Appropriations, &c.-Continued. Object of appropriation. Brought forward.... For expenses of compiling and preparing the Congressional Directory, to be expended under the direction of the Joint Committee on Public Printing. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Amount. $759,876 80 1,200 00 For compensation of members of the House of Representatives and Delegates from Territories For mileage For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others receiving an annual salary in the service of the House of Representatives, namely: Clerk of the House of Representatives, $4,320; officer charged with disbursing the contingent fund, $576; chief clerk and journal-clerk of the House, while such positions are held by the present incumbents, and no longer, $3,600 each; two reading-clerks, assistant journal-clerk, and tally-clerk, $3,000 each; four assistant clerks, at $2,592 each; one assistant clerk, at $2,520; eight assistant clerks, including librarian and assistant librarian, at $2,160 each; four assistant clerks, at $1,800 each; one chief messenger in the office of the Clerk of the House, at $5.76 per day; superintendent of document-room of the Clerk of the House, $1,800; three messengers, (including one messenger in the House library,) at $1,440 each; one engineer, $1,800; three assistant engineers, at $1,440 each; six firemen, at $1,095 each per annum; for clerk to Committee on Ways and Means, $2,592; messenger to the Committee on Ways and Means, $1,314; clerk to the Committee on Appropriations, $2,592; messenger to the Committee on Appropriations, $1,314; clerk to the Committee on Claims, $2, 160; clerk to the Committee on War-Claims, $2,160; clerk to the Committee on Public Lands, $2, 160; clerk at Speaker's table, at $5.76 per day; private secretary to the Speaker, $2,102.40; Sergeant-at-Arms, $4,320: Provided, That hereafter he shall receive, directly or indirectly, no fees or other compensation or emolument whatever for performing the duties of the office, or in connection therewith, otherwise than as aforesaid; clerk to the Sergeant-at-Arms, $2,500; payingteller for the Sergeant-at-Arms, $1,800; messenger to the Sergeant-at-Arms, $1,440; Doorkeeper, $2.592; first assistant doorkeeper, $2,592; Postmaster, $2,592; first assistant postmaster, $2,088; fourteen messengers, seven at $1,500 each, and seven at $1,200 each; Chaplain of the House, $900; five official reporters of the proceedings and debates of the House, at $5,000 each; two stenographers for committees, $1,200 each; superintendent of the folding-room, $2,160; superintendent and assistant superintendent of the documentroom, at $2,160 each; document-file clerk, $1,800; eleven messengers, five at $1,800, and six at $1,440 each; twelve messengers during the session, at the rate of $1,440 each per annum, $10,080; one telegraph-operator, at $100 per month during the sessions of Congress; fifteen laborers, at $720 each; seven laborers during the session, at the rate of $720 each per annum; one laborer, at $820; and Henry Douglas, laborer's pay, as fixed by act of March 3, 1873, $917.50; and for one female attendant in ladies' retiring-room, $600; making, in all, the sum of.. For contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, namely: For folding documents, including pay of folders in the folding rooms and materials: Provided, For hire of horses and mail-wagons for carrying the mails, and for one saddle-horse for mes senger.... For furniture, and repairs of the same.. For postage stamps for the Sergeant-at-Arms, the Clerk, and the Postmaster of the House of 1,550, 000 00 100, 000 00 227,590 70 22,500 00 25,000.00 10,500 00 5,475 00 10,000 00 For packing-boxes. For cartage.. For miscellaneous items.. 300 00 3,020 00 2,000 00 28,000 v0 For newspapers and stationery for members of the House of Representatives, officers of the House, and committees of the House, including $6,000 for stationery for the use of the committees and officers of the House For twenty-eight pages, (including three riding-pages,) at $2.50 per day. 43,750 00 14,840 00 PUBLIC PRINTING. For compensation of the Congressional Printer, and the clerks and messengers in his office... For contingent expenses of his office, namely: For stationery, postage, advertising, traveling. expenses, horses and wagons, and miscellaneous items. It shall be lawful for the Congressional Printer to print and deliver, upon the order of any Senator or Member of the House of Representatives, or Delegate, extracts from the Congressional Record, the person ordering the same paying the cost thereof. