742 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 214. 1893. thirty-one clerks, class one, thirty-seven two hundred dollars; twenty clerks, at one thousand dollars each, twenty thousand dollars; three telegraph operator , at one thousand dollars each (for service in the city of Waslnngton or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand), three 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 dollars; 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 iiremen, 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; tive laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, thrw thousand three hundred dollars; seven messengers, or laborers, at six hundred dollars each, four thousand two hundred dollars; six messengers, or laborers, at four hundred and fifty dollars each, two thousand seven hundred dollars; five messengers, or laborers, at three hundred dollars each, one thousand five 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-nine thousand five hundred charges m person- and thirty dollars; and the Secretary is hereby authorized to make “°l‘ such changes in the personnel of the Weather Bureau for limiting or Fm H M. d reducing expenses as he may deem necessary. ,,,,,,,_* g ·'“‘ ’°` FUEL, Lrcnrs, Ann Rnmmsz For fuel, lights, repairs, labor, and other expenses for the care and preservation of the public buildings on the corner of Twenty-fourth and M streets northwest, in the city of 0n_ Washington, nine thousand seven hundred dollars. mg°m°xP°°°°°' CONTINGENT EXPENSES: Contingent expenses for stationery, furniture, and repairs to the same; treight, express charges; subsistence, care, and purchase of horses; repairs of harness; paper, twine, advertising, dry goods, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, purchasing supplies, washing towels, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the pracgcal and efficieut work of the Bureau, thirteen thousand seven hundred o ars. G<>¤¤r¤1•¤¤i~¤¤¤¤- GENERA1. Exrr1NsEs,\l1'EATnE1z BUREAU. Expenses of the Weatlier Bureau, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, for the beuetit of agriculture, commerce, navigation, Mums {0N__P), and other interests, as provided bylaw, namely: ogiinns (,.fm,{., Qu- Salaries of thirty local forecast officials, observers, assistant observw“*’”*“14*°“- ers, operators, repairmen, and other necessary civilian employees outside of the e-ity of YVashington, three hundred and forty-four thousand dollars; and the Secretary is hereby authorized to make promotions in the service without prejudice to those transferred from the Signal Service of the \Var Department. All other expenses, itemized as follows: Maps. ew- maps, bulletins, and stationery for stations, and the maintenance of a printing office in the District of Columbia (including the hire of printers, lithographers, and other necessary working torce), tbr printing of the necessary circulars, weather maps, bulletins, monthly weather reviews, and other meteorological data for distribution and display in the
