National Intelligencer. (Washington [D.C.]), Vol. 48, No. 6913, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 17, 1847 Page: 2 of 4
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For clerk-hire, office-rent, and other expense* of
the office of the consul of the United States
at London -
For expenses of intercourse with the Barbary
Powers - - -
For salary of a commissioner to the Sandwich
Islands - -
For interpreters, guards, and other expenses of
the consulates at Constantinople, Smyrna, and
Alexandria -
For salary of a commissioner to reside in China -
For salary of secretary to commissioner to reside
in China, and Chinese interpreter
And also to make up the difference between the
salary of said secretary, and that of a charge
d’affaires during the time that the said secreta-
tary has acted as charge d’affaires
For the relief and protection of American sea-
men in foreign countries
For outfit of a minister to Mexico
For the contingent fund of the Senate, to enable
its Secretary to comply with (heir resolutions,
passed February eighteenth and February twen-
tieth, for the purchase of certain books therein
named -
For additional salary to the surveyor general of
Wisconsin and Iowa, from first of July, eigh-
teen hundred and forty-six, to the thirtieth
June, eighteen hundred and forty-seven
For additional salary to the surveyor-general of
Arkansas, from first July, eighteen hundred and
forty-six, to the thirtieth June, eighteen hun-
dred and forty-seven -
For salary to the district judge of Texas, from
twenty-ninth May, eighteeen hundred and for-
ty-six, to the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred
and forty-seven - - -
For salaries of the district attorney and marshal
of Texas, from twenty-ninth May, eighteen
hundred and forty-six, to the thirtieth June,
eighteen hundred and forty-seven
For salaries of the assistant treasurers at New
York, Boston, Charleston, and St. Louis, from
sixth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six,
to the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and for-
ty-seven
For salaries of ten additional clerks, from sixth
August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, to the
thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-
savers
For additional salaries of treasurers of the mint
at Philadelphia and branch mint at New Or-
leans, from sixth August, eighteen hundred and
forty-six, to the thirtieth June, eighteen hun
dred and forty-seven - - -
For the renewal of diplomatic intercourse with
Mexico, with a view to the termination of hos-
tilities in the event that the Government of
that Republic shall consent to enter upon ne-
gotiations -
For outfit of charge d’affaires to Peru -
For outstanding claims for the late mission to
China, to be settled by the Secretary of State
upon principles of equity and justice
For deficiency in the appropriations for the salary
of the late commissioner to the Sandwich
Islands -
For deficiency of appropriations for repairs of
Pennsylvania avenue - -
For deficiency of former appropriations for ar-
ticles furnished for the New York custom-
house, by Wen man and Wyckoff
For extra clerk-hire and copying in the office of
the Secretary of State, including preparing in-
dices to the papers of the Confederation and of
Washington, during the current fiscal year -
For compensation to special agents to examine
books, accounts, and money on hand in the
several depositories under the act of August
sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-six
For roof to the building adjoining and belonging
to the Treasury building -
For the expense of procuring and issuing certi-
ficates of stock in the several loans heretofore
authorized, for blank, stock, and dividend
books, and other expenses attending the issue
and transfer of the evidences of public debt, in-
cluding the certificates of scrip authorized by
the act of eleventh February, eighteen hun-
dred and forty-seven
For contingent expenses, including stationery,
blank books, &c., in the office of the Second
Auditor - - - _
For compensation of two clerks in the office of
the Fourth Auditor, at one thousand dollars
per annum - - - -
For reappropriation of this sum for the compen-
sation of the meteorologist—the same having
been omitted by mistake in the enrolment of
the civil and diplomatic bill of the last session
For deficiency in the appropriation for completing
the maps, specifications, and astronomical com-
putations of the line of boundary between the
United States and the British provinces
For rent, repairs, watching and incidental ex-
penses of such buildings as may be indispen-
sably necessary for the use of the Treasury
Department
For repairs to the wharf at the penitentiary
For settling the claims of the late Republic of
Texas, according to principles of justice and
equity, for disarming a body of Texan troops
under the command of Colonel Snively, and
for entering the custom-house at Bryarly’s land-
ing, and taking certain goods therefrom - 30,000 00
To pay to Ritchie & Heiss the amount deducted
by the committees in the Senate and House of
Representatives from their accounts as ren-
dered for printing finished and delivered pre-
vious to the passage of the printing law now
in operation. [Indefinite.]
- 2,800 00
J
- 10,000 00
h
- 3,000 00
1.500 00
5,000 00
2.500 00
- 3,000 00
75,000 00
9,000 00
45,000 00
500 00
500 00
- 2,180 30
436 26
10,375 00
7,217 39
902 17
50,000 00
4,500 00
7,700 00
- 4,280 33
1,915 29
533 86
2,000 00
1,900 00
500 00
- 20,000 00
295 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
6,000 00
2,500 00
600 00
§4,442,790 87
An act making appropriations for the support of the army
and of volunteers for the year ending the thirtieth June,
one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, and for
other purposes.