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. For compensation of the Librarian, $4.000; and for sixteen assistant librarians, three at $2,500 For purchase of books for the Library, $9,000; for purchase of law-books for the Library, For expenses of the copyright-business. For Botanic Garden, for improving the garden, procuring manure, tools, fuel, and repairs, and purchasing trees and shrubs, under the direction of the Library Committee of Congress. Carried forward 15,117 60 2,500 00 29, 340 00 15,000 00 2,000.00 500 00 5,000 00 2,873, 310 10 Appropriations, &c.-Continued. Object of appropriation. Amount. Brought forward... For pay of superintendent and assistant in Botanic Garden and green-houses, and laborers, under the direction of the Library Committee of Congress.. $2,873, 510 10 12, 146 00 PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. For clerk in the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds. For messenger in the same office... For the public gardener. For a landscape-gardener.. For the laborer in charge of the water-closets in the Capitol. For furnace-keeper in charge of heating-apparatus under the old hall of the House of Repre sentatives For the following employés at the Executive Mansion, namely: For furnace-keeper, $864; For two draw-keepers for Navy-Yard and Upper bridges, and for fuel, oil, and lamps... For the person in charge of the heating-apparatus of the Library of Congress, and other For four watchinen in reservation numbered two, (being the Smithsonian grounds). 1,400 00 840 00 1,440 00 1,800 00 720 00 21,456 00 2,880 00 864 00 8,004 00 1,600 00 720 00 864 00 2,880 00 540 00 720 00 540 CO 720 00 540 00 For watchman for circle at intersection of Massachusetts and Vermont avenues.. For contingent and incidental expenses 1,080 00 720 00 2,000 00 EXECUTIVE. For compensation of the President of the United States For compensation of the Vice-President of the United States. For compensation to private secretary, $3,500; assistant secretary, $2.500; two executive clerks, at $2,300 each, steward at $2,000, and messenger at $1,200, of the President of the United States; in all.. For contingent expenses of the Executive Office, including stationery therefor. For official postage-stamps DEPARTMENT OF STATE. For compensation of the Secretary of State, $8,000; three assistant secretaries of state, at $3.500 each; for chief clerk, $2,500; twelve clerks of class four; six clerks of class three; eleven clerks of class one; and thirteen clerks, at $900 each; one messenger; one assistant messenger; nine laborers; and four watchmen; in all... For six chiefs of bureaus, (consular, diplomatic, accounts, rolls and library, statistics, and indexes and archives,) and one translator, at $2,400 each... And the chief of the Bureau of Accounts may be appointed by the head of the Department disbursing-clerk of the Department of State. For additional force required for the new building to be occupied by the Department, viz: One superintendent of watch, $1,000; five watchmen, at 8720 each; eight laborers; chief engineer, $1,200; one assistant engineer, $1,000; conductor for the elevator, $720; four firemen, at $720 each; in all .. For proof-reading, and packing the laws and documents for the various legations and consu lates, including boxes and transportation of the same, $3,000; for stationery, furniture, fixtures, and repairs, $5,000; for books and maps, $2,500; for extra clerk-hire and copying, $6,000; in all For contingent expenses, namely: For fuel, $5,000; for lights, $4,320; for care and subsistence of horses and repairs of carriages, $2,000; and for miscellaneous items, not included in the foregoing, $6,250; for publishing in newspapers the laws passed at the second session of the Forty-third Congress, $50,000, to be available immediately; in all.... 50,000 00 8,000 00 13,800 00 6,000 00 600 00 88,020 00 16,800 00 16, 160 00 16,500 00 For rent