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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

R EP OR T O F T H E

L I B R A R I A N OF C O N G R E S SA N D

REI'ORT O F T H ES U I ' E R I N T E N D E N T OF T H E L IB R A R Y

B U I L D I N G A N D G R O U N D S

FO R TIIE FISCAI. YEARE NDING JUNE 30

I909

W A S l i I N C T O NGOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

1909


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clerk to t11t' S u l ) e r i ~ ~ t e ~ ~ d e ~ ~ ttld Disl)u rsi~~g ficcr; nV C ~ ~ C S ~ I Ill t 1 1 t b scbrvice of the Go ~ ~ r n m c n t ,nt1 :in ntlmiral,lcrx:~rnl)le f n morlcst, loyal, a nd dcvoicd ollici:tl, exact :111(1thoroligll in his own work ant1 consitlcralr ill I~i s el;ttio11swit 11 t11:it of otllcrs.

SI~ICVICI ,, ,,,,,,,,,,, , l Ile nlost not:~l)lc loss to our staff I )? ~csijinaiion$\.:is"'." z " ' r ~ l ~ : i tf Mr. Worthillfiton C. Ford, who on J:tllu:~rv I , OOO.

lcft 11s to I)econlc ctlitor for thc hI:~ss:irhuselts 11istoric:~lSociety. Rlr. 1:ortl 1)rought to the c o r ~ d ~ ~ c tf our 1I:inu-wril'ts 1)ivisioll not 111crc1y precise k ~~ ow lc tl gef thr. sourcchsof . \ I I I V ~ ~ ~ : L I Ilistory, \vliicl~nlacle 11ii11for cvrt:~i11 )erio(ls :Ilr~atlil~g~ ~ ~ t h o r i t v ,mt also n long cxl)c*rirnec. ll tllc sc.icntilic,t r c ~ a t ~ ~ ~ t ~ n tf s t~ch 11ateri:~l. Colnt)ining H i t 11 tllcsr clllalili-t - a t i o ~ ~ skill ill "Iocatit~g"ne\v material arlrl el~tr>rl)risell tllc~1)11rsuit of it , his pribwnCe with us :iitlcd jirc:~tly in t l l r ~c.~~l:lrge~r~c.ntf the 111a1111s~ril)tol l r r t io~~s,cl~ieh urir~g ht-six \cars of his incurnl)enry Inore t11:un tlol~blcclll cxt cl ~t ntli111l)ort:inec.. \Vit hin t his prriot l, for installee, occurred tiletransfer to tllc. 1,ibrar). of tile great 1)otlics of nlalluscriptssucll :is ihe Washington :i1ic1 otllrr l)~esitlc~~~tial:~pcrs,ant1 tllc pap ers of thc Cont inenta l Congress---forn~erl!- il l theState ant1 other federal tlepart~rlt.nts. LVitliir~ t :ilso Il:i\.r*occurred such inlpo rtnnt priva te gifts t o t he I,ibr:~r!. :IS tlloseof t hc J:rckson, th e Van Hurcn, an d tllc llreckinriklgr pap ers ;~111ilet1 t l ~ e onsitlrratiori o f nla tcr ial 1)rocural)lc ctnly 1)).~)urc~llase,~ i surlgmc~ntas to scientific as wt.11 a s co n~ ~n er ci alv:~lurbs coultl I)c :~ccel>trdIS safely tlecisive. On t11t. other11:111(1, is t~ (b rtai t~ tynd rapid ity of tlerision com1)inc.rl with :L~)rocligiousntlustry effc,cttd r~o tab le rsults in tllc acl n~i ~li str a-t ion ;~nd ti l iznt io~~f t l ~collectior~s. 1Iis cr o\ rn i~ ~gcr\ iccw:is intlct.tl IS editor , this i l l c l l ~di~ ~got 111(~rc~Iy11t- l)l ar~nin jial ~tl u~wr\.isior~f col~\~elitionalat:~logucs inti c:~lcnclars,al~t l he suprr\risior~ nd clirectior~ h r o ~ ~ g l ~I I C jress of t ht*liecords of tllc Virginia C'onlpany, 1)ut t h r ~ )ersoilal di ti l~ g


