THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 147. 1864. 151 Department of the Lzterior. -— For compensation of the Secretary of the Department of Interior, assistant secretary, chief clerk, and the clerks, messenger, assist- *hi,g“*°‘,Z‘°"‘ . . y o secreant messengers, watchmen, and laborers in his ofllce, forty-five thousand tary, gm; nine hundred dollars. For compensation of the commissioner of the general land—oEfice, chief or commissionclerk, recorder, draughtsman, assistant draughtsman, clerks, messengers, F { zgyiel assistant messengers, packers, watchmen, and laborers in his office, one ml `° °’ hundred and seventy-five thousand four hundred and forty dollars. For compensation of additional clerks in the general land office, under vt' additional the act of third March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, granting cliggsg ch 207 1 • • 7 ° I bounty land, and for laborers employed therein, fifty-eight thousand four v01, x. p. 701, hundred dollars : Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior, at his discretion, shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to use any portion of said appropriation for piece-work, or by the day, week, month, or year, at such rate or rates as he may deem just and lair, not exceeding a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum. For compensation of the commissioner of Indian affairs, chief clerk, ofcommissioner and the clerks, messenger, assistant messenger, watchmen, and laborer in °f 1“d"*“ “K‘“"‘ his office, thirty-one thousand nine hundred and forty dollars. For compensation of the commissioner of pensions, chief clerk, and ofcommissioner the clerks, messengers, assistant messengers, watchman, and laborers in °f P°“s‘°“Si his office, two hundred and fifteen thousand three hundred and forty dollars. For additional clerks in the pension bureau, during the remainder of of additional the present hscal year and the fiscal year ending the thirtieth day of °l"k”‘ June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, the sum of twenty-one thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior, at his discretion, shall be, and is hereby, authorized to use any portion of said appropriation for piece-work, or by the day, week, month, or year, at such rate or rates as he may deem just aud fair, not exceeding a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum. For salary and travelling expenses of a special agent, two thousand tive hundred dollars. For compensation of the commissioner of public buildings and the Ofcqmmissigngr clerk and messenger in his office, four thousand two hundred dollars. Pi Public b¤lld~ Oontingent Expenses —— Department of the Interior. m€,,,m,gmt 6X_ Oliicc of the Secretary of the Interior: penses. For stationery, furniture, fuel, lights, and other contingencies, and for mgm°gf‘}‘;1¥f" books and maps for the library, seven thousand dollars. rjgrgly For casual repairs of the patent-office building, three thousand dollars. For expenses of packing and distributing congressional journals and documents, in pursuance of the provisions contained in the joint resolu- Vo1.xi. p. 253. tion of congress, approved twenty-eighth January, eighteen hundred and V1*;59i_¤h· .fifty-seven, and act fifth February, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, six °`m`p' ‘ ` thousand dollars. For fuel and lights for the patenboffice building, fourteen thousand dollars. Office of· Indian Affairs: otlndiun For stationery, and miscellaneous items, including two of the daily “H“"Sl city newspapers, to be filed, bound, and preserved for the use of the office, four thousand dollars. Oliice of the Commissioner of Pensions: of ¢<>¤?mi¤Si¤¤<>¥ For stationery, engraving, and retouching plates for bounty land war- °fP°°Sl°°°l rants, and binding the same, office furniture, and repairing the same, and miscellaneous items, including two city daily newspapers, to be filed, bound, and preserved for the use of the office, twelve thousand dollars. Oflice of the Commissioner of Public Buildings: Otliqe 9f For stationery, plans, drawings, and other contingent expenses of his ctlice, five hundred dollars.
