IN THE OFFICE OF THE PAYMASTER-GENERAL,-One chief clerk, at two thousand dollars; six clerks of class four; seven clerks of class three; twelve clerks of class two; nine clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; seven watchmen; superintendent of building, two hundred and fifty dollars; and five laborers; in all sixty-four thousand nine hundred and ten dollars,

IN THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS,-One chief clerk, at two thousand dollars; four clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, twenty-three thousand two hundred and forty dollars,

And the services of skilled draughtsmen, civil engineers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary may be employed in the office of the Chief of Engineers to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors, fortifications, and surveys for military defenses, to be paid for from such appropriations: Provided, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, and the amount paid to each,

OFFICE OF PUBLICATION OF RECORDS of the RebellION,-For one agent, two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four, one of whom shall be employed on the general index; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; three clerks of class one; four copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; one foreman of printing, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one pressman, one thousand two hundred dollars; five compositors, at one thousand dollars each; two copy holders, at nine hundred dollars each; two assistant messengers; two watchmen; and one laborer, at six hundred dollars; in all, thirty-two thousand two hundred and eighty dollars,

For the superintendent of the building at the corner of F and seventeenth streets, two hundred and fifty dollars; one engineer, one thousand dollars; conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; four watchmen; two laborers; and one laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, six thousand six hundred and fifty dollars,

For postage stamps for the War Department and its Bureaus, as required under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matter addressed to Postal Union countries, three thousand dollars,

For contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary of War and the Bureaus, buildings (except the War Department building), and offices of the War Department; purchase of professional and scientific books, card catalogues, law-books, blank-books, pamphlets, newspapers, maps, furniture, carpets, matting, oil-cloth, file cases, towels, ice, brooms, soap, sponges, fuel, gas, and heating apparatus; telegraphing; freight and express charges; repairs to buildings and furniture; and for other absolutely necessary expenses, sixty-one thousand five hundred dollars, For stationery for the War Department and its Bureaus and offices, thirty thousand dollars,

For rent of buildings for use of the War Department, as follows; For Adjutant-General's Office, five thousand seven hundred dollars; for the Signal Office, seven thousand five hundred dollars; for the Quartermaster-General's Office, ten thousand dollars; for the Paymaster General's Office, three thousand six hundred dollars; for the Surgeon General's Office, nine thousand seven hundred dollars; for the CommissaryGeneral's Office, two thousand five hundred dollars; for the Chief of Engineers' Office, one thousand six hundred dollars; for the Rebellion Record Office, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, forty-one thousand eight hundred dollars,

PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS,

For clerk in the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds, one thousand six hundred dollars; and for messenger in the same office, eight hundred and forty dollars,

For the public gardener, one thousand eight hundred dollars,

For overseer, draughtsman, foremen, and laborers employed in the public grounds, twenty-six thousand dollars,

For watchman in Franklin Square, six hundred and sixty dollars, For watchman in Lafayette Square, six hundred and sixty dollars, For two day watchmen in Smithsonian Grounds, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars[.] For two night-watchmen in Smithsonian Grounds, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars, For one watchman for Judiciary Square, and one for Lincoln Square and adjacent reservations, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars,

For one watchman for Iowa Circle; one watchman for Fourteenth Street Circle and neighboring reservations; one for Rawlins Square and Washington Circle; one for Dupont Circle; one for McPherson and

Farragut Squares; one for Stanton Place and neighboring reservations; one for Armory Square and reservations east to Botanic Garden; one for Mount Vernon Square and adjacent reservations; one for greenhouse at the nursery, nine in all, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, five thousand nine hundred and forty dollars,

For one night watchman for Armory Square and reservations east to Botanic Garden, at seven hundred and twenty dollars,

For contingent and incidental expenses, five hundred dollars.
For rent of office, nine hundred dollars,

STATE, WAR, AND NAVY DEPARTMENT BUILDING,

Office of the superintendent: One clerk class one; one chief engineer, at one thousand two hundred dollars; six assistant engineers, at one thousand dollars each; one captain of the watch, one thousand two hundred dollars; two lieutenants of the watch, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; forty-eight watchmen; one carpenter, one thousand dollars; one machinist, at nine hundred dollars; two skilled laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; seventeen firemen; six conductors of the elevator, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; seventeen laborers; and fifty-four charwomen, at one hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, eighty-six thousand six hundred and eighty dollars, For fuel, lights, repairs, and miscellaneous items, thirty-four thousand dollars,

SECTION 2. That the pay of assistant messengers, firemen, watchmen, and laborers provided for in this act, unless otherwise specially stated, shall be as follows: For assistaut messengers, firemen, and watchmen, seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum each; for laborers, six hundred and sixty dollars per annum each.

SECTION 3. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

GENERAL ORDERS,

No. 31.

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, March 19, 1885.

The following acts of Congress are published for the information and government of all concerned:

I..AN ACT providing for the erection of a building to contain the records, library, and museum of the Medical Department, United States Army.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a brick and metal fire-proof building, to be used for the safe-keeping of the records, library, and museum of the Surgeon-General's Office of the United States Army, is hereby authorized to be constructed upon the Government reservation in the city of Washington, in the vicinity of the National Museum and the Smithsonian Institution, on a site to be selected by a commission composed of the Secretary of War, the Architect of the Capitol, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and in accordance with plans and specifications submitted by the Surgeon-General of the Army and approved by Said commission, the cost of the building, when completed, not to exceed the sum of two hundred thousand dollars; the building to be erected and money expended under the direction and superintendence of the Secretary of War.

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SEC. 2. That the sum of two hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the commencement and completion of said building.

Approved, March 2, 1885.

IIAN ACT to authorize an additional appointment on the retired-list of the Army.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stentes of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint on the retired-list of the Army of the United States, from among those who have been Generals commanding the armies of the United States or Generals-in-Chief of said Army, one person with the rank and full pay of such General, or General-in-Chief, as the case may be; and the total number now allowed by law to compose said retired-list shall be, on such appointment, increased accordingly. Approved, March 3d, 1885.

III. AN ACT to provide for the settlement of the claims of officers and enlisted men of the Army for loss of private property destroyed in the military service of the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to examine into, ascertain, and determine the value of the private property belonging to officers and enlisted men in the military service of the United States which has been, or may hereafter be, lost or destroyed in the military service, under the following circumstances:

First. When such loss or destruction was without fault or negligence on the part of the claimant.

Second. Where the private property so lost or destroyed was shipped on board an unseaworthy vessel by order of any officer authorized to give such order or direct such shipment.

Third. Where it appears that the loss or destruction of the private property of the claimant was in consequence of his having given his attention to the saving of the property belonging to the United States which was in danger at the same time and under similar circumstances. And the amount of such loss so ascertained and determined shall be paid -out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and shall be in full for all such loss or damage: Provided, That any claim which shall be presented and acted on under authority of this act shall be held as finally determined, and shall never thereafter be reopened or considered: And provided further, That this act shall not apply to losses sustained in time of war or hostilities with Indians: And provided further, That the liability of the Government under this act shall be limited to such articles of personal property as the Secretary of War, in his discretion shall decide to be reasonable, useful, necessary, and proper for such officer or soldier while in quarters, engaged in the public service, in the line of duty: And provided further, That all claims now existing shall be presented within two years and not after from the passage of this act; and all such claims hereafter arising be presented within two years from the occurrence of the loss or destruction,