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Chapter 594. Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 594.— An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes. April 28, 1902. [[Public, No. 83](/us/pl/57/83).] *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 the121 service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:
LEGISLATIVE. Legislative. senate. Senate. For compensation of Senators, tour hundred and fifty thousandPay of Senators. dollars. For mileage of Senators, forty-live thousand dollars.Mileage. For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others inCompensation, officers, etc. the service of the Senate, namely; Office of the Vice-President: For Secretary to the VicePresident,Vice-President’s office. two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; for messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars: telegraph operator, one thousand four hundred dollars; telegraph page, six hundred dollars; in all. five thousand six hundred and sixty dollars.
Chaflain: For Chaplain of the Senate, nine hundred dollars.Chaplain. Office OF Secretary: For Secretary of the Senate, including compensationSecretary of the Senate, clerks, etc. as disbursing officer of the contingent fund of the Senate, live thousand dollars, 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, three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars: financial clerk, three thousand dollars and seven hundred and fifty dollars additional for the financial clerk while the office is held by the present incumbent; principal clerk, minute and journal clerk, and enrolling clerk, at two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars each: reading clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars: assistant financial clerk, t wo thousand four hundred dollars; librarian, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars, and two hundred and eighty dollars additional while the office is held by the present incumbent: assistant librarian, one thousand eight hundred dollars; messenger, acting as assistant librarian, one thousand six 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 two hundred and twenty dollars; assistant keeper of stationery, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant in stationery room, one thousand dollars, and two hundred dollars additional while the office is held by the present incumbent; two messengers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; assistant messenger, one thousand two hundred dollars; six laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each: in all. sixty-rune thousand five hundred and eighty-six dollars.
Document room: For superintendent of the document room (AmziDocument room.Superin tendent, etc. Smith), three thousand dollars; first assistant in document room, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two assistants in document, room, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; clerk to superintendent of document room, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; skilled laborer, one thousand dollars; in all, ten thousand one hundred and twenty dollars. 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 thou-sand five 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 and122 forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Commerce, two thousandClerks and messengers to committees—Continued. two hundred and twenty dollars; assistant clerk, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Pensions, two thou-sand two hundred and twenty dollars; two assistant clerks, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; messenger, one thou-sand 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; assistant clerk, one thousand four hundred and forty 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 thou-sand 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 tiro 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, Public Health and National Quarantine, Private Land Claims.
Patents, Coast Defenses, Privileges and Elections, Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress, Rules. Civil Service and Retrenchment, Enrolled Bills, Geological Survey, Railroads, Pacific Railroads, Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, Philippines. Relations with Cuba. Interoceanic Canals, Transportation and Sale of Meat Products, Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, Improvement of the Mississippi River and its Tributaries, and clerk to conference minority of the Senate, at two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars each; clerks to committees on WomanClerks to committees, at $2,100 a year.
Suffrage, and Mines and Mining, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; in all, one hundred and twenty-four thousand five hundred and forty dollars. For twenty clerks to committees, at one thousand eight hundredClerks to committees, at $1,800 a year. dollars each, thirty-six thousand dollars. Office of Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper; For Sergeant-at-ArmsSergeant-at-Arms and assistants. and Doorkeeper, four thousand five hundred dollars; horse and wagon for his use, four hundred and twenty dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary; for clerk to Sergeant-at-Arms, two thousand dollars; assistant doorkeeper, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; acting assistant doorkeeper, two thousand live hundred and ninety-two dollars; three messengers, acting as assistant doorkeepers,Messengers. at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; forty-seven messengers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; two assistant messengers on the floor of the Senate, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each: messenger to official reporters’ room, to be selected by the official reporters, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; messenger in charge of storeroom, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; upholsterer and locksmith, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars: three carpenters to assist him. at nine hundred and sixty dollars each; skilled laborer, one thousand dollars;Laborers. two janitors, at nine hundred dollars each; laborer in charge of private passage, eight hundred and forty dollars; two female attendants in charge of ladies’ retiring room, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two telephone operators, at seven hundred and twenty dollarsTelephone operators, etc. each; telephone page, six hundred dollars: press gallery page, seven123 hundred and twenty dollars; four laborers, at eight hundred and forty dollars each: twenty-four laborers, at nine hundred dollars each; twenty-nine laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars-each; sixteenPages. pages for the Senate Chamber, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per day each during the session, four thousand eight hundred and forty dollars; in all. one hundred and fifty-three thousand seven hundred and eighty-four dollars.
Post-office: For Postmaster, two thousand two hundred and fiftyPostmaster, etc. dollars; assistant postmaster and mail carrier, two thousand and eightyeight 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. seventeen thousand five hundred and eighty-eight dollars. Folding room: For superintendent of 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; thirteen folders, at eight hundred and forty dollars each: and page, six hundred dollars: in all, twenty-six thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.
Under Superintendent of the Capitol Building and Grounds:Chief engineer, etc. For chief engineer, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; four assistant engineers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; seven conductors of elevators, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; machinist and assistant conductor of elevators, one thousand dollars; machinist and electrician, one thousand dollars; three firemen, at one thousand and ninety-five dollars each; six laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all. twenty-five thousand nine hundred and twenty-five dollars.
For thirty annual clerks to Senators who are not chairmen of committees,Clerks to Senators. at one thousand five hundred dollars each, forty-five thousand dollars. For contingent expenses, namely: For stationery and newspapersContingent expensesStationery and news papers. for Senatorsand the President of the Senate, including three thousand dollars for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, fourteen thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars. For postage stamps for the office of the Secretary of the Senate,Postage stamps. one hundred dollars; for the office of the Sergeant-at-Arms. seventy-five dollars; in all, one hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For expenses of maintaining and equipping horses and mail wagonsHorses and wagons. for dairying the mails, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may he necessary. For materials for folding, one thousand dollars.Folding. For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding one dollar per thousand, two thousand dollars. For fuel, oil, and cotton waste, and advertising, for the heatingFuel, oil, etc. apparatus, exclusive of labor, twenty thousand dollars. For purchase of furniture, six thousand dollars.Furniture.
For materials for furniture and impairs of same, exclusive of labor, two thousand dollars. For services in cleaning, repairing, and varnishing furniture, two thousand dollars. For packing boxes, nine hundred and severity dollars.Packing boxes. For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, seventy-five thousandMiscellaneous items. dollars. For miscellaneous items on account of the Maltby Building, sixteenMaltby Building. thousand eight hundred and folly 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 Contingent124 Expenses of the Senate, but not exceeding one dollar and twenty-live cents per printed page, twenty thousand dollars.
For reporting the debatesand proceedings of the Senate, twenty-fiveReporting debates. thousand dollars, payable in equal monthly installments. For repairs of Maltby Building, two thousand dollars.Repairs, Maltby Building. For rent of warehouse for storage of public documents for the Senate,Storage warehouse. one thousand eight hundred dollars. capitol police. Capitol police. For captain, one thousand six hundred dollars, and three lieutenants,Pay. at one thousand two hundred dollars each, hereafter to be selected jointly by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate and the Scrgeantat-Arms of the House of Representatives; thirty privates, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; thirty privates, at nine hundred and sixty dollars each: and eight watchmen, at nine hundred dollars each, one-half of said privates and watchmen to be selected by the Scrgcantat-Arms of the Senate and one-half by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives; in all, seventy-four thousand two hundred dollars, one half to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and the other half to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
For contingent expenses, three hundred dollars, one half to be disbursedContingent expenses. by the Secretary of the Senate and the other half to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. 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. For compensation of Members of the House of Representatives andPay of Members and Delegates.
Delegates from Territories, one million eight hundred arid eight thou-sand dollars. For mileage, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars.Mileage. For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in the service of the House of Representatives, namely: Office of the Speaker: For private secretary to the Speaker,Speaker’s office. two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; clerk to the Speaker’s table, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, and for preparing Digest of the Rules, one thousand dollars per annum; clerk to the Speaker, one thousand six hundred dollars; messenger to the Speaker, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand four hundred dollars.
Chaplain: For Chaplain of the House, nine hundred dollars.Chaplain. Office of the Clerk: For Clerk of the House of Representatives,Clerk of the House etc. including compensation as disbursing officer of the contingent fund, live thousand dollars; hire of horses and wagons and cartage for use of the Clerk’s office, seven hundred and eighty dollars, or so much thereof as may he necessary; chief clerk, journal clerk, and two reading clerks, at three thousand six hundred dollar’s each; tally clerk, three thousand dollars; printing and bill clerk, and disbursing clerk, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; the clerk, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; enrolling clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant disbursing clerk, assistant enrolling clerk, resolution and petition clerk, newspaper clerk, index clerk, assistant journal clerk, and assistant to chief clerk, at two thousand dollars each; librarian, distributing clerk, and stationery clerk, at one thousand125 eight hundred dollars each; our bookkeeper, two assistant librarians, and seven clerks, at one thousand-six hundred dollars each; document and bill clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; document clerk, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; locksmith, who shall be skilled in his trade, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant in Clerk’s office, and one assistant in disbursing office, at one thousand four hundred dollars each: telegraph operator, assistant tile clerk, and stenographer to the Clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; assistant telegraph operator authorized and named in resolution adopted January fifteenth, nineteen hundred and two, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant in library, one assistant in document room, and one assistant in stationery room, nt nine hundred dollars each; messenger in file room, nine hundred dollars; one page, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two laborers in the bathroom (Robert Richardson and William Richardson), at seven hundred and twenty dollars each: additional laborer in the bathroom, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; assistant index clerk, one thousand live hundred dollars; page in enrolling room, and messenger in Chief Clerk’s office, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, ninety-one thousand five hundred and thirty dollars.
Under Superintendent of the Capitol Bihlding and Grounds:Chief engineer, etc. For chief engineer, one thousand seven hundred dollars; three assist-ant engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; six conductors of elevators, at one thousand one hundred dollars each, who shall be under the supervision and direction of the Superintendent of the Capitol Building and Grounds; laborer, eight hundred and twenty dollars; six firemen, at nine hundred dollars each; electrician, one thousand two hundred dollars; laborer, one thousand dollars; two laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; laborer to clean Statuary Hall and watch statuary therein, seven hundred and twenty dollars; laborer in toilet room, seven hundred and twenty dollars; three cabinetmakers, who shall be skilled in their trade, one at one thousand two hundred dollars and Iwo at nine hundred dollars each; in all, twenty-six thousand two hundred dollars.
Hereafter the Superintendent of the Capitol Building and GroundsFurniture to be under Superintendent of Capitol Building, etc. shall supervise and direct the care and repair of all furniture in the Hall, cloakrooms, lobby, committee rooms, and offices of the House, and all furniture hereafter required for the House of Representatives or for any of its committee rooms or offices shall be procured on designsand specifications made or approved by the said Superintendent. Clerks and messengers to committees:
For clerk to the CommitteeClerks and messengers to committees. on Ways and Means, three thousand dollars; assistant clerk and stenographer, two thousand dollars; messenger, one thousand two hundred dollars; janitor, seven hundred and twenty dollars; clerk to the Committee on Appropriations, three thousand dollars; assistant clerk and stenographer, two thousand dollars; messenger and assistant clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; janitor, seven hundred and twenty dollars; clerks to Committees on Accounts, Agriculture, Banking and Currency, Claims, District of Columbia, Elections, Foreign Affairs.
Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Indian Affairs. Insular Affairs, Invalid Pensions. Judiciary, Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Military Altairs, Naval Affairs, Pensions, Post-Office and PostRonds, Printing, Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Lands, Rivers and Harbors, Revision of the Laws. 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; for janitors for rooms of the Committees on Accounts, Agriculture,Janitors.
Banking and Currency, Claims. District of Columbia, Elections, Foreign Affairs, Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Indian126 Affairs, Insular Affairs, Invalid Pensions, Judiciary, Library, Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Military Affairs, Naval Affairs, Post-Office and Post-Roads, Pensions, Printing, Public Buildings and Grounds. Public Lands, Rivers and Harbors, and War Claims, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, and said janitors shall be appointed by the chairmen respectively of said committees and shall perform all of the duties heretofore required of messengers detailed to said committees by the Doorkeeper; in all, seventy-nine thousand six hundred dollars.
For an assistant clerk to each of the Committees on Military Affairs and Naval Affairs, at six dollars per day each during the session, one thousand four hundred and fifty-two dollars. For sixteen clerks to committees, at six dollars each per day duringClerks to committees, session. the session, eleven thousand six hundred and sixteen dollars. Office of Serge ant-at-Arms: For Sergeant-at-Arms of the HouseSergeant-at-Arms, deputy, etc. of Representatives, four thousand five hundred dollars; deputy to the Sergeant-at-Arms, two thousand dollars; cashier, three thousand dollars; paying teller, two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; book-keeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant bookkeeper, nine hundred dollars; messenger, one thousand two hundred dollars; clerk in charge of pairs, one thousand four hundred dollars; page, seven hundred and twenty dollars; and skilled laborer, eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, eighteen thousand five hundred and ten dollars.
Office of Doorkeeper: For Doorkeeper, three thousand five hundredDoorkeeper, assistant, etc. dollars; hire of horses, feed, repair of wagon and harness, six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: assistant doorkeeper, and Department messenger, at two thousand dollars each; one special employee (John T. Chancey), one thousand live hundred dollars; one special employee, one thousand five hundred dollars: clerk to Doorkeeper, and janitor, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; thirteen messengers, including the messenger to the reporters gallery,Messengers. at one thousand two hundred dollars each: thirteen messengers, at one thousand dollars each; messenger to the Speaker’s table, one thousand dollars: fourteen messengers on the soldiers’ roll, at one thou-sand two hundred dollars each; twelve laborers, at seven hundred andLaborers. twenty dollars each; two laborers in the water-closet, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one laborer, six hundred dollars; eight laborers, known as cloakroom men. at fifty dollars per month each: ten laborers, during the session, at sixty dollars per month each, two thousand four hundred dollars; female attendant in ladies’ retiring room, seven hundred and twenty dollars; superintendent of foldingSuperintendent of folding room, etc. room, two thousand dollars; four clerks in folding room, one at one thousand eight hundred dollars, and three at one thousand two hundred dollars each; foreman, one thousand five hundred dollars; messenger, one thousand two hundred dollars; page, five hundred dollars; laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; nine folders, at nine hundred dollars each; five folders, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; eighteen folders, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; night watchman, nine hundred dollars; driver, six hundred dollars; two chief pages,Pages. at nine hundred dollars each; thirty-three pages, during the session, including two riding pages and two telephone pages, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each, nine thousand nine hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents; ten pages for duty at the entrances to the Hall of the House, during the session, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each, three thousand and twenty-five dollars; horse and buggy for Department messenger, two hundred and fifty dollars; superintendentSuperintendent of document room, etc. of document room, two thousand dollars; assistant superintendent of document room, one thousand eight hundred dollars; six assistants in document room, one at one thousand six hundred dollars, two at. one thousand four hundred dollars each, one at one thousand two hundred dollars, and two at one thousand dollars each; in all, one127 hundred and forty-three thousand and thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents.
