FOBTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 287 . 1876. [67 clerks of class two ; six clerks of class one; engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; superintendent of folding-room, one thousand two hundred dollars; two copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; two attendants in the museum, one thousand dollars each; one messenger, at eight hundred and forty dollars; two assistant messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars: each ; one carpenter, at nine hundred and sixty dollars; two watchmen; and eight laborers; making in all, sixty four thousand seven hundred dollars. For collecting agricultural statistics, and compiling and writing mat- _ ter for monthly, annual, and special reports, ten thousand dollars: Pro- p,,,v;,,,,_ vided, That no part of this sum shall be paid to any person receiving at _ the same time other compensation as an officer or employee of the Department. For purchase and distribution of new an valuable seeds and plants, sixty thousand dollars: Provided, That two thousand dollars of the above Proviso. amount shall be expended by the Commissioner of Agriculture as compensation to some man of approved attainments, who is practically well acquainted with methods of statistical inquery, and who has evinced rnqnnysnuietnan intimate acquaintance with questions relating to the national wants ¤¤m1·§i<>}¤ Md sun ‘ in regard to timber to prosecute investigations and inqueries, with the PU °* """"°’· "‘·°· view of a certaining the annual amount of consumption, importation, 1m1,p.:se,o. and exportation of timber and other forest-products, the probable supply for iuture wants, the means best adapted to their preservation and renewal, the influence of forests upon climate, and the measures that have been successfully applied in foreign countries, or that may be deemed applicable in this country, for the preservation and restoration or planting of forests; and to report upon the same to the Commissioner of aspen. Agriculture to be by him in a separate report transmitted to Congress. For expense of putting up the same, for- labor, bagging paper, twine, gum, 2»ll(l other necessary materials, five thousand dollars; in all, sixty tive thbusand dollars. ' For labor on experimental garden, and for ilower-pots repairs to green house, and purchase of new plants and seeds for the same, tive thousand dollars. For collecting and modeling specimens of fruits and vegetables, and · collecting and preparing specimens for the museum and herbarium, two thousand dollars. For repairs of building, heating apparatus, furniture, water and gas pipes, and new furniture, eases for herbarium, gasometer, and necessary pipes for the same, two thousand dollars. For entomological works of reference, for botanical works of reference, for works on chemistry, mineralogy, and charts, for current agricultural works for the library, for miscellaneous agricultural periodicals, and for the completion of imperfect series, one thousand dollars. For chemicals and apparatus for the use of the chemical division, and for materials for the use of the microscopist, one thousand three hundred dollars. _ For stationery, freight-charges, fuel, lights, subsistence and care of horses, and repair of harness and carriage, paper, twine, and gum for foldingroom, for incidental and miscellaneous items, namely, lor advertising, telegraphing, drygoods, soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, paints glass, lumber, hardware, ice, and expenses in attending fairs, and care of stationery, purchasing supplies, and for other necessary item , ten thousand dollars. For postage on seeds, reports, circulars, and letters, four thousand dollars. # J UDIOIAL. Unrrnn Sucrns Cormrs.-For the Chief Justice of the Supreme Salaries, United Court of the United States, ten thousand five hundred dollars; and for S““"°“ °°“”°· eight associate Justices ten thousand dollars each; in all, ninety thousand five hundred dollars. °
