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For materials for folding, four thousand dollars.

Folding.

For folding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding one dollar per thousand, eight thousand dollars.

For fuel, oil, and cotton waste, and advertising, for the heating Fuel, oil, etc. apparatus, exclusive of labor, nine thousand dollars.

For purchase of furniture, four thousand dollars.

For material for furniture and repairs of same, exclusive of labor, one thousand dollars.

For services in cleaning, repairing, and varnishing furniture, one thousand dollars.

For packing boxes, nine hundred and seventy dollars.

For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For miscellaneous items on account of the Maltby Building, sixteen thousand nine hundred and forty dollars.

Furniture.

Packing boxes.
Miscellaneous items.

Maltby Building.

Investigations.

For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, including compensation to stenographers to committees, at such rate as may be fixed by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, but not exceeding one dollar and twenty-five cents per printed page, twenty-five thousand dollars. For reporting the debates and proceedings of the Senate, twenty-five Reporting debates. thousand dollars, payable in equal monthly installments.

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Pay.

For captain, one thousand six hundred dollars; three lieutenants, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; thirty privates, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; seven privates at nine hundred and sixty dollars each; and eight watchmen, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, fifty-two thousand one hundred and twenty dollars, one-half to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and the other half to be To police Capitol disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. And here- grounds. after the Capitol police, under the direction of the Sergeants-at-Arms of the Senate and of the House of Representatives and of the Architect of the Capitol, shall police the Capitol building and the Capitol grounds.

For contingent expenses, three hundred dollars.

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 and Delegates from Territories, one million eight hundred and three thousand dollars.

For mileage, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars.

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, two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; clerk to the Speaker's table, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; clerk to the Speaker, one thousand six hundred dollars; messenger to the Speaker, one thousand dollars; in all, seven thousand two hundred dollars.

Contingent expenses.

Congressional Di

rectory.

House of Representatives

Pay of Members and Delegates.

Mileage.
Compensation, offi-

cers, etc.
Speaker's office.

Chaplain.

Clerk of the House,

CHAPLAIN: For Chaplain of the House, nine hundred dollars. OFFICE OF THE CLERK: For Clerk of the House of Representatives, etc. including compensation as disbursing officer of the contingent fund, five thousand dollars; for hire of horses and wagons and cartage for the use of the Clerk's office, nine hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; for chief clerk, journal clerk, and two reading clerks,

Chief engineer, etc.

Clerks and messengers to committees.

Additional clerks, Elections Committees.

Clerks to commit. tees, session.

Sergeant at Arms, deputy, etc.

at three thousand six hundred dollars each, and for the journal clerk for preparing Digest of the Rules, one thousand dollars per annum; tally clerk, three thousand dollars; printing and bill clerk, and disbursing clerk, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; file clerk, and enrolling clerk, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; assistant disbursing clerk, assistant enrolling clerk, resolution and petition clerk, newspaper clerk, index clerk, assistant journal clerk, and librarian, at two thousand dollars each; distributing clerk, stationery clerk, and two assistant librarians, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; one bookkeeper, and seven clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; document clerk, and locksmith, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; two messengers in the House library, at one thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars each; telegraph operator, and assistant file clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one page, one laborer in the bathroom, and six laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; assistant index clerk, during the session and eighty-nine days after its close, two hundred and six days, at six dollars per day, one thousand two hundred and thirty-six dollars; page in the enrolling room, and messenger in the chief clerk's office, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, eighty-four thousand one hundred and sixty-eight dollars.

UNDER ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL: For chief engineer, one thousand seven hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four conductors of the elevators, at one thousand one hundred dollars each, who shall be under the supervision and direction of the Architect of the Capitol; laborer, eight hundred and twenty dollars; five firemen, at nine hundred dollars each; electrician, one thousand two hundred dollars; laborer, one thousand dol lars; laborer to clean Statuary Hall and watch statuary therein, six hundred and sixty dollars; in all, sixteen thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.

CLERKS AND MESSENGERS TO COMMITTEES: For clerk to the Committee on Ways and Means, three thousand dollars; assistant clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; messenger, one thousand dollars; clerk to the Committee on Appropriations, three thousand dollars; assistant clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; messenger, one thousand dollars; clerks to Committees on Accounts, Agriculture, Banking and Currency, Claims, District of Columbia, Élections, Foreign Affairs, Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Indian Affairs, Invalid Pensions, Judiciary, Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Military Affairs, Naval Affairs, Post-Office and Post-Roads, Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Lands, Rivers and Harbors, War Claims, and clerk to continue Digest of Claims under resolution of March seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, at two thousand dollars each; and for assistant clerk to the Committee on War Claims, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, fifty-two thousand four hundred dollars.