For pay of the army - 3,365,462 00
For commutation of officers’ subsistence - 640,742 00
For commutation of forage for officers’ horses 148,640 00
For payments in lieu of clothing for officers’
servants - - - - - 42,810 00
For pay of volunteers, including general and
staff officers - - - 2,815,595 00
For subsistence in kind of the army, volunteers,
and employees - - - 2,211,626 00
For clothing of the army, camp and garrison
equipage - 974,000 00
For expenses of recruiting, including bounties 110,000 00
For three months’ extra pay to non-commission-
ed officers, musicians, and privates - 12,000 00
For the regular supplies of the quartermaster’s
department, consisting of fuel, forage in kind
for the authorized number of officers’ horses,
and for the horses, mules, and oxen, belong-
ing to the quartermaster’s department, at the
several military posts and stations, and for
the horses of the three regiments of dragoons,
the four companies of light artillery, and the
regime it, of mounted riflemen ; of straw for
soldie s’ bedding ; and of stationery, includ-
ing company and other blank books, for the
army; certificates for discharged soldiers,
blank forms for the pay and quartermaster’s
department, end the printing of department
orders, army regulations and general regula-
tions - 3,710,600 00
For the incidental expenses of the quartermas-
ter’s department, consisting of postage on let-
ters and packets received by officers on pub-
lic service ;. expenses of courts-martial and
courts of inquiry, including the additional
compensation to judge advocates, members,
and witnesses, while on that service, under
the act of the sixteenth of March, one thou-
sand eight hundred and two; extra pay to
soldiers employed in the erection of barracks
and quarters, the construction of roads, and
other constant labor, for periods of not less
than ten days, under the act of the second of
March, one thousand eight hundred and
nineteen ; expenses of expresses from the
frontier posts; of escorts to paymasters ; of
the necessary articles for the interment of
non-commissioned officers and soldiers ; hire
of laborers; compensation to clerks to the
officers of the quartermaster’s department, at
posts where their duties cannot be performed
without such aid; and compensation to agents
in charge of dismantled works, and to such
wagon and forage masters as it may be ne-
cessary to employ under the act of the fifth
of July, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-eight; various expenditures necessary
to keep the three regiments of dragoons, the
four companies of light artillery, arid the re-
giment of mounted riflemen complete, includ-
ing the purchase of horses to supply the places
of those which may be lost and become unfit
for service; also including the purchase of
houses for the additional regiment of dragoons,
Bnd the purchase of saddles, bridles, and
otner horse equipments for the same ; shoe-
ing horses, for the purchase of blacksmith’s
80,000 00
[ and other tools, iron and other materials, and
the apprehension of deserters, and the ex-
penses incidental to their pursuit - -2,173,300 00
For repairing and enlarging barracks, quar-
ters, storehouses, and hospitals, at the seve-
ral posts; for erecting temporary canton-
ments at such posts as may be occupied du-
ring the year, and gun-houses for the pro-
tection of cannon at the several posts and
military works, including the necessary tools
and materials for the objects enumerated, and
for the authorized furniture of the barrack
rooms of non-commissioned gfficers and sol-
diers ; building and repairing stables for dra-
goons, light artillery, and mounted riflemen;
for rent of quarters for officers, barracks for
troops at posts where there are no public
buildings for their accommodation, and of
storehouses for the safekeeping of subsist-
ence, clothing, &c., and of grounds for sum-
mer cantonments and encampments for mili-
tary purposes - - - - 1,107,200 00
For transportation of officers’ baggage, when
travelling on duty without troops -
For transportation of troops and supplies of the
army, including the baggage of troops when
moving either by land or water, freights and
ferriages ; the purchase or hire of horses,
mules, oxen, carts, wagons, and boats; for
the transportation of supplies, and for garri-
son purposes; drayage and cartage at the
several posts, hire of teamsters, transporta-
tion of funds for the pay department; the ex-
pense of sailing public transports between the
posts on the Gulf of Mexico, and of procur-
ing water at such posts as, from their situa-
tion, require it; of clothing from the depot
at Philadelphia to the stations of the troops;
of subsistence from the places of purchase,
and from the places of delivery, under con-
tracts, to such places as the circumstances of
the service may require it to be sent; of ord-
nance, ordnance stores, and small arms from
the foundries and armories, to the arsenals,
fortifications, and frontier posts
For contingencies of the army
For the medical and hospital department
For the purchase of ordnance, ordnance stores,
and supplies -
For current expenses of the ordnance service -
For armament of fortifications
For manufacture of arms at the national arm-
ories -
For repairs and improvements, and new ma-
chinery, at Springfield armory
For repairs and improvements, and new ma-
chinery, at Harper’s Ferry armory -
For arsenals
For expenses of preparing drawings of a uni-
form system of artillery -
For surveys with armies in the field -
For providing for the comfort of discharged sol-
diers who may be landed at New Orleans, or
other places within the United States, so dis-
abled by disease or by wounds received in
the service as to be unable to proceed to their
homes, and for forwarding destitute soldiers
to their homes -
For the purchase of land, erection of barracks
for soldiers, and quarters for officers, and
laundresses, and for brick wall to enclose the
grounds, and grading and paving the river
banks at Newport barracks, Kentucky
For contingencies of fortifications
To supply deficiencies in appropriations
made for the service of the present fiscal
year, under the following heads, viz :
For pay of volunteers, under resolution of
eighth August, eighteen hundred and forty-six 150,000 00
For pay of volunteers, under act of thirteenth
May, eighteen hundred and forty-six
For travelling allowance of volunteers
For transportation and supplies, &c. in quar-
termaster’s department - - -4,000,000 00
For services of private physicians, including the
purchase ofjnedical and hospital supplies -
For pay, including subsistence and other allow-
ance to officers of the ten regiments of regu-
lar troops, authorized during the present ses-
sion -
For subsistence in kind for such regiments
For pay of eleven regiments of volunteers re-
cently called into service - - -1,003,110 00
For subsistence in kind of said regiments of vo-
lunteers -
For expenses of recruiting,, including bounties
For ordnance, ordnance stores, and supplies -
For the repair and construction of roads and
bridges for the use of armies in the field
For deficiency of former appropriations for for-
tifications at Oak Island -
For deficiency of former appropriations for the
improvement of Cape Fear river -
For deficiency of appropriation for removing
the great raft of Red river, made by the act
approved April twentieth, eighteen hundred
and thirty-eight, being the amount advanced
by Daniel T. Witlee and others, through the
branch of the Real Estate Bank of Washing-
ton, Arkansas, to Henry M. Shreve, Gov-
ernment agent for such removal, and ex-
pended by him for that purpose - - 7,150 00
- 5,243,300 00
50.000 00
150.000 00
367,629 00
100.000 00
100,000 00
- 360,000 00
18,500 00
17,770 00
51,486 00
5,000 00
20.000 00
500,000 00
24,500 00
200,000 00
143.000 00
500.000 00
65,000 00
387,973 00
221,571 52
283,418 85
262,895 00
452,557 00
100,000 00
1,030 59
601 92
§32,178,461 88
An act making appropriations- for the naval service for the
year ending the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hun-
dred and forty-eight.
