F IFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Ch. 985. 1902. 287 may demand, twelve thousand dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand _ two hundred and fifty dollars; three chiefs of divisions, at two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; three clerks of class four, five thousand four hundred dollars; one Chief of Division of Supplies, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class three, eight thousand dollars; seventeen clerks of class two, twenty-three thousand eight hundred dollars; twenty -five clerks of class one, thirty thousand dollars; fourteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each, fourteen thousand dollars; one telegraph o rator, in the city of Washington o1· elsewhere, as the exigencies ofptlhe Bureau may demand, one thousand dollars; seven clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, six thousand three hundred dollars; four copyists or ty writers, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand thiee hundred and sixty dollars; two copyists or typewriters, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one chief mechanician, one thousand four hundred dollars; one ca tain of the watch, one thousand dollars; one engineer, one thousancl) two hundred dollars; one battery man, eight hundred and forty dollars; four skilled artisans, at eight undred and fort dollars eac , three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; two skilled mechanics, at one thousand dollars each, two thousand dollars; three messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; two firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter, eight hundred and forty dollars; five messen ers or laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, three thousand three hundred dollars; eight messengers or laborers, at six hundred dollars each, four thousand eight hundred dollars; three messen ers, at four hundred and eighty ollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; five messengers or laborers, at four hundred and fifty dollars each, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, one hundred and sixty-five thousand two hundred and sixty dollars. FUEL, Lrenrs, AND REPAIRS, “TEATHER BUREAU! For fuel, lights, Fw- **8¤¤¤· ewre airs, pay of firemen, watchmen, messengers, and other labor, and other expenses for the care and preservation of the public buildings and grounds of the Vl`eather Bureau, ten thousand do lars. Comriseanr EXPENSES, WEATHER BUm:AU: For stationery, blank °¤¤¤¤¤e¤¢e¤¤e¤¤¤¤- books, necessary scientific and other publications; furniture, and repairs to same; freight, express charges; subsistence, care, and purchase of horses, for official purposes only; repairs of harness; advertising, dry goods, twine, mats, oils, paints, g ass, lumber, hardware, ice, washing towels, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the W'eather Bureau, eight thousand dollars. GENERAL EXPENSES, WEATHER BUREAU: General exfpenses of the Ge¤e¤¤ e¤Pe¤¤e¤· \Veather Bureau, under the direction of the Secretary o Agriculture, , for the benefit of agriculture, commerce, navigation, and other interests, as provided by law, namely: V Salaries of inspectors, local forecast officials; section directors, 0u{g,?,;e*§g» feteem observers, operators, repairmen, messengers, boy messengers, laborers, ’ and other necessary employees, outside of the city of \Vashington, who. without additional expense to the Government, may hereafter, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, be granted such leaves Levee ¤¥¤*>¤e¤eeof absence as are now authorized to empdoyees in the office of the Chief of the Wieather Bureau, not to exceed t irty days in any one year, four hundred and twenty-nine thousand five hundred dollars. All other expenses, itemized as follows: Maps, bulletins, stationery, M*P°·*’°“°'~‘”· °*°· and scientific and other publications for stations, and the maintenance of a printing office in the District of Columbia for printing the neces-
