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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 28 STAT. · March 2, 1895 · Chapter 177

Chapter 177. Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 177.— An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes.March 2, 1895. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Legislative, executive, and judicial 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 ninety-six, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:
LEGISLATIVE.Legislative. senate.Senate. For compensation of Senators, four hundred and forty thousand dollars.Pay of Senators. For mileage of Senators, forty-five thousand dollars.Mileage.Compensation, officers. etc. For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in the service of the Senate, four hundred and thirty-two thousand two hundred and twenty-eight dollars and ninety cents, namely: Office of the Vice-President: For secretary to the Vice-President,Vice-President’s office. two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars;: for messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; telegraph operator, one thousand two hundred dollars; one telegraph page, six hundred dollars; in all, five thousand four hundred and sixty dollars. 765 Chaplain:
For Chaplain of the Senate, nine hundred dollars.Chaplain.Secretary of the Senate, clerks, etc. Office of Secretary: For Secretary of the Senate, five thousand •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, seven hundred-dollars; chief clerk and financial clerk, at three thousand dollars each; principal clerk, minute and journal clerk, and enrolling clerk, at two thousand live hundred and ninety-two dollars each; assistant financial clerk and reading clerk, at two thousand four hundred dollars each: librarian, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; assistant librarian, one thousand eight hundred dollars; six 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; 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, nine hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents; in all, sixty-four thousand four hundred and forty six dollars and ninety 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, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, to be appointed by the committee, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk and stenographer to the Committee on Finance, two thousand live hundred dollars; messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Claims, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; assistant clerk, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Commerce, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; assistant clerk, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Pensions, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; assistant clerk, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on the Judiciary, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Military Affairs, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on the District of Columbia, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Foreign Relations, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Engrossed Bills, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Joint Committee on the Library, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; clerks to the •committees on Naval Affairs, Census, Public Lands, Indian Affairs, to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Public Buildings and Grounds, Agriculture and Forestry, Education and Labor, Territories, Interstate Commerce, Epidemic Diseases, Private Land Claims, Patents, Coast Defenses, Privileges and Elections, additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress, Rules, Civil service and Retrenchment, and clerk to Conference Minority of the Senate, at two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, ninety-three thousand and forty dollars.
For clerk to the Select Committee on Woman Suffrage and clerk to .the Committee on Mines and Mining, at two thousand one hundred 766dollars each, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six only,, four thousand two hundred dollars. For twenty-six clerks to committees, at one thousand four hundredClerk at $1,440 a year. and forty dollars each; in all, thirty-seven thousand four hundred and forty dollars. Office of Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper: For Sergeant-at-ArmsSergeant-at-Arms and assitants. and Doorkeeper, four thousand five hundred dollars; horse and wagon for his use, four hundred and twenty dollars or so much thereof as may he necessary; for clerk to Sergeant-at-Arms, two thousand dollars; assistant-doorkeeper, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars, and five hundred dollars additional while the office Isaac Bassett.Messengers.of assistant doorkeeper is held by Isaac Bassett; acting assistant doorkeeper, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; three messengers, acting as assistant doorkeepers, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; thirty-six messengers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; assistant messenger on the Moor of the Senate,one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; messenger to the official reporters’ room, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; messenger in charge of storeroom, one thousand two hundred dollars: upholsterer and locksmith, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; two carpenters to assist him, at nine hundred and sixty dollars each;
Laborers, etc.eleven skilled laborers, at one thousand dollars each; two janitors, at nine hundred dollars each; laborer in charge of the private passage, eight hundred and forty dollars; two female attendants in charge of the ladies’ retiring room, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; telephone operator, seven hundred and twenty dollars: telephone page, six hundred dollars; twenty-five laborers, at seven hundred and twenty Pages.dollars each; sixteen pages for the Senate Chamber, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per day each during the session, eight thousand four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, one hundred and twenty thousand one hundred and sixty-four dollars.
Post-office: For Postmaster, two thousand two hundred and fiftyPostmaster, etc. dollars; assistant postmaster and mail-carrier, two thousand and eighty-eight dollars; clerk in post office, one thousand eight hundred dollars; seven mail-carriers and one wagon master, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, four riding pages, at nine hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents each; in all, nineteen thousand three hundred and eighty eight dollars. Document room: For superintendent of the document room (Amzi Smith),Document room.Superintendent, etc. three thousand dollars; three assistants in document room, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; one clerk to superintendent of document room, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; in all, eight thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.
Folding room: For superintendent of the folding room, two thousandFolding room.Superintendent, etc. one hundred and sixty dollars; assistant in folding room, one thousand two hundred dollars; clerk in folding room, one thousand two hundred dollars; foreman in folding room, one thousand two hundred dollars; nine folders at one thousand dollars each; and nine folders, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; in all, twenty-two thousand three bundled and twenty dollars. Under Architect of the Capitol:
For chief engineer, twoChief engineer, etc. thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; three assistant engineers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; three conductors of elevators, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; machinist and assistant conductor of elevators, one thousand dollars; two firemen, at one thousand and ninety-five dollars each; four laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, sixteen thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. For thirty-eight animal clerks to Senators who are not chairmen ofClerks to Senators. committees, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, forty-five *Proviso*.Service to Senators elect.thousand six hundred dollars: *Provided*, That hereafter Senators elected, whose term of office begins on the fourth day of March, and whose 767 credentials in due form of law shall have been presented to the Senate, or filed with the Secretary, but who have not. been qualified, are authorized to appoint a clerk to serve from the date of the commencement of their terms, respectively, whose compensation shall be paid out of the appropriation for clerks to Senators who are not chairmen of committees.
For contingent expenses, namely: For stationery and newspapers,Contingent expenses, stationery, and newspapers. including six thousand dollars for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, seventeen thousand dollars. For postage stamps for the office of the Secretary of the Senate, twoPostage stamps. hundred and fifty dollars; for the office of the Serge ant-at-Ar ms, one hundred dollars: in all, three hundred and fifty dollars. For expenses of maintaining and equipping horses and mail wagonsHorses and wagons. for carrying the mails, live thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
For materials for folding, six thousand dollars.Folding materials.Folding. For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding one dollar per thousand, four thousand dollars. For fuel. oil. and cotton waste, and advertising, for the heatingFuel, oil, etc. apparatus, exclusive of labor, nine thousand dollars. For purchase of furniture, four thousand dollars.Furniture. For material for furniture and repairs of same, exclusive of labor, one thousand dollars. For services in cleaning, repairing, and varnishing furniture, one thousand dollars.
For packing boxes, nine hundred and seventy dollars.Packing boxes.Miscellaneos item. For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, twenty-five thousand dollars. For miscellaneous items on account of the Maltby Building, sixteenMaltby Building. thousand nine hundred and forty dollars. For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate,Investigations. 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 twenty-five cents per printed page, twenty-five thousand dollars.
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 lieutenants,Pay. at one thousand two hundred dollars each; twenty-five privates, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; and eight watchmen, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, forty thousand 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 services to be rendered and expenses incurred in protecting theContingent Capitol building and grounds anti the property therein, and for other contingent expenses, three hundred dollars. 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 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 eight hundred and three thousand dollars. For mileage, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars.Mileage. 768 For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others inCompensation, officers, etc. the service of the House of Representatives, three hundred and ninety-three thousand five hundred and sixty-six dollars and eighty eight cents, namely: Office of the Speaker: For private secretary to the Speaker,Speaker’s office. at the rate of two thousand one hundred and two dollars and forty cents per annum to January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and at the rate of two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars per annum from and including January first, eighteen hundred and ninety six; clerk to the Speaker’s table and to the Committee on Rules, at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum to January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for clerk to the Speaker’s table at the rate of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per annum from and including January first, eighteen hundred and ninety six; clerk to the Speaker, one thousand six hundred dollars; messenger to the Speaker, one thousand dollars; in all, seven thousand two hundred and one dollars and twenty cents.
That the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-thirdTemporary committee on accounts from members-elect 54th Congress authorized. Congress shall, before the expiration of his term of service, appoint from among the Representatives-elect to the. Fifty-fourth Congress a temporary committee on accounts, of three members, which said Committee on accounts shall have the same powers and perform the same Duties.duties in reference to payments made, from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-fourth Congress as are now authorized by law and the rules of the present House of Representatives; and which said temporary committee on accounts shall begin to exercise its powers immediately upon the termination of this Congress, and shall continue to exercise and discharge said duties until after the meeting and organization of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-fourth Congress, and until the appointment of the regular committee Approval to be conclusive.on accounts.
And all payments made out of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives upon vouchers approved by said temporary committee on accounts shall be deemed, held, and taken, and are hereby declared to be conclusive upon all the Departments and auditing Future appointments.officers of the Government. And hereafter the Speaker of the House of Representatives of each subsequent Congress shall, before the termination of the last session of each Congress, appoint, from the Representatives-elect, a temporary committee on accounts of three members, with similar powers and for the same purposes.
Chaplain: 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, five thousand dollars; and for hire of horses and wagons and cartage for the use of the Clerk’s office, nine hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; for Chief Clerk, Journal Clerk, and two reading clerks, at three thousand 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 tile clerk and enrolling clerk, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; for assistant disbursing clerk, assistant enrolling clerk, resolution and petition clerk, newspaper clerk, index clerk, assistant journal clerk, and librarian, at two thousand dollars each; for distributing clerk, stationery clerk, and two assistant librarians, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; for one bookkeeper and seven clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; for document clerk, and locksmith, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; two messengers in the House library, at one thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars each; telegraph operator, and assistant file clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one page, one laborer in the bathroom, and four laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one assistant index clerk, during the session and ninety-two days 769 after its close, three hundred and four days, at six dollars per day, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four dollars; one page in the enrolling room, and messenger in the Chief Clerk’s office, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, eighty-three thousand two hundred and ninety two dollars.
That hereafter the engrossing and enrolling of bills and joint resolutionsEngrossing, etc., of bills. of either House of Congress shall be done in accordance with the concurrent resolution adopted by the Fifty-third Congress at its first session, November first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Last days of a session. That during the last six days of a session such engrossing and enrolling of bills and joint resolutions may be done otherwise than as prescribed in said concurrent resolution, upon the order of Congress by concurrent resolution.
For superintendent of document room, at the rate of two thousandClerk’s document room until next Congress meets. dollars per annum, and for two laborers, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum each, until December second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, or until the assembling of the first session of the Fifty-fourth Congress, one thousand six hundred dollars and fifty-five cents. For two laborers, now authorized under a resolution to be employedLaborers. in the office of the Clerk, from March fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, inclusive, at sixty dollars per month each, one thousand nine hundred and nine dollars and fifty-six cents.
Under Architect of the Capitol: One chief engineer, oneChief engineer, etc. thousand seven hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four conductors of the elevators, at one thousand one hundred dollars each, who shall be under the supervision and direction of the Architect of the Capitol; one laborer, eight hundred and twenty dollars; five firemen, at nine hundred dollars each; one electrician, one thousand two hundred dollars; one laborer, eight hundred dollars; one laborer to clean Statuary Hall and watch statuary therein, six hundred and sixty dollars; in all, sixteen thousand four hundred and eighty dollars. - Clerks and messengers to committees:
For clerk to theClerks and messengers to committees. 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; clerks to committees on Accounts, Agriculture, Claims, District of Columbia, Elections, Foreign Affairs, Interstate and Foreign Commerce? Indian Affairs, Invalid Pensions, Judiciary, Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Military Affairs, Naval Affairs, Post-Office and Post-Roads, Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Lands, Rivers and Harbors, War Claims, and clerk to continue Digest of Claims under resolution of March seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, at two thousand dollars each; and for assistant clerk to the Committee on War Claims, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, fifty thousand four hundred dollars.
For nineteen clerks to committees, at six dollars each per day duringClerks to committees, session. the session, twenty four thousand one hundred and sixty-eight dollars. Office of Sergeant at-Arms: For Sergeant-at Arms of the HouseSergeant-at-Arms, deputy, etc. of Representatives, four thousand 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, seven hundred and twenty dollars; and one laborer, six hundred and sixty dollars; in all, fifteen thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.
Office of Doorkeeper: For Doorkeeper, three thousand five hundredDoorkeeper, assistants, etc. dollars; and for hire of horses, feed, repair of wagon and harness, six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; assistant doorkeeper, superintendent of document room, assistant superintendentSuperintendent of document room, etc. 770 of document room, and Department messenger, at two thousand dollars each; two special employees, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; document file clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant document file clerk, one thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars; clerk to Doorkeeper, and janitor, at one thousand two hundred dollars Messengers.each; nine messengers, including the messenger to the reporters gallery, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; nine messengers, at one thousand dollars each; six 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, cloak rooms, at six hundred dollars each; female attendant in ladies’ retiring room, Superintendent of folding room, etc.seven hundred and twenty dollars; superintendent 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 seventy dollars per month each, one thousand four hundred and sixty-three dollars and twenty-five cents; 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 Pages.two hundred dollars each; two chief pages, at nine hundred dollars each; thirty-three pages, boys not under twelve years of age, during the session, including two riding pages, one telephone page, and one telegraph page, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each, seventeen thousand four hundred and ninety dollars; two messengers during the session, at seventy dollars per month each, nine hundred and laborers, etc.seventy-five dollars and fifty cents; ten laborers during the session, at sixty dollars per month each, four thousand one hundred and eighty dollars and seventy cents; six laborers, known as cloakroom men, at fifty dollars per month each; horse and buggy, for Department messenger, two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, one hundred and thirty-one thousand three hundred and fifty-three dollars and forty-five 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 trail spoliation 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, two thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven dollars and twelve cents; and one laborer, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand four hundred and seven dollars and twelve cents.
