SEC. 3. That the moneys which have been, or may be, appropriated for the compensation and mileage of Members and Delegates shall be paid at the Treasury on requisitions drawn by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, and shall be kept, disbursed, and accounted for by him according to law, and he shall be a disbursing officer, but he shall not be entitled to any compensation additional to the salary now fixed by law.

SEC. 4. That the Sergeant-at-Arms shall, within twenty days after entering upon the duties of his office, and before receiving any portion of the moneys appropriated for the compensation of mileage of Members and Delegates, give a bond to the United States, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the First Comptroller of the Treasury, in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, with condition for the proper discharge of the duties of his office, and the faithful keeping, application, and disbursement of such moneys as may be drawn from the Treasury and paid to him as disbursing officer of the United States, and shall, from time to time, renew his official bond as the First Comptroller of the Treasury shall direct. No member of Congress shall be approved as surety on such bond.

SEC. 5. That the bonds given pursuant to this act shall be deposited in the office of the First Comptroller of the Treasury.

SEC. 6. That any person duly elected and qualified as Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives shall continue in said office until his successor is chosen and qualified, subject, however, to removal by the House of Representatives.

SEC. 7. That the Sergeant-of-Arms of the House of Representatives shall prepare and submit to the House of Representatives, at the commencement of each regular session of Congress, a statement in writing exhibiting the several sums drawn by him pursuant to the provisions of this act, the application and disbursement of the same, and the balance, if any, remaining in his hands.

SEC. 8. That there shall be employed in the office of the Sergeant-atArms one deputy to the Sergeant at Arms, at a salary of two thousand dollars a year; one cashier, at a salary of three thousand dollars a year; one paying teller, at a salary of two thousand dollars a year; one book-keeper, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars a year; one messenger, at a salary of one thousand two hundred dollars a year; one page, at a salary of seven hundred and twenty dollars a year; and one laborer, at a salary of six hundred and sixty dollars a year.

SEC. 9. That section two hundred and thirty-seven of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

"SEC. 237. That the fiscal year of the Treasury of the United States in all matters of accounts, receipts, expenditures, estimates, and appropriations, except accounts of the Secretary of the Senate for compensation and traveling expenses of Senators, and accounts of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives for compensation and mileage of Members and Delegates, shall commence on the first day of July in each year; and all accounts of receipts and expenditures required by law to be published annually shall be prepared and published for the fiscal year, as thus established. The fiscal year for the adjustment of the accounts of Secretary of the Senate for compensation and traveling expenses of Senators, and of the Sergeantat Arms of the House of Representatives for compensation and mileage of Members and Delegates shall extend to and include the third day of July." SEC. 10. That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

Approved, October 1, 1890.

Salaries and Mileage of Members and Delegates, House of Representatives, 1891.-For compensation of Members of the House of Representatives and Delegates from Territories, one million seven hundred and five thousand dollars; for mileage, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.-Legislative Act July 11, 1890....

Salaries and Mileage of Members and Delegates, House of Representatives, 1890.—That the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of supplying

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the deficiency in the appropriation heretofore made for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, for the pay and mileage of
Delegates and Members of the House of Representatives, occasioned by the
recent defalcation in the office of the late Sergeant-at-Arms of the House,
said sum to be immediately available, and that the same be paid to the
Sergeant-at-Arms of the House upon the requisitions of the Speaker: Pro-
vided, That the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House shall first give bond to the
United States, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the Speaker of
the House, in the sum of fifty thousand dollars, with condition for the faithful
keeping, application, and disbursement of all moneys that shall come into
his hands under the provisions of this act, or by virtue of his office, said
bond to be filed with the First Comptroller of the Treasury.

SEC. 2. The Sergeant-at-Arms of the House, after making and filing
bond as aforesaid, shall take into his possession all the money and other
assets lately in the office of the Sergeant-at-Arms, and now on deposit with
the Treasurer of the United States by order of the House, and out of the
same, together with the sum hereby appropriated, he shall pay the Delegates
and Members of the House of Representatives the amount due them,
respectively, on account of salaries for the period ending December fourth,
anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and now remaining unpaid,
as shown by the books of the office of the Sergeant-at-Arms.

