FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 427. 1899. 1215 LOSS BY EXCHANGE: To pay amounts found due by the accounting L°¤¤ by °*°l=¤¤8°· officers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation for “Loss by exchange, diplomatic service/’ for the fiscal years as follows: For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, five hundred and thirty-six dollars and ninety-tour cents. For the iiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and seventy-one cent . CONTINGENT EXPENSES, UNITED STATES coNSULATEs: To pay °°¤¤¤*·*••· amounts found due by the accounting o ii eers of the Treasury on account of the appropriation for “Contingent expenses, United States consulates," for the fiscal years as follows: For the liscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, twenty-seven thousand and ninety-eight dollars and forty-six cents. For the iiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, three thousand seven hundred and twenty-two dollars and sixty-seven cents. · TREASURY DEPARTMENT.mxww D¤1¤¤·r¢» OFFICE or THE SEo:aETAnY: For one clerk of class three, one clerk S¤·=¤>¤·r.v’•·m¤¤. of class two, and two clerks of class one, from March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred; in all, seven thousand two hundred dollars. _ · The temporary or additional force rendered necessary because of _Temp¤my sans. increased work incident to the war with Spain, provided for in the Act _§f,‘§Q“t§°"g§,,’{_‘;f,r;'{},’g making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial nnmimion. expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, {::2 ,’f§ nineteen hundred, approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, or provided in any other Act making provisions for said temporary or additional force, rendered necessary because of increased work incident to the war with Spain, shall be appointed V¤L22,p.¢oc hereafter without compliance with the condition prescribed by the Act entitled “An Act to regulate and improve the civil serviee,” approved January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to bestow rewards upon W-T-Lcppmw. W. T. Lopp, Artmarlook, and native herders, and other natives of Alaska, who rendered material aid to the Government expedition sent to relieve the whaling ileet in the Arctic regions in eighteen hundred and ninetyseven, two thousand five hundred dollars. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized ,ngj_1;_j,s,,*!{_{§;; Vg-):- and required to examine and adjust the accounts of the Cape Smythe pany. g Whaling and Trading Company for supplies furnished and services m·,‘},j*Q‘j,f"‘°“° °' **°· rendered in rescuing, housin g, feeding, clothing, and caring for ship- —¤·¤»¤rt·· wrecked whalers in the Arctic seas in eighteen hundred and ninety- seven and eighteen hundred and ninety-eight until they were taken in charge by officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service and report the result of such adiustment to Congress with such recommendation as he may deem proper. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is, authorized and “{;·uj_2¤{ls_·=;:¤:,:({ directed to investigate, ascertain and report to Congress the amounts .»i1m.ai¤nl°$n,'$¤¤., assessed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and collected in the gjnjg gggggxgg district of Utah in eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, eighteen hun- ` dred and seventy-eight, and eighteen hundred and seventy-niue from persons, firms, and corporations as a tax of ten per centum on alleged notes used for circulation and paid out, and which have not been refunded to uch persons, firms, and corporations, and of a similar class of claims which have been refunded under decisions of the Supreme Court ot the United States. UONTINGENT EXPENSES: For purchase of boxes, book rests, chairs, °°¤°*”¤°°°°‘P°¤*°° chair caning, chair covers, desks, bookcases, clocks, cloth for covering desks, cushions, leather for covering chairs and sofas, locks, lumber, screen s, tables, typewriters, ventilators, wardrobe cabinets, washstands, water coolers and stands, three thousand dollars.
