FIFTYSECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 147. 1892. 8] WEATHER BUREAU.W¤¤*b•=r B¤¤¤¤¤- SALAE1Es AND EXPENSES or run WEATHER BUEEAU: To enable S=·1¤ri¤¤ ml exthe Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the provisions of the act of p°"”°“‘ October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, transferring the Weather V<>1-26»1>-¤55- Bureau to the Department of Agriculture: One chief of Bureau, four thousand five hundred dollars; one professor of meteorology, four thousand dollars; one assistant chief of bureau, three thousand dollars; two { professors of meteorology, at three thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; one executive officer, two thousand Eve hundred dollars; three professors of meteorology at two thousand five hundred dollars each, seven thousand five hundred dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three chiefs of divisions, two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; one superintendent of telegraph lines, two thousand dollars; four inspectors, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, seven thousand two hundred dollars; four clerks, class four, seven thousand two hundred dollars; one property clerk and storekeeper, one thousand six hundred dollars; one bibliographer and librarian, one thousand six hundred dollars; five clerks, class three, eight thousand dollars; ten clerks, class two, fourteen thousand dollars; thirty»two clerks, class one, thirty-eight thousand tour hundred dollars; twenty clerks, at one thousand dollars each, twenty thousand dollars; eight clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, seven thousand two hundred dollars- four copyists or typewriters, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three 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 two hundred doHars; one engineer, eight hundred and forty dollars; four skilled artisans, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; two skilled mechanicians, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, one thousand six hundred and eighty dollars; one captain of the watch, eight hundred and forty dollars; three assistant 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; one batteryman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; three watchmen at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; five laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, three thousand three hundred dollars; seven messengers, or laborers, at six hundred dollars each, ibur thousand two hundred dollars; six messengers, or laborers, at fo1u· hundred and fifty dollars each, two thousand seven hundred dollars; five messengers, or laborers, at three hundred dollars each, one thousand tive hundred dollars; four charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each, nine hundred and sixty dollars; for temporary employment of messengers and laborers, as may be necessary in the office of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, eight hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and seventy-six thousand three hundred and thirty dollars; and the Secre- Ch¤¤z¤¤ in 1>¤¤¤¤- tury is hereby authorized to make such changes in the personnel of the “°l‘ Weather Bureau for limiting or reducing expenses as he may deem necessary. FUEL, Lmnrs, AND REPAIRS: For fuel, lights, repairs, labor, and ¥¤¤\· “¤¤*·¤· *¤•**•* Other expenses for the care and preservation of the public buildings on Pm"` the corner of Twenty-fourth and M streets northwest, in the city of Washmgwn, nine thousand seven hundred dollars. Cowrmennzr Exrmzsns: Contingent expenses for stationery, furni~ §1;·eg°*¤¤¤¤* ¤=· ture, and repairs to the same; freight, express charges; subsistence, Pe ` care, and purchase of horses; repairs of harness; paper, twine, advertising, dry goods, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, purchasing snpplies, washing towels, and other miscellaneous supplies vox. xxvir-—6