SEC. 3. That the said Sergeant-at-Arms, out of the money now on deposit with the Treasurer of the United States as aforesaid, and which was drawn from the National Metropolitan Bank on the seventh day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the avails of the deposits of private funds made by the Members of the House with the late Sergeant-at-Arms, refund to each the amount of such private deposits.-Deficiency Act April 11, That there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for compensation and mileage of Members of the House of Representatives and Delegates from Territories, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of four thousand seven hundred and twentyone dollars and fourteen cents.-Deficiency Act July 3, 1890. That there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for compensation and mileage of Members of the House of Representatives and Delegates from Territories, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of ten thousand three hundred and sixteen dollars.-Defi ciency Act October 1, 1890.....

Salaries, Officers and Employés, House of Representatives, 1891.-For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in the service of the House of Representatives, three hundred and ninety-three thousand one hundred and thirteen dollars and thirty cents [amount appropriated, $396,780.41], namely: OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER: For private secretary to the Speaker, two thousand one hundred and two dollars and forty cents; clerk to the Speaker's table, two thousand one hundred and two dollars and forty cents; clerk to the Speaker, one thousand six hundred dollars; messenger to the Speaker, one thousand dollars; in all, six thousand eight hundred and four dollars and eighty cents. CHAPLAIN: For Chaplain of the House, nine hundred dollars. OFFICE OF THE CLERK: For Clerk of the House of Representatives, including compensation as disbursing officer of the contingent fund, five thousand dollars; and for hire of horses and wagons and cartage for the use of the Clerk's office, seven hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; for chief clerk, journal clerk, and two reading clerks, at three thousand six hundred dollars each, and for the journal clerk for preparing Digest of the Rules, one thousand dollars per annum; tally clerk. three thousand dollars; for printing and bill clerk, and disbursing clerk, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; for file clerk, and enrolling clerk, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; for assistant disbursing clerk, assistant enrolling clerk, resolution and petition clerk, newspaper clerk, index clerk, superintendent of document-room and librarian, at two thousand dollars each; for distributing clerk, stationery clerk, and two assistant librarians, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; for one

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book-keeper and seven clerks, including three clerks to index private claims, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; for document clerk and locksmith, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; two messengers in the House library, at one thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars each; one telegraph operator, one assistant to the file clerk, and two laborers in Clerk's document-room, at nine hundred dollars each; one page, one laborer in the bath room, and four laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one assistant journal clerk, at six dollars per day during the session, seven hundred and twenty-six dollars; one assistant index clerk, during the session and three months after its close, two hundred and eleven days, at six dollars per day, one thousand two hundred and sixty-six dollars; one page in the enrolling-room, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one messenger-boy in chief clerk's room, three hundred dollars; in all, eighty-four thousand and forty dollars. INDEXING JOURNALS OF CONGRESS: For clerk to prepare the general index to the Journals of Congress, under resolution of June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventyeight, two thousand five hundred dollars, and for the following assistants, under his direction, to be appointed by the Committee on Rules, namely: Two at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four at one thousand dollars each; and two at eight hundred dollars each; in all, ten thousand five hundred dollars. UNDER ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL: One chief engi neer, one thousand seven hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four conductors of the elevators, at one thousand one hundred dollars each, who shall be under the supervision and direction of the Architect of the Capitol; one laborer, eight hundred and twenty dollars; five firemen, at nine hundred dollars each; one electrician, one thousand two hundred dollars; one laborer, eight hundred dollars; one laborer to clean Statuary-Hall and watch statuary therein, six hundred and sixty dollars; in all, sixteen thousand four hundred and eighty dollars. CLERKS AND MESSENGERS TO COMMITTEES: For clerk to the Committee on Ways and Means, three thousand dollars; assistant clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; messenger, one thousand dollars; clerk to the Committee on Appropriations, three thousand dollars; assistant clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; messenger, one thousand dollars; clerks to Committees on Agriculture, Claims, Commerce, District of Columbia, Elections, Foreign Affairs, Indian Affairs, Invalid Pensions, Judiciary. Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Military Affairs, Naval Affairs, Post-Offices and Post-Roads, Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Lands, Rivers and Harbors, War Claims, Irrigation of Arid Lands, and clerk to continue Digest of Claims under resolution of March seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, at two thousand dollars each; and for assistant clerk to the Committee on War Claims, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, fifty thousand four hundred dollars. For thirty-seven clerks to committees, at six dollars each per day during the session, twenty-six thousand eight hundred and sixty-two dollars. ÖFFICE OF SERGEANT - AT - ARMS: For Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, four thousand five hundred dollars; one deputy to the Sergeant-at-Arms, two thousand dollars; one cashier, three thousand dollars; one paying teller, two thousand dollars; one book-keeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one messenger, one thousand two hundred dollars; one page at seven hundred and twenty dollars; and one laborer, at six hundred and sixty dollars; in all, fifteen thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars. OFFICE OF DOORKEEPER: For Doorkeeper, three thousand five hundred dollars; and for hire of horses, feed, repair of wagon and har ness, six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; assistant doorkeeper, superintendent of document-room, assistant superintendent of document-room, and Department messenger, at two thousand dollars each ; two special employees, one thousand five hundred dollars each; document file clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; assistant document file clerk, one thousand three hundred and fourteen dollars; clerk to Doorkeeper, and janitor, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; nine messengers, including the messenger to the reporters' gallery, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; nine messengers, at one thousand dollars each; six laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two laborers in the water

