dollars; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, twenty-one thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.

Proviso.

Limit, etc.

And the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other Draftsmen, etc. services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, may be employed only in the office of the Chief of Engineers to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, fortifications, and surveys to be paid from such appropriations: Provided, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, shall not exceed seventy-two thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed and the amount paid to each.

bellion.

OFFICE OF PUBLICATION OF RECORDS OF THE REBELLION: For, Records of the Reone agent, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; two clerks of class one; one copyist; two assistant messengers; two watchmen; and one laborer, six hundred dollars; in all, fifteen thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.

For postage stamps for the War Department and its bureaus, as required under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matters addressed to Postal Union countries, five hundred dollars.

Postage stamps.

For contingent expenses of the War Department and its bureaus, Contingentexpenses. including purchase of professional and scientific books, blank books, pamphlets, newspapers, maps; furniture, and repairs to same; carpets, matting, oilcloth, file cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges, fuel, gas, and heating apparatus for and repairs to the buildings (outside of the State, War, and Navy Department building) occupied by the AdjutantGeneral's Office, the Surgeon-General's Office, office of Records of the Rebellion, and Record and Pension Office of the War Department; expenses of horses and wagons to be used only for official purposes; freight and express charges, and other absolutely necessary expenses, forty-five thousand dollars.

For stationery for the War Department and its bureaus and offices, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For rent of buildings for use of the War Department as follows: For medical dispensary, Surgeon-General's Office, one thousand dollars; for the Rebellion Records Office, one thousand two hundred dollars; for Record and Pension Office, two thousand four hundred dollars; in all, four thousand six hundred dollars.

Stationery.

Rent.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.

one

Office of PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS: For one clerk, thousand six hundred dollars; one messenger; public gardener, one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, four thousand two hundred and forty dollars.

For overseers, draftsmen, foremen, gardeners, mechanics, and laborers employed in the public grounds, twenty-eight thousand dollars.

For day watchmen as follows: One in Franklin Park; one in Lafay ette 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 and reservations east of Botanic Garden; one at Mount Vernon Park and adjacent reservations; one for the greenhouses and nursery; one at grounds south of Executive Mansion; one at Garfield Park; eighteen in all, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, eleven thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.

For night watchmen, as follows: Two in Smithsonian Grounds; one in Judiciary Park; one in Henry and Seaton parks and reservations

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Public buildings and grounds.

Clerk, messenger,

etc.

Overseers, etc.

Watchmen.

Wakefield, Va.

Monument and

wharf.

Contingentexpenses.

State, War, and Navy Department building. Clerk, engineers, etc.

Fuel, lights, etc.

Navy Department.

Pay of Secretary, Assistant, etc.

Post, p. 285.

east of Botanic Garden; and one in Garfield Park; five in all, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars. For watchman, to care for the monument and wharf at Wakefield, Virginia, three hundred dollars; the wharf to be used by the public under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed therefor by the Secretary of War.

For contingent and incidental expenses, five hundred dollars.

STATE, WAR, AND NAVY DEPARTMENT BUILDING.

Office of the superintendent: For one clerk of class one; chief engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; eight 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; machinist, plumber, and painter, at nine hundred dollars each; four skilled laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; twenty-eight firemen; ten conductors of elevators, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; twenty laborers; and eighty charwomen; in all, one hundred and twenty-one thousand three hundred and eighty dollars. For fuel, lights, miscellaneous items, and repairs, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.

NAVY DEPARTMENT.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. For compensation of the Secretary of the Navy, eight thousand dollars; Assistant Secretary of the Navy, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; clerk to the Secretary, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; disbursing clerk, two thousand two hundred and Appointment clerk. fifty dollars; appointment clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class four in charge of files and records; three clerks of class three; stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; stenographer, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; four clerks of class one; one clerk, one thou sand dollars; telegraph operator, one thousand dollars; carpenter, nine hundred dollars; two messengers; three assistant messengers; two messenger boys, at four hundred and twenty dollars each; messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; one laborer; one clerk of class one, and one laborer (for Inspection Board); one clerk of class one (for Examining and Retiring Board); in all, fifty thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars.

Bureau of Navigation.

