Appropriations, &c.-Continued.

Object of appropriation.

Amount.

Brought forward.

In the Office of the Adjutant-General: One chief clerk, at $2,000; nine clerks of class four; fifteen clerks of class three; twenty-five clerks of class two; one hundred clerks of class one; three temporary clerks of class four; six temporary clerks of class three; twenty temporary clerks of class two; sixty temporary clerks of class one; ten messengers, at $840 each; in all, $320,600; and the said temporary clerks are for one year only, and no longer.. Provided, That the Adjutant-General be, and he is hereby, authorized, with the approval of the Secretary of War, to continue the services of not exceeding sixty-seven enlisted clerks, to be employed in copying the worn-out muster-rolls and records, and in examining war-claims, until the said work shall be finished; and of not exceeding sixty enlisted men, to be employed as messengers and watchmen until the records of the Adjutant-General's office can be collected in one safe building: Provided, That the number of enlisted men hereby authorized shall be reduced as soon as their services can be dispensed with without injury to the public service.

For contingent expenses

In the Office of the Inspector-General : One clerk of class four; one messenger, at $840; in all. In the Office of Military Justice: One chief clerk, at $2,000; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; one messenger, at $840; in all...

For contingent expenses

In the Signal-Office: Two clerks of class four; one messenger, at $840; in all..

In the office of the Quartermaster-General: One chief clerk, at $2,000; eight clerks of class four; ten clerks of class three; twenty-four clerks of class two; forty clerks of class one; eighteen copyists, at $900 each; one female messenger, at $30 per month; one messenger, at $840; eight laborers, at $720 each; one engineer, at $1,200; one fireman, at $720; one draughtsman, at $1,800; two assistant messengers, at $720 each per aunum; and five watchinen, at $720 each; six temporary clerks of class two; ten temporary clerks of class one; ten temporary copyists, at $900 each; in all........

For contingent expenses

In the Office of the Commissary-General: One chief clerk, at $2,000; two clerks of class four;
four clerks of class three; five clerks of class two; twelve clerks of class one; one messen.
ger, at $840; three laborers, at $720 each; two watchmen, at $720 each; in all
For contingent expenses, namely: Office-rent, repairs, and miscellaneous items.
In the Office of the Surgeon-General: One chief clerk, at $2,000: eight clerks of class four;
six clerks of class three; nine clerks of class two; one hundred and twenty clerks of class
one, (twenty-eight of whom shall be temporary;) one anatomist at the Army Medical
Museum, at $1,600; one engineer in division of records and museum, at $1,400; one mes-
senger, at $840; twenty-two watchmen and laborers, (six of whom are temporary,) at $720
each; in all

For contingent expenses, blank books, stationery, binding, rent, fuel, and including rent of
the Surgeon-General's Office and the Army Medical Museum.

In the Office of the Chief of Ordnance: One chief clerk, at $2,000; three clerks of class four;
three clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; eight clerks of class one; one messen-
ger, at $840; one laborer, at $720; in all, $27,560: Provided, That the Secretary of War
is authorized to employ in said Bureau not exceeding eight enlisted men for one year..
For contingent expenses, namely: Stationery, envelopes, wrapping paper, for sending blanks
to the arsenals, forts, permanent batteries, and troops in the field, telegrams, express
charges, and incidentals of a similar nature, furniture, matting, carpets, oil-cloth, pro-
fessional books for Ordnance Department library, pamphlets, and newspapers..
In the Office of the Paymaster-General: One chief clerk, at $2,000; seven clerks of class four;
eight clerks of class three; fifteen clerks of class two; thirteen clerks of class one; one
messenger, at $840; four watchmen, at $720 each; five laborers, at $720 each; two tem-
porary clerks of class two; three temporary clerks of class one; in all....
For contingent expenses

In the Office of the Chief of Engineers: One chief clerk, at $2,000; five clerks of class four;
four clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; one messen.
ger, at $840; three laborers, at $720 each; in all.

For contingent expenses, namely: For stationery, office-furniture, miscellaneous and incidental expenses, including professional books, maps, and two daily Washington newspapers.

$13, 220, 192 00

320, 600 00

8,000 00 2,640 00

13, 840 00 500 00 4,440 00

175,320 00 7,000 00

37,840 00 8,000 00

202, 280 00

7,000 00

27,560 00

2,000 00

77, 720 00 4,000 00

30, 800 00

3,000 00

WAR DEPARTMENT BUILDINGS.

