Section 1

Section 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That for the payment of the expenses hereinafter mentioned the following sums are hereby appropriated, to wit, for clerkhire in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth for one year, fifteen hundred dollars; for clerk hire in the office of the secretary of the land-office for one year, commencing on the first of April, one thousand eight hundred and eleven, the sum of three thousand seven hundred dollars; which together with the permanent appropriation of sixteen hundred dollars for that office shall be expended by said officer in the employment of eight clerks in his office; for clerk hire in the office of the surveyor general, for the year commencing on the first day of April, aforesaid, the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars, which together with the permanent appropriation of two thousand dollars for that office shall be expended by the said surveyor- general in the employment of seven clerks in his office, and the clerkhire aforesaid shall be paid quarterly in the same manner; for contingent expenses in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth, for one year, eleven hundred dollars; for contingent expenses in the office of the secretary of the land- office, for one year, two thousand two hundred dollars; and for contingent expenses in the office of the surveyor-general for one year, including the expenses of the board of property, six hundred dollars; and the sums hereby appropriated shall be paid by the state treasurer out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated; previous to which the officers holding the aforesaid office shall exhibit their accounts and vouchers for said expenditures, to the accountant department to be adjusted and settled.