For hire of horses and mail wagons for carrying the mails, threeHorses and wagons. thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Official Reporters: For five official reporters of the proceedingsReporting debates. and debates of the House, at five thousand dollars each; assistant official reporter, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand two hundred dollars. Stenographers to committees: For two stenographers to Committees,Stenographers to committees. at four thousand dollars each, eight thousand dollars.
That wherever the words “duringthe session” occur in the foregoing“During the session” to mean 212 days. paragraphs they shall be construed to mean the two hundred and twelve days beginning the second day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and eliding the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. For clerk hire, Members and Delegates, House of Representatives:Clerk hire, Members and Delegates. To pay Members and Delegates the amount which they certify they have paid or agreed to pay tor clerk hire necessarily 771 employed by them in the discharge of their official and representativeVol. 27, p. 757. duties, as provided in the Joint Resolution approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, two hundred and thirty thousand eight hundred and eighty nine dollars and fifteen cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
For fuel and oil for the beating apparatus, eight thousand dollars.Fuel and oil Furniture.Packing boxes. For contingent expenses, namely: For wrapping paper, pasteboard, paste,Contingent expenses.Folding materials. twine, newspaper wrappers, and other necessary materials for folding for the use of members of the House, and for use in the Clerk’s office and the House folding room (not including envelopes, writing paper and other paper and materials to be printed and furnished by the Public Printer, upon requisitions from the Clerk of the*Ante*, p. 606.
House, under the provisions of the Act approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, for the public printing and binding), five thousand dollars. For furniture, and repairs of the same, nine thousand dollars. For packing boxes, three thousand two hundred and eighteen dollars and forty cents. For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees,Miscellaneous items. twenty thousand dollars. 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, fifty-one thousand dollars.
For postage stamps for the Postmaster, one hundred dollars; for thePostage stain pa. Clerk, two hundred dollars; for the Sergeant-at-Arms, two hundred dollars; and for the Doorkeeper, twenty-five dollars; in all, five hundred and twenty-five dollars. Hereafter” no employee of Congress, either in the Senate or House,Employees not to sublet duties. shall sublet to, or hire, another to do or perform any part of the duties or work attached to the position to which he was appointed. public printing.Public printing.
For compensation of the Public Printer, four thousand five hundredPublic Printer, clerks. dollars; chief clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; in all, (if teen thousand one hundred dollars. For contingent expenses, namely: For stationery, postage, advertising,Contingent expenses. 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 thirtyLibrarian, assistants, etc. 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; eight at one thousand four hundred dollars each, one of whom shall be in charge of international exchanges; ten at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; and two at six hundred dollars each; in all, forty-four thousand five hundred and twenty dollars.
For the employment of eight clerks at nine hundred dollars each,Extra clerks copyright law. under the direction of the Librarian of Congress, necessary for the execution of the copyright law, seven thousand two hundred dollars. For purchase of books for the Library, four thousand dollars; forPurchase of books, etc. purchase of law books for the Library, under the direction of the Chief Justice, one thousand five hundred dollars; for new books of reference for the Supreme Court, to be a part of the Library of Congress and purchased by the marshal of the Supreme Court under the direction of the Chief Justice, one thousand five hundred dollars; for expenses of exchanging public documents for the publications of foreign governments. one thousand five hundred dollars; for purchase of files of 772 periodicals, serials, and newspapers, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Library, five hundred dollars.Contingent expenses.Copyright business.Report on reorganization to next Congress. For expenses of the copyright business, five hundred dollars. The Librarian of Congress shall make to the next regular session of Congress a full report touching a complete reorganization of the Library of Congress, and whether a separation of the law library from the remaining portion of the library is desirable, in view of the completion of the new library building.
BOTANIC GARDEN.Botanic Garden. For superintendent, one thousand eight hundred dollars.Superintendent, etc. For assistants and laborers, under the direction of the Joint Library Committee of Congress, twelve thousand and ninety-three dollars and seventy-five cents. For procuring manure, tools, fuel, purchasing trees and shrubs, andRepairs and improvements. for labor and material 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 thousand dollars.Compensation of the President. For compensation of the Vice-President of the United States, eightVice-President. thousand dollars. For compensation to the following in the office of the President ofExecutive office.Private secretary, etc. the United States: Private secretary, five thousand dollars; assistant secretary, two thousand five hundred dollars; one executive clerk and disbursing officer, and one executive clerk, at two thousand dollars each; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; steward, one thousand eight hundred dollars; usher to the President, one thousand eight hundred dollars; chief doorkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four doorkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one watchman, nine hundred dollars; and one engineer, who is also the fireman, one thousand dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand two hundred 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. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.Civil Service Commission. For three Commissioners, at three thousand five hundred dollarsCommissioners, examiner, etc. each; one chief examiner, three thousand dollars; one secretary, two thousand dollars; eight clerks of class four; ten clerks of class three; thirteen clerks of class two; fifteen clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; two laborers; one engineer, eight hundred and forty dollars; and two watchmen; in all,ninety-one thousand three hundred and forty dollars.
For necessary traveling expenses, including those of examiners actingExpenses. under the direction of the Commission, and for expenses of examinations and investigations held elsewhere than at Washington, seven thousand dollars. 773 DEPARTMENT OF STATE.Department of State. For compensation of The Secretary of State, eight thousand dollars;Pay of Secretary, Assistants, clerks, etc. Assistant Secretary, four thousand five hundred dollars; Second and Third Assistant Secretaries, at three thousand live hundred dollars each; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; for six chiefs of bureaus and one translator, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; private secretary to the Secretary, two thousand dollars; eleven clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; seven clerks of class two; one clerk of class two, for indexing records,one thousand four hundred dollars; sixteen clerks of class one. one of whom is to be a telegraph operator; five clerks, at one thousand dollars each; eight clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; three assistant messengers; one packer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; ten laborers; in all, one hundred and seventeen thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars.
For stationery, furniture, fixtures, and repairs, and for the purchaseStationery, etc. of passport paper, five thousand dollars. For bonks and maps, and books for the library, two thousand dollars.Books, etc.Lithographer, etc. For services of lithographer and necessary materials for the lithographic press, one thousand two hundred dollars. For contingent expenses, namely: For care and subsistence of horses,Contingent expenses. to be used only for official purposes, and repairs of wagons, carriage, and harness, rent of stable and wagon shed, care of clocks, telegraphic and electric apparatus, and repairs to the same, and for miscellaneous items not including the foregoing; in all, three thousand dollars.
For expenses of editing and distributing the laws enacted during theEditing, etc., laws. third session of the Fifty-third Congress, three thousand dollars, to be immediately available. For expenses of editing and distributing the Statutes at Large of theEditing, etc., Statutes at Large. Fifty-third Congress, one thousand dollars, to be immediately available, TREASURY DEPARTMENT.Treasury Department. Office of the Secretary: For compensation of the SecretaryPay of Secretary, Assistants, clerks, etc. of the Treasury, eight thousand dollars; three Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury, at four thousand five hundred dollars each; clerk to the Secretary, two thousand four hundred dollars; stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; three private secretaries,one to each Assistant Secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each;
Government actuary, under the control of the Treasury Department, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class one; one copyist; four messengers; four assistant messengers; in all,forty-one thousand two hundred and forty dollars. Office of chief clerk and superintendent: For chief clerk, includingChief cleric, clerks, etc. three hundred dollars as superintendent of Treasury building, three thousand dollars; assistant superintendent of Treasury building, two thousand one hundred dollars; one 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, one thousand dollars; one messenger; two assistant messengers; one storekeeper, one thousand two hundred dollars; oneEngineer, etc. telegraph operator, one thousand two hundred dollars; one chief engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; two assistant engineers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three elevator conductors, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one locksmith, one thousand two hundred dollars; three firemen; five firemen, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; one coal passer, five hundred dollars; one captainWatchmen. of the watch, one thousand four hundred dollars; two lieutenants of the watch, at nine hundred dollars each; fifty-eight watchmen: six 774 special watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one foremanLaborers. 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, four hundred and eighty dollars; two laborers, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; ninety Cabinet shop.charwomen; one foreman of cabinet shop, one thousand five hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; eleven cabinetmakers, at one thousand dollars each; one cabinetmaker, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one carpenter, one thousand dollars; one Winder Building.carpenter’s helper, six Hundred and sixty dollars.
For the Winder Building: One engineer, one thousand dollars; conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one fireman; tour watchmen; three laborers, one of whom, when necessary, shall assist and relieve the conductor of the elevator; one laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; and six charwomen; in all, one hundred and sixty-seven thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. Division of bookkeeping and warrants; For chief of division, threeBookkeeping and warrants division. thousand five hundred dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand four hundred dollars; estimate and digest clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two principal bookkeepers, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; ten bookkeepers, at two thousand dollars each; ten clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; three clerks of class one; one messenger; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, sixty-four thousand one hundred and seventy dollars.
Division of customs: For chief of division, two thousand sevenCustoms division. hundred and fifty dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four; additional to one clerk of class four acting as drawback clerk, two hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two: two clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and two assistant messengers; in all, twenty-four thousand eight 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; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two assistant messengers; and one laborer; in all, twenty-one thousand five hundred and fifty 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; and 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 thousandLoan division. five hundred dollars; one assistant chief of division, at two thousand one hundred dollars; six clerks of class four; additional to two clerks of class four as receiving clerk of bonds and bookkeeper, one hundred dollars each; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; thirteen clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one copyist, eight hundred and forty dollars; one messenger; two assistant messengers; six laborers; superintendent of paper room, one thousand two 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-two thousand five hundred and twenty-two dollars.
Division of Revenue-Cutter Service: For assistant chief of division,Revenue-Cutter division. two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; four clerks of class 775 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, eighteen thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars. Miscellaneous division: For chief of division, two thousand fiveMiscellaneous division. hundred dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; and one assistant messenger; in all, fourteen thousand five hundred and twenty dollars.
Division of stationery, printing, and blanks: For chief of division,Stationery division. two thousand five 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 four dollars per day; four binders, at three dollars and twenty cents per day each; and one sewer and folder, at two dollars and fifty cents per day; in all, thirty thousand four hundred and eighty dollars and twenty cents.
Division of mail and tiles: 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, one thousand two hundred dollars; two assistant messengers; one laborer, six hundred dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand three hundred and forty dollars. Division of special agents: For assistant chief of division, two thousandSpecial agents division. four hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; three clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one messenger; in all, twelve thousand one hundred and forty dollars.
Offices of disbursing clerks: For two disbursing clerks, at two thousandDisbursing clerks. live 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. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to employ E. W.
SellsE. W. Sells.Employment as book keeper.Report. from and after the third day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, as an expert in bookkeeping, to examine into and report to him on the methods of bookkeeping of the Treasury, and to render such other services as he may direct, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary the same to be immediately available. Office of the Supervising Architect: In the constructionSupervising Architect’s office. branch of the Treasury:
For Supervising Architect, four thousand five hundred dollars; and one assistant messenger; in all, five thousand two hundred and twenty dollars. And the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, computers,Draftsmen, 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 exclusively to carry into effect the various appropriations for public buildings, to be paid for from and equitably charged against such appropriations: *Provided*, That the expenditures on this account for*Proviso*.Limit. the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, shall not exceed two hundred thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of the Treasury shall each year in the annual estimates report to CongressReport the number of persons so employed and the amount paid to each.
That the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to Congress at itsEstimate of necessary employees. next regular session, in the annual estimates, detailed estimates for all officers and employees, indicating the salary or compensation of each, necessary to be employed in the Office of the Supervising Architect during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. 776 Office of Comptroller of the Treasury: For Comptroller ofComptroller’s office. the Treasury, five thousand five hundred dollars;
Assistant Comptroller of the Treasury, five thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand seven hundred dollars; one chief law clerk, two thousand seven hundred dollars; four Jaw clerks revising accounts and briefing opinions, one at two thousand one hundred dollars, and three at two thousand dollars each; two confidential clerks of class four, including one for the assistant Comptroller; five clerks of class three; two clerks of class one; two messengers; and one assistant messenger; in all, forty thousand four hundred dollars.
The chief clerk in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury shallChief clerk to sign certain letters, etc. have power in the name of the Comptroller of the Treasury to sign such letters and papers as the Comptroller may direct. Office of Auditor for Treasury Department: For Auditor,Office of Auditor for Treasury Department. four thousand dollars; Deputy Auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; one law clerk, two thousand dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; eighteen clerks of class four, including confidential clerk to the Auditor; fifteen clerks of class three; thirteen clerks of class two; twenty clerks of class one; twelve clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; three assistant messengers; and four laborers; in all, one hundred and thirty-four thousand six hundred dollars.
For additional clerical force for the liquidation of manifests of vesselsAdditional force on manifests.*Post*, p. 808. and cars arriving in the United States from foreign countries with merchandise intended for consumption, namely: For three clerks of class one; three clerks at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum each; and three clerks at the rate of nine hundred dollars each; in all, nine thousand three hundred dollars. Office of Auditor for War Department: For Auditor, fourOffice of Auditor for War Department. thousand dollars;
Deputy Auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; one law clerk, two thousand dollars; six chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; sixteen clerks of class four; additional to one clerk as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; forty three clerks of class three; sixty-six clerks of class two; fifty-three clerks, of class one; eleven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one skilled laborer, nine hundred dollars; three clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; one messenger; three assistant messengers; and eight laborers; in all, three hundred and one thousand five hundred dollars.