For compensation of superintendent of the building occupied by the War Department ($250)
and for one engineer, $1,400; four watchmen and two laborers; in all..
For labor, fuel, lights, and miscellaneous items for the said building.

5,970 00 8,000 00

For superintendent of the building at the corner of Fifteenth and G streets, occupied as the
Quartermaster-General's Office...

250 00

For superintendent of the building occupied by the Paymaster-General ($250) and for five watchmen and two laborers; in all...

For rent of building and fuel and contingencies.

5,290 00 12,500 00

For superintendent of the building at the corner of Seventeenth and F streets ($250) and for four watchmen and two laborers; in all...

For fuel for warming the entire building, including the Ordnance Office, and for operating the ventilating fan in summer, repairs of steam warming and ventilating apparatus, pay of engineer and fireman, and for general repairs and other incidental expenses..

4,570 00

8,000 00 250 00

For superintendent of building on Tenth street, occupied as the Surgeon-General's Office...

NAVY DEPARTMENT.

For compensation of the Secretary of the Navy, $8,000; for compensation of the chief clerk
Carried forward

14, 197, 562 00

Appropriations, &c.-Continued.

Object of appropriation.

Amount.

Brought forward..

of the Navy Department, at $2,200, and, additional to chief clerk, $300, to continue while there is no assistant secretary, and no longer; one disbursing clerk, at $2,000; four clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; two messengers; and two laborers; in all..

For official postage-stamps for the Secretary's office and the Bureaus of the Navy Depart

ment

For stationery, furniture, newspapers, and miscellaneous items..

Bureau of Yards and Docks: For chief clerk, $1,800; draughtsman, $1,800; one clerk of class four; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one messenger; and one laborer; in all

For stationery, books, plans, drawings, labor, and miscellaneous items.

Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting: For chief clerk, $1,800; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; two clerks of class one: one messenger; and one laborer; in all.....

For stationery, books, and miscellaneous items..

$14, 197, 562 00

35, 620 00

20,000 00 5,000 00

12,760 00 1,800 00

For stationery, books, and miscellaneous items..

Bureau of Ordnance: For chief clerk, $1,800; draughtsman, $1,800; one clerk of class three;
two clerks of class two; one messenger; and one laborer; in all.
For stationery, books, and miscellaneous items...

Bureau of Construction and Repair: For chief clerk, $1,800; draughtsman, $1,800; one clerk
of class four; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; one messenger; and one
laborer; in all...

Bureau of Navigation: For chief clerk, $1,800; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; one messenger: and one laborer; in all....

11,960.00 850 00

6,360 00

800 00

9,560 00

800 00

12,960.00

800.00

7,760.00

1,000 00

14,760.00 800.00

4,960 00 400 00

For stationery and miscellaneous items

Bureau of Steam-Engineering: For chief clerk, $1,800; draughtsman, $1,800; one clerk of class two; one assistant draughtsman, $1,200; one messenger; and one laborer; in all.... For stationery and miscellaneous items

Bureau of Provisions and Clothing: For chief clerk, $1,800; one clerk of class four; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; one messenger; and one laborer in all...

For stationery and miscellaneous items

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For one clerk of class four; one clerk of class three; one messenger; and one laborer; in all.

For stationery and miscellaneous items

For superintendent ($250) and for five watchmen and two laborers for the building occupied by the Navy Department; in all..

For incidental labor, fuel, lights, and miscellaneous items for said building..

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

For compensation of the Secretary of the Interior, $3,000; assistant secretary. $3,500; chief clerk, $2,500; ten clerks of class four, eight of whom may be paid $200 additional if the Secretary of the Interior deem it necessary and proper; six clerks of class three; six clerks of class two; six clerks of class one, one of whom shall be the telegraph-operator of the Department; three copyists; three messengers; two assistant messengers; and six laborers in his office; in all...

For secretary to sign patents for public lands..

For one captain of the watch, $1,200; and twenty-eight watchmen for the general service of the Interior Department building, and all the Bureaus therein, to be allotted to day or night service, as the Secretary of the Interior may direct

For stationery, furniture, advertising, telegraphing, cases for official records, ice, and miscel laneous items, including new books and books to complete broken sets, and cases and maps for library..

For expenses of packing and distributing official documents, including salary of superin-
tendent

For rent and fitting up of additional rooms for the use of the Pension-Office and for the
Bureau of Education

For casual repairs of the Department building.

