FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 226. 1873.- 489 paid, until he shall have been sworn in as a member, or until such contest shall be determined. For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others receiv- pay of cmu,. ing an annual salary in the Service of the House of Representatives, clerks, &c· l namely: clerk of the House of Representatives, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars; and that there be allowed to the officer disbursing the contingent fund and other expenses of the House of Representatives an annual sum of five hundred and seventy-six dollars; chief clerk and journal clerk, three thousand dollars each; six assistant clerks, at two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars each; one assistant clerk, at two thousand five hundred and twenty dollars; ten assistant clerks, including librarian and assistant librarian, at two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars each; four assistant clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each ; one chief messenger in the office of the clerk of the House, at five dollars and seventy-six cents per day; three messengers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; one messenger in the House library, one thousand fbur hundred and forty dollars; one engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; three assistant engineers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; and the electrical apparatus for the lighting of the hall of the House, the dome, and rotunda, Electrical ppand old hall of Representatives, shall be placed in charge of the said frag: f°:0lf;‘°' engineer, and operated by the person or persons under his charge, to be pldded iii charge designated by him, subject to the control and supervision of the architect of °¤£§i¤¤¤¥’,` &¤· of the capitol and the commissioner of public buildings and grounds, and the offices of electrician and assistant electrician are hereby abolished; Qlricss of elecsix firemen, at one thousand and ninety-tive,dollars each per annum; for ;§‘:,’;O°];'S‘g;§““*' clerk to committee of ways and means, two thousand five hundred and ` ninety-two dollars; messenger to committee of ways and means, one thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars; clerk to committee on appropriations, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; messenger to committee on appropriations, one thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars; clerk to the committee of claims, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars, clerk to the committee on the public lands, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; clerk at the speaker’s table, at five dollars and seventy-six cents per day; private secretary to the speaker, two thousand one hundred and two dollars and forty cents; sergeant-at—arms, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars: Provided, That hereafter he shall receive, directly or indirectly, no fees or Sergeant-an other compensation or emolument whatever for performing the duties of gmsé? g‘;g""° the office, or in connection' therewith, otherwise than as aforesaid; clerk ’ ` to the sergeant-at-arms, two thousand five hundred dollars; paying teller for the sergeant-at-arms, one thousand eight hundred dollars ; messenger to the sergeant-at—arms, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; doorkeeper, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; first assistant doorkeeper, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; postmaster, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; first assistant postmaster, two thousand and eighty-eight dollars; four messengers, at one thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight dollars each; ten mail carriers, three at one thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight dollars each, and seven at one thousand and eighty dollars each ; chaplain of the House, nine hundred dollars ; two stenographers, four thousand three hundred and eighty dollars each; superintendent of the folding-room, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; superintendent and assistant superintendent of the document—room, at two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars each; document file-clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; eleven messengers, five at one thousand eight hundred dollars, and six at one thousand V four hundred and forty dollars each; twelve messengers during the ses- V sion, at the rate of one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each per
- annum, ten thousand and eighty dollars; fifteen laborers, seven hundred
