LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUKE. 7 



^each; six law clerks, :it $2,250 each; one law clerk, $2,200; ei«rht law 

 clerks, at $2,000 each ; four law clerks, at $1,800 each ; three law clerks, 

 lat $1,C00 each; one special agent on exhibits, $3,000; one telegraph 

 land telephone operator, $1,G00; three clerks, class four; six clerks, 

 J class three; nine clerks, class two; eighteen clerks, class one; eight 

 clerks, at $1,000 each; six clerks, at $900 each; one clerk, $840; 

 fourteen messengers or laborers, at $840 each ; ten assistant messengers 

 lor laborers, at $720 each; one chief engineer, $2,000; one assistant 

 chief engineer, $1,400; one assistant engineer, $1,200; two assistant 

 engineers, at $1,000 each; seven firemen, at $720 each; eight elevator 

 conductors, at $720 each; one construction inspector. $1,400; five 

 cabinetmakers or carpenters, at $1,200 each; two cabinetmakers or 

 carpenters, at $1,100 each; eight cabinetmakers or carpenters, at 

 $1,020 each; two cabinetmakers or carpenters, at $000 each; one 

 electrician, $1,100; one electrical wireman. $1,000; one electrical 

 [wireman, $900; two electrician's helpers, at $720 each; two painters, 

 at $1,000 each; two painters, at $900 each; five plumbers or steam 

 fitters, at $1,020 each; one plumber's helper, $840; two plumber's 

 helpers, at $720 each: one blacksmith, $900; one lieutenant of the 

 watch. $1,000; thirtv-four watchmen, at $720 each; five mechanics, 

 at $1,200 each; two "skilled laborers, at $900 each; one janitor, $900; 

 eighteen assistant messengers, messenger boys, or lal)orers, at $600 

 'each; twenty-one laborers, messenger boys, or charwomen, at $480 

 each; one charwoman, $540; eight charwomen, at $240 each ; for extra 

 labor and einergencv emplovments. $14,000. 

 Total for Office of the Secretary, $303,820. 



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Act March 4. 1913. c. 145. 37 Stat. 828. 



Portions of the iict, liere omitted, consist of approLiri.-itioiis for salaries 

 and general expenses of the Weather Bureau, Bureau of Animal Industry, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Forest Service. Bureau of Cboniistry. Bureau 

 of Soils, Bureau of Entomology. Bureau of Biological Survey. Division of 

 Accounts and Disbui'sements, Division of Publications. Bureau of Statis- 

 tics, and Library. These provisions are set forth hcroafter under the 

 headings of the respective bureaus and divisions to which they i)ertain. 



CONTINGENT EXPENSES. 



CONTINOENT EXPENSES, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: For sta- 



Jtioner}^ blank books, twine, paper, gum, dry goods, soap, brushes, 



'brooms, mats. oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, fuel, water 



and gas pipes, heating apparatus, furniture, carpets, and matting; for 



lights, freight, express charges, advertising, telegraphing, telephoning, 



postage, washing towels, and necessary repairs and improvements to 



buildings, grounds, and heating apparatus; for the purchase, subsist- 



■ ence, and care of horses and the purchase and repair of harness and 



vehicles, for official purposes only; for the payment of duties on im- 



1 ported articles, and the Department of Agriculture's pro|)ortionate 



) ■ share of the expense of the disjiatch agent in New York; for official 



•• traveling expenses; and for other miscellaneous supj)lies and expen.ses 



(lot otherwise provided for, and neccs-sary for the practical and 



I , efficient work of the department. $100,000: Prort'ded, That of this 



J amount not exceeding $1,000 may l)e used for the purchase of an 



'i I oil painting of Honorable James AVilson, former Secretary of the 