Far employment of Joel Grayson in document room, one thousandJoel Grayson eight hundred dollars. For the following minority employees authorized and named in theMinority employees. resolution adopted by the House of Representatives December tenth, nineteen hundred and one. namely: One special employee, one thousand five hundred dollars; two special messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; and one special chief page, nine hundred dollars, and five hundred dollars additional for services as pair clerk; in all, five thousand three hundred dollars.
For the assistant Department messenger authorized and named inSpecial employees. the resolution adopted by the House of Representatives December seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For the special messenger authorized and named in the resolution adopted by the House of Representatives January fifteenth, nineteen hundred, one thousand two hundred dollars. To continue the employment of the special messenger, authorized in the resolution adopted by the House of Representatives December eighteenth, nineteen hundred, to serve in the room assigned the minority side of the House, one thousand two hundred dollars.
To continue the employment of the assistant foreman of the folding room, authorized and named in the resolution adopted by the House of Representatives February sixth, nineteen hundred, at three dollars and eighty-five cents per day. one thousand four hundred and five dollars and twenty-five cents. To continue the employment of the person authorized and named in the resolution of the House adopted June fifth, nineteen hundred, as a laborer, at fifty dollars per month, six hundred dollars.
To continue the employment of the special messenger authorized and named in the resolution of the House adopted February seventh, nineteen hundred, one thousand two hundred dollars. Successors to any of the employees provided for in the seven precedingAppointment. paragraphs may he named by the House of Representatives at any time prior to July first, nineteen hundred and three. Office of Postmaster: For Postmaster, two thousand five hundredPostmaster, assistant, etc. dollars; assistant postmaster, two thousand dollars; twel ve messengers, including messenger to superintend transportation of mails, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; eight messengers, at one hundred dollars per month each, during the session, three thousand two hundred dollars; and one laborer seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars.
For hire of horses and mail wagons for carrying the mails, twoHorses and wagons. thousand five hundred 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 three stenographers to committees,Stenographers to committees. at five thousand dollars each; assistant stenographer to committees. one thousand six hundred dollars: in all, sixteen thousand six hundred dollars.
That wherever the words “during the session” occur in the foregoing“During the session” to mean 121 days. paragraphs they shall be construed to mean the one hundred and twenty-one days from December first, nineteen hundred and two, to March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three, inclusive. For clerk here, Members and Delegates: To pay Members andClerk hire, Members and Delegates. Delegates the amounts which they certify they have paid or agreed to pay for clerk hire necessarily employed by them in the discharge of128 their official and representative duties, as provided in the joint, resolutionVol. 27, p. 757. approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, House resolutions adopted May eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, andVol. 30, p. 687.
January fifteenth, nineteen hundred and two. and the deficiency appropriation Act approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, four hundred and twenty-four thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: and Representatives and Delegates elect to Congress whose credentials in due form of law have been duly filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in accordance with[R. S., sec. 31, p. 6](/us/rs/s31/p6). the provisions of section thirty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States, shall be entitled to payment under this appropriation.
Fok contingent expenses, namely: For wrapping paper, paste-board,Contingent expenses.Folding materials. paste, twine, newspaper wrappers, and other necessary mate rials 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 House, under the provisions of the Act approved January twelfth,Vol. 28, p. 624. eighteen hundred and ninety-five, for the public printing and binding), seven thousand dollars.
For fuel and oil for the heating apparatus, thirteen thousand dollars.Fuel and oil. For furniture and materials for repairs of the same, nine thousandFurniture. dollars. For packing boxes, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, orPacking boxes. so much thereof as may be necessary. 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. five thousand dollars for stationary for the use of the committees and officers of the House, fifty thousand dollars.
For postage stamps for the Postmaster, one hundred dollars; for thePostage stamps. Clerk, three hundred dollars; for the Sergeant-at-Arms, two hundred dollars; and for the Doorkeeper, fifty dollars: in all, six hundred and fifty dollars. office of the public printer. Public printing. For Public Printer, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk,Public , Printer, clerks, etc. two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; clerk in charge of Congressional Record at Capitol, two thousand dollars; clerk of class four; two clerks of class three: one clerk of class two; in all, fifteen thousand six hundred and fifty 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. General Administration: For Librarian of Congress, six thousandLibrarian, etc. dollars; chief assistant librarian, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; Librarian’s secretary, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk (assistant to chief clerk), one thousand dollars; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, sixteen thousand one hundred and forty dollars.
Mail and Supply: For assistant in charge, one thousand two hundredMail and supply division. dollars; one assistant, nine hundred dollars; one messenger boy. three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, two thousand four hundred and sixty dollars. Packing and Stamping: For two attendants, at seven hundred andPacking and stamping. twenty dollars each; one thousand four hundred and forty dollars. Order (purchasing): For chief of division, two thousand five hundredOrder division. dollars; one assistant, one thousand five hundred dollars; one129 assistant, one thousand two hundred dollars; three assistants, at nine hundred dollars each; two assistants, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two assistants, at six hundred dollars each: one assistant, five hundred and twenty dollars; and t wo messenger boys, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; in all, eleven thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.
Catalogue and shelf: For chief of division, three thousand dollars;Catalogue and shelf division. five assistants, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; seven assistants, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; six assistants, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; twelve assistants, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; six assistants, atone thousand dollars each; fourteen assistants, at nine hundred dollars each; four assistants, at eight hundred dollars each; thirteen assistants, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three assistants, at six hundred dollars each; ten assistants, at five hundred and forty dollars each; four assistants, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; six messengers, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; in all. eighty-seven thousand seven hundred and forty dollars.
Binding: For one assistant in charge, one thousand two hundredCatalogue and shelf division. dollars; one assistant, nine hundred dollars: one messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all. two thousand four hundred and sixty dollars. Bibliography: For chief of division, two thousand five hundredBibliography division. dollars: one assistant, one thousand two hundred dollars; two assist-ants, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant, seven hundred and twenty dollars; and one messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, six thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.
Reading rooms (including evening service) and special collections:Reading room officials. For superintendent of reading room, three thousand dollars; two assistants, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; four assistants, atone, thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant (reading room for the blind), one thousand two hundred dollars; five assistants, at nine hundred dollars each; ten assistants, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; evening service: live assistants, at nine hundred dollars each; fifteen assistants, at seven hundred and twentv dollars each; one attendant, Senate reading room, nine hundred dollars; one attendant, Representatives’ reading room, nine hundred dollars; one attendant.
Representatives’ reading room, seven hundred and twenty dollars: two attendants, cloakrooms, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one attendant. Toner Library, nine hundred dollars; one attendant, Washingtonian Library, nine hundred dollars; four messenger boys at three hundred and sixty dollars each; two watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each: in all. forty-seven thousand six hundred and forty dollars. Periodical (including evening service): For chief of division, twoPeriodical division. thousand dollars; chief assistant, one thousand five hundred dollars; two assistants, at nine hundred dollars each; three assistants, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two messenger boys, at three hundred and sixty dollars each: for arrears of sorting and collating and to enable periodical reading room to be open in the evening: two assistants, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, nine thousand six hundred and twenty dollars.
Documents: For chief of division, three thousand dollars; oneDocument division. assistant, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one messenger, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, five thousand two hundred and eighty dollars. Manuscript; For chief of division, three thousand dollars; oneManuscript division. assistant, one thousand live hundred dollars; one assistant, nine hundred dollars; one messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, five thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.130 Maps and charts:
For chief of division, two thousand five hundredMap and chart division. dollars; one assistant, one thousand two hundred dollars; two assistants, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one messenger boy. three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, six thousand live hundred and eighty dollars. Music: For chief of division, two thousand dollars; one assistant,Music division. one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant, one thousand dollars; two assistants, at. seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, six thousand two hundred dollars.
Prints: For chief of division, two thousand dollars; one assistant,Prints division. one thousand two hundred dollars; two assistants, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, five thousand three hundred and sixty dollars. Smithsonian deposit: For custodian, one thousand live hundred dollars;Smithsonian deposit. one assistant, one thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one messenger boy. three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, three thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.
Congressional Reference Library: For custodian, one thousand fiveCongressional reference library. hundred dollars; one assistant, one thousand two hundred dollars: one assistant, nine hundred dollars; one assistant, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two messenger boys, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; in all. five thousand and forty dollars. Law Library: For custodian, two thousand five hundred dollars;Law library. two assistants, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; one messenger, nine hundred dollars; one assistant for evening service, one thousand live hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand seven hundred dollars.
Copyright office, under the direction of the Librarian of Congress:Copyright office. Register of copyrights, three thousand dollars; chief clerk and chief of bookkeeping division, two thousand dollars: chief of application division, two thousand dollars; two clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; four clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; seven clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; ten clerks, atone thousand two hundred dollars each; four clerks, atone thousand dollars each: ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each: two clerks, at. eight hundred dollars each; nine clerks, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one clerk, six hundred dollars; one inessenger boy, three hundred anil sixty dollars.
Arrears, special service; Three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one porter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, sixty-five thousand five hundred and twenty dollars. To enable the Librarian of Congress to employ during the last quarterAdditional assistants. of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two such of the additional assistants in the Copyright Office as are herein provided for in the Library of Congress for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, and at the rates of compensation prescribed, two thousand four hundred and ten dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
For special, temporary, and miscellaneous service, at the discretionTemporary, etc., service. of the Librarian, to continue available until expended, two thousand dollars. To enable the Library of Congress to be kept open for reference useSunday opening. from two until ten o’clock post meridian on Sundays, including the extra services of employeesand the services of additional employees under the Librarian, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Increase of Library of Congress:
For purchase of hooks for the Library, and for freight, commissions, and traveling expenses inci-131dental to the acquisition of books by purchase, gift, or exchange, eighty thousand dollars. For purchase of books and for periodicals for the law library, underLaw books. the direction of the Chief Justice, three thousand dollars. For purchase of 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 publicationsExchange of documents. of foreign governments, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For miscellaneous periodicals mid newspapers, five thousand dollars.Periodicals. In all, ninety-one thousand three hundred dollars. For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the Library, stationery,Contingent expenses. supplies, and all stock and materials directly purchased, miscellaneous traveling expenses, postage, transportation, and all incidental expenses connected with the administration of the Library and the Copyright Office, seven thousand three hundred dollars.
Custody, care, and maintenance of library building and grounds:Care of building and grounds.Superintendent, etc. For superintendent of the Library building and grounds, five thousand dollars; for clerks, messengers, watchmen, engineers, firemen, electricians, elevator conductors, mechanics, laborers, char-women, and others, as follows: Chief clerk, two thousand dollars; clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand dollars; messenger; assistant messenger; telephone operator, six hundred dollars; captain of watch, one thousand four hundred dollars; lieutenant of watch, one thousand dollars; eighteen watchmen: carpenter, nine hundred dollars; painter, nine hundred dollars: foreman of laborers, nine hundred dollars; thirteen laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; two attend-ants in ladies’ room, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; two check boys, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; mistress of charwomen, four hundred and twenty-five dollars; assistant mistress of charwomen, three hundred dollars; forty charwomen; chief engineer, one thousand live hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; three assistant engineers, at one thou-sand dollars each; electrician, one thousand five hundred dollars; assist-ant electrician, one thousand dollars; two machinists, at nine hundred dollars each; plumber, nine hundred dollars; two elevator conductors, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; nine firemen; six skilled laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, seventy-two thousand six hundred and five dollars.
For fuel, lights, repairs, and miscellaneous supplies, electric andGeneral expenses. steam apparatus, reference hooks, stationery, and all incidental expenses in connection with the custody, care, and maintenance of said building and grounds, thirty thousand dollars. For furniture, including partitions, screens, and shelving, forty-fiveFurniture. thousand dollars. For extra services of employees and additional employees under theSunday opening. superintendent of Library building and grounds to provide for the opening of the Library building from two until ten o’clock post meridian on Sundays, two thousand five hundred dollars.
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, shrubs, plants,Repairs and improvements. and seeds; and for sei1 vices, materials, and miscellaneous supplies, and132 contingent expenses in connection with repairs and improvements to Botanic Guldens, under direction of the Joint Library Committee of Congress, five thousand dollars.
EXECUTIVE. Executive. For compensation of the President of the United States, fifty thousandCompensation of the President. dollars. For compensation to the following in the office of the President ofExecutive office. the United States: Secretary, live thousand dollars; two assistant secretaries,Secretary, assistants, etc. at three thousand dollars each; executive clerk, two thousand two hundred dollars; executive clerk and disbursing officer, two thou-sand dollars; two clerks, at two thousand dollars each; six clerks of class four; one clerk of class four who shall be a telegrapher; two clerks of class three; steward, one thousand eight hundred dollars; usher to the President, one thousand eight hundred dollars: chief door-keeper. one thousand eight hundred dollars: four doorkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each: four messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three messengers, at nine hundred dollars each; watchman, nine hundred dollars; one fireman; laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, fifty-five thousand and forty dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Executive Office, including stationeryContingent expenses. therefor, as well as record books, telegrams, telephones, books for library, miscellaneous items, and furniture and carpets for offices, care of office carriages, horses, and harness, fifteen thousand dollars. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. Civil Service Commission. For three Commissioners, at three thousand five hundred dollarsCommissioners, examiner, etc. each; chief examiner, three thousand dollars; 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; engineer, eight hundred and forty dollars; two firemen; two watchmen; one elevator conductor, seven hundred and twenty dollars; and two messenger boys, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; in all. ninety-four thousand two hundred and twenty 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. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. Department of State. For compensation of the Secretary of State, eight thousand dollars:Pay o f Secretary, Assistants, clerks, etc. Assistant Secretary, four thousand five hundred dollars; Second and Third Assistant Secretaries, at four thousand five hundred dollars each; chief clerk, three thousand dollars; assistant solicitor of the Department of State, to be appointed by the Secretary of State, two thousand five hundred dollars; law clerk, to be selected and appointed by the Secretary of State, to edit the laws of Congress and perform such other duties as he may require of him, two thousand five hundred dollars; seven chiefs of bureaus and two translators, at two thousand one hundred dollars each: additional to Chief of Bureau of Accounts as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; private secretary to the Secretary, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; twelve clerics of class four: six clerks of class three: twelve clerks of class two; twenty-five clerks of class one, one of whom is to be a telegraph operator; five clerks, at one thousand dollars each; ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; chief messenger, one thousand dollars; two133 messengers; fifteen assistant messengers; packer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; and for temporary typewriters and stenographers, to be selected by the Secretary, two thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and fifty-nine thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.
