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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES j Faffed at the '2d Session vf the 27th Congress. ? [BY Al*Tli??IlITY.] [IYhlic?No. 5r*.] AN ACT further supplementary to an net entitled 44 An act to establish the judicial courts of , the Inited States," passed the twentv-fourth ni September, seventeen hundred and eighty- j nine. He it enacted by the Senate and House of Re- j preventatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioners who j liliog libels., bills, answers, anil other proceedings and pleadings, in suits at common law or in ad- i miralty and in equity, pending in the siid courts, ( and also the forms and modes of taking and obtaining evidence, an 1 of obtaining dis.-overv, and rT'i'T??lly the forms and mocks of proceeding to ??St :n r?lief, ond tiie forms and modes of drawing 1 j up, entering, and enrolling decrees, and the forms , and modes o' proceeding before trustees appointed ; b, the court, and generally to regulate the whole . practice of the s.ud courts, so as to prevent delays, and to promote brcvjty and succinctness in all pleadings and proceedings therein, and to abolish j ad unnecessary costs and expenses in any suit j therein. See. 7. .!. ?/ be it further enacted, Thit, for the purpose 0f farther diminishing the costs and , e^p-ns's in suits and proceedings in the said j eou-ts, the Supreme Court shall have lull power and authority, fn in time to time, to make and i r- ?cril>c r- gelations to the said district and cir. ?*uit courts, as tothr taxation anu payment of costs , in all suits and proceedings therein; and to make 1 and prescribe a table of the various items of costs which shall be taxable and allowed in all suits, to the parties, their attorneys, solicitors, and proctors, j t'? the clerk of the court, to tiie marshal of the j district and hie. drputi-. s, and other oflicere serving ^ process to w itnessi s, and to ail oitit-r persons 'v}?oh <crvjc? ? art u-anllv t ixablt- in bills of costs. ! >\k I tin itc-ms so stated in the said tabic, and none I < c!? ill be tit il'Jo or allowed in bills of wis; j and th? \ thai! b?* fue l as ]ow as they reasonably j can be, * *h a dee regard in the nature of the j 'iutie* and scrvicn v.-bi -b chat I bo performed by the various ogee's and persons a'ore Fa id, and j shall ni no en*, exceed tha eort? rim! expenses no a authorized, where the -amc ire prowled for! J> ; vlistiOjTl iw .T, j now are, or herea Her nwy bo, appointed Dy me circuit courts of the United States to take acknowledgments of bail and affidavits, and also to take depositions of witnesses in civil causes, shall and may exercise all the powers that any justice . of the peace or other magistrate of any of the j United States may now exercise, in respect to offenders for any crime or offence against the United States, by arresting, imprisoning, or bailing the same, under and by virtue of the thirty-third section of the act of the twenty-fourth ol Sen- j tember, Anno Domini seventeen hundred and ! . i eighty-nine, entitled " An act to establish the judicial courts of the United States;' and who shall j and may exercise all the powers that any judge or ( justice of the peace may excrcis under and in virtue of the 6ixth section of the act passed the twentieth of July, Anno Dumini seventeen hun- I dred and ninety, entitled " An act for the govern, ment and regulation of seamen in the merchant j errice." Sec. 2. And he it further enacted, That in *11 hearings before any justice or judge of the United States, or any commissioner appointed as ; aforesaid, under and in virtue of the said thirty- { third section of the act entitled " An act to establish the judicial courts of the United Stit.-s,"* it shall be lawful for such justice, judge, or commissioner, where the crime or offence is charged to have been committed on the high seas or else. . . i where within the admirality and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, in his discretion to a recognizance of any witness produced i:fr bet all* of the accused, with such surety or sureties i in he may judge necessary, as well as in behalf of , ahe United States, for their appearing and giving j testimony at the trial of the cause, whose testimonv, in his opinion, is important for the purpose of justice at the triil of the cause, and is in danger of being otherwise lost; and surii witnesses shall be entitled to receive from the United States the usual compensation allowed to Government witJ90*jc* for their detention and attendance, if they ; shall appear aud be ready to give testimony at the 1 trial. See. 3.