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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 24 STAT. · Mar. 3, 1887 · Chapter 392

Chapter 392. making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 392.— An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and for other purposes.Mar. 3, 1887. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Legislative, executive, and official expenses appropriations. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:
LEGISLATIVE.Legislative. senate.Senate. For compensation of Senators, three hundred and eighty thousandPay of Senators. dollars. For mileage of Senators, thirty-three thousand dollars.Mileage.Salaries. For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in the service of the Senate, three hundred and forty-two thousand nine hundred and ninety-two dollars and eighty-two cents, namely: Office of the Vice-President.—For secretary to the Vice-President,Vice-Presidents’ office, secretary, etc. or, in ease of the death or inability of the Vice President, to the President of the Senate, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; for messenger, to be appointed by the President of the Senate, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; telegraph operator, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, tour thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars.
For Chaplain of the Senate, nine hundred dollars.Chaplain.Secretary of the Senate, clerks, etc. Office of the Secretary.—For Secretary of the Senate, four thousand five hundred dollars, including compensation as disbursing officer of the contingent fund of the Senate, and for compensation as disbursing officer of salaries of Senators, three hundred and ninety-six dollars; hire of horse and wagon for the Secretary’s office, one thousand two hundred dollars; Chief clerk and financial clerk, at three thousand dollars each; principal executive clerk, principal clerk, minute and journal clerk, and enrolling, at two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars each; assistant financial clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; librarian, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; assistant 595 librarian, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; five clerks, at two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars each; five clerks, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; keeper of stationery, two thousand one hundred and two dollars and forty cents; assistant keeper of stationery, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant in the stationery room, one thousand dollars; two messengers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; five laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one page, at two dollars and fifty cents per day; in all, sixty-two thousand four hundred and twenty-one dollars and forty cents.
Clerks and messengers to committees.—For clerk of printingClerks and messengers to committees. records, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Appropriations, three thousand dollars; assistant clerk to the Committee on Appropriations, one thousand eight hundred dollars; messenger to Committee on Appropriations, to be appointed by the committee, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk and stenographer to the Committee on Finance, two thousand five hundred dollars; clerk to the Committee on Claims, clerk to the Committee on Commerce, clerk to the Committee on the Judiciary, clerk to the Committee on Private Land Claims, clerk to the Committee on Pensions, clerk to the Committee on Military Affairs, clerk to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, clerk to the Committee on the District of Columbia, clerk to the Committee on Naval Affairs, clerk to the Joint Committee on the Library, clerk to the Committee on the Census, clerk to the Committee on Foreign Relations, clerk to the Committee on Public Lands, clerk to the Committee on Indian Affairs, clerk to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, clerk to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, clerk to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, at two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars each; assistant clerk to the Committee on Pensions, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; and eight messengers, at the rate of one thousand four hundred and forty dollars per annum, for the following committees, namely:
Finance, Post-Offices and Post-Roads, Pensions, Claims, District of Columbia, Judiciary, Military Affairs, and Engrossed Bills; in all, fifty nine thousand four hundred and forty dollars. Office of Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper.—For Sergeant-at-ArmsSergeant-at-Arms and assistants. and Doorkeeper, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars; horse and wagon for his use, six hundred dollars; for clerk to Sergeant-at-Arms, two thousand dollars; assistant doorkeeper, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; acting assistant doorkeeper, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; one messenger, acting assistant doorkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one messenger, acting as assistant doorkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant messenger on the floor of the Senate, one thousand two hundred dollars; upholsterer and Locksmith, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars;
Postmaster to the Senate, twoPostmaster. thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; assistant postmaster and mail-carrier, two thousand and eighty-eight dollars; one clerk in post-office, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five mail-carriers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four riding pages, at nine hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents each; superintendent of the document-room (Amzi Smith) three thousand dollars; two assistants in document-roomSuperintendent of document-room. at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; one clerk to the superintendent of the document-room, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one page in the document room, nine hundred dollars superintendent of the folding-room, two thousand one hundred and sixtj’ dollars; one assistant in the folding-room, one thousandSuperintendent of folding-room. two hundred dollars; one clerk in the folding-room, one thousand dollars; one foreman in the folding-room, one thousand two hundred dollars; six folders, at three dollars per day while actually employed, six thousand five hundred and eighty-eight dollars; twenty-seven messengers, at oneMessengers. thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; messenger in charge of 596 storeroom, one thousand two hundred dollars; messenger to the official reporter’s room, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars;
Chief engineer.chief engineer, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; three assistant engineers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; conductor of elevator, one thousand two hundred dollars; two Laborers, etc.fireman, at one thousand and ninety-five dollars each; three laborers, in the engineer’s department, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one, laborer in charge of the private passage, eight hundred and forty dollars; female attendant in charge of the ladies’ retiring-room, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one telephone operator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; eight skilled laborers, at one thousand dollars each; twelve laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two janitors, at nine hundred dollars Pages.each; twelve laborers, during the session, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars each per annum; for fifteen pages for the Senate Chamber, including one telephone page, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per day each during the session; in all, one hundred and forty-two thousand six hundred and ninety-seven dollars and forty-two cents.
For twenty-five clerks to committees, at six dollars per day duringCommittee clerks, session. the session, thirty-one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars. For clerks to Senators who are not chairmen of committees, fortySenators’ clerks. thousand eight hundred and ninety-six dollars. For contingent expenses, NAMELY: For stationery and newspapers,Contingent expenses.Stationery and newspapers.Postage stamps. including four thousand dollars for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars.
For postage postage-stamps for the office of the Secretary of the Senate, one hundred dollars; for the office of the Sergeant-at-Arms, one hundred dollars; in all, two hundred dollars. For expenses of maintaining and equipping horses and mail-wagonsHorses and wagons. for carrying the mails, three thousand dollars. For materials for folding, four thousand five hundred dollars.Folding and materials for folding. For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding one dollar per thousand, two thousand five hundred dollars For fuel, oil, and cotton waste, and advertising, for heating apparatus,Miscellaneous. seven thousand five hundred dollars; for furniture and repairs of furniture, eight thousand dollars; for packing boxes, eight hundred and seventy dollars; for miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, fifteen thousand dollars; and for expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, including compensation to stenographers to committees, at such rate as may be fixed by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, but not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents per printed page, fifteen thousand dollars; in all forty six thousand three hundred and seventy dollars.
And hereafter Purchases of fuel.all purchases of coal and wood for the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States shall be made by advertising once a week for at least four weeks, in three of the principal papers published in the District of Columbia, for sealed proposals for supplying the same; and the contract shall be given to the lowest bidder, provided he shall give satisfactory security to perform the same, under a forfeiture not exceeding double the contract-price in case of failure.
When immediate delivery is required by the public exigency, such supplies may be procured by purchase in open market, at the places and in the manner in Purchase of stationery, etc.[R. S., secs. 65, p. 13](/us/rs/t/s65/p13).Bonds and contracts.which such supplies are usually bought and sold. Purchases of stationery and materials for folding shall be made in accordance with sections, sixty-five, sixty six, sixty-seven, sixty-eight, and sixty-nine, of the Revised Statutes of the United States: *Provided further*, That all contracts and bonds for purchases made under the authority of this act shall be filed with the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate or the Committee on Accounts of the House of Representatives respectively.
No payments shall be made from the contingent fund of the SenatePayments from contingent funds. unless sanctioned by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contin- 597gent Expenses of the Senate or from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, unless sanctioned by the Committee on Accounts of the House of Representatives; and payments made upon vouchers approvedVouchers approved by committees to be conclusive. by the respective committees shall be deemed, held, and taken, and are hereby declared to be conclusive upon all the departments and officers of the government For reporting the debates and proceedings of the Senate, twenty-fiveReporting debates. thousand dollars, payable in equal monthly installments. capitol police.Capitol Police.
For one captain, one thousand six hundred dollars; three lieutenantsPay. at one thousand two hundred dollars each; twenty-two privates, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; and eight watchmen, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, thirty-six thousand six hundred dollars, one-half to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and the other half to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. For contingent fund, one hundred dollarsContingent fund. congressional directory.Congressional Directory.
For expenses of compiling, preparing, and indexing the Congressional Directory, to be expended under the direction of the Joint Committee on Public Printing, one thousand two hundred dollars. house of representatives.House of Representatives. For compensation of Members of the House of Representatives andPay of Members and Delegates. Delegates from Territories,one million six hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars. For mileage, one hundred and ten thousand six hundred and twenty-fourMileage. dollars.
For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in theSalaries. service of the House of Representatives, three hundred and eighty-eight thousand three hundred and sixty-three dollars and fifty cents, namely: Office of the Speaker.—For private secretary to the speaker,Speaker’s office, secretary and clerk. twenty-one hundred and two dollars and forty cents; and for clerk to the Speaker’s table, twenty-one hundred and two dollars and forty cents; in all, forty-two hundred and four dollars and eighty cents.
For chaplain of the House, nine hundred dollars.Chaplain.Clerk of the House, clerks, etc. Office of the Clerk.—For Clerk of the House of Representatives, including compensation as disbursing officer of the contingent fund, four thousand five hundred dollars; and for hire of horses and wagons and cartage for the use of the Clerk’s Office, one thousand two hundred dollars; clerk to prepare the general index to the journals of Congress, under resolution of June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant for one year to person preparing the general index to Journals of Congress, under the resolution of May twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, two thousand dollars; for chief clerk, journal clerk, and two reading clerks, at three thousand and six hundred dollars each, and for the journal clerk for preparing Digest of the Rules, one thousand dollars per annum; tally clerk, three thousand dollars; for printing and bill clerk, and disbursing clerk, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; for file clerk, and enrolling clerk, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; for assistant disbursing clerk, assistant enrolling clerk, resolution and petition clerk, index clerk, superintendant of document room, and librarian, at two thousand dollars each; for distributing clerk and stationery clerk, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; for one bookkeeper and seven clerks, including three clerks to index private claims, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; for document clerk, locksmith, and two assistant librarians, at one thousand four hundred 598 and forty dollars each; for newspaper clerk, two thousand dollars; two messengers in the House library, at one thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars each; one telegraph operator, one assistant to the file clerk, and two laborers in Clerk’s document room, at nine hundred dollars each; one page, one laborer in the bathroom, and four laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one assistant journal clerk, at six dollars per day during the session, one thousand two hundred and seventy-eight dollars; one assistant index clerk, during the session and three months after its close, three hundred and three days, at six dollars per day, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen dollars; one messenger boy in chief clerk’s room, three hundred dollars; in all, eighty-six thousand one hundred and four dollars.
Under Architect of the Capitol.—One chief engineer, oneEngineer and assistants. thousand seven hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two conductors of the elevator, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; one laborer, eight hundred and twenty dollars; live firemen, at nine hundred dollars each; one electrician, one thousand and fifty dollars; one laborer, eight hundred dollars; one laborer to clean Statuary Hall and watch statuary therein, six hundred and sixty dollars; in all, fourteen thousand two hundred and thirty dollars.
Clerks, messengers, and stenographers to committees.—ForClerks and messengers to committees. two skilled stenographers to committees, at four thousand dollars each; clerk to the Committee on Ways and Means, three thousand dollars; assistant clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; messenger, one thousand dollars; clerk to the Committee on Appropriations, three thousand dollars; assistant clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; messenger, one thousand dollars; clerk to Committee on Agriculture, clerk to the Committee on Claims, clerk to the Committee on Commerce, clerk to the Committee on the District of Columbia, clerk to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, clerk to the Committee on Indian Affairs, clerk to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, clerk to the Committee on the Judiciary, clerk to the Committee on Military Affairs, clerk to the Committee on Naval Affairs, clerk to the Committee on the Public Lands, clerk to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, clerk to the Committee on War Claims, two thousand dollars each; for assistant clerk to the Committee on War Claims, twelve hundred dollars, clerk to the Committee on Post-Office and Post-Roads, and clerk to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, at two thousand dollars each; in all, forty-nine thousand five hundred dollars.
For thirty-one clerks to committees, at six dollars each per day duringClerks to committees, session. the session, thirty-nine thousand six hundred and eighteen dollars. Office of Sergeant-a-Arms.—For Sergeant-at-Arms of theSergeant-at-Arms, deputy, etc. House of Representatives, four thousand dollars; for one horse and wagon for his use, five hundred dollars; one deputy to the Sergeant-at-Arms, two thousand dollars; one cashier, three thousand dollars; one paying teller, two thousand dollars; one bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one messenger, one thousand two hundred dollars; one page at seven hundred and twenty dollars; and one laborer, at six hundred and sixty dollars; in all, fifteen thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.
