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 736 FIFTY-THIBD CONGRESS. Sims. III. GH. 169. 1895. renewing when necessary, for postage and express charges, and for utilizing unbound publications, so as to meet the requirements of the Department, six thousand dollars. Continent •»=i»¤·¤¤· Oourmonnr Exrnusns: Stationery, purchase of blank books, twine, paper, gum, dry goods, soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, fuel and lights, freight, express charges, advertising, telegraphing, purchasing supplies, and washing towels; _ the purchase, subsistence, and care of horses; the purchase and repair of harness; the purchase and repair of vehicles; expenses of sales of old material; payment of duties on imported articles; actual traveling expenses while on business of the Department; and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for, and necessary for the practical and eilicient work of the Department, twenty-five thoupromo. sand dollars: Provided, That the- Secretary of Agriculture is hereby N£j“§‘;§,°{f “F °“ *· authorized to pay out of this appropriation to a dispatch agent of the Department of Agriculture in the city of New York not to exceed four hundred dollars for the iiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six, notwithstanding section two of an Act approved March third, eighteen V·>h¤.r-3*1 hundred and eighty-tive, entitled ·‘An Act making an appropriation for the Agricultural Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and forother purposes." . w,,,,;,.,,;,.,..,, Wnnrnnn BUREAU. shams Sxrnms or run Wnxrnnn Bunmuz To enable the Secretary of gg; 'f§{§,§$j,,,;,,t. Agriculture to carry out the provisions of the Act of October iirst,
 * 1¤y.k1;r <>f•> ¤ • ·> r ¤· eighteen hundred and ninety, transferring the Weather Bureau to the

' ‘°"` Department of -Agriculture: One chief of the Bureau, four thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant chief, three thousand dollars; two professors of meteorology, at three thousand doHars each, six thousand dollars; three professors of meteorology, at two thousand five hundred dollars each, seven thousand Eve hundred dollars; three forecast officials, at two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars, for service in the city of Washington or elsewhere, as exigencies of the Bureau may demand; one chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three chiets of divisions, two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; three clerks of class four, five thousand four hundred dollars; one bibliographer and librarian, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant stationery and property clerk`, one thousand six hundred dollars; five clerks of class three, eight thousand dollars; fourteen clerks of class two, nineteen thousand six hundred dollars; twentyeight clerks of class one, thirty-three thousand six hundred dollars; eighteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each, eighteen thousand dollars; two telegraph operators, at one thousand dollars each, two thousand dollars, for service in the city of Washington or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand; seven clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, six thousand three hundred dollars; tour copyists or typewriters, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; one copyist or typewriter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one chief mechanician, one thousand two hundred dollars; one captain of the watch, one thousand dollars; one engineer, eight hundred and forty dollars; one battery man, eight hundred and forty dollars; four skilled artisans, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; two skilled mechanicians, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, one thousand six hundred and eighty dollars; three assistant messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; two firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two·thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; five laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, three thousand three hundred dollars;