For pay of commission, warrant, and petty offi-
cers and seamen, including the engineer corps
of the navy ... 3,292,806 00
For pay of thirteen additional assistant surgeons,
whose appointment is hereby authorized - 12,350 00
For a pyrotechnist for the service of the navy - 1,500 00
For provisions for commission, warrant, and petty
officers and seamen, including engineers and
marines attached to vessels for sea service -976,666 81
And there shall be allowed, instead of the sum
now allowed by law, three cents per day in lieu
of the spirit rations in the navy, to be paid
monthly to such persons as may elect to receive
the same, who shall actually draw their rations
in kind.
For an additional clerk for Bureau of Provision
and Clothing - 1,000 00
For surgeons’ necessaries, and appliances for the
sick and hurt of the naval service, including
the marine corps, including three thousand dol-
lars for pay of the superintendent, who shall
be either a captain, commander, or lieutenant
in the navy - 40,200 00
For the increase, repair, armament, and equip-
ment of the navy, and wear and tear of ves-
sels in commission, including coal for steamers
and purchase of hemp - - 2,500,000 00
For ordnance and ordnance stores, including inci-
dental expenses - - 371,390 00
For nautical books, maps, charts, and instruments,
binding and repairing the same, and all the ex-
penses of the hydrographical office - - 25,940 00
For contingent expenses that may accrue for the
following purposes, viz. Freight and transpor-
tation ; printing and stationery ; advertising in
newspapers ; books,’ maps, models, and draw-
ings ; purchase and repair of fire-engines and
machinery ; repair of steam-engines, and at-
tendance on the same in yards ; purchase and
maintenance of horses and oxen, and driving
teams ; carts, timber-wheels, and workmen’s
tools of every description, and repairing the
same; postage of letters on public business ;
coal and other fuel, and oil and candles, for
navy yards and shore stations; cleaning and
clearing up yards; incidental labor not charge-
able to any other appropriation ; labor attend-
ing the delivery of public stores and supplies
on foreign stations; wharfage, dockage, sto-
rage, and rent; travelling expenses of officers,
funeral expenses, commissions, hire of agents ;
clerk hire, store rent, office rent, stationery,
and fuel to navy agents and naval storekeep-
ers ; flags, awnings, and packing boxes ; fix-
tures for officers’ quarters ; premiums and in-
cidental expenses of recruiting ; apprehending
deserters; per diem allowance to persons at-
tending courts-martial and courts of inquiry, or
other service authorized by law; compensa-
tion to judge advocates ; pilotage and towing
vessels ; assistance rendered to vessels in dis-
tress .
AT KITTERY, MAINE.
For pay Of storekeeper, naval constructor, inspec-
tor of timber, clerk to the yard, clerk to the
commandant, clerk to the storekeeper, clerk to
the naval constructor, and porter - - 7,650 00
AT CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.
For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor, mea-
surer and inspector of timber, clerk to the yard,
two clerks to the commandant, three clerks to
the storekeeper, clerk to naval constructor,
keeper of magazine, and porter - - 11,180 00
AT BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor, mea-
surer and inspector of timber, clerk to the yard,
two clerks to the commandant, three clerks to
the storekeeper, clerk to the naval constructor,
keeper of magazine, and porter - - 11,180 00
AT PHILADELPHIA.
For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor, mea-
surer and inspector of timber, clerk to the yard,
clerk to the commandant, clerk to the store-
keeper, clerk to naval constructor, and porter 7,700 00
AT WASHINGTON.
For pay of storekeeper, measurer and inspector
of timber, clerk to the yard, two clerks to com-
mandant, clerk to the storekeeper, keeper of
the magazine, and porter ... 6,680 00
AT GOSPORT, VIRGINIA.
For pay of storekeeper, naval constructor, mea-
surer and inspector of timber, clerk to the yard,
two clerks to commandant, three clerks to the
storekeeper, clerk to the naval constructor,
keeper of the magazine, and porter - - 11,180 00
AT PENSACOLA.
For pay of storekeeper, and naval constructor,
clerk to the yard, two clerks to the command-
ant, two clerks to the storekeeper, and porter 8,050 00
AT MEMPHIS.
For pay of storekeeper, clerk to the yard, clerk
to the commandant, and porter - - 3,300 00
For improvements and necessary repairs of
navy yards, viz :
AT KITTERY.
For extending knee-dock wall, and filling in for
gun and anchor wharf, rebuilding wharf num-
ber one, cistern near mast and boat -house num-
ber fifteen, and for repairs of all kinds - 31,528 00
Towards dry-dock at Kittery - 50,000 00
Towards dry-dock at Philadelphia • - 50,000 00
Towards dry-dock at Pensacola - -250,000 00
AT CHARLESTOWN.
For wharf number sixty-four, and repairs of dry-
dock number fifty four; timber-dock and bridge
across timber-dock; brick barn to he erected
on number twenty-seven; smith shop and
plumber’s shop, and drains to reservoir, and
pipes to smithery ; shell-house, joiners’and car-
penters’ shops and rigging aloft, and for repairs
of all kinds - - - ' - 97,650 00
AT BROOKLYN.