For stationery, furniture, fixtures, and repairs,and for the purchaseStationery, etc. of passport paper, six thousand dollars. For books and maps and books for the library, two thousand dollars.Books, etc. For services of lithographer and necessary materials for the lithographicLithographer, etc. 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, telegraphic and electric apparatus and repairs to the same, and miscellaneous items not included in the fore-going; in all, three thousand live hundred dollars.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Treasury Department. Office of the Secretary; For compensation of the Secretary ofPay of Secretary, Assistants, clerks, etc. the Treasury, eight thousand dollars; three Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury, at four thousand live hundred dollars each; clerk to the Secretary, two thousand two hundred and fifty 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 control of the Treasury, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class two; two clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; four messengers; three assistant messengers, and one laborer; in all, forty-three thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars. Office of chief clerk and superintendent: For chief clerk, includingChief clerk, clerks, etc. three hundred dollars as superintendent of Treasury building, three thousand dollars; assistant superintendent of Treasury building, two thousand five hundred dollars; inspector of electric-light plants, gas, and fixtures for all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department, two thousand dollars; assistant inspector of electric-light plants and draftsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; five 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; four clerks of class one (one as librarian); one clerk, one thousand dollars; one messenger; two assistant messengers; storekeeper, one thousand two hundred dollars; telegraph operator, one thousand two hundred dollars; telephone operator and assistant telegraph operator, one thousand two hundred dollars; chief engineer, one thousand fourEngineer, etc. hundred dollars; three assistant engineers, at one thousand dollars each; six elevator conductors, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three firemen; five firemen, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; coal passer, five hundred dollars; locksmith and electrician, one thou-sand four hundred dollars; captain of the watch, one thousand fourWatchmen. hundred dollars; two lieutenants of the watch, at nine, hundred dollars each; sixty-four watchmen; foreman of laborers, one thousand dollars;Laborers. skilled laborer, male, eight hundred and forty dollars; three skilled laborers, male, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; twenty-six laborers; ten laborers, at live hundred dollars each; laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars: two laborers, at three hundred mid sixty dollars each; ninety charwomen; foreman of cabinet shop, one thousandCabinet shop. five hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; eleven cabinetmakers, at one thousand dollars each; cabinetmaker, seven hundred and twenty dollars; carpenter, one thousand dollars; carpenter’s helper, six hundred and sixty dollars.
For the WinderWinder Building. Building: Engineer, one thousand dollars; three firemen; conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; four watchmen; three laborers, one of whom, when necessary, shall assist and relieve the134 conductor of the elevator; laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars;Cox Building. and six charwomen. For the Cox Building, seventeen hundred and nine New York avenue: Three watchmennremen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; and one laborer; in all, one hundred and eighty-one thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.
Division of bookkeeping and warrants: For chief of division, threeBookkeeping and warrants division. thousand five hundred dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand seven hundred dollars; estimate and digest clerk, two thousand live hundred dollars; two principal bookkeepers, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; ten bookkeepers, at two thousand dollars each; eleven clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; one messenger; one assistant messenger; and one laborer: in all, sixty-seven thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars.
Division of customs: For chief of division, two thousand seven hundredCustoms division. and fifty dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; five law clerks, at two thousand dollars each; two clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and two assistant messengers: in all, thirty-two thousand two 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; executive clerk, two thousand dollars: law and bond clerk, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; three assistant messengers; and one laborer; in all, forty-one thousand three hundred and ten 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; and one assistant messenger; in all. twenty-three thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars. Division of loans and currency: For chief of division, three thousandLoans and currency division. dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand one hundred dollars; five clerks of class four: additional to two clerks of class four as receiving clerk of bonds, and bookkeeper, one hundred dollars each; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; thirteen clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; nine expert counters, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one messenger; two assistant messengers; six laborers; superintendent of paper room, one thousand two hundred dollars; paper cutter, at three dollars per day; paper counter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; twenty-seven paper counters and laborers, at six hundred and twenty dollars each; and one laborer, live hundred and fifty dollars; and for continuing two additional clerks,Additional force, war with Spain. at nine hundred dollars each, and six additional paper counters and laborers, at six hundred and twenty dollars each, rendered necessary because of increase of work incident to the war with Spain; in all, seventy-three thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine dollars.
Division of Revenue-Cutter Service: For assistant chief of division,Revenue-Cutter division. two thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; four clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one laborer; in all, twenty-one thousand four hundred and sixty dollars: *Provided,* That First Lieutenant David H. Jarvis,*Proviso*.David H. Jarvis.May accept appointment as collector of customs, Alaska.
Revenue-Cutter Service, be authorized to accept the appointment of collector of customs for the district of Alaska, to which he has been135 nominated and confirmed, and to qualify thereunder, and that by so doing he shall not vacate his commission as an officer in the Ue venue-Cutter Service, but shall not receive his salary as such while serving as collector of customs in and for the district named. Miscellaneous division: For chief of division, two thousand five hundredMiscellaneous division. dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class one; clerk, one thousand dollars; clerk, nine hundred dollars; and one assistant messenger; in all, twelve thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.
Division of stationery, printing, and blanks: For chief of division,Stationery, etc., division. two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two messengers; two assistant messengers; one laborer; foreman of bindery, at five dollars per day; four binders, at foul’ dollars per day each; and two sewers and folders, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each; in all. thirty-seven thousand and eighteen dollars.
Division of mail and tiles: For chief of division, two thousand fiveMail and files division. hundred dollars; registered mail and bond clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class two; additional to one clerk of class two, in charge of documents, two hundred dollars; 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; and two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, twenty-seven 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; one clerk of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one messenger; in all. thirteen thousand five hundred and forty dollars. Offices of disbursing clerks: For two disbursing clerks, at two thousandDisbursing clerks. five hundred dollars each; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; in al , thirteen thousand six hundred dollars.
Office of the Supervising Architect: In the construction branchSupervising Architect’s office. 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*Proviso*.Limit. for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, shall not exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of the Treasury shall each year in the annual estimates report to Congress the number of persons so employed and the amount paid to each.
Office of Comptroller of the Treasury; For Comptroller ofComptroller’s office the Treasury, five thousand five hundred dollars; Assistant Comptroller of the Treasury, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, tv o thousand five hundred dollars; chief law clerk, two thousand live hundred dollars; six law clerks revising accounts and briefing opinions, one at two thousand one hundred dollars and five at two thousand dollars each; private secretary, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four136 expert accountants,at two thousand dollars each; seven clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; typewriter-copyist, one thousand dollars; two messengers; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, fifty-seven thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to N. H. Thompson,Digest of Decisions.Payment to N. H. Thompson. a law clerk in the Treasury Department, for services rendered outside of office hours, in the preparation of a digest of the decisions of the Comptroller of the Treasury, two thousand dollars. Office of Auditor for Treasury Department: For Auditor,Office of Auditor for Treasury Department. four thousand dollars; Deputy Auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; law clerk, two thousand dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; seventeen clerks of class four; thirteen clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; twenty clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each: three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; three assistant messengers: four laborers; and for continuing three clerks of class one and for four additional clerks of class one. rendered necessary by increased work incident to the war with Spain: in all, one hundred and twenty-four thousand eight hundred dollars.
For clerical force for the liquidation of manifests of vessels and carsClerks on manifests. arriving in the United States from foreign countries with merchandise intended for consumption, namely: For one clerk of class four; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, twenty-five thousand five 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; law clerk, two thousand dollars; six chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; seventeen clerks of class four; additional to one clerk as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; forty-one clerks of class three; sixty-four clerks of class two; fifty-four clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; skilled laborer, nine hundred dollars; three clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; one messenger; three assistant messengers; and eight laborers; in all, two hundred and ninety-seven thousand five hundred dollars.
For continuing the following additional force rendered necessaryAdditional force, war with Spain. because of increased work incident to the war with Spain: Eight clerks of class four; seventeen clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; thirty clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each; ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and three laborers; in all, one hundred and twelve thousand five hundred and eighty 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, four thousand dollars; Deputy Auditor, two thousand five, hundred dollars; law clerk, two thousand dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thou-sand dollars each; four clerks 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; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one clerk, eight hundred dollars; one messenger; one assistant messenger; and two laborers: in all, seventy-two thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.
For continuing the following additional force rendered necessary because of increased work incident to the war with Spain: Two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, twenty-one thousand eight hundred dollars.137 Office of Auditor for Interior Department: For Auditor, fourOffice of Auditor for Interior Department. thousand dollars; Deputy Auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; law clerk, two thousand dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thou-sand dollars each; ten clerks of class four; seventeen clerks of class three; thirty clerks of class two; twenty-five clerks of class one; twelve clerks, at one thousand dollars each; fourteen clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; ten laborers; and one female laborer, six hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and sixty-four thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.
Office of Auditor for State and other Departments: ForOffice of Auditor for State, etc., Departments. Auditor, four thousand dollars; Deputy Auditor, two thousand live hundred dollars; law clerk, two thousand dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; twelve clerks of class four; thirteen clerks of class three; eleven clerks of class two; seven 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 git ninety-three thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.
Office of Auditor for Post-Office Department: For Auditor,Office of Auditor for Post-Office Department. four thousand dollars; two Deputy Auditors, at two thousand live hundred dollars each; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; law clerk, two thousand dollars; seven chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; twenty-eight clerks of class four; additional to one clerk as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; sixty clerks of class three; eighty-one clerks of class two; one hundred and three clerks of class one; eighty-seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; skilled laborer, one thou-sand dollars; seventy-one clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; twenty-five skilled laborers, at seven hundred mid twenty dollars each; six messengers; twelve assistant messengers; twenty-live male laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; sixty-live skilled laborers, at six hundred mid sixty dollars each; three female laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; and fifteen charwomen; in all, six hundred and fifty-nine thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.
Office of the Treasurer: For Treasurer of the United States,Treasurer’s office. six thousand dollars; Assistant Treasurer, three thousand six hundred dollars; Deputy Assistant Treasurer, three thousand two hundred dollars; cashier, three thousand six hundred dollars; assistant cashier, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; seven chiefs of division, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; assistant chief of division, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; vault clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; principal bookkeeper, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant bookkeeper, two thou-sand one hundred dollars; two tellers, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; two assistant tellers, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each: clerk for the Treasurer, one thousand eight hundred dollars: twenty five clerks of class four; seventeen clerks of class three; fourteen clerks of class two; coin clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars: twenty nine clerks of class one; seventeen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; sixty-three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each: fifty expert counters, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; nine clerks, at seven hundred dollars each: mail messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; seven messengers; six assistant messengers; thirty laborers; nine charwomen; twelve pressmen, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; twenty-four separators, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; seventeen feeders, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; compositor and pressman, one thousand four hundred dollars; machinist, nine hundred dollars; in all, three hundred and eighty-three thou-sand two hundred and ten dollars.
For the force employed in redeeming the national currency (to beRedemption of currency. reimbursed by the national banks), namely: For superintendent, three138 thousand five hundred dollars; teller, two thousand five hundred dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand four hundred dollars; assistant teller, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; fonr clerks of class two; twenty -1wo clerks of class one; thirteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; three clerks, at seven hundred dollars each; one messenger; three assistant messengers; and two charwomen; in all, seventy-eight thousand three hundred and eighty 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; six clerks of class three; live clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; twenty-two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; two assistant messengers; and four laborers; in all, sixty-five thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars.
For continuing the following additional force, rendered necessaryAdditional force, war with Spain. because of increased work incident to the war with Spain: Three clerks of class one; and three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; in all, six thousand six hundred 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; eight clerks of class four; additional to bond clerk, two hundred dollars; stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; twelve clerks of class three; thirteen clerks of class two; nine clerks of class one; twelve clerks, at one thousand dollars each; engineer, one thousand dollars; thirteen clerks, at tune hundred dollars each; one messenger; two assistant messengers; two night watchmen; one fireman; three laborers; in all, one hundred and twelve thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.
For expenses of the national currency (to be reimbursed by theNational currency expenses. national banks), namely: For superintendent, two thousand two hundred dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand dollars; teller, two thousand dollars; assistant bookkeeper, two thousand dollars: 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: *Provided,* That for the fiscal year of nineteen*Provisos*.List of employees to be furnished for Official Register. hundred and two and thereafter, a full and complete list of all officers, agents, clerks, and other employees of the office of the Comptroller of the Currency, including bank examiners, receiversand attorneys for receivers, and clerks employed by such examiners and receivers, or any other person connected with the work of said office in Washington or elsewhere, whose salary or compensation is paid from the Treasury of the United States or assessed against or collected from existing or failed banks under their supervision or control, shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the provisions of an Act of Congress approved January twelfth, eighteenVol. 28, p. 618. hundred and eighty-five, relating to the Official Register: *And provided*Report of liquidation expenses. *further*, That the Comptroller of the Currency is hereby directed to include in his Annual Report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, expenses incurred during each year, in liquidation of each failed national bank separately.
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, five thousand dollars. Office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue: For CommissionerOffice of Commissioner of Internal Revenue. of Internal Revenue, six thousand dollars; deputy commis-139sioner, four thousand dollars; additional deputy commissioner during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, three thousand six hundred dollars; chemist, two thousand five hundred dollars; two heads of divisions, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; four heads of divisions, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; two additional heads of division during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; superintendent of stamp vault, two thousand dollars; 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; twenty-two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; thirty clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two messengers; fourteen assistant messengers; and thirteen laborers; in all, two hundred and sixty-five thousand seven hundred and forty dollars.
For two stamp agents, at one thousand six hundred dollars each, andStamp agents. two counters, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, five thousand dollars, the same to be reimbursed by the stamp manufacturers. Light-House Board: For chief clerk, two thousand four hundredLight-House Board. dollars; title and contract clerk, two thousand dollars; accountant, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one clerk, eight hundred and forty dollars; one clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two assist-ant messengers; laborer; assistant civil engineer, two thousand four hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand five hundred and sixty dollars; draftsman, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, forty thousand two hundred and sixty dollars.
