FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 187. 1899. 879 PENSION OFFIGE: For the Commissioner of Pensions, five thousand l’¤¤¤i¤¤ 0*`f¤¤· ` dollars; First Deputy Commissioner, three thousand six hundred dollars; Second Deputy Commissioner, three thousand six hundred dol-. lars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and nity dollars; assistant chief clerk, two thousand dollars; medical referee, three thousand dollars; assistant medical referee, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two qualined surgeons, who shall be experts in their profession, at two thousand dollars each; thirty-eight medical examiners, who shall be surgeons of education, skill, and experience in their profession,_at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; ten chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; law clerk, two thousand dollars; fifty-eight principal examiners, at two thousand dollars each; twenty assistant chiefs of division, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; three stenographers, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; seventy clerks of class four; eighty-five clerks of class three; three hundred and thirty clerks of class two; four hundred clerks of class one; two hundred and fifty clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one hundred and sixty copyists; superintendent of building, one thousand four hundred dollars; two engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three firemen; thirty-three messengers; twelve assistant messengers; twenty messenger boys, at four hundred dollars each; thirty-nve laborers; ten female laborers, at four hundred dollars each; fifteen charwomen; one painter, skilled in his trade, nine hundred dollars; one cabinetmaker, skilled in his trade, nine hundred dollars; captain of the watch, eight hundred and forty dollars; three sergeauts of the watch, at seven hundred and fifty dollars each; twenty watchmen; in all, one million nine hundred and seventy-one thousand two hundred and ten dollars. ‘ _ For per diem, when absent from home and traveling on duty outside Pqr diem. wc., in the District of Columbia, for special examiners, or other persons "°“g“°'°"“‘ employed in the Bureau of Pensions, detailed for the purpose of making special investigations pertaining to said Bureau, in lieu of expenses . for subsistence, not exceeding three dollars per day, including necessary sleepingcar fare and for actual and necessary expenses for transportation and assistance and any other necessary expenses, including telegrams, four hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That two special P»-wm. examiners, or clerks detailed and acting as chief and assistant chief of Chief and assistant the division of special examiners, may be allowed, from this appropria- “’°°"" °“"““°"· tion, in addition to their salaries and in lieu of per diem and all expenses for subsistence, a sum sufficient to make their annual compensation two thousand dollars and one thousand eight hundred dollars, respectively, and whenever it may be necessary for either of them to travel on official business outside the District of Columbia by special direction of the Commissioner he shall receive the same allowance in lieu of subsistence and for transportation as is herein provided for special examiners and detailed clerks engaged in field service; and the Secretary of the Interior shall so apportion the sum herein appropriated as to prevent a deficiency therein. For an additional force of one hundred and fifty special examiners Additional special for one year, at a salary of one thousand three hundred dollars each, °""""‘°"· one hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars; and no person so appointed shall be employed in the State from which he is appointed, and any of those now employed in the Pension Office or as special examiners may be reappointed if they be found to be qualified. PATENT OFFIGE: For the Commissioner of Patents, five thousand 1-mnromcs. , dollars; Assistant Commissioner, who shall perform such duties pertaining to the office of Commissioner as may be assigned to him by the Commissioner, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two law clerks, at two thousand dollars each; three examiners in chief, at three thousand dollars each; examiner of interferences, two thousand five hundred dollars; thirty-six principal examiners, at two thousand nve hundred dollars each; thirty-eight first