For two clerks to the Committees on Elections, authorized by resolution of the House December twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninetyfive, at two thousand dollars each, four thousand dollars.

For eighteen clerks to committees, at six dollars each per day during the session, thirteen thousand and sixty-eight dollars.

OFFICE OF SERGEANT-AT-ARMS: For Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, four thousand five hundred dollars; deputy to the Sergeant-at-Arms, two thousand dollars; cashier, three thousand dollars; paying teller, two thousand dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; messenger, one thousand two hundred dollars; page, seven hundred and twenty dollars; and laborer, six hundred and sixty dollars; in all, fifteen thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars. OFFICE OF DOORKEEPER: For Doorkeeper, three thousand five hundred dollars; and for hire of horses, feed, repair of wagon and harness, six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; assistant of doorkeeper, superintendent of document room, assistant superintendent of document room, and Department messenger, at two thousand

Doorkeeper, assist.

ants, etc.

Superintendent document room, etc.

dollars each; one special employee (John T. Chancey), one thousand five hundred dollars, one special employee, one thousand five hundred dollars; document file clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant document file clerk, one thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars; clerk to Doorkeeper, and janitor, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; nine messengers, including the messenger to the report Messengers. ers' gallery, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; nine messengers, at one thousand dollars each; six laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two laborers in the water closet, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three laborers, including two in the cloakrooms, at six hundred dollars each; female attendant in ladies' retiring room, seven hundred and twenty dollars; superintendent of folding Superintendent of room, two, thousand dollars; three clerks in folding room, one at one folding room, etc. thousand eight hundred dollars, and two at one thousand two hundred dollars each; foreman, one thousand five hundred dollars; messenger, one thousand two hundred dollars; folder in sealing room, one thousand two hundred dollars; page, five hundred dollars; laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; ten folders, at nine hundred dollars each; five folders, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; three folders during the session, at seventy dollars per month each, eight hundred and forty dollars; fifteen folders, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; night watchman, nine hundred dollars; driver, six hundred dollars; fourteen messengers, on the soldiers' roll, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two chief pages, at nine hundred dollars each; Pages. thirty-three pages, boys not under twelve years of age, during the ses sion, including two riding pages, one telephone page, and one telegraph page, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each, nine thousand nine hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents; two messengers during the session, at seventy dollars per month each, five hundred and sixty dollars; ten laborers during the session, at sixty dollars per month each, two thousand four hundred dollars; six laborers, known as cloakroom men, at fifty dollars per month each; horse and buggy, for Department messenger, two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, one hundred and twenty-one thousand three hundred and forty-six dollars and fifty cents.

For employment of Joel Grayson in document room, one thousand five hundred dollars.

OFFICE OF POSTMASTER: For Postmaster, two thousand five hundred dollars; first assistant postmaster, two thousand dollars; ten messengers, including messenger to superintend transportation of mails, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three messengers, during the session, at eight hundred dollars each; four messengers, at one hundred dollars per month each, during the session, one thousand six hundred dollars; and one laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand two hundred and thirty dollars.

For hire of horses and mail wagons for carrying the mails, three thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Laborers, etc.

Joel Grayson.

Postmaster, assistant, etc.

Horses and wagons.

OFFICIAL REPORTERS: For five official reporters of the proceedings Reporting 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 committees.

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STENOGRAPHERS TO COMMITTEES: For two stenographers to committees, at four thousand dollars each, eight thousand dollars. That wherever the words "during the session" occur in the foregoing "During the session" paragraphs they shall be construed to mean four months, or one hundred and twenty-one days.

FOR CLERK HIRE, MEMBERS AND DELEGATES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: To pay Members and Delegates the amount which they certify they have paid or agreed to pay for clerk hire necessarily employed by them in the discharge of their official and representative duties, as provided in the Joint Resolution approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, ninety-three thousand seven hundred

to mean 121 days.

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Clerk hire, Members and Delegates. Post, p. 302.

Vol. 27, p. 757.

Contingent expenses.
Folding materials.

Vol. 28, p. 606.

Fuel and oil.
Furniture.

Packing boxes.

Miscellaneousitems.

Stationery.

Postage stamps.

Public printing.

Public Printer, clerks, etc.

Contingent expenses.

Library of Congress.

Librarian, assist. ants, etc.

Clerks on copyrights.

Purchase of books,

etc.

Contingent expenses.