Office of Life-Saving Service: For General Superintendent ofLife-Saving Service. the Life-Saving Service, four thousand dollars; assistant general superintendent, two thousand five hundred dollars: principal clerk, two thousand dollars; topographer and hydrograph er, one thousand eight hundred dollars; civil engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand five hundred dollars; four clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; two clerks, atone thousand dollars each; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; and one, laborer; in all, forty-two 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, six 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 four hundred and eighty dollars. Bureau of Engraving and Printing: For Director of Bureau,Bureau of Engraving and Printing. four thousand five hundred dollars; assistant director, three thousand dollars; accountant, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; stenographer, one thousandsix 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, eighteen thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.
Bureau of Statistics: For officer in charge of the Bureau of Statistics,Bureau of Statistics. three thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; statistical clerk, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; one clerk, expert in foreign statistics and languages, to compile Statistical Abstract of the World, one thousand six hundred dollars; stenographer and type-writer, one thousand five hundred dollars; seven clerks of class two;140 ten clerks of class one; translator, one thousand two hundred dollars; ten 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, sixty thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.
For payment of the services of experts, and for other necessaryExperts, etc. expenditures connected with the collection of facts relative to the internal and foreign commerce of the United States, four thousand dollars. Secret Service Division; For one chief, four thousand dollars;Secret Service division. chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; and one attendant, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, fourteen thousand and twenty dollars.
National Bureau of Standards; For Director, five thousand dollars;National Bureau of Standards. physicist, three thousand live hundred dollars; chemist, three thousand five hundred dollars; two assistant physicists, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; two laboratory assistants, at one thou-sand four hundred dollars each; laboratory assistant, one thousand two hundred dollars; laboratory assistant, one thousand dollars; laboratory assistant, nine hundred dollars; secretary, two thousand dollars: one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars: one clerk, nine hundred dollars; storekeeper, nine hundred dollars; messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars; engineer, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant engineer, nine hundred dollars; mechanician, one thou-sand four hundred dollars; mechanician, one thousand dollars; one watchman; skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two laborers: laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars: in all, thirty-six thousand and sixty dollars.
For apparatus, equipment, machinery, and materials used in theApparatus, etc. construction of equipment, apparatus, or machinery, thirty thousand dollars. For books, periodicals, furniture, office expenses, stationery andExpenses. printing, heating and lighting, expenses of the visiting committee, expenses of attendance of American delegate, at the meeting of theInternational Bureau. International Bureau of Weights and Measures, and contingencies of all kinds, live thousand dollars.
Office of the Director of the Mint: For Director, four thousandOffice of Director of the Mint. five hundred dollars; examiner, and computer, at two thousand live, hundred dollars each; assayer, two thousand two hundred dollars; adjuster of accounts, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class two; three clerks of class one: translator, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, one Hiousand dollars; one copyist; one messenger; assistant in laboratory, one thousand two hundred dollars; and one assistant messenger; in all. twenty-nine thou-sand seven hundred and sixty dollars.
For freight on bullion and coin, by registered mail or otherwise,Freight. between mints and assay offices, seventy-rive thousand dollars. For contingent, expenses of the Bureau of the Mint, to he 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 andStatistics. consumption of the precious metals in the United States, five thousand dollars.141 Office of Supervising Surgeon-General Marine-Hospital Service:Marine Hospital Service.*Post*, p. 712. For Supervising Surgeon-General, five thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars: two clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; five clerks of class two: five clerks of class one; clerk and translator, one thousand two hundred dollars; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger: five laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all. thirty-nine thousand and forty dollars, the same to be paid from the permanent appropriations for the Marine-Hospital Service.
Office Supervising Inspector-General Steamboat-Inspection Service:Steamboat-Inspection Service. For Supervising Inspector-General, three thousand five hundred dollars: chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class one; one clerk of class one (stenographer and typewriter); one messenger: in all, eleven thousand seven hundred and forty dollars, the same to be paid from the permanent appropriations for the Steamboat-Inspection Service.
Bureau of Immigration: For Commissioner-General of Immigration,Immigration Bureau. four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; confidential clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; statistician and stenographer, with power to act as immigrant inspector, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one supervising immigrant inspector, to be attached to this Bureau in Washington for special work outside, one thousand six hundred dollars; one messenger; one assistant messenger; one clerk of class two; in all, fourteen thousand and sixty dollars, which, together with other expenses of regulating immigration, including the cost of the Federal Reporter, and also the cost of those volumes already purchased, and to be purchased during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two. not to exceed two hundred and seventy-five dollars, shall be paid from the permanent appropriation for expenses regulating immigration.
For Contingent Expenses of the Treasury Department, includingContingent expenses. all Buildings under Control of the Treasury in Washington. District of Columbia, namely: For stationery for the Treasury Department add its several Bureaus,Stationery. thirty thousand dollars. For postage required to prepay matter addressed to Festal UnionPostage. countries, and for postage for the Treasury Department, one thousand five hundred dollars. For purchasing material for binding important records, six hundredBinding. dollars.
For newspapers, law books, city directories, and other books of referenceNewspapers, etc. relating to the business of the Department, one thousand two hundred 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 the District of Columbia when not properly chargeable to any other appropriation under the control of the Treasury Department, five hundred dollars.
For freight, ex pres sage, telegraph and telephone service, seven thousandFreight, etc. dollars. For rent of buildings, twelve thousand three hundred and ninety-fourRent. 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, three thousand five hundred dollars. For purchase of ice, including ice for the office of the Auditor forIce. the Post-Office Department, two thousand five hundred dollars.142 For purchase of file holders and file cases, four thousand dollars.Files.
For purchase of coal, wood, engine oils and grease, grates, grateFuel. 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. gas and electric light fixtures, electric-light wiring and material, candles, candlesticks, droplignts and tubing, gas burners, gas torches, globes, lanterns, and wicks, fourteen 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.
For purchase of registering accountants, numbering machines, andNumbering machines, etc. other machines of a similar character, and repairs thereto, two thousand dollars. For purchase of carpets, carpet border and lining, linoleum, mats,Carpets, etc. rugs, matting, and repairs, and for cleaning, cutting, making, laying, and relaying of the same, by contract, four 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, type-writers, ventilators, wardrobe cabinets, washstands, water coolers and stands, eight thousand five hundred dollars. collecting internal revenue.
Collecting internal revenue. For salaries and expenses of collectors and deputy collectors andCollectors, etc/ surveyors, and clerks, including transportation of public funds, and also including expenses of enforcing the Act of August second, eighteenVol. 24, p. 209. hundred and eighty-six, taxing oleomargarine, and the Act of AugustVol. 24, p. 218. fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, imposing upon the. Government the expense of the inspection of tobacco exported; also the ActVol. 29, p. 255. of June sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, imposing a tax on tilled cheese, one million seven hundred and ten thousand dollars.
For continuing the additional clerks and other employees in the officeAdditional force war-revenue act. of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and for salaries and expenses of increased force of deputy collectors rendered necessary by the Act ofVol. 30, p. 450. June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, providing for war expenditures, and for other purposes, and for salaries and expensesAdditional agents. of twenty additional internal revenue agents to be appointed and employed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and these, twenty agents to be in lieu of the agents provided for and appointed under the provisions of sections three and forty-seven of the Act of JuneVol. 30, pp. 449, 469. thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, providing for war revenue expenditures and other purposes, and these to be the onlyRestriction.[R.
S., sec. 3152, p. 604](/us/rs/s3152/p604). internal revenue agents employed in addition to those provided for in section three thousand one hundred and fifty-two of the Revised Statutes. The existing provisions of law with regard to internal revenue agents shall apply to the duties, compensation, and expenses of these twentv additional agents, five hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 143 For compensation of the official authorized in section twelve of theLegacy tax agent.Vol. 31, p. 949.
Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide waysand means to meet war expenditures, and for other purposes’ approved June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and to reduce taxation thereunder.” three thousand dollars; for traveling expenses, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; in all, four thousand dollars. For salaries and expenses of agents, fees and expenses of gaugers,Agents, gaugers, etc. salaries and expenses of storekeepers and storekeepergaugers, and miscellaneous expenses, one million nine hundred thousand dollars. independent treasury.
Independent Treasury. Office of assistant treasures at Baltimore: For assistant treasurer,Assistant treasurers’ offices.Baltimore. four thousand live hundred dollars; cashier, two thousand five hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand lour hundred dollars each: three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; 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 treasurer,Baltimore. five thousand dollars; chief clerk, and paying teller, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; assistant paying teller, two thousand two hundred dollars; vault clerk, and receiving teller, at two thousand dollars each; first bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; second bookkeeper, one thousand four hundred dollars; specie clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant specie clerk, and money clerk, at one thousand five hundred dollars each: redemption clerk, and one clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; two clerks, atone thousand two hundred dollars each; clerk, one thousand one hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; clerk, eight hundred dollars: messenger and chief watchman, one thousand and sixty dollars;
Stenographer and typewriter, one thousand dollars; three watchmen and janitors, at eight hundred and fifty dollars each; in all, thirty-eight thousand nine hundred and ten dollars. Office of assistant treasurer at Chicago: For assistant treasurer,Chicago. five thousand dollars; cashier, two thousand live, hundred dollars; vault clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; paying teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant paying teller, one thousand five hundred dollars; assorting teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars; receiving teller, one thousand seven hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand five hundred dollars; three coin, coupon, and currency clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; twenty clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; detective and hall man, one thousand one hundred dollars; messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; stenographer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; janitor, six hundred dollars; and three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, fifty-three thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.
Office of assistant treasurer at Cincinnati: For assistantCincinnati. treasurer, four thousand live hundred dollars; cashier, two thousand dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; receiving teller, one thousand live hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; interest clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk and stenographer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; clerk and watchman, eight hundred and forty dollars: night watchman, six hundred dollars; day watchman, six hundred dollars; in all, nineteen thousand three hundred and sixty dollars.144 Office of assistant treasurer at New Orleans:
Foi assistantNew Orleans. treasurer, four thousand dollars; chief clerk and cashier, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; receiving teller, and paying teller, at two thousand dollars each; bookkeeper, one thousand the hundred dollars; five 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, tire hundred dollars; day watch-man. seven hundred and twenty dollars; night watchman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars.
Office of assistant treasurer at New York: For assistant treasurer,New York. 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; chief of division, two thousand six hundred dollars; chief of division, and chief bookkeeper, at two thousand four hundred dollars each; chief of division, and assistant chief of division, at two thousand three hundred dollars each; two assistant chiefs of division, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; two assistant tellers, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; two assistant tellers, and one bookkeeper, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; six assistant tellers, one assistant chief of division, and three bookkeepers, at two thousand dollars each; ten assistant tellers, and two bookkeepers, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; two assistant tellers, at one thousand seven hundred dollars each; four assistant tellers, one book-keeper, and two clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; six assistant tellers, and two clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; nine assistant tellers, one bookkeeper, and four clerks, at one thousand, four hundred dollars each; one assistant teller, and two clerks, at one thousand three hundred dollars each: nine assistant tellers, and three clerks, at One thousand two hundred dollars each; six assistant tellers, at one thousand dollars each; six assistant tellers, and one clerk, at nine hundred dollars each; five assistant tellers, at eight hundred 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. thou-sand dollars each; two porters, at nine hundred dollars each; superintendent of building, one thousand eight hundred dollars; chief detective, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant detective, one thousand two hundred dollars; two engineers, at one thousand and fifty dollars each: assistant engineer, eight hundred and twenty dollars; eight watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all. two hundred and six thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.
Office of assistant treasurer at Philadelphia: For assistantPhiladelphia. treasurer, four thousand live hundred dollars; cashier and chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; paying teller, two thousand three hundred dollars: coin and paving teller, two thousand dollars; bond and authorities clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; vault clerk, one thousand nine hundred dollars; assorting teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars; redemption teller, one thousand six hundred dollars; receiving teller, one thousand seven hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; three clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; clerk, one thousand three hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; superintendent messenger and chief watchman, one thousand one hundred dollars: five counters, at nine hundred dollars each: seven watchmen, at seven hundred and145 twenty dollars each; in all, forty-four thousand four hundred and forty dollars.
Office of assistant treasurer at Saint Louis: For assistantSaint Louis treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; cashier and chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars: first teller, two thousand dollars; second teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars; third teller, one thousand six hundred dollars; fourth teller, one thousand two hundred dollars; assorting teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars: coin teller, one thousand two hundred dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand five hundred dollars; three assistant bookkeepers, arid three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; assistant coin teller, stenographer and typewriter, and messenger, at one thousand dollars each; three day watchmen and coin counters, at nine hundred dollars each; night watchman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; and janitor, six hundred dollars: in all, thirty-two thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.
Office of assistant treasurer at San Francisco: For assistantSan Francisco. treasurer, four thousand five 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; clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; 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 salaries of special agents, and for actual expenses of examinersSpecial agents, examination of depositories, etc. detailed to examine the hooks, accounts, and money on hand at the several subtreasuries and depositories, including national banks acting as[R. S. sec. 3649, p. 718](/us/rs/s3649/p718). depositories under the 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 otherPaper for checks. cheeks and drafts for the use of the Treasurer of the United States, assistant treasurers, pension agents, disbursing officers, and others, nine thousand dollars. MINTS AND ASSAY OFFICES. Mints and assay offices. Mint at Carson, Nevada: For assayer in charge, who shall alsoCarson. perform the duties of melter, two thousand dollars; assistant assayer, and one clerk, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; in all, five thousand dollars.
For wages of workmen and watchmen, five thousand six hundredWages. dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, two thousand two hundredContingent expenses. dollars. Mint at Denver, Colorado: For assayer in charge, three thousandDenver. dollars; melter, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; weigh clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; two calculating clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; in all, fifteen thou-sand two hundred and fifty dollars.
For wages of workmen, twenty-two thousand dollars.Wages. For incidental and contingent expenses, six thousand five hundredContingent expenses. dollars. Until the mint and assay office at Denver shall become a coinageAssay office to continue until coinage mint established.Vol. 28, 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.146 Mint at New Orleans, Louisiana:
For superintendent, three thousandNew Orleans. five hundred dollars; assayer, melter and refiner, and coiner, at two thousand five hundred dollars each: cashier, and chief clerk, at two thousand dollars each: assistant assay er, assistant melter and refiner, and assistant coiner, at one thousand nine hundred dollars each; abstract clerk, bookkeeper, weigh clerk, and assaver’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; cashiers clerk, one thousand one hundred dollars; in all, thirty-one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.
