TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch.202. 1842.
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Chap. CCII.- in Act legalizing and malting appropriations for such necessary
objects as have been usually included in the general appropriation bills without
authority of law, and to fix and provide for certain incidental expenses of the
Departments and offices of the Government, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be law-ful for the respective heads of the Departments of the General Govern-ment to employ or appoint the officers and persons hereinafter mention-ed, in addition to those already provided by law, in the offices, bureaus,and places connected with their several Departments, and at the follow-ing annual salaries, that is to say;
]. In the Department of State . —One superintendent of the north-east Executive building, at two hundred and fifty dollars, and threewatchmen, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each.
2. In the Treasury Department . —In the First Comptroller’s office,one assistant messenger, at three hundred and fifty dollars.
In the First Auditor’s office, one additional clerk, at one thousanddollars.
In the Second Auditor’s office, one additional clerk, at one thousanddollars, until the second of April, eighteen hundred and forty-three.
In the Third Auditor’s office, three additional clerks, two at onethousand one hundred and fifty dollars each, and one at one thousanddollars.
In the Fourth Auditor’s office, one clerk at twelve hundred dollars.
In the Fifth Auditor’s office, two clerks, under the act of seventhJuly, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, at one thousand dollars each.
The compensation of the clerk authorized by the act of May twenty-six, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, in the Treasurer ’s office, ishereby increased to one thousand dollars; and the compensation of theclerk in the same office authorized by the act of July two, eighteenhundred and thirty-six, is hereby increased to one thousand two hun-dred dollars.
In the office of the Register of the Treasury, one loan clerk, (totake effect from fifteenth April, eighteen hundred and forty-two,) at onethousand four hundred dollars.
In the office of the Solicitor of the Treasury , three additional clerks,at one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars each, and one law clerk,at fifteen hundred dollars.
One superintendent of the southeast Executive building, at five hun-dred dollars, and eight watchmen, at three hundred and sixty-five dol-lars each.
3. In the War Department . —In the office of the CommandingGeneral, one messenger, at five hundred dollars.
In the office of the Adjutant General, one messenger, at five hun-dred dollars.
In the office of the Commissary General of Subsistence, one addi-tional clerk, at one thousand dollars, one messenger, five hundred dol-lars.
In the office of the Commissioner of Pensions, one messenger, atseven hundred dollars, until the first day of January next, after whichtime there shall be two messengers only in said office, at a compensa-tion of five hundred dollars each.
In the office of the Chief Engineer, one messenger at five hundreddollars.
In the office of the Surgeon General, one clerk, at one thousand onehundred and fifty dollars, and one messenger at five hundred dollars.
In the office of the Colonel of Ordnance, one messenger at five hun-dred dollars.
Statute II.Aug. 26,1842.
Employmentor appointmentof officers andpersons herein-after mentioned,authorized.
Superintend’tand watchmen.
Offices of the
First Comp-troller.
1st Auditor.
2d Auditor.
3d Auditor.
4th Auditor.
5th Auditor.
July 7, 1838,ch. 169.
Treasurer.
May 26, 1824,ch. 157.
July 2, 1836,ch. 270.
Register.
Solicitor.
Superintend’tand watchmen.
Office of the
Commanding
General.
Adj. General.
Comm’y Gen.of Subsistence.
Chief Engi-neer.
Surgeon Gen-eral.
Colonel ofOrdnance.