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FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. SEss. I. Ch. 555. 1900. .203 five hundred dollars; three forecast officials, at two thousand dollars each, for service in the city of Washington or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand, six thousand dollars; one chief clerk, two thousand two undred and fifty dollars; three chiefs of divisions, at two thousand dollars each six thousand dollars; three clerks of class four, five thousand four hundred dollars; one chief of- Division of Supplies, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class three, eight thousand dollars; seventeen clerks of class two, twenty-three thousand e?ht hundred dollars; twenty-five clerks of class one, thirty thousan dollars; fourteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each, fourteen thousand dollars; one telegraph operator, in the city of Washington or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand, one thousand dollars; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, four thousand five hundred dollars; four cop ists or typewriters, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred ` andsixtty dollars; two copyists or typewriters, at seven hundred and twenty ollars each; one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one chief mechanician, one thousand four hundred dollars; one captain of the watch, one thousand dollars; one engineer, one thousand dollars; one battery man, eight hundred and forty dollars; four skilled artisans at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; two ski led mechanics, at one thousand dollars each, two thousand dollars; three messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; two firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dol- ` lars each, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter, eight hundred and forty dollars; five laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, three thousand three hundred dollars; eight messengers or laborers, at six hundred dollars each, four thousanf eight hun red dollars; five messengers or laborers, at four hundred and fifty dollars each, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three charwomen, at two hundred and forty dollars each, seven hundred and twenty dollars; An gl, one hundred and fifty-three thousand three hundred and twent ol rs. . Fmil., Lrours, AND REPAIRS, WEATHER BUREAU: For fuel, lights, 1;g¤¤·¤s1¤*¤. ¤¤<i¤> repairs, pay of firemen, watchmen, messengers, and other labor, and pa ` ot er expenses for the care and preservation of the public buildings and grounds of the Weather Bureau, nine thousand dollars. ‘ CoN·r1NcENtr Exrmisms, WEATHER BUREAUL For stationery, blank °°“““g°“"°‘p°“s°“· books, necessary scientific and other publications; furniture, and repairs to same; freight, express char es; subsistence, care, and purchase of horses, for official purgoses only; repairs of harness; advertising, dry goods, twine, mats, oi , paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, washing towels, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise _ rovided for and necessary for the practical and eflicient work of the %Veather Bureau, eight thousand do lars. GENERAL EXPENSES, WEATHER BUREAU: General expenses of the G°““°*°XP°“°°“· Weather Bureau, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, for the benefit of agriculture, commerce, navigation, and other interests, as provided by law, namely: ` Salary of one inspector, notto exceed two thousand dollars. Thirty —·inspectors, observlocal forecast officials, section directors, observers, operators, repair °"’ °t°‘ men, messengers, boy messengers, laborers, and other necessary employees, outside of the city of Washington, who, without additional expense to the Government, may hereafter, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, be granted such leaves of absence as are now authorized to employees in the office of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, not to exceed thirty days in any one year., three hundred and eighty- eight thousand five hundred dollars.