For wages of workmen and adjusters, twenty thousand dollars.Wages. For incidental and contingent expenses, including wastage of operativeContingent expenses. officers and loss of gold contained in sweeps sold, and for machinery and repairs, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Mint at Philadelphia: For superintendent, four thousand fivePhiladelphia. hundred dollars; 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, and bookkeeper, at two thousand live hundred dollars each; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; abstract clerk, mid 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 assay er’s computation clerk, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; in all, forty-two thousand and fifty dollars.
For wages of workmen and adjusters, four hundred and fifty thousandWages. dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, including new machineryContingent expenses. and repairs, expenses annual assay commission, melter and refiner’s wastage, and loss on sale of sweeps arising from the manufacture of ingots for coinage and wastage and loss on sale of coiners’ sweeps, and purchase not exceeding five hundred dollars in value of specimen coins and ores for the cabinet of the mint, one hundred thousand dollars.
Mint at San Francisco, California: For superintendent, fourSan Francisco. thousand five hundred dollars; assayer, melter and refiner, and coiner, at three thousand dollars each; chief clerk, and cashier, at two thou-sand 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 calculating 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-fiveWages. thousand dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, including new machinery,Contingent expenses. melter and refiners wastage, and loss on sale of sweeps, arising from the manufacture of ingots for coinage, and wastage of, and loss on sale of coiners’ sweeps, sixty thousand dollars. Assay office at Boise, Idaho: For assayer, who shall also performBoise. the duties of melter, two thousand dollars; chief clerk, one thou-sand four hundred dollars; in all, three thousand four hundred dollars.
For wages of workmen, eight thousand three hundred dollars.Wages. For incidental and contingent expenses, three thousand seven hundredContingent expenses. and fifty dollars. Assay office at Charlotte, North Carolina: For assayer andCharlotte. melter, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant assayer, one thou-sand two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.147 For wages of workmen, one thousand and eighty dollars.Wages. For incidental and contingent expenses, nine hundred and twentyContingent expenses dollars.
Assay office at Deadwood, South Dakota: For assayer inDeadwood. charge, who shall also perform the duties of melter, two thousand dollars; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, three thou-sand two hundred dollars. For wages of workmen, three thousand seven hundred dollars.Wages. For incidental and contingent expenses, including rent of building,Contingent expenses. two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Assay office at Helena, Montana: For assayer in charge, twoHelena. thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight bundled dollars; clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, five thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.
For wages of workmen, fourteen thousand five hundred dollars.Wages. For incidental and contingent expenses, four thousand dollars.Contingent expenses. Assay office at New York: For superintendent, four thousandNew York. five hundred dollars; assayer, and melter and refiner, at three thousand dollars each; chief clerk, assistant melter and refiner, and weigh clerk, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; bookkeeper, two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; cashier, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; warrant clerk, two thousand dollars: bar clerk, abstract clerk, and assayer’s computing 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. thirtynine thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
For wages of workmen and messengers, twenty-seven thousand fiveWages. hundred dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, ten thousand dollars.Contingent expenses. Assay office at Saint Louis, Missouri: For assayer in charge,Saint Louis. two thousand dollars; clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand dollars. For wages of workmen (including janitor), one thousand dollars.Wages. For incidental and contingent expenses, seven hundred and fiftyContingent expenses. dollars.
Assay office at Seattle, Washington: For assayer in charge,Seattle. who shall also perform the duties of melter, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand dollars. For wages of workmen and assistants, twenty-seven thousand dollars.For wages of workmen and assistants, twenty-seven thousand dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses, including rent of building,For incidental and contingent expenses, including rent of building, nine thousand dollars. nine thousand dollars. government in the territories. Territories. Territory of Alaska: For governor, five thousand dollars; threeAlaska. judges, at five thousand dollars each: three attorneys, at three thou-sand dollars each; three marshals, at four thousand dollars each; three clerks, at three thousand five hundred dollars each: in all, fifty-one thousand five hundred dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses of the Territory, clerk hire, stationery, lights, and fuel, to be expended under the direction of the governor, two thousand dollars. Territory of Arizona: For governor, three thousand dollars; chiefArizona. justice, and three associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; secretary, one thousand eight hundred dollars; interpreter and translator148 in the executive office, five hundred dollars; in all. seventeen thousand three hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Territory, to lie expended by the governor, one thousand dollars. For legislative expenses, namely: For rent, messenger, postage, stationery,Legislative expenses. fuel, lights, printing, and incidental expenses for secretary’s office; for pay of members and officers of the legislative assembly, mileage, rent of rooms for the legislature and committees, furniture, stationery, printing, binding, fuel, lights, and incidentals, twenty-four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
Territory of New Mexico: For governor, three thousand dollars;New Mexico. 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; in all, twenty thousand three hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor, one thousand dollars. For legislative expenses, namely: For rent, light, fuel, telephone,Legislative expenses. ice, water, stationery, record files, record casings, printing, postage, clerks, stenographer and typewriter, messenger and porter, and incidentals in secretary’s office; for pay of members and officers of the legislative assembly, mileage, rent of rooms for the legislature and committees, furniture, stationery, printing, binding, fuel, lights, and incidentals, twenty-four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
Territory of Oklahoma: For governor, three thousand dollars;Oklahoma. chief justice, and four associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; and secretary, one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, nine-teen thousand eight hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor for rents, private secretary, stenographer and typewriter, and typewriter supplies, janitor, messenger, fuel, lights, statioaery and printing, postage, telegrams, furniture for office, express, and other incidentals, one thousand dollars.
For legislative expenses, namely: For rent of office, furniture, fuel,Legislative expenses. lights, clerk hire, printing, postage, ice, messenger, stenographer, janitor, oilice fixtures, and other incidental expenses of the secretary’s office; for pay of members and officers of the legislative assembly, mileage, rent of rooms for the legislature and committees, furniture, stationery, printing, binding, fuel, lights,and incidentals, twenty-four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars: *Provided,* That the legislative*Provisos*.Removal of capital forbidden. assembly shall not consider any proposition or pass any bill to remove the seat of government of said Territory from its present location: *Provided further,* That said legislative assembly shall not make anyContract for public buildings prohibited.*Post*, p. 882. appropriation or enter into any contract for a capital building or any other public building: *And provided further,* That the governor shallReapportionment of legislative districts to be made. appoint a commission of three persons, not more than two of whom snail belong to the same political party, who shall reapportion the Territory into legislate ve and council districts according to population as near as may be prior to the next Territorial election, and the sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to pay the salaries of the commission and necessary expenses.
Territory of Hawaii: For governor, five thousand dollars; secretary,Hawaii. three thousand dollars; chief justice, five thousand five hundred dollars; and two associate justices, at five thousand dollars each; in all, twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars. For judges of circuit courts, at three thousand dollars each, so much as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three. For contingent expenses of the Territory of Hawaii, to be expended by the governor for stationery, postage, and incidentals, five hundred149 dollars, and for private secretary to the governor, two thousand dollars; for traveling expenses of the governor while absent from the capital on official business, five hundred dollars; in all, three thousand dollars.
Territory of Porto Rico: For salary of the resident commissionerPorto Rico.Vol. 31, p. 86. from Porto Rico to the United States, authorized by the Act temporarily’ to provide revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico, approved April twelfth, nineteen hundred, five thousand dollars. WAR DEPARTMENT. War Department. Office of the Secretary: For compensation of the Secretary ofPay of Secretary, Assistant, clerks, etc. War, eight thousand dollars; Assistant Secretary, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, including live hundred dollar? as assistant in military park and insular affairs, three thousand dollars; clerk to the Secretary, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; clerk to the Assistant Secretary, two thousand one hundred dollars; clerk to the chief clerk, two thousand one hundred dollars; disbursing clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; appointment clerk, two thousand dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; superintendent of buildings, outside of State.
War. and Navy Department building, in addition to compensation as chief of division, rive hundred dollars: stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; librarian, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four clerks of class four; live clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; eleven clerks of class one: four clerks, at one thousand dollars each: carpenter, one thousand dollars; foreman of laborers, one thousand dollars; two carpenters. at nine hundred dollars each; four messengers: seven assistant messengers; eight laborers; hostler, six hundred dollars; two hostlers, and one watchman, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, one hundred and four thousand four hundred dollars.
For continuing the employment of such additional temporary forceAdditional force, war with Spain. of clerks, messengers, laborers, and other assistants, rendered necessary because of increased work incident, to the war with Spain, as in the judgment of the Secretary of War may be proper and necessary to the prompt, efficient, and accurate dispatch of official business in the War Department and its bureaus, to be allotted by the Secretary of War to such bureaus and offices as the exigencies of the needs of the service may demand, five hundred and ninety-six thousand four hundred dollars.
Record and Pension Office: For chief clerk, two thousand dollars;Record and Pension Office. four chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; thirty-four clerks of class four; fifty clerks of class three; seventy-seven clerks of class two; one hundred and sixty-seven clerks of class one; thirty-five clerks, at one thousand dollars each; engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant engineer, nine hundred dollars; two firemen; skilled mechanic, one thousand dollars: five messengers; thirty-five assistant messengers; messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; five watchmen: superintendent of building, two hundred and fifty dollars; and seventeen laborers; in all. five hundred and forty-three thousand nine hundred and seventy dollars; and all employees provided for by this paragraph for the Record and Pension Office of the War Department shall he exclusively engaged on the work of this office for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three.
Office of the Adjutant-General: For chief clerk, two thousandAdjutant-General’s Office. dollars: two chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; clerk to the Adjutant-General, one thousand eight hundred 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; and150 three watchmen; in all, one hundred and sixty-five thousand 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; undone assistant messenger; in all, thirteen thou-sand one hundred and sixty dollars. Office of the Judge-Advocate-General: For chief clerk, twoJudge-Advocate-General’s Office. thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; 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, fifteen thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.
Signal Office: For chief clerk, two thousand dollars; one clerk ofSignal Office. class four; one clerk of class one; one messenger, and one laborer; in all. six thousand live hundred dollars. Office of the Quartermaster-General: For chief clerk, twoQuartermaster-General’s Office. thousand 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; female messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; four messengers; nine assistant messengers; two laborers; experienced builder and mechanic, two thousand five hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant draftsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; two assistant draftsmen, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; civil engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant civil engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; electrical engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two inspectors of supplies for the Army, at two thousand live hundred dollars each, to be selected and appointed by the Secretary of War; in all, one hundred and fifty-nine thousand three hundred and forty dollars.
Office of the Commissary-General; For chief clerk, two thousandCommissary-General’s Office. dollars; two clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; five clerks of class two; eleven clerks of class one; nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two assistantmessengers; two laborers; in all, forty-three thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars. Office of the Surgeon-General: For 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; anatomist, one thousand six hundred dollars: engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant engineer, for night duty, nine hundred dollars; two firemen; skilled mechanic, one thousand dollars: twelve assistant messengers; three watchmen; superintendent of building (Army Medical Museum and Library), two hundred and fifty dollars; live laborers; chemist, two thousand and eighty-eight dollars; principal assistant librarian, two thousand and eighty-eight dollars; pathologist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; microscopist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant librarian, one thousand eight hundred dollars: in ail, one hundred and fifty-one thousand two hundred and sixty-six dollars.
Office of the Paymaster-General: For 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: For 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: For chief clerk, two thousandEngineer Office. dollars; five clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand151 dollars; one assistant messenger, and two laborers: in all, thirty thou-sand eight 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 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, nineteen hundred and three, shall not exceed eighty-five 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.
For contingent expenses of the War Department and itsContingent expenses. Bureaus and Offices, namely: For purchase of professional and seienti lie books, law books, books of reference, periodicals, blank hooks, pamphlets, newspapers, maps; furniture and repairs to same: carpets, matting, oilcloth, file eases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges, fuel, gas, and heating apparatus for and repairs to the buildings (outside of the State, War, and Naw Department building) occupied by the Adjutant-General’s Office, the Surgeon-General’s Office, Record and Pension Office.
Paymaster-General’s and Ordnance offices. Signal Office and building for signal stores and supplies, the depot quarter master’s office, and the other offices of the W ar Department and its bureaus located in the Lemon Building; expenses of horses and wagons to be used only for official purposes; freight and express charges, temporary labor not to exceed one thousand dollars, and other absolutely necessary expenses, fifty-five 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:Rent. For medical dispensary, Surgeon-General’s Office, one thousand dollars; for Paymaster-General’s and Ordnance offices, two thousand one hundred dollars; for depot quartermaster’s office, three thousand dollars; for War Department, six thousand dollars; for Record and Pension Office, three thousand two hundred dollars; in all, fifteen thousand three hundred dollars. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. Public buildings and grounds.
Office of public buildings and grounds: For one assistant engineer,Clerks, messengers, etc. one thousand eight hundred dollars: one clerk of class four; one clerk ofchiss three; one messenger; landscape gardener, two thousand dollars; one surveyor and draftsman, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, nine thousand five hundred and forty dollars. For overseers, draftsmen, copyists, foremen, gardeners, mechanics,Overseers, etc. and laborers employed in the public grounds, thirty-five thousand dollars.
For one sergeant of park watchmen, nine hundred dollars.Watchmen. For day watchmen as follows: One in Franklin Park; one in Lafayette Park; two in Smithsonian Grounds; one in Judiciary Park; one in Lincoln Park and adjacent reservations; one 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 parks; one at Stanton Park and neighboring reservations; two at Henry and Seaton parks; one at Mount Vernon Park and adjacent reservations: one for the greenhouses and nursery; two at grounds south of Executive Mansion; one at Garfield Park; one at Monument Park; twenty in all, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, fourteen thousand four hundred dollars.152 For night watchmen as follows:
Two in Smithsonian grounds; one in Judiciary Park; two in Henry and Seaton parks; one in grounds south of Executive Mansion: one in Monument Park; and two in Garfield Park; nine in all, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, six thousand four hundred and eighty dollars. That the park watchmen now provided for under the above headingMedical attendance. of public buildings and grounds, and those that may hereafter be provided for by law for service in any of the public squares and reservations in the District of Columbia, shall receive free medical attendance, the same as the Metropolitan Police of said District.
For watchman for the care of the monument and dock at Wakefield,Wakefield, Va. Virginia, the birthplace of Washington, three hundred dollars. For contingent and incidental expenses, including purchase of professionalContingent expenses. and scientific books and periodicals, books of reference, blank books, photographs, and maps, seven hundred dollars. Of the foregoing amounts appropriated under Public Buildings andPayment from District revenues. Grounds, the sum of twenty-eight thousand three hundred and ninety dollars shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia.
