878 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. C11. 187. 1899. Senate, who shall be authorized to sign such letters, papers, and documents, and to perform such other duties as may be directed by the Commissioner, and shall act as Commissioner in the absence of that officer or in case of a vacancy in the office of Commissioner, three thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two law clerks, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; . three inspectors of surveyors general and district land offices, at two thousand dollars each; recorder, two thousand dollars; ten chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; two law examiners, at two thousand dollars each; ten principal examiners of land claims and contests, at two thousand dollars each; thirty clerks of class four; fifty-six clerks of class three; fifty-nine clerks of class two; sixty-one clerks of class one; fifty-three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; fifty-eight copyists; two messengers; eight assistant messengers; twenty-one laborers; and one packer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one depositary acting for the Commissioner as receiver .of public moneys and also as confidential secretary, two thousand dollars; in all, . four hundred and ninety-five thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars. Par diem. cw-. in- For per diem in lieu of subsistence of inspectors and of clerks detailed "'"g’"°"”` to investigate fraudulent land entries, trespasses on the public lands, and cases of ofhcial misconduct; also of clerks detailed to examine the books of and assist in opening new land office , while traveling on duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual necessary expenses of transportation, including necessary sleeping-car fare, and for employment of stenographers and other assistants when necessary to the efficient conduct . of examinations, and when authorized by the Commissioner of the Gen- ` eral Land Ofliee, seven thousand dollars. I-aw books- For law books for the law library of the General Land Office, two hundred dollars. Map For connected and separate United States and other maps prepared in the General Land Office, fourteen thousand eight hundred and forty dollars, and of the United States maps procured hereunder seven thousand two nundred copies shall be delivered to the Senate, and fourteen thousand four hundred copies shall be delivered to the House of Representatives, and the residue shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Interior for distribution. mm- n.»pa—¤.», Mmm 1Nsrr;croRs: For salaries of two mine inspectors, authorized Tol.26,p.1l04. by the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, for the protection of the lives of miners in the Territories, at two thousand dollars per annum each, four thousand dollars. For per diem, subject to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. in lieu of subsistence at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each, while absent from their homes on duty, and for actual necessary traveling expenses of said inspectors, including necessary sleeping-car fares, three thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. 1¤<¤¤¤<»¤·¤- lNnrA1v Orman; For the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, tour thousand dollars; Assistant Commissioner, who shall also perform the duties of chief clerk, three thousand dollars; financial clerk, two thousand dollars; chiet of division, two thousand dollars; principal bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class four; fourteen clerks of class three; drattsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; stenographer, one thousand tour hundred dollars; ten clerks of class two; twenty- five clerks of class one; fourteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; stenographer to superintendent of Indian schools, one thousand dollars; seventeen copyists; one messenger; two assistant messengers; one laborer; female messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; messenger boy. three hundred and sixty dollars; and two charwomen; in all, one hundred and twenty-seven thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars.