Office of Doorkeeper.—For Doorkeeper, three thousand dollars;Doorkeeper, assistants, etc.Superintendent of document-room. and for hire of horses, feed, repair of wagon and harness, one thousand one hundred dollars; assistant doorkeeper, superintendent of document room, assistant superintendent of document-room, and department messenger, at two thousand dollars each; one employee, one thousand five hundred dollars; document file clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant document file clerk under resolution December nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, one thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars; clerk for Doorkeeper, and janitor, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; nine messengers, including Messengers, etc.the messenger to the reporters’ gallery, at one thousand two hundred 599dollars each; nine messengers, at one thousand dollars each; seven laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two laborers in the water-closet, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three laborers, including two in the cloakrooms, at six hundred dollars each; female attendant in ladies’retiring-room, six hundred dollars; superintendentSuperintendent of folding-room. of the folding-room, two thousand dollars; three clerks in the folding-room, one at one thousand eight hundred dollars and two at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one foreman, one thousand five hundred dollars; one messenger, one thousand two hundred dollars; one folder in the sealing-room, one thousand two hundred dollars; one page, five hundred dollars; one laborer, four hundred dollars; ten folders, at nine hundred dollars each; five folders, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; three folders, during the session, at sixty-seven dollarsPages, etc. per mouth each; and fifteen folders,at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one night watchman, nine hundred dollars; one driver six hundred dollars; fourteen messengers on the soldiers’ roll, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two chief pages, at nine hundred dollars each; thirty-three pages, during the, session,including two riding pages, one telephone page, and one telegraph page, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each; two messengers, during the session, at sixty-seven dollars per mouth each; ten laborers, during the session, at sixty dollars per month; six laborers known as cloakroom men, during the session, at fifty dollars per month; in all, one hundred and twenty-eight thousand seven hundred and eleven dollars and fifty cents.
Office of Postmaster.—For Postmaster, two thousand five hundredPostmaster, assistant, etc. dollars; first assistant postmaster, two thousand dollars; ten messengers, including messenger to superintend transportation of mails, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three messengers, during the session, at eight hundred dollars each; four messengers, at one hundred dollars per month each, during the session; and one laborer, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.
For hire of horses and wail-wagons for carrying the mails, five thousandHorses and wagons. dollars. Official reporters.—For one chief official reporter, six thousandReporting proceedings. dollars; and four official reporters of the proceedings and debates of the House, at five thousand dollars each; messenger to the official reporters, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand dollars. And wherever the words “during the session” occur in the foregoing they“During the session” to mean seven months. shall be construed to mean seven months, or two hundred and thirteen days.
For contingent expenses, namely: For materials for folding,Contingent expenses.Materials for folding.Fuel and oil.Furniture, etc.Packing-boxes. sixteen thousand dollars. For fuel and oil for heating apparatus, seven thousand dollars. For furniture, and repairs of the same, ten thousand dollars. For packing-boxes, two thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven dollars. For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees, thirty thousand dollars.Miscellaneous. For stationery for members of the House of Representatives, includingStationery. six thousand dollars for stationery for the use of the committees and officers of the House, forty-seven thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For postage-stamps for the Postmaster,one hundred dollars; for thePostage-stamps. Clerk, seventy-five dollars; for Sergeant-at-Arms, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; and for the Doorkeeper, twenty-five dollars; in all, three hundred and twenty-five dollars. public printing. For compensation of the Public Printer, four thousand five hundredPublic Printer, clerks. dollars; for chief clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks 600of class four, two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; in all, fifteen thousand one hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of his office,namely: For stationery, postage,Contingent expenses. advertising, traveling expenses, horses and wagons, and miscellaneous items, three thousand dollars. library of congress.Library of Congress. For compensation of Librarian, four thousand dollars; and for twenty-fiveLibrarian of Congress, assistants. assistant librarians, two at two thousand five hundred dollars each; two at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, two at one thousand six hundred dollars each, two at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each, seven at one thousand four hundred dollars each, six at one thousand two hundred dollars each, one at nine hundred and sixty dollars, one at seven hundred and twenty dollars, and two at six hundred dollars each; in all, thirty-eight thousand five hundred and sixty dollars.
For purchase of books for the Library, three thousand dollars; forPurchase of books, etc. purchase of law-books for the Library, one thousand five hundred dollars; for the purchase, by the Librarian of Congress, of new books of reference for the Supreme Court, to be a part of the Library of Congress and purchased under the direction of the Chief Justice, one thousand five hundred dollars; the Law Library to be kept open every day so long as either House of Congress is in session; for expenses, of exchanging public documents for the publications of foreign Governments, one thousand five hundred dollars; for purchase of files of periodicals and newspapers, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of said Library, one thousand dollars.Contingent expenses.Copyrights.Botanic Garden.Superintendent, etc. For expenses of the copyright business, five hundred dollars. For Botanic Garden.—For superintendent, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for assistants and laborers, under the direction of the Library Committee of Congress, nine thousand nine hundred dollars; for three additional laborers, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per day each, one thousand one hundred and seventy-three dollars and seventy-five cents; in all, twelve thousand eight hundred and seventy-three dollars and seventy-five cents.
For procuring manure, tools, fuel, purchasing trees and shrubs, andRepairs and improvements. for labor and materials in connection with repairs and improvements to Botanic Garden, under direction of the Joint Library Committee of Congress, five thousand dollars. EXECUTIVE.Executive. For compensation of the President of the United States, fifty thousandCompensation of the President. dollars. For compensation of the President of the Senate, in addition to hisPresident of the Senate.President’s office.Private Secretary, clerks, etc. salary as Senator, three thousand dollars.
For compensation to the following in the office of the President of the United States: Private Secretary, three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; assistant secretary, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three executive clerks, at two thousand dollars each; two clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; who shall be a telegraph operator; steward at one thousand eight hundred dollars; one usher, at one thousand four hundred dollars; four messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; five doorkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one watchman, nine hundred dollars; and one fireman, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars; in all, thirty-three thousand eight hundred and sixty-four dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Executive Office, including stationeryContingent expenses. therefor, as well as record-books, telegrams, books for library, miscellaneous items, and furniture and carpets for offices, care of office carriage, horses, and harness, eight thousand dollars. 601 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.Civil Service Commission. For three Commissioners, at three thousand five hundred dollarsCommissioners, examiners, etc. each; one chief examiner, three thousand dollars; one secretary, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four, who shall be a stenographer; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; and one laborer; in all, twenty-five thousand eight hundred dollars.
For necessary traveling expenses, including those of examiners actingTravelling expenses. under the direction of the Commission, four thousand dollars. DEPARTMENT OF STATE.Department of State. For compensation of the Secretary of State, eight thousand dollars;Pay of Secretary, assistants, clerk, etc. First Assistant Secretary of State, four thousand five hundred; two Assistant Secretaries of State, at three thousand five hundred dollars each; for chief clerk, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for six Chiefs of Bureau and one translator, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; stenographer to the Secretary, one thousand eight hundred dollars; eleven clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; seven clerks of class two; fourteen clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars; and ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; two assistant messengers; one packer, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; ten laborers; one telegraph operator, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and fifteen thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.
For proofreading the laws of the United States and reports to Congress,Proof-reading, etc. including boxes and transportation of the same, one thousand two hundred and eighty dollars; for stationery,furniture, fixtures, and repairs, five thousand dollars; for books and maps, and books for the library, two thousand dollars, in all, eight thousand two hundred and eighty dollars. For services of lithographer, and necessary materials for the lithographicLithographing. press, one thousand two hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses, namely: For care and subsistence of horsesContingent expenses. and repairs of wagons, carriage, and harness, one thousand two hundred dollars; for rent of stable and wagon shed, six hundred dollars; for care of clock, telegraphic and electric apparatus, and repairs to the same, six hundred dollars; and for miscellaneous items not included in the foregoing, two thousand four hundred dollars; in all,four thousand eight hundred dollars. To enable the Secretary of State to purchase a mail wagon for use ofMail wagon. the Department, three hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
For expenses of editing and distributing the laws enacted during theEditing, etc., laws. second session of the Forty-ninth Congress, three thousand dollars. For editing and distributing the Statutes at Large of the Forty-ninth Editing, etc., Statutes at Large.Congress, one thousand dollars. TREASURY DEPARTMENT.Treasury Department. Secretary’s Office.—For compensation of the Secretary of the Treasury, eight thousand dollars; two Assistant Secretaries of thePay of Secretary, assistants, clerks, etc.
Treasury, at four thousand five hundred dollars each; clerk to the Secretary, two thousand four hundred dollars; two private secretaries, one to each Assistant Secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; Government actuary, under the control of the Treasury Department, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one copyist; three messengers; two assistant messengers; in all, thirty thousand nine hundred and ten dollars. 602 Office of chief clerk and superintendent:
For chief clerk, includingChief clerk, clerks, etc. three hundred dollars as superintendent of Treasury building, three thousand dollars; assistant superintendent of Treasury building, two thousand one hundred dollars; an inspector of electric-light plants, gas, and fixtures for all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department, one thousand nine hundred dollars; four clerks of class four; additional to one clerk of class four as bookkeeper, one hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk at one. thousand dollars; one messenger; two assistant messengers; one storekeeper, one thousand two hundred dollars; one telegraph operator, Engineer.one thousand two hundred dollars; three elevator conductors, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; two assistant engineers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one locksmith and electrician, one thousand two hundred dollars; three firemen; five firemen, at six hundred and Captain of watch.sixty dollars each; one coal-passer, five hundred dollars; one captain of the watch, one thousand four hundred dollars; two lieutenants of the watch, at nine hundred dollars each; fifty-eight watchmen; one Laborers.foreman of laborers, one thousand dollars; one skilled laborer, male, at eight hundred and forty dollars; three skilled laborers, male, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; twenty-six laborers; ten laborers, at five hundred dollars each; one. laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars; two laborers, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; ninety charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each; and for the following Cabinet shop.employees while actually employed:
One. foreman of cabinet-shop, at five dollars per day; one draughtsman, at four dollars per day; one cabinetmaker, at three dollars and fifty cents per day; twelve cabinetmakers, at three dollars per day each; one cabinet maker at two dollars per day; in all, one hundred and fifty-three thousand nine hundred and seventeen dollars. Division of warrants estimates and appropriations: For chief of division,Warrant division. three thousand dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand four hundred dollars; estimate and digest clerk, two thousand dollars; five clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; four clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three clerks at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, thirty-three thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.
Division of customs: For chief of division, two thousand seven hundredCustoms division. and fifty dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; eight clerks at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, twenty-nine thousand five hundred and ninety dollars. Division of appointments: For chief of division, two thousand sevenAppointment division. hundred and fifty dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; four clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; one clerk, one thousand dollars; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two copyists, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; one assistant messenger; two laborers; in all, twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy dollars.
Division of public moneys: For chief of division, two thousand fivePublic moneys division. hundred dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one messenger; one assistant messenger; one laborer, five hundred and fifty dollars; in all, twenty-four thousand five hundred and ten dollars. Division of loans and currency:
For chief of division, two thousandLoans and currency division. five hundred dollars; two assistant chiefs of divisions, at two thousand 603 one hundred dollars each; eight-clerks of class four; additional to two clerks of class four as receiving-clerk of bonds and bookkeeper, one hundred dollars each; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; four clerks of class one.; two clerks at one thousand dollars each; thirteen clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one copyist at eight hundred and forty dollars; one messenger; two assistant messengers; six laborers;
Superintendent of paper-room, one thousand six hundred dollars; one paper-cutter, at three dollars per day; one paper-counter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; twenty-four paper-counters and laborers, at six hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, sixty-nine thousand four hundred and twenty two dollars. Division of revenue marine: For chief of division, two thousand fiveRevenue marine division. hundred dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; four clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; and one laborer; in all, twenty one thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.
Division of mercantile marine and internal revenue: For chief of division,Mercantile marine and internal revenue division. two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant chief of division two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one assistant messenger; in all, eighteen thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars. Division of stationery printing and blanks: For chief of division,Stationery division. two thousand live hundred dollars; four clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two messengers; two assistant messengers; one foreman of bindery, at five, dollars per day; four binders, at four dollars per day each; and one sewer and folder, at two dollars and fifty cents per day; in all, thirty-one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine dollars.
Division of mail and files: For chief of division, two thousand fiveMail and files division. hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; five clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one mail-messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; two assistant messengers; one laborer, at six hundred dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. Division of captured property, claims and lands:
For chief of division,Captured property,etc., division. two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; and one laborer; in all, eight thousand six hundred and ten dollars. Division of special agents: For assistant chief of division, two thousandSpecial agents’ division. dollars; one clerk of class three; three clerks of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; three clerks at nine hundred dollars each; undone messenger; in all eleven thousand seven hundred and forty dollars.