\-1jii2 be it farther enacted, Tint the district courts of the United States shall have coh- ] current jurisdiction with the circuit courts of all crimes and offences against the United States the punishment of which is not capital. And in \ such of the districts where the business of the I court may require it to be done for the purposes i of justice and to prevent undue expenses and de-I lavs in the trial of criminal causes, the said din- ' trict courts shall hold monthly adjournments of \ the regular terms thereof for the trial and hearing of such caust.6. Sec. 1. And be it further enacted, That, in lh-u of the punishment now prescribed by the sixteenth section of the act of C'-ongress entitled , " Aii act for the punishment of certain crim? 6 against the United States," p issed on the thirti- i eth dav of April, Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred an 1 ninety, f?" the offences in tk? ttiid section mentioned, the punishment of ' i the offender, upon conviction thereof, shall be ly fjiu- not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both, ac- * Cording to the nature and aggravation of the of. ??nce. .Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the ; d strict courts as courts of admiralty, and the circuit courts as courts of equity, shall be deemed ! a.ways open for t!ie purpose of tiling libels, bills, ; p? titio.ns, answers, pie is, and other pleadings, for i^uing and returning mesne and final process and c admissions, and for making and directing all in- j t< rlocutaiy motions, orders, rules, and other pro- j ceeJings whatever, preparatory to the hearing of all c.iuscs pending therein upon tluir merits. And it sh ill be competent for any judge of the court,, upon reasonable notice to the parties, in the clerk's 1 I'tK-i.: or at chambers, and in vacation as well as iu term, to make and direct, and award all such ' process, commissioners, and interlocutory orders, nil' s, and other proceeding, whenever the same are not grantable of course according to the rules and practice of the cotrt. Sec. ti. And be it further enacted, That the ; Suprciui Court shall have full power and authority, ; from time to time, to prcsuib., and alter the forms ! pf writs and other process to be used and issur'1 in the district and circuit cou. ts of the United : SVjt. s. nnd the forms and mod'.s of framing and j See. 8. A id be it further enacted', That on ' ill judgments in civil cases, hereafter recovered in the circuit or district courts oftheUnited States interest shall be allowed, and may be levied by the | marshal, under process of execution issued hereon, I in all css< s where, by the law of the State in which such circuit or district court shall be held, interest may be levied under process of execution, on judgments recovered in the courts of such State, to be calculated from the date of the judgment, and at such rate per annum as is allowed by law in judgments recovered in the courts of such State. JOHN WHITE, Speaker of the Jfousc of Representatives. WILLIE I\ MANGUM, President of the Senate pro tempore. Approved, August 23, 1612. JOHN TYLER. [Pi:bljc?No. 59.] AN ACT making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the navy pension fund. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re. preventatives of the United States of America, tn Congress assembled, That the sum of eighty-four thousand nine hundred and fiftyone dollars be, an 1 the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply any deficiency which may exist in the navy pension fund, for the payment of the semi-annual navy pensions which will be due on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and forty-two. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the act entitled 41 An act to provide for the more e.jui'ablc admini Oration ofthe navi pension fund," approved March third, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, from and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and forty-two; and all pensions to officers and seamen in the naval service shall be regulated according to the pay of the navy as it existed on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of an act entitled 44 An act directing the and mustered : I'rori&ca, i nai none 01 me troops herein specified shall be paid but such as the Secretary of War may consider to have been called into service under authority from said Department; and that nonpayment shall be made to any of the officers but such as were in proper proportion to the number of m*-n in ?;crviee, according to the existing laws, and for none of the supplies beyond the proportion, or not of the description authorized by existing Ivas and regulations; and that the s? id accounting officers be further directed to settie and adju3t all claims growing out of said scr. vice in th<* <juaTfcrir?:?6tr,r,i d*partnv nt, the subs'r. t?ncc m% for ^rdi* nice supplies, an'! transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain pt nsioncre, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," approved April 6i.