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and similar direction of the first fifteen voltt ines of t h eJournals of the Cont inental Congress , a t ruly m onum entallabor for which he was concededly the best equipped personin the cou ntr y , an d his performance of which has woiie r~ thus i as t i c ra i se from exac t ing c r it ics . l 'ha t h is depar -t u r e ~ ) r e \ ~ e i ~ t sis completion of i t is indeed :t n i i s fo r t~ ine ;b u t t h e p o r ti o n c o r ~~p l e t c c ls ta l, li sl ~e s t h e ~ ) l a i ~ ,cope, ai~cls t andard fo r t li c who le ; an d h l r . For d ' s gcnero ti s t rans fer t ohis successor of his notes, accttrnulated during n long periotlof p r iva te s t ud y in p repara t ion fo r the work , arid his rcadi-ness to give part icular coutlsel where th is ma y be t ieeded,combine wi th the actu al com pctcnc c of his successor toassure th at th e f i iture volum es wil l show l i t t le , if an y, d iminu-t ion in eficiency.

Fo r the gen t l eman who succeeds h im, h l r. Gai ll a rt l I Iu n t ,i s also famil iar wi th the material ar ld cxl)crt in the mannerof work. H e comes to the 1 , ibrary aft er twenty-o ne years 'service iri the D epa rtm ent of State--not , i t i s t rue, as custo-dian of i t s archi \ res , but in a proximity to them which hisscholarly ta s t rs induced him to ut il ize. On his dep artu ref rom t he depa r tm en t a l e t t e r was ad (i ressed to h im by t il eSecre ta ry , wh ich , t h a t ~g h t be longs ra ther to the records o fthe dep ar tm en t than to those of th e I , ib ra ry , I can no t fo r -bea r to reproduce here, not merely as s ignif icant of the par-t i cula r m an who ha s come to o ur se rv ice in n respons ib il i tyso impor tan t , bu t a l so as sugges t ive o f t he qua l i ty o f ment h a t t li e G o v e r n me n t i s s o f o r t u n a t e a s t o s e c u r e a n d r e ta in .

DEPARTMENTP STATEWu~hiny lon, ovember r 6 , r 90 8

MY D E A RM R . H U N T : t i s w i t h g r e a t r e g re t t h a t Iaccep t yo ur res ignat ion a s Chief of the Bu rca u of Ci t izen-sh ip of th e S t a t e Depa r tmen t , t o t ak e e ffect or1 the 1s t o fJ a n u a r y n e xt .

Were i t no t tha t t he pos i t ion in the L ib rary of Con-gress to which you a r e go ing a f fo rds a b e t t e r oppor-


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tu ni t? Tor th e Liiltl of work to whicli vou wish to tlevotcyo~lrsclf, slloulcl urge. V ~ I I o rcconsitlcr your tlctcrmination. Your work ill the St at e Dcl)nrtnlc.~~tla!Iwcn of :r very lligli cluality :rnel most clcvotctl : r l~t l elTici ei ~t. Yo11 llavc tlcalt satisf:~ctori ly with soillcLof t11(nlosl iilll)ortai~ts111)jccts ii~volvct l n our foreign rclntions ant1 yo11 11 a ~ c)eeil :tl,surelly ~iiiclcrpnicl. Yotilal)ors 11:~vc )cc11 i~ ~c on sl )i r~ lo li sr r l t l o f a cl~ar:ictcr (atlctc.t little ~)ul)lic~ttention,ultl you c:rn ilot cxl)ccin11c11 )~il)lic~~ ~ ) ~ ) r c ~ c * i : ~ t i o ~ ~f tlle111; 1)11t ileby I I : ~ \ T l)ce*l:~l)prc~ci:rtctl)\. evclyl)ocly ill l l l r St:~lc )c~l)nr l i~~ci~t~ I I (l)y Illally il~ei~il)crsf I)otll IIo~ises f Co11grc.s~ ultl 1 ):,I1 who Ilavc. I i:l t l occ:rsiori to l)c.coi~~c:lil~iliar will1 111\vorkiilgs of i11cb 13iircli1 of Ci ti ze ~ls l~ip ;r11c1 tliey slio~il~I)e for yoursclf :t I):lsis of cnd~iringatisfaction. We :lr:111 sorry to lose you, aiitl I t hiilk I :mi niost sorry of :ll\%it11 siilc-c~rcb stc~~111,cagarcl, and gootl wishes, I :ri

