SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss. I . CH. 853. 1928. $770 ; in all, $1,270, of which $600 shall be paid from the appropria- tion for the fiscal year 1929 for a stenographer and typewriter for such office which is hereby made available therefor . Office of the Clerk : For an additional amount necessary to make the compensation of the journal clerk, two reading clerks, and the tally clerk, at the rate of $5,000 per annum during the fiscal year 1929, $3,930, to be available in addition to the appropriations for the salarie s of su ch posi tions in the Legisla tive A ppropri ation A ct for the fiscal year 1929 ; and the salary of each of such positions is hereby fixed at $5,000 ayear for such fiscal year and thereafter . Contingent Expenses : For telegraph and telephone service, exclu- sive of personal services, fiscal year 1928, $25,000 . For e xchange, driv ing, maintenan ce, repair, a nd operation of an automobile for the Speaker, fiscal year 1928 , $2,450. For purchase and maintenance of motor vehicle for the Clerk's office, fiscal year 1928, $1,400. For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries and labor, unless specifically ordered by the House of Representatives, fiscal year 1928, $15 .000 . To pay amounts due the Postal Telegraph Company for the follow- ing fiscal years : For 1918, $637 .91 ; 1919, $1,144 .19 ; 1921, $712 .35 ; and 1922, $75 .85 ; in all, $2,570 .30 . For payment to Walter L . Price for services rendered as clerk of the conference minority of the House of Representatives for the period from May 31, 1923, to and including December 3, 1923, $1,385 .22. Hereafter the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House is authorized, in the disbursement of gratuity appropriations, to make deductions of such amounts as may be due to or through his office or as may be due the House of Repre sentatives . Committee on Public Lands : For defraying such expenses as may be deemed necessary by the Committee on Public Lands in connection with the securing of information preliminary to the preparation of legisl ation w ithin the jur isdicti on of such co mmittee , incl uding t rans- portation, traveling, per diem in lieu of subsistence not to exceed $8, and other incidental expenses, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $5,000, to be disbursed under the direction of such committee . JOI NT COMM ITTEE O N PRINTI NG Biographical Directory of the American Congress : To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay, upon vouchers approved by the chair- man of the Joint Committee on Printing, for the necessary expense of collecting additional information incident to the research work, preparing of manuscript for the printer and the maintenance and preservation, for ready reference, of a current file of biographies of all Members and ex-Members of Congress, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $12,000 ; and said sum, or any part thereof, in the discretion of the chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing, may be paid as addi- tional compensation to any employee of the United States . ARCHITECT OF rnE CAPITOL To enable the Architect of the Capitol to pay to Steuart's garage for labor and material furnished during the following years, viz For the fisc al y ear 1921, $40 .71 ; for the fiscal year 1922, $301 .23 ; and for the fiscal year 1923, $291 .35 ; in all, the sum of $633 .29, to be paid out of appropriation for the Capitol power plant for the fiscal year 1927 . Clerk 's of fice . Journal, etc ., clerks, increase of pay . Ante, p. 520. 885 Contingent ex penses . Automobile, Speaker, Mot or vehicle, Clerk 's of fice . Miscellaneous items . Postal Telegraph Company. Walter L . Price. Services. Gratuity appropria- tions. Amoun ts d ue, to be deducted, etc. Committee on Pub- lic Lands . Expenses. Joint Committee on Printing . Biographical Co n- gressional Directory . Vol. 43, p. 1616 . Allowed as addition- al pay. Architect of the Capi- tol. Steu art's gar age .
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