Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13

the mint one assistant in laboratory IS
given $1.2oo instead of $1,000.
It is provided that the compensation of
the chief of the internal revenue agents
shall not exceed so per day and other
agents not exceeding 81 per day each. and
per diem. in lieu of subsistence when absent
on duty from their legal residences, of 50
per day.
War Department..
Under the head of the War Department,
office Of Secretary. one clerk Of class is
dropped A chief clerk of the signal office
is provided for at 81 900 and one clerk of
class is dropped. In the Office of the
quartermaster general the assistant
Graughtsman is given S1.4O0 instead of 81
POO
In the office of the Secretary of the Navy
two clerks instead of one at Stodo each are
allowed. In the Office of the judge advo-
cate general Of the navy an appropriation
al $2--'W is made for solicitor, to be an
assistant to the judge advocate of the navy
aud to perform the duties of that officer in
case If his death. resignation. etc.
In the bureau of equipment one clerk OF
class IS added to the force, as well as one
clerk Of class $. In the photographic office
photographic engineer, photographers,
compilerS and helpers are allowed to the
extent that the appropriation for the force
there is increased from $3.50 to $95.41s.
In the general land office an appropria-
ton of $1.uNt is made for a librarian for
the law library: who is to be appointed by
=
preparation for law books in that library
is increased from $500 to $3.50. In the In
dian office an additional clerk at 5000 is at
lowed ana one laborer Is dropped
In the patent office the salary of the chief
clerk is made S2..G0 instead of g. go, and
HE salaries of two law clerks are increased
from SOMA TO S2.1r1 each. In the same
Office thirty-fOur instead of twCnty-nine
messenger boys are allowed. and for the
purchase of law books $500 is appropriated
In the bureau of education the salary Of
the specialist in education as preventive
% paUpersm and crime is increased from
81. $50 10 $1,000. and a specialist in Spanish
Ant rican educational systems is allowed at
salary of $500.
In the Office OF the architect of the Capt.
tnl one clerk of class 4 is dropped
For stationery for the Department of the
Interior S59.3o0 instead OF $4,000 is all
lowed.
Post oHice Department..
In the office OF the first assistant postnas-
ter general the salary of the chief Of the
correspondence division is fixed at $500
and twenty-one instead of twenty clerks
OF class are appropriated for.
In the office of the second postmaster
general the chief clerks salary is fixed at
s.. loo. instead of $1,000, and the following
additional offices are created: Chief of con-
tract division, s2.Mlo: chief of mail equip
ment division S2.oSo; two clerks of class
/ are dropped
The salary of the chief clerk in the office
Of the third postmaster general is increased
from 5000 10 81 leo and the chief of the
finance division has his salary increased
from 5000 to 81 30, and there is created
u W office, chief Of classification division,
at S2o1U. In the same office four instead
Of three assistant superintendent of reg
istry system at $1,000 are provided for.
Under the head of the department of
labor s1.tH1 instead Of $500 is appropriated
for books. periodicals and newspapers for
the library
y court of private land claims is provided
for. as follows: Chief justice and four as
socate justices. 5000 each: clerk. $1,000;
stenOSrapher, S1.Jt0; attorney, $500; inter-
prefer and translator. -s1.5,0 The act to
establish court of private land claims Is
amended as follows:
That the powers and functions Of the
court established by this act shall cease
and Al papers filed and records in posses
sion Of the said court belonging to any
other public office of the United States
shall De returned to such office, etc
To enable the Attorney General to en-
pscy such assistant attorneys. agents, STEM
"sraphers ana experts to aid the United
States attorney for a court of private land
claims 5000 is appropriated.
In the Court of Claims one additional
clerk at SI,6J9 and one clerk a 81 ,4'p are
provided for and two clerks at $l.2p0 are
dropped.
The clause in the bill as it passed the
| House, providing that the head of each ex-
ecutive department should certify to the
| civil service commission the names of all
| persons employed in his department who
| are permanently incapacitatcd from any
cause from performing the service for
| which he was engaged. and that upon the
| receipt of such certification the civil SER
| vice commission should strike the names
of such persons from the classified service,
| is stricken from the bill.