FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 68. 1898. 303 namely: Three, at one thou and six hundred dollars each; two, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two, at one thousand dollars each; one copyist and typewriter, nine hundred dollars; one assistant messenger; one laborer; and one messenger boy, ibur hundred and twenty dollars; in all, fifteen thousand nine hundred dollars. For pay of computers on piecework in preparing for publication the °°mP°*•"- American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac and improving the tables of the planets, moon, and stars, seven thousand dollars. N AVAL OBSEBVATOBY: For pay of three assistant astronomers, one N¤v¤l 0l>¤¤¤·v¤wry at two thousand dollars, and two at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class one; instrument maker, one thousand five hundred dollars; electrician, one thousand five hundred dollars; photographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; five computers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; assistant librarian, one thousand two hundred dollars; foreman and captain of the watch, one thousand dollars.; carpenter, and engineer, at one thousand dollars each; one skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two firemen; six watchmen; elevator conductor, seven hundred and twenty dollars; and eleven laborers; in all, thirty-seven thousand . four hundred and sixty dollars. For miscellaneous computations, one thousand two hundred dollars. · 0¤¤r¤*¤¤·>¤¤- For professional and scientific books, periodicals, engravings, photo- B¤<>k¤- graphs, and fixtures for the library, five hundred dollars. For apparatus and instruments, and for repairs of the same, two *PP*¤*°¤·· thousand dollars. _ For repairs to buildings, fixtures, and fences, furniture, gas, chem- °°"*"¥°"‘°‘P°"‘°'· icals, and stationery, freight (including transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange), foreign postage, and expressage, plants, fertilizers, and all contingent expenses, two thousand live hundred dollars. For fuel, oil, grease, tools, pipe, wire, and other materials needed for m¤¤¤¤¤··>°¤¤· the maintenance and repair of boilers, engines, heating apparatus, electric lighting and power plant, and water-supply system; purchase and maintenance of teams; material for boxing nautical instruments for transportation; paints, telegraph and telephone service, and incidental labor, seven thousand nve hundred dollars. Bnnnnu or Srnnr Eserunmuuo: For chief clerk, one thousand m§·;;g·éghy¤` ¤=¤¤¤¤ eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; g g' one assistant messenger; two laborers; draftsman, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant draftsman, one thousand dollars; one stenographer and type writer, one thousand dollars; one stenographer and typewriter, nine hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand one hundred and forty dollars. Bnnnku or Oonscraucrron un Baum: For chief clerk, one t,g··;;g,¤,;·_§'p<;y;·¤¤¤ thousand eight hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand eight hundred Q ' dollars; assistant draftsman, one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class one ; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, eleven thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. BUREAU OF OBDNANUE: For chief clerk, one thousand eight hun- B¤*°•¤°*0¤l¤¤¤°°- dred dollars; draftsman, one thousand'eight hundred dollars; assistant _ draftsman, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; two clerks_ of class two; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, eleven thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars. _ BUREAU or Svrrnms Arm AcooUN·rs: For chief clerk, one thousand mf,°;$;;u‘§,§“PP““ eight hundred dollars; three clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; two stenographers, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; twelve clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, forty thousand three hundred and eighty dollars.