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 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 166. 1867. 447 Department of the Ihterior. — For compensation of the Secretary of the Department of Interior, assistant secretary, chief clerk, and the clerks, messenger, assist- u";,;;*;?:;;n_°_ ant messengers, watchmen, and lBb0l‘ex‘S in his office, forty-eight thousand tary, gw_ seven hundred dollars. For compensation of the commissioner of the general land office, chief of commisclerk, recorder, draughtsman, assistant draughtsmen, clerks, messengers, §f’“°""l assistant messengers, packers, watchmen, and laborers in his office, one ’ hundred and seventy-eight thousand two hundred dollars. For compensation of additional clerks in the general land office, under of additional the act of third lllurch, One thousand eight hundred and fit'ty-fivc, granting clggggich 207 bounty land, and for laborers employed therein, fifty-eight thousand six v01_ Q_ pz 701: hundred and forty dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior, Proviso. at his discretion, shall be, and he is hereby, authorized- to use any portion of said appropriation for piece-work, or by the day, week, month, or year, Pi¤<=<>·w0rk, at such rate or rates as he may deem just and fair, not exceeding a salary &°` of twelve hundred dollars per annum: And provided further, That such work shall be given only to persons in indigent circumstances, and to the To whomto soldiers and to the widows of soldiers who served in the Union army dur- b° €“'°“· ing the late rebellion, and to be done only by the employee in person. For compensation of the commissioner of Indian affairs, chief clerk, Pay of comand the clerks, messenger, assistant messenger, watchmen, and laborer in (’;}l”i°“°}` °f I"' . . . ian atfaurs Gm. lns office, thirty-two thousand six hundred dollars. ’ For compensation of the commissioner of pensions, chief clerk, and the of commisclerks, messengers, assistant messengers, watchmen, and laborers in his  °f P"' oflicv, two hundred and sixteen thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars. ’ For mhlitional clerks in the pension office, forty-one thousand dollars: =¤ddi§l¢>¤¤l P»·ovz`dcd, That the Secretary of the Interior, at his discretion, shall be, g§;k5,,l;‘8l°°°' and is hereby, authorized to use any portion of said appropriation for Proviso. piece-work, or by the clay, week, month, or year, at such rate or rates as he may deem just and fair, not exceeding a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum. Contingent Expenses —-- Department of the Interior. — Office of the Sec- Contingentsxretnry of the Interior: P°g‘t%t6 of sem For stntioncry, f.l\1`llllllI‘B, and other contingencies, and for books and m,,,.y_ maps for the library, ten thousand dollars. For casual repairs of the patent-office building, including the laying of Patent office. u pavement on the old wing, twenty thousand dollars. For expenses of packing and distributing congressional journals and _ Distributing documents, in pursuance of the provisions contained in the joint resolution 0f Congress approved twenty-eighth January, eighteen hundred and fifty- Vol. xi. 253. seven, and act fifth February, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, six thou- V1f59•.° g?,} sand dollars. ° ‘ xl` p' For {'nel and lights for the patent-ofiice building, including the salaries _ Fuel and of cnginccr and assistant engineer of the furnaces and repairs of the heat- llghm ing apparatus, eighteen thousand dollars. Ollluc of the commissioner of Indian aflairs: _Otiics of com- For blunk books, binding, stationery, and miscellaneous items, including Hiilgg-gig In` two of the daily city newspapers, to be filed, bound, and preserved for i the use of the office, five thousand dollars. Office of the coininissioner of pensions: of commis- For stationery, engraving, and retouohing plates for bounty land war- 2g:;? °f p°°' rants, printing and binding the same, office furniture, and repairing the l same, and miscellaneous items, including two daily newspapers, to be filed, bound, and preserved for the use of the office, and for detection and investigation of fraud, twenty-two thousand dollars. Oflice of the commissioner of public buildings: of commis- For compensation of the commissioner of public buildings, and the clerk %l°}}3l` °f P“bH° and messenger in his ofnce, four thousand seven hundred dollars. m mgm For stationery, blank books, plans, drawings, and other contingent expenses of his office, five hundred dollars.