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 SILTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 163. 1917. 1113 fourteen at $900 each; messenger; four assistant messengers; laborer (one transferred to Secretary’s office); two messenger boys at $420 each; in all, $154,120. To further ppomote and develop the foreign and domestic com— m§,§§"'°""‘ °°”" merce of the nited States, including exchange on official checks, I $125,000, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of _ Commerce: Provided, That not exceeding $3,000 of this sum may be €Q‘L'f,'§§'_;, of ,,,,,,,,,,,_ expended for the purchase of documents, manuscripts, plans, s eci- “jL“‘·. Hcations,_and other publications necessary for the promotion of) our °°°'p'm7' commercial mtcrests. Promoting commerce, South and Central America: To further pro- ,,§§°‘§,‘,,°,§i{{,"?,‘§,'f;"‘$ mote and develop the commerce of the United States with South and 1**;} £,¤¤°*§g·, Central America, including the employment of experts and special ’p` I ` agents in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, mchase o books of reference and periodicals, reports, traveling andpsuhsistence expenses of officers and employees, exchange on official checks, . and all other necessa incidental expenses not rncluded in the foregoing, to be expendeldy under the direction of the Secretary of Com- · merce, $100,000. Commercial attaches: For commercial attachés, to be a ointed °°"“""'°*"‘““"*““· by the Secretary of Commerce, after examination to be held) under his direction to determine their competency, and to be accredited through the State Department, whose duties shall be to investigate · and report upon such conditions in the manufacturing industries and trade of foreign countries as may be of interest to the United States; and for one c erk to each of said commerical attachés to be paid a ,,,,°§?,’f§,,‘f'°“'*”*¥ °" salary not to exceed $1,500 each and for necessary traveling and P~*»v-1111 subsistence expenses, rent, purchase of reports, books of reference and periodicals, travel to and from the United States, exchange on official checks, and all other necessary exlpenses not included in the foregoing; such commercial attachés sha serve directly under the Secretary of Commerce and shall report directly to him, $100,000. Srnxmnoanlxsrrzcnorx Smzvionz Supervising Inspector General, ,,§,°°§,'§§,{’,,'{,‘f"""*’°‘* $4,000; chief clerk and Acting Supervising Inspector General in the absence of that officer, $2,000; clerks-—-one of c ass four, two of class three, one of class two, one of class one, two at $1,000 each, two at $900 each; messenger; in all, $18,240. Steamboat inspectors: For ten supervising inspectors, at $3,000 ,,,§l""""""* ““"'°’ each, $30,000; Inspectors of hulls and inspectors of boilers, as authorized by law, l"“*’°°*°”· $171,100; Assistant inspectors, as authorized by law, for the following ports: $§l’3°§‘f‘,§_‘§,*;,'f°°‘°”· New York, thirty-six at $2,000 each; New Orleans, six at $1,800 each; Baltimore, eight at $1,800 each; Providence, four at $1,800 each; Boston, six at $1,800 each; Philadelphia, ten at $1,800 each; San Francisco, ten at $1,800 each; Buffalo, six at $1,600 each; Cleveland, six at $1,600 each; Milwaukee, two at $1,600 each; Chicago, four at $1,600 each; Grand Haven, four at $1,600 each; Detroit, four at $1,600 each: Norfolk, six at $1,600 each; Seattle, ten at $1,600 each; Portland (Ore on), two at $1,600 each· Albany (New York), two at $1,600 each; guluth, two at $1,600 each; two traveling inspectors at $2l50g,ll%af:h;`S233’000; S be t In t' $431 100 n, ormsectorsnteam a- SGCIOHSBTVIOB, »,. Clerk hire, siirvice at large: For gompensation, not exceeding °l“k“”·""“"‘° $1,500 a year to each person, of clerks to boards of steamboat inspectors, to be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce in accordance with the provisions of law, $90,000. _ CMN t Contingent expenses: For fees to witnesses; traveling and other p.,,4,"§`,‘?`i”i;§’}"’°°°°°` expenses when on official business of the Supervising Inspector General, supervising inspectors, traveling inspectors, local and assistant inspectors, and clerks; instruments, furniture, stationery, janitor