Offices of disbursing clerks: For two disbursing clerks, at two thousandDisbursing clerks. five hundred dollars each; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; and one clerk, one thousand dollars; in all nine thousand four hundred dollars. Miscellaneous: For one clerk of class two; one clerk, one thousandMiscellaneous. dollars; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, four thousand two hundred dollars. Super vising Architect:—In the construction branch of the Treasury:
For SupervisingSupervising Architect’s office. Architect, four thousand five hundred dollars; assistant and chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; photographer, two thousand dollars; one principal clerk, at two thousand dollars; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class one; one clerk at nine hundred dollars; undone assistant messenger; in all, fifteen thousand four hundred and twenty dollars. 604 And the services of skilled draughtsmen, civil engineers, computers,,Draughtsmen, etc. accountants, assistants to the photographer, copyists, and such other services as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem necessary and specially order may be employed in the Office of the Supervising Architect to carry into effect the various appropriations for public buildings, *Proviso*.to be paid for from such appropriations: *Provided*, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundredLimit. and eighty-eight, shall not exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars and that the Secretary of the Treasury shall each year, Report.in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed and the amount paid to each.
First Comptroller of the Treasury.—For First ComptrollerFirst Comptroller’s office. of the Treasury, five thousand dollars; deputy comptroller, two thousand seven hundred dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; five clerks of class four; thirteen clerks of class three; eleven clerks of class two; eight clerks of class one; three-clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and eleven clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one skilled laborer, at eight hundred and forty dollars one messenger; and three laborers; in all, eighty-seven thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.
Second Comptroller of the Treasury.—For Second ComptrollerSecond Comptrollers office. of the Treasury, five thousand dollars; deputy comptroller, two thousand seven hundred dollars; seven chiefs of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; nine clerks of class four; ten clerks of class-three; ten clerks of class two; ten clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five clerks at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; and three laborers; in all, eighty-nine thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.
For the additional force in the Second Comptroller’s office rendered Additional clerk on pensions.necessary by increase of work relating to pensions, namely: One clerk of class four, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For continuing the adjustment of the accounts of the Soldier’s Home,Soldier’s Home accounts. under section forty-eight hundred and eighteen of the Revised [R. S., 4818, p. 935](/us/rs/t/s4818/p935).Statutes,, in the Office of the Second Comptroller: For five clerks, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, to be employed on Soldiers’ Home roll, three *Proviso*.thousand three hundred dollars: *Provided*, That adjustments of said accounts shall be limited to those originating subsequent to March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one.
Commissioner of Customs.—For Commissioner of Customs, fourCommissioner of Customs’ office. thousand dollars; deputy commissioner two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two chiefs of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; two clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; eleven clerks of class two; eight clerks of class one; one clerk at one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, forty-nine thousand four hundred and thirty dollars.
First Auditor.—For the First Auditor of the Treasury, three thousandFirst Auditor’s office. six hundred dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; seven clerks of class four; ten clerks of class three; eleven clerks of class two; eighteen clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four copyists and counters, at nine hundred dollars each; two assistant messengers; and two laborers; in all, eighty-eight thousand eight hundred and ten dollars.
Second Auditor.—For Second Auditor, three thousand six hundredSecond Auditor’s office. dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; six chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; ten clerks of class four; forty-two clerks of class three; additional to one clerk of class four as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; fifty-five clerks of class two; forty-eight clerks of class one; eight clerks at one thousand dollars each; one messenger; three assistant messengers; eight laborers; and two charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each; in all, two hundred and fifty-four thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. 605 For the purpose of restoring and repairing the worn-out and defacedRepairing, etc., defaced rolls. rolls in the Second Auditor’s Office, twenty-one thousand dollars.
For additional force for continuing the adjustment of the accounts ofAdjusting Soldiers’ Home accounts.[R. S., 48l8, p. 935](/us/rs/t/s48l8/p935). the Soldier’s Home in the Office of the Second Auditor, under section forty-eight hundred and eighteen, Revised Statutes: Seven clerks at eight hundred and forty dollars each, and one at seven hundred and twenty dollars, six thousand six hundred dollars: *Provided*, That*Proviso*. adjustments of said accounts shall be limited to those originating subsequent to March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one.
For the twenty additional clerks of class one in the Second Auditor’sAdditional clerks on pensions. Office rendered necessary by increase of work relating to pensions, twenty-four thousand dollars. Third Auditor.—For Third Auditor, three thousand six hundred dollars;Third Auditor’s office. deputy auditor, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; seven chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; six clerks of class four; sixteen clerks of class three; fifty-six clerks of class two; thirty-three clerks of class one; six clerks, atone thousand dollars each; six clerks at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; and seven laborers; and one female laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, one hundred and ninety-one thousand four hundred and seventy dollars.
For the additional force in the Third Auditor’s Office rendered necessaryAdditional force on pensions. by increase of work relating to pensions, namely: Five clerks of class three and one clerk of class two; in all, nine thousand four hundred dollars. Fourth Auditor.—For the Fourth Auditor, three thousand sixFourth Auditor’s office. hundred dollars; deputy auditor, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; two clerks of class lour; thirteen clerks of class three; eight clerks of class two; nine clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two clerks, at eight hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in nil, sixty-nine thousand three hundred and ninety dollars.
Fifth Auditor.—For the Fifth Auditor, three thousand six hundred dollarsFifth Auditor’s office.; deputy auditor, two thousand two hundred and fifty-dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; four clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; six clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; and two laborers; in all, forty-seven thousand six hundred and ten dollars.
Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department.—For the Auditor Sixth Auditor’s office.of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department, three thousand six hundred dollars; deputy auditor, who may be designated to sign, in the name of the said Auditor, such letters and papers as the Auditor may direct, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; ten chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; eighteen clerks of class four, and additional to one clerk as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; sixty-five clerks of class three; seventy-seven clerks of class two; eighty clerks of class one; sixty clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one skilled laborer, at one thousand dollars; twenty assorters of money-orders, at nine hundred dollars each; fifteen assorters of money-orders, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; two messengers; eight assorters of money-orders, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; seven assistant messengers; twenty-three male laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; three female laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; and ten charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each; in all, four hundred and ninety-one thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars.
For the temporary force to dispose of accumulated money-orders,Temporary clerks. namely: Three clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, ten thousand two hundred dollars. 606 Treasurer.—For the Treasurer of the United States, six thousandTreasurer’s office. dollars; assistant treasurer, three thousand six hundred dollars; cashier, three thousand six hundred dollars; assistant cashier, three thousand two hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; five chiefs of division, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; one vault clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; one principal bookkeeper, at two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant bookkeeper, at two thousand four hundred dollars; two tellers, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; two assistant tellers, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; one clerk for the Treasurer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; twenty-six clerks of class four; seventeen clerks of class three; fifteen clerks of class two; one coin clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; twenty clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each; fifty-five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; nine clerks, at seven hundred dollars each; seven messengers; six assistant messengers; twenty-six laborers; seven laborers, at two hundred and forty dollars each; four pressmen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one compositor and pressman, at three dollars and twenty cents per day; ten separators, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; nine feeders, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; in all, two hundred and eighty-three thousand six hundred and eighty-four dollars and eighty cents.
For the force employed in redeeming the national currency (to be reimbursedRedemption of national currency. by the national banks), namely: For superintendent, three thousand five hundred dollars; one principal teller and one principal bookkeeper, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; one assistant bookkeeper, two thousand four hundred dollars; and one assistant teller, at two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; twenty clerks of class one; fifteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; three assistant messengers; in all, seventy-seven thousand and sixty dollars.
Register of the Treasury.—For the Register of the Treasury,Register’s office. four thousand dollars; assistant register, two thousand two.hundred and fifty dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; seventeen clerks of class four; sixteen clerks of class three; eleven clerks of class two; fourteen clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; twenty-nine copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; four assistant messengers; and eight laborers; in all, one hundred and thirty-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Comptroller of the Currency.—For ComptrollerComptroller of the Currency. of the currency, five thousand dollars; deputy comptroller, two thousand eight hundred dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; one stenographer, at one thousand six hundred dollars; eight clerks of class four; additional to bond clerk, two hundred dollars; eleven clerks of class three; eight clerks of class two; eight clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; twenty-five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; two assistant messengers; one engineer, one thousand dollars; one fireman; three laborers; and two nightwatchmen; in all, one hundred and three thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.
For expenses of special examinations of national banksSpecial examinations. and bank-plates, of keeping macerator in Treasury building in repair, and for other incidental expenses of attending the working of said macerator, two thousand dollars. For expenses of the national currency (to be reimbursed by the national banks),National currency expenses. namely: One superintendent, at two thousand dollars; one teller and one bookkeeper, at two thousand dollars each; and one assistant bookkeeper, at two thousand dollars; nine clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one assistant messenger; in all, sixteen thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars. 607 Commissioner of Internal Revenue.—For Commissioner of InternalCommissioner of Internal Revenue.
Revenue, six thousand dollars; one deputy commissioner, three thousand two hundred dollars; one chemist, two thousand live hundred dollars; one microscopist, two thousand five hundred dollars; two heads of division, at, two thousand five hundred dollars each; five heads of division, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; one superintendent of stamp-vault, two thousand dollars; one stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; twenty-four clerks of class four; twenty-four clerks of class-three; thirty-four clerks of class two; twenty-four clerks of class one; thirteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; forty clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two messengers; fourteen assistant messengers; and thirteen laborers; in all, two hundred and sixty-one thousand five hundred and ninety dollars.
For two stamp agents, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; andStamp agents. two counters, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, five thousand dollars, the same to be reimbursed by the stamp manufacturers. Light-House Board.—For chief clerk of the Light-House Board,Light-House Board. two thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three.; one clerk of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, sixteen thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.
For the following additional employees in the Office of the Light-HouseAdditional employees. Board, who shall be paid from the appropriations for the Light-House Establishment, namely: One clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; nine clerks, at nine, hundred dollars each; one laborer, six hundred dollars; one assistant civil engineer, two thousand four hundred dollars; one draughtsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one draughtsman, one thousand five hundred and sixty dollars; one draughtsman, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; and one draughtsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, nineteen thousand seven hundred dollars.
Office of Life-Saving Service.—For General Superintendent ofLife-Saving Service Office. the Life-Saving Service, four thousand dollars; assistant general superintendent of the Life-Saving Service, two thousand five hundred dollars; one principal clerk and accountant, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one topographer and hydrograpber, one, thousand eight hundred dollars; one civil engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one draughtsman, one thousand five hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, thirty-eight thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.
Bureau of Navigation.—For Commissioner of Navigation, threeBureau of Navigation. thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; three clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all,twenty-seven thousand nine, hundred and .eighty dollars. Bureau of Engraving and Printing.—For Chief of Bureau, fourBureau of Engraving and Printing. thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; accountant, two thousand dollars; one stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; two assistant messengers; and one laborer; in all, seventeen thousand four hundred and fifty dollars; and the employees of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing,Leave of absence to employees. including pieceworkers, shall be allowed leave of absence, with pay, not exceeding fifteen days in any one year, at such time as the Chief of the Bureau may designate, for winch purpose there is hereby appropriated the sum of seventeen thousand dollars, which shall be added to and made a. part of the appropriation for “plate-printing, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.” 608 Bureau of Statistics.—For the officer in charge of the Bureau ofBureau of Statistics.
Statistics, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; five clerks of class two; nine clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; three copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one messenger; one assistant messenger; one laborer; and one female laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, forty-six thousand and sixty dollars.
Secret Service Division.—For one Chief, three thousand five hundredSecret Service Division. dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class two; one. clerk of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; and one attendant, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, eleven thousand six hundred and twenty dollars. Office of Construction of Standard Weights and Measures.—ForStandard Weights and Measures. construction and verification of standard weights and Measures, including metric standards, for the customhouses, other offices of the United States, and for the several States, and mural standards of length in Washington, District of Columbia, the following, while actually employed, namely:
One adjuster, at five dollars per day; one mechanician, at four dollars per day; one watchman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, three thousand five hundred and thirty seven dollars. For purchase of materials and apparatus, and incidental expenses, fiveIncidental expenses. hundred dollars. For expenses of the attendance of the American member of the InternationalInternational Committee o n Weights and Measures.Vol. 20, p. 709. Committee on Weights and Measures at the general conference provided for in the convention signed May twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, the sum of six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Office of the Director of the Mint.—For Director, four thousandDirector of the Mint. five hundred dollars; examiner, two thousand three hundred dollars; computer, two thousand two hundred dollars; assayer, two thousand two hundred dollars; adjuster of accounts, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two, one of whom shall be a stenographer; two clerks of class one; one translator, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk at one thousand dollars; two copyists; one messenger; assistant in laboratory, one thousand dollars; one helper at five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand nine hundred and forty dollars.