Section seventeen hundred and ninety-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States is hereby amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 1797. That the Chief of Engineers shall have charge of the public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the President, through the War Department, except those buildings and grounds which are otherwise provided for by law; and when it shall be made, to appear to the said Chief of Engineers, or to the officer under his direction having immediate charge of said public buildings and grounds, that any person or persons is in unlawful occupation of any portion of said public lands in the District of Columbia, it shall be the duty of said officer in charge thereof to notify the marshal of the District of Columbia in writing of such unlawful occupation, and the said marshal shall there-upon cause the said trespasser or trespassers to be ejected from said lands, and shall restore possession of the same to the officer charged by law with the custody thereof.
” " state, war, and navy department building. State, War, and Navy Department building. Office of the superintendent: For one clerk of class one; stenographerClerk, engineers, watchmen, etc. and typewriter, nine hundred dollars; chief engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; nine assistant engineers, at one thousand dollars each; captain of the watch, one thousand two hundred dollars; two lieutenants of the watch, at eight hundred and forty dollars each: fifty-eight watchmen; carpenter, one thousand dollars; one electrician, one thousand dollars; plumber, machinist, and painter, at nine hundred dollars each; four skilled laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; twenty-nine firemen; ten conductors of elevators, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each: eighteen laborers; eighty one char-women; one gardener, seven hundred and twenty dollars; and two telephone operators, at six hundred dollars each; in all, one hundred and twenty-five thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.
For fuel, lights, repairs, and miscellaneous items and city directories,Fuel, lights, etc. thirty-six thousand five hundred dollars. For repair of granite columns at northeast approach to the building,Repair to granite columns. one thousand five hundred and twenty-live dollars. That hereafter no public building, or the approaches thereto, otherUse of buildings, etc., for public ceremonies forbidden. than the Capitol building and the White House, in the District of Columbia, shall he used or occupied in any manner whatever in connection with ceremonies attending the inauguration of President of the United States, or other public function, except as may hereafter be expressly authorized by law.153 NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Navy Department. Office of the Secretary: For compensation of the Secretary ofPay of Secretary, Assistant, clerks, etc. the Navy, eight thousand dollars; Assistant Secretary of the Navy, four thousand live hundred dollars; chief clerk, three thousand dollars; clerk to Secretary, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one clerk of class four from May first, nineteen hundred and two. two thousand one hundred dollars; disbursing clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; four clerks of class four; stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; four clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; telegraph operator, one thousand dollars; carpenter, nine hundred dollars; three messengers; five assistant messengers; four laborers; in all, fifty-one thousand five hundred and sixty dollars.
Library of the Navy Department: For one clerk of class two;Library. one clerk of class one; one assistant messenger; one laborer: in all, three thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. Office of Naval Records of the Rebellion: For two clerksNaval Records of the Rebellion. of class four; one agent, to be selected by the Secretary of the Navy from the officers of the late Confederate Navy, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class two: two clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; two copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; necessary traveling expenses for collection of records, two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, sixteen thousand and ninety dollars.
For continuing the publication of an edition of eleven thousandContinuing publication. copies of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, in accordance with the plan approved byVol. 28, p. 190. the Secretary of the Navy under the Act of Congress approved July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for the purpose of making such maps and illustrations as relate to the work, twenty-one thousand dollars. Judge-Advocate-General, United States Navy;
For a solicitor,Judge-Advocate-General’s Office. to be an assistant to the Judge-Advocate of the Navy, and to perform the duties of that officer in ease of his death, resignation, absence, or sickness, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; and one laborer; in all, fourteen thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars.
Bureau of Navigation; For chief clerk, two thousand dollars;Bureau of Navigation. one clerk of class four; three clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; twenty copyists, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; three copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three assistant messengers: and three laborers; in all, forty-nine thousand nine hundred dollars. Office of Naval Intelligence:
For one clerk of class four; oneNaval Intelligence Office. clerk of class two: one translator, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and one laborer; in all. nine thousand four hundred and sixty dollars. Bureau of Equipment: For chief clerk, two thousand dollars;Bureau of Equipment. draftsman, who shall bean expert in marine construction, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; one electrical expert and draftsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; draftsman for work in connection with depots for coal, one thousand two hundred dollars; one copyist; one assistant messenger; one messenger boy, three hundred ami sixty dollars; and one laborer; in all, thirteen thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.154 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 hydrographic engineer, draftsmen,engravers, assistants, nauticalServices. experts, computers, lithographers, custodian of archives, compiler, copyists, copperplate printers, apprentices, helpers, chart mounter, feed pressman, and laborers in the Hydrographic Office, ninety-five thousand four hundred and eighteen dollars; and no other fund appropriated shall be used in payment for such or similar services in the Hydrographic Office, at Washington, District of Columbia.
For purchase of copperplates, steel plates, chart paper, packingMaterials. boxes, chart portfolios, electrotyping copperplates; cleaning copperplates; tools, instruments, power, and materials for drawing, engraving, and printing: materials for and mounting charts; 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; telegrams on public business; the preparation of the Pilot Chart and supplements, and the printing and mailing of the same: and purchase of data for charts and sailing directions and other nautical publications; works, and periodicals relating to hydrography, marine, meteorology, navigation, surveying, oceanography, and terrestrial magnetism, seven thousand dollars.
For rent of building and rooms, repairs and heating of the same,Rent. and for gas. water, and telephone rates, two thousand one hundred dollars. Contingent expenses of branch offices at Boston, New York, Philadelphia,Contingent expenses. Baltimore, Norfolk. Savannah, New Orleans. San Francisco, Portland (Oregon), Portland (Maine), Chicago. Cleveland. Port Townsend, Buffalo. Duluth, Sault Sainte Marie, and Galveston, including furniture, fuel, lights, rent and care of offices, car fare and ferriage in visiting merchant vessels, freight and express charges, telegrams, and other necessary expenses incurred in collecting-the latest information for the Pilot Chart, and for other purposes for which the offices were established, thirty thousand five hundred dollars.
For a monthly Pilot Chart of the North Pacific Ocean, showingMonthly Pilot Chart, Pacific Ocean. 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 derelictsand 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, two thousand dollars.
No expenditure shall be incurred or authorized for personal servicesPersonal services. or otherwise under the Hydrographic Office at Washington, District of Col imbia, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three except as herein authorized by appropriations under the Navy Department or under appropriations that may be made for printing and binding. Naval Observatory: For pay of three assistant astronomers, one at two thousand dollars, and two at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class two; instrument maker, one thousand five hundred dollars; electrician, one thousand five hundred dollars; photographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; five computers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each: librarian, one thousand four hundred dollars; stenographer and typewriter, nine155 hundred dollars; foreman and captain of the watch, one thousand dollars; carpenter, and engineer, atone thousand dollars each; assistant on equatorial, one thousand dollars; assistant in spectroscopic work, one thousand dollars; three firemen; six watchmen; elevator conductor, seven hundred and twenty dollars; and nine laborers; in ail, thirty-nine thousand four hundred and forty dollars.
For miscellaneous computations, four thousand dollars.Computations. For professional and scientific books, periodicals, engravings, photographs,Books, etc. and fixtures for the library, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For apparatus and instruments, and for repairs of the same, twoApparatus. thousand dollars. For repairs to buildings, fixtures, and fences, furniture, gas, chemicals,Contingent expenses, 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 neededMiscellaneous. for 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. 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, atone thousand two hundred dollars each; two, at one thousand dollars each: one copyist and typewriter, nine hundred dollars; one assistant messenger; one laborer; and one messenger boy, four hundred and twenty dollars; in all, fifteen thousand nine hundred dollars. For pay of computers on piecework in preparing for publication theComputers. American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac and improving the tables of the planets, moon, and stars, seven thousand dollars.
Bureau of Steam Engineering: For chief clerk, two thousandBureau of Steam Engineering. dollars; one clerk of class three: one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one assistant messenger; two laborers; draftsman, one thou-sand four hundred dollars; assistant draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars: one stenographer and typewriter, one thousand dollars; one Stenographer and typewriter, nine hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand seven bundled and forty dollars. Bureau of Construction and Repair:
For chief clerk, two thousandBureau of Construction and Repair. dollars; two clerks of class three; assistant draftsman, one thou-sand four hundred dollars; two clerks of class one; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, ten thousand three hundred and eighty dollars. Bureau of Ordnance: For chief clerk, two thousand dollars: draftsman,Bureau of Ordnance. one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant draftsman, one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, eleven thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For chief clerk, two thousandBureau of Supplies and Accounts. dollars; three clerks of class four; six clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; two stenographers, at one thousand four hundred dollars each: eleven clerks of class one; live clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; one messenger boy, four hundred and twenty dollars; and one laborer; in all, forty-two thousand six hundred dollars. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery:
For chief clerk, two thousandBureau of Medicine and Surgery. dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of156 class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; two copyists, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; one laborer: janitor, six hundred dollars, and one laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars (for Naval Dispensary); in till, twelve thousand four hundred and twenty dollars. Bureau of Yards and Docks: For chief clerk, two thousand dollars;Bureau of Yards and Docks. draftsman and clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; one assistant messenger: and one laborer; in all, ten thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Navy Department, namely:Contingent expenses.Books, etc. For professional books and periodicals for Department library, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For stationery, furniture, newspapers, plans, drawings, drawingStationery, furniture, etc. 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, twelve thousand dollars.
For the rental of additional rooms or buildings in the city of WashingtonRent. required for the transaction of the business of the Navy Department, three thousand dollars; and the accounting officers of theAllowance from Navy funds. Treasury are hereby directed to allow in the accounts of the purchasing pay officer at Washington such expenditures, not exceeding the sum of five thousand dollars, as have been made heretofore, and as have been or may be made during the current fiscal year, under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy, for the rental of rooms or buildings necessary for the accommodation of the force and records of the Navy Department.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. Interior Department. 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 live hundred dollars, and for additional compensation while the office is held by the present incumbent, one thousand five hundred dollars; Assistant Secretary, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars, and five hundred dollars additional as superintendent of the Patent Office building and other buildings of the Department of the Interior; additional to one member of Board ofBoard of Pension Appeals.
Pension Appeals, acting as chief of the board, live hundred dollars; nine members of a Board of Pension Appeals, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, at two thousand dollars each; for twentyAdditional members. additional members of the Board of Pension Appeals, to be selected and appointed by the Secretary of the Interior from persons not now or heretofore employed in the Pension Office and without compliance with the conditions prescribed by the Act entitled. “An Act to regulateVol. 22, p. 403. and improve the Civil Service,” approved January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, at two thousand dollars each; three additional members of said Board of Pension Appeals, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior and to be selected from the force of the Pension Office, at two thousand dollars each; special land inspector, connected with theLand inspector. administration of the public-land service, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior and to be subject to his direction, two thousand live hundred dollars; four special inspectors.
Department of theSpecial inspectors. Interior, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior and to be subject to his direction, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; clerk in charge of documents, two thousand dollars; custodian, whoClerks, etc. shall give bond in such sum as the Secretary of the Interior may deter-mine, two thousand dollars; seven clerks, chiefs of division, at two157 thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each, one of whom shall be disbursing clerk: four clerks, at two thousand dollars each; private secretary to the Secretary of the Interior, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; fourteen clerks of class four; fourteen clerks of class three; eighteen clerks of class two; twenty-eight clerks of class one, two of whom shall be stenographers or typewriters; returns office clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; female clerk, to be designated by the President, to sign land patents, one thousand two hundred dollars; five clerks,atone thousand dollars each; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; eight copyists; two copyists or typewriters, at nine hundred dollars each; telephone operator, nine hundred dollars; three messengers;Messengers, etc. six assistant messengers; fifteen laborers; two skilled mechanics, one at nine hundred dollars and one at seven hundred and twenty dollars; two carpenters, at nine hundred dollars each; two skilled mechanics, plumber and electrician, at nine hundred dollars each; one laborer, six hundred dollars; six laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; one packer, six hundred and sixty dollars; conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; four charwomen; captainWatchmen. of the watch, one thousand dollars; forty watchmen; additional to two watchmen acting as lieutenants of watchmen, at one hundred and twenty dollars each; engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; and seven tiremen: in all, three hundred and seventeen thousand six hundred and sixty dollars.
For additional employees, for the proper protection, heating, care,Additional employees, old Post-Office Department building. and preservation of the old Post-Office Department building, occupied by the Department of the Interior, namely: One engineer, one thou-sand four hundred dollars: one assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; four firemen: three watchmen, acting as lieutenants, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; twenty watchmen; conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; fourteen laborers: tail laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; three skilled mechanics, painter, carpenter, and plumber, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, thirty-nine thousand six hundred and sixty dollars.
For a clerk of class four, to act as census clerk, and for rent, salaries,Census clerk,etc. heat, and light incident to the proper care and preservation of the records of the Eleventh and previous censuses, six thousand eight hundred dollars. Office of Assistant Attorney-General: For assistant attorney,Assistant Attorney-General’s Office. three thousand dollars; assistant attorney, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars: three assistant attorneys, at two thousand five hundred dollars each: four assistant attorneys, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; ten assistant attorneys, at two thou-sand dollars each; four clerks of class three, one of whom shall act as stenographer and one of whom shall be a stenographer and type-writer: one clerk of class one; in all, forty-nine thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars.
For per diem in lieu of subsistence of one special land inspector connectedPer diem, etc. Land inspectors. 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. For per diem in lieu of subsistence of four social inspectors, Department of the Interior, 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, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, eight thousand dollars.
General Land Office; For the Commissioner of the GeneralGeneral Land Office. Land Office, five thousand dollars; Assistant Commissioner, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the158 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 live hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two law clerks, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; three inspectors of surveyors-genera) and district land offices, at two thousand dollars each; recorder, two thousand dollars; eleven chiefs of division, 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 clerks of class four; fifty-six clerks of class three; fifty-nine clerks of class two; sixty-one clerks of class one; fifty-three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; fiftyni ne copyists; two messengers: ten assistant messengers; twenty-three laborers; one packer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one depositary acting for the Commissioner as receiver of public moneys and also as confidential secretary, two thousand dollars; librarian for the law library of the General Land Office, to be selected by the Secretary of the Interior wholly with reference to his special fitness for such work, one thousand dollars; in all, five hundred and two thou-sand four hundred and thirty 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 eases of official misconduct while traveling on duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual necessary expenses of transportation, including necessary sleeping-car fares, and for employment of stenographers and other assistants when necessary to the efficient conduct of examinations, and when authorized by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, seven thousand dollars.
