Chief engineer, etc.

Clerks and messengers to committees.

Clerks to committees, session.

Sergeant-at-Arms, deputy, etc.

Doorkeeper, assistants, etc.

document-room.

Messengers.

eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, two thousand five hundred dollars, and for the following assistants, under his direction to be appointed by the Committee on Rules, namely: Two at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four at one thousand dollars each; and two at eight hundred dollars each; in all, ten thousand five hundred dollars.

UNDER ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL: One 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; one laborer, eight hundred and twenty dollars; five firemen, at nine hundred dollars each; one electrician, one thousand two hundred dollars; one laborer, eight hundred dollars; one laborer to clean StatuaryHall and watch statuary therein, six hundred and sixty dollars; in all, sixteen thousand four 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 Agriculture, Claims, Commerce, District of Columbia, Elections, Foreign Affairs, Indian Affairs, Invalid Pensions, Judiciary, Merchant Marine_and Fisheries, Military Affairs, Naval Affairs, Post-Offices and PostRoads, Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Lands, Rivers and Harbors, War Claims, Irrigation of Arid Lands, 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 thousand four hundred dollars.

For thirty-seven clerks to committees, at six dollars each per day during the session, twenty-six thousand eight hundred and sixty-two dollars.

OFFICE OF SERGEANT-AT-ARMS: For Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, four thousand five hundred dollars; one deputy to the Sergeant-at-Arms, two thousand dollars; one cashier, three thousand dollars; one paying-teller, two thousand dollars; one book-keeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one messenger, one thousand two hundred dollars; one page at seven hundred and twenty dollars; and one laborer, at 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; Superintendent of assistant doorkeeper, superintendent of document-room, assistant superintendent of document-room, and Department messenger, at two thousand dollars each; two special employees, one thousand five hundred dollars each; 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 reporters' 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 watercloset, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three laborers including two in the cloak-rooms, at six hundred dollars each; female attendant in ladies' retiring room, seven hundred and twenty dolSuperintendent of lars; superintendent of the folding-room, two thousand dollars; three clerks in the folding-room, one at one thousand eight hundred dollars and two at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one foreman, one thousand five hundred dollars; one messenger, one thousand two

folding-room.

hundred dollars; one folder in the sealing-room, one thousand two
hundred dollars; one page, five hundred dollars; one laborer, four
hundred dollars; ten folders, at nine hundred dollars each; five
folders, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; three folders dur-
ing the session, at seventy dollars per month each; eight hundred
and forty dollars; fifteen folders, at seven hundred and twenty dol-
lars each; one night watchman, nine hundred dollars; one driver,
six hundred dollars; fourteen messengers on the soldiers' roll, at one
thousand two hundred dollars each; two chief pages, at nine hun-
dred dollars each; thirty-three pages, boys not under twelve years of Pages.
age, during the session, 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 Laborers.
session, at sixty dollars per month each, two thousand four hundred
dollars; six laborers known as cloak-room men, at fifty dollars per
month each, horse and buggy, for department messenger, two hun-
dred and fifty dollars; in all, one hundred and twenty-one thousand
and twenty-six dollars and fifty cents.

OFFICE OF POSTMASTER: For postmaster, two thousand five hun- Postmaster, assistdred dollars; first assistant postmaster, two thousand dollars; ten ant, etc. 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, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.

Horses and wagons.

Reporting proceed

For hire of horses and mail wagons for carrying the mails, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. OFFICIAL REPORTERS: For five official reporters of the proceedings and debates of the House, at five thousand dollars each; assistant ings." official reporter, one thousand dollars; in all twenty-six thousand dollars.

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 they shall be construed to mean four months, or one hundred and twenty-one days

FOR CONTINGENT EXPENSES, NAMELY: For materials for folding, sixteen thousand dollars.

For fuel and oil for the heating apparatus, seven thousand dollars.
For furniture, and repairs of the same, ten thousand dollars.
For packing-boxes, three thousand and five dollars.

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

Stenographers tocommittees.

"During the session" to mean four months.

Contingent expenses.

Folding materials.

Fuel and oil.
Furniture, etc.
Packing-boxes.

Miscellaneous items..

For stationery for members of the House of Representatives, in- Stationery. cluding six thousand dollars for stationery for the use of the commit

tees and officers of the House, forty seven thousand eight hundred

and seventy-five dollars.

For postage-stamps for the postmaster, one hundred dollars; for Postage-stamps. 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.

For compensation of the Public Printer, four thousand five hun- Public Printer, clerks. dred dollars; for 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.

Contingent expenses.

Library of Congress.

Librarian, assistants,

etc.

Purchase of books,

etc.

Contingent expenses.
Copyright expenses.
Catalogue.

Botanic Garden.

Superintendent, etc.

Repairs and improvements.

Executive.

Compensation of the

President.

Vice-President

President's office.

etc.

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

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

For compensation of Librarian, four thousand dollars; and for twenty-six 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; seven at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one at seven hundred and twenty dollars, and two at six hundred dollars each; in all, forty thousand two hundred dollars.

For purchase of books for the Library, four thousand dollars; for purchase of law-books for the Library, one thousand five hundred dollars; for the purchase by the Librarian of Congress, of new books of reference for the Supreme Court, to be a part of the Library of Congress and purchased 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 said Library, one thousand dollars. For expenses of the copyright business, five hundred dollars. To enable the Librarian of Congress to continue the work upon the Catalogue of the Congressional Library, two thousand 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; in all, thirteen thousand eight hundred and ninety-three dollars and seventy-five cents.

For procuring manure, tools, fuel, purchasing trees and shrubs, and 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.

EXECUTIVE.

