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 506 F ORTY—SECND CONGRESS. Sess. IH. Ch. 226. 1873. Posbomce hundred dollars each; one messenger of the Postmaster-General, nine D°P“"‘““”‘· hundred dollars ; one messenger to each assistant postmastengeneral, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; ibur assistant messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one captain of the watch, at one thousand dollars, and nine watchmen and twenty-five laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one engineer, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; one carpenter, one thousand two hundred and fifty-two dollars; one assistant carpenter, one thousand dollars ; one fireman and blacksmith, nine hundred dollars ; two firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; three female laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; making in all, four hundred and twenty-six thousand seven hundred and thirty-two dollars. Am,u,,;e0m_ And the annual compensation of assistant messengers, watchmen, and pensationofassis- laborers in the Post-oflice Department shall be seven hundred and twenty Evagfclfgfjugifi dollars, and no more; and so much of section four of the act approved 1e1mel—s_e§;eb- June eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled "An act to re- U§l§¤d· 1 f L fvise, consolidate, and amend the statutes relating to the Post-office 1ST5F2z_Q3i2g 2 Department," as provides a greater annual compensation for said assistant Ame, p. 285. messengers, watchnien, and laborers, is hereby repealed. Temporary For temporary clerks, ten thousand dollars. °l“kS· Contingent expenses, Post-office Department: Stationery, For stationery, nine thousand dollars; fuel for the general post-office f“"1·&°· building, including the auditor’s office, seven thousand four hundred dollars; for gas, four thousand dollars; plumbing and gas-fixtures, three thousand dollars; telegraphing, three thousand dollars; painting, one thousand five hundred dollars; carpets, three thousand dollars; furniture, three thousand five hundred dollars; keeping horses, and repairing carriages, wagons, and harness, twelve hundred dollars; hardware, eight hundred dollars; miscellaneous items, seven thousand five hundred dollars; making in all, forty-three thousand nine hundred dollars. Department er DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. agriculture. pay efeemmge- For compensation of commissioner of agriculture, three thousand dol- Bl0¤€l'y chief lars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; entomologist, two thousand °1°rk* &°' dollars; chemist, two thousand dollars; assistant chemist, one thousand six hundred dollars; superintendent of experimental gardens and grounds, two thousand dollars; statistician, two thousand dollars; disbursing clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; superintendent of seed·room, one thousand eight hundred dollars; librarian, one thousand eight hundred dollars; botanist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; for salary of microscopist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four clerks of class four, five clerks of class three, six clerks of class two,-seven clerks of class one; engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; superintendent of folding-room, one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant superintendent of experimental garden and grounds, one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant superintendent of the seed-room, one thousand two hundred dollars; three copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; two attendants in museum, at one thousand dollars each; chief messenger, eight hundred and fifty dollars; two assistant messengers; one carpenter, at nine hundred and sixty dollars; three watchmen and nine laborers; making, in _ _ all, seventy-five thousand three hundred and ninety dollars. msgsstlcs und For collecting statistics, and compiling and writing matter for monthly, lf>,m.},m me annual, and special reports, nfteen thousand dollars. distrituptmog l For purchase and distribution of new and valuable seeds and plants,
 * f;;;_°° ““" sixty thousand dollars; for expense of putting up the same, for labor,