For repairing wharves in front of D and E ; cis-
terns to reservoir C ; completing cob wharf;
filling in timber pond and dredging channels;
shell-house on gun-block, and for repairs of all
kinds - - - - 51,848 00
For dry-dock - -275,000 00
AT PHILADELPHIA.
For outside piers of wharves numbers two and
three; wharf number four, and outside pier of
number four ; workshops on site number ten ;
anchorage and repairs of all kinds - - 47,416 00
AT WASHINGTON.
For trip-hammer in anchor shop, and blowing
chain-cable fires in hydraulic proving machine
shop ; new boiler to steam engine number two ,
converting number eleven to an iron foundry ;
temporary laboratory building, and repairs of
all kinds - 30,548 00
AT GOSPORT.
For completing storehouse number thirteen, and
launching slip number forty-eight; new wharf
where small shears now stand, and for repairs
of all kinds ----- 45,200 00
AT PENSACOLA.
For completing storehouse number twenty-five,
and timber-shed number twenty-six; black-
smith’s shop and steam engine; permanent
wharf; extending and completing coalhouse ;
completing limehouse, and for repairs of all
kinds - - * - - 58,017 00
AT MEMPHIS.
For blacksmith’s shop ; steam engine and boilers
for rope-walk ; joiners’ shop and storehouse,
(one wing.) sawmill; commandant’s house
and offices ; foundation of wall to eiiUSSS yard;
embankment and excavation, and for repairs of
ali kinds - - -102,205 00
AT SACKETT’S HARBOR.
For construction of officers’ quarters, and for re-
her, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, to the
order of the sard Reeside, and accepted by the
Treasurer of the Post Office Department, and
by the said Reeside endorsed to the order of H.
H. Williams, of Baltimore, and by the said
Williams endorsed in bank, and which draft is
the property of the said Howland and Aspin-
wall -
8,400 00
§4,145,400 00
For enabling the Secretary of the Navy to test,
by experiments, the value to the navy, of
Earle’s patented invention for the preservation
of canvass -
For contingent expenses for objects not hereinbe-
fore enumerated ....
For the support of the civil establishment at the
several navy yards, the officers and others to
be paid the annual compensation that was al-
lowed to them severally in the act making ap-
propriations for the naval service for the year
ending on the thirtieth June, one thousand
eight hundred and forty-seven, except as here-
inafter provided ;
600,000 00
5.000 00
5.000 00
pairs of all kinds
For the improvement and repairs
of the several
5,000 00
navy hospitals, viz :
At Chelsea -
-
_
5,480 54
At Brooklyn -
-
-
22,390 00
At or near Gosport
-
-
5,634 00
At Washington
-
-
100 00
At Pensacola -
-
-
30,441 75
For magazines, viz:
At Charlestown, Massachusetts
_
-
200 00
At Brooklyn -
-
-
800 00
At Washington
-
.
100 00
At Gosport -
-
300 00
MARINE CORPS.
For pay of officers, non-commissioned officers,
musicians, privates, and servants serving on
shore, and subsistence of officers - -150,000 00
For clothing ..... 40,548 00
For fuel 15,469 00
For military stores, repair of arms, pay of ar-
morers, accoutrements, ordnance stores, flags,
drums, fifes, and musical instruments - 4,305 00
For transportation of officers and troops, and for
expenses of recruiting - - - 8,000 00
For repair of barracks and rent of temporary bar-
racks - 6,000 00
For contingencies, viz:
Freight, ferriage, toil, wharfage, and cartage;
compensation to judge advocates ; per diem for
attending courts-martial and courts of inquiry ;
per diem to enlisted men on constant labor ;
house rent where no public quarters are assigned ;
the burial of deceased marines ; printing, sta-
tionery, forage, postages, and the pursuit of de-
serters ; candles and oil; straw, barrack furni-
ture, bed sacks, spades, axes, shovels, picks,
carpenters’ tools, and keeping a horse for the
messengers ----- 15,000 00
For experiments to be made under the immedi-
ate direction and superintendence of Uriah
Brown, as shall thoroughly test the efficient
properties of a liquid fire, and the practical util-
ity of a shot-proof steamship (the invention of
said Brown) for coast and’harbor defence;
said experiments to be made in the presence of
competent judges, to be selected by the Secre-
tary of the Navy for that purpose; and it
shall be the duty of the said Secretary to report
to Congress, at the earliest practicable period
thereafter, the result of such experiments, and
his opinion whether the interest of the United
States would be promoted by adopting this in-
vention as a means of national defence. That
said Brown shall receive the sum of six dollars
per day while engaged in making said experi-
ments, together with all his travelling and other
necessary expenses - 10,000 00
§9,307,958 10
An act making appropriations for the service of the Post
Office Department for the year ending the thirtieth of June,
eighteen hundred and forty-eight.
For transportation of the mails within the United
States .... -2,441,391 00
For transportation by steamships between New
York and Bremen, according to the contract
with Edward Mills, authorized by the “act to
provide for the transportation of the mail be-
tween the United States and foreign countries,”
approved March third, eighteen hundred and
forty-five ----- 258,609 00
For compensation to postmasters - 1,042,000 00
For ship, steamboat, and way letters - - 17,000 00
For wrapping paper - 16,000 00
For office furniture, (for the offices of postmas-
ters) - - - - - 3,000 00
For advertising - - - 30,000 00
For mail bags ----- 20,000 00
For blanks ----- 17,000 00
For mail locks, keys, and stamps - - 4,000 00
For mail depredations and special agents - 13,000 00
For clerks for offices, (in the offices of postmas-
ters) ... . -225,000 00
For miscellaneous - 50,000 00
To pay to Howland and Aspinwall, of the city of
New York, the sum of five thousand dollars,
with interest from the first day of November,
eighteen hundred and thirty-five, being the
amount of a draft drawn by James Reeside, on
the Post Office Department, dated the eigh-
teenth day of April, eighteen hundred and
thirty-five, payable on the first day of Novem-
An ad making appropriations for the current and con-
tingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for ful-
filling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes,
for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
forty-eight.
