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| IGENERAL NATURs-No. s.
AN ACT making appropriations for the iegisis-
| i've, executive, and Judicial expenses OF the
Government for the year ending Juue thir.
| tieth, eighteen hundred and seyenty-rve, and
for other purposes.
Be Is enacted sy ne Ssnats and House Of Repre-
seHtdtires ef TIE URitei States q America Con-
grsss assemblies, That the folio sing sums he, ssd
| the same are hereby, appropriated, out OF any
money in the Treasury not otherwise sppro-
pristed, for the service OF the fiscal year ending
June thirtietb, eighteen hundred and seventy
I'VE, for the objects hereinafter expressed,
Hamely:
LEGISLATIVE.
SENATE.
For compensation OF Senator'S, three hundred
and seventy thousand dollars.
For mileage OF Senators, thirty thousand dot
lars.
For compe sensation of the officers, cl.rks, mes
seDgers, and others receiving an annual salary
OF the Senate, four thousand three hundred md
twenty dollars; Ofhcer charged with disburs>N-
ments OF the Senate, We hu ndred and seventy
SIX dollars; chief clerk, three thousand dollars
and the additional sum or one Thousand dollars
while the said office il held by the present in
cumbent, and DO longer: principal clerk, princi-
pal executive clerk, minute aud journal clerk,
ard financial clerk, in the Office OF the secre.
tary OF the Senate, at two Thousand n We hundred
and ninety-t two dollars each; librarian and seven
clerks in the Office of the Secretary Of the Sen
ate, at two thousand two hundred aud twenty
dollars each; five clerks, at two Thea and and
one hundred dollars each: keeper Q. the sta
ticnerE, tao thousand one hundred aud Nv
Cellsrs ana forty cents; enc Messenger, AZ on
tloussLd two hundred and ninety-siN aollars:
assistant keeper of the 81 atiOnery ~ one thous-
ard eight hundred dollars; Sergeant at Arms
aud DooTkeeper, four thousand three huuIred
and twenty dollars: PTCridrf, That hereafter
he shall receive, directly or indirectly, no zee
or other compensation or emol1ment whatever
Tor performing the dates OF the office, or n
connects Herewith, otherwise than as afore-
sad; assistant doorkeeper, two thousand five
hundred and ninety-two dollars; acting assist
Eec frn
aud ninety TWO dollars, postmaster to the
Senate, two tbeusand one hundred dollars:
assistant postmaster and m all carrier one IhOus-
ana ssTen hundred and twenty-eight dollars
two mail carriers at one thousand two hundred
dollars each; superintendent Of the document
room, two thousand one hundrsd and sixty dol
lars; two assistants IN document room, AZ one
thousand four hHndred and forty dollars each:
superintendent OF the folding room tgo thou.
sand one hundred and sixty dollars; three mes
sengers, acting as assistant doorkeepers at one
thousand eight hundred dollars each; twenty
messengers, to be appointed and removed bv
the SergesHt-st-Arm with the approval of the
Committee TO Audit and Control the Contiu-
gent Expenses of the Senate, at one thousand
four hundred and forty dollars each; secretary
TO the VICE PRESIDENT, two thousand one hun
dred and two dollars and forty cents; clerk %
the Committee on Finance, two thousand two
hundred and twenty dollars; clerk to the Com
mittee on Claims, two thousand two hundred
and twenty dollars; clerk of printing records
two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars;
clerk TO the Committee on Appropriations two
TO the Committee on Commerce, two thousand
two hundred and twenty dollars; one IabOrer in
charge Of private passage, eight hundred and
siXty-fous dollars; one special policeman, one
thousand dollars; Chaplain to the Senate. nine
hundred dollars; chief engineer, two thousand
one hundred and sixty dollars; three assistant
engineers at one thousand four hundred and
forty dollars each; two tremen at one thousand
and nDety-fve dollars each; three laborers at
seven hundred and thirty dollars each; making,
in all, one hundred and thirty-six thousand SIX
hundred eighty dollars and al oh
To pay Kate Dodson, employed under the
Sergeant alarms, for attending the ladies' re-
firing -Toom of the Senate, seven hundred and
twenty dollars per annum.
