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 FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CII. 329. 1878. 199 For temporary clerks for the Department of the Interior, seven thou- T e in p o r a r y sand dollars. ¤lnfk¤· GENERAL LAND 0FFlCE.—FOP the Commissioner of the General Land G an cm] Lund Chice, four thousand dollars; chief' clerk, two thousand dollars; law Omoo. clerk, two thousand dollars; recorder, two thousand dollars; three principal clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; five clerks of class four; twenty-two clerks of class three; forty clerks of class two; seventy clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one draughtsman, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant draughtsman, one thousand four hundred dollars; seven assistant messengers; eight laborers; and two packers; in all, two hundred and twenty thousand three hundred and sixty dollars: Provided, That the Piece work. Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to use any portion of said appropriation for piece-work, or by the day, month, or year, at such rate or rates as he may deem just and fair, not exceeding a salary of nine hundred dollars per annum. For purchase of library for use of the General Land Office, five hun- Library. dred dollars. For diagrams, furniture, and repairs of the same, miscellaneous items, M iscollaneous including two of the city newspapers, to be filed and bound, and pre- Newsserved for the use of the office; for the actual expenses of clerks detailed to investigate fraudulent land—entries, trespasses on the public lands, and cases of official misconduct; and for advertising and telegraphing, twenty-five thousand dollars. INDIAN OFFICE.—Fof compensation of the Commissioner of Indian Indian Omce. Affairs, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; five clerks of class four; seven clerks of class three; one stenographer, at one thousand six hundred dollars ; eleven clerks ofclass two; ten clerks of class one; six clerks, at one l3iI0llS{l»D(I dollars each ; six copyists, at nine hundred dollars each ; two assistant messengers; and one laborer; in all, sixty-seven thousand seven hundred dollars. For blank books, binding, telegraphing, and miscellaneous items, including price-lists and two newspapers, to be filed and bound, and preserved for the use of the office, three thousand dollars. PENSION OFFICE.—FOT compensation of the Commissioner of Pen- Pension 08}%. sions, three thousand six hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars ; medical referee, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; twenty-six clei ks of class four; fiftytwo clerks of class three; eighty- four clerks of class two; one hundred and forty-seven clerks of class one; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each ; one skilled mechanic, at one thousand two hundred dollars; thirty copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; one engineer, at one thousand two hundred dollars, and one assistant engineer, at one thousand dollars; one messenger; twelve assistant messengers; eight laborers; and two watchmen; in all, four hundred and eighty-eight thousand three hundred and thirty dollars. For actual and necessary expenses of clerks detailed to investigate suspected frauds and attempts at fraud, as provided by law, forty thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of the office, namely : For carpets, mats, furniture, awnings. and repairs of the same; for fuel, gas, and repairing heaters; engraving and retouching plates; for bounty-land warrants, and printing and binding the same; engraving and printing pensioncertificates; and for other necessary expenses of the office, including two daily newspapers, eleven thousand dollars. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.—For compensation of the Commis- Patent Omoo. sioner of the Patent Office, four thousand five hundred dollars; for assistant commissioner, three thousand dollars; for chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three examiners-in-chief, at three thousand dollars each; examiner in charge of interferences, two thousand five hundred dollars; trade-mark examiner, two thousand four hundred dollars ; twenty-two principal examiners, at two thousand tour hundred dollars each; twenty-two first assistant examiners, at one