noirrrmninn oonennss. snss. 11. Cn iso. isn;. 399 the appointments of this Department shall be so arranged as to be A1>p¤i¤¢¤¤<=¤¢¤- equally distributed between the several States of the United States, Territories, and the Distriot·oi' Columbia, according to population. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to detail oi, oi oro in a. medical officer of the Army to investigate and report upon the re- Mexico, &c. ported existence and spread of cholera in Mexico and near the frontier of Texas, and should such epidemic invade the United States during the present year, it shall be the duty of said officer to give timely notice of the advance and spread of the disease, and to compile complete records of said epidemic, and to report the same through the President to Congress; and to defray the necessary expenses of this investigation, the sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, or so much thereof as may be required, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War. Sec. 3. That to carry into effect the provisions of section three of the F¤¤3¤_*<> M 9m- act entitled “An act fixing the amount of United States notes provid- §;‘;y°‘;;Q,§{Q)f§"L§. ing for a redistribution of the national-bank currency, and for other 18·,4,°,,_ 343, B_ 3, purposes " approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, anu,123. the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to appoint the following force, to be employed under his direction, namely: In the chico of the Treasurer: one superintendent, three thousand tivo hundred dollars; 0m<=<> °*` *h° two principal tellers and one principal boolokeeper, at two thousand six T'°“““’°" hundred dollars each ; one assistant principal book-keeper at two thousand five hundred dollars; two assistant tellers, at two thousand two hundred dollars each ; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three ; iour clerksof class two; forty-fourclerks of class one; twenty-one clerks, at one thousand dollars each; sixty clerks, at nine hundred dollars each ; four messengers; five assistant messengers; and three persons to be employed at iour hundred and thirty-two dollars each; for which the sum of one hundred and sixty-six thousand six hundred and fifty six dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. In the office of the Comptroller of t11eOurreney : One superintendent, 0 m ce or the at two thousand four hundred dollars- one teller and one principal g°’“P°*"’“°’ °*° *·h° book-keeper, at two thousand four hundred dollars each; one assistant ""°"°y‘ book-keeper, at two thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk of class four; tour clerks of class one; twenty clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one messenger; for which the sum of thirty-four thousand eight hundred and forty dollars is hereby appropriated out of any ` money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. And at the end of each month, the Secretary of the Treasury shall re-imbnrse the Treas my to the full amount paid out under the provisionsof this section by transfer of said amount from the deposit of the national banking-asso eiations with the Treasury of the United States; and at the end of each fiscal year he shall transfer from said deposit to the Treasury of the United States such sum as may have been actually expended under his direction for stationery, rent, incl, light, and other necessary incidental expenses which have been incurred in carrying into eifect the the provisions of the said section of the above named act. Sec. 4. That for experiments in testing iron and steel, including 1c;perims¤ts in the cost of any machine built for such purpose, the sum of fifty thou- *:***;**8 ”°¤ M"] sand dollars is- hereby appropriated; and the tnrther sum of twenty- ° °°‘ tive thousand dollars provided Mor improved machinery and instru- 1873, c. 229, v. 17, ments for testing American iron and steel" in the act entitled “An rv-543- nct making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year Apppgprigytion ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four" approved made available. March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, is hereby continued and made available for such purpose; and that the President be, and hereby is authorizedto appoint a board, to consist of one officer of Board. the engineers of the United States Army, one omcer of ordnance of the United States Army, one line-otllcer of the United States Navy, ono engineer of the United States Navy, and three civilians who shall