,21\vnys f:ritllfully yoursI : t , r r r r r I


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tion of libraries and the reorganization of oltler ones intocentralizetl and complex library systems is creating ade ~n an d n tha t direction to which at tention has beencallctl repeatedly and prominently of lat e in th e organs oftlie American lilxary world. As in these cases thcscientific : L I I ~ technical prohlenls are not r~ nd er on-sitlemtion, it is natural that II O reference should I)e111:ulc to t11err1 allti t l ~ a t he high ortler of csccut iveal~ility ecessary for the general atlministration of sl1c11il~stitutiol~shoultl alolic be dwelt upon. Cataloguing,classification, refi.rence work, ant1 other srlch servicesare , I~owcv er, ital fuilctions of the l ibrary organism.'l'he tentlency of asp irants for library honors to confinetheir efforts to the acquisition of administrative train-irig and experience, and to look upon the other func-tions with intlifference, if not disdain, may he due to t hegrcatcr emphasis placcd upon the former in curren t pro-fessional discrlssions; not that thc executive is held ingreater honor, but the othe rs in less. Cooperative cat a-loguing and classification on the other hand demandcomprehensive knowledge and great elk ien cy. Theyalso involve problems of organization and rcquire con-stant effort toward irnproven~cl ~tn methods and sim-plification of processes. The value of thi s service hasreceived recognition by appropriate rank in a few in-stances, but rrnless such recognition is granted lessgrudgingly the technical departmcnts of library workwill not at tr ac t nlen of the education and ability reqoi-site to success in tllem."

FINANCE

'fhr table gi\-en below exhibits the appropriat ions and ex-penditures of th e Libra ry proper ant1 of the Copyright Ofice...-for the fiscal year, and the appropriations for the year nowcurrent. Included also are the appropriations for the equip-ment a nd care of the building and grounds, expended by theSuperintendent. The all otn ~en t or printing and binding(dunng the past year $ 2 0 2 , 0 0 0 ) is not includetl.


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The appropriations for 1909 varied from those in the year A f i f i r 0 f i r f a -1, , '12lprececling only in the following particulars:

An Assistant Register of Copy-_--ights, a t $2,500.C'urtl irtdcxt.s: The appropriation for service in conr~ectionwith the distributio~:of card indexes increased from $ ~ o , X t w )and $1,500 (deficiency) for 1c)oX to $16,Xt ~)or 1909.

1'ri)rtiny tsnd hintlinq: The allotment decreasrcl toS2o-.,otx,as an offset to the increased appropriat ion for card iudexcs,certain service heretofore rendered Ijy the GovcrnnlentPri nti ng Office in conrlection with the distribution of printedcatalogue cards and charged to the allotment for printingand binding being transferred to the 1,ibrary of Congrcwand provided for under the appropriation for card indexes.

f3rtilJirig and grouads: One telephone switchboartl oper-ator a t ,4720 and I assistant telcphorie switchboard operatora t $600 in place of 2 telephone opera tors at $600 each. Onehunclretl thousand dollars toward the construction, mechan-icaI equipment , electric lighting, and roofing of a st ack ofshelving for bound newspapers and books in the so~~thcastcourt of t he Library building, to cost not exceedingQ ~ X ) , T K K ) .

The appropriations for 1909-10 include the followingcllanges and aclditional provisions:

Suluric~s(gc~~eralervice): General administration: 'Two A p p r o p r r a -I r n n , . I g o q - I 0stenographers and typewriters a t $ I ,om ach (in place of 2stenographers and typewriters, I a t $1 ,zoo nd I at $720) ;a messenger boy a t $360.

h'r*udinyRoom: TW O tt end ant s (for gallery and aIco\.es),a t $480 each.

Music 1)ivkion: The salary of t he chief d he clivisionillcreased from $ 2 , 0 0 0 to $3,000 and of the chief assist antfrom $ I ,400 to $ I ,500.

Law Library: Salary of Law 1,ibrarian made $3,000 (cov-ering the compensat ion of $500 for supervision of preparationof the new index to the St atu tes at Large).

Sal ary of Register of Copyrights in-to $3,5tm, and later (through the tlcfi-


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1.1 Rcjo i - t cf thc L ih mr in z cf Ci)/t~rrc'ssciency act of Allgust 5, 1909) to $q,ooo; alary of AssistantIicgis tcr of Copyrights incrmsecl fro111$2,500 to $3,000; andtlie followir~g c~clitioi~:ll ositions: r at $1,800, 2 at $i,C,ooeach, :~ t I ,(x)o :ic11, 2 :I[ $C ,o ( ) c:lcIi, :irltl a rilcsscngcr boyat $ s ~ 6 0 . . ,.( 'trrricrr .\, rz5ir-r.: 1wo ilicssriigcrs, :tt $40 pcAr 11oi1ll1:l~Ii,oscsr\.c luriiig t11c scssioll of L'ol~grcbss ~i1(1or ~(~rviccsl l COII-iicc*tiol~ it11 the 11011s~)flicc. t)uilt lii~g.

