692 FIF[`Y—NINTH CONGRESS. Sues. I. Ch. 3913. 1906. one messenger or laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, fifteen thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars. _ G¤¤¤¤1¤=1¤¤¤¤•- Lmnsmr, Dmrnrumr or Aemcunrunaz General expenses, library: Purchase of technical books of reference, technical papers, and tec - nical periodicals necessary for the work of the Departniept, and for e uses incurred in`completing imperfect series, for b1nding penodiclglse and for the employment of ditional assistance in the city of Washington and elsewhere, when necessary; for traveling expenses, and for library fixtures, shelving library cards, and other material, mw. ten thousand dollars: Bwided, hat section thirty-six hundred and ,,,§'}‘,,£"*°”'°°’“'* forty-eight of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to the subscriptions 1*-8-·¤¤°·*°**·P·’¤$· for pubTications for the Department of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to pa(y in advance for any publica- Cudindex. tions for the use of this Department. An the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to furnish to such institutions or individuals as may care to buy them, copies of the card index of the publications of the Department and of other agricultural literature prepared by the library, and charge for the same a price covering the additional expense involved in the preparation of these copies, and he is hereby authorized to a ply the money received toward the expense of the pre ration of the index. 'lidutal for libra , Department of Agriculture, twenty-five thousand eight hundred andeighty dollars. CONTINGENT EXPENSES. C0¤u¤8¤¤t¤¥P¤¤¤¢¤· CONtr1NGm<·r mxrmzsms, DEPARTMENT or Ackrcurzrumnz Purchase of stationery, blank books, twine, paper, gum, day goods, soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, har ware, ice, uel, water and gas pipes, heating apparatus, furniture, carpets, matting; for lights, freight, express charges, advertising, telegraphing, washing towels, and necessary repairs and improvements `to buildings and heatin apparatus; the purchase, subsistence, and care of horses, for ofiiciid purposes only; the purchase and repair of harness; the purchase and repair of ve icles, for official purposes only; yment of duties on imported articles, and the Department of Agr1culi:i1re’s roportionate share of the dispatch agent in N ew York not to exceed four hundred dollars; actual traveling expenses while on business of the Department; and other miscel aneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for, and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Department, including not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars for postage, thirty-seven thousand dollars. Oingmmzsmom OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. www Sxnxams, Orme}: or Exrmmmmr Srnroxsz One director, three thousand five hundred dollars; one chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk and proof reader, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, class two, two thousand eight hundred dollars; four clerks, class one, four thousand eight hundred dollars: five clerks, at one thousand dollars each, five thousand dollars; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; one clerk or messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; one messenger, six hundred dollars; one messenger or laborer, Eve hundred and forty dollars; one messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; one messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; one copyist or laborer, seven hundred and twenty doilars: two laborers or charwomen, at four hundred and eighty dol-
