FIFTIETH CONGRESS, 1887-1889. 125% 
We also carry this month upon the ‘‘furniture and fixture’’ pay roll 28 persons 
(storekeepers, mechanics, and accountants) with salaries aggregating $1,506.67. 
(EINES SP OF 080. a ee a ne a a ee $150. 00 
0s TREE RENT DiSies Sa a eee eee | eps eae a ee 30. 00 
0 SRD A Gsy 50 DTi 7 ge hrc Ae ee aa 53. 80 
We also carry this month upon the ‘‘heating and lighting’’ pay roll 9 persons 
(engineers, firemen, laborers, telephone clerk), with salaries aggregating $530. 
SUES ECD S95 lets SIR cy le Cae En $120. 00 
WEE GALE Se es AE ee ae ar 40. 00 
1) ENO) ele eae eg A ee ee 58. 88 
A considerable number of curators whose names appear on the list of museum 
officers receive no pay or remuneration whatever. These are rated as ‘‘ honorary 
curators.”’ 
The total number of paid employees in April, 1888, is 154, with average compen- 
sation of $65.31. 
July 5, 1888—Senate. 
Mr. J. F. Wison, of Iowa, proposed an amendment to the sundry 
civil bill (H. 10540) for 1889: 
For the purchase of Etruscan, Roman, and Grecian antiquities for the National 
Museum, the sum of $5,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary. 
Referred to Committee on Appropriations. 
July 28, 1888—Senate. 
The sundry civil bill for 1889 being considered, the next amendment 
of the Committee on Appropriations was, on line 1, page 69, to strike 
out: 
Under the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution as Director of the National 
Museum. 
Agreed to. 
The next amendment was, on page 69, line 3, before the word ‘*‘ heat- 
ing”, to insert ‘‘ National Museum”, so as to read: 
National Museum, heating and lighting: For expense of heating, lighting, and 
electrical and telephonic service for the National Museum, $12,000. 
Agreed to. 
The next amendment was, on page 69, line 10, after the word 
‘‘employees”, to strike out ‘‘and for the care and custody of the 
so-called Armory Building”; and in line 12, before the word ‘‘thou- 
sand”, to strike out ‘‘ twenty ” and insert ‘* twenty-five”, so as to make 
the clause read: 
Preservation of collections of the National Museum: For the preservation, exhibi- 
tion, and increase of the collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of 
the Government and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all 
necessary employees, $125,000. 
Agreed to. 
October 2, 1888. 
Sundry civil act for 1889. 
For expense of heating, lighting, and electrical and telephonic serv- 
ice for the National Museum, $12,000. 