For the current and contingent expenses of the Indian De-
partment, viz :
For the pay of the superintendent of Indian af-
fairs at St. Louis, and the several Indian agents,
as provided by the acts of June thirtieth, eigh-
teen hundred and thirty-four, of March third,
eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and of
June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and
forty six - - - - 18,000 00
For the pay of sub-agents, authorized by the act
of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-
four - - - - ‘ 9,750 00
For the pay of interpreters, authorized by the same
act -..... 10,200 00
For the pay of clerk to superintendent at St.
Louis - 1,200 00
For the pay of clerk to acting superintendent of
the western territory - 1,000 00
For postages, rents, stationery, fuel for offices,
and other contingencies of the Indian depart-
ment, and for transportation and incidental ex-
penses ----- 17,000 00
For fulfilling treaty stipulations with various
Indian tribes, viz:
TO THE CHRISTIAN INDIANS.
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the acts of
May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and twen-
ty-four, and May twentieth, eighteen hundred
and twenty-six - 400 00
TO THE CHIPPEWAS OF MISSISSIPPI j
AND LAKE SUPERIOR.
For payment in money, for twenty years, stipu-
lated in the second article of the treaty of twen-
ty-ninth July, eighteen hundred and thirty-
seven - 9,500 00
For payment in goods, for twenty years, stipula-
ted in the second article of the treaty of twen-
ty-ninth July, eighteen hundred and thirty-
seven ----- 19,000 00
For establishing three blacksmiths’ shops, support- :t
ing three smiths, and furnishing iron and steel,
for twenty years, stipulated in the second arti-
cle of the treaty of twenty-ninth July, eighteen
hundred and thirty-seven - 3,000 00
For support of farmers, purchase of implements,
grain, or seed, and to carry on their agricultu-
ral pursuits, for twenty years, stipulated in the
second article of the treaty of twenty-ninth July,
eighteen hundred and thirty-seven - - 1,000 00
For purchase of provisions for twenty years, sti-
pulated in the second article of the treaty of
twenty-ninth July, eighteen hundred and thir-
ty-seven ----- 2,000 00
For purchase of tobacco, for twenty years, stipu-
lated in the second article of the treaty of twen-
ty-ninth July, eighteen hundred and thirty-
seven _____ 500 00
For limited annuity, for twenty-five years, in mo-
ney, stipulated in the fourth article of the trea-
ty of fourth of October, eighteen hundred and
forty-two ----- 12,500 00
For limited annuity, for twenty-five years, in
goods, stipulated in the fourth article of the
treaty of fourth of October, eighteen hundred
and forty-two ----- 10,500 00
For support of two blacksmiths’ shops, including
pay of smiths and assistants, and furnishing
iron and steel, stipulated in the fourth article
of the treaty of fourth October, eighteen hun-
dred and forty-two - 2,000 00
For support of two farmers, stipulated in the fourth
article of the treaty ot fourth of October, eigh-
teen hundred and forty-two - - 1,000 00
For pay of two carpenters, stipulated in the fourth
article of the treaty, of fourth of October, eigh-
teen hundred and forty-two - 1,200 00
For support of schools, stipulated in the fourth
article of the treaty of fourth of October, eigh-
teen hundred and forty-two - 2,COO 00
For purchase of provisions and tobacco, stipulated
in the fourth article of the treaty of fourth of
October, eighteen hundred and forty-two - 2,000 00
TO THE CHIPPEWAS OF SAGINAW'.
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth
article of the treaty of third of August, seven-
teen hundred and ninety-five- - - 1,000 00
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the second
article of the treaty of seventeenth November,
eighteen hundred and seven - - 800 00
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth
article of the treaty of twenty-fourth Septem-
ber, eighteen hundred and nineteen - - 1,000 00
For support of blacksmith at Saginaw, and for
farming utensils and cattle, and for the employ-
ment of persons to aid them in agriculture, sti-
pulated in the eighth article of the treaty of
twenty-fourth September, eighteen hundred and
nineteen, and seventh article of the treaty of
January, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven - 2,000 00
For education during (he pleasure of Congress,
stipulated in the sixth article of the treaty of
fifth August, eighteen hundred and twenty-six 1,000 00
TO THE CHIPPEWAS, MENOMONIES,
WINNEBAGOES, AND NEW YORK
INDIANS.
For education during the pleasure of Congress,
stipulated in the fifth article of the treaty of
eleventh August, eighteen hundred and twen-
ty-seven _____ 1,500 00
. TO THE CHOCTAWS.
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the second
article of the treaty of sixteenth November,
eighteen hundred and five - - - 3,000 00
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the thirteenth
article of the treaty of eighteenth October,
eighteen hundred and twenty - - 600 00
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the second
article of the treaty of twentieth January, eigh-
teen hundred and twenty-five - - 6,000 00
For life annuity to chief, (Bob Cole,) stipulated
in the tenth article of the treaty of twentieth
January, eighteen hundred and twenty-five - 150 00
For life annuity to three district chiefs, (two
hundred and fifty dollars each,) stipulated in
the fifteenth article of the treaty of twenty-
seventh September, eighteen hundred and
thirty..... 750 00
For life annuity to one Wayne warrior, stipula-
ted in the twenty-first article of the treaty of
twenty-seventh September, eighteen hundred
and thirty - - - - 25 00
For education of forty youths for twenty years,
including support of teachers in the nation,
two thousand five hundred dollars per annum,
stipulated in the twentieth article of the treaty
of twenty-seventh September, eighteen hun-
dred and thirty - 12,500 00
For blacksmith, stipulated in the sixth article of
the treaty of eighteenth October, eighteen hun-
dred and twenty, and ninth article of the trea-
ty of twentieth January, eighteen hundred and
twenty-five ----- 600 00
For iron and steel, &c. for shop - - 320 00
For pay of millwright, stipulated in the twentieth
article of the treaty of twenty-seventh Sep-
tember, eighteen hundred and thirty - - 600 00
For limited annuity for twenty years, stipula-
ted in the seventeenth article of the treaty of
twenty-seventh September, eighteen hundred
and thirty ----- 20,000 00
TO THE CHICKASAWS.