For freight on bullion and coin, by registered mail or otherwise, betweenFreight. mints and assay-offices, seven thousand five, hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the Bureau of the Mint, to be expendedContingent expenses. under the direction of the Director, namely: For assay-laboratory, chemicals, fuel, materials, and other necessaries, seven hundred and fifty dollars; for examinations of mints, expenses in visiting the mints and assay-offices for the purpose of superintending the annual settlements and for special examinations, two thousand five hundred dollars; for books, pamphlets, periodicals, specimens of coins and ores, balances, weights, and incidentals, five hundred dollars; and for the collection of statistics relative to the annual production of the precious metals in the United States, four thousand dollars; in all, seven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Office of Supervising Surgeon-General Marine HospitalMarine Hospital Service Office. Service.—For Supervising Surgeon-General, four thousand dollars; one surgeon, three thousand dollars; one passed assistant surgeon, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one hospital steward (employed as chemist), one thousand two hundred dollars; six copyists; one messenger, at six hundred dollars; one laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; and one laborer, three hundred and sixty dollars; in 609all, twenty-seven thousand eight hundred and forty dollars, the same to be paid from the permanent appropriations for the Marine Hospital Service.
Office Supervising Inspector-General Steam boat InspectionSteamboat Inspection Service Office. Service.—For Supervising Inspector-General, three thousand five hundred dollars; one chief clerk, not to exceed one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, not to exceed one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, not to exceed one thousand two hundred dollars each; one messenger, not to exceed eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, ten thousand one hundred and forty dollars, the same to be paidPaid from permanent appropriation.Contingent expenses.Stationery. from t-be permanent appropriations for the Steamboat Inspection Service.
For contingent expenses of the Treasury Department, namely: For stationery for the Treasury Department audits several Bureaus, twenty-eight thousand dollars. For postage required to prepay matter addressed to Postal UnionPostage. countries, one thousand five hundred dollars. For postage, two hundred and fifty dollars. For newspapers, law-books, city directories, and other books of reference;Newspapers, books, binding, etc. purchase of material for binding important records (and of the amount appropriated not more than four hundred dollars may be used in the purchase of technical publications, foreign and domestic), two thousand five hundred dollars.
For investigation of accounts and records, including the necessary Investigations.traveling expenses, and for other traveling expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For freight, expressage, telegrams, telephone service, three thousandFreight, etc. five hundred dollars. For rent of buildings, eight thousand six hundred and twenty-fiveRent. dollars. For purchase of horses for office and mail wagons, care and subsistenceHorses and wagons. of horses, including shoeing, and for wagons, harness, and repairs of the same, tour thousand dollars.
For purchase of ice, three thousand five hundred dollars.Ice.Files.Fuel. For purchase of file-holders and file cases, five thousand dollars. For purchase of coal, wood, engine oils and grease, grates, grate-baskets and fixtures, stoves and fixtures, blowers, coal-hods, pokers, shovels, and tongs, ten thousand dollars. For purchase of gas, electric light, brackets, candles, candlesticks,Lights. drop-lights and tubing, gas-burners, gas-torches, globes, lanterns, and wicks, fourteen thousand dollars.
For purchase of carpets, carpet borders and lining, linoleum, rugs,Carpets, etc. mats, matting, and repairs, and for cleaning, laying, and relaying of the same, by contract, six thousand five hundred dollars. For purchase of boxes, hook-rests, chairs, chair-caning, chair-covers,Furniture. desks, bookcases, clocks, cloth for covering desks, cushions, leather for covering sofas, locks, lumber, screens, tables, ventilators, wardrobe cabinets, washstands, water-coolers and stands, fourteen thousand dollars.
For washing and hemming towels, for the purchase of awnings andMiscellaneous. fixtures, window shades and fixtures, typewriting machines, alcohol, turpentine, varnish, benzine, baskets, belting, bellows, bowls, brooms, buckets, brushes, canvas, crash, cloth, chamois-skins, cotton-waste, door and window-fasteners, dusters, flour, garden and street engine hose, lace-leather, lye, nails, oil, plants, picks, pitchers, powders, stencil-plates, hand-stamps and repairs of same, stamp-ink, spittoons, soap, matches, match-safes, sponge, tacks, traps, thermometers, tools, towels, towel-racks, tumblers, wire, and zinc, and for blacksmithing, repairs of machinery, removal of rubbish, sharpening tools, advertising for proposals, and for sales at public auction in Washington, District of Columbia, of condemned property belonging to the Treasury Department, auctioneer fees, and other absolutely necessary articles, ten thousand dollars. 610 collecting internal revenue.Collecting internal revenue.
For salaries and expenses of collectors and deputy collectors, includingPay of collectors and deputies.Laws 1st session 49th Congress, p. 209.*Proviso*. expenses incident to enforcing the provisions of the act of August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled “An act defining butter, and so forth,” one million eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the number of deputy collectors, gaugers, storekeepers, and clerks employed in the collection of internal revenue shall not be No increase to be in tide.increased, nor shall the salary of said officers and employees be increased beyond the, salaries paid during the last fiscal year, exclusive of the number employed under the said act defining butter, and so forth.
For salaries and expenses of agents and surveyors, for fees and expensesAgents, surveyors, etc. of gaugers, for salaries of storekeepers, and for miscellaneous expenses, one million nine hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. independent treasury.In dependent treasury. Office of assistant treasurer at Baltimore.—For assistantOffice of assistant treasurer at—Baltimore. treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; cashier, two thousand five hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk, atone thousand dollars; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; three vault watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, twenty one thousand one hundred dollars.
Office of the assistant treasurer at Boston.—For assistantBoston. treasurer, five thousand dollars; for chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; paying-teller, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant paying teller, two thousand two hundred dollars; vault clerk, two thousand dollars; receiving-teller, two thousand dollars; first bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; second bookkeeper, one thousand four hundred dollars; specie clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant specie clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; money clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; coupon clerk and redemption clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; receipt clerk and general clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; assistant redemption clerk, one thousand one hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, eight hundred dollars; messenger and chief watchman, one thousand and sixty dollars; two watchmen and janitors, at eight hundred and fifty dollars each; in all, thirty-six thousand and sixty dollars.
Office of assistant treasurer at Chicago.—For assistantChicago. treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; cashier, two thousand five hundred dollars; paying-teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars; bookkeeper and receiving-teller, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; two coin, coupon, and currency clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; one assistant bookkeeper and three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; one janitor, at six hundred dollars; and three watchmen, seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, twenty-three thousand two hundred dollars.
Office of assistant treasurer at Cincinnati.—For assistant Cincinnati.treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; cashier, two thousand dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; receiving-teller, one thousand five hundred dollars; check clerk and interest clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; fractional-silver and minor-coin clerk, one thousand dollars; two nightwatchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; messenger, six hundred dollars; one watchman, at one hundred and twenty dollars; in all, sixteen thousand five hundred and sixty dollars. 611 Office of assistant treasurer at New Orleans.—For assistantOffice of assistant treasurer at—New Orleans. treasurer, four thousand dollars; cashier, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; receiving-teller, two thousand dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; porter, five hundred dollars; one day-watchman, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one nightwatchman, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, fourteen thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars.
Office of the assistant treasurer at New York: For assistantNew York. treasurer, eight thousand dollars; cashier and chief clerk, four thousand dollars: deputy assistant treasurer, three thousand six hundred dollars; assistant cashier and vault clerk, three thousand two hundred dollars; chief of coin division, three, thousand six hundred dollars; chief of note-paying division, three thousand dollars; chief of note-receiving division, two thousand eight hundred dollars; chief of check-paying division, two thousand eight hundred dollars; chief of registered-interest division, two thousand six hundred dollars; chief of coupon-interest division, two thousand four hundred dollars; chief of minor-coin division, two thousand four hundred dollars; chief of bond division, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; chief of canceled-check division, two thousand dollars; two clerks at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; six clerks, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; ten clerks, at two thousand dollars each; eleven clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; four clerks, at one thousand seven hundred dollars each; seven clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; four clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; eleven clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; five clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; live, messengers, at one thousand three hundred dollars each; one messenger, at one thousand two hundred dollars; keeper of building, one thousand eight hundred dollars; chief detective, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant detective, one thousand four hundred dollars; three hall-men, atone thousand dollars each; six watchmen, at. seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one engineer, one thousand dollars; one assistant engineer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two porters, nine hundred dollars each; in all, one hundred and sixty-eight thousand four hundred and ninety dollars.
For additional clerical force for the assistant treasurer of New York,Additional clerical force. six thousand four hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Office of assistant treasurer at Philadelphia.—For assistantPhiladelphia. treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; for cashier and chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief interest clerk and chief registered-interest clerk, at one thousand nine hundred dollars each; assistant bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; coin-teller, one thousand seven hundred dollars; redemption clerk and assistant coupon clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; assistant registered-interest clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant cashier and assistant coin-teller, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; receiving-teller, one thousand three hundred dollars; assistant receiving-teller,one thousand two hundred dollars; superintendent, messenger and chief watchman, one thousand one hundred dollars; four female counters, at nine hundred dollars each; seven watchmen at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, thirty-six thousand five hundred and forty dollars.
Office of assistant treasurer at Saint Louis.—For assistantSaint Louis. treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk and teller, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant bookkeeper and one clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; messenger, one thousand dollars; three watchmen at seven hun- 612dred and twenty dollars each; in all, fifteen thousand eight hundredOffice of assistant treasurer at— and sixty dollars.
Office of assistant treasures at San Francisco.—For assistantSan Francisco. treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; cashier, three thousand dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand five hundred dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; assistant cashier, receiving teller, and assistant bookkeeper, at two thousand dollars each; coin-teller and one. clerk, atone thousand eight hundred dollars each; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; and four watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, twenty-seven thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.
For compensation of special agents to examine the books, accounts,Special agents. and money on hand at the several subtreasuries and depositories, including national banks acting as depositaries, under the requirements [R. S., sec. 3649, p. 718](/us/rs/t/s3649/p718).of section thirty-six hundred and forty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, also including examinations of cash accounts at mints, four thousand dollars. For paper for interest, transfer, redemption,pension, and other checksPaper for checks. and drafts for the use of the Treasurer of the United States, assistant treasurers, pension agents, disbursing officers, and others, eight thousand dollars. united states mints and assay-offices.Mints and assay-offices at— Mint at Carson, Nevada.—For salary of superintendent, threeCarson. thousand dollars; for assayer, melter and refiner, and coiner, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; assistant assayer, assistant melter and refiner, and assistant coiner, at two thousand dollars each; chief clerk, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; cashier, bookkeeper, and weigh clerk, at two thousand dollars each; abstract clerk and register of deposits, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; assayer’s computation clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.
For wages of workmen and adjusters, sixty thousand dollars.Wages.Contingent expenses.Denver. For incidental and contingent expenses, twenty-five thousand dollars. Mint at Denver, Colorado.—For salary of the assayer in charge, two thousand five hundred dollars; for melter, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand tour hundred dollars; assistant assayer, one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
For wages of workmen, fourteen thousand dollars.Wages.Contingent expenses.New Orleans. For incidental and contingent expenses, six thousand dollars. Mint at New Orleans, Louisiana: For salary of superintendent, three thousand five hundred dollars; for the assayer, melter and refiner, and coiner, three in all, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; cashier and chief clerk, at two thousand dollars each; assistant assayer, assistant melter and refiner, and assistant coiner, one thousand nine hundred dollars each; abstract clerk, bookkeeper, weigh clerk, and assayer’s computation clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; register of the deposits, warrant clerk, and assistant weigh clerk, at one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; cashier’s clerk, one thousand one hundred dollars; in all, thirty-one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
For wages of workmen and adjusters, seventy-four thousand dollars.Wages.Contingent expenses. For incidental and contingent expenses, including repairs and new machinery, thirty-five thousand dollars. Mint at Philadelphia.—For salary of the superintendent, four thousandMint. five hundred dollars; for the assayer, melter and refiner, coiner, and engraver, four in all, at three thousand dollars each; assistant assayer, assistant melter and refiner, and assistant coiner, at two thousand 613 dollars each; cashier, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk,Mints and assay offices—Continued. two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; bookkeeper, abstract clerk, and weigh clerk, at two thousand dollars each; cashier’s clerk, warrant clerk, and register of deposits, at one thousand seven hundred dollars each; assistant weigh clerk and assayer’s computation clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; in all, forty-one thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.
