136 FIFTYFIFTH CONGRESS. Srzss. I. Ch. 9. 1897. I·“>¤¤’¥•·*C··¤s¤‘°• · LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: The superintendent of the Library build- ...£{{°"°°” ° r°' ing and grounds is hereby authorized to use the sum of three thousand dollars in addition to the sum of six thousand dollars provided by the v¤1.2o,p. sm. legislative appropriation act for eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, approved February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, ' out of the unexpended balance of the appropriations heretofore made for the completion of the building for the Library of Congress, for expenses of removal of the library and copyright collections to the Library building. _ _ B•>¢¤¤i¤ G•¤1¤¤» Borsmo GARDEN: The superintendent of the Library building and grounds shall hereafter disburse all appropriations made for and on account of the Botanic Garden, and shall also disburse all appropriations authorized to be expended by the Joint Committee on the Libra . ‘ Swwmm ¤f¤rp,r<> STIEEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS: For preparation of the state- §§"§€,_°“" *"°*"'“ °“ ments showing appropriations made, new offices created, offices the salaries of which have been omitted, increased, or reduced, together with a chronological history of the regular appropriation bills passed during the first session of the Fifty-fifth Congress, as required by the vu. sap. san. Act approved October nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight one thousand two hundred dollars, to be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives todo said work, for the Fifty-fourth Congress, second session, and said statements shall be consolidated with the statements prepared of the appropriation bills passed at the second session of the Fifty-fourth Congress and included in the same volume. And said statements shall hereafter indicate the amount of contracts authorized by appropriation Acts in addition to appropriations made therein, and shall also contain specific reference to all indefinite appropriations made each session. Suunto. SENATE. E_M,r¤· A¤¤¤ W- To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay to Anna W. Earle, lgayment ts. widow of the Honorable Joseph H. Earle, deceased, late a Senator irom the State of South Carolina, five thousand dollars. Ami.-ew rr. wm To pay Andrew T. Wood his expenses in prosecuting his claim to a jj;} ·’°**¤ A- H°“"°"‘ seat in the United States Senate from the State of Kentucky, under Payment ro. the appointment of the governor of that State, the sum of five hundred dollars; and to pay John A. Henderson his expenses in prosecuting his claim to a seat in the United States Senate from the State of Florida, under the appointment of the governor of that State, the sum of live hundred dollars. · §;¤;;*;§£°f‘¤°*°- _ To pay Warren S. Reese, of Alabama, for expenses incurred by him in preparing for an investigation into the elections which took place in that State in the years eighteen hundred and ninety-two and eighteen hundred and ninety-four, petitions for which investigation signed by numerous citizens were presented to the Senate and referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections, the sum of five thousand dollars. m€g_¤r,$g;;:*:Qc··*`¤f· For- compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in ’' the service of the Senate, namely: t_jQ<;rk·;{‘:g0,jj;;*_;·,jy,;;; To make the salaries of the clerks to the Committees on Revolutionary Claims mi rylrpm-s. Claims and Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia, from °**;;’;,j;f;;,”,;D$· the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, to the thirtieth ` day of June, eighteen hundred and ninetyseven, at the rate of two thousand one hundred dollars per annum each, six hundred dollars. T*l¤P*¤¤¤¤°¥*°"·****· For telephone operator, at seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum, from March the fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety seven, two hundred and thirty-four dollars. Press gallery page For press gallery page, at six hundred dollars per annum, from March the fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, one hundred and ninety- nve dollars and three cents.