Naval Records of the Rebellion.

Continuing publica.

tion.

Vol. 28, p. 190.

Additional copies

vols. 1, 2, 3, and 4.

BUREAU OF NAVIGATION: For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one copyist; one copyist, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant messenger; three laborers; in all, twenty-six thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.

OFFICE OF NAVAL RECORDS OF THE REBELLION: For two clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; two clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; four copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; necessary traveling expenses for collection of records, six hundred dollars; in all, sixteen thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.

For continuing the publication of the Official Naval Records of the Rebellion, both Union and Confederate, in accordance with the plan adopted by the Secretary of the Navy under the Act of Congress approved July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, eighteen thousand dollars.

For printing, binding, and wrapping one thousand additional copies of series one, volumes one, two, three, and four, for supplying officers

of the Navy who have not received the work, two thousand four hundred dollars.

LIBRARY OF THE NAVY DEPARTMENT: For one clerk, one thou- Library. sand dollars; one assistant messenger; one laborer; in all, two thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.

JUDGE-ADVOCATE-GENERAL, UNITED STATES NAVY: For two clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; three clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one laborer; in all, ten thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.

Judge Advocate. General's Office.

HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE: For two clerks of class two; one clerk of Hydrographic Office. class one; one assistant messenger; one watchman; in all, five thousand four hundred and forty dollars.

For draftsmen, engravers, assistants, nautical experts, computers, custodian of archives, copyists, copper-plate printers, apprentices, and laborers in the Hydrographic Office, forty thousand dollars.

Services.

For purchase of copper plates, steel plates, chart paper, electrotyp- Materials, etc. ing copper plates; cleaning copper plates; tools, instruments, and materials for drawing, engraving, and printing; materials for and mounting charts; data for charts and sailing directions; reduction of charts by photography; photolithographing charts for immediate use; transfer of photolithographic and other charts to copper; care and repairs to printing presses, furniture, instruments, and tools; extra drawing and engraving; translating from foreign languages; expert marine, meteorological, and other work in the preparation of the Pilot Chart and supplements, and the printing and mailing of the same; and purchase of, compiling, and arranging data for charts and sailing directions and other nautical publications; works and periodicals relating to hydrography, marine meteorology, navigation, and surveying, thirty thousand dollars.

For rent of building and rooms for printing presses, draftsmen, and Rent. engravers, storage of copper plates and materials used in the construction and printing of charts; repairs and heating of the same, and for gas, water, and telephone rates, one thousand five hundred dollars.

Contingent expenses of branch offices at Boston, New York, Phila- Contingentexpenses. delphia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Savannah, New Orleans, San Francisco, Portland (Oregon), Portland (Maine), Chicago, Cleveland, and Port Townsend, including furniture, fuel, lights, rent and care of offices, car fare and ferriage in visiting merchant vessels, freight, express, telegrams, and other necessary expenses incurred in collecting the latest information for the Pilot Chart, and for other purposes for which the offices were established, including one thousand dollars for rent of New York office, seventeen thousand dollars.

Pacific Ocean.

For a monthly Pilot Chart of the North Pacific Ocean, showing Monthly Pilot Chart, graphically the matters of value and interest to the maritime community of the Pacific Coast, and particularly the directions and forces of the winds to be expected during the month succeeding the date of issue; the set and strength of the currents; the feeding grounds of whales and seals; the regions of storm, fog, and ice; the positions of derelicts and floating obstructions to navigation; and the best routes to be followed by steam and by sail; including the expenses of communicating and circulating information; lithographing and engraving; the purchase of materials for, and printing and mailing the chart; the employment of three nautical experts at one thousand six hundred dollars each, and two tabulators and copyists at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, ten thousand dollars.

BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT: For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class two; two copyists; one assistant messenger, and one laborer; in all, seven thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.

Bureau of Equip ment.

Nautical Almanac

NAUTICAL ALMANAC OFFICE: For the following assistants, in pre- office. paring for publication the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, namely: Three, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; two, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two, at one thousand dollars each; one copyist and

Computers.

Naval Observatory.

Computations.
Apparatus.

Books, etc.

Repairs, etc.

Miscellaneous.

