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TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess.II.Ch. 96,106,107,108. 1842.
Appropriation.
Clergymen au-thorized tomarry, &c.
Additionalclerks author-ized in P. O.Department.
Arrears duesaid clerks tobe paid.
Certain tempo-rary clerks in P,O. Departmentmade perma-nent.
Act of March3, 1837, ch. 33.
Act of July 7,1838, ch. 169.
Chap. XCVI .—An Act to provide for erecting and lighting lamps on Pennsyl-vania Avenue .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of twothousand five hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated,out of any unappropriated money in the Treasury, to be expended, underthe direction of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, in erecting andlighting lamps on Pennsylvania avenue, between the Capitol and thePresident’s square.
Approved, July 27, 1842.
Chap. CVI. —An Act in relation to marriages within the District of Columbia .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the ministers of the gos-pel, or clergy, who at any time may be legally authorized to unite per-sons in the bands of wedlock, or to join them together as man and wife,either in the county of Washington or the county of Alexandria, shallbe, and are hereby, authorized to do so in any place within the Districtof Columbia .
Approved, July 27, 1842.
Chap. C VII .—An Act to provide for the permanent employment in the Post OfficeDepartment of certain clerks heretofore for several years temporarily employedin that Department.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the PostmasterGeneral be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ in the Post OfficeDepartment, a topographer, at a salary of sixteen hundred dollars; andeight additional clerks, whose annual compensation shall be as follows:three clerks at fourteen hundred dollars each, four clerks at one thou-sand two hundred dollars each, and one clerk at one thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the arrears of pay due tosaid clerks from the first day of January last, at the rates aforesaid, andtheir regular salaries for the residue of the current year, be regularlypaid to them by the proper officer of the Department, and for this pur-pose the sum of eleven thousand six hundred dollars is hereby appro-priated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That eleven additional clerks here-tofore temporarily employed in the office of the Auditor for the PostOffice Department under the provisions of the acts of Congress of thethird of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and the seventh ofJuly, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, shall be permanently added tothe force in that office, at the rates of compensation heretofore allowedfor their services respectively, and the sum of thirteen thousand twohundred dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Trea-sury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of their salaries for theyear eighteen hundred and forty-two.
Approved, July 30, 1842.