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 682 FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 211. 1893. the Fifty-third Congress, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House ' of Representatives of the Fifty-second Congress, shall, during the Fifty-third Congress, inquire into and examine the status of the laws organizing the executive departments, bureaus, divisions, and other Governments establishments at the National Capital; the rules, regulations, and methods for the conduct of the ame; the time and atten- _ tion devoted to the operations thereof by the persons employed therein, and the degree of etiiciency of all such employees; whether any moditication of these laws can be made to secure greater efficiency and economy; and whether a reduction in the number or compensation of the persons authorized to be employed in said executive departments or bureaus can be made without injury to the public service: Pension iegnmm Provided, That the Commission herein authorized shall have no °‘°°*"°°· jurisdiction to inquire into and report on Pension legislation. ¤¤¤p1¤y¤¤¤¤¤ ¤f ex- Said commission is authorized to employ not exceeding three experts, ’°"°‘ who shall render such assistance as the commission may require in the prosecution of the investigation herein required, and shall receive such compensation as the commission shall determine to be just and hwg} °f¤¤PlgY°°° reasonable. The heads of the respective Executive Departments shall m P"°“°" °‘ detail from time to time such officers and employees as may be requested rmm to mia at by said commission in their investigations. Said commission or any §§c'Q'°““ “° "’°”’ subcommittee thereof shall have power to send for persons and papers, and to administer oaths, and such process shall be issued and such oaths administered by the chairman of the Commission or subcom- R¤P°*°· mittee, and the Commission may report, by bill or otherwise, to their E¤1¤>¤¤¤¤- respective houses of the Fifty-third Congress. All necessary expenses of said commission shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated upon vouchers approved jointly by the chairman of said Commission. D¤i¤IH¤|l\¤lt0fSt¤t•. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. ·,§:{g2g§:;¤;{6A¤· For compensation of the Secretary of State, eight thousand dollars; ` ’ ’three Assistant Secretaries of State, at three thousand five hundred dollars each; for chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; for six chiefs of bureaus and ane translator, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; clerk to the Secretary, two thousand dollars; eleven clerks - of class four; tbur clerks of class three; seven clerks of class two; one clerk of class two, for indexing records, one thousand four hundred dollars; sixteen clerks of class. one, one of whom is to be telegraph operator, live clerks, at one thousand dollars each; ten clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; ene messenger; three assistant messengers; one packer, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; ten laborers; in all, one hundred and eighteen thousand six hundred and twenty dollars. rmr.mai¤;.»w. For proof-reading the laws of the United States and reports to Congress, including boxes and transportation of the same, one thousand two hundred and eighty dollars. S¤¤ri¤¤ery.etc· For stationery, furniture, fixtures, and repairs,·and for the purchase of passport paper, five thousand dollars. Bwkmctc. For books and maps, and books for the library, two thousand dollars. Limompimec. For service of lithographer and necessary materials for the lithographic press, one thousand two hundred dollars. Contingentexpenses. FOI` 00I1lCll]g€IllS GXPBHSQS, Dtllllfblyt FOI' 08113 3i1d Sl1bSlSt€I1C€ of ll0I‘S9S and repairs of wagons, carriage, and harness, rent of stable and wagon shed, care of clocks. telegraphic and electric apparatus, and repairs to to the same, and for miscellaneous items not included in the foregoing; in all, three thousand dollars. pditmlgh em., nws. For expenses of editing and distributing the laws enacted during the MQ}"' my “""‘ second session of the Fifty-second Congress, three thousand dollars, to be immediately available.