For wages of workmen and adjusters, two hundred and ninety-threeWages. thousand dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, including new machineryContingent expenses. and repairs (and purchases, not exceeding three hundred dollars in value, of specimen coins and ores for the cabinet of the mint), one hundred thousand dollars. Mint at San Francisco, California.—For salary of superintendent,San Francisco. four thousand five hundred dollars; assayer, melter and refiner, and coiner, at three thousand dollars each; chief clerk and cashier, two thousand five hundred dollars each; bookkeeper, abstract clerk, weigh clerk, and warrant clerk, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; assistant assayer, assistant melter and refiner, and assistant coiner, at two thousand dollars each; register of deposits, two thousand dollars; cashier’s clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assayer’s computing clerk, assistant weigh clerk, and superintendents’ computing clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; in all, forty-one thousand nine hundred dollars.
For wages of workmen and adjusters, one hundred and seventyWages. thousand dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, forty thousand dollars.Contingent expenses.Bois City. Assay-office at Boise City, Idaho Territory.—For assayer, who shall also perform the duties of melter, two thousand dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, including labor, five thousandContingent expenses. dollars. For repairs of building, one thousand dollars.
Assay-office at Charlotte, North Carolina.—For assayer andCharlotte. melter, one thousand five hundred dollars; and assistant assayer, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, including labor, two thousandContingent expenses. dollars. Assay-office at Helena, Montana.—For salary of assayer inHelena. charge, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; melter, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; chief clerk, one-thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand seven hundred dollars.
For wages of workmen, twelve thousand dollars.Wages.Contingent expenses.New York. For incidental and contingent expenses, six thousand dollars. Assay-office at New York.—For salary of superintendent, four thousand five hundred dollars; for assayer and for melter and refiner, at three thousand dollars each; chief clerk, assistant melter and refiner, and weighing clerk, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; bookkeeper, two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; warrant clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; cashier, two thousand dollars; bar clerk, abstract clerk, and assayer’s computation clerk, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; assistant weigh clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; register of deposits, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; assayer’s first assistant, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; assayer’s second assistant, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; assayer’s third assistant, two thousand dollars; in all, thirty-nine thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
For wages of workmen, twenty-five thousand dollars,Wages.Contingent expenses. For incidental and contingent expenses, ten thousand dollars, 614 Assay-office at Saint Louis, Missouri.—For assayer in charge,Saint Louis. two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand five hundred dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, including labor, two thousandContingent expenses. four hundred dollars. government in the territories.Territories.
Territory of Alaska.—For salary of governor, three thousand dollars; judge, three thousandAlaska.Pay of governor, etc. dollars; attorney, marshal, and clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars each; four commissioners, one thousand dollars each; four deputy marshals, seven hundred and fifty dollars each; in all, twenty thousand five hundred dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses of the Territory, stationery,Contingent expenses. lights, and fuel, to be expended under the direction of the governor, two thousand dollars.
Territory of Arizona.—For salary of governor, two thousand sixArizona.Pay of governor, etc. hundred dollars; chief justice and two associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; secretary, one thousand eight hundred dollars; interpreter and translator in the executive office, five hundred dollars; in all, thirteen thousand nine hundred dollars. For legislative expenses, namely: For rent, messenger, postage, stationery,Legislative expenses. fuel, lights, and incidental expenses for secretary’s office, two thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,Contingent expenses. five hundred dollars. Territory of Dakota.—For salary of governor, two thousand six hundred dollars; chief justice Dakota.Pay of governor, etc.and five associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; and secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, twenty-two thousand four hundred dollars. For legislative expenses, namely: For stationery and blanks for Secretary’sLegislative expenses. office, fuel and lights, messenger and porter and care of Government property, clerk in secretary’s office, repairs and purchase of furniture, and incidental expenses, two thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.
For contingent expenses, to be expended by the governor, five hundredContingent expenses.Idaho.Pay of governor, etc. dollars. Territory of Idaho.—For salary of governor, two thousand six hundred dollars; chief justice and two associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; and secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, thirteen thousand four hundred dollars. For legislative expenses, namely: For fuel for secretary’s office, officialLegislative expenses. printing and stationery, rent of secretary’s office, library rooms, and stationery rooms, furniture for secretary’s office, ice, clerk-hire, messenger, and porter, oil, lamps, brooms, and dusters, rent of post-office box, seals, repairs to furniture, two thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses, to be expended by the governor, five hundredContingent expenses. dollars. Territory of Montana.—For salary of governor, two thousand six hundred dollars; chief Montana.Pay of governor, etc.justice and three associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; and secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, sixteen thousand four hundred dollars. For legislative expenses, namely: For secretary’s office, as follows:Legislative expenses. Clerk, porter and messenger, for rent of office and storage room, postage, stationery, official printing, fuel and lights, furniture and repairs on furniture, telegraphing, and including not exceeding four hundred and fifty dollars for a fireproof safe, two thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,Contingent expenses.New Mexico.Pay of governor, etc. five hundred dollars. Territory of New Mexico.—For salary of governor, two thousand six hundred dollars: chief justice and three associate judges, at three 615 thousand dollars each; secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; and interpreter and translator in the executive office, at five hundred dollars, sixteen thousand nine hundred dollars. For legislative expenses, namely:
For light, fuel, easing, carpets, andLegislative expenses. furniture, stationery and record-books, postage and incidentals, clerks, messenger and porter, two thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,Contingent expenses. five hundred dollars. Territory of Utah.—For salary of governor, two thousand sixUtah.Pay of governor, etc. hundred dollars; chief justice and two associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; and secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, thirteen thousand four hundred dollars.
For legislative expenses, namely: For per diem of members and officersLegislative expenses. of the legislative assembly, mileage of members, stationery, temporary clerk-hire, rent of halls and committee rooms, gas and other miscellaneous expenses, printing bills, laws, journals, and for current and contingent expenses of the secretary’s office, twenty-two thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor, five hundred dollars.Contingent expenses.
For the salaries of the five commissioners appointed under an act entitledUtah commission. “An act to amend section fifty-three hundred andVol. 22, p. 32. fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in reference to bigamy, and for other purposes,” approved March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, at five thousand dollars each, twenty-five thousand dollars. For expenses of the commission: For printing, stationery, clerk-hire, and office-rent, ten thousand dollars: *Provided*, That out of this sumCommission expenses. the commission is hereby authorized to pay the secretary of the Territory, who is its secretary and disbursing agent, a reasonable sum for such service, not exceeding three hundred dollars, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.
For compensation of the officers of election, including contingent expenses,Election officers, etc. twenty-five thousand dollars. Territory of Washington.—For salary of governor, two thousandWashington.Pay of governor, etc. six hundred dollars; chief justice and three associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; and secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, sixteen thousand four hundred dollars. For legislative expenses, namely: For per diem of members of the Legislative expenses.Territorial legislature and officers thereof; for mileage; for repairing capitol building, legislative hall, and council chamber; repairing furniture, carpets, and matting, and for lights, fuel, stationery, and for other incidental expenses of the legislature; legislative printing; rent of Secretary’s office, hire of messenger, light, fuel, stationery, postage, office furniture, repairs, and other incidentals, twenty-two thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,Contingent expenses. five hundred dollars. Territory of Wyoming.—For salary of governor, two thousandWyoming.Pay of governor, etc. six hundred dollars; chief justice and two associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; and secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, thirteen thousand four hundred dollars. For legislative expenses, namely: For per diem of members of theLegislative expenses. Territorial legislature and officers thereof; for mileage; rent of two balls and committee-rooms for legislature; fitting up halls, removing furniture, new carpets, stoves, furniture, and repairing old; fuel, lights, and incidentals; stationery, record-books; extra clerk for secretary’s office during and after legislature; printing laws, journals, bills; rent, fuel, lights, stationery, postage, messenger, clerk, and incidental expenses of secretary’s office, twenty-two thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,Contingent expenses. five hundred dollars. 616 WAR DEPARTMENT.War Department. For compensation of the Secretary of War, eight-thousand dollars;Pay of Secretary, clerks, etc. one chief clerk, at two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; one disbursing clerk, at two thousand dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; one stenographer, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class four; seven clerks of class three; one clerk of class three for the retired General of the Army; nine clerks of class two; twenty-eight clerks of class one; seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four messengers; seven assistant messengers; eight laborers; carpenter, one thousand dollars; foreman of laborers, one thousand dollars, one hostler, six hundred dollars; two hostlers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; and one watchman, at five hundred and forty dollars; in all one hundred and thirteen thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.
In the Office of the Adjutant-General.—One chief clerk, atAdjutant-General’s Office. two thousand dollars; twenty-five clerks of class four; thirty-five clerks of class three; sixty-nine clerks of class two; three hundred and fifty-nine clerks of class one: sixteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five messengers; fifty-one assistant messengers; twenty watchmen; three laborers; in all, seven hundred and three thousand seven *Proviso*.Volunteer register.hundred dollars: *Provided*, That one clerk of class four, two clerks of class two, and six clerks of class one shall be employed for the sole purpose of completing, with the necessary detail from the existing force, the regimental registers of the volunteer forces of the several States Assignment for pension-work, etc.during the late war.
And not less than two hundred of the clerks in the Office of the Adjutant-General shall be exclusively engaged in preparing and making reports to expedite the settlement of pension applications and soldiers’ claims. In the Office of the Inspector-General.—For one clerk ofInspector-General’s Office. class four; one clerk of class one; one assistant messenger; in all, three thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars. Bureau of Military Justice.—One chief clerk, at one thousandBureau of Military Justice. eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; four clerks of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one copyist; one messenger; and one assistant messenger; in all, thirteen thousand two hundred and sixty dollars.
In the Signal Office.—Two clerks of class four; three clerks ofSignal Office. class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one messenger; one assistant messenger; one messenger, at four hundred and eighty dollars; and one laborer, at four hundred and twenty dollars; in all, ten thousand six hundred and sixty dollars. For the services of scientific experts, clerks, draughtsmen, copyists,Observation of storms, etc messengers, mechanics, laborers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, in the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, to carry into effect the appropriations made for the support of *Proviso*.Report.the Signal Service, thirty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed and the amount paid to each.
In the Office of the Quartermaster-General.—One chiefQuartermaster-General’s Office. clerk, at two thousand dollars; twelve clerks of class four; twelve clerks of class three; twenty-four clerks of class two; forty clerks of class one; twelve clerks, at one thousand dollars each; twelve copyists; five agents for investigating claims, atone thousand four hundred dollars each; one female messenger, at four hundred and eighty dollars; four messengers; nine assistant messengers; superintendent of building, two hundred and fifty dollars; two laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; one laborer, two hundred and twenty-five dollars; two charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each; one engineer, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one fireman; five watchmen; one draughtsman, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; and one assistant draughtsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; in all. 617 one hundred and seventy-five thousand three hundred and fifty-five dollars.
For per diem in lieu of subsistence of the agents employed while travelingAgents’ expenses. on duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of War, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual necessary expenses for transportation, six thousand dollars. In the Office of the Commissary-General.—One chief clerkCommissary-General’s Office. at two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; three clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; fourteen clerks of class one; nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; two laborers; superintendent of building, two hundred and fifty dollars; and two watchmen; in all, forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty dollars.
In the Office of the Surgeon-General.—One chief clerk, atSurgeon-General’s Office. two thousand dollars; twenty-four clerks of class four; thirty two clerks of class three; sixty-two clerks of class two; one hundred and seventy-two clerks of class one; eighty-nine clerks, atone thousand dollars each; one anatomist, atone thousand six hundred dollars; one engineer in division of records and museum, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one skilled mechanic, one thousand dollars; eighteen assistant messengers; one messenger-boy, at three hundred and sixty dollars; eight watchmen; two superintendents of buildings,at two hundred and fifty dollars each; and fifteen laborers; in all five hundred and twelve thousand and eightyAssignment for pension work. dollars; and not less than two hundred and eighty of the clerks in the Surgeon-General’s Office shall be exclusively engaged in preparing and making reports to expedite the settlement of pension applications called for by the Commissioner of Pensions.
In the Office of the Chief of Ordnance.—One chief clerk,Ordnance Office. at two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; twenty-two clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two messengers; one assistant messenger; one laborer; in all, forty-four thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars. In the Office of the Paymaster-General.—One chief clerk,Paymaster-General’s Office. at two thousand dollars; six clerks of class four; seven clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; seven clerks of class one; two clerks, atone thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; seven watchmen; superintendent of building, two hundred and fifty dollars; and five laborers; in all, fifty-seven thousand seven hundred and ten dollars.
In the Office of the Chief of Engineers.—One chief clerk,Office of Chief of Engineers. at two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, twenty-three thousand two hundred and forty dollars. And the services of skilled draughtsmen, civil engineers, and suchDraughtsmen, etc. other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary may be employed in the Office of the Chief of Engineers to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, fortifications,and surveys for military defenses, to be paid for from such appropriations: *Provided*, *Proviso*.Limit.That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, and the amount paid to each.
