FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, 1881-1883. 915 



Estimated expenditures for the National Museum on a permanent basis — Continued. 



ADMINISTRATIVE. 



Compensation of 1 superintendent of buildings, at $125 per month. $1, 500 



1 registrar, at $125 per month 1, 500 



1 chief modeler, at $125 per month 1 , 500 



1 chief taxidermist, at $125 per month 1 , 500 



2 artists, at $100 per month 2, 400 



7 taxidermists and preparators (from $100 to $40 per month) . 6, 000 



2 stenographers, at $100 per month 2, 400 



Clerks and copyists (from $75 to $30 per month) 2, 400 



2 janitors, at $75 per month 1, 800 



12 watchmen, at $50 per month 7, 200 



8 doorkeepers, at from $40 to $30 per month 3, 840 



15 laborers, at $40 per month 7, 200 



Cleaners and sweepers (from $35 to $25 per month) 3, 000 



Messengers, $30 to $15 per month 1, 500 



2 master carpenters, at $75 per month 1, 800 



1 painter, at $60 per month 720 



1 mason, at $50 per month 600 



1 engineer, at $100 per month 1, 200 



1 engineer, at $75 per month 900 



4 firemen, at $50 per month 2, 400 



1 electrician, at $75 per month 900 



1 laborer, at $50 per month 600 



1 telephone clerk, at $35 per month 420 



1 telephone messenger, at $30 per month 360 



$91, 140. 00 



For fuel and gas 5, 550 



For freight 3, 000 



For materials and supplies for preservation of specimens 3, 000 



For procuring specimens 2, 500 



For stationery and blanks 3, 000 



For cleaning materials, ice, etc 1, 000 



For chemicals, glass, etc., for laboratory and other purposes 2, 000 



For apparatus, tools, and hardware 2, 000 



For purchase of necessary books of reference 2, 000 



For incidentals 1, 000 



25,000.00 



116, 140. 00 

 Augusts, 1882. 



Deficiency act for 1882, etc. 



To pay Thomas J. Hobbs for disbursing the appropriations for the 

 construction of the National Museum building, under appointment of 

 the Secretary of the Treasury of March 28, 1879, $250, in full satis- 

 faction therefor. 



(Stat., XXII, 274.) 

 August 7, 1882. 



Sundry civil act for 1883. 



For cases, furniture, and fixtures required for the exhibition of the 

 collections of geology, mineralogy, natural histoiy, ethnology, and the 



