FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 325. 1899. 957 domesticated animals: Provided further, That twenty-tive thousand dol- tAm9¤¤**`°*¤#l¤¤¤¤· lars of the sum provided by this paragraph shall be immediately avail- $`$§i1¤ii$.m°d`°t°1y able for salaries and expenses of the Bureau of Animal Industry. That hereafter section thirty-seven hundred and nine of the Revised b,$d‘;$;’Q;°$:"*;:g; Statutes of the United States shall not be construed to apply to any wml. °° purchase or service rendered in the Department of Agriculture when R·S··°°°·“7°"·P·”“· the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the sum of fifty dollars. · WEATHER BUREAU_ Weather Bureau. SA1.Anm.s‘ or rim Wmuuua Bunnxu: Office of Chief of Weather Pay of um-,pmrs¤. Bureau: One Chief of Bureau, four thousand nve hundred dollars; two °°"· °‘°"‘“· °‘°· professors of meteorology, at three thousand dollars each, for service in the city of Washington, or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand, six thousand dollars; three professors of meteorology, at two thousand ive hundred dollars each, for service in the city of Wash— ingtou, or elsewhere, as the exigcucies of the Bureau may demand, seven thousand ilve hundred dollars; three forecast officials, at two thousand dollars each, for service in the city of Washington, or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand, six thousand dollars; one chief clerk, twothousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; ‘ three clerks of class four, five thousand four hundred dollars; one chief of Division of Supplies, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class three, eight thousand dollars; seventeen clerks of class two, twenty-three thousand eight hundred dollars; twenty-five clerks of class one, thirty thousand dollars; fourteen clerks, at one thousand dollars eachgufpnrteen thousand dollars; one telegraph operator, in the city of Wasgtou, or elsewhere, as the exigeucies of the Bureau may demand, one thousand dollars; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each,-four thousand five hundred dollars; four copyists or typewriters. at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; two copyists or typewriters, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one chief mechauician, one thousand two hundred dollars; one captain of the watch, one thousand dollars; one engineer, nine hundred dollars; one battery man, eight hundred and forty dollars; four skilled artisans. at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; two skilled mechanics, at one thousand dollars each, two thousand dollars; three messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; two firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand tour hundred and forty dollars; three watchmen, 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 dollars; eight messengers or laborers, at six hundred dollars each, four thousand eight hundred dollars; ilve messengers or laborers, at four hundred and fifty dollars each, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each, seven hundred and twenty dol— lars; 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-three thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. FUEL, LIGHTS, AND REPAIRS, WPIATHER BUREAU: Fuel, lights, r¤e1,11gm,ew. repairs, labor, and other expenses for the care and preservation of the public buildings and grounds of the Weather Bureau, eight thousand dollars. ` Oourrmennr Exruusns, WEATHER BUREAU: For stationery, blank C<>¤¤i¤¤¤¤*·>¤P¤¤¤¤¤· books, necessary scientific and other publications; furniture, and repairs to same; freight, express charges; subsistence, care, and purchase of horses, for official purposes only; repairs of harness; advertising,
