Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 29.djvu/198

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168 FIFTY -FOUB.'1‘H CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 252. 1896. exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual necessary expenses of transportatgm, two thousaucl dollars, to be expended under the direction of the ecretar of the nterior. G¤¤¤¤¤* ¥·=¤¤·¤0¤¤¤- GENERAL LAND {,)1¤·1=·1on: For the Commissioner of the General Land Office, five thousand dollars; Assistant Commissioner, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall be authorized to sign such letters, papers, and documents, and to perform such other duties as may be directed by the Commissioner, and shall act as Commissioner in the absence of that onicer or in case of a vacancy in the office of Commissioner, three thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and ilfty dollars; two law clerks, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; three inspectors of surveyors-general and district land offices, at tyvo thousand dollars each; recorder, two thousand dollars; ten chie s of divisions, at two thousand dollars each; two law examiners, at two thousand dollars each; ten principal examiners of land claims and contests, at two thousand dollars each; thirty-one clerks of class four; ffty-seven clerks of class three; fifty-nine clerks of class two; sixty-one clerks of class one; forty-nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each; nfty-five copyists; two messengers; nine assistant messengers; twelve laborers; and six packers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars eaaéh; all, four hundred and eighty-eight thousand eight hundred an tl dollars.

_ °*°-• *¤· For per diem in lieu of subsistence of inspectors and of clerks detailed

to investigate fraudulent land entries, trespasses on the public lands, and cases of official misconduct; also of clerks detailed to examine the books of and assist in opening new land offices, while traveling on· duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, not exceeding three dollarshpcr daydand for actual necessary expenses of transportation, seven t onsan ollars. ‘·“"'°°"'· h Fgrnlavg bpoks for the law library of the General Land Office, four un dollars. Marr- For connected and separate United States and other maps prepared in the General Land Oiilce, fourteen thousand eight hundred and forty dollars; and of the United States maps nine hundred and seventy-six copies shall be delivered to the General Land Office, four thousand six hundred and sixty-four copies shall be delivered to the Senate, and nine giousand lghree hundred and pixty copies shall be delivered to the ouse o' epresentatives or ( istribution. umiuspsmn. Mum msrncrots: For salaries of two mine inspectors, authorized v°*·”·l’·“°*· by the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, for the protection of the lives of miners in the Territories, at two thousand dollars per annum each, four thousand dollars. For per diem, subject to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, in lieu of subsistence at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each, while absent from their homes on duty, and for actual necessary traveling expenses of said inspectors, three thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. rmuau Mice. INmAN Ormcm: For the Commissioner of Indian Afairs, four thousand dollars; Assistant Commissioner, who shall also perform the duties of chief clerk, three thousand dollars; financial clerk, two thousand dollars; chief of division, two thousand dollars; principal bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class four; twelve clerks of class three; one draftsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; stenograpl1er, one thousand thur hundred dollars; ten clerks of class two; twenty-three clerks of class one; thirteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; twelve copyists; onemessenger; two assistant messengers; one laborer; female messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; messenger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; and two charwomen; in all, one hundred and fifteen thousand six hundred and twenty dollars. Peneivn 0¤¤¤· Pmzsrou 0F1v10E: For the Commissioner of Pensions, five thousand dollars; First Deputy Commissioner, three thousand six hundreddollars;