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 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 362. 1887. 515 ENGRAVING AND PRINTING. Engraving and Printing. For labor and expenses of engraving and printing: For salaries of Salariesall necessary clerks and employees, other than plate-printers and plate printers’ assistants, three hundred and fifty-two thousand three hundred and eighty dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That no portion of this sum shall be Proviso. ` expended for printing United States notes of large denomination in lieu of notes of small denomination canceled or retired. For wages of not more than one hundred and eighty-seven plate- Wages. printers, at piece—rates to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, not to exceed the rates usually paid for such work, including the wages of not more than one hundred and eighty-eight printers’ assistants, at one dollar and twenty-five cents a day each when employed, and for wages of not more than twenty-six printers' assistants at steam-presses, at one dollar and fif ty cents a day each when employed, and for royalty for use of steam plate-printin g machines, three hundred and sixty-six thousand five hundred dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That any part of this sum may be used Pmvivvfor purchasing and operating new and improved plateprinting presses. “I'“P'°"d P"°“‘ For engravers’, printers’, and other materials, except distinctive paper, mm,,,,,;,,, ctc_ and for miscellaneous expenses, one hundred and sixty-fonr thousand seven hundred dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. · And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereafter authorized and re- Silver certifiquired to issue silver-cdtiticates in denominations of one, two, and five ::f1°j,fg§$· ""'°· dollars.; and the silver certificates herein authorized shall be receivable, a"' redeemable, and payable in like manner and for like purposes as is provided for silvencertificates by the act of February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventyeight, entitled “An act to authorize the coin- Vol- 20. p- 26- age of the standard silver dollar, and to restore its legal-tender character ; " and denominations of one, two, and five dollars may be issued in lieu of silver-certificates of larger denominations in the Treasury, or in exchange therefor upon presentation by the holders; and to that extent said certificates of larger denominations shall be cancelled and destroyed. Lrcncr-nousn usrsnnrsmmnr. _ m%{g1,;;];;';f° °°‘ Sorrmns or Lmnr-nousnsz For supplying the light houses, beacon- S¤PPH°¤· lights, and fog-signals with illuminating, cleansing, preservative, and such other materials as may be required for annual consumption, for books, boats, and furniture for stations, and other incidental expenses, three hundred and forty thousand dollars. » Rnriuns or Lrenr-Houses: For repairing, rebuilding, and improv- Repairs. ing lighthouses, and buildings and grounds connected therewith; for establishing and repairing pienhead lights; for illuminating apparatus and machinery to replace that already in use, and for incidental expenses relating to these various objects, three hundred thousand dollars. Ssxnuzms or xnnrmzs or L1GH1*·HoUsES: For salaries, fuel, ra- _K¤¤P¤¤¤’ ¤ ¤ h- tions, rent of quarters where necessary, and similarincidental expenses "°“· °°°‘ of not exceeding one thousand and fifty light-house and fogsignal keepers, five hundred and eighty-tive thousand dollars. _ Exrnusns or menr-vnssnnsz For seamen’s wages, rations, repairs, L*Sh*·V°”°I°· salaries, supplies, and incidental expenses of lightships, two hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. Exrmzsns or Bosnian ; For expenses of establishing, replacing, and B¤<>y¤g¤· maintaining bonys, spindles, and day-beacons, and for incidental expenses relating thereto, three hundred and twentydive thousand dollars. Exrnnsns or roasrcnsnsz For establishing, replacing, duplicating, Fegsiguals. and improving fog-signals and buildings connected therewith, and for repairs and incidental expenses of the same, sixty thousand dollars.