Office of Publication of Records of the Rebellion.—For oneRecords of the Rebellion. agent, two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four, one of whom shall be employed on the general index; three clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; three clerks of class one; three copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; one compositor and pressman, one thousand two hundred dollars; one compositor, one thousand dollars; two copy-holders, at nine hundred dollars each; two assistant messengers; two watchmen; and one laborer, at six hundred dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand three hundred and eighty dollars. 618 For the building at the corner of F and Seventeenth streets:
One engineer,Building F and 17th streets, engineer, etc. one thousand dollars; conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; four watchmen; three laborers, one of whom, when necessary, shall assist and relieve the conductor of the elevator; and one laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars; four charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each; in all, eight thousand and twenty dollars. For postage-stamps for the War Department and its Bureaus, as requiredPostage. under the Postal Union, top repay postage on matter addressed to Postal Union countries, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary of War and the Contingent expenses.Bureaus, buildings, (including the west and center wings of the State, War, and Navy building, when occupied), and offices of the War department; purchase of professional and scientific books, card catalogues, blank books, pamphlets, newspapers, maps, furniture, carpets, matting, oil cloth, file-cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges, fuel, gas, and heating apparatus; telegraphing; freight and express charges; repairs to buildings and furniture; and for other absolutely necessary expenses, sixty thousand dollars.
For stationery for the War Department and its Bureaus and offices,Stationery. twenty-five thousand dollars. For furniture, carpets, tile-cases, and shelving for the west and centerFurniture, etc., west and center wings. wings of the State, War, and Navy Department building, sixty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That furniture now owned by the Government, and in use by offices and Bureaus which are to occupy the new west and center wings of the State, War, and Navy building, shall be used as far as practicable, whether it conforms to any regulation plan which has been or may be made for furnishing said wings or not.
That the offices and clerical force of the Quartermaster General,Distribution of offices. Commissary-General, Paymaster-General, Chief of Engineers, Bureau of Military Justice, Chief of Ordnance, so much of the clerical force of the Adjutant General’s Office now occupying rented buildings, and so much of the office and clerical force of the Surgeon General’s Office as cannot be accommodated in the building for the Army Medical Museum and Library, shall on or before the first, day of March eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be removed to the west and center wing of the State, War and Navy Department building, and to occupy such rooms therein as may be assigned to them by the Secretary of War.
For rent of buildings for use of the War Department, as follows:Rent. For the Signal Office, seven thousand five hundred dollars; for medical dispensary, Surgeon-General’s Office, one thousand dollars; for the Rebellion Record Office, one thousand two hundred dollars; for a period not longer than until March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, for the Adjutant-Generals’ Office, Quartermaster-General’s Office, Commissary-General’s Office, Paymaster-General’s Office, a portion of the Surgeon-General’s Office, and for the Chief of Engineers’ Office, eighteen thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars; and for a period not longer than until December first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, for use of a portion of the Surgeon-General’s Office, two thousand two hundred and ninety-two dollars; in all, thirty thousand eight hundred and eighty two dollars.
To defray the expenses attending the unveiling of the statue of theUnveiling statue of Major-General James A.Garfield. late Major Genera) James A. Garfield, President of the United States, to be erected in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, one thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be required, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and be immediately available. public buildings and grounds.Public Buildings and Grounds. For clerk in the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds, one thousandClerk, messenger. six hundred dollars; and for messenger in the same office, eight hundred and forty dollars. 619 For the public gardener, one thousand eight hundred dollars.Gardener.Overseers, etc.
For overseers, draughtsman, foremen, mechanics, and laborers employed in the public grounds, twenty-eight thousand dollars. For watchman in Franklin Square, six hundred and sixty dollars.Watchmen. For watchman in Lafayette Square, six hundred and sixty dollars. For two day-watchmen in Smithsonian Grounds, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. For two nightwatchmen in Smithsonian Grounds, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars.
For one watchman for Judiciary Square, and one for Lincoln Square and adjacent reservations, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. For one watchman for Iowa Circle; one watchman for Thomas Circle and neighoring reservations; one for Bawlins Square and Washington Circle; one for Dupont Circle and neighboring reservations; one for McPherson and Farragut Squares; one for Stanton Square and neighboring reservations; two for Armory Square, Seaton Square, and reservations east to Botanic Garden; one for Mount Vernon Square and adjacent reservations; one for greenhouse at the nursery; one for grounds south of Executive Mansion, eleven in all, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, seven thousand two hundred and sixty dollars.
For one night watchman for Armory Square and reservations east to Botanic Garden, at seven hundred and twenty dollars. For contingent and incidental expenses, five hundred dollars.Contingent expenses.Rent. For rent of office, nine hundred dollars. state, war, and navy department building.State, War, and Navy Department building.Superintendent’s office. Office of the superintendent: One clerk class one; one chief engineer, at one thousand two hundred dollars; six assistant engineers, at one thousand dollars each; one captain of the watch, one thousand two hundred dollars; two lieutenants of the watch, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; forty-eight watchmen; one carpenter, one thousand dollars; one machinist, at nine hundred dollars; two skilled laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; seventeen firemen; six conductors of the elevator, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; seventeen laborers; and fifty-four charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each; in all,eighty-nine thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.
For fuel, lights, miscellaneous items, and repairs, including not exceedingFuel, lights, etc. five thousand dollars for repairs to the building at the corner of F and Seventeenth streets, thirty-five thousand dollars. NAVY DEPARTMENT.Navy Department. For compensation of the Secretary of the Navy, eight thousand dollars;Pay of Secretary, clerks, etc. for compensation of chief clerk of the Navy Department, two thousand five hundred dollars; one disbursing clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; five clerks of class four; one clerk of class four in charge of files and records; three clerks of class three; one stenographer, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one stenographer, at one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks of class two; six clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; telegraph-operator, at one thousand dollars; one carpenter, at nine hundred dollars; two messengers; three assistant messengers; two messenger-boys, at four hundred and twenty dollars each; one messenger-boy, at two hundred and forty dollars; three laborers; one clerk of class two and one laborer (for Inspection Board); one clerk of class two (for Examining and Retiring); one clerk of class one; and one assistant messenger (in care of library); in all, fifty-nine thousand five hundred and thirty dollars. 620 Bureau of Yards and Docks.—For one chief clerk, one thousandBureau of Yards and Docks. eight hundred dollars; one draughtsman and clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, eleven thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars.
Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting.—For chief clerk, oneBureau of Equipment and Recruiting. thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; two copyists; one assistant messenger; undone laborer; in all, fourteen thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars. Bureau of Navigation.—For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundredBureau of Navigation. dollars; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one.; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one copyist; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, eleven thousand three hundred and forty dollars.
For the compilation of the Naval Records of the WarNaval Records of the Rebellion. of the Rebellion.—For one clerk of class one; and two copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, two thousand six hundred and forty dollars. Nautical Almanac Office.—For the following assistants, namely:Nautical Almanac. Three at one thousand six hundred dollars each; two at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two at one thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; and one copyist and typewriter, nine hundred dollars; one laborer; in all, fifteen thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.
For pay of computers on piecework in preparing for publication theComputers. American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, and improving the Tables of the Planets, eight thousand four hundred dollars. Hydrographic Office.—For two clerks of class two; one clerk ofHydrographic Office. class one; one assistant messenger; one watchman; in all, five thousand four hundred and forty dollars. For draughtsmen, engravers, copyists, copperplate printers, printers’Services. apprentices, and laborers in the Hydrographic Office, forty thousand dollars.
Forpurehaseof chart-paper, copperplates, electrotyping copperplates;Materials, etc. cleaning copperplates; ink and other materials for printing division; instruments and materials for drawing division; materials for and mounting charts; tools and materials for engravers; reduction of drawings by photography; photolithographiug charts for immediate use; transfer of photolithographic and other charts to copper; repairs to printing-presses and other furniture and tools; extra drawing and engraving; translating from foreign languages in preparing charts and notices; purchase of foreign and other charts and hydrographic works for the use of the vessels of the Navy; purchase of drawing-paper, drawing-materials, surveying instruments, and repairs of same, to be furnished naval vessels while surveying; compiling data and arranging same; printing of Pilot Chart of North Atlantic Ocean; and purchase of professional works relating to hydrography, surveying, and its kindred branches, thirty thousand dollars.
For rent of building for printing-presses, draughtsmen and engravers,Rent. storage of copperplates and materials used in the construction and printing of charts, and for repairs and heating of the same, and for gas, water, and telephone rates, one thousand five hundred dollars. Contingent expenses of branch offices at Boston, New York, Philadelphia,Contingent expenses, branch offices. Baltimore, New Orleans, and San Francisco, including furniture, fuel, lights, rent and care of offices, carfare and ferriage in visiting merchant vessels, freight, express, telegrams, and other necessary expenses incurred in collecting the latest information for the Pilot Chart, and for other purposes for which the offices were established, six thousand dollars. 621 Naval Observatory.—For pay of three assistant astronomers, oneNaval Observatory. at two thousand dollars and two at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; one clerk of class four; one instrument-maker, one thousand five hundred dollars; four, watchmen, including one for new Naval observatory grounds; two skilled laborers, one at one thousand dollars and one at seven hundred and twenty dollars; and seven laborers; in all, eighteen thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.
For miscellaneous computations, one thousand two hundred dollars. For apparatus and instruments, and for repairs of the same, two thousand five hundred dollars. For books, engravings, photographs, fixtures, and periodicals for the library, one thousand dollars. For repairs to buildings, fixtures, and fences, fuel, gas, furniture, chemicals, stationery, freight, expressage, fertilizers, plants, and all contingent expenses, three thousand nine hundred dollars. For payment to Smithsonian Institution for freight on Observatory publications sent to foreign countries, one hundred and thirty-six dollars.
Bureau of Ordnance.—For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one draughtsman, one thousand eight hundredBureau of Ordnance. dollars; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, eight thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. Bureau of Construction and Repair.—For chief clerk, one thousandBureau of Construction and repair. eight hundred dollars; draughtsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant draughtsman one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant draughtsman, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, thirteen thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars.
Bureau of Steam-Engineering:—For chief clerk, one thousandBureau of Steam-Engineering. eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; one chief draughtsman, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant draughtsman, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant draughtsman, at one thousand dollars; in all, twelve thousand four hundred and ninety dollars. Bureau of Provisions and Clothing.—For chief clerk, one thousandBureau of Provisions and Clothing. eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; two copyists; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, seventeen thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.—For chief clerk, one thousandBureau of Medicine and Surgery. eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; one janitor, six hundred dollars; one laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars (for Naval Dispensary); in all, nine thousand four hundred and sixty dollars. Judge Advocate-General, United States Navy.—For one clerkJudge-Advocate-General. of class four; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class one; one laborer; in all, six thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.
For professional books and periodicals for Department library, oneLibrary. thousand dollars. For stationery, furniture, newspapers, plans, drawings, drawing materials,Contingent expenses. freight, expressage, postage, and other absolutely necessary expenses of the Navy Department and its various Bureaus and offices, eleven thousand dollars. 622 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.Department of the Interior. For compensation of the Secretary of the Interior, eight thousandPay of Secretary, assistants, clerks, etc. dollars;
First Assistant Secretary, four thousand five hundred dollars; Assistant Secretary, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars, and two hundred and fifty dollars additional as superintendent of the Patent Office building; three members of a Board of Pension Appeals, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, at two thousand dollars each; nine additional persons to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to aid him in determining appeals from the Commissioner of Pensions, and from whom he may constitute three Boards of Pension Appeals.additional Boards of Pension Appeals, whose opinion shall be filed in the ease, whose term of service shall expire at the close of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, at two thousand dollars each; two special inspectors connected with the administration of the public-land service, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior and to be subject to his direction, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; one superintendent of documents, two thousand dollars; six clerks, chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each, one of whom shall be disbursing clerk; for one private secretary to the Secretary of the Interior, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class four; one census clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; seven clerks of class three; one clerk of class three (custodian), who shall give bond in such sum as the Secretary of the Interior may determine; one bookkeeper for custodian, one. thousand two hundred dollars; eight clerks of class two; thirteen clerks of class one; two clerks of class one, who shall be stenographers or typewriters; one returns office clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one female clerk, to be designated by the President, to sign land-patents, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two bundled dollars; four clerks at one thousand dollars each; two copyists at nine hundred dollars; one telephone operator, six hundred dollars; seven copyists; three messengers; nine assistant messengers; fourteen laborers; two skilled mechanics, one at nine hundred dollars and one at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one laborer, at six hundred dollars; four packers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; one conductor of elevator, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; four charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each; for one captain of the watch, one thousand dollars; forty watchmen; additional to two watchmen acting as lieutenants of watchmen, at one hundred and twenty dollars each; one engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; and six firemen; in all, one hundred and ninety-five thousand six hundred and ninety dollars.
