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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 186. 1908. 227 dollars; two qualified surgeons who shall be experts in their profession, at two thousand dollars each; thirty-five medical examiners who shall be surgeons ·of education, skill, and experience in their profession, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; nine chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; law clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; chief of board of review, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; fifty-four principal examiners, at two thousand dollars eac ; private secretary, to be selected and appointed by the Commissioner of Pensions, two thousand dollars; eighteen assistant chiefs of division, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; three stenog— raphers, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; sixty-nine clerks of class four; eighty-five clerks of class three; three hundred clerks of class two; three hundred and seventy clerks of class one; one hundred and twenty-five clerks, at one thousand dollars each; forty-nine copyists; superintendent of building, one thousand four hundred dollars; two engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three firemen; twenty-seven messemers; twelve assistant messengers; twenty messenger boys, at four undred dollars each; forty 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 fiftév dollars each; twenty watchmen; in all, one million six hundred an fifty thousand two hundred and seventy dollars. Y. ‘ _ _ _ No vamncy now existin in the clerical service of the Pension Office, S..5§§,l$’§.{ v°°"°'” or which may occur afterihdarch first, nineteen hundred and eight, and priorto July first, nineteen hundred and eight, shall be filled by original appointment or by transfer from any other office or bureau of the Department of the Interior. Nor shall any transfer from said Pen- T¤¤¤*¤¤- sion Office existing March first, nineteen hundred and eight, be returned to said Office. _ _ For per diem, when absent from home and traveling on duty out- v,€§Q,,'l}§'.§’_ °""‘ I"` side the District of Columbia, for special examiners or other persons employed in the Bureau.of Pensions, detailed for the purpose of ‘ making special investigations pertainin to said>Bureau, in lieu of expenses for subsistence, not exceeding direc dollars r day, and for actual and necessary expenses for transportation ancim assistance, and any other necessary expenses, including telegrams, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. . _ _ I For an additional force of one hundred special examiners for one ,,,‘}$,§lllL'}2f" "`°`l“ year, at a salary of one thousand three hundred dollars each, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, and no person so appointed shall be employed in the State from which he is appointed; and any of those now employed in the Pension Office or as special examiners may be reappointed if they be found to be qualified. M_ PA·r1¤s·r Ormoa: For the Commissioner of Patents, five thousand P‘“°‘“( "" 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 five hundred dollars; chief clerk, who shall be ualitied to act as a principal examiner, three thousand dollars; twollaw examiners, at two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars each; three examiners in chief, at three thousand dollars each; examiner of interferences, two thousand seven hundred dollars; examiner of trade-marks and designs, two thousand seven hundred dollars; forty-two principal examiners, at two thousand seven hundred dollars each; fifty-eight first assistant examiners, at two thousand four hundred dollars each: sixty-eight second assistant examiners, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; seventy-eight third assistant examiners. at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; one hundred fourth assistant examiners, at one thousand five hundred dollars each;