For fuel, light, and salary of the engineer, assistant engineer, firemen, and repairs of the heat-
ing-apparatus

For completing F street portico, and grading, paving, and fencing, to conform to the change
of grade of Seventh and F street fronts of the Interior Department building.
For official postage-stamps for the Department of the Interior, as follows: For the office of
the Secretary. $18,000; for the General Land-Office, $41,000; for the Bureau of Education,
$10,000; for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, $10,000; for the Patent-Office, $20,000; for the
Pension Office, $25,000; and for the National Musuem in the Smithsonian Institution,
$1,000; in all..

General Land-Office: For the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, $4,000; chief clerk,
$2,000; recorder, $2,000; one clerk, $2,000; three principal clerks, at $1,800 each; three clerks
of class four; twenty-three clerks of class three; forty clerks of class two; forty clerks of
class one; one draughtsman, $1,600; one assistant draughtsman, $1,400; two messengers;
three assistant messengers; seven laborers; and two packers: in all
Also, for additional clerks, on account of military bounty-lands, namely: For one clerk of class
three; four clerks of class two; thirty-five clerks of class one; and two laborers; in all...
Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior, at his discretion, shall be, and he is hereby,
authorized to use any portion of said appropriation for piece work, or by the day, month,
or year, at such rate or rates as he may deem just and fair, not exceeding a salary of
$1,200 per annum.

Carried forward

5,990.00 7,000 00

69,780.00 1,500 00

21,360 00

16,500 00

7,500 00

16,000 00 20,000.00

20, 000 00

65,000 (0

125, 000 00

174,920 00

50, 640 00

14,947,002 00

Appropriations, &c.-Continued.

Object of appropriation.

Amount.

Brought forward.

Also, for three clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; and
twenty-one clerks of class one, to be available from and after March 1, 1875.
For diagrams, stationery, parchment-paper for land-patents, furniture and repairs of the
same, miscellaneous items, including two of the city newspapers, to be filed, bound, and
preserved for the use of the Office, and for advertising and telegraphing
Indian-Office: For compensation of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, $3,000; chief clerk.
$2,000; five clerks of class four eight clerks of class three; one stenographer, at $1,600;
thirteen clerks of class two; thirteen clerks of class one; six copyists, at $900 each; one
messenger; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all.......

For blank books, binding, stationery, fuel, lights, telegraphing, and miscellaneous items, in-
cluding two city newspapers, to be filed, bound, and preserved for the use of the Office
Pension Office: For compensation of the Commissioner of Pensions, $3,000; deputy commis-
sioner, $2,500; chief clerk, $2,000; medical referee, $2,500; twenty-six clerks of class four;
fifty-two clerks of class three; eighty-four clerks of class two; one hundred and twenty-
two clerks of class one; twenty-five copyists, at $900 each; one messenger; twelve assist-
ant messengers; eight laborers; two watchmen; one engineer, at $1,400; and one assistant
engineer, at $1,000; in all..

And for the following additional clerks and employés, namely: Two clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; and ten copyists, at $900 each; in all.... And this appropriation shall be made available immediately, and to the end of the next fiscal year, and no longer.

For one skilled mechanic.

For contingent expenses of the Office, namely: For actual expenses of clerks detailed to in-
vestigate suspected attempts at fraud, as provided by law, $40,000; for stationery, $10,000;
for carpets, mats, furniture, awnings, and repairs of the same, $5,000; for fuel, gas, engrav-
ing, and retouching plates; for bounty-land warrants, printing and binding the same; en-
graving and printing pension-certificates; and for other necessary expenses of the Office,
including two daily newspapers, $18,800; in all...
United States Patent-Office: For compensation of the Commissioner of the Patent Office,
$1,500; for assistant commissioner, $3,000; for chief clerk, $2,500; three examiners-in-chief,
at $3,000 each; examiner in charge of interferences, $2,500; trade-mark examiner, $2,500;
twenty-four principal examiners, (one of whom shall be librarian,) at $2,500 each; twenty-
four first assistant examiners, at $1,800 each; twenty-four second assistant examiners, at
$1,600 each; twenty-three third assistant examiners, two of whom may be females, at $1,400
each; one machinist, $1,600; six clerks of class four, (one of whom shall receive $200 addi-
tional for services as financial clerk, and shall give bond in such amount as the Secretary
of the Interior may determine ;) seven clerks of class three; twenty-five clerks of class
two; and forty clerks of class one; also, for thirty permanent clerks, at $1,000 each; for
fifty copyist clerks, at $900 each; for three skilled draughtsinen, at $1,200 each; for one mes-
senger and purchasing clerk, $1,000; for one skilled laborer, at $1,200; for six attendants in
model-room, at $1,000 each; for six attendants in model-room, at $900 each; for fifty labor-
ers, at $720 each; for six laborers, at $600 each; in all.

For contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the Patent-Office, namely: For stationery for
use of Office, repair of model-cases, stationary portfolios for drawings, furniture and labor
connected therewith, repairing, papering, painting, carpets, ice, advertising, books for library,
moneys refunded, printing engraved patent-heads, international exchanges, plumbing, gas-
fitting, extra labor on indexes and abstracts for annual reports, fitting rooms, temporary
clerks, laborers, and other contingencies, $80,000; and no money appropriated by this para
graph shall be expended for advertising in newspapars published in the city of Washington
other than the Patent-Office Official Gazette...

For photolithographing, or otherwise producing copies of drawings of current and back issues, for use of the Office and for sale, including pay of temporary draughtsman

Provided, however, That on and after July 1, 1876, the grade of third assistant examiner in the Patent-Office shall cease.

For photolithographing, or otherwise producing plates for the Official Gazette, including pay of employés engaged on the Gazette, and for making similar plates of patents issued between July 1, 1869, and January 1, 1872

$14, 947, 002 00

52, 533 33

20,000 00

69,820 00

8,000 00

445, 580 00

44, 000 00

1,200 00

73,800 00

436, 400 00

80,000 00

100, 000 00

40,000 00

For photolithographing, or otherwise producing copies of the weekly issues of drawings, to be attached to patents and copies.

For tracings of drawings preparatory to photolithographing back issues
Bureau of Education: For the Commissioner of Education, $3,000; chief clerk, $2,000; one
clerk of class tour; one statistician, with the compensation of a clerk of class four; one
cerk of class three; one translator, with the compensation of a clerk of class three; one
clerk of class two; four copyists, at $300 each; one messenger, $840; and one watchman;
in all....

For contingent, namely: Stationery, $2,000; cases for library, $500; library, $1,000; current
educational periodicals, $250; cases for official records, $250; current publications, $225;
completing valuable sets of periodicals and publications in the library, $200; telegraphing
and expressage, $200; collecting statistics, and writing and compiling matter for annual
and special reports, and editing and publishing circulars of information, $11,000; fuel and
lights, $275; office furniture, $250; contingencies, $1,060; in all..
Surveyors-general and their clerks: For compensation of surveyor-general of Louisiana,
$2,000; and for the clerks in his office, $5,000..

For surveyor-general of Florida, $2,000; and for the clerks in his office. $2,500.
For surveyor-general of Minnesota, $2,000; and for the clerks in his office, $8,400.
For surveyor-general of the Territory of Dakota, $2,000; and for the clerks in his office, $6,300.
For surveyor-general of Kansas, $2,000; and for the clerks in his office, $6,300; and the busi-
ness of the said office shall be settled, and the office shall be closed and discontinued, on or
before June 30, 1876....

Carried forward

40,000 00 35,000 00

18,360 00

17, 210 00

7,000 00

4,500 00

10,400 00 8,300 00

8,300 00

16, 477, 465 33

For surveyor-general of the Territory of Colorado, $3,000; and for the clerks in his office, $6,300

For surveyor-general of the Territory of New Mexico, $3,000; and for the clerks in his office, $6,300

For surveyor-general of California, $3,000; and for the clerks in his office, $20,000.

For surveyor-general of the Territory of Idaho, $3,000; and for the clerks in his office, $4,000.
For surveyor-general of Nevada, $3,000; and for the clerks in his office, $5,000..
For surveyor-general of Oregon, $2,500; and for the clerks in his office, $5,000.
For surveyor-general of the Territory of Washington, $2,500; and for the clerks in his office,
$5,000

For surveyor-general of Nebraska and Iowa, $2,000; and for the clerks in his office, $6,300..
For surveyor-general of the Territory of Montana, $3,000; and for the clerks in his office,
$5,000.

For surveyor-general of the Territory of Utah, $3,000; and for the clerks in his office, $4,700.
For surveyor-general of the Territory of Wyoming, $3,000; and for the clerks in his office,
$6,700

For surveyor-general of the Territory of Arizona, $3,000; and for the clerks in his office, $4,000.
For recorder of land-titles in Missouri..