closet, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three laborers, including
two in the cloak-rooms, at six hundred dollars each; female attendant in
ladies' retiring room, seven hundred and twenty dollars; superintendent of
the folding room, two thousand dollars; three clerks in the folding room,
one at one thousand eight hundred dollars and two at one thousand two
hundred dollars each; one foreman, one thousand five hundred dollars; one
messenger, one thousand two hundred dollars; one folder in the sealing-
room, one thousand two hundred dollars; one page, five hundred dollars;
one laborer, four hundred dollars; ten folders, at nine hundred dollars each;
five folders, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; three folders during
the session, at seventy dollars per month each, eight hundred and forty
dollars; fifteen folders, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one night
watchman, nine hundred dollars; one driver, six hundred dollars; fourteen
messengers on the soldiers' roll, at one thousand two hundred dollars each ;
two chief pages, at nine hundred dollars each; thirty-three pages, boys not
under twelve years of age, during the session, including two riding pages,
one telephone page, and one telegraph page, at two dollars and fifty cents
per day each, nine thousand nine hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty
cents; two messengers, during the session, at seventy dollars per month
each, five hundred and sixty dollars; ten laborers during the session, at
sixty dollars per month each, two thousand four hundred dollars; six labor-
ers known as cloak-room men, at fifty dollars per month each; horse and
buggy, for department messenger, two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, one
hundred and twenty-one thousand and twenty-six dollars and fifty cents.
OFFICE OF POSTMASTER: For postmaster, two thousand five hundred dol-
lars; first assistant postmaster, two thousand dollars; ten messengers, in-
cluding messenger to superintend transportation of mails, at one thousand
two hundred dollars each; three messengers, during the session, at eight
hundred dollars each; four messengers, at one hundred dollars per month
each, during the session, one thousand six hundred dollars; and one laborer,
at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand two hun-
dred and twenty dollars. For hire of horses and mail wagons for carrying
the mails, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
OFFICIAL REPORTERS: For five official reporters of the proceedings and
debates of the House, at five thousand dollars each; assistant official re-
porter, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand dollars. STENOG
RAPHERS TO COMMITTEES: For two stenographers to committees, at four
thousand dollars each, eight thousand dollars. That wherever the words
"during the session" occur in the foregoing they shall be construed to mean
four months, or one hundred and twenty-one days.-Joint Resolution June
30, 1890, and Legislative Act July 11, 1890 ..