For contingent expenses of the Senate, namely:
For stationery and newspapers, uncluding i've
thousand dollars for stationery for Committees
and officers OF the Senste,) fourteen thousand
two hundred and nifty dollars.
For clerks TO committees, twenty-five thou
sand dollars.
For fourteen pages for the Senate chamber.
two riding pages, one page for the Vice Pres
ident's room, and one page for the office OF the
Secretary of the Senate, making eighteen pages
in all, at the rate Of two dollars and fifty cents
per day while actually employed, said pages 70
be appointed and removed by the Sergeant-at-
Arms, with the approval of the Committee TO
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses OF
the Senate, four thousand and irty dollars.
For hire OF horses and mail-wagOns for carry
ing the mails, for horses and wagons, and tor
one saddle-horse for messengers, five thousand
iOur hundred and seventy five dollars.
For fuel and oil for the heating apparatus
OF furniture, nine thousand dollars; for labor
twelve thousand dollars; for folding documents
ard materials therefor, i've thousand doIlars
tor packing boxes, seven hundred and forty
labor, fifteen thousand dollars.
CAPITOL POLICE.
For one captain, two thousand dollars: three
Eeutenants, at one thousand six hundred dol
lars each; twenty-seyen prlvates, at one thOus-
and four hundred dollars each, thirty-seven
Thousand eight hundred dollars: and eight
4 flOuSani assh az
thousand dollars; making, in all, fity-twO
thousand six hundred doiIsrs, one hall 10 be
laid into the contingent fund OF the House Of
Rt preeentatiyes and the other half 70 be paid
into the contingent fund of the Senate: Pro
rIded, That whenever q member OF the CapitOl
police OF watch force is suspended from DUTY
tor cause, said policeman or Waterman shall re-
ceive DO compensation for the time OF such SUE
pension If he shall not he renstated.
house OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
For compensation of members of the House
OF Representatives AID Delegates from Terri
tories, one million five hundred and tnirty-hve
thousand dollars.
For mileage one hundred and thirty thousand
dollars.
For compensation Of the officers, clerks, mes
sengers, and others receiving an annual salary
in the service of the House Of Representatives,
namely: Clerk Of the House of Representative
four thousand three hundred and twenty dol
lars; officers charged with dsburslng the con-
tingent fund, I've hundred and seyenty-six dol
lars; chief clerk and journal clerk OF the House
while tuch positions are held py the present in
CunDSnls anu NO lOnSeE, lnrec thousand SIX
hundred dollars each; two reading clerks, as
sstant journal clerk, and tally CLERK, three thou
sand dollars each; four assistant clerks, az two
thousand five hundred and ninsty-tgO dollars
each; one assistant clerk, at two thousand i've
bundled and twenty dollars; eight assistant
clerks, including librarian and assistant libra
rian, at two thousand one hundred and sixty
dollars each; four assistant clerks, at one thou
sand eight hundred dollars; one chief messen.
ger, in the Office OF the Clerk OF the House, at
hve dollars and seventy-six cents per day; SUI
perintendent OF document room OF the Clerk of
the House, one thousand eight hundred
dollars; three messengers, Qncluding one
messenger in the House library,) at one
thousand four hundred and forty dollars each;
one engineer. one thousand eight hundred dol
lars; three assistant engineers, at one thousand
four hundred and forty dollars each; six fire
men, at one thousand and ninety five dollars
each per annum; for clerk to the Committee on
Ways and Means, two thousand five hundred
and ninety-two dollars; messenger TO the Com
mlttee on Ways and Means, one thousand three
hundred and fourteen dollars; clerk TO the Com
mittee on Appropriations, two thousand five
hundred and nInety-two dollars; messenger TO
Committee on Appropriations, one thousand
three hundred and fourteen dollars; clerk 70
CammifteR ON Claims fU0 thnusa nd ana hun-