1378 SIXTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. Ch. 178. 1923. 000· hief tele rapher $1 800· clerks-ten of class four, ten glfmcliis thro; two atg$1,500 eacli, nineteen of class two, twenty-six of class one, four at $1,000 each; foreman, $1,400; carpenter, $1,200; engineer $900; skilled laborers—one $1,080, one $900; chief messenger, $1,000; messengers-—two at $1,000 each, six at_$840 each; four assistant messengers at $720 each; telephone supervisor, $1,020; thirteen telephone switchboard 0 erators at $840 each; five laborers at $660 each; chauifeurs-one $$,000, one $840; six watchmen at $720 each; messenger boy, $480; charwoman, $240; in all, $199,320. · ooN·r1NcENT EXPENSES, wan DEPARTMENT. i mpumeut ¤¤ For urchase of professional and scientific books law books, g°“°°‘°°°’°“° cm includixilg their exchange; books of reference, blank ,books, (pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers, maps; typewriters alpd a ding machines, and other_tlabor-salving devitcgs, includmlzcfiseirllm d h · r n re airs same- ca llhlfnoleeiiiizx, equipmliniiltfphoto gupplies, towels, mpi brobms, soap; sponges, fuel, gas, and heating apparatus for bu_ dmgs, electric wer, electric ht; repairs to, terations and instalations in gixvernment-ownleld buildings Eother than those under the supervision of the Superintendent 0 the State, War, and Navy Department Buildings) occupied by the War egepartment acxig 1tS gureaizg; maintenance repair and o ration 0 motor tru an mo r cycles, and bne motor-propelllied passenger-carrying vehicle, to be used only for 0mC18.l purposes; freight and express charges; street car fares, n0t_ exceeding $750; and other abso utely necessary ex- . penses, including a per diem allowance not to exceed $4 in lieu of subsistence, $99, 10. · _ S'“‘“°“°'Y· For stationery for the department and its bureaus and offices, $60,000. _ Postage- For postage stamps for the department and 1tS bureaus, as reguired undler the €ostal Umpn, t0$;p;·§pay postage on matters ad- . d t ostal ion coun ries . _ Pdnungandunmm ml¢`s§i· pifinting andnbinding for th? lyllair Departt1§enf§,1:;s btureiaus d Hi , f H rintin an ming or e e ac_1v11es ihiideii this Vviir Bzphrtiiierat, e§:;:ep;0su(;:h as piayhbe aplthorizzdtgln . d ith existin aw 0 one e sew ere an a e u°‘“°"b“”°°”‘ l*}i:d:ii;r1il1il1(<;(i1twP1inting Ogice, $600,000: Promkled, That the sum of $3,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used for the publication, from time to time, of bulletins prepared under the direction of the Sur on General of the Army, for the instruction of medical officers, wggn approved by the Secretary of War, and not ..,5: md °! Em' exceeding $75,000 shall be available for printing and bmding under the direction of the Chief of Engineers. oom·1Ne1=:NorEs or T1-1E Amux. a¤¤y¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤s For all contingent expenses of the Army not otherwise provided for and embracing all branches of the m1l1ta_ry S6I'V1C€, mcludmg the office of the Chief of Staff ; for all emergencies and extraordinary expenses, including the employment of translators and exclusive of all other personal services in the War Department or any of its subordinate bureaps or offices at Wlaihmggbtpn, of C;>lu%l;in, or 'n the Army at ar but impossi e to an ici a or c ass • to lie expended on ti? approval or authority o?the_Secretary of War, and for such pmposes as he may deem progr, mcluding the payment of a per diem allowance not to exceed , in lieu of subsistence, to employees of the War Department traveling on official business outside of the District of Columbia and away from their