\th, eighteen hundred and thirtyeight, as requires pensions that m3y have remained unclaimed in the hands of pension agents for eight months to be returned to the Treasury, be, and tiie same is hereby, repealed, and that the time within which such pensions shall be returned to the Treasury be, and the same is hereby, extended to fourteen months, subject to all the other restrictions and p.ovisions contained in the s iid act. Approved, August 23, 1812. Pi.'tLic?No. 63.] AN ACT for the relief of certain settlers in the Territory of Wisconsin. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, Tnat every settler in the district of lands subject to sale at Mineral Point, in the Territory of Wisconsin, who shall show, by proof which shall be satisfactory to the register and receiver of the land orticc at Muscoday, that he, by cultivation and possession, as required by the pre-emption act of the nineteenth of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four was entitled to a right of pre-emption ; and that he, the s aid settler, was refused the privileges granted by said act in consequence of the mineral character of the tract of land applied for by hint, slu.ll be permitted to enter, at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre, one complete quarter-section of 1 n 1, of any lands in said land district which h ive not yet been offered at public sale: Proridcd, Tiutnotnct shall be entered by any settler claiming under this act which contains mint h or discoveries of lead ore, or on which there may be an improvement, or on which any person rnav have a residence, or which may have been reserved from sale : And provided further. That the claimant under this act, and hip witnesses, shall nuke oath, befort* a person duly qualified to adininster oaths, to all the facts staled by them. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted., That the provisions of this act he carried into effect, in confortuity with the instructions which may be given by the Secretary of the Treasury to the register and receiver of the land office at Museod.iy. Approved, August 23, 1812. [Public?So. 61.] AN ACT to amend the acts of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and eighteen hundred and thirty eight, allowing pensions to certain widows. Be it enacted by th* Senate and House of Rcpreventatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the marriage of the widow, after the death of her husband, for whose services she claims a pension under the act of the seventh of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-cight, shall be no bar to the claim of euch widow to the benefit of that act, she Iwing a widow at the time she makes application for a pension. Approved, August 23, 1812. [Public?No. 62.] AN ACT- for the payment of Florida militia cal. led in'o service in the years eighteen hundred and thirty-nine and eighteen hundred and forty. Br. it enacted by the ScJiatc and House of Representatives of the United Slate* of Amcriea in Congress assembled. That the proper accounting officers of the War Department be, and they arc hereby, directed to examine and adjust the claims for pay of Licutcn. ant Colonel Bailey and 6taff, .Major Bailey and staff, the officers of the quartermaster's department, and the companies of Captains Grigeby, Hagan, Mclvcrs, Langford, Hall, Burncy, and Bailey, all of the Florida militia, called into ser. vice in the year seightcen hundred and thirty-nine and eighteen hundred and forty, as if they had been regularly called out ? ? - - / aL. A | supplies of the medical department and private physicians. < See. 2. And be it further enacted, That the i Secretary of War be authorized to direct the pay. 1 mcnt of the accounts so settled and adjusted by < j the said accounting officers, provided the whole 1 1 amount of pay shall not exceed the sum of seventy thousand six hundred and eighteen dollars and i i six cents ; for the quartermaster a department, i 1 shall not exceed the sum of fifty-six thousand clol. t lar?; for subsistence, shall not exceed thirty-two ( j thousand nine hundred and twenty two dollars ] -> ?i:? ?t--.ii . I and ninety-six cents ; ior oram?iw ouj/^utn, ouau j not exceed one thousand seven hundred and one c : dollars and eighteen cents; and for private phy. j : ! sicians and medicine, shall not exceed five thnu. < ' sand dollars; and that, for the payments afore- ' i s iid, a sum not exceeding one hundred and sixty- j t ! six thousand two hundred and forty-two dollars j I and twenty cents be, and the same is hereby ap. { ! propriated, out of any money in the Treasury not j . otherwise appropriated. ( Approved, August 23, 1842. } [Public?No. 63.] j AN ACT legalizing and making appropriation* 1 lor such necessary objectsas have been usually i included in the general appropriation bills with- i out authority of law, and to fix and provide for j i certain incidental expenses of the Departments 1 j and offices of the Government, and lor other j < purposes. j ] ! lie it enacted by the Senate and House of Re. 1; preventatives of the United States of America in 11 j Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for ' j the respective heads of the Departments of the j I General Government to employ or appoint the ; ! officers and persons hereinafter mentioned, in ad. : ' dition to those already provided by law, in the J ! offices, bureaus, and places connected with their j i Hcvval Departments, and at the following annual salaries, that is to say.