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 422 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 368. 1898. Mny 31. 1898- CHAP. 368.-—An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appro- "”"""‘__`" priations for the payment of pensions, and for other objects, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United peificicncios umro- States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. and for other purposes, namely: PENSIONS. _I¤»·¤1i<i. om. wr- For army and navy pensions, as follows: For invalids, widows, “'°““‘ minor children, dependent relatives, army nurses, and all other pensioners who are now borne on the rolls, or who may hereaiter be placed thereon, under the provisions of any and all acts of Congress, eight million seventy thousand eight hundred and seventy-two dollars and Prooiooo- . forty-six cents: Provided, That the appropriation aforesaid for navy New "°"`°°°’ pensions shall be paid from the income of the navy pension fund, so far M°°¤¤*¤· as the same may be sudicient for that purpose: Provided further, That the amount paid to each of the several classes of pensioners shall be accounted for separately. War Deparment- WAR DEPARTMENT. jremptmy was- For the temporary employment of such additional force of clerks, “‘}§,,‘f,_‘;’,f§$;,_ messengers, laborers, and other assistants as in the judgment of the Secretary of War may be proper and necessary to the prompt, eiileient, and accurate dispatch of official business in the War Department and its bureaus, to be allotted by the Secretary of War to such bureaus and otiices as the exigencies of the existing situation may demand, nity . thousand dollars. Printing and bind- For printing and binding for the War Department and its bureaus, i"';' to be executed under the direction of the Public Printer, seventy-five thousand dollars. No mm-•\¤ry roy- That no money appropriated by the “Act making appropriations to ""°"*"“°°‘ supply deficiencies in the appropriations for support of the Army for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for other purposes." approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. shall be paid as additional increased compensation to soldiers performing in time of war what is known as extra or special duty, such payment being 4M¤-1»-¤65- prohibited by the “Act for the better organization of the line of the Army of the United States," approved April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. N=~ri·D•+i>=•r¤¤o¤f— A NAVY DEPARTMENT. t S¤g·¤··igo¤_·¤¤¤r»S<=<·ro; For one stenographer in the office of the Secretary of the Navy. from ”r* “° "°‘ the date of the approval of this Act and during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, at the rate of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven dollars and seventyfive cents, or so much thereof a maybe necessary. m;i5=¤~¤·¤‘v D¤i>¤¤· TREASURY DEPARTMENT. ·\·i·¤¤i·>=¤¤l ¤*°fk**· For the following additional clerks in the office of the Auditor for the War Department and in the officc of the Auditor for the Navy Department for a period not exceeding from the date of the approval of this Act until and including March thirty-iirst, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine namely: R;-iii-; -x¤·ii¤···; for tirricn dr Acniron ron run Wan Dnranmrnxr; For eight clerks '“ °`°°""’°“ ‘ of class four; seventeen clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; and thirty clerks of class one; in all, seventy-eight thousand seven
 * ”'“‘°‘°“°‘ and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the payment of pensions, and for other objects, for the iiscal