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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 571. 1898. 653 Nothing contained in section seven of the Act making appropriations EI··¤·v¤g,<>f ·l·¤¤¤•=¤. for legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for m:.?;? "° mm the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, approved March ~*'*“· P- M"- fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, shall be construed to prevent the head of any Executive Department from granting thirty days’ annual leave with pay in any one year to a clerk or employee, notwithstanding such clerk or employee may have had during such year not exceeding thirty days’ leave with pay on account of sickness as provided in said section seven. · For contingent expenses, namely: For care and subsistence of horses, 0<·¤¢i¤z¤¤¤ ¤=i>¤¤¤¤¤- to be used only for official purposes, and repairs of wagons, carriage, and harness, rent of stable, telegraphic and electric apparatus and repairs to the same, and for miscellaneous items not included in the foregoing; in all, five hundred dollars. For stationery, furniture, iixtmes, and repairs, and for the purchase of passport paper, one thousand dollars. That the joint resolution accepting the invitation of the Government 8 ¥¤¤§¤¤¤9;·l Fg}- _ of Norway to take part in an International Fisheries Exposition to be gg? nm °”' " held at the city of Bergen, Norway, from May to September, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, approved January twenty- fifth, pighteen hundred and ninety-eight, be, and the same is hereby, P~¢.1>-'13=.r•1»¤•l¤•\- repea e ., Rnnmr or A crr1zEN or MEXICO: To pay, out of humane con- gk Moppc h sideration, without reference to the question of liability therefor, to the cr. mm °' °i" Mexican Government, as full indemnity to the heirs of Luis Moreno, who was lynched in eighteen hundred and ninety-five at Yreka, California, two thousand dollars. NICARAGUA CANA1. Commission: To continue the surveys and Coifgxfg; ¤¤¤•1 examinations authorized by the Act approved March second, eighteen ' hundred and ninety-five, entitled *‘An Act making appropriations for A1>pr¤r¤L¤¤•m for the sundry civil expenses of the Government for the iiscal year ending °“€X3?§5,{,_548_ June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety- six, and for other purposes," into the proper route, the feasibility, and cost of construction of the Nicaragua Canal, with the view of making complete plans for the entire work of construction of such canal as therein provided, fifty thousand dollars; to continue available during the iiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. Said commission is authorized to rent, upon Reutapproval by the Secretary of State, office rooms in \Vaslnington, District of Columbia, for such time as is necessary for the completion of its work, and to pay to the two members of the Geological Survey ic2{·g·;brg;j,¤£g¤ly°gi a signed to the commission for duty such amount, not to exceed five awmmstsacu. ° hundred dollars in each case, in addition to their regular salary, as in the opinion of the Secretary of State is a just compensation for their expert services. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON A CATALOGUE OF Scmnrmrc I I¤¤¤¤·¤¤¤¤¤3¤1 ~·¤· LITEBA'.I.‘URE! For expenses of a delegate to the International Confer- °i°°§Zie.iZ`iai'°t£I1l§ii»? ence on a Catalogue of Scientific Literatnue to be held at London during **¤‘¤· the present year, not exceeding five hundred dollars. CANADIAN Commissiom For the expense on the part of the United _C=m··m¤ commis- States of a joint commission to be appointed for the adjustment of dif- °"}»'{,‘,, ,,_ m-,_ ferences between the United States and Great Britain in respect to the Dominion of Canada, including the compensation of the commissioners representing the United States, the pay of expert service for preparation of papers, for the portion of joint expenses chargeable to the United States, for printing and all other incidental expenses, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of State, fifty thousand dollars, to remain available during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety- nine. REIMBUESEMENT OF THE GERMAN TRADE AND PLANTATION Com- cc.-mm race no PANY OF HAMBURG, AT AHA, SAmoA: To reimburse the German Trade £}“I‘}§,*},E\§’.{‘,g$’°'“P““’ and Plantation Company of Hamburg, in Apia, Samoa, for losses sus- B·=*¤¤l>·¤¤¤¤¤·=¤° °*· tained by them from the payment of certain drafts illegally drawn on the Secretary of State by William Churchill, late consul-general at Apia,