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 618 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 392. 1887. e B¤iIdi¤s F ¤¤51 For the building nt the corner of F and Seventeenth streets: One en- 3;} :';°°"°· °“K" giueer, one thou and dollars; conductor of elevator, seven hundred and ’ ° twenty dollars; four watchmen ; three laborers, one of whom, when necessary, shall assist and relieve the conductor of the elevator; and one laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars; four charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each; in all, eight thousand and twenty dollars. Postage. For postage-stamps for theWar Department and its Bureaus, as required under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matter addressed to Postal Union countries, two thousand five hundred dollars. contingent ex- For contingent expenses of the oiliee of the Secretary of \Var and the P°¤°°°· Bureaus, buildings, (including the west and center wings of the State, War, and Navy building, when occupied), and offices of the War Department; purchase of professional and scientific books, card catalogues, blank-books, pamphlets, newspapers, maps, furniture, carpets, matting, oil-cloth, iile—cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges, fuel, gas, and heating apparatus; telegraphing; freight and express charges; repairs to buildings and furniture; and for other absolutely necessary expenses, sixty thousand dollars. stationery. For stationery for the Wai- Department and its Bureaus and offices, twenty-tive thousand dollars. Furniture, etc., For furniture, carpets, tile-cases, and shelving for the west and center ":"“ aud °°¤*°*' wings of the State, War, and Navy Department building, sixty thouwmg°‘ sand dollars: Provided, That furniture now owned by the Government, and in use by offices and Bureaus which are to oceupythe new west and center wings of the State, War, and Navy building, shall be used as far as practicable, whether it conforms to any regulation plan which has _ _ V _ been or may be made for furnishing said wings or not. °¤?*°*¤b¤¤°¤ of That the offices and clerical force of the Quartermaster·General, °°" Commissary·General, Paymaster-General. Chief of Engineers, Bureau of Military Justice, Chief of Ordnance, so much of the clerical force of the Adjutant General’s Ullice now occupying rented buildings, and so much of the office and clerical force of the Surgeon General’s Office as cannot be accommodated in the building for the Army Medical Museum and Library, shall on or before the first, day of March eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be removed to the west and center wing of the State, War and Navy Department building, and to occupy such rooms therein as may be assigned to them by the Secretary of War. Rent. For rent of buildings for use of the War Department, as follows:· For the Signal Oiilce, seven thousand five hundred dollars; for medical dispensary, Surgeon-General’s Office, one thousand dollars; for the Rebellion Record Office, one thousand two hundred dollars; for a period not longer than until March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty- eight, for the Adjutant-Generals' Office, Qnartermnster·General’s Office, Commissary·Geueral’s Othee, Paymaster-General’s Office, a portion of the Snrgeon·General’s Office, and for the Chief of Engineers' Ctlice, eighteen thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars; and for a period not longer than until December first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, tor use of a portion of the Surgeon·General’s Office, two thousand two hundred and ninety-two dollars; in all, thirty thousand eight hundred and eightytwo dollars. Unveilingstatue To defray the expenses attending the unveiling of the statue of the of M¤i¤r- entre! late Major General James A. Garfield, President of the United States, J““‘" A· G“"“°m· to be erected in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, one thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be required, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and be immediately available. P¤l·ii•= B¤il·ii¤s¤ runuc umrnmes Asn enomvns. and Grounds. ¢i¤k»¤¤¢•¤¤¤s¤r- For clerk in the Otliee of Public Buildings and Grounds, one thousand six hundred dollars; and for messenger in the same oiilce, eight hundred and forty dollars.