24 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 34. 1879. government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes", approved dune nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventyeight, (except as hereinafter declared), subject to all the limitations and conditions in respect to the disbursement of the appropriations hereby made that were imposed by said act and the other laws of the United States upon or in respect to the appro- Excqmums. priations made by said act: Provided, That nothing is appropriated by this section for " the purchase of the copyright and plates to the Reference Index to the Revised Statutes of the United States"; for a telegraph operator at the Executive Office; for more than eighty c]erks of the class paid nine hundred dollars per annum each, in the office of the Treasurer of the United States; for more than twenty-nine clerks of class one; for more than eighteen clerks of the class of nine hundred dollars under the same officer, *‘employed in redeeming national currency," (and seven of the clerks of class one so employed are hereby transferred to the office of the said Treasurer); "for temporary clerks ior the Treasury Department"; "for replacing boilers ttlltl enlarging and rebuilding the boiler house of the mint at Carson, Nevada"; "for repairs and machinery at the mint at New Orleans, Louisiana"; ‘·for purchase of library for the use of the General Land Office"; "for legislative expenses" of the Territories of Arizona, o1` Dakota, of Idaho, or of Montana, (but the usual animal amount of two thousand dollars to each of said Territories for the expenses of the secretary’s office is hereby appropriated); nor for rent of the "Towson House", or to repairs of the roof or flooring of the Army Medical Museum; "for the special purpose of investigating the history and habits of insects injurious to the cotton plant", other than that appropriated by this act to be expended by the Entomological Commission, or for the Southern Claims Commission. Limifaiivv of And no more than the sums herein stated respectively are appro- “"'°'""’· priated under this section for the following purposes, to wit: For the State Department: “For fuel", three thousand dollars; “for light", two thousand dollars. For the Treasury Department: "For carpets, oilcloth, and matting, and repairs, cleaning, and laying the same", seven thousand dollars; “ior the additional duties imposed upon the Bureau . of Statistics by the legislation of the second session of the Fortythird Congress", eight thousand eight hundred dollars; " for purchase of new plaipltg mid seeds for greenhouse, Agricultural Department", six hunre dollars. ’ -*i"¤‘*¤lM¢‘n¢#· And certain clauses in said act of June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, are amended, for the purposes of the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirticth, eighteen hundred and eighty as follows: ’ Under heading of “Senate", the clause commencing "For eight skilled laborers" is amended by striking out therefrom the name "Kate Dodson", and inserting in lieu thereof female attendant. Under the head of contingent expenses of the Senate, the following clauses, namely: The clause commencing “For twenty-seven clerks th committees" is amended so as to read for twentyhve clerks to committees, and the sum of the clause shall read thirty-one thousand eight hundred dollars; the clause commencing “For fourteen pages for the Seuate Chamber" is amended by striking out the words "one page for the Vice-Presidents room", and the sum of the clause shall read cten thousand two hundred and sixty-flve dollars; the clause commencing “For fuel and oil for the heating apparatus" is amended by striking but the Words " and of this amount not exceeding four hundred dollars may be used for the purchase of platform-scales for weighing coal". Under ghe heading “House of Representatives", the clause com- Eipggng tiger e1gl1t‘n1essengers" is lgereby amended by striking out (mt rom e game Henry Douglas ; the clause among the contin- §W€HtGi<g)I$élS?S k0I‘t the House gt lztepresentatives, commencing “For HV6 Ogrks fpnpirus o committees , is amended so as to read, for thirty- , e sum of the clause shall read forty-four thousand one