of stable and wagon-shed for the new State Department building 71,570 00 1,000 00 For purchase of official postage-stamps.. For expense of editing, printing, binding, and distributing the Statutes at Large of the Fortythird Congress. For expense of editing, printing, binding, and distributing the laws enacted by the Fortythird Congress at their second session 2,500 00 10,000 00 For rent of building on Fourteenth street to time of expiration of the lease, $4,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary 20,000 00 25,000 00 4,000 00 TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Secretary's Office: For compensation of the Secretary of the Treasury, $8,000; two Assistant Carried forward 3,287, 934 10 Appropriations, &c.—Continued. Object of appropriation. Amount. Brought forward.. clerks of class four; two disbursing-clerks, at $2,800 each; stenographer to the Secretary, $2,400; twenty-six clerks of class three; twenty-one clerks of class two; eighteen clerks of class one; thirty-one female clerks, at $900 each; eleven messengers; and eleven laborers; one clerk of class four and one clerk of class one, to assist the chief clerk in superintending the building; one captain of the watch, $1,400; one engineer, $1,600; one machinist and gas-fitter, $1,200; one storekeeper, $1,400; sixty watchmen, at $720 each, and additional to two of said watchmen, acting as lieutenants of watchmen, $280 each; twenty-five laborers, at $720 each; one assistant engineer, $1,000; nine firemen, at $720 each; ninety charwomen, at $180 each; in all Supervising Architect: In the construction branch of the Treasury: For Supervising Architect, $4,000; chief clerk, $2,500; book-keeper, $2,000; photographer, $2,500; assistant photographer, $1,600; four clerks of class four; additional to two clerks of class four, one at $600 and one at $200; four clerks of class three; two clerks of class one; two copyists; and one messenger; in all.. First Comptroller of the Treasury: For First Comptroller of the Treasury, $5,000; chief clerk. $2,000; ten clerks of class four; twelve clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; five clerks of class one; six copyists, at $900 each; one messenger; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all. Second Comptroller of the Treasury: For Second Comptroller of the Treasury, $5,000; chief clerk, $2,000; twelve clerks of class four; eighteen clerks of class three; eighteen clerks of class two; fourteen clerks of class one; ten copyists, at $900 each; one messerger; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all. Commissioner of Customs: For Commissioner of Customs, $4,500; chief clerk, $2,000; three First Auditor: For the First Auditor of the Treasury, $3,000; chief clerk, $2,000; three clerks Third Auditor: For Third Auditor, $3,000; chief clerk, $2,000; eleven clerks of class four; Fourth Auditor: For the Fourth Auditor, $3,000; chief clerk, $2,000; five clerks of class Provided, That on and after July 1, 1875, the fees on money-orders shall be, for orders not exceeding fifteen dollars, 10 cents; exceeding fifteen, and not exceeding thirty dollars, 15 cents; exceeding thirty and not exceeding forty dollars, 20 cents; exceeding forty and not exceeding fifty dollars, 25 cents; and no money-order shall be issued for a sum greater than fifty dollars. Treasurer: For compensation of the Treasurer of the United States, $6,500; assistant treas- For expenses of special examinations of national banks. Commissioner of Internal Revenue: For Commissioner of Internal Revenue, $6,000; one deputy commissioner, $3,500, and one deputy commissioner, $3,000; seven heads of division, at $2,500 each; one stenographer, at $2,000; thirty clerks of class four; forty-five clerks of three; fifty-two clerks of class two; eighteen clerks of class one; seventy-five copyists, at $900 each; five messengers; three assistant messengers; and fourteen laborers; in all.. For dies, paper, and stamps, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury For salaries and expenses of collectors.. $3,287, 934 10 346,500 00 32, 040 00 72,600 00 111, 400 00 49, 460 CO 55, 480 00 240, 800 00 249, 720 00 78,600 00 52, 400 00 309, 620 00 180, 460 00 76,720 00 120,680 00 3,000 00 336,340 00 500,000 00 2, 151, 000 00 Carried forward 8, 254, 754 10 Appropriations, &c.