For the purpose of restoring and repairing the worn-out and defacedRestoring rolls, etc. rolls and vouchers in the Office of the Auditor for the War Department, twenty-one thousand dollars. Office of Auditor for Navy Department: For Auditor, fourOffice of Auditor for Navy Department. thousand dollars; Deputy Auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; one law clerk, two thousand dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; one clerk of class four; ten clerks of class three; six clerks of class two; eleven clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one clerk, eight hundred dollars: one messenger; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, sixty-eight thousand and eighty dollars.
Office of Auditor for Interior Department: For AuditorOffice of Auditor for Interior Department. four thousand dollars; Deputy Auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; one law clerk, two thousand dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; eight clerks of class four; thirteen clerks of class three; thirty-three clerks of class two; thirty clerks of class one; eleven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one clerk, eight hundred and forty dollars; one assistant messenger; ten laborers; and one female laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, one hundred and fifty-six thousand nine hundred and forty dollars.
To bring up the work transferred from office of Second Auditor toIndian division. Indian division of office of Auditor for Interior Department, namely; 777 Six clerks of class three, and six clerks of class two; in all, eighteen thousand dollars. Office of Auditor for State and other Departments: ForOffice of Auditor for State, etc., Departments. Auditor, four thousand dollars; Deputy Auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; one law clerk, two thousand dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; ten clerks of class four; eleven clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; six clerks of class one; five clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two copyists; one messenger; and three laborers; in all, eighty-four thousand five hundred and twenty dollars.
The law clerks in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury, andLaw clerks to perform clerical duties. in the offices of the Auditors of the Treasury, shall perform such clerical duties as the heads of their respective offices may require of them. Office of Auditor, for Post-Office Department: For Auditor,Office of Auditor for Post-Office Department. four thousand dollars; Deputy Auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; seven chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; thirteen clerks of class tour; additional to one clerk as disbursing’clerk, two hundred dollars; fifty-nine clerks of class three; seventy-two clerks of class two; eighty-six clerks of class one; sixty-eight clerks, at one thousand dollars each; sixteen clerks, at nine hundred dollars.each; one skilled laborer, one thousand dollars; twenty money-order assorters, at nine hundred dollars each; thirty money-order assorters, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; twenty-three money-order assorters. at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two messengers; twelve 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; in all, five hundred and seventeen thousand five hundred and forty dollars.
For additional force for bringing up work of assorting and checkingAdditional force on money orders. money orders, one year or more in arrears, and for increased business, namely: For five clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; five clerks of class two; eight clerks of class one; twelve clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, fifty thousand one hundred dollars. Hereafter in case of the absence or sickness of any deputy auditorActing deputy Auditors. of the Treasury Department, the Secretary of the Treasury may, by an appointment under his hand and official seal, delegate to any officer, not below the grade of a fourth-class clerk, in the office of said auditor, the authority to perform the duties of deputy auditor until such absence or sickness shall cease.
Office of the Treasurer: For Treasurer of the United States,Treasurer’s office. six thousand 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, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant bookkeeper, two thousand one 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-five clerks of class four; seventeen clerks of class three; thirteen clerks of class two; one coin clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; twenty clerks of class one; nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each; forty-seven clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; nine clerks, at seven hundred dollars each; one mail messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; six messengers; six assistant messengers; twenty-three laborers; seven charwomen; three pressmen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one compositor and pressman, at three dollars and twenty cents per day; eight separators, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; seven feeders, at six 778 hundred and sixty dollars each; in all, two hundred and sixty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty-four dollars and eighty cents.
For the force employed in redeeming the national currency (to beRedemption of currency. reimbursed by the national banks), namely: For superintendent, three thousand five hundred dollars; one teller, two thousand five hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, two thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant teller, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; seventeen clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; three assistant messengers; and one charwoman; in all, sixty-one thousand seven hundred dollars.
Office-of the Register of the Treasury: For Register, fourRegister’s office. thousand dollars; Assistant Register, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; four clerks of class four; seven, clerks of class three; seven clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; twenty-four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; two assistant messengers; and four laborers; in all, seventy thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars.
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency: For ComptrollerOffice of Comptroller of the Currency. of the Currency, five thousand dollars; Deputy Comptroller, two thousand eight hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; three 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; ten clerks of class two; eight clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each; thirteen clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; two assistant messengers; one engineer, one thousand dollars; one fireman; three laborers; and two night watchmen; in all, one hundred and three thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.
For expenses of special examinations of national banks and bankSpecial examinations, etc. plates, of keeping macerator in Treasury building in repair, and for other incidental expenses attending the working of the macerator, one thousand six hundred dollars. For expenses of the national currency (to be reimbursed by theNational currency expenses. national banks), namely: One superintendent, at two thousand two hundred dollars; one teller, one bookkeeper, and one assistant bookkeeper, at two thousand dollars each; two clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one assistant messenger; in all, sixteen thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars.
Office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue: ForCommissioner of Internal Revenue office of. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, six thousand dollars; one deputy commissioner, three thousand two hundred dollars; one chemist, 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 fifty-nine thousand and ninety dollars.
For increased force in the office of the Commissioner of InternalIncreased force, income tax.*Ante*, p. 553. Revenue, made necessary by the Act of August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, imposing a tax on incomes: For one statistician, two thousand five hundred dollars; one head of division, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; six clerks of class two; eight clerks of class one; seven clerks, at one thousand 779 dollars each; one messenger; in all, thirty thousand five hundred and ninety dollars.
For one stamp agent, one thousand six hundred dollars, and oneStamp agent. counter, nine hundred dollars; in all, two thousand live hundred 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 tour hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two assistant messengers; one laborer, six hundred dollars; one assistant civil engineer, two thousand four hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand five hundred and sixty dollars; one draftsman, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, thirty-six thousand two hundred and forty dollars.
Office of Life-Saving Service: For General Superintendent ofLife-Saving Service. the Life-Saving Service, four thousand dollars; assistant general superintendent of the Life-Saving Service, two thousand live hundred dollars; one principal clerk, two thousand dollars; one topographer and hydrographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one civil engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand live 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; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, thirty-seven thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.
Bureau of Navigation: For Commissioner of Navigation, threeBureau of Navigation. thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; additional to one clerk designated as deputy commissioner, two hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; nine clerks,at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, twenty six thousand and eighty dollars, Bureau of Engraving and Printing: For Chief of Bureau, fourBureau of Engraving and Printing. thousand five hundred dollars; assistant chief, 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.
Bureau of Statistics: For officer in charge of the Bureau of Statistics,Bureau of Statistics. three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one statistical clerk, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; five clerks of class two; nine clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; one messenger; one assistant messenger; one laborer; and one female laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, forty-seven thousand five hundred and fifty 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, one thousand dollars; and one attendant, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, eleven thousand six hundred and twenty dollars. Office of construction of standard weights and measures:Standard weights and measure. For 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:
One adjuster, one thousand five hundred dollars; one mechanician, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant messenger; and one watchman; in all, four thousand one hundred and ninety dollars. For purchase of materials and apparatus, and incidental expenses,Incidental expenses. five hundred dollars. 780 For expenses of the attendance of the American member of theInternational Committee on Weights and Measures.Vol. 20, p. 709. International 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 four hundred and seventy-five 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 five hundred dollars; computer, two thousand five hundred dollars; assayer, two thousand two hundred dollars; adjuster of accounts, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two, who shall be a stenographer; four clerks of class one; one translator, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one copyist; one messenger; assistant in laboratory, one thousand dollars; and one assistant messenger; in all, twenty-nine thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.
For freight on bullion, by registered mail or otherwise, betweenFreight. mints and assay offices, twenty thousand 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 examination of mints, expense in visiting 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, four hundred dollars. For the collection of statistics relative to the annual production ofStatistics. the precious metals in the United States, three thousand five hundred dollars. Office of Supervising Surgeon-General Marine-Hospital Service:Marine-Hospital Service. For Supervising Surgeon-General, four thousand dollars; one clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; two clerks at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk and translator, one thousand two hundred dollars; one hospital steward (employed as chemist), one thousand two hundred dollars; six copyists; one messenger, six hundred dollars; two laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; and one laborer, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars, the same to be paid from the permanent appropriations for the Marine-Hospital Service.
And hereafter the Supervising Surgeon-General of the Marine-Hospital Service Detail.is hereby authorized to cause the detail of two hospital attendants from the port of New York for duty in the laboratory of the Bureau, and who shall each receive the pay equivalent to the compensation of a first-class hospital attendant. Office Supervising Inspector-General Steamboat inspection Service:Steamboat inspection 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, at 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 paid from the permanent appropriations for the Steamboat-Inspection Service.
Bureau of Immigration: For Superintendent of Immigration,Immigration.Commissioner-General, clerks, etc. who shall hereafter be designated as Commissioner-General of Immigration, and, in addition to his other duties, shall have charge, under the Secretary of the Treasury, of the administration of the alien contract-labor laws, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; confidential clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; statistician and stenograph er, with power to act as immigrant inspector, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one messenger; and one assistant messenger; in all, ten thousand five hundred and sixty dollars, which, 781 together with other expenses of regulating immigration, shall be paid from the permanent appropriation for expenses regulating immigration: *Provided*, That hereafter special immigrant inspectors, not to exceed*Proviso*.Detail. three, may be detailed for duty in the Bureau at Washington: *And provided further*, That the same salaries for persons occupying the sameSalaries. positions as those above specified may be paid for the present fiscal year from said appropriation.
For contingent expenses of the Treasury Department,Contingent expenses. including all buildings under control of the treasury in Washington, District of Columbia, namely: For stationery for the Treasury Department and its several Bureaus,Stationery. twenty-six thousand dollars. For postage required to prepay matter addressed to Postal UnionPostage. countries, one thousand five hundred dollars. For newspapers, law books, city directories, and other books of referenceNewspapers, etc. relating to the business of the Department, one thousand dollars.
For investigation of accounts and records, including the necessaryInvestigations. traveling expenses; and for other traveling expenses, when ordered by the Secretary of the Treasury, in connection with special work, including the temporary employment of stenographers, typewriters, accountants, or other expert services outside of the District of Columbia When not properly chargeable to any other appropriation under the control of the Treasury Department, five hundred dollars. For freight, expressage, telegraph and telephone service, three thousandFreight, etc. five hundred dollars.
For rent of buildings, three thousand nine hundred and seventyRent. dollars. For purchase of horses and wagons, for office and mail service, to beHorses and wagons. used only for official purposes, care and subsistence of horses, including shoeing, and of wagons, harness, and repairs of the same, two thousand dollars. For purchase of ice, including ice for the office of the Auditor for theIce. Post-Office Department, two thousand five hundred dollars. For purchase of file holders and file eases, two thousand dollars.Files.Fuel.
For purchase of coal, wood, engine oils and grease, grates, grate baskets and fixtures, blowers, coal hods,coal shovels, pokers, and tongs, nine thousand five hundred dollars. For purchase of gas, electric current for lighting and power purposes, Lights.gasbrackets, candles, candlesticks, droplights and tubing, gas-burners, gas torches, globes, lanterns and wicks, fourteen thousand dollars. For purchase of carpets,carpet border and lining, linoleum, mats, rugs,Carpets, etc. matting, and repairs, and for cleaning, cutting, making, laying, and relaying of the same, by contract, three thousand dollars.
For purchase of boxes, book rests, chairs, chair caning, chair covers,Furniture. desks, bookcases, clocks, cloth for covering desks, cushions, leather for covering chairs and sofas, locks, lumber, screens, tables, typewriters, ventilators, wardrobe cabinets, wash stands, water coolers and stands, seven thousand dollars. For washing and hemming towels, for the purchase of awnings andMiscellaneous. fixtures, window shades and fixtures, alcohol, benzine, turpentine, varnish, baskets, belting, bellows, bowls, brooms, buckets, brushes, canvas, crash, cloth, chamois skins, cotton waste, door and window fasteners, dusters, Hower garden, street, and engine hose, lace leather, lye, nails, oils, plants, picks, pitchers, powders, stencil plates, hand stamps, and repairs of same, stamp ink, spittoons, soap, matches, match safes, sponges, tacks, traps, thermometers, tools, towels, towel racks, tumblers, wire, 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, payment of auctioneer fees, and purchase of other absolutely necessary articles, eight thousand dollars. 782 collecting internal revenue.Collecting internal revenue.
For salaries and expenses of collectors and deputy collectors andCollectors, etc. clerks, including transportation of public funds and also including Vol. 24, p. 209.expenses incident to enforcing the provisions of the Act of August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, taxing oleomargarine, and the Vol. 24, p. 218.Act of August fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, imposing upon the Government the expense of the inspection of tobacco exported, *Proviso*.No increase of employees or salaries.one million seven hundred and ten thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the, number of deputy collectors and clerks employed in the collection of internal revenue shall not be increased, nor shall the salary of said officers and employees be increased beyond the salaries paid during the last fiscal year.