Salaries, Officers and Employés, House of Representatives, 1890 and prior years.-To pay to the
conductors of the elevators in the House wing of the Capitol the difference
between their respective salaries and one thousand two hundred dollars per
annum each, as follows: To R. W. Goudelock from February fourteenth,
eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, to April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and
ninety, two hundred and thirty-three dollars and seventy-seven cents; to
the mother of Daniel Ratcliffe, from February fourteen, eighteen hundred
and eighty-eight, to July fifteen, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, one
hundred and forty-two dollars and seventy-five cents; to Rudolph Gibbs,
from March fifteenth to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety, twenty-
nine dollars and forty-four cents; S. D. Sterne from April fifteenth to July
first, eighteen hundred and ninety, twenty dollars and nine-two cents; to John
Graham from July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to March
sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, one hundred and thirty-three dol-
lars and fifty-nine cents; to L. B. Cook and George Winters, for fiscal years
eighteen hundred and eighty-nine and eighteen hundred and ninety, two
hundred dollars each; in all, nine hundred and sixty dollars and forty-eight
cents [correct amount, $960.47]. To reimburse Thomas Bell for expenses
incurred from March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, to April first,
eighteen hundred and ninety, for assistance as laborer in caring for building
rented for use of the folding room, two hundred and seventy dollars.-
Deficiency Act September 30, 1890...

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Salaries, Officers and Employés, House of Representatives, 1888 and 1889.-To pay the following which have been audited and recommended by the Committee on Accounts, namely: To pay John W. Chickering one hundred and twenty-six dollars; J. W. Fisher, one hundred and thirty dollars; J. R. Fisher, sixtyfive dollars; and W. C. Smith fifty-six dollars and ninety cents; in all, three hundred and seventy dollars and ninety cents [correct amount, $377.90], being for extra work done in indexing the House Journal and miscella neous documents during first session of Fiftieth Congress.-Deficiency Act September 30, 1890.......

JOINT RESOLUTION to pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and
eighty-nine, on the twentieth day of said month.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized and instructed to pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives, including the Capitol police, their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, on the twentieth day of said month.

Approved December 19, 1889.

Contingent Expenses, House of Representatives: Stationery, 1891.-For stationery for members
of the House of Representatives, including six thousand dollars for stationery
for the use of the committees and officers of the House, forty-seven thousand
eight hundred and seventy-five dollars.-Legislative Act July 11, 1890....
Contingent Expenses, House of Representatives: Stationery, 1890.-For stationery, one thousand
dollars.-Deficiency Act April 4, 1890.....

Contingent Expenses, House of Representatives: Fuel for Heating Apparatus, 1891.-For fuel
and oil for the heating apparatus, seven thousand dollars.-Legislative Act
July 11, 1890
Contingent Expenses, House of Representatives: Fuel for Heating Apparatus, 1890.-For fuel
and oil for the heating apparatus, one thousand five hundred and ninety-two
dollars and forty-eight cents.-Deficiency Act April 4, 1890................
Contingent Expenses, House of Representatives: Fuel for Heating Apparatus, 1889.-For fuel
and oil for the heating apparatus, being a deficiency for the fiscal year
eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, two hundred and ninety-six dollars and
forty cents.-Deficiency Act September 30, 1890....
Contingent Expenses, House of Representatives: Furniture and Repairs, 1891.-For furniture,
and repairs of the same, ten thousand dollars.-Legislative Act July 11, 1890..
Contingent Expenses, House of Representatives: Furniture and Repairs, 1890.-For furniture,

and repairs of the same, six thousand dollars.-Deficiency Act June 17, 1890.. Contingent Expenses, House of Representatives: Materials for Folding, 1891.-For materials for

folding, sixteen thousand dollars.-Legislative Act July 11, 1890....... Contingent Expenses, House of Representatives: Packing Boxes, 1891.-For packing-boxes,

three thousand and five dollars.-Legislative Act July 11, 1890.. Contingent Expenses, House of Representatives: Packing Boxes, 1890.-For packing-boxes, five hundred and eighty-two dollars.-Deficiency Act April 4, 1890 Contingent Expenses, House of Representatives: Postage, 1891.-For postage-stamps for the postmaster, one hundred dollars; for the clerk, two hundred dollars; for the Sergeant-at Arms, two hundred dollars; and for the Doorkeeper, twenty-five dollars; in all, five hundred and twenty-five dollars.--Legislative Act July 11, 1890...

Contingent Expenses, House of Representatives: Miscellaneous Items, 1891.-For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees, twenty thousand dollars.-Legislative Act July 11, 1890...

Contingent Expenses, House of Representatives: Miscellaneous Items, 1890.-That there be, and is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twelve thousand dollars to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees of the House of Representatives for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety.-Deficiency Act May 14, 1890. For miscellaneous items

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