Evening star., 1896-12-16
THE EW LIB RARY
Text Of the Principals Provisions in the Ap-
qropriatioa Bill.
A Clause I'm Resnectsto the Selection
of Employss-doney for
Rcn0vRl.

The text of the PRINCIPAL provisions in the
| legislation appropriation hill for the Con-
yressional Library, to which reference was
| made in The Star yesterday, is given below
The following prayision respecting the
| mode Of selecting the employees was in
serted in the bill by the appropriations
| committee:
For the following to be selected by the
librarian of Congress, by reason of special
aptitude for the work Of the library. in
| Guiding the copyright work and the Gus
| tody and care CT the new library building.
and only under such rules as the librarian
of Congress may prescribe"
For librarian, $1,000; chief assistant libra
rian, $4,000; assistant librarian (superin-
tendent of reading room) 5000: assistant
$l,SO0; two assistants. at 81 500 each; three
assistants at s, 100 each six assistants at
&UO each; ten attendants in collecting and
distributing books, at $72O each; two at
tendants in Represent tatiyes' reading room
one at $500 and one at $7:,0; attendant in
Senator'S reading room, 500; attendant in
the Toner library, 500; attendant in the
Washington library, $500.
Two attendants in the cloak rooms at
$72O each; attendant in the stamping room
$72O; attendant in the packing ROOM $72O
two watchmen, at $72D each; chief of cata-
logue department, 5000; two assistants
at $500 each; four assistants, at S1JDO
each.
Four assistants, at 81 200 each; six assist
ants. at $500 each; superintendent Of art
gallery, 5000; three assistants, $500 each
superintendent Of hall of maps and charts
$1,000; two assistantss at $500 each; super
| intendent Of periodical department. 81, 500
| three attendants and collators, at $720 each; ;
superintendent of manuscript department
81, 500; two assistants, indexing at SI2O
each; superintendent Of music department,
81, 500; assistant, 500; two assistants at
$720 each; superintendent of Congressional
| reference library at Capitol, $500; two at
tendants, one at $500 and one at S72O; sup
erintendent of law library, 5000; two as
| sistants, at s., 400 each, and iaborer, s72O;
in all, 1913,
For purchase of books. &C., $1,000.
$500
For expenses of the copyright business,
$500.
Copyright Department..
For the following under the direction of
the librarian of Congress- necessary for
the execution of the copyright law, name
ly: One assistant $4,000; two clerks, at
$500 each; two clerks. at $1,000 EACH
three clerks. at 81, 400 reach; ten clerks, at
1900 each; ten clerks, at $500 each; two
clerks, at $720 each; in all, So, ,44O
Care of new library buildihg-S49, 44o
For fuel, lights. repairs and miscellaneous
supplies, $4,000, to he Immediately avail
able.
For Removal of Library.
For furniture for library reading rooms,
halls, copyright offices, &C., a sum not ex-
ceeding $4,000, and for expenses of re-
moval of library and 1sopyrighf collections
to the library building, a sum not exceed
ing 5000, are hereby respectively author
ized to be expended, on and after the pas
sage of this act, out of any uneXpendtd
balance of the appropriations heretofore
made for the completion of the building
for the Library of Congress.