THIRTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 10. 1850. 423 United States, in virtue of the said convention and this act, according go the proportion which the l'€Sp€Gll\’B €1W3.\’dS béar to the whole amount How distributed. received, tirst deducting such sums of money as may be due to the United States from persons in whose favor the awards shall be made. And the said Secretary of the Treasury shall cause certificates to be b Qertiii:-ues to issued in such form as he shall prescribe, showing the proportion m °‘”“° which each claimant may be entitled of the amount to be received, and on the presentation of the said eertilicates at the treasury, as the net proceeds of the sums to be received under the convention and this act may be received, the proportions thereof shall be pard to the legal holders of the said certificates. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the compensation of the commissioner and clerk shall be as follows: To the commissioner at r, C¤¤¤¤i¤§i¤¤- the rate of three thousand dollars per annum; and to the elerk at the g370m; SQQQ; rate of two thousand dollars per annum, to commence from the time $2,000- of the attendance of the commissioner in the city of Washington, and the organizing of the commission, and to be paid out of any money President m1_ in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; and the President of, the thorized zo make United States shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to make such pro- £;:;;¤°;*u;`¤¤’ Q? vision for the contingent expenses of the commission as be may deem pause; Iof the I-0 eh 60mm15S10p. P grae. 8. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the commission Records, em., shall be executed and completed, the records, documents, and all other §;'°l;);;f!$;':d papers relating to the claims in the possession of the commissioner or 3mm_ clerk, shall be deposited in the olhce of the Secretary of State. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue in To continue force one year, and no longer. °“° Y°“ Approved, March 29, 1850. Gnu. X.- An Act in supply Deficiencies in the .0pprnpr·iatiansfor the Service of May 15, 1850. Z}; fiscal Year ending the thirdetk of June, one thousand eight hundred and ·""‘··*·"· y. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following EC£':m?;PPlY dg; sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated to supply deficiencies r35g_ in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, eighteen hundred and fifty, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, namely: Treasury Department.- In the office of the Secretary of the Treasury. Omce or sec- For salary of the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, from the ¥*°’7 °*` *h° twelfth of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, to the thirtieth of r;;;';;:;, Sw June, eighteen hundred and nity, and for the clerk in aid of said mm-y. Assistant Secretary from the third of March, eighteen hundred and Cl°*‘k· fbrty-nine, to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty, six thousand one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and sixty-one cents. In the 0E0e of the Commissioner of Customs. For salary of the Commissioner of Customs, from the seventeenth Commissioner of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, to the thirtieth of June, °fC°“°m°' eighteen hundred and fifty, at the rate of three thousand dollars per annum, three thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars. For salary of chief clerk in the office of the Commissioner of Cus- Chief clerk. turns, from the first of July, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, to the thirheth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty, at the rate of one thouganfl seven hundred dollars per annum, one thousand seven hundred ol ars. . . . Fo!' salaries of five additional clerks in the orlice of the Commis~ ailgigskgddmonn
