TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 105. 1844.

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For interpreters, guards, and other expenses of the consulates at Con-stantinople , Smyrna, and Alexandria, fifteen hundred dollars.

For compensation to the commissioner to the Sandwich Islands, threethousand dollars.

For payment of the fourth and fifth volumes of the Documentary His-tory, under contract with the Secretary of State, forty-eight thousandtwo hundred and ninety-seven dollars.

For compensation to the copying clerk hereby authorized to be em-ployed in the office of the Solicitor of the Treasury, including arrear-ages since May 7th, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, at sixhundred dollars a year, twelve hundred and ninety-one dollars andtwenty-four cents.

For additional compensation to the assistant messenger of the Gene-ral Land Office, so as to increase it to the rate of one dollar and seven-ty-five cents per day, two hundred and eighty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents.

For additional compensation to the assistant messenger in the officeof the Register of the Treasury, two hundred dollars.

For compensation for preparing a classified synoptical index of publicdocuments in the office of the Secretary and Comptroller of the Trea-sury, and making examinations for information thereon to answer inqui-ries from the department and the different bureaus, from July thirteen,one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, to June thirty, one thou-sand eight hundred and forty-four, eleven hundred and fifty-eight dollars.

For compensation of four clerks, hereby authorized to be appointedand employed for one year only, in the office of the Comptroller of theTreasury, five thousand six hundred dollars.

For additional compensation to the watchmen employed at the WarDepartment , for services rendered by day under the regulations of thedepartment, three hundred and sixty-five dollars.

For additional compensation to the watchmen of the Navy Depart-ment, for services rendered by day under the regulations of the Depart-ment , two hundred and seventy-five dollars and seventy-five cents.

For the purchase of the building in the city of Philadelphia , formerlythe Bank of the United States, for a custom-house for the port of Phila-delphia , in addition to the proceeds of sale of the present custom-house, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars : Provided, Thatthe whole cost shall not exceed two hundred and seventy-five thousanddollars.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever, hereafter, in sub-mitting to Congress the annual estimates from the several Executive de-partments of the Government, it shall be found that the usual items ofsuch estimates vary materially in amount from the appropriation ordi-narily asked for the object named, and especially from the appropriationgranted for the same objects for the year next preceding, and whenevernew items not theretofore usual shall be introduced into such estimatesfor any year, the estimates shall be accompanied by minute and full ex-planations from the head of the appropriate department, of all such varia-tions and new items, setting forth the reasons and grounds upon whichthe amounts are required, and the different items added : and wheneverany such estimate, whether annual or special, shall ask an appropriationfor any new specific expenditure, such as the construction of a fort, theerection of a custom-house, or other public building, or the construc-tion of any other public work requiring a plan before the building orwork can be properly completed, every such estimate shall be accom-panied by a full. plan and detailed estimates of the cost of the wholework; and all subsequent estimates for every such work shall give theoriginal estimated cost, the aggregate amount theretofore appropriatedfor the same, and the amount actually expended thereupon, as well as

Expenses ofconsulates atConstantinople ,Smyrna, &c.

Commissionerto the Sandwichislands.

Documentary

History.

Copying clerkin Solicitor’soffice.

Additionalcompensationto assistant mes-senger in LandOffice.

Additional toassistant mes-senger in Re-gister’s Office.

Indexing pub-lic documents.

Four clerks tobe employed inComptroller’soffice.

Additional towatchmen atWar Dep’t.

Additional towatchmen atNavy Dep’t.

Purchase ofbuilding for cus-tom-house inPhiladelphia .

Proviso.

When theusual items va-ry materially inamount fromthe ordinary ap-propriation forthat object, Sec.

All estimatesfor works requi-ring apian mustbe accompaniedwith one, &c.