1rltk.x to the. .Sttrtrltrs (I! I.trr!/t.: I'lirascology of the itemcl~alijic(lo rcw1 :is follows: " [:or contii~i~ingllc ~)rc.par:ltioliof :111 i ~ ~ t l c xo tllc Statu tes at 1,argc of tl ic I:iiitcd St:ltes,$~o,txx) ,o I I ~spcntlctl 1)y tllc 1,ibrarian of Corlgrcss for tlicsa1:lric~sof the I)csrsolls \rholll I I C cliiploys to prepare tliciiltlcx :lr~d or i~ic.itlc.i~t:llexpenses; tile scope, elassilicatioil,arid style of the i~iclcxo Ile sucli :ls t l ~ cudiciary Coniinit t c ~ sof tllc t\vo 1Ioiisc~s f Congress shall direct o r approve."

Bllildil~q md yrour~dr: The appropriation for furiliture,etc., retluced from $40,000 to $25,000; ancl the I~alancc($2tm,ooo) of the fund ($3oo, tm) it1 tllc appropriatioii.; forthe fiscal year 1908-9 pro\~it led for tlie completioi i of theconstruction, mechanical equipment, electric lighting, ant1roofing of the stack of shelving for hound iiewspapers andI>ooks l l 1 1 1 ~out1ic~:lstcourt of thc Library biiildiilg.

COPYRl('.tlT OFFICI;-Pc~pvn~C1 lT : ' rl ~e eport of the li egister of Copyrights appears in full.\t


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A', pnrt cf t / z r ! /.ibmrina rf Congress

The principal statist ics of t h e business done are a s follows:. . . . . - -- ... ~- - .

1:ix:bl ycars~-. Fcps received and applied . -. .. --190.3-4 ( 1904-5 ~ p o g - l i rgc6-7 ~y sj -8 1908-9- -. . . .- - .-- . -- .- -- . -omestic (~ocents)entries-. ................................ S46,360.00 S~1.772.o S5~ ,08 0.5 0 %s6.26;. o SSJ . 148.50 Ss4.140.50Fnreipn (~r)cntrics....................................... i 10.410.00 9 . 8 3 0 . ~ ~ 9,543.00 r1,255.00 11,445.00 I I , B S O ooFormrtilirntes -..................................... ' 1~ ,5 56 .0 0 15.607. 0 , 15,819.o 16.390.50 16.047. o 1 I;, 069. oIFor assig nments recorded. .................................. .! 1. 273. o ! 808.00 , 738.00 741.00 io8.00 1 j z c . 00For rarches. . ..............................................: 30. oo i 41 .0 0 I;. 03 11.50 39.Co 3i. 5

- ... -. .- - -Total . . ............................................. j1.629 00 . :8,0~8. 00 80, 98.00 8i.685.00 63.387.50 83.816. 5

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Total number of depositsreceived (material of all clns ws, including i I.............................................uplicates). .: 184.799 ; 207.424 211.138 2zi.04j . 221. 721 217.86 9

Tota1nurntxrofen)tr~r .................................... ' 103. rjo I 113,374 117.70~ 123,829 119. 42 1 1 z 0 . 1 3 1Total communications received, including parcel-, but excluding I

deposits noted above. ................................ 73,478 84.063 ! 8;. 564 , 92.149 94.764Total cornmunication!,sent out (including letters wr itten) . ......... 1~ 9. 60 0 137, 79 : 145.020 16'. 7z8 16 4, 06 9 98. 135173.961


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I6 R+wt of the Libran'an of CongressThe fees from copyrights are covered into the Treasury

and not applied directly to the maintenance of the Copy-right Office. They fo nn a regular revenue of t he Govern-ment, however, and a net revenue over the direct 'xpensesof the Office, as appe ars fro111 tlle following cot nparisol ~:

I : r r r k P l s c r l r J 1;ces covrrcd in c111ringhe liscal year 1908-0, 21s :tl)ovc--. $83,816.5''IPcPCSFS

EXPENSESSalaries as st:~tetl_- - . . . 57;, 5 8 6 . 5 2Stntir~nrry nt1 slrndries. . . . 1.067. 18-- is. 653. ;o

Net rash earnings. .._.. . . ..--.. 5. 1 6 3 . 0 5The amount expended for salaries ($77,586.52) includes

the sum of $4,680 paid in salaries t o certain employees whohave been classifying and crediting the old deposits receivedprior to 1897. Thi s expendit ure is chargeable to arrears.The current expenses of the Office are therefore corlsiderablymore than met by the current receipts.