-Continued. Object of appropriation. Brought forward.. For salaries, expenses, and fees of supervisors, storekeepers, agents, surveyors, gaugers, and miscellaneous expenses.. And hereafter no gauger shall receive a greater compensation than six dollars per day. For detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons guilty of violating the internalrevenue laws, or conniving at the sanie, including payments for information and detection of such violations.. Light-House Board: For chief clerk of the Light-House Board, $2,000; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one female copyist; one messenger; and one laborer; in all.. Bureau of Statistics: For officer in charge of the Bureau of Statistics, $2,500; chief clerk, $2,000; eleven clerks of class four; seven clerks of class three; nine clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; five copyists, at $900 each; one messenger; one laborer; and one char-woman, at $480; in all.. It shall be the duty of the officer in charge of the Bureau of Statistics to gather, collate, and annually report to the Secretary of the Treasury, for transmission to Congress, statistics and facts relating to commerce with foreign nations and among the several States, the railroad systems of this and other countries, the construction and operation of railroads, the actual cost of such construction and operation of railroads, the actual cost of transporting freights and passengers on railroads, and on canals, rivers, and other navigable waters of the United States, the charges imposed for such transportation of freight and passengers, and the tonnage transported; and the reports now by law required to be prepared and published monthly in the said Bureau of Statistics shall hereafter be prepared and pub. lished quarterly, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury; and the sum of $20,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, to defray the expenses thereof. Treasury miscellaneous: For stationery for the Treasury Department and its several Bureaus. For purchase of official postage-stamps For contingent expenses of the Treasury Department, namely: For arranging and binding canceled marine-papers, requisitions, and other important records; sealing ships' registers; for foreign postage, newspapers, books, hand-stamps, and repairs of the same For investigations of accounts and records, including the necessary traveling-expenses, and for other traveling-expenses. For freight, expressage, telegrams, and car-tickets.. For rent of buildings. Provided, That the Secretary may rent other buildings in lieu of those now rented as he may deem for the public interest, for a sum not to exceed this appropriation. For care and subsistence of horses for office, and mail-wagons, including feeding and shoeing; and for wagons, harness, and repairs of same For ice, buckets, file-holders, book-rests, labor; for care of grounds, clocks, and repairs of the same For coal, wood, grates, grate-baskets and fixtures, stoves and fixtures, blowers, coal-hods, For gas, drop-lights and tubing, gas-burners, brackets and globes, candles, lanterns, and wicks. For desks, tables, and chairs, and shelving for file-rooms, and cases; repairs of furniture; For washing towels, brooms, brushes, crash, cotton cloth, cane, chamois-skins, dusters, flour, keys, lye, matches, nails, oil, powders, sponge, soap, tacks, wall-paper, and the other miscellaneous expenses required for the current and ordinary business of the Department; and for repairs of machinery, baskets, spittoons, files, water-coolers, tumblers, ice-picks, bowls and pitchers, traps, thermometers, ventilators, towels, awnings and fixtures, alcohol, window shades and fixtures, wire screens, hemming towels, axes, bellows, chisels, canvas, candlesticks, door and window fasteners, bells and bell-pulls, hammers, mallets, leather, gum, and other belting, stencil-plates, tools, whetstones, wire, and zinc, and other absolutely necessary expenses INDEPENDENT TREASURY, Office of the assistant treasurer at New York: For assistant treasurer, $8,000; for deputy assistant treasurer, $3,600; cashier and chief clerk, $4,200; chief of coin division, $4,000; chief