The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-06-10

therel is hereby appropriated q sum
sufficient to make the annual salaries of
such of the clerks In the Office of the clerk
of the house. OF representatives as receive
81. 500 and upward and less than %. 600.
(including the petition clerk and printing
clerk,) $4,000 each; and as such rs
receive $4,000 and upward and less than
81, 500 the sum OF $4,000 each; and of
such as receive $1,000 and upward and
less than $4,000 the sum of $4,000 each;
and OF the secretary of the senate and clerk
of the house OF Representatives. 5000
each: and of the chief clerk and journal
clerk of sthe house, while such positions
are held by the present incum bents, and
no longer, So. 600 each; and Of the door
keapsr oe the house and the assistant door
keeper of the senate, while the position IL
held by the present iDcumbents, and no
longer, So, 1000: and of the postmaster OF
the senate, s., 500; assistant postmaster :,
g.. 900: and of two mail carriers. $l.1O0;
and of che superintendent aud first assis>
| rant of the senate document room, So, 500
each: and second assistaatin said docu>
ment room, 81 500; and of the additional
COMPENSATION to the reporters OF the house
and senate for the Congressional Globe.
$1,000 each; and additional pay
to the chief engineer of the house, $3.50.
ESQ as to equalize his pay with that of the
chief engineer of the senate) And it is
hereby provided that the increase of com
peusation to the officers, clerks and others
in the employ of the senate and house OF
representatives provided for in this act
shall begin with The present congress, and
the pay of all the present employees OF the
house of representatives, including the
employees in the library of congress and
those under the committee on public
buildings and grounds. now employed In
the capitol building, and also the house
reporters whose pay has not been specific
ally increased by this act, holGing their
places by appointment under the respec.
| tive officers thereof, or by the authority OF
| the committee of contingent expenses IN
\ the senate, or the committee of accounts
Of the house, be increased fifteen per cent
of their present compensation on the
amount really received and payable to
them respectively from the beginning of
the present congress, or from the date or
their appointment during the present CON
gress, and who shall be actually employed
at the passage of this act. And the
amounts of money necessary TO carry the
foregoing provisions into effect are hereby
appropriated out of moneys in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
AOSO
to privileged question, and presented the
report of the committee of conference on
the disagreeing votes of the two houses on
the amendments TO sthe bill. Oh. B. No.
2,991) the legislative appropriation bill
MIR. Garfield called the previous ques-
ton on agreeing to this report which was
seconded-yeas, lis; nays not counted.
The main question was then ordered yeas
los, nays. 81; net voting, So.
The main question-upon agreeing to
the conference report-was then taken.
and the report adopted: Yeas, l02; nays,
95; not voting, 43.
Yeas-Messrs. Adams. Averill. Banks,
Bigby, Bingham. ] 6 Blair, Boarman,
Boles, Buckley, Burdett, 3 E Butler, +
z Butler, r 2 Caldwell. Carroll, @ L
Cobb, CoghIan. Conner, Critcher, Cross
land. Darral, Dickey. Du Rose. Duell,
Duke. Eldridge. Elliott. Fl D Foster. Gar
field. Garrett, Getz, Giddings, Golladay.
Griffith, Hancock. Hanks, Harmer. Harper
Harris, Hays, j w Hazelton. Herndon,
concluded on next page.1