For per diem in lieu of subsistence of two special inspectors connectedPer diem, etc., special inspectors, public lands. with the administration of the public-land service, while traveling on duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual necessary expenses of transportation, five thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Office of Assistant Attorney-General.—For six law clerks,Office of assistant Attorney General. one at two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; one at two thousand five hundred dollars, one at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; and three at two thousand dollars each; seven clerks, at two thousand dollars each; one clerk of class three; one clerk, who shall act as stenographer, at one thousand six hundred dollars; in all, thirty-two thousand seven hundred dollars.
General Land Office.—For the Commissioner of the GeneralGeneral Land Office, Commissioner, etc. Land Office, four thousand dollars; one assistant commissioner, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,’who shall be authorized to sign such letters, papers, and documents and to perform such other duties as maybe directed by the Commissioner, and shall act as Commissioner in the absence of that officer or in case of a vacancy in the office of Commissioner, three thousand 623 dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two law clerks, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; three inspectors of surveyors-general and district land-offices, at two thousand dollars each; recorder, two thousand dollars; three principal clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; two law examiners, at two thousand dollars each; thirty nine clerks of class four; fifty-six clerks of class three; sixty seven clerks of class two; seventy-three clerks of class one; fifty clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and fifty-two copyists; eight assistant messenger; twelve laborers; and six packers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, four hundred and eighty-seven thousand and fifty dollars.
For per diem in lieu of subsistence of inspectors and of clerks detailedPer diem, etc., inspectors. to investigate fraudulent land-entries, trespasses on the public lands, and cases of official misconduct, while traveling on duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual necessary expenses of transportation, ten thousand dollars. For lawbooks for the law library of the General Land Office, five hundredLawbooks. dollars.
For connected and separate United States and other maps preparedMaps. in the General Land Office, seven thousand dollars. Indian Office.—For compensation of the Commissioner of IndianIndian Office, Commissioner, etc. Affairs, four thousand dollars; assistant commissioner, who shall also perform the duties of chief clerk, three thousand dollars; one financial clerk at two thousand dollars; chief of division, at two thousand dollars; one principal bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class four, one of whom shall have charge of the educational division; eight clerks of class three; one draughtsman, atone thousand six hundred dollars; one stenographer, at one thousand six hundred dollars; ten clerks of class two; fifteen clerks of class one; nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each; twelve copyists; one messenger; two assistant messengers; one laborer; one messenger-boy, at three hundred and sixty dollars; two charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each; in all, ninety-three thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.
Pension Office.—For compensation of the Commissioner of Pensions,Pension Office, Commissioner, etc. five thousand dollars; first deputy commissioner, three thousand six hundred dollars; second deputy commissioner, three thousand six hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; assistant chief clerk, two thousand dollars; medical referee, three thousand dollars; assistant medical referee, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two qualified surgeons who shall be experts in their profession, at two thousand dollars each; eighteen medical examiners who shall be surgeons of education, skill, and experience in their profession, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; twelve chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; law clerk, two thousand dollars; forty-five principal examiners, for Review Board, at two thousand dollars each; twenty four assistant chiefs of division, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; three stenographers at one thousand six hundred dollars each; seventy-four clerks of class four; ninety-five clerks of class three; three hundred and seventy-two clerks of class two; three hundred and sixty-one clerks of class one; two hundred clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one superintendent of buildings, one thousand four hundred dollars; two engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; eighty-five copyists; twenty five messengers; twenty messenger boys at four hundred dollars each; one captain of the watch, eight hundred and forty dollars; three sergeants of the watch, at. seven hundred and fifty dollars each; twenty watchmen; three firemen; twenty-five laborers; and five charwomen, at four hundred dollars each; in all, one million eight hundred and eight thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. 624 For per diem, when absent from home on duty, for special examiners,Per diem, etc., special examiners. or other persons employed in the Pension Office detailed for the purpose of making special investigations of matters pertaining to the Pension Bureau, in lieu of expenses for subsistence, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual and necessary expenses for transportation and assistance, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For an additional force of one hundred and fifty special examiners,Additional special examiners. for one year, at a salary of one thousand four hundred dollars each, two hundred and ten thousand dollars; and no person so appointed shall be employed in the State from which he is appointed; and any of those now emplowed in the Pension Office or as special examiners may be reappointed if they are found to be qualified. For per diem in lieu of subsistence for one hundred and fifty additionalPer diem, etc. special examiners above provided for, while traveling on duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, not exceeding three dollars per day and for actual and necessary expenses for transportation and assistance, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars.
That in addition to the sums appropriated in the act making appropriationsAdditional clerk-hire, etc.*Ante*, p. 439. for the payment of invalid and other pensions for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, there is hereby appropriated for clerk hire, twelve thousand dollars; and for stationary and other necessary expenses, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, three thousand dollars; in all, fifteen thousand dollars. United States Patent Office.—For compensation of the CommissionerPatent Office.Commissioner, etc. of the Patent Office, five thousand dollars; for assistant Commissioner, three thousand dollars; for chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one law clerk, at two thousand dollars; three examiners-in-chief, at three thousand dollars each; examiner of interferences, two thousand five hundred dollars; twenty eight principal examiners, at two thousand four hundred dollars each; thirty-two first assistant examiners, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; thirty-six second assistant examiners, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; forty one third assistant examiners, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; fifty fourth assistant examiners, atone thousand two hundred dollars each; one financial clerk, two thousand dollars, who shall give bonds in such amount as the Secretary of the Interior may determine; one librarian, two thousand dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; three assistant chiefs of division, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; three clerks of class four, one of whom shall act as application clerk; one machinist, one thousand six hundred dollars; five clerks of class three, one of whom shall be translator of languages; twelve clerks of class two; forty clerks of class one; one skilled laborer,one thousand two hundred dollars; three skilled draughtsmen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three draughtsmen, at one thousand dollars each; one messenger and property clerk, one thousand dollars; twenty-five permanent clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five model attendants, at one thousand dollars each.; ten model attendants, at eight hundred dollars each; sixty copyists, five of whom may be copyists of drawings; four copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; ninety-two skilled laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; forty-five laborers, at six hundred dollars each; forty laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; fifteen messenger-boys, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; in all, six hundred and forty thousand two hundred and seventy dollars.
For purchase of books, and expenses of transporting publications ofBooks, etc. patents issued by the Patent. Office to foreign Governments, three thousand dollars. For photolithographing or otherwise producing plates for the OfficialOfficial Gazette, Gazette, forty-four thousand dollars. For photolithographing or otherwise producing copies of drawings ofPhotolithographing, etc. the weekly issues of patents, for producing copies of designs, trade marks, and pending applications, and for the reproduction of exhausted copies: 625 said photolithographing or otherwise producing plates and copies, referred to in this and the preceding paragraph, to be done under the supervision of the Commissioner of Patents, and in the city of Washington, if it can there be done at reasonable rates; and the Commissioner of Patents, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall be authorized to make contracts therefor, ninety thousand dollars.
For investigating the question of the public use or sale of inventionsInvestigating use, etc., of inventions, etc. for two years or more prior to filing applications for patents, and for expenses attending defense of suits instituted against the Commissioner of Patents, five hundred dollars. Bureau of Education.—For the Commissioner of Education, threeBureau of Education. thousand dollars; collector and compiler of statistics, two thousand four hundred dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; one statistician, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; one translator, one thousand six hundred dollars; four clerks of class two; six clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; seven copyists; one skilled laborer, eight hundred and forty dollars; two copyists, at eight hundred dollars each; one copyist, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant messenger; two laborers; two laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; one laborer, at four hundred dollars; and one laborer, at three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, forty-five thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.
For books for library, current educational periodicals, other currentBooks, etc. publications, and completing valuable sets of periodicals, one thousand dollars. For collecting statistics for special reports and circulars of informationStatistics. two thousand dollars. For the distribution and exchange of educational documents, and forDistributing, etc., documents. the collection, exchange, and cataloguing of educational apparatus and appliances, articles of school furniture, and models of school buildings illustrative of foreign and domestic systems and methods of education, and for repairing the same, two thousand five hundred dollars.
Bureau of Labor.—For Commissioner of Labor, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousandBureau of Labor. dollars; two clerks of class four, both to be statistical experts; two clerks of class three, one of whom may be a stenographer; two clerks of class two; four clerks of class one, one of whom may be a translator and one of whom may be a stenographer; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; two copy-holders, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one assistant messenger; one assistant messenger, at six hundred dollars; one watchman: one skilled laborer, six hundred dollars; two charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each; eighteen special agents, at least two of whom shall be females, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; in all, fifty-two thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars.
To enable the Commissioner of Labor to collect and report to CongressMarriage and divorce statistics.. the statistics of and relating to marriage and divorce in the several States and Territories and in the District of Columbia, ten thousand dollars. For books, periodicals, and newspapers for the library, five hundredBooks. dollars. For per diem special agents when away from home on duty, in lieu ofSpecial agents, experts, etc. expenses for subsistence, the rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, and not to exceed three dollars per day, and for their transportation, and for employment of experts and temporary assistance, and for traveling expenses of officers and employees, thirty-nine thousand two hundred and thirty dollars.
Office of Commissioner of Railroads.—For Commissioner, fourCommissioner of Railroads. thousand five hundred dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand four hundred dollars; railroad engineer, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of 626 class three; one copyist; and one assistant messenger; in all, fourteen thousand four hundred and twenty dollars. For examination of books and accounts of certain subsidized railroadExamining books, etc. companies, and inspecting roads, shops, machinery, and equipments of same, three thousand dollars.
Office of the Architect of the Capitol.—For Architect, fourArchitect of the Capitol. thousand five, hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; one draughtsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; compensation to disbursing clerk, one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; person in charge of heating apparatus of the Congressional Library and Supreme Court, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars; one laborer in charge of water-closet in central portion of the Capitol, six hundred and sixty dollars; and for three laborers for cleaning rotunda, corridors, and dome, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; for the. pay of seven watchmen employed on the Capitol Grounds, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, eighteen thousand three hundred and sixty-four dollars.
Office of the Director of the Geological Survey.—ForGeological Survey, director, etc. Director,six thousand dollars; executive officer,three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; chief disbursing clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; librarian, two thousand dollars; one photographer, two thousand dollars; three assistant photographers, one at nine hundred dollars, one at seven hundred and twenty dollars, and one at four hundred and eighty dollars; two clerks of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; four copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one watchman, at eight hundred and forty dollars; four watchmen, at six hundred dollars each; one janitor, at six hundred dollars; four messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, thirty five thousand five hundred and forty dollars.
For contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary of the Interior,Contingent expenses, Deportment of the Interior. and the Bureaus, offices, and buildings of the Interior Department, including the Civil Service Commission: For furniture, carpets, ice, lumber, hardware,dry-goods, advertising, telegraphing,expressage, wagons and harness, food and shoeing for horses,diagrams, awnings,constructing model and other cases, cases for drawings, file-holders, repairs of cases and furniture, and other absolutely necessary expenses, including fuel and lights, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For stationery for the Department of the Interior and its severalStationery. Bureaus and offices, including the Civil Service Commission and the Geological Survey, seventy-two thousand dollars. For new books and books to complete broken sets, five hundredBooks. dollars. For rent of buildings for the Interior Department, namely: For theRent. Bureau of Education, four thousand dollars; Geological Survey, ten thousand dollars; Indian Office, five thousand five hundred dollars; Bureau of Labor, two thousand four hundred dollars;
Railroad and General Land Office, one. thousand eight hundred dollars; and storeroom for documents, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, twenty-four thousand and sixty dollars. For postage-stamps for the Interior Department and its Bureaus, asPostage. required under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matter addressed to Postal Union countries, five thousand dollars. For the preparation of the Official Register for eighteen hundred andOfficial Register. eighty-seven, four thousand dollars. surveyor’s-general and their clerks.Surveyors-General— For surveyor-general of the Territory of Arizona, two thousand fiveArizona. hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, four thousand dollars.
For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, fuel, 627 books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundredSurveyors-general—Continued. dollars. For surveyor-general of California, two thousand seven hundred andCalifornia. fifty dollars; and for the clerks in his office, five thousand dollars; in all, seven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars.
For surveyor-general of the State of Colorado, two thousand five hundredColorado. dollars; and for the clerks in his office, three thousand dollars; in all, five thousand five hundred dollars. For rent of offices for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of the Territory of Dakota two thousand dollars;Dakota. and for the clerks in his office, three thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars.
For rent of office for the survey or-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred dollars;Minnesota. and for the clerks in his office, two thousand dollars; in all, three thousand eight hundred dollars. For fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of Florida, one thousand eight hundred dollars;Florida. and for the clerks in his office, one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, three thousand six hundred dollars.
For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of the Territory of Idaho, two thousand fiveIdaho. hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, four thousand dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For survey or-general of Louisiana, one thousand eight hundred dollars;Louisiana. and for the clerks in his office, three thousand dollars; in all, four thousand eight hundred dollars.
For fuel, books, stationery, messenger, and other incidental expenses of reprotracting and mending old torn and partly defaced township plats, and providing the same and other plats with canvas backs, also for binding old records, three thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of the Territory of Montana, two thousand fiveMontana. hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, three thousand dollars; in all, five thousand five hundred dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery,pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses,two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
For surveyor-general of Nevada, one thousand eight hundred dollars;Nevada. and for the clerks in his office, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, three thousand three hundred dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For surveyor general of the. Territory of New Mexico, two thousandNew Mexico. five hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, three thousand dollars; in all, five thousand five hundred dollars.
For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars: *Prodded*, That the Secretary of the Interior shall, if practicable,*Proviso*.Quarters. provide accommodations for the office of the surveyor-general of New Mexico in the building belonging to the United States in Santa Fe. For surveyor-general of Oregon, one thousand eight hundred dollars;Oregon. and for the clerks in his office, two thousand dollars; in all, three thousand eight hundred dollars. 628 For fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidentalSurveyors-general—Continued. expenses, one thousand two hundred dollars.
For surveyor-general of the Territory of Utah, two thousand fiveUtah. hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand five hundred dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, fuel, books, and stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand four hundred dollars. For surveyor general of the Territory of Washington, two thousand five Washington.hundred dollars; and for the clerks in his office, three thousand dollars; in all, five thousand five hundred dollars.
For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For surveyor general of the Territory of Wyoming, two thousand five hundredWyoming. dollars; and for the clerks in his office, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, four thousand dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor general, pay of messenger, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand live hundred dollars.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.Post-Office department. For compensation of the Postmaster-General, eight thousand dollars;Pay of Postmaster-General, clerks, etc. chief clerk to the Postmaster-General, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief post office inspector, three thousand dollars; stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; appointment clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class three, one clerk of class two; three clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one copyist; one messenger; one female messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; one assistant messenger; in all, thirty thousand six hundred dollars.
Office of Assistant Attorney-General for the Post-Office Department:Assistant Attorney-General’s office. Law clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three (lease clerk); one clerk of class two; in all, seven thousand three hundred dollars. For First .Assistant Postmaster General, four thousand dollars;First Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc. chief clerk, two thousand dollars, and while the office is held by the present incumbent five hundred dollars additional; chief of salary and allowance division, two thousand two hundred dollars; chief of appointment division, two thousand dollars; chief of bond division, two thousand dollars; superintendent division post-office supplies, two thousand dollars; superintendent of free delivery, three thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; twenty two clerks of class three; one clerk of class three, to act as stenographer and Department telegraph operator; seven clerks of class two; twenty one clerks of class one; nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; four assistant messengers; seven laborers; in all, one hundred and eleven thousand four hundred dollars.
For Second Assistant Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars;Second Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc. chief clerk, two thousand dollars; chief of division of inspection, two thousand dollars; superintendent of railway adjustment, two thousand dollars; ten clerks of class four; thirty-four’clerks of class three; eighteen clerks of class two; one stenographer, one thousand four hundred dollars; eighteen clerks of class one; seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; three assistant messengers; and one laborer; in all, one hundred and forty-three thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.
For Third Assistant Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars;Third Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc. chief clerk, two thousand dollars; chief of division of postage-stamps, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one chief of finance division, who shall give bond in such amount as the Postmaster-General 629 way determine for the faithful discharge of his duties, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; sixteen clerks of class three; twenty-one clerks of class two; twenty-six clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two female clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two assistant messengers; six laborers; in all, one hundred and sixteen thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.
Dead-letter office: For superintendent of dead letter office, two thousand two hundredSuperintendent dead-letter office, etc. and fifty dollars; one clerk of class four (who shall be chief clerk); one clerk of class four; three clerks of class three; eleven clerks of class two; twenty-four clerks of class one, including eight female clerks; tour clerks, at one thousand dollars each; fifty-two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; six female clerks, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one assistant messenger; two laborers; four female laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, one hundred and thirteen thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars.
For superintendent of foreign mails, three thousand dollars; chiefSuperintendent foreign mails, etc. clerk, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; three clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; two clerks, atone thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; in all, sixteen thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars. For superintendent of the money-order system, three, thousand fiveSuperintendent money-order System, etc. hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; six clerks of class four; eight clerks of class three: five clerks of class two; ten clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; live clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; one engineer, one thousand dollars; two firemen; four watchmen; one conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; four charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each; one female laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; and ten laborers; in all, seventy-three thousand four hundred dollars.
For office of mail depredations: Chief clerk, two thousand dollars;Mail depredations office. one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; in all, fifteen thousand one hundred and twenty dollars. For topographer, two thousand five hundred dollars; three skilled draughtsmen, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; three skilled draughtsmen, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; three skilled Topographer, draughtsmen, etc.draughtsmen, at at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three skilled draughtsmen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one examiner, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; one map-mounter, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant map-mounter, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant messenger; two watchmen; and four female clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, thirty thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.
For office of disbursing clerk and superintendent of building: DisbursingDisbursing clerk, clerks, etc. clerk and superintendent, two thousand one hundred dollars; one clerk of class two, accountant; one clerk of class one, storekeeper; one engineer, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, at one thousand dollars; one fireman, who shall be a blacksmith, at nine hundred dollars; one fireman, who shall be a steam-titter, at nine hundred dollars; one conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one carpenter, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant carpenter, atone thousand dollars; captain of the. watch, at one thousand dollars; nineteen watchmen; twenty laborers; one plumber, nine hundred dollars; one awning-maker, at nine hundred dollars; and fifteen charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each; and for force in the additional building as follows:
Four watchmen, three laborers, and three charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each; in all, fifty-two thousand one bandied and twenty dollars. For contingent expenses of the Post-Office Department, includingContingent expenses. the additional building occupied by the money-order division of the 630 Sixth Auditor’s Office: For stationery and blank-books, including amount necessary for the purchase of free penalty envelopes, twelve thousand dollars; fuel, and for repairs to heating apparatus, eight thousand dollars; for gas, five thousand five hundred dollars; plumbing and gas-fixtures, three thousand dollars; telegraphing, three thousand five hundred dollars; painting, three thousand five hundred dollars; carpets and matting, four thousand dollars; furniture, five thousand dollars; keeping of horses and repair of wagons and harness, one thousand five hundred dollars; hardware, one thousand five hundred dollars; miscellaneous items, thirteen thousand dollars; in all, sixty thousand five hundred dollars.
For rent of topographer’s office, one thousand five hundred dollars;Rent. for rent of a suitable building or buildings for the use of the money-order office of the Post-Office Department from July first to October first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, two thousand dollars; torrent of a suitable building or buildings for the use of the money-order office of the Post-Office Department for balance of fiscal year, six thousand dollars; for rent of building for use of the money-order division of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department, four thousand five hundred dollars; in all, fourteen thousand dollars.
For the publication of copies of the Official Postal Guide, eighteenPostal Guide. thousand dollars. For miscellaneous expenses of the topographer’s office in the preparationPost-route maps. and publication of the post-route maps, fifteen thousand dollars. Sale.And the Postmaster-General may authorize the sale of post-route maps to the public at cost, the proceeds of such sales to be used as a further appropriation for the preparation and publication of post-route maps. For postage-stamps for correspondence addressed abroad which is notPostage. exempt from postage under article eight of the Paris convention of the Universal Postal Union, five hundred dollars.
JUDICIAL.Judicial. Office of the Attorney-General.—For compensation of theDepartment of Justice.Pay of Attorney-General.Solicitor-General, etc. Attorney-General, eight thousand dollars; Solicitor-General, seven thousand dollars; three Assistant Attorney’s General, at five thousand dollars each; one Assistant Attorney-General of the Post-Office department, four thousand dollars; Solicitor of the Internal Revenue, four thousand five hundred dollars; examiner of claims, three thousand five hundred dollars; two assistant attorneys, at three thousand dollars each; three assistant attorneys, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; one assistant attorney, at two thousand dollars; law clerk and examiner of titles, two thousand seven hundred dollars; chief clerk and ex officio superintendent of the building, two thousand two hundred dollars; stenographic clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two law clerks, at two thousand dollars each; five clerks of class four; additional for disbursing clerk and clerk in charge of pardons, two hundred dollars each; three clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; one telegraph operator, at one thousand dollars; seven copyists; one messenger; four assistant messengers; three laborers; three watchmen; one engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; two conductors of the elevator, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; five charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each; superintendent of building, two hundred and fifty dollars; and three firemen; in all, one hundred and twelve thousand six hundred and ten dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Department, namely: For furnitureContingent expenses. and repairs, one thousand dollars; for law and miscellaneous books for library of the Department, one thousand five hundred dollars; for stationery, one thousand five hundred dollars; for miscellaneous expenditures, such as telegraphing, fuel, lights, labor, and other necessaries, 631 directly ordered by the Attorney-General, including ordinary repairs of building and care of grounds, seven thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; in all, eleven thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.
For official transportation for the Department, five hundred dollars.Transportation.Postage.Care of court-house, District of Columbia. For postage-stamps for foreign correspondence, one hundred dollars. For the following force necessary for the care and protection of the courthouse in the District of Columbia, who shall be under the direction of the United States marshal of the District of Columbia: One engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; three watchmen; three firemen; four laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; and six assistant messengers; in all, eleven thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.
Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury.—For compensationSolicitor of the Treasury, assistant, clerks, etc. of the Solicitor of the Treasury, four thousand live hundred dollars; assistant solicitor, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; one assistant messenger; and one laborer, in all, twenty-six thousand six hundred dollars. For law and miscellaneous books for office of the Solicitor of theBooks.
Treasury, five hundred dollars. For stationery for office of Solicitor of the Treasury, four hundredStationery. dollars. For warden of the jail of the District of Columbia, one thousand eightWarden District Columbia jail. hundred dollars. United States courts.—For the Chief Justice of the SupremePay of justices, Supreme Court. Court of the United States, ten thousand five hundred dollars; and for eight associate justices, ten thousand dollars each; in all, ninety thousand live hundred dollars.
To pay the salaries of the United States judges retired under sectionRetired judges.[R. S., sec. 714. p. 135](/us/rs/t/s714/p135). seven hundred and fourteen of the Devised Statutes, so much as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty eight, is hereby appropriated. For nine circuit judges, to reside in circuit, at six thousand dollarsCircuit judges. each, fifty-four thousand dollars. For marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States, three thousandMarshal, Supreme Court. dollars.
For salaries of the fifty-eight district judges of the United States,District judges. two hundred and eleven thousand dollars. For salaries of the chief justices of the supreme court of the DistrictJudges, supreme court District of Columbia. of Columbia, and the five associate judges, twenty-four thousand five hundred dollars. For compensation of the district attorneys of the United States,District Attorneys. twenty thousand three hundred dollars. For compensation of the district marshals of the United States, twelveMarshals. thousand nine hundred dollars.
Court of Claims.—For salaries of five judges of the Court of Claims,Judges, etc., Court of Claims. at four thousand five hundred dollars each; chief clerk, three thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, two thousand dollars; bailiff, one thousand five hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; and one messenger; in all, thirty-two thousand two hundred and forty dollars. For stationery, books, fuel, labor, and other miscellaneous expenses,Contingent expenses. two thousand five hundred dollars.
For reporting the decisions of the court, and superintending the PrintingReporting decisions.[R. S., sec. 1765, p. 314](/us/rs/t/s1765/p314).Vol. 18, p. 109. of the twenty second volume of the Reports of the Court of Claims, to be paid on the order of the court, one thousand dollars; said sum to be paid to the reporter, notwithstanding section seventeen hundred and sixty-five of the Revised Statutes, or section three of the act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, chapter three hundred and twenty-eight.
Sec. 2. That the pay of assistant messengers, firemen, watchmen, andRate of pay, assistant messengers, firemen, etc. laborers provided for in this act, unless otherwise specially stated, shall 632 be as follows: For assistant messengers, firemen, and watchmen, at the rate of seven hundred anti twenty dollars per annum each; for laborers, at the rate of six hundred and sixty dollars per annum each. Sec. 3. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent or in conflict withLaws conflicting repealed. the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
Approved, March 3, 1887.
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