of note-paying division, $3,000; chief of note-receiving division, $3,000; chief of check division, $3,000; chief of registered-interest division, $2,800; chief of coupon-interest division, $2,500; chief of fractional-currency division, $2,500; chief of bond division, $2,400; chief of canceled-check and record division, $2,000; two clerks, at $2,400 each; six clerks, at $2,200 each; ten clerks, at $2,000 each; nine clerks, at $1,800 each; four clerks, at $1,700 each; four clerks, at $1,600 each; two clerks, at $1,500 each; ten clerks, at $1,400 each; three clerks, at $1,200 each; five messengers, at $1,300 each; one messenger, $1,200; keeper of building, $1,800; chief detective, $1,800; assistant detective, $1,400; three hall-men, at $1,000 each; six watchmen, at $730 each; one engineer, $1,000; one porter, $900; in all.... Office of the assistant treasurer at Boston: For assistant treasurer, $5,000; for chief clerk, 82,700; paying-teller, $2,500; chief interest-clerk, $2,500; receiving-teller, $1,800; first book-keeper, $1,700; second book-keeper, "depositors'" accounts, $1,500; stamp and newfractional-currency clerk, $1,800; specie-clerk, $1,500; assistant specie-clerk, $1,400; two coupon-clerks, at $1,400 each; fractional-currency-redemption clerk, $1,200; receipt-clerk, $1,200; assistant book-keeper, $800; money-clerk, $1,000; assistant currency-redemption clerk, $1,100; assistant currency-redemption clerk, $1,000; messenger and chief watchman, $1,060; two watchmen, at $850 each; in all... Carried forward Amount. $8, 254, 754 10 2, 300, 000 00 100, 000 00 13, 860 00 59,440 00 20, 000 00 50, 000 00 100,000 00 10, 000 00 4, 000 00 7,000 00 13, 000 00 6,000 00 9,000 00 12,000 00 20, 000 00 14,000 00 24, 500 00 25, 000 00 150, 980 00 34, 260 00 11, 227, 794 10 Appropriations, &c.-Continued. Object of appropriation. Amount. Brought forward.. Office of assistant treasurer at San Francisco: For assistant treasurer, $6,000; for cashier, Office of assistant treasurer at Philadelphia: For assistant treasurer, $5,000; for cashier and Office of assistant treasurer at New Orleans: For assistant treasurer, $4,500; for cashier, Office of assistant treasurer at Chicago: For assistant treasurer, $5,000; for cashier, $2,500; Office of depositary at Santa Fé: For depositary, in addition to his pay as receiver, $2,000; Office of depositary at Tucson, Arizona: For depositary, in addition to his pay as post master For compensation to special agents to examine the books, accounts, and money on hand at For compensation to designated depositaries at Buffalo, New York, and Pittsburgh, Pennsyl Provided, That no part of said sum shall be expended for clerical services or payment of employés of any nature or grade; and hereafter a detailed statement of the expenditure for the preceding fiscal year of all sums appropriated for contingent expenses in any Department or Bureau of the Government shall be presented to Congress at the beginning of each regular session. $11, 227, 794 10 25, 160 00 40,020 00 15, 800 00 15,780 00 23,940 00 9,560 00 15,060 00 15, 260 00 3,920 00 4,640 00 1,500 00 4,000 00 3, 000 00 13,000 00 70,000 00 UNITED STATES MINTS AND ASSAY-OFFICES. Office of the Director of the Mint: For Director, $4,500; examiner, $2,200; one computer of bullion, $2,200; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one translator, $1,200; one copyist, $900; one messenger; and one laborer; making in all the sum of. . For contingent expenses of the United States mints and assay-offices, namely: For specimens of ores and coins, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, $200; for books, balances, and weights, and other incidental expenses, including traveling expenses of the Director and examiner, $1,500.. For recoinage of gold and silver coins, to meet the difference between the nominal and bullion-value of gold coins now in the Treasury, reduced by natural abrasion below the legal limit and to be recoined, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. Mint at Philadelphia: For salaries of the superintendent, $4,500; for the assayer, melter, and refiner, coiner, and engraver, at $3,000 each; the assistant assayer, assistant melter and Carried forward 16,960 00 1,700 00 2,000 00 11,509, 094 10 |