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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. C11. 68. 1898. 305 two thousand five hundred dollars; two assistant attorneys, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; thirteen assistant attorneys, at two thousand dollars each; three clerks of class three, one of whom hall act as steuographer; one clerk of class one; and one clerk, nine hundred dollars; in al1,,forty-two thousand six hundred and fifty dollars. For per diem in lieu of subsistence of one special land inspector con- _ Por ¤1i¤¤¤.ow..1s¤<1 nected with the administration of the public land service, while travel- '“"°°°°" ing on duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual necessary expenses of transportation, two thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Gmmn.u.. Lum Ormcn: For the Commissioner of the General Land G¤¤¤r=¤1L¤¤d 01m. Oiiice, five thousand dollars; Assistant Commissioner, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall be authorized to sign such letters, papers, and documents, and to perform such other duties as may be directed by the Commissioner, and shall act as Commissioner in the absence of that officer or in case of a vacancy in the office of Commissioner, three thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two law clerks, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; three inspectors of surveyors-general and district land offices, at two thousand dollars each; recorder, two thousand dollars; ten chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; two law exa miners, at two thousand dollars each; ten principal examiners of land claims and contests, at two thousand dollars each; thirty clerks of class four; fifty- six clerks of class three; fifty-nine clerks of class two; sixty-one clerks of class one; forty-nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each; fifty-five copyists; two messengers; eight assistant messengers; eighteen laborers; and one packer, seven hun dred and twenty dollars; one depositary acting for the Commissioner as receiver of public moneys and also as confidential secretary, two thousand dollars; in all, four hundred and eighty-seven thousand and ninety dollars. For per diem in lieu of subsistence of inspectors and of clerks ‘_£gfga‘}}::g °”°-· *“‘ detailed to investigate fraudulent land entries, trespasses on the pub- ` lic lands, and cases of official misconduct; also of clerks detailed to examine the books of and assist in opening new land offices, while traveling on duty, at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual necessary expenses of transportation, and for employment of stenographers and other assistants when necessary to the efficient conduct of examinations, and when authorized by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, seven thousand dollars. For law books for the law library of the General Land Office, two Law neun. hundred dollars. For connected and separate United States and other maps prepared Msps in the General Land Office, fourteen thousand eight-hundred and forty dollars; and of the United States maps nine hundred and seventy-six copies shall be delivered to the General Land Office, four thousand six hundred and sixty-four copies shall be delivered to the Senate, and nine thousand three hundred and sixty copies shall be delivered to the House of Representatives for distribution. MINE INSPECTOBS: For salaries of two mine inspectors, authorized Mins inspectorsby the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, Vol.?6.p.1l04. for the protection of the lives of miners in the Territories, at two thousand dollars per annum each, four thousand dollars. For per diem, subject to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, in lieu of subsistence at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each, while absent from their homes on duty, and for actual necessary traveling expenses of said inspectors, three thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. INDIAN OFFICE: For the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, lll1I!` thou- I"“*” 0****- sand dollars; Assistant Commissioner, who shall also perform the duties vox. xxx--20