The above stat emen t includes all d i shur . remnt s ixxcept thecost of furn iture, of printing, and of binding, bu t onlv cu.chreceipts. In addition to cash Iises th e copyright businessI~ri ngs ach year to the Government, in articles tlcposited,property to the value of nrany thousands of dollars. Duringthe past fiscal year zr7,8Gg such articles were received.The value of those drawn up into the collections of th eLibrary far exceeded the amoun t of ne t cash earnings.

Thc work of t he Copyright Ofice is divided into twoparts: ( I ) The current business, covering applicationsreceived since the reorganization of t he Ofice under theIiegistcr in 1897; (2 ) the arrears, the classification, ercdit-ing, and indexing of the en tries and deposits prior to 1897(i. e., from 1870, when the copyright business was firstplaced under the Librarian of Congress).


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On th e 9th da y of Ju ly , 1909, when the report of t he Copy- , O ~ ~ : ~ l , , ~ ~ f i ~ -right Office was submitted, the ren~i ttances eceived up t othe t hird mail of the day had been recorded and acknowl-edged; the account books of the bookkeel~i r~givisioli werewritten up and posted to Junc 30, and the accounts ren-dered to the Treasury 1)cl)artrncnt were set tlctl 1111 to andinclutling Clie month of June, while carnrtl f t ~ so June 30,inclusive, had been p~ritl nto the 'freasury. All copyrightapplications reccived up to and including June 30 had beenpassed upor1 and rrfunds made.

The total unfinished business for the full twelve yearsfro111 July I , 1897, to June 30, I c)oc), amounts t o but $81.66,agaitlst a total completed business for the same period of$858,422.75.

At the close of busiiless on July 9, lgcq, t he tit les for recordhad been dated, classilied, and nulrlbered to July z (inclu-sive) for books and periodicals and t o Jul y r for all otherclasses. All titles had been indexed up to and inclutiingJune 30.

The articles of all classes tleposited during the year hadbeen stamped, catalogued, ancl credited up to the receiptsof June 30, inclusive.

'l'he Catalogue of Copyright Entries, which since thetransfer of i ts publication froin the Treasurv Department tothe Library of Congress (sue Appendix 11) has been issuedin four separate parts, had been brought fonvard, in thenew series, to Part r , (:roup 1 , books, etc., Vol. 6, No. 25,June 24; Part r , Group 2, pan~phle~s ,eaflets, etc., Vol. 6 ,Nos. 22-25, June; Part 2, pcriodicnls, Vol. 4, Kos. 22-25,June; Part 3 , musical compositions, Vol. 4, Nos. 22-2 5,June; Part 4, engravings, cu ts, and prints, etc. , 1'01. 4, Nos.22-25, June.

The certificate and noncertificatc twtrieq hat1 been re-corded to June 30, illclusivr, and certificates and riotices ofentry to the same date made, revised, and mailed.


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Crcditetl articles to the tir~tiil)cr f 2 1 ghl had been filedaway under year and t~umbcr,hose tlesired 1)y the Librarybeing forwarded t o the shelves for use. In the c-ase o f 5(12articles, identification and credit could not t)e matle, andt1 1e ~ ere accordingly indcxetl and (i.sccpt tt ~o sc lesirccl I)y1 he 1,ibrary) filctl for convenient reference.

