(524 FOlt'l`Y-NlN'l‘I;{ CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 592. 1887. Per diem, etc., For per diem, when absent from home on duty, for special examiners, °P°°l'*1°X*““*““’S· or other persons employed in the Pension Olfce detailed for the purpose of making special investigations of matters pertaining to the Pension Bureau, in lieu of expenses for subsistence, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual and necessary expenses for transportation and assistance, two hundred and twenty-tive thousand dollars. A d di t i o n al For an additional force of one hundred and fifty special examiners, ¤P<*<>*¤l €¤¤ml¤°'°· for one year, at a salary of one thousand four hundred dollars each, two hundred and ten thousand dollars; and no person so appointed shall be employed in the State from which he is appointed; and any of those now emplowed in the Pension Office or as special examiners may be reappointed if they are found to be qualified. Per diem, etc. For per diem in lieu of subsistence for one hundred and fifty additional special examiners above provided for, while traveling on duty, at a rate to be tixed by the Secretary of the Interior, not exceeding three dollars per day and for actual and necessary expenses for transportation and assistance, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars. .Additional clerk- That in addition to the sums appropriated in the act making approhire, etc. priations for the payment of invalid and other pensions for the fiscal ·*”‘€· P- 43** year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, there is hereby appropriated for clerk hire, twelve thousand dollars; and for stationary and other necessary expenses, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, , three thousand dollars; in all, fifteen thousand dollars. Patent Office. UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrois.-For compensation of the Com- C°¤¤¤¤¤¤¤°¤ °¤‘· missioner of the Patent Office, five thousand dollars; for assistant com- °t°‘ missioner, three thousand dollars; for chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one law clerk, at two thousand dollars; three examiners-in-chief, at three thousand dollars each ; examiner of interferences, two thousand five hundred dollars; twentyeight principal examiners, at two thousand four hundred dollars each ; thin ty-two first assistant examiners, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; tbirty-six second assistant examiners, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; forty-one third assistant examiners, atrone thousand four hundred dollars each ; fifty fourth assistant examiners, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one financial clerk, two thousand dollars, who shall give bonds in such amount as the Secretary of the Interior may determine; one librarian, two thousand dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; three assistant chiefs of division, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; three clerks of class four, one of whom shall act as application clerk; one machinist, one thousand six hundred dollars; five clerks of class three, one of whom shall be translator of languages; twelve clerks of class two; forty clerks of class one; one skilled laborer, one thousand two hundred dollars; three skilled d ran gh tsmen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three draughtsmen, at one thousand dollars each ; one messenger and property clerk, one thousand dollars; twenty-tive permanent clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five model attendants, at one thousand dollars each ; ten model attendants, at eight hundred dollars each; sixty copyists, five of whom may be copyists of drawings; iour copyists, at seven hundi·cd and twenty dollars each; ninety-two skilled laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; forty-uve laborers, at six hundred dollars each ; forty laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; fifteen messenger- » boys, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; in all, six hundred and forty thousand two hundred and seventy dollars. Booksem. For purchase of books, and expenses of transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent Olfce to toreigu Governments, three thou- _ sand dollars. ‘ 0***13* @*2****- For photolithographing or otherwise producing plates for the Official Gazette, forty-four thousand dollars. . Pho t o 1 i z ii c - For photolithographing or otherwise producing copies of drawings of Z¤Pl¤¤S» °€¤· the weekly issues of patents, for producing copies of designs, trade-marks, and pending applications, and for the reproduction of exhausted copies;
