THIRTIETH CONGRESS, 1847-1849. 467 



at West Point, or of the National Institute, shall be admitted into the 

 United States dut}^ free. 



Sec. 3. A7id he it further enacted^ That the sum of $2,000 is hereby- 

 appropriated, out of any money in the treasur}" not otherwise appro- 

 priated; and the same is put at the disposal of the Library Committee, 

 for the purpose of carrying into eflfect such agency and donation, and 

 exchange, and of paying the expenses already incurred in relation 

 thereto. 



(Stat., IX., 240.) 

 June 30, 1848. 



Resolved^ etc. , That the Secretary of State be directed to furnish to 

 Alexandre Vattemare one complete series of the standard weights and 

 measures of the United States, now in the Department of State, to be 

 presented to the government of France; and that he furnish to the Joint 

 Committee on the Library twenty-five copies of the revolutionary 

 archives, and an equal number of copies of Little and Brown's edition 

 of the Laws of the United States, to be disposed of b}^ them for the 

 purposes of international exchange. 



Sec. 2. And he it furt/ie/' resolved, Thut seven copies of the works 

 of the exploring expedition now published, and an equal number of 

 such of the works of the same as may hereafter be published, be placed 

 at the disposal of the Joint Library Committee of Congress for the 

 purposes of international exchange. 



(Stat, IX, 336.) 



EXPLORING EXPEDITION. 

 'August 12, 1848. 



Civil ami diplomatic act for 1849. 



For continuing the publication of the works of the exploring expe- 

 dition, including the printing of the charts, the pay of the scientific 

 corps, salary of the horticulturist, and care of the collection, $30,753. 



(Stat., IX, 297.) 

 February 1, 1849. 



Be it enacted,, etc, That the proper accounting officers of the 

 Treasury Department be authorized and directed, in the settlements of 

 the accounts of the forward officers of the late Exploring Expedition, 

 under the command of Charles Wilkes, esquire, to allow them the 

 extra pay of $250 per annum, credited to said officers on the pay rolls 

 rendered on the arrival of said expedition in the United States, agree- 

 ably to the direction of said commander. 



Sec. 2. And he it farther enacted, That the accounting officers of 

 the Treasury be, and they are hereb}", authorized and directed, in the 

 settlement of the accounts of Lieutenant Cadwallader Ringgold, late 

 commanding the United States brig Porpoise, attached to the Explor- 

 ing Expedition, to allow and credit him in the extra pay for scientific 

 duties, at the rate of $1,000 per annum, and upon the principle applied 



