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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 805. 1901. 923 WE BUREAU _ Weather Bureau. SALARIES or THE WEATHER BUREAU: Office of Chief of Weather S0£¤g,g;,g;=§t2 P¤>f¤¤· Bureau: One Chief of _Bureau, five thousand dollars; two professors of ’` meteorology, at three thousand dollars each, for service in the city of Vlfashington or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand, six thousand dollars; four professors of meteorology, at two thousand five hundred dollars each, for service in the city of Washington or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand, ten thousand dollars; five forecast officials, at two thousand dollars each, for service in the city of Washington or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand, ten thousand dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three chiefs of divisions, at two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; three clerks of class four, five thousand four hundred dollars; one chief of Division of Supplies, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class three, eight thousand dollars; seventeen clerks of class two, twenty-three thousand eight hundred dollars; twenty-five clerks of class one, thirty thousand dollars; fourteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each, fourteen thousand dollars; one telegraph operator, in the city of Washington or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand, one thousand dollars; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, four thousand five hundred dollars; four · copyists or typewriters, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; two copyists or typewriters, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one chief mechanician, one thousand four hundred dollars; one captain of the watch, one thousand dollars; one engineer, one thousand dollars; one battery man, eight hundred and forty dollars; four skilled artisans, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; two skilled mechanics, at one thousand dollars each, two thousand dollars; three messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; two firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter, eight hundred and forty dollars; five laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, three thousand three hundred dollars; eight messengers or laborers, at six hundred dollars each, four thousand eight hundred dollars; five messen ers or laborers, at four hundred anld fifty dollars each, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, one hundred and fifty-nine thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars. FUEL, LIGHTS, AND REPAIRS, WEATHER BUREAU: For fuel,- lights, p,*f,‘gf"·l’gh*S·““d "°‘ repairs, pay of firemen, watchmen, messengers, and other labor, and ot er expenses for the care and preservation of the public buildings and grounds of the Vlleather Bureau, nine thousand dollars. · CONTINGENT EXPENSES, WEATHER BUREAU: For stationery, blank °°"““g““‘°xP°“S°“· books, necessary scientific and other publications; furniture, and repairs to same; freight, express charges; subsistence, care, and pu1·- chase of horses, for ofhcial purposes only; repairs of harness; advertising, dry goods, twine, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumbe1·, hardware, ice, washing towels, andother miscellaneous supplies and ex enses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the ractical and egcient work of the Vi eather Bureau, eight thousand dollars. GENERAL EXPENSES, WVEATHER BUREAU: General expenses of the G°“°'**l°’¥’°¤*°& VVeather Bureau, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, for the benefit of agriculture, commerce, navigation, and other interests, as provided by law, namely: