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l*ORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 002. 1886. 227 expenses which cannot be included under special heads, eight hundred and seventy five thousand dollars. For the construction or purchase of a steam revenue—vessel for use on Steam revenuethe Mississippi River between New Orleans and the Passes, ten thou- V"?] f"` M‘“s*" · sand dollars. “'Pp.‘ R“`“· Store-house Revenue·Marine Service, Wood’s Holl, Massachusetts: Storanouse, For extension of wharf and erection of a building to be used as a ware- W<><><l’¤H¢>ll»M¤eehouse and coal storehouse for Revenue-Marine Service, at Wood’s Holl Massachusetts, twelve thousand dollars. nxonnvxne Asn rninrmo. F”S’°"i¤g ml printing. F or labor and expenses of engraving and printing, eighteen hundred Salaries. and eighty-seven: For salaries of all necessary clerks and employees, and for labor (by the day, piece, or contract), including labor of workmen skilled in engraving transferring, and other specialties necessary for carrying on the work of engraving notes, bonds, and other securities or obligations of the United States and national-bank notes,,the pay for such labor to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury at rates not exceeding the rates usually paid for such work,three hundred and twenty- seven thousand seven hundred and forty dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That no por- P*‘°°*¤¢· tion of this sum shall be expended for printing United States notes of t°L‘{;g°,Q:,f§3 DQ: large denomination in lieu of notes of small denomination cancelled or 1,],,,,, of may dc. retired. nominations. For wages of not more than one hundred and eighty plate-printers, Wages of plateat piece-rates to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, not to ex- P¤¤*°¤» W- ceed the rates usually paid for such work, including the wages of not more than two hundred printers’ assistants, at one dollar and twenty five cents a day each when employed, and for royalty for use of steam plateprinting machines, three hundred and seven thousand three hundred and eighty dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary _ of the Treasury: Provided, That any part of this sum may be used for cd mw purchasing and operating new and improved plate-printing presses. e8_ P P For engravers’, printers’, and other materials, except distinctive paper, Materials. eteand for miscellaneous expenses, one hundred and forty one thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. Provided, That hereafter receipts for pm,;,.,, miscellaneous work authorized by law to be performed by the Bureau Receipts from of Engraving and Printing for the several Departments of the Govern- :;:,;’°u“¤°°°' ment, and the amounts properly chargeable to national banks for en- ° graving their plates shall be deposited, and covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. ` And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and required Silver-ccrti fi · to issue silvencertincates in denominations of one, two, and five dollars, °“*;;°f 3¤m':& and the silver-certificates herein authorized shall be receivable, redeem- {,:,¤X:d_° ° able, and payable in like manner and for like purposes as is provided vol. 20, p. 26. for silver-certificates by the act of February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled “An act, to authorize the coinage of the standard silver dollar, and to restore its legal-tender character,” and denominations of one, two, and five dollars may be issued in lieu of silver-certificates of larger denominations in the Treasury or in oxchange therefor upon presentation by the holders and to that extent said certificates of larger denominations shall be cancelled and destroyed. menr-uonsn ssuunrsuimnr. ugisht-lgggee E- Surrnms or Lmnr-nousns: For supplying the 1ight·houses, beacon- Supplies lights, and fog-signals with illuminating, cleansing, preservative, and such other materials as may be required for annual consumption, for books, boats, and furniture for stations, and other incidental expenses, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.