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

For compensation of the Postmaster-General, $8,000; three assistant postmasters-general, at
$3,500 each; superintendent of money-order system, $3,000; superintendent of foreign
mails, $3,000; topographer, $2,500; chief of division for the office of mail-depredations,
$2,500; chief of division of dead-letters, $2,500; chief of division of postal stamps, $2,500;
superintendent of Post-Office building and disbursing officer, $2,300; chief clerk to the Post-
master-General, $2,200; one chief clerk to each assistant postmaster-general, at $2,000 each;
one chief clerk in money-order office, $2,000; one chief clerk in office of superintendent of
foreign mails, $2,000; superintendent of blank-agency, $1,800; assistant superintendent of
blank-agency, $1,600; four assistants, at $1,200 each; two assistants, at $900 each; seven-
teen clerks of class four; sixty-eight clerks of class three; fifty-three clerks of class two;
seventy-seven clerks of class one, four of whom are hereby authorized in lieu of four clerks
of said class heretofore paid out of appropriations for mail locks and keys; and so much of
this appropriation as is necessary to pay the salaries of two clerks of class four, two clerks
of class three, and one clerk of class one shall be available from and after March 1, 1875,
and the sum of $2,666.66 is hereby appropriated therefor: Provided, That hereafter no
payment shall be made as salaries to clerks of class one, two, three, or four in said Depart-
ment out of appropriations made for other purposes; fifty-seven female clerks, at $900 each;
one messenger of the Postmaster-General, $900; one messenger to each assistant postmas-
ter-general, at $840 each; five assistant messengers, at $720 each; captain of the watch,
$1,000; and nine watchmen and twenty-seven laborers, at $720 each; one engineer, $1,600;
one assistant engineer, $1,000; one carpenter, $1.252; one assistant carpenter, $1,000: one
fireman and blacksmith, $900; one fireman, at $720; one fireman and steam-fitter, at $900;
three female laborers, at $480 each; one stenographer, $1,800; and for temporary cierks,
$10,000; making, in all...
Contingent expenses of the Post-Office Department: For stationery, $9,000; fuel for the Gene-
ral Post-Office building, including the Auditor's Office, $7,400; for gas, $4,500; plumbing
and gas-fixtures, $4,000; telegraphing, $3,000; painting, $2,500; carpets, $5,000; furniture,
$5,000; keeping of horses, and repair of carriage, wagons, and harness, $1,200; hardware,
$1,200; for rent of house numbered 915 E street, northwest, $1,800: Provided, That the
above sum shall not be deemed to be paid on account of any lease for years of said building:
Provided, however, That at the end of the present fiscal year, the Postmaster-General be
directed, upon the demand of the lessor, to deliver up the possession of said premises; mis.
cellaneous items, $9,000; making, in all...

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

For compensation of the Commissioner of Agriculture, $3,000; chief clerk, $2,000; entomologist, $2,000; chemist, $2,000; assistant chemist, $1,600; superintendent of experimental gardens and grounds, $2,000; statistician, $2,000; disbursing-clerk, $1,800; superintendent of seed-room, $1,800; librarian, $1,800; botanist, $1,800; microscopist, $1,800; four clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; six clerks of class two; seven clerks of class one; engineer, $1,400; superintendent of folding room, $1,200; assisiant superintendent of experimental garden and grounds, $1,200; assistant superintendent of the seed-room, $1,200; three copyists, at $900 each; two attendants in museum, at $1,000 each; messenger, 8840; two assistant messengers, at $720 each; one carpenter, at $960; three watchmen, and nine laborers; making, in all..

For collecting agricultural statistics, and compiling and writing matter for monthly, annual, and special reports...

Provided, That no part of this sum shall be paid to any person receiving at the same time other compensation as an officer or employé of the Department.

For purchase and distribution of new and valuable seeds and plants, $60,000; for expense of putting up the same, for labor, bagging, paper, twine, gum, and other necessary materials, $5,000.

For labor on experimental garden, and for flower-pots, repairs to greenhouse, and purchase of new plants and seeds for the same

For collecting and modeling specimens of fruits and vegetables, and collecting and preparing specimens for the museum and herbarium...........

Amount.

$16,477, 465 33

9,300 00

9,300 00

23, 000 00 7,000 00 8,000.00

7,500 00

7,500 00 8,300 00

8,000 00 7,700 00

9,700 00 7,000 00 500 00

473, 518 66

53, 600 00

77,180 00

15, 000 00

65, 000 00

8,000 00

2,000 00 3,300 00

-1 17, 287, 663 99

For repairs of building, heating apparatus, furniture, water and gas pipes, and new furniture.

