FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 265. 1897 . 54,3 at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; night watchman, nine hundred dollars; driver, six hundred dollars; fourteen messengers, on the soldiers’ roll, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two chief hg"' pages, at nine hundred dollars each; thirty-three pages, boys not under twelve years of age, during the session, including two riding pages, one telephone page, and one telegraph page, at two dollars and fifty cents per day each, seventeen thousand and seventy-seven dollars and fifty cents; two messengers during the session, at seventy dollars per month each, nine hundred and fifty-seven dollars -and forty-two cents; ten L“"°"°"* laborers during the session, at sixty dollars per month each, four thousand one hundred and three dollars and twenty-two cents; six laborers, known as cloakroom men, at fifty dollars per month each; horse and buggy, for Department messenger, two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, one hundred and thirty-one thousand one hundred and thirty-eight dollars and twenty-seven cents. For employment of Joel Grayson in document room, one thousand ·T¤<·l¤¤¤y¤•>¤- five hundred dollars. For the following assistants in the document room, authorized and mg§,‘,j’;f,;fD°“*¤· *'°°¤· employed under resolutions of the House, namely: One at one thousand ' six hundred dollars, one at one thousand two hundred dollars, and two gtdme thousand dollars each; in all, four thousand eight hundred o ars. ‘ ‘ Orman or Posrmsmn: For Postmaster, two thousand five hun- “§_°;»g=¤¤¤~ ·¤¤i¤=- dred dollars; assistant postmaster, two thousand dollars; ten messen· ' gers, including messenger to superintend transportation of mails, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three messengers, during the session, at eight hundred dollars each; four messengers, at one hundred dollars per month each, during the session, two thousand seven hundred and thirty-five dollars and forty-eight cents; and one laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand three hundred and fifty-five dollars and forty-eight cents. For hire of horses and mail wagons for carrying the mails, three H°"°°*¤*‘W¤¤°¤¤- thousand seven hundred and eventy-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. _ OFFICIAL R.1s1>01zrmzs: For five official reporters of the proceedings R°l’°'*“'¤’ "°"°‘°”· and debates of the House, at five thousand dollars each; assistant official reporter, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand two hundred dollars. S1·ENoGB.41>1mBs T0 COMMITTEES: For two stenographers to com- ,,,§°§,'}{’,,,'Q}{"'°" *° mittees, at four thousand dollars each; assistant stenographer to committees, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, nine thousand two hundred dollars. That wherever the words “during the session” occur in the foregoing _,l;;}2;{]*,jlg,gu;'6;d;::- paragraphs they shall be construed to mean not exceeding seven months, ‘ ` or two hundred and seven days. Fon cram: umn, Mnmmns rum Dmnnearus: To pay Members nf,¤•;;;¤l;·i;m¤¤¤¤~¤ and Delegates the amount they certify they have paid_or agreed to pay K ' for clerk hire necessarily employed by them ID- the discharge of their otiicial and representative duties, as provided in the Joint Resolution v¤l.2r.p.v¤v. approved March third, eighteen hundred_aud ninety-three, during the session of Congress, and when Congress is not in session as provided in House Resolution passed May eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety- six, four hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; and Representatives and Delegates elect to Congress whose _,,c‘f{'*""'”‘°¤*”°’¤· credentials in due form of law have been duly liled with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in accordance with the provisions of P S 31 6 section thirty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States, shall " ‘·“°°· ·*’* · be entitled to payment under this appropriation. · Fon CONTINGENT mxmmsus, NAMELY= For wrapping paper, paste- cgmxgmgapgifss. board, paste, twine, newspaper wrappers, and other necessary materials g ‘ for folding, for the use of Members of the House, and for use in the C1erk’s office and the House folding room (not including envelopes, writing paper, and other paper and materials to be printed and