Bureau of Steam Engineering.

Bureau of Construction and Repair.

Bureau of Ordnance.

Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

typewriter, nine hundred dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, fifteen thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.

For pay of computers on piecework in preparing for publication the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac and improving the tables of the planets, moon, and stars, seven thousand dollars.

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; 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; assistant librarian, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk of class one; carpenter, and engineer, at one thousand dollars each; two firemen; six watchmen; one foreman and captain of the watch, one thousand dollars; one skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; elevator conductor, seven hundred and twenty dollars; and eleven laborers; in all, thirty-seven thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.

For miscellaneous computations, one thousand two hundred dollars. For apparatus and instruments, and for repairs of the same, two thousand dollars.

For professional and scientific books, periodicals, engravings, photographs, and fixtures for the library, one thousand dollars.

For repairs to buildings, fixtures, and fences, furniture, gas, chemicals, and stationery, freight (including transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange), foreign postage, and expressage, plants, fertilizers, and all contingent expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars.

For fuel, oil, grease, tools, pipe, wire, and other materials needed 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.

BUREAU OF STEAM ENGINEERING: For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one assistant messenger; two laborers; draftsman, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant draftsman, one thousand dollars; in all, eight thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.

BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR: For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant draftsman, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, thirteen thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.

BUREAU OF ORDNANCE: For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant draftsman, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one copyist; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, twelve thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.

BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS: For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; two stenographers, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; eleven clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, thirty-six thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.

BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY: For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; one laborer; janitor, six hundred dollars;

and one laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars (for Naval Dispensary); in all, eleven thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars.

BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS: For one chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; draftsman and clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, ten thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.

For professional books and periodicals for Department library, five hundred dollars.

For stationery, furniture, newspapers, plans, drawings, drawing Contingent expenses. materials, horses and wagons, to be used only for official purposes, freight, expressage, postage, and other absolutely necessary expenses of the Navy Department and its various bureaus and offices, eleven thousand dollars.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Interior Depart

ment.

Assistants, clerks,etc.

peals.
Land inspector.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY: For compensation of the Secretary of Pay of Secretary, the Interior, eight thousand dollars; First Assistant Secretary, four thousand five hundred dollars; Assistant Secretary, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars, and two hundred and fifty dollars additional as superintendent of the Patent Office building; nine members of a board of pension appeals, to be appointed Board of pension ap by the Secretary of the Interior, at two thousand dollars each; special land inspector connected with the administration of the public-land service, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior and to be subject to his direction, two thousand five hundred dollars; clerk in charge of documents, two thousand dollars; custodian, who shall give bond in such sum as the Secretary of the Interior may determine, two thousand dollars; six clerks, chiefs of division, one of whom shall be disbursing clerk, at two thousand dollars each; four clerks, at two thousand dollars each; private secretary to the Secretary of the Interior, two thousand dollars; eleven clerks of class four; nine clerks of class three; thirteen clerks of class two; twenty-five 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; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; seven copyists; telephone operator, six hundred dollars; three messengers; six assistant messengers; fourteen laborers; two skilled Messengers, etc. mechanics, one at nine hundred dollars and one at seven hundred and twenty dollars; two carpenters, at nine hundred dollars each; one laborer, six hundred dollars; one packer, six hundred and sixty dollars; conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; four charwomen; captain of the watch, one thousand dollars; forty watchmen; addi tional 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 firemen; in all, two hundred and twenty thousand and seventy dollars; to Distributing Census enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ laborers in the work of reports. distributing the reports of the Eleventh Census, three thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars, to be immediately available.

OFFICE OF ASSISTANT ATTORNEY-GENERAL: For assistant attorney, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; assistant attorney, two thousand five hundred dollars; two assistant attorneys, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; thirteen assistant attorneys, at two thousand dollars each; three clerks of class three, one of whom shall act as stenographer; one clerk of class one; and one clerk, nine hundred dollars; in all, forty-two thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.

For per diem in lieu of subsistence of one special land inspector connected with the administration of the public land service, while trav eling on duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, not

Watchmen, etc.

Assistant AttorneyGeneral's office.

Per diem, etc., land inspector.