For salaries and expenses of three hundred and three additionalAdditional deputies, income tax.*Ante*, p. 553. deputy collectors, including stationery, said deputies to be employed in the same manner as now provided by law, and are necessary in order to carry into effect the Act of August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, imposing a tax on incomes, lour hundred and eight thousand six hundred dollars. For salaries and expenses of agents and surveyors, fees and expensesAgents, surveyors, etc. of gaugers, salaries of storekeepers, and for miscellaneous expenses, one million nine hundred thousand dollars.
For salaries and expenses of ten additional revenue agents to beAdditional agents, income tax. employed and paid in the same manner as now provided by law, the same being necessary to carry into effect and enforce the Act of August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, imposing a tax on incomes, thirty-six thousand dollars. independent treasury.Independent Treasury. Office of assistant treasurer at Baltimore: For assistantOffice of assistant treasurers.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; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; three vault watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, twenty-three thousand eight hundred dollars.
Office of assistant treasurer at Boston: For assistant treasurerBoston. five thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; first paying teller, two thousand five hundred dollars; second 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; redemption clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk, one thousand one hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, eight hundred dollars; messenger and chief watchman, one thousand and sixty dollars; three watchmen and janitors, at eight hundred and fifty dollars each; in all, thirty-seven thousand nine hundred and ten 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; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; three coin, coupon, and currency clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; ten clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; one janitor, six hundred dollars; and three watchmen, seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, thirty-three thousand five hundred dollars. 783 Office of assistant treasurer at Cincinnati:
For assistantCincinnati. treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; cashier, two thousand dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; receiving teller, one thousand five hundred dollars; cheek clerk and interest clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two night watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; messenger, six hundred dollars; one watchman, one hundred and twenty dollars: in all, eighteen thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.
Office of assistant treasurer at New Orleans: For assistantNew Orleans. treasurer, lour thousand dollars; chief clerk and cashier, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; receiving teller, two thousand dollars; paying teller, two thousand dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand five hundred dollars; three clerks, at. one thousand two hundred dollars each; coin and redemption clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; porter, five hundred dollars; one day watchman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one night watchman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, twenty thousand four hundred and ninety dollars.
Office of assistant treasurer at New York: For assistantNew York. treasurer, eight thousand dollars; deputy assistant treasurer and cashier, four thousand two hundred dollars; assistant cashier and chief clerk, three thousand six hundred dollars; assistant cashier and vault clerk, three thousand two hundred dollars; two chiefs of division, at three thousand one hundred dollars each; chief paying teller, three thousand dollars; two chiefs of division, at two thousand seven hundred dollars each; authorities clerk, two thousand six hundred dollars; one chief of division, two thousand four hundred dollars; chief bookkeeper, two thousand four hundred dollars; correspondence clerk, two thousand three hundred dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand three hundred dollars; two assistant chiefs of division, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; assistant paying teller, two thousand two hundred dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand two hundred dollars; minor-coin teller, two thousand one hundred dollars; two clerks, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; ten clerks, at two thousand dollars each; twelve clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand seven hundred dollars each; seven clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; eight clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; thirteen clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; stenographer and typewriter, one thousand four hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand three hundred dollars each; eleven clerks, atone thousand two hundred dollars each; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three messengers, at nine hundred dollars each; two messengers, at eight hundred dollars each; two hall men, at one thousand dollars each; two porters, at nine hundred dollars each; superintendent of the building, one thousand eight hundred dollars; chief detective, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant.detective, one thousand two hundred dollars; engineer, one thousand and fifty dollars; assistant engineer, eight hundred and twenty dollars; six watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, one hundred and ninety-two thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars.
Office of assistant treasurer at Philadelphia: For assistantPhiladelphia. treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars: cashier and chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand five hundred dollars; paying teller, two thousand two hundred dollars; bond and authorities clerk, and vault clerk, at one .thousand nine hundred dollars each; assorting teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars; coin teller, one thousand seven hundred dollars; redemption teller and receiving teller, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; one clerk, 784 one thousand five hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; one clerk, one thousand three hundred dollars; four clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; superintendent messenger and chief watchman, one thousand one hundred dollars; four counters, at nine hundred dollars each; and seven watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars-each; in all, forty-two thousand three 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; paying teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars; receiving teller, one thousand six hundred dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand five hundred dollars; two assistant bookkeepers, coin teller, and assistant teller, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; assistant coin teller, assistant bookkeeper, and messenger, at one thousand dollars each; three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; and janitor, six hundred dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.
Office of assistant treasurer at San Francisco: For assistantSan Francisco. treasurer, four thousand live hundred dollars; cashier, three thousand dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; assistant cashier, receiving teller, and assistant bookkeeper, at two thousand dollars each; coin teller and one clerk, at one 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 actual expenses of special agents detailed to examine the books,Special agents, examination of depositories, etc. accounts, and money on hand at the several subtreasuries and depositories, including national banks acting as depositories under the [R. S. sec., 3649, p. 718](/us/rs/t/s3649/p718).requirements of section thirty-six hundred and forty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, also including examinations of cash accounts at mints, three 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, thirteen thousand dollars. united states mints and assay offices.Mints and assay offices. Mint at Arson, Nevada: For superintendent, three thousandCarson. dollars; tor assayer, and melter and refiner, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; cashier, two thousand dollars; chief clerk, and bookkeeper, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; assistant assayer, assistant melter and refiner, and weigh clerk, at one thousand live hundred dollars each; in all, eighteen thousand one hundred dollars.
For wages of workmen, fifteen thousand dollars.Wages. For incidental and contingent expenses, seven thousand five hundred dollars.Contingent expenses. Mint at Denver, Colorado: For salary of the assayer in charge,Denver. two thousand five hundred dollars; melter, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant assayer, one thousand four hundred dollars; calculating clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.
For wages of workmen, twenty thousand dollars.Wages.Contingent expenses. For incidental and contingent expenses, five thousand dollars. Until the mint and assay office at Denver shall become a coinageAssay office to continue until coinage mint established.*Ante*, p. 673. mint in accordance with law, the present mint shall be continued as an assay office, and the business now transacted at said mint shall be continued therein, and the appropriations heretofore and herein made shall be applicable to such mint. 785 Mint at New Orleans, Louisiana:
For salary of superintendent,New Orleans. three thousand five hundred dollars; for the assayer, melter and refiner, and coiner, 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, at 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 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, thirty-three thousand dollars. Mint at Philadelphia: For salary of the superintendent, fourPhiladelphia. thousand five hundred dollars; for the assayer, melter and refiner, coiner, and engraver, at three thousand dollars each; assistant assayer, assistant melter and refiner, and assistant coiner, at two thousand dollars each; cashier, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, 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 seventy-fiveWages. thousand dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, including new machineryContingent expenses. and repairs, expenses annual assay commission (and purchases, not exceeding three hundred dollars in value, of specimen coins and ores for the cabinet of the mint), seventy-five 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, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; bookkeeper, abstract clerk, weigh clerk, warrant clerk, assistant assayer. assistant melter and refiner, assistant coiner, and register of deposits, at two thousand dollars each; cashier’s clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assayer’s computation clerk, assistant weigh clerk, and superintendent’s calculation clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; in all, forty-one thousand one hundred dollars.
For wages of workmen and adjusters, one hundred and seventy thousandWages. dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, thirty-five thousand dollars.Contingent expenses. Boise City,Con tin gent expenses. Assay office at Boise City, Idaho: For assayer, who shall also perform the duties of melter, two thousand dollars; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, three thousand two hundred dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, including labor, nine thousand dollars.
Assay office at Charlotte, North Carolina: For assayerCharlotte. and melter, one thousand five hundred dollars; 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 thousand dollars.Contingent expenses. Assay office at Helena, Montana: For salary of assayer inHelena. charge, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; melter, one thousand eight hundred dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
For wages of workmen, thirteen thousand dollars.Wages. 786 For incidental and contingent expenses, five thousand dollars.Contingent expenses.Refinery of gold and silver. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and required to establish at the United States assay office at Helena, Montana, a refinery for refining and parting gold and silver and for casting the same into bars, ingots, or dises. That the charges for those operations shall be fixed by the DirectorCharges. of the Mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to equal, but not to exceed, the expenses thereof, and all provisions of law relating to the refineries of the mints and assay offices shall apply to the parting and refining of bullion at the assay office at Helena, Montana.
Assay office at New York: For salary of superintendent, fourNew York. thousand five hundred dollars; for assayer, and 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-seven thousand five hundred dollars.Wages.Contingent expenses.Saint Louis. For incidental and contingent expenses, ten thousand dollars. Assay office at Saint Louis, Missouri: For assayer in charge, two thousand dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand dollars. For incidental and con tin gent 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; five commissioners, one of whom shall reside at Kadiak in the District of Alaska, at one thousand dollars each; six deputy marshals, seven hundred and fifty dollars each; in all, twenty-three thousand 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 thousandArizona.Pay of governor, etc. six hundred dollars; chief justice and three associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; secretary,one thousand eight hundred dollars; interpreter and translator in the executive office, live hundred dollars; in all, sixteen thousand nine hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by theContingent expenses. governor, five hundred dollars. For legislative expenses, namely:
For rent, messenger, postage,Legislative expenses. stationery, fuel, lights, printing, and incidental expenses for secretary’s office, two thousand dollars. Territory of New Mexico: For salary of governor, two thousandNew Mexico.Pay of governor, etc. six hundred dollars; chief justice and four associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; secretary, one thousand eight hundred dollars; and interpreter and translator in the executive office, five hundred dollars; nineteen thousand nine hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by theContingent expenses. governor, five hundred dollars. For legislative expenses, namely: For rent, light, fuel, ice, stationery,Legislative expenses. record files, record casings, printing, postage, clerks, messenger and porter, and incidentals in secretary’s office, two thousand dollars. 787 Territory of Oklahoma: For salary of governor, two thousandOklahoma.Pay of governor, etc. six hundred dollars; chief justice and four associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; and secretary, one thousand eight hundred dollars; nineteen thousand four hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,Contingent expenses. one thousand live hundred dollars. For legislative expenses, namely: For rent of office, furniture, fuel,Legislative expenses. lights, stationery, clerk hire, printing, postage, ice, record casings, and messenger, porter, and other incidental expenses of the secretary’s office, two thousand dollars. Territory of Utah: For the following for the first half of the fiscalUtah. year eighteen hundred and ninety-six, or until the admission of Utah as a State under the Act of July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, namely:
For salary of governor, at the rate of two thousandPay of governor, etc., until admission as State.*Ante*, p. 107. six hundred dollars per annum; chief justice and three associate judges, at the rate of three thousand dollars each per annum; and Secretary, at the rate of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; in all, eight thousand two hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,Contingent expenses. two hundred and fifty dollars.
For legislative expenses, namely: For contingent expenses of Secretary’sLegislative expenses. office, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For the salaries of the live Commissioners appointed under an ActUtah Commission.Vol. 22, p. 32. entitled “An Act to amend section fifty-three hundred and 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 the rate of two thousand dollars each per annum, five thousand dollars: *Pro rifled*, That Commissioners hereafter appointed*Proviso*.Appointments. shall be residents of the Territory of Utah.
For the following expenses of the Commission, namely: For travelingExpenses. expenses, printing, stationery, clerk hire, and office rent, three thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided*, That out of this sum the*Proviso*.Secretary. 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 at the rate of three hundred dollars per annum, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six.
WAR DEPARTMENT.War Department. Office of the Secretary: For compensation of the SecretaryPay of Secretary, Assistant, clerks, etc. of War, eight thousand dollars; Assistant Secretary, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; disbursing clerk, two thousand dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; one stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class four; clerk to the Assistant Secretary, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class three; eight clerks of class two; twelve clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four messengers: seven assistant messengers; eight laborers; carpenter, and foreman of laborers, at one thousand dollars each; two carpenters, at nine hundred dollars each; one hostler, six hundred dollars; two hostlers, and one watchman, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in ail, ninety-two thousand nine hundred dollars.
That so much of section two hundred and twenty-nine Revised StatutesAnnual statements abolished.[R. S., sec. 229, p. 37, amended](/us/rs/t/s229/p37). of the United States as requires the Secretary of War to lay before Congress at the commencement of each regular session a statement of all contracts for supplies or services which have been made, by him or under his direction during the year preceding, and so much of the Army appropriation Act for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,Vol. 23, p. 109. as requires the Quartermaster-General and the Commissary-Gen era! of Subsistence to report all purchases of supplies made by their departments, with their 788cost price and place of delivery, to the Secretary of War for transmission to Congress annually, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Record and Pension Office: Two chiefs of division, at twoRecord and Pension Office. thousand dollars each; twenty-one clerks of class four; forty-three clerks of class three; ninety-three clerks of class two; one hundred and ninety-three clerks of class one; ninety-eight clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one engineer, one thousand four’ hundred dollars; one assistant engineer for night duty, nine hundred dollars; two firemen; one skilled mechanic, one thousand dollars; five messengers; thirty-one assistant messengers; one messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; five watchmen; one superintendent of building, two hundred and fifty dollars; and sixteen laborers; in all, six hundred and sixteen thousand four hundred and thirty dollars; and all employees provided for by this paragraph for the Record and Pension Office of the War Department shall be exclusively engaged on the work of this office for Military history of regiments may be furnished States.the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six.
