10 FIFTY-FHPTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 1. 1897. of the watch, one thousand two hundred dollars; one engineer, nine hundred dollars; one batteryman, eight hundred and forty dollars; four skilled artisans, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; two skilled mechanicrans, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, one thousand six hundred and eighty dollars; three assistant messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; two Bremen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; three watchman, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter, eight hundred and forty dollars; five laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, three thousand three hundred dollarseight messengers or laborers, at six hundred dollars each, four thousand eight hundred dollars; live messengers or laborers, at four hundred and fatty dollars each, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each, seven hundred and twenty dollars; for temporary employment of messengers and laborers as may be necessary in the office of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, eight hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and fifty thousand five hundred and forty dollars. F¤·¤· Hehe •*¤· Fumn, menrs, un nnrxrus, Wmvrnnn Bunmuz Fuel, lights, repairs, labor, and other expenses for the care and preservation of the public buildings and grounds of the Weather Bureau, eight thousand dollars. °°¤**¤H¤¤°°¤P•¤¤°•· Conrrrmnnr nxrmesms, Wrurumz Bueno: For stationery, blank books, furniture, and repairs to same; freight, express charges; subsistence, care, and purchase of horses, for odicial purposes only; repairs to harness; advertising, dry goods, twine, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, washing towels, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and eilicient work of the Weather Bureau, eight thousand dollars. °°¤°’•‘ °’P°”°°· German. nxrmwsms, Wmnrmn BUnnAU: General expenses of the Weather Bureau, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, for the beingtilt of agricultnfe, commerce, navigation, and other interests, as provrce y aw, name y: ¤mI:,1¤t··:. f¤r¤¤¤¤* Salaries of one inspector, at a salary not to exceed two thousand dol- ’lars, thirty local forecast officials, section directors, observers, operators, repairmen, messengers, laborers, and other necessary employees, outside of the city of Waslrington, who, without additional expense to the Government, may, hereafter, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agri- ¤>·v¤· ¤f•¤¤¢¤·=¤- culture, be granted such leaves of absence as are now authorized to employees in the office of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, not to excged thetyélayis indany one year, tghree hundred and fifty-two thousan one un re: an ninetydivee o lars. H=r·¤.\>¤1\¤¤¤»-··¤¢· All other expenses, itemized as follows: Maps, bulletins, and station ery for stations, and the maintenance of a printing office in the District ot' Columbia for printing the necessary circulars, weather maps, bulletins, and monthly weather reviews (including the hire of printers, lithog— T*=·¤¤¤·>**¤**°¤·•‘°°- raphers, and other necessary working force); ior traveling expenses; ¤··¤*¤¤·¤¤j*·· for freight and express charges; for in strnments and shelters therefor; T··1··¤r¤r>1¤¤¤z,¤¤¤- for telegraphing or tclephoning reports and messages, the rates to be IKE: is ew fixed by the Secretary of Agriculture by agreement with the companies _· · performing the services; for rents and other rncidentalexpenses of offices “;r*;;j=jign;;:f§,{’;}‘*“· maintained as stations of observation; for maintenance and repair of (V N n wm and seacoast telegraph lines; for river observations and reports; for storm w,;_§;_,Q_,;,m.,,_ · and other signals; for cotton-region observations and reports; for corn Aerial r=·1><¤*¤- and wheat observations and reports; for aerial observations and reports;
:r>°***·· for special observations and pay of observers of West Indian, Mexican,
‘ and Central American stamens during the hurricane season; for supphesfor clnnate and crop services; and for investigations on climatology, including assistance and all necessary expenses, three hundred and sixty-four thousand nine hundred and sixty- seven dollars. Approved, April 23, 1897.