For law books for the law library of the General Land Office, twoLaw books. hundred dollars. For connected and separate United States and other maps preparedMaps. in the General Land Office, nineteen thousand one hundred and sixty dollars: *Provided,* That of the United States maps procured hereunder*Proviso*.Distribution. seven thousand two hundred copies shall be delivered to the Senate and fourteen thousand four hundred copies shall be delivered to the House of Representatives, and the residue shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Interior for distribution.
And all maps delivered to the Senate and House of Representatives hereunder shall be mounted with rollers ready for use. Mine inspectors: For salaries of two mine inspectors, authorizedMine inspectors.Vol. 26, p. 1104. by the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, for the protection of the lives of miners in the Territories, at two thousand dollars per annum each, four thousand dollars. For per diem, subject to such rides and regulations as the SecretaryExpenses. of the Interior may prescribe, in lien 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, including necessary sleeping-car fares, three thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.
Indian Office: For the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, five 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 book-keeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class four; fifteen clerks of class three; draftsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand five hundred dollars; architect, one thousand five hundred dollars; stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; stenographer, one thousand four hundred dollars: eleven159 clerks of class two; twenty-six clerks of class one; fourteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars, one stenographer, and one clerk to superintendent of Indian schools, at one thousand dollars each; seventeen copyists; one messenger; four assistant messengers; three laborers; messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; and four charwomen; in all, one hundred and forty thousand five hundred and twenty 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 two hundred and fifty dollars; chief of board of review, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; fifty-seven 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 thirty clerks of class two; four hundred clerks of class one; two hundred and fifty clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one hundred mid forty-live copyists; superintendent of building, one thousand four hundred dollars: two engineers, atone thousand two hundred dollars each; three firemen; thirty-three messengers; twelve assistant messengers; twenty messenger boys, at four hundred dollars each; forty-five laborers; ten female laborers, at four hundred dollars each; fifteen charwomen; one painter, skilled in his trade, nine hundred dollars; one cabinetmaker, skilled in his trade, nine hundred dollars; captain of the watch, eight hundred and forty dollars; three sergeants of the watch, at seven hundred and fifty dollars each; twenty watchmen; in all, one million nine hundred and sixty-four thousand eight hundred and ten dollars.
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 for actual and necessary expenses for transportation and assistance and any other necessary expenses, including telegrams, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That two special examiners or clerks*Proviso*.Chief and assistant special examiners. 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 thousand dollars and one thousand eight hundred dollars, respectively, and when-ever it may lie necessary for either of them to travel on official business outside the 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 arid ninety-five thousand dollars, and no person so appointed shall be employed in the State from which he is appointed;160 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 be assigned to him by the Commissioner, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand live hundred dollars; two law clerks, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; three examiners in chief, at three thousand dollars each; examiner of interferences, two thousand live hundred dollars; thirty-nine principal examiners, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; forty-two first assistant examiners, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; fifty second assistant examiners, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; sixty-one third assistant examiners, atone thousand four hundred dollars each: seventy fourth assistant examiners, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; financial clerk, who shall give bonds in such amount as the Secretary of the Interior may determine, two thousand dollars; 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; seven clerks of class four, one of whom shall act as application clerk; machinist, one thousand six hundred dollars; seven clerks of class three, one of whom shall be translator of languages; fourteen clerks of class two; fifty-seven clerks of class one; skilled laborer, one thousand two hundred dollars; three skilled draftsmen, at one th asand two hundred dollars each; four draftsmen, at one thousand dollars each; twenty-seven permanent clerks, at one thousand dollars each; messenger and property clerk, one thousand dollars; five model attendants, at one thousand dollars each; ten model attendants, at eight hundred dollars each: one hundred and six copyists, seven of whom may be copyists of drawings; thirty-one copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three messengers; twenty-six assistant messengers; fifty-one laborers, at six hundred dollars each; fifty laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; thirty-nine messenger boys, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; in all, eight hundred and thirty-five thousand seven hundred 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 equipment of new Scientific Library rooms with steel stacks andScientific Library. other fireproof and labor-saving furniture and apparatus, two thousand five hundred dollars. For purchase of law books, five hundred dollars.Law books. For producing the Official Gazette, including weekly, monthly,Official Gazette. quarterly, and annual indexes therefor, exclusive of expired patents, one hundred thousand dollars.
For producing copies of drawings of the weekly issues of patents;Copies of drawings, etc. for producing copies of designs, trade-marks, and pending applications; and for the reproduction of exhausted copies of drawings and specifications; said work referred to in this ami the preceding paragraph to be done as provided by the “Act providing for the publicVol. 28, p. 620. printing and binding and for the distribution of public documents:” *Provided,* That the entire work may be done at the Government*Proviso*.Work at Government Printing Office.
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 lie for the best interests of the Government, sixty four thousand dollars. 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.161 For the share of the United States in the expense of conducting theInternational Bureau, Berne.
International Bureau at Berne, Switzerland, seven hundred and fifty dollars. Bureau of Education: For Commissioner of Education, threeBureau of Education. thousand five hundred dollars: chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; statistician, one thousand eight hundred dollars; specialist in charge of land-grant college statistics, one thousand eight hundred dollars; translator, one thousand six hundred dollars: collector and compiler of statistics, two thousand four hundred dollars: specialist in foreign educational systems, one thousand eight hundred dollars; specialist in education as a preventive of pauperism and crime, two thousand dollars; specialist in educational system, one thousand six hundred dollars: two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; four clerks of class two: seven clerks of class one; five clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four copyists; two copyists, at eight hundred dollars each; copyist, seven hundred and Twenty dollars; skilled laborer, eight hundred and forty dollars: one assistant messenger: two laborers: three laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; laborer, four hundred dollars; in all, fifty-four thousand seven hundred and forty dollars.
For books for library, current educational periodicals, other currentBooks. publications, and completing valuable sets of periodicals, two hundred anil fifty dollars. For collecting statistics for special reports and circulars of information,Special reports. two thousand five hundred dollars. For the purchase, distribution, and exchange of educational documentsDistributing documents, etc. and for the collection, exchange, and cataloguing of educational apparatus and appliances, text-books 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 the Superintendent of the Capitol Building andSuperintendent of Capitol, etc. Grounds; For Superintendent of the Capitol Building arid Grounds, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; chief electrical engineer, two thousand four hundred dollars; drafts-man, one thousand eight hundred dollars: one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; stenographer and typewriter, one thousand t wo hundred dollars; compensation to disbursing clerk, one thousand dollars; one messenger: person in charge of the heating of the Supreme Court and central portion of the Capitol, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars; laborer in charge of water-closets in central portion of the Capitol, six hundred and sixty dollars: seven laborers for cleaning Rotunda, corridors, Dome, and old library portion of Capitol, 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; in all, twenty-two thousand five hundred and twenty-four dollars.
For Contingent Expenses of the Department of the Interior,Contingent expenses. namely: For contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary of the Interior and the bureaus, offices, and buildings of the Interior Department, including the Civil Service Commission; For furniture, carpets, ice, lumber, hardware, dry goods, advertising, telegraphing, expressage, wagons and harness, food and shoeing of horses, diagrams, awnings, constructing model and other cases, cases for drawings, file holders, repairs of cases and furniture, and other absolutely necessary expenses, including fuel and lights, ninety thousand dollars.
For stationery for the Department of the Interior and its severalStationery. bureaus mid offices, including the Civil Service Commission, sixty thousand dollars.162 For professional and scientific books, law books, and books to completeBooks. broken sets, periodicals, directories, and other books of reference relating to the business of the Department, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For rent of buildings for the Department of the Interior, namely:Rent. For the Bureau of Education, four thousand dollars:
Geological Survey. twenty-seven thousand two hundred dollars: additional rooms for the engraving and printing divisions of the Geological Survey, one thousand two hundred dollars; storage of documents, two thousand dollars: Civil Service Commission, four thousand dollars; Patent Office model exhibit, thirteen thousand dollars; in all, fifty-one thousand four hundred dollars. For postage stamps for the Department of the Interior and itsPostage stamps. bureaus, as required under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matter addressed to Postal Union countries, three thousand six hundred dollars. surveyors-general and their clerks.
Surveyors-general, etc. For surveyor-general and ex officio secretary of the district ofAlaska. Alaska, four thousand dollars; clerks in his office, four thousand dollars; in all, eight thousand dollars. For rent of office for surveyor-genera], pay of messenger, stationery, printing, binding of records, furniture, drafting instruments, books of reference for office use, fuel, lights, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of the Territory of Arizona, two thousandArizona. dollars: 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, light, stationery, printing, binding of records, drafting supplies, record eases, furniture, books of reference for office use, water, type-writer, and repairs of same, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of California, two thousand dollars; and forCalifornia. the clerks in his office, twelve thousand dollars; in all, fourteen thousand dollars. For pay of messenger, stationery, binding records, telephone, repairing maps, impairs to locks, clocks, and typewriter, books of reference for office use, 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 of his office, eleven thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, stationery, binding and repairing records, furniture and repairs, muslin for mounting plats, drafting instruments, record books, ice, type-writers, books of reference for oilice use, and other incidental expenses, three thousand six hundred dollars.
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 pay of messenger, stationery supplies, post-office box rent, books of reference for office use, printing and binding, and other incidental expenses, five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Idaho, two thousand dollars; and for theIdaho. clerks in his office, eight thousand five hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand five hundred dollars.
For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, stationery, binding, printing, fuel, light, drafting instruments, post-office box rent, furniture, typewriters, books of reference for office use, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.163 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 messenger, stationery, binding records, books of reference for office use, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars.
For surveyor-general of Minnesota, one thousand eight hundredMinnesota. dollars; and for the clerks in his office, two thousand dollars; in all, three thousand eight hundred dollars. For pay of messenger, stationery, printing, binding, books of reference for office use, 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, pay of messenger, lights, post-office box. ice, stationery, printing, binding, furniture, books of reference for office use, 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, two thousand dollars; in all, three thousand eight hundred dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, fuel, light, stationery, postoilice box rent, draftsmen’s requisites, binding records, books of reference for office use, 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, ten thousand dollars; in all, twelve thousand dollars. For pay of messenger, printing, stationery, drafting instruments, drawing paper, binding records, telephone, registration of letters, post-office box rent, towels, books of reference for office use, 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, pay of messenger, stationery, printing, binding, lights, ice, post-office box rent, repairs, books of reference for office use, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Oregon, two thousand dollars; and for theOregon. clerks in his office, seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, nine, thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For pay of messenger, stationery, record books, towels, binding, post-office box rent, books of reference for office use, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars.
For surveyor-general of South Dakota, two thousand dollars; andSouth Dakota. for clerks in his office, five thousand dollars; in all, seven thousand dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, stationery, drafting instruments, fuel, binding records, furniture, post-office box rent, typewriter repairs, ice, books of reference for office use, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Utah, two thousand dollars; and for theUtah. clerks in his office, nine thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand dollars.
For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, stationery supply, binding records, printing, drafting instruments, furniture, post-office box rent, books of reference for office use, andother incidental expenses, one thousand two hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Washington, two thousand dollars; and forWashington. the clerks in his office, nine thousand dollars; in all, eleven thousand dollars.164 For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, furniture, stationery, binding records, record books, blanks, books of reference for office use, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars.
For surveyor-general of Wyoming, two thousand dollars; and forWyoming. the clerks in his office, six thousand nine hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand nine hundred dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, pay of messenger, stationery and supplies, lights, ice, post-office box rent, drafting instruments, mounting maps, towels, furniture and repairs, books of reference for office use, and other incidental expenses, one thousand three hundred and fifteen 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. Post-Office Department, two thousand five hundred dollars; private secretary, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; appointment clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one, clerk, assistant to chief clerk, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; curator of museum, one thousand dollars; one clerk, tune hundred dollars; one telephone operator, nine hundred dollars; one messenger; one assistant messenger; page, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, thirty-three thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars.
Office of Assistant Attorney-General for the Post-Office Department:Assistant Attorney-General’s office. Assistant attorney, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant attorney, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; two clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; assistant messenger; in all, thirteen thousand six hundred and seventy dollars. Office First Assistant Postmaster-General: For First AssistantFirst Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc.
Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand live hundred dollars: Superintendent of the Money Order System,Money-order system. three thousand dollars; chief clerk Money-Order System, two thou-sand dollars; genera! superintendent free-delivery system, three thousandFree delivery. five hundred dollars; superintendent of city delivery service, three thousand dollars: superintendent of rural free-delivery service, three thousand dollars; Superintendent of the Dead-Letter Office, twoDead-Letter Office. thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk of class four, who ahull lie chief clerk of the Dead-Letter Office; general superintendent of salariesSalary and allowance division. and allowances, three thousand five hundred dollars; assistant superintendent of salaries and allowances, two thousand dollars; superintendent of post-office supplies, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; assistant superintendent of post-office supplies, one thousand eight hundred dollars; chief of the correspondence division, two thousand dollars: ten clerks of class four; twenty-four clerks of class three: thirty-one clerks of class two; forty-seven clerks of class one; forty-seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; thirty-four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two messengers: six assistant messengers; twenty-seven laborers: two pages, at. three hundred and sixty dollars each; and five female laborers, at four hundred mid eighty dollars each; in all. two hundred and ninety-seven thousand five hundred and ninety dollars.
For continuing the employment of such additional temporary forceTemporary force, war with Spain. of clerks and other employees rendered necessary because of increase of work incident to the war with Spain, as in the judgment of the165 Postmaster-Genera! may lie proper ami necessary to the prompt, efficient, and accurate dispatch of the business in the office of the First Assistant Postmaster-General, twenty thousand dollars. For rural free-delivery service: Supervisor, two thousand sevenRural free delivery. hundred and fifty dollars; chief of board of examiners of rural carriers, two thousand two hundred mid fifty dollars; three clerks of class four; six clerks of class three; twenty-five clerks of class two; forty clerks of class one; fifty clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one hundred and fifteen clerks, at nine hundred dollars each: three messengers; ten assistant messengers: five laborers; one female laborer, five hundred and forty dollars: three female laborers, at live hundred dollars each; two charwomen; in all, two hundred and seventy-two thousand and forty dollars.