And the Secretary of War shall, upon the application of the Governor of any State, furnish to such Governor a transcript of the military history of any regiment or company of his State, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, at the expense of such State. Office of the Adjutant-General: Chief clerk, two thousandAdjutant-General’s office. dollars; twelve clerks of class four; fourteen clerks of class three; thirteen clerks of class two; fifty-eight clerks of class one; seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four messengers; eighteen assistant messengers, and three watchmen; in all, one hundred and fifty-nine thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.
Office of the Inspector-General: For one clerk of class four;Inspector-General’s office. two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; one messenger; and one assistant messenger; in all, thirteen thousand one hundred and sixty dollars. Office of the Judge-Advocate-General: Chief clerk, twoJudge-Advocates Generals office. thousand dollars; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one copyist; one messenger; and one assistant messenger; in all, thirteen thousand six hundred and sixty dollars.
Signal Office: One clerk of class four; two clerks of class one;Signal office. one messenger; one laborer; in all, five thousand seven hundred dollars. Office of the Quartermaster-General: Chief clerk, two thousandQuartermaster-General’s office. dollars; eleven clerks of class four; nine clerks of class three; twenty-three clerks of class two; thirty-nine clerks of class one; eight clerks, at one thousand dollars each; six skilled typewriters, at one thousand dollars each; one female messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; four messengers; nine assistant messengers; two laborers; one civil engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant civil engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; one experienced builder and mechanic, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and fifty-two thousand three hundred and forty dollars.
Office of the Commissary-General: Chief clerk, two thousandCommissary-General’s office. 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; two assistant messengers; two laborers; in all, forty-two thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars. Office of the Surgeon-General: Chief clerk, two thousandSurgeon-General’s office. dollars; fourteen clerks of class four; eleven clerks of class three; twenty-six clerks of class two; twenty-nine clerks of class one; five clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one anatomist, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; 789 one assistant engineer, for night duty, nine hundred dollars; two firemen; one skilled mechanic, one thousand dollars; twelve assistant messengers; three watchmen; one superintendent of building (Army Medical Museum and Library), two hundred and fifty dollars; five laborers; one chemist, two thousand and eighty-eight dollars; one principal assistant librarian, two thousand and eighty-eight dollars; one pathologist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one microscopist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant librarian, one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all. one hundred and fifty-one thousand two hundred and sixty-six dollars.
Office of the Paymaster-General: Chief clerk, two thousandPaymaster-General’s office. dollars; five clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; seven clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; one assistant messenger; four laborers; in all, thirty four thousand five hundred and sixty dollars. Office of the Chief of Ordnance: Chief clerk, two thousandOrdnance office. dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; twenty clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two messengers; one assistant messenger; one laborer; in all, forty-one thousand six hundred and sixty dollars.
Office of the Chief of Engineers: Chief clerk, two thousandEngineer office. dollars; four clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, twenty-three thousand two hundred and forty dollars. And the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such otherDraftsmen, etc. services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, may be employed only in the office of the Chief of Engineers to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, fortifications, and surveys to be paid from such appropriations: *Provided*, That the expenditures*Proviso*.Limit, etc. on this account for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, shall not exceed seventy-two 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: ForRecords of the Rebellion. one agent, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; two clerks of class one; one copyist; two assistant messengers; two watchmen; and one laborer, six hundred dollars; in all, fifteen thousand three hundred and eighty dollars. For postage stamps for the War Department and its bureaus, asPostage stamps. required under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matters addressed to Postal Union countries, five hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of the War Department and its bureaus;Contingent expenses. purchase of professional and scientific books, blank books, pamphlets, newspapers, maps; furniture, and repairs to same; carpets, matting, oilcloth, file .cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges, fuel, gas, and heating apparatus for and repairs to the buildings (outside of the State, War, and Navy Department Building) occupied by the Adjutant-General’s Office, the Surgeon-General’s Office, office of Records of the Rebellion, and Record and Pension Office of the War Department; expenses of horses and wagons to be used only for official purposes; freight and express charges, and other absolutely necessary expenses, fifty-four thousand dollars.
For stationery for the War Department and its bureaus and offices,Stationery. thirty thousand dollars. For rent of buildings for use of the War Department as follows: ForRent. medical dispensary, Surgeon-General’s Office, one thousand dollars; for the Rebellion Records Office, one thousand two hundred dollars; for Record and Pension Office, two thousand four hundred dollars; in all, four thousand six hundred dollars. 790 PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.Public buildings and grounds.
Office of public buildings and grounds: For one clerk, oneClerk, messenger, etc. thousand six hundred dollars; one messenger; one public gardener, one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, four thousand two hundred and forty dollars. For overseers, draftsmen, foremen, mechanics, gardeners, and laborersOverseers, etc. employed in the public grounds, twenty-eight thousand dollars. For day watchman in Franklin Square, six hundred and sixty dollars.Watchmen. For day 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 night watchmen in Smithsonian Grounds, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars. For one day watchman at Judiciary Square and one at Lincoln Square and adjacent reservations, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. For one nightwatchman at Judiciary Square, seven hundred and twenty dollars.
For one day watchman at Iowa Circle; one at Thomas Circle and neighboring reservations; one at Washington Circle and neighboring reservations; one at Dupont Circle and neighboring reservations; one at McPherson and Farragut squares; one at Stanton Square and neighboring reservations; two at Henry and Seaton squares and reservations east of Botanic Garden; one at Mount Vernon Square and adjacent reservations; one for the greenhouses and nursery; one at 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 at Henry and Seaton squares and reservations east of Botanic Garden, seven hundred and twenty dollars. For one night watchman at Garfield Park, seven hundred and twenty dollars. For contingent and incidental expenses, five hundred dollars.Contingent expenses. state, war, and navy department building.State, War,and Navy Department building. Office of the superintendent: One clerk of class one; one chiefClerk, engineers, etc. engineer, at one thousand two hundred dollars; eight 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; fifty-eight watchmen; one carpenter, one thousand dollars; machinist, plumber, and painter, at nine hundred dollars each; four skilled laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; twenty-eight firemen, ten conductors of elevators, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; twenty laborers; and eighty charwomen; in all, one hundred and twenty-one thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.
For fuel, lights, miscellaneous items, and repairs, thirty-sevenFuel, lights, etc. thousand five hundred dollars. NAVY DEPARTMENT.Navy Department. Office of the Secretary: For compensation of the SecretaryPay of Secretary, Assistant, clerks, etc. of the Navy, eight thousand dollars; Assistant Secretary of the Navy, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; clerk to the Secretary, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; disbursing clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class four in charge of files and records; three clerks of class three; one stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; one stenographer, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; four clerks of class one; 791 one clerk, one thousand dollars; telegraph operator, one thousand dollars; one carpenter, nine hundred dollars; two messengers; three assistant messengers; two messenger boys, at four hundred and twenty dollars each: one messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; one laborer; one clerk of class one, and one laborer (for Inspection Board); one clerk of class one (for Examining and Retiring Board); in all, forty eight thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.
Bureau of Navigation: Chief clerk, one thousand eight hundredBureau of Navigation. dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one copyist; one copyist, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant messenger; three laborers; in all, twenty-six thousand one hundred and twenty dollars. Office of Naval Records of the Rebellion: For the followingNaval Records of the Rebellion. employees, to be selected by reason of special aptitude for the work by the Secretary of the Navy, namely, two clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two: two clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; four copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; necessary traveling expenses for collection of records, six hundred dollars; in all, sixteen thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.
For continuing the publication of the Official Naval Records of theContinuing publication. Rebellion, both Union and Confederate, in accordance with the plan adopted by the Secretary of the Navy under the Act of Congress*Ante*, p. 190. approved July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, twenty-two thousand dollars. Library of the Navy Department: One clerk, one thousandLibrary. dollars; one assistant messenger; one laborer; in all, two thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.
Judge-Advocate-General, United States Navy: For twoJudge-Advocate-General’s office. clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; three clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one laborer; in all, ten thousand four hundred and sixty dollars. Hydrographic Office: For two clerks of class two; one clerk ofHydrographic Office. class one; one assistant messenger; one watchman; in all, live thousand four hundred and forty dollars. For draftsmen, engravers, assistants, nautical experts, computers,Services. custodian of archives, copyists, copper plate printers, apprentices, and laborers in the Hydrographic Office, forty thousand dollars.
For purchase of copper plates, steel plates, chart paper, electrotypingMaterials. copper plates; cleaning copper plates; tools, instruments, and materials for drawing, engraving, and printing; materials for and mounting charts: data for charts and sailing directions; reduction of charts by photography; photolithographing charts for immediate use; transfer of photolithographic and other charts to copper; care and repairs to printing presses, furniture, instruments, and tools; extra drawing and engraving; translating from foreign languages; expert marine, meteorological, and other work in the preparation of the Pilot Chart and supplements, and the printing and mailing of the same; and purchase of, compiling, and arranging data for charts and sailing directions and other nautical publications; works, and periodicals relating to hydrography, marine meteorology, navigation, and surveying, thirty thousand dollars.
For rent of building for printing presses, draftsmen, and engravers,Rent. storage of copper plates and materials used in the construction and printing of charts: 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, Norfolk, Savannah, New Orleans, San Francisco, Portland (Oregon), Portland (Maine), Chicago, Cleveland, and Port Townsend, including furniture, fuel, lights, rent and care of offices, car fare and ferriage in visiting merchant vessels, freight, express, telegrams, 792 and other necessary expenses incurred in collecting the latest information for the Pilot Chart, and for other purposes for which the offices were established, including one thousand dollars for rent of New York office, seventeen thousand dollars.
For a monthly Pilot Chart of the North Pacific Ocean, showingMonthly pilot Chart, Pacific Ocean.Publishing, etc. graphically the matters of value and interest to the maritime community of the Pacific Coast, and particularly the directions and forces of the winds to be expected during the month succeeding the date of issue; the set and strength of the currents; the feeding grounds of whales and seals; the regions of storm, fog, and ice; the positions of derelicts and floating obstructions to navigation; and the best routes to be followed by steam and by sail; including the expenses of communicating and circulating information; lithographing and engraving; the purchase of materials for, and printing and mailing the chart; the employment of three nautical experts atone thousand six hundred dollars each, and two tabulators and copyists at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, ten thousand dollars.
Bureau of Equipment: For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundredBureau of Equipment. dollars; two clerks of class two; two copyists; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, seven thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars. Nautical Almanac Office: For the following assistants, in preparingNautical Almanac Office. for publication the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, namely: 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 copyist and typewriter, nine hundred dollars; one assistant messenger; and 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, seven thousand dollars, of which sum two thousand dollars may be used for computations on new tables of the moon and of the stars. 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; one electrician, one thousand five hundred dollars; one photographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; five computers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant librarian, one thousand two hundred dollars; one copyist; carpenter, and engineer, at one thousand dollars each; two firemen; six watchmen; two skilled laborers, one at one thousand dollars, who shall be foreman and captain of the watch, and one at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one elevator conductor, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; and eleven laborers; in all, thirty-seven thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.
For miscellaneous computations, one thousand two hundred dollars.Computations.Apparatus. For apparatus and instruments, and for repairs of the same, two thousand five hundred dollars. For professional and scientific books, periodicals, engravings, photographs,Books, etc. and fixtures for the library, one thousand dollars. For repairs to buildings, fixtures, and fences, furniture, gas, chemicals,Repairs, etc. and stationery; freight (including transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange), foreign postage, and expressage, plants, fertilizers, and all contingent expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For fuel, oil, grease, tools, pipe, wire, and other materials needed forMiscellaneous. the maintenance and repair of boilers, engines, heating apparatus, electric lighting and power plant, and water-supply system; purchase and maintenance of teams; material for boxing nautical instruments for transportation; paints, telegraph and telephone service, and incidental labor, seven thousand five hundred dollars. 793 Bureau of Steam Engineering: For chief clerk, one thousandBureau of Steam Engineering. eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class two: one clerk of class one; one assistant messenger; two laborers; one chief draftsman, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand and ninety dollars.
Bureau of Construction and Repair: For chief clerk, oneBureau of Construction and Repair. thousand eight hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, thirteen thousand three hundred and eighty dollars. Bureau of Ordnance:
For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundredBureau of Ordnance. dollars; draftsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand four hundred dollars: one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one copyist; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, twelve thousand four hundred and eighty dollars. Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For chief clerk, one thousandBureau of Supplies and Accounts. eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; three Clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; two stenographers, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; eleven clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, thirty-six thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For chief clerk, one thousandBureau of Medicine and Surgery. eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; two clerks at one thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; one laborer; one janitor, six hundred dollars; and one laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars (for Naval Dispensary); in all, eleven thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars. Bureau of Yards and Docks: For one chief clerk, one thousandBureau of Yards and Docks. eight hundred dollars; one draftsman and clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, ten thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.
