674 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 175. 1855. fill the blanks in such awards as are on his files, with such amounts respectively as may be established by proof of value satisfactory to him, and pay the same. Public grounds. For taking up and relaying and renewing so much as has washed away at tif sfevLer1a5longdFiftee1ph Stripet wesindcciptiguous to the public grounds sont o the resident’s t ree thousand dollars. hates otomecrs Sec. 25. And be it 3‘·in·ther enacted, That the first assistant examin- '” Y”#*°“°·Om°°· ers in the Patent-Ofhce, shall be rated as of the fourth class of ele;-ks, and the second assistant examiners, machinist and librarian, as of the third class. Accounts or That the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized and required to settle ·l°lm Adm'- and adjust the accounts of John Adair, collector of customs at Astoria, Oregon, upon fair and equfitaiple principles, taking into consideration the particu ar circumstances o the case. pcycf cuwcy. Sec. 26. And be it further enacted, That there shall be paid to the
- {,·€<E¥€F*¥l Qi, surveyocgeneral of Washington Territory andthe officers employed under
ritgiyjng °n °r` him, the same amount of compensation as is allowed to the surveyor-gem eral of New Mexico and the officers employed under him. Sec. 27. And betit further enacted, That, in accordance with the memorial of the Menominee Indians to the President and Congress, dated the fourth of October, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and executed in general council of the nation, the Secretary of the Treasury pay to Payment to Richard. W. Thompson, out of any money m the treasury not otherwise Richard W. appropriated, one half of the amount stipulated in said memorial, and in Th°mP*°”- an agreement of said Indians with said Thompson dated the fifteenth of February eighteen hundred and fifty one for his services as attorney for said Indidns in the prosecution of a claim, in their behalf for additional compensation for lands ceded by them to the United States by the treaty ,_of eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and that the sum so paid be deducted ·from the annuities when due and payable, that are to be paid to the said Indians under the treaty of the twelfth of May, eighteen hundred and fifty four and the amendments thereto. NBmgc}i mintat Fbr rebuilding and repairs of the building for the branch mint at New °“’°“"s· Orleans fifty-five thousand dollars. inY“l;f‘}u5’;;£g: For fheerection of a building for a court house, post-office, and other p(,ili,,_ public purposes, at Indianapolis, Indiana, fifty thousand dollars. Apprc rintion Sec. 28. And be it further enacted, That to enable the President of £>¤‘ lg/01E of Mt the United States to contract with Hiram Powers, for some work of art ml, mm °w` executed or to be executed by him, and suitable for the ornament of the Ca itol, a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars. §alc of roposcd EEG. 29. And be it further enacted That the Secretary of the Treasury Qg*°Df°;`mll)“*ldl“t·'* be authorized to sell the United States hourt-house and the water·lot belong- ,,u,.°i,,,,°t’OiinQ,,_ ing to the United States, at Detroit, Michigan, on which the custom-house, other-. post-oflicc and court-house was directed to be constructed, under the provisions of the second section of the act approved fifth [fourth] August, 1854* °h‘ M2" eighteen hundred and fifty-four; and to apply so much of the proceeds as may be necessary to the purchase of a suitable site for said building as is therein provided for, and on which the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to erect said building. lndicntroaties. For fulfilling treaty with the Chippewa Indians, negotiated February twenty-second eirrhtecn hundred and fifty-five one hundred and ninety: seven thousand, tivo hundred and eighty-six dhllars and sixty-six cents. For fulfilling treaties with the Wiiincbagoes, per articles of twenty- seventh February, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, seventy-three thou— sand seven hundred dollars. For fulfilling the articles with the Umpquas and Calapooias of the Umpqua Valley, Oregon, of the twenty-ninth November, eighteen hundred and fifty-tour, twenty-three thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. For fulfilling the articles negotiated November eighteenth, eighteen