* 1. IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. One superintendent of the northeast Executive : building, at two hundred and fifty dollars, and , three watchmen, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each. 2. in the treasury department. In the First Comptroller's office, one assistant j i messenger, at three hundred and fifty dollars, j In the First Auditor's office, one additional i j clerk, at one thousand dollars. I In the Second Auditor's office, one additional ; clerk, at one thousand dollars, until the second of April, eighteen hundred and forty-three. In the Third Auditor's office, three additional ! clerks, two at one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars each, and one at one thousand dollars. In the Fourth Auditor's office, one clerk, at t twelve hundred dollars. In the Fifth I the act of seventh July, eighteen hundred and ; thirty-eight, at one thousand dollars each. The compensation of the clerk authorized by the j act of May twenty-six, eighteen hundred and ! twenty-four, iu the Treasurer's office, is hereby ! increased to one thousand dollars; and the com. j pensation of the clerk in the same office authorized by the act of July two, eighteen hundred and ! thirty?mx, is hereby increased to one thousand t wo hundred dollars. / j In the office of the Register of the Treasury, j one loan clerk, (to take effect from fifteenth Apnl, eighteen hundred and forty-two,) at one thousand . four hundred dollars. In the office of the Solicitor of the Treasury, J three additional clerks, at one thousand one hun dred and fifty doll are each, and one law clerk, at fifteen hundred dollars. One superintendent of the southeast Executive ! building, at five hundred dollars, and eight : watchmen, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each. 3. IN THE WAR DEPARTMENT. In the office of the Commanding General, one j messenger, at five hundred dollars. In the office of the Adjutant General, one messenger, at five hundred dollars. In the office of the Commissary General of > Subsistence, an additional clerk, at one thousmd dollars, one messenger, at five hundred dollars. j In the office o."the Commissioner of Pensions, : one messenger, at seven hundred dollars, until j the first day of January next, after which there j shall be two messengers only in siid office, at a compensation of five hundred dollars each. In the office of the Chief Engineer, one mcs. scnger, at five hundred dollars. In the office of the Surgeon General, one clerk, nt one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars, and ^ | one messenger, at five hundred dollars. In the otfice of the Colonel of Ordnance, one ; , messenger, at five-hundred dollars, t In the bureau ofTopographical Engineers, two clerks, each one thousand, one at one thousand ! four hundred, and one messenger at five hundred dollars. I One superintendent of the northwest Executive j building, at two hundred and fifty dollars, and four watchmen, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each. i. IN THE NAVY DEPARTMENT, j In the Navy Commissioner's office, , Two additional clerks, at one thousand four ' hundred dollars each. i Two additional clerks, at one thousand two i j hundred dollars each. One superintendent of the southwest Executive , : building, at two hundred and fifty dollars, and . three watchmen, at three hundred and sixty-five 1 dollars each. 5. IN THE OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS IN j THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. One messenger, at the daily compensation re- ; fcrived bv the other messengers of the House of I J . Repr<.*entativt8, and in lieu of one of thcrn. 6. in TitE oitice or attorney general. One mceaenger, five hundred dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in the ! ; Supreme Court of the United Statcn one reporter! i shall be appointed by the court, With the salary j ! of twelve hundred and fifty dolhr3: Provided, j | That he deliver to the Secretary of State, for dis- j ; trihution, one hundred and fifty copies of each j ! volume of reports that he shall hereafter prepare i | and publish, immediately after the publication ! thereof, which publication shall be made annually, I j within four months after the adjournment of the : j ccirtat which the decirions art mace. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That the ' ; arsxtant librarian of the library of Congress shall | j receive eleven hundred and fifty dollars, and the I messenger seven hundred dollars, per annum, to I take effect from the first day of January, eighI ! teen hundred and forty- vo, v lieu of fhc'r prcsont f.mpe "sation. *" "o ? . of more than two thousand five hundred dollars : i or a consul at London, at a salary of more than 1 two thousand dollars. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the | President of the United States shall not allow to any minister resident a greater sum than at the rite of six thousand dollars per annum, as a com. pensation for all his services and cxpenecs : Pro. tided, Tint it shall be lawful for the President to allow to such minister resident, en going from the United Stales to any foreign country, an outfit, which shall in no car.c exceed one year's full sal. ary of such minister resident. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the office of Architect of the Public Buildings be, and the same is hereby, discontinued and abolished. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Secretaries of State, of the Trc-awy, War, and Navy, of the Commissioner* of the Navy, of the Postmaster General, of the Sc. crcl.-ry of the Senate, and of the Clerk of the IIou.c of Representatives, to report to Congress at tiie beginning of each year the names of the clerks and other persons that have been employed, re. epcc'.ivch, during the preceding year, or any part thereof, in their respective departments and offices, together with the time that each clerk or other person woe actual'y employed, and the sums paid to each ; and, also, whether they have been usefully employed; whether the services of any of them can be dispensed with without detriment to the public sirvi.ce, and whether the removal of any in1 - *? * ? A ? in fbaif dividual, ana tnc appoimmtm ui umm HI lubli stead, is required for the better despatch of busi. ncss, and no greater allowance sliaJl be made to any inch clerk, or other person, than is, or may be authorized by law, except to watchmen or mes. sengera, for any labor or services required of them beyond the particular duties of their respective rtations, rendered at such times as docs not inter fere with the performance of their regular duties. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, Tint no allowance or compensation shall be madq, to any clerk or other officer, by reason of the discharge of duties which belong to any other clerk or officer in the same or any other department; and no allowancc or compensation shall be made for any extra services whatever, which any clerk or other oficer ni3y be required to perform. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of each chief or principal clerk . in the respective departments, bureaus, and other j offices, to supervise, under the direction of his im- , mediate superior officer, the duties of the other J clerbjj therein, and to see that their duties arc faith-1 fully executed, and that such duties arc distributed with equality and uniformity, according to the na- , tare of the case. And such distribution shall be ; revised, from time to time, by the said chief or principal clerk, for the purpose of correcting any , tendency to undue accumulation or reduction of duties, whether arising from individual negligence, or incapacity, or from increase or diminution of particular kinds of business; and such chief or principal clerk shall report monthly to his superior " * * * 4'?* * hmit officer any existing detect uiai ne IIM> u\j (i)Tai?? of in Ihe arrangement or despatch of business; and I such defect shall be amended by new arrangements of duties, dismissal of negligent or incompetent officers, or otherwise, Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the several heads of departments in communicating estimates of expenditures and appropriations to Congress, and to any of the committees thereof, to specify, as nearly as may be convenient, the sources from which such estimates are derived, and the calculations on which they are founded; and, in so doing, to discriminate be-1 tween such estimates as arc conjectural in their character, and such as arc framed on actual in. formation and application from disbursing officers: ati 1, in communicating the several estimates, refercncc shall be given to the laws and treaties by which they arc authorized, and the dates thereof, and tiic volume, page, and section in which the nc. ccssary provisions are contained. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That no ! extra clerk rhall be employed, in any department, bureau, or office at the seat of Government, except during the acosion of Congress, or when indis-?VI.. trt *nihlr. such dcDartment. bu-1 pcnsaiJi} ? 4 rcau, cr office to answer come call made by cither j Hcasc cf Ccn?rers at one cordon, to be answered J i* anther; and not then, except by order of the j Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the :lerk in the office of the Secretary of the Nary, vhose salary was fixed at eight hundred dollars )y the act of the twentieth of April, eighteen hunIred and eighteen, shall receive, in addition, therco, two hundred dollars. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he iu hereby, j tuthorized to employ an additional clerk, as assisant in his office, at a salary of eigh'cen hundred j lollars per annum; and the superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis be, and he hereby is, i lUthorizcd to employ one clerk, at a compensation >f twelve hundred dollars, in lieu of the two clerks lUthorizcd by the act of May ninth, eighteen hun- j ired and thirty six ; and so much of said last . mentioned act as authorizes the employment of j ,wo clerks is hereby repealed. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the : several offices and employments hereinbefore mentn be lawful ! lVlluci Ui^ Jiuvi'j Iirnvv to all intents and purposes whatever; and the respective headsof Departments, under whom the same are held and exercised, are hereby author, ized and empowered to fill the same, and to continue the exercise and discharge thereof, at the i salaries aforesaid, until the first day of July, | eighteen hundred and forty-four, except such as j are otherwise limited in this act: Provided, That j in all cas s where any of the aforementioned offi- I cers, or other persons herein authorized to be cm-J ployed, have already been employed, and arc j now in the discharge of their respective duties, or I have been so eiuce the first day of January last, under the authority of former appropriation bills, ut a different rate of compensation than is hereby authorized and affixed to their respective places, they shall be entitled to receive the fcirac rate of compensation heretofore allowed, and at which they have l>een retained in employment, from the first day of January last to the time of the passage of this act. Sec. 7. And It it further enacted, That the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be found necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, for the year eighteen hundred and forty-two, out of any unappropriated moneys in the Trcasury, to the objects herein before specified. Sec. 8. And he it further enacted. That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to nllou- n fl.-.iToman at Constantinople, at a salary head of the department in which, or in some bu- J reau or office of which, such extra clerk shall be I employed ; and no such extra clerk, for copying, < shall receive more than three dollars per day, or for i any other service more than four dollars per day, ] for the time actually and necessarily employed. 1 Sec. 16. And be it fxtrther enacted, That no I messenger, assistant messenger, laborer, or other < person shall be employed in any department, bu- ' reau, or office at the scat of Government, or paid j out of the contingent fund appropriated to such ^ department, bureau, or office, unless such employ- : "* * * ? 1 1? 1 n#* i ment shall tx aumonzeu oy mw, m ? | necessary to carry into effect some object for which appropriations may be specifically made; and not exceeding one hundred dollars per annum shall be applied by each department, (except the Depart, mcnt of State,) for the purchase of newspapers for 1 such dspartment, and all the bureaus and offices j connected therewith ; and such papers shall be pre- 1 served as files for such department. See. 17. And be it further enacted, That all stationery, of every name and nature, for the use of the two Houses of CongTess, and all stationery and job printing, of every name and nature, for the use of the several departments of Government, and for the bureaus and offices in those depart, mcnts at Washington, including all stationery, blanks, wrapping paper, and twine, and mail bags, furnished to the post offices and collectors' offices throughout the United States, shall hereafter be furnished and performed, by contract, by the lowest bidder, as follows : the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the head of each department, and such deputy postmasters in the Post Office establishment, and I such collectors in the custom-house establishment, ! as the Postmaster General and the Secretary of ; the Treasury shall respectively designate for that ! purpose, shall respectively advertise, once a week, j for at least four weeks, in one or more of the principal papers published in the places where such articles are to be furnished, or such printing done, < tor sealed proposals for furnishing such articles, or j the whole of any particular class of articles, or for ( doing such printing, or the whole of any specified j job thereof, to be done at such place, spc- ! cifying in such advertisement the amount, quan- ' tity, and description of each kind of articles to be j furnished, and, as near as may be, the nature, amount, and kind of printing to be done ; and all such proposals shall be kept sealed until the day specified in such advertisement for opening the same, when they shall be opened, by or under the } direction