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1250 FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 1484. 1905. the various Departments, and if, in their judgment, the conditions as they find them warrant remedial legislation, to report a bill at the next session of Congress, making such reductions in expenses and imposing such checks as they may deem expedient, with a report giving their reasons therefor, and said commission is further authorized to make any other investigations calculated, in their olpinion, to reduce dg;°"°¤ °* °°"“'*** the cost of the public printing, and report the resu t thereof; and in ' making the inquiries require by this resolution said commission shall have power to send for persons and papers, to administer oaths, to ' employ a stenographer to report its hearings, to call on the heads of Executive De rtments and the Public Printer for such information in regard to th); preceding matters as they may desire, to do whatever is necessary for a thorough investigation of the subject, and to sit subcommittee. during the recess of Congress. Any subcommittee may exercise the Exp°°°°°' powers hereby granted to said commission, and the expenses of said investigation shall be (paid one—half from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers uly approved by the chairman of the Committee ' on Printing and 0ne—ha1f from the contingent fund of the House of Be resentatives. I»¤•v¤¤f •¤•¤¤¤¤*¤ Io enable the Public Printer to comply with the provision of law °m°1°’°°’ nting thirty days` annual leave of absence to the employees of the . Cdvernment Printing Office, twenty thousand dollars. _el¥£¤é¢¤8¢¤» NUM To pay Samuel Robinson, William Madden, and Joseph De Fontes ' as messengers on night duty during the third session of the present Congress for extra services, two hundred and fifty dollars each; in all, seven hundred and fifty dollars. . J UDGMENTS, COURT OF CLAIMS. C,-;*£g¤>¤¤'·*»C°°*° °* For the pa(y)ment of the judgments rendered by the Court of Claims, ' reported to ngress at its present session in House Document Numbered Two hundred and sevent -seven, and Senate Document Num- _ bered One hundred and eighty-flour, namely: °'““‘°"‘"°“· Under the Public Printer, fifteen thousand and eighty-seven dollars and twenty cents; . Under the Treasur Department, six thousand six hundred and twenty-one dollars andminety-five cents; Under the War Department, two hundred and fifteen thousand one hundred and seventy-five dollars and twent ·-five cents; Under the Navy Department, ninety thousand six hundred and twenty-two dollars and sixty-eight cents`; Under the Department of the Interior, fifteen thousand seven hundred and eighty-six dollars and ninety-three cents; Under the Department of Justice, four thousand nine hundred and seventy-three dollars and fifty cents; Under the Post-Office Department, three thousand one hundred and thirteen dollars and eighteen cents; Under the Department of Commerce and Labor, nine thousand seven hundred and sixteen dollars and eighty-one cents; In all, three hundred and sixt -one thousand and ninety-seven doligxigié. lars and fifty cents: Itvvicled, That none of the judgments hereipdprovided for shall be paid until the right of appeal shall have expir . J UDGMENTS IN INDIAN DEPREDATION CLAIMS. d,,,? $"’“*· ¥”‘“““ For yment of judgments rendered bv the Court of Claims in umemma S Indian dzpredation cases, certified to Congress at its present session in House Document Numbered Forty-three and Senate Document Numbered One hundred and eighty, two hundred and forty-one thousand