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the act of
twenty-fifth February, seventeen hundred and
ninety-nine ----- 3,000 00
For education for fifteen years, stipulated in the
second supplemental article of the, treaty of
twenty-fourth May, eighteen hundred and
thirty-four ----- 3,000 00
TO THE CHEROKEES.
For four blacksmiths and assistants, stipulated in
the fourth article of the treaty of fourteenth
February, eighteen hundred and thirty-three - 3,360 00
For iron and steel - 1,080 00
For wagon-maker,'stipulated in the fourth article
of the treaty of fourteenth February, eighteen
hundred and thirty-three - 600 00
For wheelwright, stipulated in the fourth article
of the treaty of fourteenth February, eighteen
hundred and thirty-three - 600 00
TO THE CREEKS.
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth
article of the treaty of seventh August, seven-
teen hundred and ninety - 1,500 00
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the second
article of the treaty of sixteenth June, eigh-
teen hundred and two - 3,000 00
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth
article or the treaty of twenty-fourth January,
eighteen hundred and twenty-six - - 20,000 00
For limited annuity, for fifteen years, stipulated
in the eighth article of the treaty of twenty-
fourth March, eighteen hundred and thirty - 10,000 00
For blacksmith and assistant, and use of shop
and tools, stipulated in the eighth article of
the treaty of twenty-fourth January, eighteen
hundred and twenty-six - 270 00
For iron and steel - 840 00
For two blacksmiths and assistants, and use of
shops and tools, for twenty years, stipulated in
the thirteenth article of the treaty of twenty-
fourth March, eighteen hundred and thirty-two 1,680 00
For iron and steel - 540 00
For blacksmith and assistant, and use of shop and
tools, during the pleasure of the President, sti-
pulated in the fifth article of the treaty of four-
teenth February, eighteen hundred and thirty-
three - 840 00
For iron and steel - 270 00
For wheelwright, stipulated in the eighth article
of the treaty of twenty-fourth January, eighteen
hundred and twenty-six - 600 00
For wagon-maker, stipulated in the fifth article
of the treaty of fourteenth February, eighteen
hundred and thirty-three - 600 00
For agricultural implement, stipulated in the
eighth article of the treaty of twenty-fourth
January, eighteen hundred and twenty-six - 2,000 00
For education for twenty years, stipulated in the
thirteenth article of the treaty of twenty-fourth
March, eighteen hundred and thirty-two - 3,000 00
For education for twenty years, stipulated in the
fifth article of the treaty of fourteenth February,
eighteen hundred and thirty-three - - 1,000 00
For interest, at five per centum, on three hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, (tenth year,) stipu-
lated in the third article of the treaty of twenty-
third November, eighteen hundred and thirty-
eight ..... 17,500 00
For education for twenty years, stipulated in the
fourth article of the treaty of fouith January,
eighteen hundred and forty-five - - 3,000 00
TO THE DELAWARES.
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth
article of the treaty of the third of August, se-
venteen hundred and ninety-five - - 1,000 00
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fifth
article of the treaty of the third of October,
eighteen hundred and eighteen - - 4,000 00
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the thirl
article of the treaty of thirtieth of September,
eighteen hundred and nine - 500 00
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the supple-
mental treaty of twenty-fourth September, eigh-
teen hundred and twenty-nine - - 1,000 00
For life annuity to chief, stipulated in private and
confidential articles of supplemental treaty of
twenty-fourth of September, eighteen hundred
and twenty-nine, to treaty of third of October,
eighteen hundred and eighteen - - 100 00
For life annuity to three chiefs, stipulated in sup-
plemental article to treaty of twenty-sixth of
October, eighteen hundred and thirty-two - 300 00
For purchase of salt, stipulated in the third article
of treaty of seventh June, eighteen hundred and
three _____ qoo 00
For blacksmith and assistant, stipulated in the
sixth article of treaty of third October, eighteen
hundred and eighteen - 720 00
For iron and steel, &c. for shops - - 220 00
For interest on forty-six thousand and eighty dol-
lars, at five per centum, being the value of thir-
ty-six sections of land set apart by the treaty
of eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, for edu-
cation, stipulated in resolution of the Senate of
nineteenth January, eighteen hundred and thir-
ty-eight ----- 2,304 00
TO THE FLORIDA INDIANS.
For blacksmith and assistant, stipulated in the
sixth article of the treaty of eighteenth of Sep-
tember, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, and
treaty of ninth May, eighteen hundred and
thirty-two ----- 1,000 00
For annuity, in goods, for fifteen years, stipula-
ted in the sixth article of the treaty of fourth
January, eighteen hundred and forty-five - 2,000 00
For annuity, in money, for fifteen years, stipula-
ted in the sixth article of the treaty of fourth
January, eighteen hundred and forty-five - 3,000 00
For agricultural implements for five years, stipu-
lated in the seventh article of the treaty of
fourth January, eighteen hundred and forty-
five ...... 1,000 00
TO THE IOWAS.
For one year’s interest on one hundred and fifty-
seven thousand five hundred dollars, to be in-
vested at five per centum, stipulated in the se-
cond article of the treaty of nineteenth October,
eighteen hundred and thirty-eight
TO THE KICKAPOOS.
