362 BULLETIN 109, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Appropriated Apr. 26, 1871, Hall, for salary of director, three 



assistants, increase of collections $10,000.00 



Appropriated Apr. 14, 1877, Hall, as in 1872-1875 2, 500. 00 



Appropriated May 29, 1873, Hall, for authorship und superintend- 

 ence 2, 500. 00 



Appropriated May 9, 1874, Hall, for authorship and superintendence- 2, 500. 00 

 Appropriated May 17, 1875, Hall, for authorship and superintend- 

 ence „ 2, 500. 00 



Appropriated Apr. 29, 1876, for drawings 2, 500. 00 



Appropriated Apr. 14, 1877, Hall, as in 1872-1875 2, 500. 00 



Appropriated Feb. 25, 1878, Hall, as in 1872-1875 2,500.00 



Appropriated Feb. 25, 1878, drawings 1,800.00 



Appropriated Apr. 5, 1879, same as in 1878 4, 300. 00 



Appropriated Apr. 22. 1880, same as in 1878 4,300.00 



Appropriated Apr. 21, 1881, same as in 1878 4, 300. 00 



Appropriated June 3, 1882, same as in 1878 4,300.00 



Appropriated June 16, 1883, same as in 1878 4,300.00 



Appropriated June 14, 1884, same as in 1878 4, 300. 00 



Appropriated June 14, 1884, for publication and reports 15,000.00 



Appropriated May 8, 1885, for J. Hall 2, 500. 00 



Appropriated May 8, 1S85. for drawings 1, 408. 00 



Appropriated May 8, 1885, for publication 15, 000. 00 



Appropriated May 18, 1886, Hall 1, 200. 00 



Appropriated May 18, 1886, Hall, for rent of room 1, 300. 00 



Appropriated May 18, 1886, Hall, drawings : 1, 408. 00 



Appropriated Apr. 23, 1887, for printing 15,000.00 



Total . $670, 964. 81 



The personnel and salaries for 1888 were as follows : 



Museum staff. 



James Hall, director '$3,500 



Joseph A. Lintner, entomologist ^ 2,000 



Charles H. Peck, botanist ' 1,500 



John C. Smock, assistant in charge* 2,000 



William B. :Marsball, ossistant in zoology 1,000 



Charles E. Beecher, consulting paleontologist* 600 



Jacob Van Deloo, clerk and messenger 480 



Martin Sheehy, rock cutting and general help 780 



» These .salaries were originally fixed by act of legislature. 



'Mr. Smock was appoiuted assistant in charge by the following resolution of Jan 

 uary 7, 1885: 



Resolved, That in order to relieve Director Hall from the details of labor in connection 

 with the State museum and enable him to devote his time to the preparation of the 

 volumes of paleontology yet to be published, the position of assistant in c^arge be hereby 

 Instituted, and that the person appointed thereto be charged with the duty, under the 

 control and supervision of the director, of managing the affairs of the museum and of 

 preparing for and conducting the removal of the museum to the old State hall. 



Resolved, That Prof. .Tohn C. Smock be appointrd assistant in charge of the State 

 museum at a salary of .?2.000 per annum, to commence from the first day of April, 1885, 

 and that he be requested to perform such portion of his duties in advance of that date as 

 his present engagement will permit, at such compensation as the museum comm.iCtee 

 may fix. 



■ The duties of this office are not defined and results not recorded. 



