NEW OFFICES CREATED AND OFFICES OMITTED, ETC.-Continued. POSTAL SERVICE-Continued. CLERKS IN POST-OFFICES-continued. For the employment of 300 additional clerks with compensation at the rate of $600 per annum in post-offices of the first and second classes during the remainder of the fiscal year 1906, after Feb. 27, 1906, there is appropriated the sum of $60,000. (Deficiency act, p. 407) .... For clerks in charge of contract stations, at a rate of compensation above $300 each and not to exceed $1,000 each, there is appropriated for the fiscal year 1907, the sum of $225,000— an increase of $225,000.. For clerks in charge of contract stations, at a rate of compensation not to exceed $300 each, there is appropriated for the fiscal year 1907, the sum of $475,000—an increase of $475,000 . The appointment and assignment of clerks under the appropriation for clerks in first and second class post-offices shall be so made during the fiscal year 1907 as not to involve a greater aggregate expenditure than the sum appropriated therefor For temporary clerk hire at first and second class post-offices, including temporary clerk hire at summer and winter resorts, the appropriation is increased from $150,000 for 1906, to $152,000 for 1907-an increase of $2,000. Superintendent of delivery, superintendent of mails, super- Assistant cashier or assistant superintendent of delivery, Carpenters, clerks, clerks in charge of stations, janitors, Clerks, clerks in charge of stations, janitors, laborers, messengers, porters, and watchmen, at not exceeding $400 each.. Clerks, clerks in charge of stations, laborers, and janitors, Clerks in charge of stations, at not exceeding $200 each.. not to exceed $100 each, the appropriation of $150,000 Total, Clerks in Post-Offices, specific..... SALARY AND ALLOWANCE DIVISION. NEW OFFICES CREATED AND OFFICES OMITTED, ETC.—Continued. POSTAL SERVICE-Continued. RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE-continued. The appointment and assignment of clerks under the appro- Clerks of class 5, at not exceeding $1,400 each.. Total, Railway Mail Service.... RURAL DELIVERY SERVICE. For pay of letter carriers and clerks in charge of substations of rural delivery service, the appropriation is increased from $25,120,000 for 1906, to $28,200,000 for 1907-an increase of $3,080,000 ... Rural letter carriers after twelve months' service shall be allowed annual leave, with pay, not to exceed fifteen days; the substitutes for carriers on vacation to be paid during said service at the rate of $600 per annum.. In the discretion of the Postmaster-General the pay of any rural carrier on a water route who furnishes his own power: boat and is employed during the summer months, may be fixed at an amount not exceeding $720 in any one calendar year... Clerks, at $1,200 each Clerks, at $1,100 each Clerks, at $900 each Total, Rural Delivery Service, specific......... SECOND-CLASS MAIL-MATTER INQUIRY. A joint commission of Congress is authorized, consisting of three Senators, to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and three Members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, whose duty it shall be to investigate, consider, and report, by bill or otherwise, to Congress its findings and recommendations regarding the second class of mail matter. The said joint commission shall have power to employ clerks and stenog- | raphers, administer oaths, send for persons and papers, and do all things necessary for the carrying out of its objects. For the payment of such actual and necessary expenses as may be incurred by the said joint commission in traveling and for the rental of quarters, printing, and other miscellaneous expenses of the joint commission the sum of $25,000 is appropriated, to be paid out on the order of the chairman of the joint commission... Total, Postal Service, specific .... INDIAN DEPARTMENT. (By the Indian appropriation act, pp. 104 to 163, inclusive.) Superintendent of Indian school at Fort Lewis, Colo.. 1 1,700.00 NEW OFFICES CREATED AND OFFICES OMITTED, ETC.-Continued. INDIAN DEPARTMENT-Continued. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs may employ additional For pay of employees, including physician, at the Total, Indian Department, specific ................ Grand total, new offices created and the salaries Grand total, offices the salaries of which have Total specific amount for new offices created by Total specific amount for offices the salaries of IV.-OFFICES THE SALARIES OF WHICH HAVE BEEN INCREASED, WITH THE AMOUNT OF SUCH INCREASE. V.-OFFICES THE SALARIES OF WHICH HAVE BEEN REDUCED, WITH THE AMOUNT OF SUCH REDUCTION. FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION. (The amount extended in each case of increase or reduction is for one year unless indicated otherwise in the text.) Financial clerk, additional while the office is held by the present incumbent, from $750 to $1,000... $250.00 Clerks to Senators who are not chairmen of committees, from $1,500 to $1,800 each.. Chaplain of the House, from $1,000 to $1,200 (deficiency act, File clerk, from $2,500 to $2,750. Office of the Clerk.. 200.00 $1,500 (deficiency act, p. 384). 300.00 Conductors of elevators, from $1,100 Under Superintendent of Capto $1,200 each.. 600.00 Laborer, from $720 to $820 itol Building and Grounds.1 $2,000 to $2,500 (deficiency act, p.384). Employee in document room, Joel Gray Clerk to the Committee on Census, from $6 per day during the ses- $5,000 Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms.. Bookkeeper, from $1,800 to $2,200] Superintendent document room, from Office of the Doorkeeper.. son, from $1,800 to $1,920. Laborers, minority employees, from $720 to $840 each Postmaster, from $2,500 to $3,000 Assistant official reporter, from $1,200 to $1,500 Clerk to the Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions from $2,000 per annum to $6 per day during the session (119 days), $714... 1,286.00 Total, House of Representatives...... 25 | 8,908.00 1 1,286.00 OFFICES THE SALARIES OF WHICH HAVE BEEN INCREASED AND REDUCED, ETC.-Con. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Law Librarian, additional compensation for preparing law indexes, etc. (sundry civil act, p. 340) ... TREASURY DEPARTMENT. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. Wireman, from $900 to $1,000....Office of Chief Clerk and Super-f Total, Office of the Secretary. OFFICE OF SURGEON-GENERAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND MARINE- Chief clerk, the additional compensation of $500 as disbursing agent for the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service | provided for 1906, is omitted for 1907... Total, Treasury Department.... INDEPENDENT TREASURY. OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT TREASURER AT CINCINNATI, Cashier, from $2,000 to $2,250.............. MINTS AND ASSAY OFFICES. MINT AT DENVER, COLO. Chief, from rank, pay ($3,500), and allowances of a colonel, to the rank, pay ($4,500), and allowances of a brigadier-general (act, June 25, 1906, p. 559) Total, War Department.. |