For limited annuity for nineteen years, stipula-
ted in the fourth article of the treaty of twen-
ty-fourth of October, eighteen hundred and
thirty-two -
TO THE KANZAS.
For blacksmith and assistant, stipulated in the
fourth article of the treaty of third of June,
one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five -
For iron and steel, &c. -
For agricultural assistance, stipulated in the
fourth article of the treaty of third of June,
one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five -
For interest on two hundred thousand dollars at
five per centum, in lieu of investment, per se-
cond article of the treaty of fourteenth Janua-
ry, eighteen hundred and forty-six
TO THE MIAMIE8.
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth
article of the treaty of twenty- third October,
one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six -
For blacksmith and assistant, stipulated in the
fifth article of the treaty of sixth of October,
eighteen hundred and eighteen
For iron and steel, &c. for shop
For one thousands pounds of tobacco, two thou-
sands pounds of iron, one thousand pounds of
steel, stipulated in the fourth article of the
treaty of twenty-third October, eighteen hun-
dred and twenty-six -
For pay of miller, in lieu ot gunsmith, stipulated
in the fifth article of the treaty of sixth of Oc -
tober, eighteen hundred and eighteen
For one hundred and sixty bushels of salt, stipu-
lated in the fifth article of treaty of sixth of
October, eighteen hundred and eighteen
For education and support of the poor, stipula-
ted in the sixth article of the treaty of twenty-
third October, eighteen hundred and twenty-
six -
For the tenth of ten instalments, stipulated in
. third article of treaty of sixth November, eigh-
teen hundred and thirty-eight
For the seventh of twenty instalments, stipulated
in second article of treaty of twenty-eighth
November, eighteen hundred and forty
For payment in lieu of laborers, stipulated in
sixth article of treaty of twenty-eighth Novem-
ber, eighteen hundred and forty
For agricultural assistance, stipulated in fifth ar-
ticle of treaty of sixth of October, eighteen
hundred and eighteen -
TO THE EEL RIVERS, (MIAMIES.)
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth
article of the treaty of third of August, seven-
teen hundred and ninety-five
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the third
article of the treaty of twenty-first August,
eighteen hundred and five - - -
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the third
article of the treaty of thirteenth September,
eighteen hundred and nine -
TO THE MENOMONIES.
For limited annuity for twenty years, stipulated
in the second article,of the treaty of third Sep-
tember, eighteen hundred and thirty-six
For two blacksmiths and assistants, stipulated in
the second article ot the treaty of third Septem-
ber, eighteen hundred and thirty-six -
For iron and steel, &c. for shops
For purchase of provisions, stipulated in the second
article of the treaty of third September, eighteen
hundred and thirty-six -
For two thousand pounds of tobacco, stipulated in
the second article of the treaty of third Septem-
ber, eighteen hundred and thirty-six -
For farming utensils, cattle, &c., stipulated in the
second article of the treaty of third September,
eighteen hundred and thirty-six
For thirty barrels of salt, stipulated in the second
article of the treaty of the third September,
eighteen hundred and thirty-six
TO THE OMAHAS.
For blacksmith and assistant for ten years, and du-
ring the pleasure of the President, stipulated in
the fourth article of the treaty of fifteenth J uly,
eighteen hundred and thirty -
For iron and steel for shop -
For agricultural implements, during the pleasure
of the President, stipulated in the fourth article
of the treaty of fifteenth July, eighteen hundred
and thirty -
7,875 00
- 5,000 00
720 00
220 00
1,600 00
10,000 00
25,000 00
720 00
220 00
700 70
600 00
320 00
2,000 00
12,568 '00
12,500 00
250 00
200 00
500 00
250 00
350 00
20,000 00
1,440 00
440 00
3,000 00
300 00
500 00
150 00
720 00
220 00
500 00
TO THE OTTOES AND MISSOURIAS.
For blacksmith and assistant for ten years, and dur-
ing the pleasure of the President, stipulated in
the fourth article of the treaty of fifteenth July,
eighteen hundred and thirty - 720 00
For iron and steel, &c. for shop - - 220 00
For agricultural implements for ten years, from
eighteen hundred and forty, stipulated in the
third article of the treaty of twenty-first Septem-
ber, eighteen hundred and thirty-three - 500 00
F or education during the pleasure of the President,
• stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of
twenty-first September, eighteen hundred and
thirty-three - - _ - 500 00
For limited annuity for ten years, stipulated in
the second article of the treaty of twenty-first
September, eighteen hundred and thirty-three 2,500 00
For two farmers for five years, and during the
pleasure of the President, stipulated in the fifth
article of the treaty of twenty-first September,
eighteen hundred and thirty-three - - 1,200 00
TO THE OTTOWAS.
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth
article of the treaty of third August, seventeen
hundred and ninety-five - 1,000 00
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the second
article of the treaty of seventeenth November,
eighteen hundred and seven - 800 00
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth
article of the tieaty of seventeenth of Septem-
ber, eighteen hundred and eighteen - - 1,500 00
For permanent annuity > stipulated in the fourth
article of the treaty of twenty-ninth August,
eighteen hundred and twenty-one - - 1,000 00
TO THE OTTOWAS AND CHIPPEWAS.