For professional books and periodicals for Department library, fiveBooks, etc. hundred dollars. For stationary, furniture, newspapers, plans, drawings, drawingContingent expenses. materials, horses and wagons, to be used only for official purposes, freight, expressage, postage, and other absolutely necessary expenses of the Navy Department and its various bureaus and offices, eleven thousand dollars. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.Department of the Interior. Office of the Secretary:
For compensation of the Secretary ofPay of Secretary, Assistants, clerks, etc. the Interior, eight thousand 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; nine members of a Board of Pension Appeals to be appointedBoard of Pension Appeals. by the Secretary of the Interior, at two thousand dollars each; one special land inspector connected with the administration of the publicLand inspector. laud service, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior and to be subject to his direction, two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk in charge of documents, two thousand dollars; six clerks, chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each, one of whom shall be disbursing clerk; private secretary to the Secretary of the interior, two thousand dollars; five clerks of class four; seven clerks of class 794 three; one custodian, who shall give bond in such sum as the Secretary of the Interior may determine, two thousand dollars; one bookkeeper for custodian, one thousand two hundred dollars; seven clerks of class two; fourteen clerks of class one, two of whom 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; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; seven copyists; one telephone operator, six Messengers, etc.hundred dollars; three messengers; six assistant messengers; fourteen laborers; two skilled mechanics, one at nine hundred dollars and one at seven hundred and twenty dollars; two carpenters, at nine hundred dollars each; one laborer, six hundred dollars; one packer, six hundred and sixty dollars; one conductor of elevator, at seven hundred Watchmen, etc.and twenty dollars; four charwomen; 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 seven firemen; in all. one hundred and seventy-six thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars.
For the following clerks now detailed from the Pension Office, andClerks detailed from Pension Office. to be retained in the office of the Secretary without any additional appointment, namely: Four clerks, at two thousand dollars each (now borne on the rolls of the Pension Office as principal examiners); six clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; six clerks of class two; ten clerks of class one; one clerk at nine hundred dollars; in all, forty-three thousand three hundred dollars.
Office of Assistant Attorney-General: For one assistantAssistant Attorney General’s office. attorney, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant attorney, two thousand five hundred dollars; two assistant attorneys, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; thirteen assistant attorneys, at two thousand dollars each; three clerks of class three, one of whom shall act as stenographer; in all, forty thousand live hundred and fifty dollars. For the following clerks now detailed from the Pension Office and toClerks detailed from Pension Office. be retained without any additional appointment, namely:
One clerk of class one, and one clerk at nine hundred dollars; in all, two thousand one hundred dollars. For per diem in lieu of subsistence of one special land inspector connectedPer diem, etc., land inspector. 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, two thousand dollars; to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.
General Land Office: For the Commissioner of the GeneralGeneral Land Office. Laud Office, five thousand dollars; one Assistant Commissioner, to be appointed by the President, by and with the adyice and consent of the Senate, who shall be authorized to sign such letters, papers, and documents, and to perform such other duties as may be 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 five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two law clerks, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; three inspectors of surveyorsgencral and district land offices, at two thousand dollars each; recorder, two thousand dollars; ten chiefs of divisions, at two thousand dollars each; two law examiners, at two thousand dollars each; ten principal examiners of land claims and contests, at two thousand dollars each; thirty-one clerks of class four; fifty seven clerks of class three; fifty-eight clerks of class two; sixty-one clerks of class one; forty-five clerks, at one thousand dollars each; fifty copyists; two messengers; nine assistant messengers; twelve laborers; and six packers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; 795 in all, four hundred and seventy-eight thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
For the following clerks now detailed from the Pension Office, andClerks detailed from Pension Office. to be retained without any additional appointment, namely: One clerk of class two; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each: live clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, nine thousand nine hundred dollars. For per diem in lieu of subsistence of inspectors and of clerksPer diem, etc., investigations. detailed to investigate fraudulent land entries, trespasses on the public lands, and cases of official misconduct; also of clerks detailed to examine the books of and assist in opening new land offices, 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, seven thousand dollars.
For law books for the law library, of the General Laud Office, fourLaw books. hundred dollars. For connected and separate United States and other maps preparedMaps. in the General Land Office, fourteen thousand eight hundred and forty dollars, and of the United States maps nine hundred and seventy-six copies shall be delivered to the General Land Office, four thousand six hundred and sixty-four copies shall be delivered to the Senate, and nine thousand three hundred and sixty copies shall be delivered to the House of Representatives.
Mine inspectors: For salaries of three mine inspectors, authorizedMine inspectors.Vol. 26, p, 1104. by the Act approved Biarch third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, for the protection of the lives of miners in the Territories, at two thousand dollars per annum each, six thousand dollars. For per diem, subject to such rules and regulations as the SecretaryExpenses. of the Interior may prescribe, in lieu of subsistence at a. rate not exceeding three dollars per day each, while absent from their homes on duty, and for actual necessary traveling expenses of said inspectors, five thousand dollars.
Indian Office: For the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, four thousandIndian Office. dollars; Assistant Commissioner, who shall also perform the duties of chief clerk, three thousand dollars; financial clerk, two thousand dollars; chief of division, two thousand dollars; principal bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class four; twelve clerks of class three; one draftsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; one stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; one stenographer, one thousand four hundred dollars; ten clerks of class two; twenty-two clerks of class one; nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each; twelve copyists; one messenger; two assistant messengers; one laborer; one, female messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; one messenger boy, three, hundred and sixty dollars; and two charwomen; in all, one hundred and ten thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.
That the account of moneys due the Cherokee Nation under any ofCherokee Nation. the treaties made in the years eighteen hundred and seventeen, eighteenAccount of moneys due, referral to Attorney-General. hundred and nineteen, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, eighteen hundred and forty-six, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and eighteen hundred and sixty-eight and any laws passed by the Congress of the United States for the purpose-of carrying said treaties, or any of them, into effect, prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred andVol. 27, p. 643. ninety-three, and reported to Congress in House Executive Document Numbered One hundred and eighty-two, Fifty-third Congress, third session, be referred to the Attorney-General, and he is hereby authorized and directed to review the conclusions of law reached by the Department of the Interior in said account and report his conclusionsReport.*Provisos*.Restatement. thereon to Congress at its next regular session: *Provided*, he may, if he deems such action advisable, refer said account to the Auditor for 796 the Interior Department for a restatement thereof in accordance with the conclusions of law reached by him; which account, when made by the Auditor for the Interior Department, shall be transmitted to the Comptroller of the Treasury for consideration, both upon the law and the facts, and by him, when completed, transmitted to the Attorney-General for report to Congress at its next regular session, as above No allowance for interest.provided: *Provided further*, That in making such review and restatement there shall be no computation for interest.
For the following clerks now detailed from the Pension Office, andClerks detailed from Pension Office. to be retained without any additional appointment, namely, one clerk of class one, and four clerks at one thousand dollars each; in all, five thousand two hundred dollars. Pension Office: For the Commissioner of Pensions, five thousandPension Office. 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: thirty-eight medical examiners, who shall be surgeons of education, skill, and experience in their profession, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; ten chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; law clerk, two thousand dollars; fifty-eight principal examiners, at two thousand dollars each; twenty assistant chiefs of division, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; three stenographers, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; seventy clerks of class four; eighty-five clerks of class three: three hundred and fifty clerks of class two; four hundred and thirty-eight clerks of class one; two hundred and eighty-seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one superintendent of building, one thousand four hundred dollars; two engineers, atone thousand two hundred dollars each; one hundred and seventy-five copyists; thirty-three messengers; twelve assistant messengers; twenty messenger boys, at four hundred dollars each; one painter, skilled in his trade, nine hundred dollars; one.cabinetmaker, skilled in his trade, nine hundred dollars; 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; five female laborers, at four hundred dollars each; and fifteen charwomen; in all, two million and *Proviso*.In reductions, ex-soldiers, etc., to be retained.eighty-six thousand seven hundred and ten dollars: *Provided*, That in reducing the force of the Pension Office to comply with the provisions of this Act preference for retention in service shall be given to ex-Soldiers and ex-sailors of the United States, who served dining the war of the rebellion, and to the widows and orphans of such deceased soldiers or sailors.
But this provision shall not be deemed to apply to cases where, after full and fair investigation, the test of capacity and fitness in the discharge of the duties of said positions shall show mental oi’ physical disqualification. For per diem, when absent from home and traveling on duty outsidePer diem, etc., investigations. the District of Columbia, for special examiners or other persons employed in the Bureau of Pensions, detailed for the purpose of making special investigations pertaining to said Bureau, in lieu of expenses for subsistence, not exceeding three dollars per day. and tor actual and necessary expenses for transportation and assistance and any other necessary expenses, including telegrams, five hundred thousand *Proviso*.Chief and assistant special examiners.dollars: *Provided*, That two special examiners, or clerks, detailed and acting as chief and assistant chief of the division of special examiners, may be allowed, from this appropriation, in addition to their salaries and in lien of per diem and all expenses for subsistence, a sum sufficient to make their annual compensation two Expenses.thousand dollars and one thousand eight hundred dollars, respectively; and whenever it may be necessary for either of them to travel on official business outside the 797 District of Columbia by special direction of the Commissioner, he shall receive the same allowance, in lieu of subsistence and for transportation, as is herein provided for special examiners and detailed clerks engaged in field service; and the Secretary of the Interior shall so apportion the sum herein appropriated as to prevent a deficiency therein.
For an additional force of one hundred and fifty special examinersAdditional special examiners. for one year, at a salary of one thousand three hundred dollars each, one hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars, and no person so appointed shall be employed in the State from which lie is appointed: and any of those now employed in the Pension Office or as special examiners may be reappointed if they be found to be qualified. Patent Office: For the Commissioner of Patents, five thousandPatent Office. dollars:
Assistant Commissioner, who shall perform such duties pertaining to the office of Commissioner as may lie assigned to him by the Commissioner, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two law clerks, at two thousand dollars each; three examiners in chief, at three thousand dollars each; examiner of interferences, two thousand five hundred dollars; thirty-two principal examiners, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; thirty-four first assistant examiners, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; thirty-eight second assistant examiners, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; forty-three third assistant examiners, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; fifty-two fourth assistant examiners, atone thousand two hundred dollars each; financial clerk, two thousand dollars, who shall give bonds in such amount as the Secretary of the Interior may determine; 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; five clerks of class four, one of whom shall act as application clerk; one machinist, one thousand six hundred dollars; six clerks of class three, one of whom shall be translator of languages; fourteen clerks of class two; fifty-one clerks of class one, including one in lieu of a clerk detailed from Pension Office; one skilled laborer, one thousand two hundred dollars; three skilled draftsmen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four draftsmen, 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; seventy-six copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three messengers; twenty assistant messengers; forty-five laborers, at six hundred dollars each; forty-five laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; fifteen messenger boys, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; in all, six hundred and ninety-four thousand one hundred and ninety dollars.
For purchase of professional and scientific books and expenses ofBooks. transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent Office to foreign Governments, two thousand dollars. For producing the Glacial Gazette, including weekly, monthly, quarterlyOfficial Gazette. and annual indexes therefor, exclusive of expired patents, ninety-nine thousand six hundred and fifty-five dollars. For producing copies of drawings of the weekly issues of patents, forCopies of drawings, etc. producing copies of designs, trademarks, and pending applications, and for the reproduction of exhausted copies of drawings and specifications; said work referred to in this and the preceding paragraph to be done as provided by the “Act Providing for the public printing and*Ante*, p. 620.*Proviso*.Work at Government Printing Office. binding and for the distribution of public documents:” *Provided*, That the entire work may be done at the Government Printing Office if in the judgment of the Joint.
Committee on Printing, or if there, shall be. no Joint Committee, in the judgment of the Committee on Printing of either House, it shall be deemed to be for the. best interests of the Government, sixty-one thousand one hundred and twenty-nine dollars. 798 For investigating the question of the public use or sale of inventionsInvestigating use 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, two hundred and fifty dollars.
For the share of the United States in the expense of conducting theInternational Bureau, Berne. International Bureau at Berne, Switzerland, seven hundred dollars. Bureau of Education: For the Commissioner of Education, threeBureau of Education. thousand dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one statistician, one thousand eight hundred dollars; collector and compiler of statistics, two thousand four hundred dollars; one specialist in foreign educational systems, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one specialist in education as a preventive of pauperism and crime, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks of class lour; two clerks of class three: one translator, one thousand six hundred dollars; four clerks of class two; seven clerks of class one, including a clerk detailed from Pension Office; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; seven copyists; one skilled laborer, eight bundled 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, fifty thousand and twenty dollars.
For one clerk of class four, to obtain, receive, collate, and, under theInformation as to agricultural colleges, etc. direction of the Commissioner of Education, to furnish the Secretary of the Interior with the information in relation to the operations and work of the colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts that will enable the Secretary to discharge the duties imposed on the Secretary of the Vol. 26, p. 417.Interior by the Act approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts, established under the provisions of Vol. 12, p. 503.an Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
For books for library, current educational periodicals, other currentBooks, etc. publications, and completing valuable sets of periodicals, five hundred dollars. For collecting statistics for special reports and circulars t.f information,Statistics. two thousand five hundred dollars. For the purchase, distribution, and exchange of educational documents,Distributing documents, etc. and for the collection, exchange, and cataloguing of educational apparatus and appliances, textbooks and educational reference books, articles of school furniture, and models of school buildings illustrative of foreign and domestic systems and methods of education, and for procuring anthropological instruments of precision, and for repairing the same, two thousand five hundred dollars.
Office of Commissioner of Railroads: For Commissioner, fourCommissioner of Railroads. thousand five hundred dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand dollars; assistant bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; one clerk, one thousand dollars, now detailed from the pension Office and to be retained without any additional appointment; and one assistant messenger; in all, eleven 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 thereof, one 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 draftsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; compensation to disbursing clerk, one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; person in charge of the. heating of the Congressional Library and Supreme Court, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars; one laborer in charge of water-closets in central portion of the Capitol, six hundred and sixty dollars; three 799 laborers for cleaning rotunda, corridors, and dome, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; two laborers in charge of public closets of the House of Representatives and in the terrace, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; seven watchmen employed on the Capitol grounds, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; in all, twenty thousand six hundred and forty-four dollars.
