FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cns. 60, 68. 1898. 27 7 For fuel, two hundred and nity dollars. FMI- For light , five hundred dollars. I·isl¤f¤· For rents, sixteen thousand and eighty dollars. RMS- For stationery and other necessary expenses, thirty thousand dollars. S*¤*i<>¤¤ry- etc- Approved, March 14, 1898. CHAP. 68.-An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and Ml-¤·ch15.1898. jludicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen _`t" undred and nmety-nine, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United · States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, uI·¤zi¤l;¢iv¤· execuand the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treas- ,,::g.,*§'§m;',Y,`;,i,Q'i,§i,{,‘,Q ury not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the service of the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely: LEGISLATIVE. *·¤·=*·*·***¤- SENATE. · ¤¤¤=¤¤>- I For compeu ation of Senators, four hundred and fifty thousand dol- PW °f S°““*°"'· ars. - For mileage of Senators, forty-five thousand dollars. MNH36- For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in m§;>¤;{>:¤¤=·*i¤¤. ¤¤- the service of the Senate, namely: f_ OFFICE or 1*1-1E VICE·PBESH)ENT: For secretary to the Vice-Presb ,,c‘Q°***’*°¤**‘·¤*’· ¤* dent, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; for messenger, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; telegraph operator, one thousand two hundred dollars; telegraph page, six hundred dollars; in all, five thousand four hundred and sixty dollars. CHAPLAIN: For Chaplain of the Senate, nine hundred dollars. C**°P'**”· 01m10E or SECRETARY: For Secretary of the Senate, including com- Seize? gags ··e{£*¤¤ pensation as disbursin g officer of the contingent fund of the Senate, five' ' thousand dollars, and for compensation as disbursing officer of salaries of Senators, three hundred and ninety-six dollars; hire of horse and wagon for the Secretary’s office, seven hundred dollars; chief clerk and financial clerk, at three thousand dollars each, and five hundred dollars additional for the financial clerk while the office is held by the present incumbent; principal clerk, minute and journal clerk, and em'ollingclerk, at two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars each; assistant financial clerk, and reading clerk, at two thousand four hundred dollars each; librarians, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars, and two hundred and eighty dollars additional while the office is held by the present incumbent; assistant librarian, one thousand eight hundred dollars; messenger, acting as assistant librarian, under senate resolution of July eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, one thousand iour hundred and forty dollars; six clerks, at two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars each; five clerks, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; keeper of stationery, two thousand one hundred and two dollars and forty cents; assistant keeper of stationery, one thousand eigh.t hundred dollars; assistant in stationery room, one thousand dollars, and two hundred dollars additional while the office is held by the present incumbent; two messengers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; assistant messen ger. one thousand two hundred dollars: five laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in al], sixty-seven thousand five hundred and fourteen dollars and forty cents. CLERKS AND MESSENGERS TO COMMITTEES: For clerk of printing °‘g•`={};0gg,g;;*"· records, two thou and two hundred and twenty dollars; clerk to the g ' Committee on Appropriations, three thousand dollars; assistant clerk, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, to be