For limited annuity for twenty years, stipulated
in the fourth at tide of the treaty of twenty-
eighth March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six - 30,000 00
For interest to be paid annually on two hundred
thousand dollars, as annuity, per Senate reso-
lution ----- 12,000 00
For education for twenty years, and during the
pleasure of Congress, stipulated in the fourth ar-
ticle of the treaty of twenty-eighth March,
eighteen hundred and thirty-six - - 5,000 00
For missions for twenty-years, and during the
pleasure of Congress, stipulated in the fourth
article of the treaty of twenty-eighth March,
eighteen hundred and thirty-six - - 3,000 00
For vaccine matter, medicines, and pay of physi-
cian, stipulated in the fourth article of the
treaty of twenty-eighth March, eighteen hun-
dred and thirty-six - - - - 300 000
For purchase of provisions for twenty years,
stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of
twenty-eighth March, eighteen hundred and
thirty-six ----- 2,000 00
For six thousand five hundred pounds of tobacco
for twenty years, stipulated in the fourth article
of the treaty of twenty -eighth March, eighteen
hundred and thirty-six - 975 00
For one hundred barrels of salt for twenty years,
stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of
twenty-eighth March, eighteen hundred and
thirty-six ----- 350 00
For five hundred fish barrels for twenty years,
stipulated in the fourth article of the treaty of
twenty-eighth March, eighteen hundred and
thirty-six ----- 750 00
For three blacksmiths and assistants, stipulated
in the seventh article of the treaty of twenty-
eighth March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six 2,160 00
For iron and steel, &c. for shop - - 660 00
For gunsmith at Mackinaw, stipulated in the sev-
enth article of the treaty of twenty-eighth
March, eighteen hundred and thirty six - 600 00
For iron and steel, &c. for shop - - 220 00
For pay of two farmers and assistants, stipulated
in the seventh article of the treaty of twenty-
eighth March, eighteen hundred qnd thirty-six 1,600 00
For pay of two mechanics, stipulated in the sev-
enth article of the treaty of twenty-eighth
March, eighteen hundred and thirty-six - 1,200 00
TO THE OSAGES.
For interest, at five per centum, on sixty-nine
thousand one hundred and twenty dollars, the
valuation of fifty-four sections of land set apart
by treaty of eighteen hundred and twenty-five
for education, per resolution of the Senate of
nineteenth January, eighteen hundred and thir-
ty-eight ----- 3,456 00
For limited annuity for twenty years, stipulated in
the second article of the treaty of eleventh Jan-
uary, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine - 20,000 00
For support of two smiths’ establishments, stip-
ulated in the second article of the treaty of elev-
enth January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine 2,000 00
For pay of two millers for fifteen years, stipulated
in the second article of the treaty of eleventh
January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine - 1,200 00
For pay of two assistant millers for eleven years,
stipulated in the second article of the treaty of
eleventh January, eighteen hundred and thirty-
nine 450 00
TO THE PIANKESHAWS,
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth
article of the treaty'of third August, seventeen
hundred and ninety-five - - - 500 00
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth
article of the treaty of thirtieth December, eigh-
teen hundred and five - 300 00
TO THE PAWNEES.
For agricultural implements for five years, and
during the pleasure of the President, stipulated
in the fourth article of the treaty of ninth Octo-
ber, eighteen hundred and thirty-three
TO THE POTTAWATOMIES.
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the fourth
article of the treaty of third August, seventeen
hundred and ninety-five -
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the third ar-
ticle of the treaty of thirtieth September, eigh-
teen hundred and nine
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the third
article of the treaty of second October, eighteen
hundred and eighteen - -
For limited annuity for twenty-two years, stipu-
lated in the third article of the treaty of six-
teenth October, eighteen hundred and twenty-
six -
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the second
article of the treaty of twentieth September,
eighteen hundred and twenty-eight -
For limited annuity for twenty years, stipulated
in the second article of the treaty of twentieth
September, eighteen hundred and twenty-
eight -
For life annuity to chief, stipulated in the second
article of the treaty of twentieth September,
eighteen hundred and twenty-eight
For permanent annuity, stipulated in the second
article of the treaty of twenty-ninth July, eigh-
teen hundred and twenty-nine
For limited annuity for twenty years, stipulated
in the third article of the treaty of twentieth
October, eighteen hundred and thirty-two
For life annuity to two chiefs, stipulated in the
third article of the treaty of twentieth October,
eighteen hundred and thirty-two
For limited annuity for twenty years, stipulated
in the third article of the treaty of twenty-sixth
October, eighteen hundred and thirty-two
For limited annuity for twenty years, stipulated
in the third article of the treaty of twenty-
sixth September, eighteen hundred and thirty-
three ------
For life annuity to chiefs, stipulated in the third
article of the treaty of twenty-sixth September,
eighteen hundred and thirty-three
For limited annuity for twenty years, stipulated
in the second (supplemental) article of the trea-
ty of twenty-sixth September, eighteen hun-
dred and thirty-three - -
For purchase of salt, stipulated in the third arti-
cle of the treaty of seventh June, eighteen hun-
dred and three _
For purchase of one hundred and sixty bushels of
salt, stipulated in the third article of the treaty
of sixteenth October, eighteen hundred and
twenty-six -
For education during the pleasure of Congress,
stipulated in the third article of the treaty of
sixteenth October, eighteen hundred and twen-
ty-six - - - -
For blacksmith and assistant, stipulated in the
third article of the treaty of sixteenth October,
eighteen hundred and twenty-six
For iron and steel, &c. for shop
For education during the pleasure of Congress,
stipulated in the second article of the treaty of
twentieth September, eighteen hundred and
twenty-eight - - - "
For payment in money, in lieu of two thousand
pounds of tobacco, fifteen hundred pounds of
iron, and three hundred and fifty pounds of
steel, stipulated in the second article of the
treaty of twentieth September, eighteen hun-
dred and twenty-eight, and tenth article of the
treaty of fifth J une, eighteen hundred and for-
ty-six - - - " .
For blacksmith and assistant, stipulated in the
second article of the treaty of twentieth Sep-
tember, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight
For iron and steel, &c. for shop
- 2,000 00
1,000 00
500 00
2,500 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
1,000 00
100 00
16,000 00
15.000 00
400 00
20.000 00
14,000 00
700 00
2,000 00
140 00
320 00
2,000 00
720 00
220 00
1,000 00
300 00
720 00
220 00
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