60 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 158, 159. 1900. ers who are now borne on`the rolls, or who may hereafter be placed thereon, under the provisions of any and all Acts of Congress, one 1;.-oysos. _ hundred and forty-four million dollars: Provided, That the appropria- M`* p€“i°“s‘ tion aforesaid for navy pensions shall be aid from the income of the navy pension fund so far as the same shall be sufficient for that ur- Aoooums. pose:· Provided _ farther, That the amount expended under each otp the above items shall be accounted for separately. _ ge§1§s¤mi¤i¤g S“" For fees and expenses of examining surgeons for services rendered ` within the fiscal year nineteen hundred and one, seven hundred thou- -tot-as, etc. sand dollars. And each member of each examining board shall, as now authorized by law, receive the sum of two dollars for the examination of each applicant whenever five or a less number shall be examined on any one day and one dollar for the examination of each additional appli- Humps. cant on such day: Provided, That if twenty or more applicants appear EX”mm°‘°i°nS‘ on one day no fewer than twenty shall, if practicable, be examined on said day, and that if fewer examinations be then made, twenty or more having appeared, then there shall be lpaid for the first examinations made on the next e mination day the fee of one dollar only until Noieeuulessservice twenty examinationszzlnall have been made: `Provided farther, That no ’°“d°"d‘ fee shall be paid to any member of an examining board who was not personally present and assisting in the examination of applicant: And _ Report to state mt- provided further, That the report of such examining surgeons shall mg- specifically state the rating which in their judgment the ap licant is -pnys1oo1oo¤¤1uo¤. entitled to, and the report of such examining surgeons shalli s eciiically and accurately set forth the physical condition of the appliicant, each and every existing disability being fully and carefully d€S(51‘lb€d. {rw be Oven to i¤¤1>¤¤· The reports of the special examiners of the Bureau of Pensions shall be 1°°‘ · open to inspection and copy by the applicant or his attorney, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. As<>¤tS’ ¤¤¤¤¤¤- For salaries of eighteen agents for the payment of pensions, at four thousand dollars each, seventy-two thousand dollars. gvrgggire- For clerk hire, four hundred and thirty thousand dollars: Provided, Apiiioaioomonr. That the amount of clerk hire for each agency shall be apportioned as nearly as practicable in proportion to the number of pensioners paid at each agency and the salaries paid shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior. moi. For fuel, two hundred and fifty dollars. . mgm. For lights, five hundred dollars. nom. *For rents, twelve thousand four hundred and eighty dollars. sumouory. For stationery and other necessary expenses, thirty thousand dollars. Approved, April 4, 1900. AI.;-ii 4,1900, CEA?. 159.-An Act Makin'? appropriations for the diplomatic and consular ——-—-—·—·· service for the fiscal year ending une thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Dip1¤m¤ti¤¤¤@¤<>¤- States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, °“1i“ “pp'°pm°°”S` and they are hereby, severally appropriated, in full compensation for the diplomatic and consularservice for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expresxd, namely: . li”t sonoauio A.SCHEDULE A. soimos. SALARIES or Aiunassanons AN15 Mmrsrnns. Ambassadors. Ambassaddrs extraordinary and plenipotentiary to France, Germany Great Britain, Mexico, and Russia, at seventeen thousand five hundred dollars each, eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars;
