FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 252. 1896. 163 dollars; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, twenty-one thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. And the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other D¤f¤¤¤¤¤¤.¤¤=- services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, may be employed only in the oillce of the Chief of Engineers to carry into eliect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, fortification s, and surveys to _ be paid from such appropriations: Provided, That tl1·· expenditures on fm'°ém this account for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred' and ninety-seven, shall not exceed seventy-two thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed and the amount paid to each. Omvron or Pnnnrcacrrou or Rnconns or rim Bnnnnmonz For M{§_g_g¤*¤ of M Be one agent, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; one clerk of ` class three; one clerk of class two; two clerks of class one; one copy- ist; two assistant messengers; two watchmen; and one laborer, six liiuhidred dollars; in all, iiiteen thousand three hundred and eighty o ars. For postage stamps for the War Department and its bureaus, as P°“"*g° "“"‘*’“‘ required under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matters addressed to Postal Union countries, five hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the War Department and its bureaus, C°¤*i¤8°¤*°*P•¤•°¤· including purchase of professional and scientific books, blank books, pamphlets, newspapers, maps; furniture, and repairs to same; carpets, matting, oilcloth, nle cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges, fuel, gas, and heating apparatus for and repairs to the buildings (outside of the State, War, and N avy Department building) occupied by the Adjutant- General’s Office, the Surgeon-General’s Office, office of Records of the Rebellion, and Record and Pension Office of the War Department; expenses of horses and wagons to be used only for official purposes; freight and express charges, and other absolutely necessary expenses, forty-tive thousand dollars. _ For stationery for the War Department and its bureaus and offices, s‘“°'°"°"Y· twenty-tive thousand dollars. For rent of buildings for use of the War Department as follows: For R°"°' medical dispensary, Surgeon—General’s Office, one thousand dollars; for the Rebellion Records Office, one thousand two hundred dollars; for Record and Pension Ofnce, two thousand four hundred dollars; in all, four thousand six hundred dollars. runmc nmnnmos un crowns. g'l;;g}{g_b¤**¤*¤¤··¤° Ormcn or Pmzmc Bmnnmes Ann Guomms: For one clerk, one __,§‘°"‘· '“°°‘“"g°'· thousand six hundred dollars; one messenger; public gardener, one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, four thousand two hundred and forty dollars. - For overseers, draftsmen, foremen, gardeners, mechanics, and labor- °""“°°"· °“" ers employed in the public grounds, twenty-eight thousand dollars. For day watchmen as follows: One in Franklin Park; one in Lafay- “'“'·°*““°"· ette Park; two in Smithsonian Grounds; one in Judiciary Park; one in Lincoln Park and adjacent reservations; one at Iowa Circle; one at Thomas Circle and neighboring reservations; one at Washington Circle and neighboring reservations; one at Dupont Circle and neighboring reservations; one at McPherson and Farragut parks; one at Stanton Park and neighboring reservations; two at Henry and Seaton parks and reservations east of Botanic Garden; one at Mount Vernon Park and adjacent reservations; one for the greenhouses and nursery; one at grounds south of Executive Mansion; one at Garfield Park; eighteen in all, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, eleven thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars. For night watchmen, as follows: Two in Smithsonian Grounds;_one in Judiciary Park; one in Henry and Seaton parks and reservations
