596 FO BTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 392. 1887. storeroom, one thousand two hundred dollars; messenger to the official reporter’s room, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars ; Chief engineer. chief engineer, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; three assistant engineers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; conductor of elevator, one thousand two hundred dollars; two L=¤l¤<¤¤r¤, ew- fireman, at one thousand and ninety-five dollars each; three lab0r— ers, in the engineer’s department, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one laborer in charge of the private passage, eight hundred and forty dollars; female attendant in charge <¥ the ladies’ retiring-room, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one te ephone operator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; eight skilled laborers, at one thousand dollars each; twelve laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two janitors, at nine hundred dollars each; twelve laborers, during the session, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars pages_ each per annum; for nfteen pages for the Senate Chamber, including one telephone page, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per day each during the session; in all, one hundred and forty-two thousand six hundred and ninety-seven dollars and forty-two cents. 0 o m mi 1; the e For twentyfive clerks to committees, at six dollars per day during °l°'k°» $****0**- the session, thirty—0ne thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars. Senators clerks. For clerks to Senators who are not chairmen of committees, forty thousand eight hundred and ninety-six dollars. C°utiD8°¤* ex- Fo1a c0N’1‘INGENT EXPENSES, NAMELY: For stationery and news- ¥’°§f::{0m_ Md papersjiiclnding four thousand dollars for stationery for committees ,,,,W,p,,p,,,Q5 and officers of the Senate, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars. Po mgo stamps. For postage posta,<.:e·stamps for the office of the Secretary of the Senate, one hundred dollars; for the office of the Sergeant-at—Arms, one hundred dollars; in all, two hundred dollars. Home and wag- For expenses of maintaining and equipping horses and ma.il·wagons °““* for carrying the mails, three thousand dollars. ijoiding and mn- For materials for folding, four thousand five hundred dollars.
- °"“l” f°' *°*d*¤8· For iblding speeches and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding one dollar per thousand, two thousand five hundred dollars
Miscellaneous. For fuel, oil, and cotton waste, and advertising, for heating apparatus, seven thousand five hundred dollars; for furniture and repairs of furniture, eight thousand dollars; ior packing boxes, eight hundred und seventy dollars; ior miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, fifteen thousand dollars; and for expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, including compensation to stenographers to committees, at such rate as may be fixed by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, but not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents per printed page, fifteen thousand dollars; in all forty-six thousand three hundred and seventy dollars. And licreafter P ¤ rv lr Mics vf all purchases of coal und wood ior the Senate and House of Representf""}- atives of the United States shall be made by advertising once a week for at least four weeks, in three of the principal papers published in the District of Columbia, for sealed proposals for supplying the same ; and the contract shall be given to the lowest bidder, provided ho shall give satistactory security to perform the same, under a forfeiture not exceeding double the contract-price in case of failure. When immediate delivery is required by the public exigency, such supplies may be procured by purchase in open market, at the places and in the manner in _P¤*°l¤=>S¤ Of ¤*¤· which such supplies are usually bought and sold. Purchases of sta.- t‘°é‘f"g* *;:28 6} tionery and materials ior iolding shall be made in accordance with see· 6;,, l,_ 1§§_tions, sixtyhve, sixty six, sixtyseven, sixty-eight, and sixty-nine, of Bonds and con- the Revised Statutes of the United States: Provided jlerther, That all
- 8- contracts and bonds for purchases made under the authority of this act
shall be filed with the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate or the Committee on Accounts of the House of P f Representatives respectively. w“Q?¤‘;;!'::“funj{’sm No payments shall be made from the contingent fund of the Senate ·unless sanctioned by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contin-
