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 7l-1 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 571, 572. 1898. —¤<•¤¤i¤z¤¤¤ ¤¤- For contingent expenses, foreign missions, eight dollars. "°"“°°‘ °°°' For salaries, consular service, twenty-three cents. -mva¤»¤ to vessels- For pay of consular officers for services to American vessels and seamen, four dollars and ninety-six cents. _ —1¤¤¤ by ¤¤¤h=¤s¤· For loss by exchange, diplomatic service, eight dollars and thirty- one cents. For loss by exchange, consular service, forty-two dollars and eighty- six cents. _ ccmngm expenses. For contingent expenses, United States consulates, twenty-nine dollars and forty-five cents. C?;jlj?;g;j¤€°mm°¤'°° For Interstate Commerce Commission, ninety-one cents, Agumiméiinepm. For vegetable pathological investigations and expemments, three ”*°”‘· dollars and thirty-nine cents. For investigating the history and habits of insects, five dollars. For irrigation investigations, four dollars and seventy-four cents. Wwbvr B¤¤¤¤· For general expenses, Weather Bureau, two hundred and seventy- three dollars and thirty-seven cents. f:;r*§•,},5g=*°¤°°”¤- For fees and expenses of marshals, United States courts, one hun- "dred and ninety-five dollars. ——¤1><»¤i¤1 ¤•¤i¤¢=¤= M- For pay of special assistant attorneys, United States co1u·ts, one ··°°*¤*¤i”*°”"’•· For fees of commissioners, United States courts, ninety-nine dollars and fifty cents. —¤¤r1»¤¤¤fv¤i¤•>¤· For support of prisoners, United States courts, nine hundred and °"‘ nfty-tive dollars and sixty-eight cents. -m.r. For rent of court rooms, United States courts, thirty-two dollars. -¤¤i¤¤¤1¤¤¤¤>¤¤- For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, four hundred and seventeen dollars and seventy cents. Claims_ simwm by CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE POST- }I{;,f},${,‘_§°§,f‘Q`,§’}Y OFFICE DEPARTMENT. I£‘;:;-de¤v¤¤¤¤i¤•- For free-delivery service, one dollar. Clerk hire- For clerk hire, four hundred and forty-one dollars and fifty-eight cents. nm. For rent, light, and fuel, two hundred and twenty-nine dollars and sixty-one cents. Pos¤¤¤¤r¤r•- For compensation of postmasters, six hundred and seventy-four dollars and fifty-tive cents. . mn .1epi-s.1m0¤s. MFo; may ldepredations and post-office inspectors, five hundred and ty- ve dollars. nes-ams. For rewards, five hundred and fifty dollars. _ Transportation. For railroad transportation, eightyeight dollarsand twenty live cents. For star transportation, nfty-tive dollars and ninety cents. Approved, July 7, 1898. July 1, 1898. CHAP. 572.··An Act To i norease the eliiciency of the Quartermaster’s Department ‘ ‘ W" of the Army. W Be it enactedby the Senate and House of Representatives of the Ifwited ,3p:g;_m_l_m_SDe_ states oj Ameojeca an Congress assembled, That during the existing war p..mi..·..i.and for a period not exceeding one year thereafter, the Secretary or ‘_i;m'g·¤g;i·;r:_j afrfj; W ar may make such distribution of the duties and labors of the Quart..;,.-M. termaster’s Department as may be deemed for the best interests of the divisions, and may assign to duty as special inspectors of the Quartermaster’s Department not exceeding tour ouicers to be selected from the regular and volunteer officers of the Department; and such officers, ·*¤¤*=· and the quartermaster on the stalf of the Commanding General of the Army. while so acting shall have the rank next above that held by them and not above colonel.
 * 1*** °°““"*“i°“· For propagation of food iishes, sixty-eight cents.
 * °"‘°”‘ thousand four hundred dollars.
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