe made, be given to the lowest bidder, whose bid shall be accompaniedwith proper testimonials of the ability of the bidder to fulfil his contract.
For amount due, in addition to former appropriations, for compiling,printing, and binding the Biennial Register, one thousand four hundredand sixty-six dollars and forty-nine cents.
Treasury Department . —No. 16. For the salary of the Secretary ofthe Treasury , six thousand dollars.
No. 17. For compensation to clerks and messengers in his office,twenty thousand and fifty dollars.
No. 18. For the salary of the First Comptroller, and the compensa-tion of the clerks and messengers in his office, twenty-two thousand sixhundred dollars.
No. 19. For the salary of the Second Comptroller, and the compen-sation of the clerks and messenger in his office, fifteen thousand twohundred and fifty dollars.
No. 20. For the salary of the First Auditor, and the compensationof the clerks and messenger in his office, eighteen thousand nine hun-dred dollars.
No. 21. For the salary of the Second Auditor, and the compensationof clerks and messenger in his office, twenty thousand nine hundreddollars.
No. 22. For the salary of the Third Auditor, and the compensationof clerks and messengers in his office, thirty-five thousand and fiftydollars.
No. 23. For the salary of the Fourth Auditor, and the compensationof clerks and messenger in his office, eighteen thousand nine hundredand fifty dollars.