Copyright expenses.

and ninety-two dollars and sixteen cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

FOR CONTINGENT EXPENSES, NAMELY: For wrapping paper, pasteboard, paste, twine, newspaper wrappers, and other necessary materials for folding for the use of Members of the House, and for use in the Clerk's office and the House folding room (not including envelopes, writing paper, and other paper and materials to be printed and furnished by the Public Printer, upon requisitions from the Clerk of the House, under the provisions of the Act approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, for the public printing and binding), five thousand dollars.

For fuel and oil for the heating apparatus, eight thousand dollars.
For furniture, and repairs of the same, nine thousand dollars.
For packing boxes, three thousand two hundred and eighteen dollars
and forty cents.

For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees, twenty thousand dollars.

For stationery for Members of the House of Representatives, including five thousand dollars for stationery for the use of the committees and officers of the House, fifty thousand dollars.

For postage stamps for the Postmaster, one hundred dollars; for the Clerk, two hundred dollars; for the Sergeant-at-Arms, two hundred dollars; and for the Doorkeeper, twenty-five dollars; in all, five hundred and twenty-five dollars.

OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC PRINTER.

For Public Printer, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; in all, fifteen thousand one hundred dollars.

For contingent expenses, namely: For stationery, postage, advertising, traveling expenses, horses and wagons, and miscellaneous items, three thousand dollars.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

For Librarian, four thousand dollars, and for thirty assistant librarians, two at two thousand five hundred dollars each, two at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; two at one thousand six hundred dollars each; two at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; eight at one thousand four hundred dollars each, one of whom shall be in charge of international exchanges; ten at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; and two at six hundred dollars each; in all, forty-four thousand five hundred and twenty dollars.

For the employment of twelve clerks at nine hundred dollars each, under the direction of the Librarian of Congress, necessary for the execution of the copyright law, ten thousand eight hundred dollars.

For purchase of books for the Library, four thousand dollars; for purchase of law books for the Library, under the direction of the Chief Justice, one thousand five hundred 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 publications of foreign governments, one thousand five hundred dollars; for purchase of files of periodicals, serials, and newspapers, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand dollars.

For contingent expenses of the Library, five hundred dollars.
For expenses of the copyright business, five hundred dollars.

BOTANIC GARDEN.

For superintendent, one thousand eight hundred dollars.

For assistants and laborers, under the direction of the Joint Library Committee of Congress, twelve thousand and ninety-three dollars and seventy-five cents.

Botanic Garden.

Superintendent, etc.

provements.

For procuring manure, tools, fuel, purchasing trees and shrubs, and Repairs and im for labor and material in connection with repairs and improvements to Botanic Garden, under direction of the Joint Library Committee of Congress, five thousand dollars.

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For compensation of the President of the United States, fifty thousand dollars.

Compensation of the President.

For compensation of the Vice-President of the United States, eight Vice President. thousand dollars.

Executive office.
Private secretary,

For compensation to the following in the office of the President of the United States: Private secretary, five thousand dollars; assistant sec- etc. retary, two thousand five hundred dollars; one executive clerk and disbursing officer, and one executive clerk, at two thousand dollars each; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; steward, one thousand eight hundred dollars; usher to the President, one thousand eight hundred dollars; chief doorkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four doorkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; watchman, nine hundred dollars; and engineer, who is also the fireman, one thousand dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand two hundred dollars.

For contingent expenses of the Executive Office, including stationery Contingent expenses. therefor, as well as record books, telegrams, books for library, miscellaneous items, and furniture and carpets for offices, care of office carriage, horses, and harness, eight thousand dollars.

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.

Civil Service Commission.

For three Commissioners, at three thousand five hundred dollars each; Commissioners, exchief examiner, three thousand dollars; secretary, two thousand dol- aminer, etc. lars; 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; and two watchmen; in all, ninety-one thousand three Lundred and forty dollars.

For necessary traveling expenses, including those of examiners acting under the direction of the Commission, and for expenses of examinations and investigations held elsewhere than at Washington, seven thousand dollars.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

For compensation of the Secretary of State, eight thousand dollars; Assistant Secretary, four thousand five hundred dollars; Second and Third Assistant Secretaries, at three thousand five hundred dollars each; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; for six chiefs of bureaus and one translator, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; private secretary to the Secretary, two thousand dollars; eleven clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; seven clerks of class two; one clerk of class two, for indexing records, one thousand four hundred dollars; sixteen clerks of class one, one of whom is to be a telegraph operator; five clerks, at one thousand dollars each; ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; three assistant messengers; packer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; ten laborers; in all, one hundred and nineteen thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars. 54-1-11

Expenses.

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