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TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 106. 1844.
Expenses ofprocuring infor-mation respect-ing foreign com-merce.
Sec. to publishmonthly thelast precedingweekly state-ment of theTreasurer, &c.
Quarterlystatement of re-ceipts and ex-penditures tobe published.
Number of of-ficers in custom-houses not tobe increased,&c.
Statute I.June 17, 1844.
In addition tounexpendedbalances.
Army.
Commutationof subsistence.
Commutationof forage.Proviso.
To defray expenses incurred and to be incurred in complying withthe resolutions of the House of Representatives of the third of Sep-tember, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and of the third ofMarch, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, and of the Senate of the thirty-first of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two,and of the fourteenth of February, one thousand eight hundred andforty-three, calling for information respecting the foreign commerce ofthe United States , its restrictions and privileges, prices of commodities,&c., ten thousand dollars.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Trea-sury cause to be published in some newspaper of the city of Washing-ton, on the first day of each month, the last preceding weekly statementof the Treasurer of the United States , showing the amount to his creditin the different banks, in the mint, or other depositories, the amount forwhich drafts have been given, and those remaining unpaid, and thebalance remaining subject to his draft; and that he also specially noteany changes that have been made in the depositories of the Treasuryduring the preceding month, and report to Congress , at the commence-ment of its next session, the reasons for such changes. And that nochanges be made except for non-compliance with the instructions of theDepartment or the failure to furnish sufficient security.
Sec. 6. And be it f urther enacted, Thai, the Secretary of the Trea-sury at the expiration of thirty days from the end of each quarter, causeto be published in some newspaper of the city of Washington a state-ment of the whole receipts of such quarter, specifying the amount re-ceived from customs, from public lands, and from miscellaneous sources,and, also, the whole amount of payments made during the said quarter,specifying the general head of appropriation, whether for the civil list,the army, the navy, Indian department, fortifications, or pensions.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the number of inspectors,gaugers, weighers, measurers, or markers, in any custom-house shallnot be increased beyond the number now in service; and that no allow-ance shall be made to any inspector, for any services, subsistence, tra-velling or any other amount beyond the amount fixed by law of threedollars per day, and not to exceed ten cents per mile for travelling ex-penses when actually engaged in the performance of his duties at anyother place than the port or custom-house from the collector of whichhe has received his appointment.
Approved, June 17, 1844.
Chap. CVI.- in Act making appropriations for the support of the army for
the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-five.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled, That the followingsums in addition to unexpended balances of former appropriations beand the same are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money inthe Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the support of the army forthe fiscal year, commencing on the first day of July, one thousand eighthundred and forty-four, and ending on the thirtieth day of June, onethousand eight hundred and forty-five.
For pay of the army, one million fifty-eight thousand five hundredand twenty-one dollars and sixty-seven cents.
For commutation of officers’ subsistence, two hundred and eighty-fourthousand five hundred and ninety-seven dollars and seventy-seven cents.
For commutation of forage of officers’ horses, seventy thousand dol-lars : Provided, That forage shall be allowed only for horses actuallymustered.