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 FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 287. 1876. 147 iiscal year which repeals all laws providing for the election or appointment of Public Printer shall be construed as embracing that officer whether known as Congressional Printer or Public Printer. For contingent expenses of his office, namely: For stationery, post- Contingent exage, advertising, traveling expenses, horses and wagons, and miscella- P°¤S°¤· neous items, two thousand five hundred dollars. · LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. For compensation of the Librarian, four thousand dollars; and For Salaries. fifteen assistant librarians, two at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each, one at two thousand dollars, four at one thousand six hundred dollars each, two at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each, two at one thousand two hundred and nfty dollars each, two at one thousand two hundred dollars each, one at one thousand dollars, and one at nine hundred and sixty dollars per annum; in all, twenty- six thousand six hundred and forty dollars. For purchase of books for the Library, seven thousand dollars, for Purchase of purchase of law·books for the Library, two thousand dollars; for pur- b°°k¤·°*°· chase of tiles of periodicals and newspapers, two thousand five hundred dollars; for expenses of exchanging public documents for the publications of foreign governments, one thousand dollars; in all, twelve thousand itive hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of said Library, one thousand dollars. Contingencies. For postage on copyright business seven hundred dollars. Postage. For expenses of the copy—right business, five hundred dollars. Copy-right busi- For Botanic Garden, for improving the garden, procuring manure, mgszmngc Gm·d,,¤_ tools, fuel, and repairs, and purchasing trees and shrubs, under the direction of the Library Committee of Congress, three thousand dollars: Provided, That not exceeding six hundred dollars of the foregoing ap- pmvim propriation may be applied in payment for fuel used during the iiscal yearcnding June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six For pay of superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars ; for assistants in Botanic Garden and Green·Houses; and two additional laborers, under the direction of the Library Committee of Congress; eight thousand four hundred and forty dollars; PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. For clerk in the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds, one thousand ‘ Salaries. four hundred dollars. For messenger in the same office, eight hundred and forty dollars. For landscape gardener, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For the laborer in charge of the watenclosets in the Capitol, seven hundred and twenty dollars. For a foreman and laborers employed in the public grounds, fifteen thousand four hundred and fifty-six dollars. For two laborers in the Capitol, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars. For furnacckeeper in charge of heatingapparatus under the old hall of the House of Representatives, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars. For the person in charge of the heating apparatus of the Library of Congress, and other steam-heating apparatus in the central building,. eight hundred and sixty-four dollars: Provided, That the Architect of Ar chitect of the Capitol shall have the care and superintendeuce of the Capitol in- C;lP1*<>1 f’¤<>C, 1*9***; cluding, lighting, and shall submit through the Secretary of the Inte- fm?f§§,g° ‘“1’m’ rior, estimates thereof: And provided further, That all the duties rela- ` tive to the Capitol building heretofore performed by the Commissioner Omw A of public buildings and grounds, shall hereafter be performed by the Architect of the Capitol, whose office shall be in the Capitol building. For the following employees at the Executive Mansion, namely: For Executive Msnfurnace-keeper, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars; one night-watch ¤i<>¤,¤¤u>1¤y6¤·