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 998 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 830. _ 1901. twenty messenger boys, at four_ hundred dollars each; thirty-five laborers; ten female laborers, at four hundred dollars each; fifteen charwomen; one painter, skilled in his trade, nine hundred dollars; one cabinetmaker, skilled in his trade, nine hundred dollars; captain of the watch, eight hundred and forty dollars; three sergeants of the watch, at seven {hundred and fifty dollars each; twenty watchmen; in all, one million nine hundred and seventy-one thousand two hundred and ten dollars. Per diem, etc-, in- For per diem, when absent from home and traveling on duty outv€Sugim°¤S' side the District of Columbia, for special examiners, or other persons employed in the Bureau of Pensions detailed for the purpose of making special investigations pertaining to said Bureau, in lieu of expenses for subsistence, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual and necessary expenses for transportation and assistance and any other necessary expenses, including telegrams. four hundred thousand dolggggfgnd a_S,mmtlars: Provided, That two special examiners or clerks detailed and special sxamnisré. acting as chief and assistant chief of the division of special examiners ma be allowed, from this appropriation, in addition to their salaries and, in lieu of per diem and all expenses for subsistence, a sum sufficient to make their annual compensation two thousand dollars and one thousand eight hundred dollars, respectively, and whenever it may be necessary for either of them to travel on ofhcial business outside the District of Columbia by special direction of the Commissione1·, he shall receive the same allowance in lieu of subsistence and for transportation as is herein provided for special examiners and detailed clerks engaged in field service; and the Secretary of the Interior shall so apportion the sum herein appropriated as to prevent a deficiency therein. exggggéggai Special For an additional force of one hundred and fifty special examiners ' for one year, at a salary of one thousand three hundred dollars each, one hundred and ninety-ve thousand dollars,. and no person so appointed shall be employed in the State from which he is appointed; an any ofsthose now employed in the Pension Office or as special examiners may be reappointed if they be found to be qualified. P¤¤¤¤l>Off¤<2€- PATENT OFFICE: For the Commissioner of Patents, five thousand dollars; Assistant Commissioner, who shall perform such duties pertaining to the office of Commissioner as may be assigned to him by the Commissioner, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; two law clerks, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; three examiners in chief, at three thousand dollars each; examiner of interferences, two thousand five hundred dollars; thirty-six principal examiners, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; thirty-eight first assistant examiners, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; forty-two second assistant examiners, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; fifty-one third assistant examiners, at one thousand foui hundred dollars each; sixty fourth assistant examiners, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; financial clerk, who shall give bonds in such amount as the Secretary of the Interior may determine, two thousand dollars; librarian, two thousand dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; three assistant chiefs of division, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; five clerks of class four, one of whom shall act as application clerk; machinist, one thousand six hundred dollars; six clerks of class three, one of whom shall be translator of lan uages; fourteen clerks of class two; fifty-seven clerks of class one; siilled laborer, one thousand two hundred dollars; three skilled draftsmen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four draftsmen, at one thousand dollars each; twenty-seven permanent clerks, at one_thousand dollars each; messenger and property clerk, one thousand dollars; five model attendants, at one thousand dollars