300 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 68. 1898. 0¤¤¤=¤=<=<~ 0¤¤¤· Orman or crm; Cmnr or Om>NANc12:: For chief clerk, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; twenty clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two messengers; one assistant messenger; one ° laborer; in all, forty-one thousand six hundred and sixty dollars. migmw oem. Orrron on run Cmnt on Enernnnnsz For chief clerk, two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, twenty-one thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. sums ammmeu. And the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other °‘°· services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, may be employed in the office of the Chief of Engineers to carry into efiect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, fortifications, and surveys to be pmut. · _ paid from such appropriations: Provided, That the expenditures on ,,,I;§I”" °f °"’°”d" this account for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, shall not exceed seventy-two thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War shall each year,—iu the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed and the amount paid to each. Postage ¤¤¤¤1>¤· For postage stamps for the War Department and its bureaus, as required under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matters addressed to Postal Union countries, ive hundred dollars. c¤¤¢i¤g¤¤v¤¤p¤¤¤¢¤- For contingent expenses of the War Department and its bureaus, P""' p' m' including purchase of professional and scientific books, blank books, , pamphlets, newspapers, maps; furniture, and repairs to same; carpets, matting, oilcloth, tile cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges, fuel, gas, and heating apparatus for and repairs to the buildings (outside of the State, War, and Navy Department building) occupied by the A.djutant·General’s Office, the Surgeon-General’s Office, office of Records of the Rebellion, and Record and Pension Cfiice of the War Department; expenses of horses and wagons to be used only for official purposes; freight and express charges, and other absolutely necessary expenses, thirty-eight thousand dollars. Stationery, For stationery for the War Department and its bureaus and offices, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars. Rem- For rent of buildings for use of the War Department as follows: For medical dispensary, Surgeon-General’s Office, one thousand dollars; for Record and Pension Office, two thousand four hundred dollars; in all, three thousand four hundred dollars. M5 s,\;;\i;;_,:§··*¤·**··¤¤ PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. Clerk. nwsseuzvr- OFFIGE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS: For one clerk, one °'°‘ thousand six hundred dollars: one messenger; public gardener, one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, four thousand two hundred and forty dollars. "*°"***"*·“"‘· For overseers, draftsmen, foremen, gardeners, mechanics, and laborers employed in the public grounds, twentyeight thousand dollars. “'¤*~¤l¤·¤·¤¤·· For day watchmen as follows: One in Franklin Park; one in Lafay- ette Park; two in Smithsonian Grounds; one in Judiciary Park; one in Lincoln Park and adjacent reservations; one at Iowa Circle; one at Thomas Circle and neighboring reservations; one at Washington Circle and neighboring reservations; one at Dupont Circle and neighboring reservations; one at McPherson and Farragut parks; one at Stanton Park and neighboring reservations; two at Henry and Seaton parks and reservations east of Botanic Garden; one at Mount Vernon Park and adjacent reservations; one for the greenhouses and nursery; one at grounds south of Executive Mansion; one at Garfield Park; eighteen in all. at six hundred and sixty dollars each, eleven thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars. For night watchmen as follows: Two in Smithsonian Grounds: one in Judiciary Park; one in Henry and Seaton parks and reservations