Carried forward

Brought forward..

For entomological works of reference, $250; for botanical works of reference, $250; for
works on chemistry, mineralogy, and charts, $250; for current agricultural works for the
library, $250; for miscellaneous agricultural periodicals, $250; in all..
For chemicals and apparatus for the use of the chemical division
For materials for the use of the microscopist

For stationery, $2,000; for freight-charges, $2,000; for fuel, $2,000; for lights, $600; for
subsistence and care of horses, and repairs of harness and carriage, $1,000; for paper, twine,
and gum for folding-room, $500; for incidental and miscellaneous items, namely: for adver-
tising, telegraphing, dry goods, soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber,
hardware, ice, and expenses in attending fairs, and care of stationery, purchasing supplies,
and for other necessary items, $4,000; in all

For postage on seeds, reports, circulars, and letters.

JUDICIAL.

UNITED STATES COURTS.

For the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, $10,500; and for eight associate justices, $10,000 each; in all

For nine circuit judges, to reside in circuit..

For salary of the reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States..
For salary of the marshal of the Supreme Court

For salaries of the district judges of the United States, including the salaries of the retired
judges of the eastern district of Texas, eastern district of Wisconsin, and of the district of
Delaware.

For salaries of the chief-justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia and the four
associate judges..........

For compensation of the district attorneys of the United States
For compensation of the district marshals of the United States
For salary of the warden of the jail in the District of Columbia..

COURT OF CLAIMS.

For salaries of five judges of the Court of Claims at $4,500 each; the chief clerk, $3,000;
and assistant clerk, $2,000; bailiff, $1,500; and messenger thereof; in all
For stationery, books, fuel, labor, and other contingent and miscellaneous expenses, $3,000;
for reporting the decisions of the court, clerical hire, labor in preparing and superintending
the printing of the tenth volume of the Reports of the Court of Claims, to be paid on the
order of the Court, $1,000; and for preparing a digest of the decisions of the Court for the
past twelve years, $1,000; in all

To complete repairs commenced last year.......
To pay judgments of the Court of Claims.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

Office of the Attorney-General: For compensation of the Attorney-General, $8,000; SolicitorGeneral, $7,500; three Assistant Attorneys-General, at $5,000 each; one Assistant AttorneyGeneral of the Post-Office Department. $4,000; Solicitor of Internal Revenue, $5,000; Naval Solicitor and Judge-Advocate-General, $3,500; examiner of claims, $3,500; law-clerk, $3,000; chief clerk, 82, 200; stenographic clerk, $2,000; two law-clerks, at $2,000 each; six clerks of class four; additional for disbursing clerk, $200; one clerk of class two; one telegraph operator, at $1,000; five copyists, at $900 each; one messenger; two assistant messengers; two laborers; and two watchmen; in all..

For the contingent expenses of the Department, namely: For furniture and repairs, $1,500; for care and subsistence of horses, $1,400; repairs to carriages and harness, $600; for law and miscellaneous books for the library of the Department, $3,000; for the same for the Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury, $500; for stationery, $2,500; for miscellaneous expenditure, such as telegraphing, fuel, lights, labor, and other necessaries, $6,000; in all........ For official postage-stamps for the Department of Justice...

Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury: For compensation of the Solicitor of the Treasury, $1,500; Assistant Solicitor, $3,000; chief clerk, $2,000; four clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; one messenger; and one laborer; in all....

For rent of the portion (four floors) of the building occupied by the Department of Justice...

SEC. 2. That for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876, the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated to defray the expenses of the national loan, for the following clerical and other employés, and for labor, tools, and necessary materials, namely:

In the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury: Two principal clerks, at $2,800 each; two
assistant clerks, at $2,400 each; fourteen clerks of class four; eight clerks of class three;
six clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; forty copyists, at $900 each; eight mes-
sengers, at $840 each; twenty-one assistant messengers and laborers, at 8720 each; and
twenty-two laborers, at not exceeding $2.25 per day; making, in all, the sum of..
In the Office of the Treasurer: Seventeen clerks of class four; six clerks of class three; five
clerks of class two; nine clerks of class one;
copyists, at $900 each; nine messengers; and twenty-six assistant messengers and laborers;
one hundred and forty-five counters and
making, in all, the sum of......

Carried forward

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214, 780 00

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