Office of the Director of the Geological Survey: ForGeological Survey. Director, five thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty 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, one thousand dollars; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; four copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one watchman, eight hundred and forty dollars; four watchmen, at six hundred dollars each; one janitor, six hundred dollars; four messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, thirty-one thousand three hundred and ninety dollars.
For contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary of the InteriorContingent expenses. 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 fur horses, diagrams, awnings, constructing mode) and other cases, cases for drawings, file holders, repairs of cases and furniture, and other absolutely necessary expenses, including fuel and lights, seventy-three 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, fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars. For professional and scientific books and books to complete brokenBooks. sets, five hundred dollars. For rent of buildings for the Department of the Interior, namely:Rent. For the Biu’ean of Education, four thousand dollars; Geological Survey, ten thousand dollars; Indian Office, six thousand dollars; storage of documents, two thousand dollars;
Civil Service Commission, four thousand dollars; Patent Office model exhibit, thirteen thousand dollars; stables for the Department, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, forty thousand five hundred dollars. For postage stamps for the Department of the Interior and its bureaus,Postage. as required under the Postal Union, to prepay postage 011 matter adressed to Postal Union countries, three thousand dollars. surveyor general and their clerks.Surveyors • general, etc. For surveyor-general of the Territory of Arizona, two thousand dollars;California. and for the clerks in his office, five thousand dollars; in all, seven thousand dollars.
For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of California, two thousand dollars; and for theArizona. clerks in his office, twelve thousand dollars; in all, fourteen thousand dollars. For books, pay of messenger, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of the State of Colorado,two thousand dollars;Colorado. and for the clerks in his office, eight thousand five hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand five hundred dollars.
For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, pay of messenger, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars. 800 For surveyor-general of Florida, one thousand eight hundred dollars;Florida. and for the clerks in his office, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Idaho, two thousand dollars; and for theIdaho. clerks in his office, ten thousand dollars; in all, twelve thousand dollars.
For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, pay of messenger, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Louisiana, one thousand eight hundred dollars;Louisiana. and for the clerks in his office, seven thousand dollars; in all, eight thousand eight hundred dollars. For fuel, books, messenger, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred dollars;Minnesota. and for the clerks in bis office, two thousand dollars; in all, three thousand eight hundred dollars.
For fuel, books, stationery, printing, binding, and other incidental expenses, five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Montana, two thousand dollars; and for theMontana. clerks in his office, eleven thousand dollars; in all, thirteen 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 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, five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of the Territory of New Mexico, two thousandNew Mexico. dollars; and for clerks in his office, seven thousand dollars; in all, nine thousand dollars. For fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For surveyor general of North Dakota, two thousand dollars; andNorth Dakota. for the clerks in his office, five thousand five hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand five hundred dollars.
For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand live hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Oregon, two thousand dollars; and for theOregon. clerks in his office, five thousand dollars; in all, seven thousand dollars. For fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For surveyor general of South Dakota, two thousand dollars; andSouth Dakota. for clerks in his office, eight thousand dollars; in all, ten thousand dollars.
For rent of office for the survey or-general, fuel, books, stationery, binding records, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars. For surveyor general of the Territory of Utah, two thousand dollars;Utah. and for the clerks in his office, three thousand five hundred 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 two hundred dollars.
For surveyor-general of Washington, two thousand dollars; and forWashington. the clerks in his office, ten thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars. 801 For surveyor-general of Wyoming, two thousand dollars; and for theWyoming. clerks in his office, four thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, six thousand eight hundred dollars.
For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand two hundred dollars. POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.Post-Office Department. Office Postmaster-General: For compensation of the Postmaster-General,Pay of Postmaster-General, clerks, etc. eight thousand dollars; chief clerk of the Post-Office Department, two thousand five hundred dollars; stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; appointment clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one messenger; one assistant messenger; one page, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand and twenty dollars.
Office of assistant attorney general for the Post-Office Department;Assistant Attorney, Generals office Law clerk, two thousand live hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; two clerks of class one; one assistant messenger; in all, twelve thousand two hundred and twenty dollars. Office First Assistant Postmaster-General: For FirstFirst Assistant Postmaster-General clerks, etc. Assistant Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; chief of salary and allowance division, two thousand five hundred dollars; superintendent of post-office supplies, two thousand dollars; superintendent of free delivery, three thousand dollars;Free delivery. assistant superintendent of free delivery, two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four; nine clerks of class three; eight clerks of class two; nine clerks of class one; eight clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; six assistant messengers; nine laborers; two pages, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; superintendent of the money-order system, three thousand fiveMoney-order system. hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; six clerks of class four; eight clerks of class three; five clerks of class two; six clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; one engineer, one thousand dollars; one assistant engineer for additional building for Auditor for the Post-Office Department, one thousand dollars; one fireman; four watchmen; one conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; four charwomen; one female laborer, tour hundred and eighty dollars; and ton laborers; superintendent of Dead-Letter Office, twoDead-Letter Office. thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk of class four, who shall be chief clerk; one clerk of class four; three clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; twenty-four clerks of class one; twenty-eight clerks, atone thousand dollars each; thirty-three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; six laborers; four female laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, two hundred and sixty-three thousand one hundred dollars.
Office Second Assistant Postmaster General: For SecondSecond Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc. Assistant Postmaster-General’, four thousand dollars; 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-three clerks of class three; eighteen clerks of class two; one stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; eighteen clerks of class one, nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each; six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; three assistant messengers; two laborers; superintendent of foreign mails, three thousand dollars; chief clerk,Foreign mails. 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, at one thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; in all, one hundred and sixty-four thousand dollars. 802 Office Third Assistant Postmaster-General:
For ThirdThird Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc. Assistant Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; chief of division of postage stamps, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; chief of finance division, who shall give bond in such amount as the Postmaster-General may determine for the faithful discharge, of his duties, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; sixteen clerks of class three: twenty-two clerks of class two; twenty-six clerks of class one; seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; three assistant messengers; six laborers; in all, one hundred and twenty thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars.
Office Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General: For FourthFourth Assistant Postmaster General, clerks, etc. Assistant Postmaster General, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; chief of appointment division, two thousand dollars; chief of bond division, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; fifteen clerks of class three; seven clerks of class two; ten clerks of class one; one stenographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one page, three hundred and Chief inspector.sixty dollars; chief post-office inspector, three thousand dollars; chief clerk of mail depredations, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class three; one stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; four clerks at one thousand dollars each, and two assistant messengers; in all, eighty-four thousand six hundred dollars.
Office of topographer: For topographer, two thousand five hundredTopographer, drafts men. etc. dollars; three skilled draftsmen, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; three skilled draftsmen, at one thousand six hundred dollars each: three skilled draftsmen, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three skilled draftsmen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each: one examiner, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; one map mounter, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant map mounter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant messenger; two watchmen; four copyists of maps, at nine hundred dollars each; and one charwoman: in all, thirty-one thousand and twenty dollars.
Office of disbursing clerk: Disbursing clerk and superintendentDisbursing clerk, etc. of building, two thousand one hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; one fireman, who shall be a blacksmith, and one fireman who shall be a. steamfitter, at nine hundred dollars each; one conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two firemen; one carpenter, one. thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant, carpenter, one thousand dollars; captain of the watch, one thousand dollars; nineteen watchmen; twenty-two laborers; plumber, and awning-maker, at nine hundred dollars each; and fifteen charwomen; and for force in the additional building as follows:
Four watchmen; two firemen; one elevator conductor, seven hundred and twenty dollars; four laborers; and six charwomen; and the following additional force for the additional building used tor the storage of post-office supplies: Two watchmen; two firemen; one laborer; and one charwoman; in all, sixty thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars. For contingent expenses of the Post-Office Department,Contingent expenses. including the additional building occupied by the money-order division of the office of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, and the additional building used for storage of post-office supplies, namely.
For stationery and blank books, including amount necessary for the purchase of free-penalty envelopes, eight thousand dollars. For fuel and for repairs to heating apparatus, nine, thousand dollars. For gas and electric lights, five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For plumbing and gas and electric-light fixtures, one thousand five hundred dollars. 803 For telegraphing, two thousand five hundred dollars. For painting, two thousand five hundred dollars. For carpets and matting, including one thousand dollars for the office of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, three thousand dollars.
For furniture, including one thousand dollars for the office of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, two thousand five hundred dollars. For purchase, exchange, and keeping of horses, and repair of wagons and harness, to be used only for official purposes, one thousand dollars. For hardware, five hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, including two thousand dollars for the office of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, twelve thousand 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, eight thousand dollars: for rent of building for use of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, eleven thousand dollars; for rent of a suitable building for the storage of post-office supplies, four thousand dollars; for rent of a suitable building for storing records of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, two thousand dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand five hundred dollars.
For the publication of copies of the Official Postal Guide, includingPostal Guide. not exceeding one thousand five hundred copies for the use of the Executive Departments, twenty-seven thousand dollars. For miscellaneous expenses in the topographer’s office in the preparationPost-route maps. and publication of the postroutemaps, eighteen thousand dollars. And the Postmaster-General may, in his discretion, cause the contract for printing post-route maps to be let for a term of four years: and he may authorize the sale of post-route maps to the public at cost ofSale. printing and ten per centum thereof added, 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 isPostage. not exempt from postage under article eight of the Paris convention of the Universal Postal Union, five hundred and fifty dollars. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.Department of Justice. Office of the Attorney-General: For compensation of thePay of Attorney-General, Assistants, Solicitor-General, eta Attorney-General, eight thousand dollars; Solicitor-General, seven thousand dollars; four assistant attorneys-general, at five thousand dollars each; one assistant attorney-general for the Post-Office Department, four thousand dollars; solicitor of internal revenue, four thousand five hundred dollars; solicitor for the Department of State, three thousand five hundred dollars; two assistant attorneys, at three thousand dollars each: three assistant attorneys, at two thousandClerks. five hundred dollars each; one assistant attorney, 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 five hundred dollars; stenographic clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; three stenographic clerks, at. one thousand six hundred dollars each; two law clerks, at two thousand dollars each; seven clerks of class four; attorney in charge of pardons, two thousand four hundred dollars; additional for disbursing and appointment clerk, five hundred dollars; six clerks of class three; eight clerks of class two; ten clerks of class one; one telegraph operator and stenographer, at one thousand two hundred dollars; nine copyists; one messenger; five assistant messengers; four laborers; three watchmen; one engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; two conductors of the elevator, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; eight charwomen; superintendent of building, two hundred and fifty dollars; and three firemen; in all, one hundred and fifty-two thousand one hundred and ten dollars. 804 For contingent expenses of the Department, namely.Contingent expenses.
For furniture anti repairs, five hundred dollars. For law books for library of the Department, one thousand dollars. For purchase of session laws and statutes of the States and Territories for library of Department, seven hundred and titty dollars. For stationery, one thousand five hundred dollars. For miscellaneous expenditures, including telegraphing, fuel, lights, foreign postage, labor, repairs of building and care of grounds, and other necessaries, directly ordered by the Attorney-General, six thousand four hundred dollars.
For official transportation, including purchase, keep, and shoeing of animals, and purchase and repairs of wagons and harness, seven hundred and fifty dollars. Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury: For Solicitor ofSolicitor of the Treasury. the Treasury, four thousand five hundred dollars; assistant solicitor, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, twenty-six thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.
For law books for office of the Solicitor of the Treasury, three hundredLaw books. dollars. For stationery for office of Solicitor of the Treasury, one hundredStationery. and fifty dollars. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.Department of Labor. For compensation of the Commissioner of Labor, five thousand dollars;Commisioner, clerks, etc. chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; disbursing clerk, two thousand dollars; four statistical experts, at two thousand dollars each; four clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; six clerks of class two; twelve clerks of class one; ten clerks atone thousand dollars each; two copyists; one messenger; one assistant messenger; three watchmen; two laborers; two charwomen; six special agents, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; ten special agents, atone thousand four hundred dollars each; lour special agents, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; in all, one hundred and one thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.
For per diem, in lieu of subsistence of special agentsPer diem, special agents, etc. and employees while traveling on duty away from home and outside of the District of Columbia, at a rate 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, fifty-four thousand dollars. For stationery, one thousand dollars.Stationery.Books, etc. For books, periodicals, and newspapers for the library, one thousand dollars.
For postage stamps to prepay postage on matter addressed to PostalPostage. Union countries, three hundred and fifty dollars. For rent of rooms, including steam heat and elevator service, fiveRent. thousand dollars. For contingent expenses,namely: For furniture,carpets, ice, lumber,Contingent expenses. hardware, dry goods, advertising, telegraphing, telephone service, expressage, storage for documents, not to exceed seven hundred and fifty dollars, repairs of cases and furniture, fuel and lights, soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, and other absolutely necessary expenses, three thousand dollars.
The Commissioner of Labor is hereby authorized to make an investigationInvestigation of liquor problem. relating to the economic aspects of the liquor problem and to *Proviso*.Expenses.report the results thereof to Congress: *Provided, however*, That such investigation shall be carried out under the regular appropriations made for the Department of Labor. 805 The Commissioner of Labor is hereby authorized to prepare and publishLabor bulletin to be issued. a bulletin of the Department of Labor, as to the condition of labor in this and other countries, condensations of State and foreign labor reports, facts as to conditions of employment, and such other facts as may be deemed of value to the industrial interests of the country, and there shall be printed one edition of not exceeding ten thousand copiesEdition. of each issue of said bulletin for distribution by the Department of Labor.