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

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

For compensation to the following in the office of the President of Private Secretary, the United States: Private Secretary, five thousand dollars; assistant secretary, two thousand five hundred dollars; three executive clerks, at two thousand dollars each; two clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; steward, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; doorkeeper to the President, at one thousand six hundred dollars; four messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; chief doorkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four doorkeepers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one watchman, nine hundred dollars; and one fireman, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars; in all, thirty-six thousand six hundred and sixty-four dollars.

For contingent expenses of the Executive Office, including sta- Contingent expenses. tionery 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 Com

mission.

For three Commissioners, at three thousand five hundred dollars Commissioners, excach; one chief examiner, three thousand dollars; one secretary, two aminer, etc. thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger and one laborer; in all, thirty-six thousand four hundred dollars.

Proviso.
Certification of bona

accompany certain

For necessary traveling expenses, including those of examiners Traveling expenses. acting under the direction of the Commission, and for expenses of of examinations and investigations held elsewhere than at Washington, five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars: Provided, That hereafter every application for examination before the Civil Service Commission for appointment in the Departmental service in the Dis- fide residence must trict of Columbia, shall be accompanied by a certificate of an officer, applications. with his official seal attached, of the county and State of which the applicant claims to be a citizen, that such applicant was, at the time of making such application, an actual and bona-fide resident of said county, and had been such resident for a period of not less than six months next preceding; but this provision shall not apply to persons who may be in the service and seek promotion or appointment in cepted. other branches of the Government.

Certain persons ex

DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

Department of State.

assistants, clerks, etc.

For compensation of the Secretary of State, eight thousand dol- Pay of Secretary, lars; First Assistant Secretary of State, four thousand five hundred dollars; two Assistant Secretaries of State, at three thousand five hundred dollars each; for chief clerk, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for six chiefs of Bureaus and one translator, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; clerk 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; fourteen clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger, three assistant messengers; one packer at seven hundred and twenty dollars; ten laborers; one tele graph operator, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and seventeen thousand six hundred and seventy dollars.

For proof-reading the laws of the United States and reports to Congress, including boxes and transportation of the same, one thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.

Proof-reading, etc.

For stationery, furniture, fixtures, and repairs, and for the pur- Stationery, etc. chase of passport paper, six thousand dollars.

For books and maps, and books for the library, two thousand dollars.

For services of lithographer, and necessary materials for the lithographic press, one thousand two hundred dollars.

Books, etc.

Lithographer, etc.

For contingent expenses, namely: For the purchase of an official Contingent expenses. carriage, care, and subsistence of horses and repairs of wagons, carriage, and harness; for rent of stable and wagon-shed; for care of

clock, telegraphic and electric apparatus, and repairs to the same, and for miscellaneous items not included in the foregoing; in all, six thousand three hundred dollars.

Editing, etc., laws.

Editing, etc., Statates at Large.

Treasury Department.

Pay of Secretary, assistants, clerks, etc.

Chief clerk, clerks, etc.

For expenses of editing and distributing the laws enacted during the first session of the Fifty-first Congress, three thousand dollars For editing and distributing the Statutes at Large of the Fiftyfirst Congress, one thousand dollars.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

SECRETARY'S OFFICE: For compensation of the Secretary of the Treasury, eight thousand dollars; two Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury, at four thousand five hundred dollars each; for an addiAdditional Assistant. tional Assistant Secretary of the Treasury to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall receive a compensation at the rate of four thousand five hundred dollars per annum, four thousand five hundred dollars; clerk to the Secretary, two thousand four hundred dollars; two private secretaries, one to each Assistant Secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; Government actuary, under the control of the Treasury Department, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one clerk of class one; one copyist; three messengers; two assistant messengers; in all, thirty-five thousand eight hundred and ten dollars. Office of chief clerk and superintendent: For chief clerk, including three hundred dollars as superintendent of Treasury building, three thousand dollars; assistant superintendent of Treasury. building, two thousand one hundred dollars; one inspector of electric-light plants, gas, and fixtures for all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department, one thousand nine hundred dollars; four clerks of class four, additional to one clerk of class four as book-keeper, one hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; threeclerks of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk at one thousand dollars; one messenger; two assistant messengers; one storekeeper, one thousand two hundred dollars; one telegraph-operator, one thousand two hundred dollars; three elevator conductors, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; two assistant engineers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one locksmith, one thousand two hundred dollars; three firemen; five firemen, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; one coal passer, five hundred dollars; one captain of the watch, one thousand four hundred dollars; two lieutenants of the watch, at nine hundred dollars each; fifty-eight watchmen; six special watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one foreman of laborers, one thousand dollars; one skilled laborer, male, at eight hundred and forty dollars; three skilled laborers, male, at seven hundred and twentydollars each; twenty-six laborers; ten laborers, at five hundred dollars each; one laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars; two laborers, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; ninety char women; and for the following employees while actually employed: one foreman of cabinet-shop, at five dollars per day; one draughts-man, at four dollars per day; one cabinetmaker at three dollars and fifty cents per day; twelve cabinetmakers, at three dollars per day each; one cabinetmaker, at two dollars per day; for the Winderbuilding: one engineer, one thousand dollars; conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one fireman; four watchmen; three laborers, one of whom, when necessary, shall assist and relieve the conductor of the elevator; one laborer at four hundred and eighty dollars; and six charwomen; in all, one hundred and sixtyseven thousand four hundred and six dollars and fifty cents.

Engineer, etc.

Watchmen.

Laborers.

Cabinet-shop.

Winder building.

Warrant division.

Division of warrants, estimates, and appropriations: For chief of division, three thousand dollars; assistant chief of division, twothousand four hundred dollars; estimate and digest elerk, two thousand dollars; six clerks of class four; three clerks of class three;,