TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 3,4,20. 1843.

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For clerk hire, office rent, and other expenses of the office of theAmerican consul at London , one thousand four hundred dollars.

For the expenses of intercourse with the Barbary Powers, seven thou-sand five hundred dollars.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in case the sum appropri-ated for any object of contingencies should be found more than sufficientto meet the expense thereby contemplated, the surplus may be applied,under the direction of the head of the proper department, to supply thedeficiency of any other item in the same department or office : Provided,That the expenditure for newspapers and periodicals shall not exceedthe amount specifically appropriated to that object by this act, except inthe State Department .

Approved, December 24, 1842.

Chap. III.— An Act to amend the ad establishing a district court of the UnitedStates at Wheeling, Virginia , (a)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter twoannual terms of the district court for the western district of Virginia be holden at the city of Wheeling , commencing on the twenty-fifthMarch and the twenty-fifth of October, in lieu of the one term of thesaid district court now directed to be held at Wheeling .

Approved, January 20, 1843.

Chap. IV.— An Act to continue the office of Commissioner of Pensions.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the office ofCommissioner of Pensions shall be, and the same is hereby continueduntil the fourth of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That a Commissioner of Pen-sions shall be appointed by the President of the United States , by andwith the consent of the Senate , and that he shall execute, under thedirection of the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy , suchduties in relation to the various pension laws as may be prescribed bythe President: and also such duties in relation to the laws granting mili-tary bounty lands as may be assigned to him by the Secretary of Warwith the sanction of the President.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioner shallreceive an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars, and shallhave the privilege of sending and receiving letters and packets by mailfree of postage.

Approved, January 20, 1843.

Chap. XX .—An Act to re-enact and continue in operation the several acts now inforce for the relief of insolvent debtors of the United States . (6)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the act entitled,“ An act to extend for a longer period the several acts now in force forthe relief of insolvent debtors of the United States, ” approved thetwenty-seventh May, eighteen hundred and forty, and the several actstherein mentioned, shall be, and the same are hereby, re-enacted andcontinued in force for three years from and after the expiration of thesaid first-mentioned act, and until the cases which may be depending

Expenses ofconsulate atLondon .

Barbary pow-ers.

Any surplusfor contingen-cies may be ap-plied to supplydeficiencies.

Proviso.

Statute III .Jan. 20, 1S43.

Hereafter twoannual terms tobe held.

Statute III .

Jan. 20, 1843.

Act of March3, 1835, ch. 46.

Act of March3, 1837, ch. 43.

Office contin-ued until 4thMarch 1846.

A commission-er to be appoint-ed—his duties.

Salary, &e.Act of March3, 1845, ch. 43,sec. 6.

Statute III .Jan. 28, 1843.

Act3 continuedfor 3 years, &c.Act of May 27,1840, ch. 26.

(а) See notes of the acts relating to the District Courts of Virginia, vol. 3, 478.

(б ) See notes to the act of March 2, 1831, chap. 62.