FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. I02. 1877. 317 DEPARTMEN T OF AGRICULTURE For compensation of the Commissioner of Agriculture, three thousand Salaries, ece. dollars; chief clerk, one thousand nine hundred dollars; entomologist, Commissioners nineteen hundred dollars; chemist, nineteen hundred dollars; assistant Om°°~ chemist, one thousand four hundred dollars; superintendent of experimental gardens and grounds, one thousand nine hundred dollars; statistician, one thousand nine hundred dollars; disbursing clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; superintendent of seed room, one thousand six hundred dollars; lady superintendent of flower seed room, nine hundred dollars; librarian, one thousand four hundred dollars; botanist one thousand eight hundred dollars; microscopist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; three clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; five clerks of class two; six clerks of class one; engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; superintendent of iolding room, one thousand two · hundred dollars; two copyist 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 five thousand three hundred and forty dollars For collecting agricultural statistics and compiling and writing mat- Agricultural ereter for monthly, annual, and special reports, fifteen thousand dollars; li¤*i¤¤- Provided, That no part of this sum shall be paid to any person receiv- p,-0v;,,,,_ ing at the same time other compensation as an officer or employee of the Department For purchase and distribution of new and valuable seeds, and plants, S¤<><1¤=»¤<l plants. seventy thousand dollars; for expense of putting up the same, including purchase of one paper box machine, for labor, bagging paper, twine, gum, and other necessary materials, five thousand dollars; in all, seventy five thousand dollars. ` For the purchase of garden and field seeds for distribution in those Seeds rei grass- States which in eighteen hundred and seventy six were ravaged by h°1’P°’ °“*Y°*‘°'”· grassfloppers or locusts, twenty thousand dollars ; to be available immeriate y . For labor on experimental garden, and for flowerpots, repairs to Experimental greenhouse, and purchase of new plants and seeds for the same, four 23****- thousand dollars For collecting and modeling specimens of fruits and vegetables, and Museum, etc. collecting and preparing specimens for the museum and herbarium, one thousand five hundred dollars. For repairs of building, heating apparatus, furniture, water and gas Repairs erlmllilpipes, and new furniture, two thousand dollars. ins- For entomologieal works of reference, for botanical works of refer- l.illm.i—y. ence, 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 lor the use of the microscopist, one Laboratory. thousand dollars. For stationery, freightrchargcs, fuel, lights, subsistence, and care of _ Miscellaneous horses, and repair of harness and wagon, paper, twine, and gum for """'“· folding room, and for incidental and miscellaneous items, namely, lor advertising, telegraphing, dry goods, 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 items, eight thousand dollars. 3 For postage on seeds, reports, circulars, and letters, four thousand 1°*m·‘€°- dollars. ' For the erection of a gallery around the museum of the Agricultural Gallery in mu- " Department for the reception of the contributions to it by the represent- ¤”*““· atives of foreign governments at the Centennial, two thousand live hundred dollars.