of the officer making such advertisement, ! in the presence of at least two persons ; and the person offering to furnish any class of such articles, or to perform any specified portion or job of j said work, and giving satisfactory security for the 1 performance thereof, under a forfeiture not ex. 1 cccdng twice the contract price in case of failure, shall receive a contract for doing the same ; ! and in case the lowest bidder shall fail to enter ini to PUch contract and give such security within a j reasonable time, to .fi.Ted in *uch advertisement, ; then the contract shall be given tv the neat lowest bidder who shall enter into such contract and give such security. And in ease of a failure to supply the articles or to perform the work, by the person entering into such contract, he and his sureties shall be liable for the forfeiture specified iu such j contract, as liquidated damages, to be sued fur in the name of the United States, is any court hav. ; ing jurisdiction thereof. Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That all : euch bids and proposals shall be returned by the j ! person authorized, as aforesaid, to receive the j same, to the Executive Department from which | such authority is derived, and shall be preserved in said Department, subject to such examination i as Congress may at any time order and direct. Sec. ID. And be it further enacted, That no 1 part of the contingent fund appropriated to any | department, bureau, or office, shall be applied to j the purchase of books, periodicals, pictures, or en- 1 gravings, or other thing, except such books, peri- j odicals, and maps, or other tiling as the ; head of such department shall deem necessary and I proper to carry on the business of such depart- j ment, and shall, by written order, direct to be pro. ' cured for that purpose. See. 20. And be it further enacted, That it j ' shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Senate, ! at the commencement of every regular session of Congress, to rrport to the Senate, aud of the Clerk of the House of Representatives to report to the House, and of the head of each Department, to . report to Congress, a detailed statement of the J manner in which the contingent fund for each House, and of their respective Departments, and | for the bureaus and offices therein, has been ex- I pended, giving the names of every person to whom any portion thereof, has been paid ; and if for any j thing furnished, the quantity and price ; and if i for any services rendered, the nature of such service, and the time employed, and the particular occasion or cause, in brief, that rendered such scrvice necessary ; and the amount of all former appropriations in each ease on hand, either in the Treasury or in the hands of any disbursing officer j or agent. And they shall require of the disburs- j 1 ing officers, acting under their direction or author. ; ity, the return of precise and analytical statements , and receipts for all the moneys which mar have have been, from time to time during the next pre- ( ceding year, expended by them ; and the results of ; such returns shall be communicated annually to I 1 Congress, by the said officers, respectively. Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That the act entitled " An act to provide for the publico, i tion of the laws of the United States, and for other purposes," approved April twentieth, eighteen j hundred and eighteen, so far as the same authorizes or requires the laws, resolutions, treaties, and amendments of the Constitution of the United States to be published in any paper or papers printed in the different States or Territories of the United States, is hereby repealed ; and, in lieu thereof, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to publish such laws, resolutions, treaties, and amendments in not less than two nor more than four of the principal newspapers published in the city of Washington for country subscribers, giving the preference to such papers as have the greatest number of permanent subscribers and the most extensive circulation ; for which the proprictor of each paper shall receive, as full compensation, at the rate of one dollar for each page of the laws, resolutions, treaties, and amendments, as ; published in pamphlet form. And if it shall ap. pear, on examination of any account, that therehas been any unreasonable delay or intentional omission in the publication of the Irws aforesaid, the proper accounting officer of the Treasury is hereby authorized and required to deduct from *uch icrouut :u"h sum as shall be charged therein I for the publication of any laws which hatfs been ao unreasonably delaysd or inlsiili?lj omitted; and, in any such ease, it ?h?n be the duty of the Secretary of State to diseootinwe the publicatfon of the law* in the aewspeper belonging to auch proprietor*, and such newspaper All in no event be again authorized, nor shall the proprietor thereof be again employed, to publish the lawe of the United States. Sic. 22. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of limiting the incidental and nontin gent appropriations for the neceseary expenses of the Government to specific objects as far as practicable, the following sum# are hereby appropriated for the year eighteen hundred and forty-two, out of anv unappropriated money in the Treasury, to the objects hereinafter specified, namely: defaetmrnt of state. For distributing the aggregate returns of the sixth census, eight thousand dolLrs. For purchasing and preparing indices to the manuscript papers of the Congress of the Confederation And to the \Y ullIDftOn PaOCJS, dtpOWltd in the Department oi State, one thousand dollar*. NAVY DEPARTMENT. No. 1. In the Secretary's office : For blank books, binding, and stationary, sin hundred dollars. For extra clerk hire, four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For printing, three hundred dollars. For labor, three hundred and fifty dollars. For miscellaneous items, four hundred dollar*. For newspapers and periodicals, one hundred dollars. No. 2. In the Navy Commissioners' Office: For blank books, binding and stationary, fire hundred dollars. For extra clerk hire, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. For labor, three hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, six hundred and fifty dolhrs. No? 3. For the southwest Executive building: For labor, three hundred and twenty.five dot. lars. For fuel and light, one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. For miscellaneous items, one thousand one bun. dred and filly dollars. No. 4. For the northeast Executive building: For labor, one thousand two hundred dollars. For fuel and light, one thousand four hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, seven hundred dollars. WAR PErARTNEVT. No. 5. In the office of the Secretary of War : * For blank boohs, binding, and stationary, ail hundred dollars. For newspapers and periodicals, two hundred , and fifty dollars. For labor, three hundred dollars. For printing, three hundred dollars. For mircrll tncou* items, five hundred and fifty : dollars. For books, maps, and plans, one thousand dot! lars. For extra clerk hire, three tliouaand dollars. ! No. 6. In the office of the Commissioner of la. , dian Affairs: For blank books, binding, and stationery, liz I hundred dollars. For labor, fifty dollars. For miscellaneous items, eight hundred and if. ty dollars. No. 7. In the office of the Commissioner ?f Pensions: For blank books, binding, and stationery, firs hundred dollars. For printing, four hundred dollars. Fcr fuel, one hundred and fifty dollars. For miscellaneous items, four hundred and fifty dollars. u T? ?l,/? of th* Commanding titn. era]: For miscellaneous items, tiiree hundred dollars* No. 9. In the office of the Adjutant General: For blank books, binding, and stationery, two ^ hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, three hundred dollars. No. 10. In the office of the Quartermaster Gen* eral: For blank books, binding, and stationery, three hundred dollars. For labor, one hundred dollars. For } rinting, one hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, four hundred dollars. No. 11. In the office of the Coinnusaary Gene* ral of Purchases: For blank books, binding and stationery, one hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, five hundred dollara. No. 12. In the office of the Commissary General of Subsistence: For Wank books, binding, and stationary, two hundred dollars. For extra clerk hire, six hundred dollars. For printing and advertising, twelve hundred dollars. For labor, one hundred dollars. For fuel, one hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, five hundred dollars. No. 13. In the office of the Paymaster Gene ral: - For b!.?nk bookf, binding, and stationery, two hundred dollars. For fuel, one hundred and twenty-fire dollar*. For misceilane >us items, four hundred dollar*. No. 14. In the office of the Surge** General : For blank books, binding, and stationery, two hundred dollars. For printing, fifty dollars. For fuel, scventy.five dollars. For miscellaneous items, one hundred and fifty dollars. No. 15. Iirthe office of the Chief Engineer ; . For blank books, binding, and stationary, sue hundred dollars. For printing, one hundred and fire dollar*. For fuel, one hundred and fifty dollar*. For miscellaneous items, fifty dollars. No. 16. In the office of the Colonel of Ord. nance: For blank books, binding, and stationery, fcur hundred dollars. For printing, scventy.five dollars. For fuel, one hundred and fJtj dollars. For miscellaneous items, one hundred daOate. Va IT In the Bureau of Topographical En. *'v' ? 7* jrincer?: for th*' support of the Iighthwae on the Delaware breakwater, one thousand fire hundred dollars. for blank books, binding, and etation-ry, four hundred dollars. for 'abor, one hundred dollars.