FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 1635. 1907 . 993 seven, and for other purposes, approved May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, shall not be construed as impairing the right of said commissioner to receive said salary as herein provided. Books ron LIBRARIES or cmccrr comrrs or- arrears: For the c0{;°,{,Y°‘gg<;_';jé_g,'”“l' purchase of law books and rebinding law books for the nine libraries ' of the United States circuit courts of appeals, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General upon the requisition of the court (all books purchased hereunder to be plainl marked “The property of the United States"), nine thousand five hundred dollars, of which amount one thousand five hundred dollars shall be expended during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight for the library of the eighth - circuit. . Comrr OF CLAIMS: For the chief justice of the Court of,Claims, six C°“"* °‘Cl°l"’“· thousand five hundred dollars; four judges, at six thousand dollars each; chief clerk, three thousand five hundred dollars; assistant clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; bailiif, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one chief messenger, one thousand dollars; stenographer, one thousand two hundred do lars; three firemen; three watchmen; elevator conductor, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two assistant messen rs; one laborer; and two charwomen; in all, fifty- five thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars. To defray the cost of the employment of auditors and additional A“‘“*°”· stenogra hers, when deemed necessary, in the Court of Cla1ms, to be disbursed) under the direction of the court, eight thousand dollars. _ For stationery, court library, repairs, fue , electric light, 0lG(3hd`1C °°“““€°“°°‘P°”’°'· elevator, ahd other miscellaneous expenses, three thousand nine hundred dollars. » _ __ For reporting the decisions of the court and superintending the “°P°""lg“°°‘“°“‘ _ rinting of the forty-second volume of the reports of the Court of ' Claims, to be paid on the order of the court, one thousand dollars; said sum to be paid to the rekporters, notwithstanding section seven- I;-¥i·;;¤¤-1765»P-31* teen hundred and sixty-five o the Revised Statutes, or section three °‘ ·*"l°°‘ of the Act of June twentieth, eightien hundred and seventy-four, cha ter three hundred and twenty-ei t. _ Elm- pay of a custodian of the budlding occupied by the Court of ;“;'°;l:‘;L,_, su Claims, to be paid on the order of the court, five hundred dollars; and vL;l·;_‘ 1;),;·*‘· ‘ section seventeen hundred and sixty-five of the ltevised Statutes and ‘ `*" ‘ section three of the Act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, shall not be applied this provision. _ ’ _ Sm:. 2. The pay of telephone switch-board operators, assistant mes- Up*;$j,j;;jW2§;*;;’g§;‘} sengers, firemen, watchmen. laborers, and charwomen provided for in xssgngls, umm, this Act, except those employed in mints and assay offices, unless ’ ‘ otherwise specially stated, s all be as follows: For telephone SW1l£h- board operators, assistant messengers, firemen, and watchmen, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; for laborers, at the rate of six hundred and sixty dollars per anpum each, assistant telephone switch-board operators at the rate of six lmndred dollars each, and for charwomen, at the rate of two hundred and forty r annum each. _ dog:;;; The appropriationS_herein_made for the omcers, clerks, and né},‘Q,;’“,{,c_§‘;,a}c’§,;'{*ej, persons omployedpin the p\1bll0_SGI'Vlce_Shall Hot be available for the persvns com nsation of any pel‘s0!lS lllollpaoltuted Otherwise than tempomrifyefor performing such service, and the heads of Departments shall cause this provision to be enforced. _ SB, _ H is k Sec. 4, That on and after March fourth, mneteen hundred and seven, v,c€_q,Qgé,g9ugj~*¤ug;, the compensation of the Speaker ot the House of Representatives, the secreumes. Vice-President of the United States and the heads of xecutnve Departments who are members of the PP6S1d6Dt’S Cabmet shall be at the rate vo:. xxxxv, PT 1---63