~ ' o p y r ~ y h lrd s r98 p r ~ o r0 J t d j , 'l'itles t o the t1um1)c.r of 106,738, I)cing the ren~aindcrI , 1807 rntered prior t o July I , 1897, but herctoforc fileti only in

rougt~bundles, I~a d t w n collatctl, : ~r ra ~~ gc d,nt1 1)crnl:L-nently tiled.During thc past twelve years tl~ttbus i~~essone t)y theC)fice s l l o ~ the following :Total nur~ibcr f cntrics . . . I , 232, 5 2 0Total t~u~~ihcrf :~r~iclcscl)ositrtl . . . _ _ - - - - 2 , Ig.7.010Tc~tal n~ ou nt f fees received ;111cl ;~l>l)lircl_- . . $858,.t22.;5Total exl>cnditc~reor scrvicr-. - - - - - - .. $7211,468.07Nct receipts :~l)ovexpenses for service. . . .. . $1 28,954.68

During the thirty-nine yrars since the copyright workbecame a l~usinessof t he Library of Congress th e totalnumber of entri es has been 2,1 I 3,385.

The new copyright act will considerably increase theburdens of the Office. 'I'here ~ r ~ a ye expected a largervolutue of business under i t ; and there is certa in to he agreat ant1 difficult labor i'n ir~ terprc tin g nd in making clearto the public its novel requiren~ents. 'l'he burden can hemet cficiently only by a considerable increase of the staff.0 1 1 th e othe r hand , the rtaceipts of the Office are equallycertain to increase so as fully to cover the additional 's-penditurcs for service. .


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INCREASE OF THE LIBRARYAdopting the count of printed books and pamphlets made Cmkwsof l hL&wy Junein June, 1902, as being accurate, the total contents of the1008. d June

Library, inclusive of the Law Library, at the close of the loD poppast two fiscal years were as follows:

~ ~ ..-.! Contents of the Libnuvnmriptton , -i 1908 / 1909 1 ~ 4 i n~ . --I Ia Iacludcs the Yudin collection not hitherto enumerated.

Books-_ .a__-_..-..._. . --.. ,535, 8 a I, 702,685 a 167,677Manuscripts (anumerical state- 1

ment not feasible).. .. . .!. . . .... -. . . .Maps and charts (pieces) _. . 105, 18 I r 1,343 6, 5

i Net accessions- ---- -. * .- -I 1908 I 1W 9Music (volumes and pieces)- . . 483,41Rinta (pieces)--... . . 279,567

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feasible)- - - - - - - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . _ -Maps and charts (volumes and pieces)-_. .Music (volumes and pieces) - _ - . - - . .I iPrints (pieces)--...- -. --.- - . - . - . - -,Miacellaneaus-. ..... - - _ - _ _.- . -. - _ - . .!i

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APPROPRIATIONS ANI) ESPENI)ITURES, 1908-9

S A L A R I E S I I I

1P u r c h a s e o f h o o k s . . . . I ~ , M O . O O O O , M ~ . O O !.........P u r c l l l s r i l l l r r i u l i r i ~ l s .

..........ttrcl1;lsr of la\\ , books-l ' c~ tn l . . . . . . . . . . . .

C o n t i n g e n t e x p e n s e s ._- .- - .P r i n t i n g an t1 I ~ ind in ): ( a l l o t -

I . i h ra r y s e r v i c e :Gcner n l . ..............

. . . .U I ~S r ) ec in l_ . ............

I n d e x e s , d i g e s t s , a n d cum-p i l a t i o ~ ~f laws. . .

n l e n t , n o t al~r~roPriat~i~n)._'~zo~.53 . 83 195 , 4 2 3 . 18 ( 6 , 7.50. 5 5..-I-- - --( : rand total . . . . . . . 6(19. 98.5.5 4 Mz. 9 . 6 6 , 1 . 1 7 5 88

C a r r i c r s e r v i ce , M a r c h .?-June30 , 1001) . . . . . . . . . . . - .

l ) i s tr i I > l lt i on o f ca r d i n t l ex es .

I. ...... - IInc~l i~des~nlunce .160.7~rom I yo7-.R.b 1nrlude.s $.$58.97 (!redits on account o f snles to government institutions.

Docs 1101 i l l r l ud~ r36.93 yet to l>e credited."An i ~~de l> t edneesf $175 is ~ I J e paid whrn amounts due tllr~>ugh l~lrs opovenlmerrt institutions have I~een r ed ite dn full."xchrsive o f goo to be expended II Y the rnurshul of the Supren~e ourt fornew Lxr>hsof rrfrre nce fur that Intdy.Tncludrs $15.3.8.3 rrrdits I I I I arcc~nnt of %*Ira to government institutions.

r j n r s 110t include $62.97 yet t o LR credited.

