SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. SEss. II. C11. 199. 1922. 581 fers lose an of the rights and rivil es heretofore accorded to them . . on the regudar statutory roll: further, That no person shall my mtmm be employed hereunder at a rate of compensation exceeding $1,500 per annum, except the following: Not more than eleven at not exceeding $2,000 each, not more than twenty-nine at not exceeding $1,800 each, and not more than thirty-four at not exceeding $1,600 each. _ To enable the Bureau of Pensions to perform the duties imposed §],"{l upon it by the Act entitled "An Act for the retirement of emplidyees VO'- 4% P· 6*7- in the classified civil service, and for other urposes " approved . May 22, 1920, including personal services, purdliase of books, office equipment, stationery, and other supplies, printing, traveling expenses, expenses of medical and other exammations, and includin not to exceed $3,000 for compensation of two actuaries, exclusive di the Government actuary, to be fixed by the Commissioner of Pensions with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, and actual necessary trav and other expenses of three members of the Board of promo. Actuaries, $50,000: Promded, That no person shall be employed Pay '°S“‘°“°’L hereunder at a rate of compensation exceeding $1,740 per annum except two actuaries and the following: One at $3,000, one at $2,400, one at $2,000, and two at $1,800 each. General expenses. GENERAL EXPENSES, PENSION OFFICE. er , .,forin- For per diem at not exceeding $4 in lieu of subsistence for persons rsgtisadfgs-Bm employed in the Bureau of PBDSIOILS, detailed for the purpose of making special investigations pertaining to said bureau, and for actual and other necessary expenses, inclu telegrams, $100,000. mmm . . For purchase, repair, and exchange o adding machines, addressing mmmus, $28 ’ machines, typewriters, check-s` machines, and other laborgsgving devices, furniture, filing cabinets, and postage on foreign mail, ,000. PENSIONB. P°""°"°’* Army and Navy pensions as follows: For invalids, widows, minor Amy md N“’· children, and dependent relatives, Army nurses, and all other pensioners who are now borne on the rolls, or who may hereafter be placed thereon under the revisions of any and all Acts of Con§·ess, _ $252,000,000: Provided That the appropriation aforesaid for avy §§§’§°°,m,,, ,,,,,,,, pensions shall be paid from the income o the Navy pension fund, so r>¤¤¤i¤¤¤¤¤¤- ar as the same shall be sufficient for that urpose: rovided further, S¤1>¤r¤¢¤ ¤¤<¤>¤¤¤¤i¤z· That the amount expended under each ofp the above items shall be accounted for separately. For fees and ex enses of examining surgeons, pensions, for services E"°"“’“"¥ ’“’¥°°“· rendered within the fiscal year 1923, $350,000. PATENT OFFICE. “‘“""°m°° samnms. Commissioner, $6,000; first assistant commissioner, $5,000; assist- Mit commissioner, $5,000; Eve examiners chief, at $5,000 each; etgm P W chief clerk, who shall be qualified to act as principal examiner, $4,000; solicitor, $5,000; five law examiners, at $4,000 each; examiner of classification, $4,200; two examiners of interference,_at $5,000 each; examiner of trade-marks, $3,900; assistant exammers of trademarks and designs—first, $3,000, second, $2,700, second, $2,500, third, $2,200, third, 2,050, two fourth, at $1,800 each, two fourth, at $1,650 each, two fourth, at $1,500 each; forty-eight principal exammers, at $3,900 each; first assistant exam1ners——forty, at $3,300 each, thirty, at $3,100 each, thirty, at $2,900 each; second assistant examiners—forty, at $2,800 each, thirty, at $2,500 each, thirty, at
