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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3. 1917. 27 .¤ For allowance to the following contestants and contestees for pQgg§§§°°d·°*°°*i°¤°X· expenses incurred by them in contested-election cases, audited and ` recommended by the Committees on Elections Numbered One, Two, and Three: C. William Beales, $1,055.07; G- William Baalas- Lathrolp Brown, $2,000; Lathrop Br¤w¤· Jaeob. Cantor, $2,000; Jaaab A- ¤a¤¢<>r- Frederick C. Hicks, $2,000; Frederick C- HMS- Isaac Siegel, $2,000; Iaaa¤Siasa1· E. J. Hill, $2,000; EJ-Hm- Jeremiah Donovan, $2,000; Jaramiah Dvmvan- Richard S. Whaley, $536; Richard S.wua¤ay. Aaron P. Prioleau, $100; _ Aa¤>¤ P- Prioiaau- William R. Gaylord, $2,000; William R- Gayi¤¤i· In all, $15,691.07. _ For procurement of an oil portrait of Joseph G. Cannon, former S,,IQ,,,°{,°§$,s,,‘Q,§, (§‘]@'{§§‘f S aker of the House of Representatives, to be paid on the approval ¤°¤- oiflames L. Slayden, chairman of the Committee on the Library in the Sixty-fourth Congress, $2,000., _ To pay South Trimble, Clerk of the House of Representatives, the EZ"? '{‘f§’§,‘l,§l°‘c,,,,- amount due for services in compiling, arranging for the printer, read— gggstgg ·°*°tg *i°¤ ing proof, indexing of testimony,- stenography and typewriting, ` supervising the work, and expenses incurre in the contested—election cases of the Sixty-fourth Congress (eight in number), as authorized by an Act entitled "An Act relating to contested elections," approved V°l‘“’p‘”5‘ March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, the sum of $1,723.12; and an additional sum of $1,120 to such persons as were actually engaged in the work designated by the said South Trimble and in such proportions as he may deem just for assistance rendered in the work; in all, $2,843.12. _ _ Contingent expenses: For miscellaneous items and expenses of ,,Jg’S°°u““°°“" ‘t°““• special and select committees, exclusive of salaries and labor, unless specifically ordered by the House of Representatives, $75,000. _ _ For wrapping paper, pasteboard, paste, twine, news a er wrappers, F°1d"’“ m”°"a]s‘ and other necessary materials for folding, for use oi ilembers, the Clerk’s office, and folding room, not including envelo, writing paper, and other paper and materials to be printed and diiigriished by the Public Printer, upon requisitions from the Clerk of the House, under provisions of the Act approved January twelfth, eighteen `*’°‘·“·P·°2*· hundred and ninety·five, $1,000. A For an additional amount for driving, maintenance, and operation spm`iZZm°W° rr of automobile for the Speaker, $300. _ For additional compensation to the enrollin clerk of the House of ,Iiireiiill€ii$il§Z Representatives, in accordance with House gftesolution Numbered Five hundred and one of the Sixty-fourth Congress, second session, from March fourth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, inclusive, $1,325. To continue the employment of nine messengers, at $100 er month geglst °m°° '“°“°"` each, in the post office of the House of Representatives, fliiom April first to November thirtie th, inclusive, nineteen hundred and seventeen, $7,200. _ _ That after the passage of this Act the members of the Committee t,-£€%‘$‘§i§Y¤b€§_ D’S' on the District of Columbia, or a subcommittee thereof appointed by pc{1{;,g’s°$°ig“°*°“°‘· the present chairman of said committee, be, and are hereby, author- ` ized to continue the investigation directed by House Resolution Numbered Two hundred and twenty-nine of the Sixty-fourth Congress and to expend for the purpose and as provided in House Resolution Numbered Two hundred and fifty-six of the Sixty-fourth Congress, out of the contin nt fund of the House, a sum not exceeding $7,500, in addition to this unexpended balance of the amount heretofore authomed.