FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 140. 1896. 197 and of the Act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, pro- VN-26, r- 414- viding for an inspection of meats and animals, and also the provisions of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, providing Vol- 2°· r- 1089- for the inspection of live cattle, hogs, and the carcasses and products thereof which are the subjects of interstate and foreign commerce, and for other purposes, the sum of six hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to use any part of this sum he may deem necessary or expedient, in such manner as he may think best, in the collection of information concerning live stock, dairy, and other animal products, and to prevent the spread of pleuro· m£°';¤?i¤s1di¤¤¤¤¤¤ pneumonia, tuberculosis, sheep scab, glanders or iarcy, and other dis- ng mma S` eases of animals, and for this purpose to employ as many persons as he may deem necessary, and to expend any part of this sum in the pur- d,;$;°eg“;;£:·- of chase and destruction of diseased or exposed animals and the quaran— ' tine of the same whenever in his judgment it is essential to prevent the spread of pleuropneumonia, tuberculosis, or other diseases of animals from one State into another, and for printing and publishing such reports relating to animal industry as·he may direct; and the Secretary is hereby authorized to rent a suitable building in the District of Columbia, at an annual rental of not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars, to be used as a laboratory for said Bureau of Animal I‘“b°"‘*°’Y· Industry. _ » WEATHER BUREAU. Weather Bureau. SALARIES or run WEATHER BUREAU: Office of Chief of Weather aD1yr0f Chief- ¤;¤¤i§*- Bureau: One chief of Bureau, four thousand five hundred dollars; two mfpm m°"’° H °’ professors of meteorology, at three thousand dollars each, for service in the city of Washington, or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand, six thousand dollars; three professors of meteorology, at two thousand five hundred dollars each, for service in the city of Washington, or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand, seven thousand five hundred dollars; three forecast officials, at two thousand dollars each, for service in the city of \Vashington, or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand, six thousand dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; three clerks of class four, five thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant chief of division of supplies, one thousand six hundred dollars; five clerks class three, eight thousand dollars; fifteen clerks class two, twenty-one thousand dollars; twenty-nve clerks class one, thirty thousand dollars; fifteen clerks at one thousand dollars each, fifteen thousand dollars; one telegraph operator in the city of Washington or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand, one thousand dollars; six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, five thousand four hundred dollars; three copyists or typewriters, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, two thousand five hundred and twenty dollars; one copyist or typewriter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one chief inechanician, one thousand two hundred dollars; one captain of the watch, one thousand two hundred dollars; one engineer, nine hundred dollars; one batteryman, eight hundred and forty dollars; four skilled artisans, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; two skilled mechanicians, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, one thousand six hundred and eighty dollars; three assistant messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; two firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter, eight hundred and forty dollars; five laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, three thousand three hundred dollars; eight messengers or laborers, at six hundred dollars each, four thousand eight hundred dollars; five messengers or laborers, at four hundred and fifty dollars each, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three charwomen, at two