Office Second Assistant Postmaster-General: For Second AssistantSecond Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc. Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thou-sand five hundred dollars; superintendent of railway adjustments, two thousand five hundred dollars; assistant superintendent of railway adjustments, two thousand dollars; superintendent of foreign mails,Foreign mails. three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; chief of division of inspection, two thousand dollars; chief of contract division, two thousand dollars; chief of mail equipment division, two thousand dollars; nine clerks of class four; thirty-six clerks of class three; twentyfive clerks of class two; stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; twenty-one clerks of class one: seventeen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; messenger in charge of mails, nine hundred dollars; six assistant messengers: in all, one hundred and eighty-five thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.
Office Third Assistant Postmaster-General: For Third AssistantThird Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc. Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thou-sand one hundred dollars; superintendent postage-stamp supplies and postmasters’ accounts, two thousand five hundred dollars; superintendent of system of postal finance who shall give bond in such amount as the Postmaster-General may determine for the faithful discharge of his duties, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; superintendent of classification division, two thousand five hundred dollars; four special agents, classification division, at two thousand dollars each; chief of files and records division, two thousand dollars; chief of redemption division, two thousand dollars; superintendent of registry system, two thousand five hundred dollars; six assistant superintendents of registry system, at two thousand dollars each; eight clerks of class four; twenty clerks of class three; twenty-six clerks of class two; thirty-three clerks of class one; thirteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each: four assistant messengers; nine laborers; in all. one hundred and eighty-nine thousand four hundred and seventy dollars.
For per diem allowance for assistant superintendents of registryPer diem, registry division. system, when actually traveling on business of the Post-Office Department, at a rate to be fixed by the Postmaster-General, not exceeding four dollars, and for other actual and necessary traveling expenses arising in connection with business of the registry system, ten thousand dollars. For per diem allowance for special agents, classification division,Per diem, classification division. when actually traveling on business of the Post-Office Department, at a rate to be fixed by the Post master-General, not exceeding four dollars, and for other actual and necessary traveling expenses arising in connection with the business of the classification division, seven thousand dollars.
Office Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General; For FourthFourth Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc.Chief inspector. Assistant Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand one hundred dollars; chief post-office inspector, three thou-166sand dollars; chief clerk of mail depredations, two thousand dollars; chief of appointment division, two thousand dollars; chief of bond division, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four: eighteen clerks of class three: twelve clerks of class two: twentv clerks of class one; stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars: stenographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; twelve clerks, at one thousand dollars each: seven clerks at nine hundred dollars each; page, three hundred and sixty dollars: one messenger; three assistant messengers, and four laborers: in all, one hundred and nineteen thousand dollars.
Office of topographer: For topographer, two thousand sevenTopographer, draftsmen, etc. hundred and fifty dollars: three skilled draftsmen, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; four 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; examiner, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; map mounter, one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant map mounter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant map mounter, who shall be a mechanic, one thousand dollars; four copyists of maps, at nine hundred dollars each; and one assistant messenger: in all, thirty-two thousand one hundred and ninety dollars.
Office of disbursing clerk: Disbursing clerk mid superintendentDisbursing clerk, etc. of buildings, two thousand one hundred dollars: bookkeeper and accountant, one thousand eight hundred dollars: one clerk of class two: engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; seven assistant engineers, at one thousand dollars each; electrician, one thousand four hundred dollars; two assistant electricians, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three dynamo tenders, at nine hundred dollars each; one fireman, who shall be, a blacksmith, and one fireman, who shall be a steam titter, at nine hundred dollars each: nine elevator conductors, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one assistant messenger; twelve firemen: ten laborers and coal passers, at five hundred dollars each: carpenter, one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant carpenter, one thousand dollars; captain of the watch, one thousand dollars; additional to two watchmen acting as lieutenants of watchmen, at one hundred and twenty dollars each; thirty-one watchmen; twenty-four laborers; plumber, and awning maker, at nine hundred dollars each; two female laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each: and twenty-seven charwomen; in all. ninety-three thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.
For Contingent Expenses of the Post-Office Department,Contingent expenses. including the additional building occupied for storage of post-office supplies, namely: For stationery and blank books, including amount necessary for the purchase of free penalty envelopes, seven thousand dollars. For fuel and repairs to heating, lighting, and power plant, including repairs to elevators, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars. For gas and electric Lights, one thousand dollars. For plumbing, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For telegraphing, four thousand dollars. For painting, one thousand 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 five hundred dollars for the office of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, five thousand dollars. For purchase, exchange, and keeping of horses and repair of wagons and harness, to be used only for official purposes, one thousand three hundred dollars.
For hardware, five hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, including two thousand five luindicil dol-167lars for the office of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, eighteen thousand dollars, of which sum not exceeding three thousand nine hundred and eighty-lire dollars may be expended for telephone service, and not exceeding nine hundred dollars, including one hundred dollars for the, office of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, may he expended for law hooks, books of reference, railway guides, city directories, and books necessary to conduct the business of the Department.
For rent of a suitable building for the storage of post-office supplies,Rent. nine thousand dollars. For rent of a suitable building for storage of the hies of the Post-Office Department, three thousand dollars. For rent of a suitable on account of rural free-deli very service, seven thousand live hundred dollars. For rent of stable, three 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-five thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous expenses in the topographer’s office in the preparationPost-route maps. and publication of the post-route maps, twenty thousand dollars, And the Postmaster-General may authorize the sale of post-routeSale. maps to the public at the cost of 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, and of this amount one hundred dollars may be expended for the purchase of atlases, geographical and technical works, needed in the topographer’s office.
For postage stamps for correspondence addressed abroad which isPostage. not exempt from postage under article eight of the Puris 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, etc. Attorney-General, eight thousand dollars; Solicitor-General, seven thousand dollars; four Assistant Attorneys-General, at five thousand dollars each;
Assistant Attorney-General of the Post-Office Department, four thousand five hundred dollars; solicitor of internal revenue, four thousand five hundred dollars; solicitor for the Department, of State, four thousand five hundred dollars: two assistant attorneys, at three thousand dollars each; four assistant attorneys, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; assistant, attorney, two thousand dollars; assistant, attorney, in charge of dockets, two thousand five hundred dollars; law clerk and examiner of titles, two thousand seven hundred dollars; chief clerk and ex officio superintendent of the building, twoClerks, etc. thousand five hundred dollars; private secretary to the Attorney-General, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; stenographer to the Solicitor-General, one thousand six hundred dollars; three steno-graphic clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; one law clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars: two law clerks, at two thousand dollars each: seven clerks of class four; chief of division of accounts, two thousand five hundred dollars: attorney in charge of par-dons, two thousand four hundred dollars; additional for disbursing clerk, five hundred dollars; seven clerks of class three; nine clerks of class two; sixteen clerks of class one,; telegraph operator and stenographer, one thousand two hundred dollar*; ten copyists; one chief messenger, one thousand dollars; eight assistant messengers: four laborers; three watchmen; 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 fifty168 dollars; and three firemen; in all. one hundred and seventy-nine thousand and eighty dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Department of Justice,Contingent expenses. namely: For furniture and repairs, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For books for law library of the Department, two thousand five hundred dollars. For purchase of session laws and statutes of the States and Territories for library of Department, five hundred dollars. For stationery, two thousand five hundred dollars. For miscellaneous expenditures, including telegraphing, fuel, lights, foreign postage, labor, repairs of building and care of grounds, books of reference, periodicals, and other necessaries, directly ordered by the Attorney-General, seven thousand five hundred dollars.
For official transportation, including purchase, keep, and shoeing of animals, and purchase and repairs of wagons and harness, three thousand dollars. Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury: For Solicitor of theSolicitor of the Treasury, assistant, etc. Treasury, four thousand live hundred dollars; assistant solicitor, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; law clerk, two thousand dollars: four clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; one assistant messenger; and one. laborer; in all, twenty-nine thousand and eighty dollars.
For law books for office of the Solicitor of the Treasury, three hundred dollars. For stationery for office of Solicitor of the Treasury, one hundred and fifty dollars. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. Department of Labor. For compensation of the Commissioner of Labor, five thousand dollars;Commissioner, clerks, etc. chief clerk, two thousand live 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; tea clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; one messenger; one assistant messenger; three watchmen; four laborers: three charwoman; two special agents, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each: six special agents, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; ten special agents, at one thousand four hundred dollars each: four special agents, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; in all. one hundred and six thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.
For per diem in Heu of subsistence of special agents and employeesPer diem, special agents. 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, and for the. purchase of reports ana materials for the reports ana bulletin of the Department of Labor, and for subvention to “ InternationalInternational Association for Labor Legislation.
Association for Labour Legislation,” and necessary expenses connected with representation of United States Government therein, sixty-five thousand one hundred and forty dollars. For stationery, one thousand dollars.Stationery. For books, periodicals, and newspapers for the library, in additionBooks, etc. to the amount authorized by section one hundred and ninety-two, Revised Statutes, the sum of one hundred dollars may be expended for newspapers for the purpose of procuring strike data, one thousand dollars.
For postage stamps to prepay postage on matter addressed to PostalPostage. Union countries, four hundred and fifty dollars.169 For rent of rooms, including steam heat, and elevator service, sixRent. thousand seven hundred and fifty 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 lifty dollars, repairs of cases and furniture, fuel and lights, soap, brushes, brooms, mats. oils, and other absolutely necessity expenses, three thousand five hundred dollars.
JUDICIAL. Judicial. Supreme Court: For the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of theSupreme Court.Justices. 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 twenty-five circuit judges, at six thousandCircuit judges. dollars each, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; For nine clerks of circuit courts of appeals, at three thousand dollarsClerks. each, twenty-seven thousand dollars; For messenger, to act as librarian and crier, circuit court of appeals,Messenger, eighth circuit. eighth circuit, two thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and seventy-nine thousand dollars. For the purchase of law books for the nine libraries of the UnitedLaw books.
States circuit courts of appeals, nine thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General upon the requisition of the court. All books purchased hereunder to be plainly marked “The property of the United States.” District courts: For salaries of the seventy-one district judges ofDistrict judges. the United States, at five thousand dollars each, three hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars. United States courts, Indian Territory: For salaries of theIndian Territory courts. four judges of the United States courts in the Indian Territory, at five thousand dollars each, twenty thousand dollars.
District court, Territory of Hawaii: For the payment of theHawaiian Territory court. salaries of the clerk and the reporter of the United States district court for the Territory of Hawaii, at three thousand dollars and one thousand two hundred dollars, respectively, four thousand two hundred dollars. Retired judges: To pay the salaries of the United States judgesRetired judges.[R. S., sec. 714, p. 135](/us/rs/s714/p135). retired under section seven hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes, so much as may be necessary for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, is hereby appropriated.
Court of Private Land Claims: For chief justice and four associateCourt of Private Land Claims justices, at five 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. To enable the Attorney-General to employ such assistant attorneys,Assistant attorneys, etc. agents, stenographers, and experts to aid the United States attorney for said court as may be necessary to conduct the business of the Court170 of Private Land Claims during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, four thousand dollars.
That section nineteen of an Act entitled “An Act to establish aCourt continued to June 30, 1903.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, as amended m legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, approved April seventeenth, nineteen hundred, be,Vol. 31, p. 132, amended. and the same is hereby, further amended to read as follows:
" “Sec. 19. That the powersand functions of the court established by this Act shall cease and determine on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and three, and all papers, tiles, and records in the possession of the said court belonging to any other public office of the United States shall be returned to such office, and all other papers, files, and records in the possession of or appertaining to said court shall be returned to and filed in the Department of the Interior.
” " Court of Appeals, District of Columbia: For the chief justiceCourt of appeals, District of Columbia. 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 reporter, one thousand two hundred dollars: *Provided.* That the*Proviso*.Reports. reports issued by him shall not be sold for more than five dollars per volume.
For messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars; For necessary expenditures in the conduct of the clerk’s office, five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars, one-half of which shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia. Supreme court, District of Columbia: For salaries of the chiefSupreme court, District of Columbia. 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: ForClerk, Illinois, northern district.Vol. 28, p. 204. 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. Commissioner Yellowstone Park: For salary of commissioner inYellowstone Park.Commissioner.Receipt of fees not to impair salary.Vol. 29, p. 184. Yellowstone National Park, one thousand five hundred dollars.
And the provisions of section twenty-one of 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-seven, and for other purposes, approved May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, shall not be construed as impairing the jjght of said commissioner to receive said salary as herein provided. 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 five hundred dollars; assistant clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; bailift, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one messenger; one stenographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; three firemen; three watchmen; one elevator conductor, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant messenger; one laborer; and two char-women; in all, forty-five thousand five hundred and forty dollars.
To defray the cost of the employment of auditors and additionalAuditors, etc. stenographers when deemed necessary, in the Court of Claims, to be disbursed under the direction of the court, eight thousand dollars.171 For stationery, court library, repairs, fuel, electric light, electricContingent expenses. elevator, and other miscellaneous expenses, three thousand four hundred dollars. For reporting the decisions of the court and superintending theReporting decisions. printing of the thirty-seventh volume of the reports of the Court of Claims, to be paid on the order of the court, one thousand dollars; said sum to be paid to the reporters, notwithstanding section seventeen[R.
S., sec. 1765, p. 314](/us/rs/s1765/p314).Vol. 18, p. 109. hundred and sixty-five of the Revised Statutes, or section three of the Act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, chapter three hundred and twenty-eight. For one steel fireproof safe for the safe-keeping of valuable papers,Fireproof safe. four hundred dollars. Sec. 2. That the pay of assistant messengers, firemen, watchmen,Rates of pay, assistant messengers, firemen, etc. laborers, 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. That the additional clerks on the temporary rolls and otherTemporary clerks transferred to classified service.Vol. 30, p. 448. employees rendered necessary because of increased work incident to the war with Spain, and under the Act of June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, providing for war expenditures and for other purposes, heretofore appointed and who are now employed in the several departments of the Government, are hereby transferred to the classified service as of their present grade or rate of compensation, respectively, and shall be continued in the several departments where now employed, without further examination, subject, however, to transfer, promotion, or removal the same as other clerks and employees in the classified service.
And the several appropriations herein made for such clerks and employees under the several departments and offices shall be available for payment of the salaries of all clerks and employees transferred to the classified service under this provision. And the appropriations made for such temporary clerks and employees for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two shall also be available for payment of the salaries of all such clerks and employees herein transferred for the balance of the current fiscal year, Sec. 4.
That the appropriations herein made for the Officers, clerks,No payments to permanently incapacitated persons. and persons employed in the public service shall not be available for the compensation of any persons permanently incapacitated for performing such service. Sec. 5. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with this ActRepeal. are repealed. Approved, April 28, 1902.
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