National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-07-17
COURT OF CLAIMS.

District of Columbia, two thousand dollars.
COURT OF CLAIMS.
For salaries of five judges of the Court O
Claims, at four thousand five hundred dollars
each; the chief clerk, three thousand dollars:
and assistant clerk, two thousand dollars:
bailiff, one thousand five hundred dollars; and
messenger thereof; in all, tWenty-rfne thou
sand eight hundred and forty dollars.
For stationery, books, fuel, labor, and other
contingent and miscellaneous expenses, three
thousand dollars; for reporting the decisions
of the court, clerical hire, labor in preparing
and experimenting the printing of the ninth
volume of the Reports of the Court Of Claims,
to be paid on the order Of the court, one thou
sand dollars.
For new cases for the files in the clerks Of
fee, desks and repairing old desks and tables
there, and in the court room, one thousand
dollars.
To pay judgments of the Court of Claims,
one million dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
OFFICE OF TIE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
compensation of the Attorney. General, eight
EhOusaCi dollars; Solicitor General, seven
thousand five hundred dollars; three Assistant
AttOrneys-General, at five thousand dollars
each; one Assistant Acknowledgement Of Post
Office Department, four thousand dollars; soli-
citor of Internal revenue, five thousand dollars;
naval solicitor and ge-adVocate- general
three thousand five hundred dollars; examiner
of claims, three thousand five hundred dollars;
law clerk, three thousand dollars; chief clerk,
| two thousand two hundred dollars; steno-
graphic clerk, two thousand dollars; two law
clerks, at two thousand dollars each: six clerks
of class four; additional for disburslng clerk,
two hundred dollars; one clerk of class two;
one telegraph operator, at one thousand dol
lars; five cOpyisis, at nine hundred dollars
each; one messenger; two assistant messengers;
two laboreTs, and two watchmen; in sll, eighty
thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.
For contingent expenses Of the Department,
namely For furniture and repairs, one thou
sand i've hundred dollars; for care of and sub
sistence of horses, one thousand tour hundred
dollars; repairs to carriages and harness, six
hundred dollars; for law and miscellaneous
looks for the library Of the Department, three
thousand dollars; fcr the same for the Office
Of the Solicitor of the Treasury, one thousand
dollars: for stationery, two thousand Ave hun
dred dollars; FOR miscellaneous expenditure,
such as telegraphlEg, fuel, lights, and other
necessaries, six thousand dollars; in all, six
teen thousand dollars. And the Attorney
General shall hereafter annually report to
Congress. In detail, the ltens. -amonRts- and
causes OF expenditure OF the contingent eI-
peuses OF this Department.
OFPICE OF rus SOLICITOR OF THs Urea
5CRY.-EOT compensation OF the Solicitor of
the Treasury, three thOUsapd i've hundred dol
lars; assistant solicitor, three thousand dol
lars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; four
clerks Of class four; two clerks of class three;
three clerks Of class two; two clerks Of class
ore; one messenger; and one lab0Ter; IN all,
tWenty-seVeu thousand and sixty dollars.
For rent Of the portion (four fOors) Of the
building occupied by tba Department Of JUS
tics, fourteen thousand dollars.
For official possags-stSmps for the Depart
meRt Of Justice, ten thousand dollars.
That Il shall be the duty Of the heads Of the
several Executive Departments, ard of the
heads Of the respective bureaus therein, in the
interests Of tho public service, to require of all
clerks Of class one and above, and OF cheifs Of di
visions, such hours of laboT as may be deemed
necessary for the proper dispatch of the pub
lie business, not exceeding, however, the time
for which said Departments are by law required
to be open for business, any usage to the con-
tTary Notwithstanding. .. g. ...
SEC. 9. That every clerk Of the circuit or
district court of the United States, United
States marshal or United States district sttOr-
ney, shall reside permanently in the district
where his Official duties are TO be performed,
and shall give his personal attention thereto;
and in case any such otiear shall remove from
his district, or shall fail 10 give personal atten-
ton to the duties of his of3ce, except IN case
of sickness, such Office shall be deemed vacant:
Provided, That in the southern district of New
York said officers may resiGe within twenty
miles of their districts.
SEC. 8. That no civil officer of the Govern
ment shall hereafter receive any compensation
or perquisites, directly or indirectly, from the
treasury or property of the United States be-
yond his salary or compensation allowed by
law: Providsd, That this shall not be construed
to prevent the employment and payment by the
Department of Justice of district attorneys as
now allowed by law for the performance Of
services not covered by their salaries or fees.
SEC. 4. That the act entitled IAN act limit
ing the appropriation of certain moneys for the
preparation, issue, and reissue of certain Sc
eurities Of the United States, and for other pur-
poses," approved May tWenty-third, eighteen
hundred and seyenty-two, and all other acts
and parts of acts making permanent approPri-
atoms for the expenses of the national loan,
except the second section of the act approved
July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy,
entitled can act to authorize the refunding of
the national debt" are hereby repealed, this
repeal to take place on the first day Of July
next; and hereafter the Secretary of the Treas
ury shall annually submit to Congress detailed
estimates of appropriations required for said
expenses and for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-fve,
the following sums, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, are hereby appropriated to defray
the expenses of the national loan, for the fol-
lowing clerical and other employees, to wit:
In tho Office of the Secretary Of the Treas
ury.-Two principal clerks, at two thousand
| eight hundred dollars each; two assistant
clerks, at two thousand four hundred dollars
each; fourteen clerks Of class four eight clerks
| of class three; six clerks Of class two; four
clerks of class one; forty eopyists, at nine hun
! dred dollars each: eight messengers, at eight
| hundred and forty dollars each; tWenty-One as
sistaut messengers and laborers, at seven hun
dred and twenty dollars each; and twenty-five
l H. -s1r1Tr,
Iaborers, at not exceeding Two dollars and
| twenty-fye cents per day; making, in all, the
sum Of one hundred and thirty-four thousand
nine hundred and thirty-three dollars and fifty
cents.
In the Office of the Treasurer Seventeen
clerks of class four; six clerks of class three;
five clerks Of class two; nine clerks Of class
one; one hundred and forty-hve counters and
copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; nine
messengers; and twenty-six assistant messen-
gers and laborers; making, in all, the sum Of
two hundred and fourteen thousand seven hun
dred and eighty dollars.
In the Office Of the Register of the Treasury:
Five chiefs OF divisions, at two thousand five
hundred dollars each; one disbursing clerk,
at two thousand dollars; twlve clerks Of class
four; twelve clerks Of class three; four clerks
of class two; i've clerks Of class one; one hun
dred counters and eopyists, at nine hundred
dollars each; eight messengers; six assistant
messengers and laborers; making, In all, the
sum of one hundred and sixty-seven thousand
nine hundred and forty dollars
In the Office Of the First Auditor of the
Treasury: -Four clerks Of class four; three
clerks Of class three; three clerks of class two;
and two clerks Of class one; making, in all, the
sum Of eighteen thousand six hundred dollars.
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing: Chief Of
the Bureau i've thousand dollars; for payment
of employees at a per diem TO be paid only
tor the time actually employed, viz; Two
assistants, at eight dollars per day one ac-
countant. at seven dollars FER day; eight
clerks, at four dollars per day; h7e eopyists, at
not more than two dollars and ninety cents
per day; and six messengers or laoorers, at
Two dollars per day; thirty'one thousand SIX