JUDICIAL.Judicial. Supreme Court: For the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ofSupreme Court.Justices. the United States, ten thousand five hundred dollars; and for eight associate justices, at ten thousand dollars each; For marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States, three thousandMarshal. dollars; For stenographic clerk for the Chief Justice and for each associateClerks to justices. justice of the Supreme Court, at not exceeding one thousand six hundred dollars each; in all, one hundred and seven thousand nine hundred dollars.
Circuit courts: For ten circuit judges, to reside in circuit, at sixCircuit judges. thousand dollars each, sixty thousand dollars. Circuit court of appeals: For twelve additional circuit judges,Circuit court of appeals, judges. at six thousand dollars each: For nine clerks, at three thousand dollars each; in all, ninety-nineClerks.*Provisos*.Return of fees, etc. thousand dollars: *Provided*, That said clerks shall make annually within thirty days after the thirtieth day of June to the Secretary of the Treasury a return of all costs collected by them in cases disposed of during the preceding year by said courts, and after deducting the incidental expenses of their respective offices, including clerk hire and their compensation as provided by section nine of the Act of March third, eighteenVol. 26, p. 829. hundred and ninety-one, establishing the circuit court of appeals, not exceeding five hundred dollars, said expenses to be certified by the senior circuit judge of the proper circuit, shall pay any surplus of such costs that may remain into the Treasury of the United States at the time of making said returns: *Provided further*, That each circuit courtAllowance for law books. of appeals shall be entitled to retain and have expended, under the direction of the Attorney-General, for law books for its use one-half of such surplus accrued therein for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six.
Court of Private Land Claims: For chief justice and four associateCourt of Private Land Claims. justices, at live thousand dollars each; For clerk, two thousand dollars; For stenographer, one thousand five hundred dollars; For attorney, three thousand five hundred dollars; For interpreter and translator, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty-three thousand five hundred dollars. For deputy clerks, as authorized by law, so much therefor as may be necessary. That section nineteen of an Act entitled “An Act to establish aContinuance of court.Vol. 26, p. 862. court of private land claims, and to provide for the settlement of private-land claims in certain States and Territories,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
" “Sec. 19. That the powers and functions of the court established byCourt to cease December 31, 1897. this Act shall cease and determine on the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and all papers, files, and records in the possession of said court belonging to any other public office of the United States shall be returned to such office, and all other papers,Papers, etc., to be filed in Interior Department. files, and records in the possession of or appertaining to said court shall be returned to and filed in the Department of the Interior.
” " 806 District courts: For salaries of the sixty-four district judges ofDistrict judges.Terms.Wichita and Fort Scott, Kans. the United States, at five thousand dollars each; That the regular spring term of the circuit and district courts of the United States, for the second division of the district of Kansas, shall be held at the city of Wichita, commencing on the second Monday in March of each year. And the regular fall term of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the third division of the district of Kansas, shall be held at the city of Fort Scott, commencing on the second Monday in November of each year.
For salary of the judge of the United States court in the IndianJudge, Indian Territory. Territory, three thousand five hundred dollars; in all, three hundred and twenty-three thousand five 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 Revised Statutes, so much as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, is hereby appropriated.
Court of appeals, District of Columbia: For the chief justiceCourt of appeals, D. C. of court of appeals of the District of Columbia, six thousand five hundred dollars; and for two associate justices, at six thousand dollars each; For clerk, three thousand dollars; For assistant or deputy clerk, two thousand dollars; For messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars; For necessary expenditures in the conduct of the clerk’s office, five hundred dollars; In all, twenty-four thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars, one-half of which shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia.
The duties of crier of the court of appeals of the District of ColumbiaCrier’s duties. shall hereafter be performed by the United States marshal or one of his deputies. Supreme court, District of Columbia: For salaries of the chiefSupreme court, D. C. justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia and of the five associate judges, at five thousand dollars each, thirty thousand dollars, one-half of which shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia. Clerk of district court, northern district of Illinois:Clerk northern district, Illinois.*Ante*, p. 204.
For salary of the clerk of the district court for the northern district of Illinois, as authorized by the Act of July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, three thousand dollars. District attorneys: For salaries of the district attorneys of theDistrict attorneys. United States, twenty thousand nine hundred dollars. Marshals: For salaries of the district marshals of the UnitedMarshals.*Proviso*.Officers, California, etc.[R. S., secs. 837, 840, pp. 158, 150](/us/rs/t/s837/840/pp158/150).
States, thirteen thousand seven hundred dollars: *Provided*, That the marshal, district attorney, and clerks of the circuit and district courts of the districts of California, Washington, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota shall, for the services they may perform during the fiscal year herein provided for, receive the fees and compensation allowed by law to like officers performing similar duties in the districts of Oregon and Idaho. Court of Claims: For salaries of five judges of the Court ofCourt of Claims.
Claims, at four thousand five hundred dollars each: chief clerk, three thousand dollars; assistant clerk, two thousand dollars; bailiff, one thousand five hundred dollars; five clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; and one messenger; in all, thirty-five thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. For stationery, books, fuel, gas, and other miscellaneous expenses,Contingent expenses. three thousand dollars. For reporting the decisions of the court and superintending theReporting decisions. printing of the thirtieth volume of the reports of the Court of Claims, to be paid on the order of the court, one thousand dollars; said sum to [R.
S., sec. 1765, p. 314](/us/rs/t/s1765/p314).be paid to the reporter, notwithstanding section seventeen hundred 807 and sixty-five of the Revised Statutes, or section three of the Act ofVol. 18, p. 109 June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, chapter three hundred and twenty-eight. Sec. 2. The pay of assistant messengers, firemen, watchmen, laborers,Rate of pay, assistant messengers, firemen, etc. and charwomen provided for in this Act, unless otherwise specially stated, shall be as follows:
For assistant, messengers, firemen, and watchmen, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; for laborers, at the rate of six hundred and sixty dollars per annum each, and for charwomen, at the rate of two hundred and forty dollars per annum each. Sec. 3. The engrossing and recording of patents for public landsGeneral Land Office.Engrossing, etc., patents may be by typewriters. may be done by means of typewriters or other machines, under regulations to be made by the Secretary of the Interior and approved by the President.
The duplication of reports and returns of registers and receiversDuplications of registers’ and receivers’ returns to be prevented. to the General Laud Office shall be prevented by such regulations as the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may make. Sections four hundred and forty-eight and four hundred and forty-ninePrincipal clerks abolished[R. S., secs. 448, 449, p, 76, repealed](/us/rs/t/s448/449/p76). of the Revised Statutes are repealed.
Appropriations heretofore made for the salaries of the officers hereby abolished shall be available during the remainder of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five for the pay of three chiefs of divisions, with such duties as the Commissioner of the General Land Office may assign to them. TheDuties of Assistant Commissioner. duties imposed on the principal clerk of private land claims by section four hundred and fifty-nine of the Revised Statutes shall hereafter be performed by the Assistant Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Section twenty-four hundred and fifty-two of the Revised StatutesReport of cases abolished.R. S., sec. 2452, p.449, repealed.Delinquency in sending accounts.*Ante*, p. 200. is repealed. Sec. 4. The second proviso of section twelve of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation Act, approved July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, is hereby amended to read as follows: " “That should there be a delay by the administrative DepartmentsAllowance of advance by Secretary of Treasury in absence of President. beyond the aforesaid twenty or sixty days in transmitting accounts, an order of the President, or, in the event of the absence from the seat of Government or sickness of the President, an order of the Secretary of the Treasury, in the particular ease, shall be necessary to authorize the advance of money requested.
” " Sec. 5. Hereafter the copy of the oath of office of subordinateOath of customs officers to be sent Secretary of the Treasury.Vol 18, p. 309. officers of the customs, required to be transmitted to the Commissioner of Customs by section eleven of the “Act to amend existing customs and internal-revenue laws, and for other purposes,” approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury. Hereafter all bonds of the Treasurer of the United States, collectorsBonds to be tiled with Secretary of the Treasury. of internal revenue, collectors, naval officers, surveyors, and other officers of the customs, either as such officers or as disbursing officers of the Treasury, bonds of the Secretary of the Senate, Clerk of the House of Representatives, and the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, and all such bonds now on file in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury, shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury and filed as he may direct; and the duties now required by law of the Comptroller of the Treasury in regard to such bonds, as the successor of the Commissioner of Customs and First Comptroller of the Treasury, shall hereafter be performed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Hereafter every officer required by law to take and approve officialOfficers approving official bonds to examine them every two years. bonds shall cause the same to be examined at least once every two years for the purpose of ascertaining the sufficiency of the sureties thereon; and every officer having power to fix the amount of an official bond shall examine it to ascertain the sufficiency of the amount thereof 808 and approve or fix said amount at least once in two years and as much oftener as he may deem it necessary.
Hereafter every officer whose duty it is to take and approve officialBonds to be renewed every four years. bonds shall cause all such bonds to be renewed every four years after their dates, but he may require such bonds to be renewed or strengthenedWaiving renewal. oftener if he deem such action necessary. In the discretion of such officer the requirement of a new bond may be waived for the period of service of a bonded officer after the expiration of a four-year term of service pending the appointment and qualification of his *Provisos*.Liability not affected.successor: *Provided*, That the nonperformance of any requirement of this section on the part of any official of the Government shall not be held to affect in any respect the liability of principal or sureties on any bond made or to be Liability continues until qualification of successor.made to the United States: *Provided further*, That the liability of the principal and sureties on all official bonds shall continue and cover the period of service ensuing until the appointment and Postal bonds not affected.[R.
S., sec. 3836, p. 751](/us/rs/t/s3836/p751).qualification of the successor of the principal: *And provided further*, That nothing in this section shall be construed to repeal or modify section thirty-eight hundred and thirty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Sec. 6. Section thirty-seven hundred and eleven of the RevisedInspection of fuel, D. C.[R. S., sec. 3711, p. 733, amended](/us/rs/t/s3711/p733). Statutes is amended, to take, effect on and after July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to read as follows:
" “Sec. 3711. It shall not be lawful for any officer or person in theAll coal and wood to be weighed, etc. civil, military, or naval service of the United States in the District of Columbia to purchase anthracite or bituminous coal or wood tor the public service except on condition that the same shall, before delivery, be inspected and weighed or measured by some competent person, to be Appointment of employees.appointed by the head of the Department or chief of the branch of the service for which the purchase is made from among the persons authorized to be employed in such Department or branch of the service: *Proviso*.Exception for Navy Department.*Provided*, That the weigher and measurer of the Navy Department may be appointed outside of said Department, and that such weigher and measurer shall give bond and be paid as heretofore provided by law.
Duties.The person appointed under this section shall ascertain that each ton of coal weighed by him shall consist of two thousand two hundred and forty pounds, and that each cord of wood to be so measured shall be of the standard measure of one hundred and twenty-eight cubic feet. Each load or parcel of wood or coal weighed and measured by him shall be accompanied by his certificate of the number of tons or pounds of coal and the number of cords or parts of cords of wood in each load or parcel.
” " Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the head of each Executive DepartmentStatement of condition of business to be submitted in Estimates. or other Government establishment in the city of Washington to submit to the first regular session of the Fifty-fourth Congress, and annually thereafter, in the Annual Book of Estimates, a statement as to the condition of business in his Department or other Government establishment, showing whether any part of the same is in arrears, and, if so, in what divisions of the respective bureaus and offices of his Department or other Government establishment such arrears exist, the extent thereof, and the reasons therefor, and also a statement of the number and compensation of employees appropriated for in one bureau or office who have been detailed to another bureau or office for a period exceeding one year.
Sec. 8. Section one hundred and ninety-four of the Revised StatutesAnnual report of employees repealed.[R. S., sec. 191, p. 31. repealed](/us/rs/t/s191/p31).Manifests to be mailed Auditor for Treasury Department. of the United States is repealed. Sec. 9. On and after July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, each master of a vessel arriving in the United States from a foreign port except vessels carrying traffic inbond on transfer ferries shall, immediately upon landing and before entering his vessel at the customhouse, mail to the Auditor for the Treasury Department, Washington, a true copy of the manifest of his vessel, and shall on entering his vessel make affidavit that be has mailed such copy and that the same is 809 true and correct; and he shall also mail to the said Auditor a true copy of the corrected manifest filed on any post entry of his vessel.
Any master who neglects or refuses to mail to the Auditor the required copy of the original or corrected manifest shall be subject to the same lines and penalties fixed by law for his failure to deliver the manifest of his*Proviso*.Not applicable if naval officer at port. vessel to the collector: *Provided*, That this section shall not apply to ports where there is a naval officer. Sec. 10. Section seventeen of “An Act making appropriations Certifying transcripts, etc.*Ante*, re 210. the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes.” approved July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, is amended to read as follows:
" “The transcripts from the books and proceedings of the DepartmentSecretary to certify transcripts, etc. of the Treasury and the copies of bonds, contracts and other papers provided for in section eight hundred and eighty-six of the Revised Statutes shall hereafter be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under the seal of the Department.” " Sec. 11. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent with this Act areRepeal. repealed. Approved, March 2, 1895.
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