264 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 192. 1908. B¤=¤¤¤<>fS¤¤¤¤¤·*=· BUREAU OF STATISTICS. $*1*****- SALARIES, Bmmsu or Srnisrresz One Statistician, who shall be Chief of Bureau, three thousand iiye ihupdged dollars; glue assésglant statistieian who shall be assistant c ie o ureau two thousand ve hundred dollars; one chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; six clerks, class four; nine clerks, class three; twe ve clerks, class two; two clerks, at one thousand three hundred dollars each; fourteen clerks, class one; eight clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; foul; clprlg, atl eight hnéndred and forty dollars each· ten clerks at seven un re an twenty dollars each; six clerks, at six hundred dollars each; two messengers, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; in all, ninety-six thousan six hundred and forty dollars. tgggggljggffgé COLLECTING AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS; General exppnses, Bureau of ` Statistics: Collecting domestic an foreign agricu tura statistics comilin writin and illustratin statistical matter for monthl , annual P 2, gv _ g' _ _ _ Y s and special reports; special investigations and compilations; purchase olf supplies; ltelegraph fapdbgelephpgie s¢;rvicp;v`;relighé;'t and eirpriess g c arges; employmen 0 a r in e C1 y o as in on an e se- Qgfgflt; mp ,,,_ where; official traveling and other expenses: Promded, That the wm monthly crop reports, which shall be gathered as far as practicable from practical farmers and which shall be issued on or before the tenth of eac month, shall embrace statements of the conditions of the crops by States, in the United States, with such explanations, comparisons, and information as may be usefué for illustrating the above matter, and that‘it shal be submitted to an official y a proved by the Secretary _ of Agriculture before being issued or published: P7·0#videdfurt}ze1·, ,,(f’,f§,*€°,{’0,,{§f’P °""d" That the condition reports of the cotton crop shall be issued on the same day in October each year as the first ginners’ report of actual cotton ginned, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Total for Bureau of Statistics, two hundred and twenty-one thousand six hundred and forty dollars. L""“”" LIBRARY. Selmcs- SALARIES, LIBRARY, DEI’ARTMENT or Aonicmrrnrucz One Librarian, two thousand dollars; one assistant librarian, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk (who shall be a translator), one thousand two hundred dollars; two cataloguers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three cataloguers, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk, one thousand dollars; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one clegk, eight ciidpdred mild forty dollars; two clerkls, at seven hundred an twenty dollars eac · one messenger, seven undred and twenty dollars: ope meT;cnger dr laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all eiv teen t iousand and eighty dollars.
- igQg§g_;*¤_?j§_"’· Lraimiir, Dnranriimrr or Adizicrmrcanz General expenses, library
' Purphase of tephnical books of reference, technical papers, and technica perio ica s necessary for the work of the Department, and for expenses incurred in completing imperfect series, and for the employ- ment Hof additionlal assistance in the city of Washington and elsewhere; for o 'cia trave in<r expenses and for library fixtures, library cards, f;,'g;{?;,pmm€ ,0 and other material: fifteen thousand five hundred dollars: Pro/dried,
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- >n;,48 18 That section thirty-six hundred and forty-eight of the Revised Stat-
""”€°" 'l°" " utes shall not apply to the subscriptions for publications for the Department of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Agriculture is _ _ authorized to pay in advance for any publications for the use of this ""‘*‘“"*‘· Department, And hereafter the Secretary of Agriculture may furnish to suchinstitutions or individuals as may care to buy them, copies of the card index of the publications of the Department and of other
