FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, 1893-1895. 1675 
March 2, 1895. 
Legislative, executive, and judicial act for 1896. 
Library of Congress: For compensation of * * * 8 [assistant 
librarians] at $1,400 each, one of whom shall be in charge of interna- 
tional exchanges. : 
For expenses of exchanging public documents for the publications 
of foreign governments, $1,500. 
[This pays 1 clerk at $900 and 1 clerk at $600. ] 
(Stat., XXVIII, 771.) 
Naval Observatory: For repairs to buildings, [etc.] freight (includ- 
ing transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian 
exchange), foreign postage, and expressage, * * * $2,500. 
(Stat., XXVIII, 792.) 
Patent Office: For purchase of professional and scientific books and 
expenses of transporting publications of patents issued by the Patent 
Office to foreign Governments, $2,000. 
(Stat., XCX VIII, 797.) 
March 2, 1895. 
Sundry civil act for 1896. 
For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the 
United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the Smith- 
sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary 
employees, $17,000. 
(Stat., XXVIII, 924.) 
Geological Survey: For the purchase of necessary books for the 
library, and the payment for the transmission of public documents 
through the Smithsonian exchange, $2,000. 
(Stat., XXVIII, 940.) 
War Department: For the transportation of reports and maps to 
foreign countries through the Smithsonian Institution, $100. 
(Stat., XXVIII, 950.) 
BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY—ESTIMATES. 
December 4, 1893—House. 
Estimates for 1895. 
For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians, 
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries 
or compensation of all necessary employees, $40,000, of which sum 
not exceding $1,000 may be used for rent of building, $40,000. 
(The Smithsonian Institution estimates for an increase in this item 
of $10,000 over the present appropriation.) 
December 3, 1894—House. 
Estimates for 1896. 
For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians, 
under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries 
