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 1r11··1·Y.1·:um1> concmzss. — snss. III. on. 177. ises. 807 and sixty-five of the Revised Statutes, or section three of the Act of Wl- l*·P·1°°· June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, chapter three hundred and twenty-eight. · Sec. 2. The pay of assistant messengers, iiremenqvatchmen, laborers, me of my. ¤¤¤is¢· and charwomen provided for in this Act, unless otherwise specially §’,}‘,fu_'§,fg,*f"“‘°'“· m stated, shaH be as foHows: For assistant messengers, iiremen, and watchmen, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; for laborers, at the rate of six hundred and sixty dollars per annum each, and for eharwomen, at the rate of two hundred and forty dollars per annum each.‘ Src. 3. Theengrossing and recording of patents for public lands f5?¤¤•¤‘•\ I·¤;¤¤0¤lt¢;¤- may be done by means of typewriters or other machines, under regu— paris? YET. y”E1.°b§ lations to be made by the Secretary of the Interior and approved by °YP°‘"**°'°· the President. ' The duplication of reports and returns of registers and receivers .£;r1i¤¤g¤¤¤ ¤Fr¤s; to the General Land Oihce shall be prevented by such regulations as ihuulri i$°°i»°2v;i·"é the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with the approval of the "°”"°'*- Secretary of the Interior, may make. . Sections four hundred and forty-eight and four hundred and forty- ab¥;,:tj,:·°y,*v¤1 ¤¤¤¤¤¤ nine of the Revised Statutes are repealed. Appropriations heretofore iz. s., me ns. no, made for the salaries of the officers hereby abolished shall be available P-’°·'°P°’“°'*- during the remainder of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety- fivetfor the pay of three chiefs of divisions. with such duties as the Commissioner of the General Land Office may assign to them. The C°m**9•,°‘ —¤•*¤*·¤* duties imposed on the principal clerk of private land claims by section ' four hundred and hftynine of the Revised Statutes shall hereafter be performed by the Assistant Commissioner of the General Land Office. _ ipipmozms. mi. Section twenty-four hundred and fifty-two of the Revised Statutes “§,_é_ mlm P M9 is repealed. mpgsés.' ' Sec. 4. The second proviso of section twelve of the legislative, execu- in ,,,,,,,§§’,'{"j ""°““‘- tive, and judicial appropriation Act, approved July thirty-first, eighteen gw. r-M. i hundred and ninety-four, is hereby amended to read as follows: " That should there be a delay by the administrative Departments v_£§"{;“;”’c,gf_,;§g beyond the aforesaid twenty or sixty days in transmitting accounts, an rusting in nuance order of the President, or, in the event of the absence from the seat of °*`P'“’ """ Government or sickness of the President, an order of the Secretary of the Treasury, in the particular case, shall be necessary to authorize the advance of money requested." Sec. 5. Hereafter the copy of the oath of office of subordinate “QnPf};*{,f,°;·:;g··§•·gjofficers of the customs, required to be transmitted to the Commissioner mv nr me ·1—m•¤-y. of Customs by section eleven of the *·•Act to amend existing customs °'·”·l‘·"°’· and internal-revenue laws, and for other purposes/’ approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five. shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury. Hereafter all bonds of the Treasurer of the United States, collectors w£g¤g;c;g·¤dm,;j of internal revenue, collectors, naval officers, surveyors, and other mum. ry officers of the customs, either as such oiilcers or as disbursing officers of the Treasury, bonds of the Secretary of the Senate, Clerk of the House of Representatives, and the Sergeant—at—Arms of the House of Representatives, and all such bonds now on file in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury, shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury and filed as he may direct; and the duties now required by law of the Comptroller of the Treasury in regard to such bonds, as the successor of the Commissioner of Customs and First Comptroller of the Treasury, shall hereafter be performed by the Secretary of the Treasury. _ _ Hereafter every officer required by law to take and approve official °,,Q'§*a§°b’jDd:{g’:f.’;g bonds shall cause the same to be examined at least once every two nw umm every two years for the purpose of ascertaining the sufficiency of the sureties *`°‘“`“· thereon; and every omcer having power to fix the amount of an official bond shall examine it to ascertain the sufficiency of the amount thereof