C'ol)yright Office. . . . . ./-.--.+ - 77. X a ) . tm 1 7 7 , 6 2 4 . 3 0 , 1 7 5 . 7 0I ---T I I ~ ~ , . \ 5 ~ . 5 3 1 . 7 1 ~ 5 1 ~ 8 . 5 . ~5 ! 6 7 8 . (6ii . --- -_ I _ -

I N CREA S F , OF I . I I3RARY i ,

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CONTIX(:I$NT 1:'SPENSES IN 1)BTAIL, -- - . -- . . - . . . - - --

Ol~jcct b i ltslxnd'itnre A ~ V I U I I ~~~ ~ .

Stationery supplies- - - --. . - . . ~ . ~ . - ~ - - - . $4, 3 5 0 . 65Horse hire :ttld ra re of wagon. - - -. . . . ... Xfiic). tx)Repairing and repainting rv:lgon. . . -..-.. 6 2 . 20Ty11~writt.r ul)plitls . . . . t l r . G XTraveling expertscs . . . - . - 401, 5.3Dies, ~~resses,lid rul)l)er st:~ltll)s . . ~- ~ . ~~ ~ . ! 184. 13I'ostage st:mlps arld intern:itioll:~l ~) os l:~l:~rtls (foreign I

rorrrsponde~lce) ~ ~ II 1 6 r . mTelegrarrls and long-dist;u~cerlel)llc,~lr~ t ~ c ~ s s : ~ # ~ s - 17.07'Cools _ _ _ _ _ . - . . .. . 5 8 . 9 2Trunsfrr tllnr~es- . ~ ~ - ~ . . - .. . 54. 4l'ost-office I)OX rent, July I , 10o8, 11 ) June .w, ~oc:r) - - . 16 .mhlotor delivery van- - - - - .-. - . 850. oo


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APPROPRIATIOSS 1011 '11-115 I,II,: ;OI- :~ssislI I I I i t 1 ~.II:II.;~..1 ,T I ) o ; tssisI .

; t i ~ t , OOO; :tssist:1111s,kt ST ?I I ~ , : I~ . I I ;I I ~ , \ ~ ~ . I I ; ~ , I .IO!., 5~;Oo;l lall, $4,200,

Orclcsr aiitl ac cc ss io ~~ ::t11- t.11it.i oi tli\.is io~l. 2,501 );lssisla n t , $ I , . ~ ( M ) ;~ssis1:1111,I,:OO; ; :1ssiq1:1111!-.II SOOOt:1t41:2 assisI;t~~Ls,tL 5 7 2 0 (':IcII; :1ssi\1:~111s,I ( S(IO)O: I ~ . ~ I ;~s%islant , ' ; ~L ' o ; L I I ( ~2 I I I ~ . ~ ~ ( ~ I I ; ~ ~ I .)o\ s. :II C;,;Oo ~- :LVI I ;I ILII, 1 .;SO.

Cal:tlog~~c~,l :~s s i l i t * :~~ io~~ ,III(Il~tsli: :oI- c - 11 i c - r oi (li\.isi011,$s,r)oo; ellie[ cI:~ssilit-r, ~, o o o ;1 :1ssis1:~111s,~ t 1 Soo t , : ~ t - l ~ :7 assisl:t~~ls,I [ $ ~ , , j o o* : ~ c . l ~ ; : I S ~ ~ ~ I : I I I I S ,I ( S I , . ~ O OY I C I I ;12 :1ssis1:111ls.1t S I , ?O O,:~t.l~;ix :1s!-is1:111Is.11 $l ,ooo ~ & :I ~ -I I ;14 ; ~ s s i s l : ~ ~ ~ t s ,I ( st)oo c : I ~ ~ I ;I : I S S ~ S ~ : I I ~ ~ S ,I [ SOO ~ > : I ~ * I I ;,;: t s s i s l ; t~~ l~ ,ti $720 c*:1t.11,; : ~ s s i s l : ~ ~ ~ l s ,I! O O I ) , : IC.II ;o :~s\is (:~nLsLI $,?40 t*:1c.11;I :~ssis1:1111, :I ( 5.lS0 ~. :I CI I; I I ~ ~ S ~ ~ * I I ~ < ~ ~ I ~ ~ ,at $,;Oo CL:L~*II;l l :11l, S.S~ ,O.~O.

13i11(1i11g1:or ;~ssis~:1111l l c11:1.gc*,5 1.+( )( ) ; :~ssis1:1111,()oo;rnesscb1i,qch1-~o v, ,;Oo; i l l : I \ \ , 52,(10o.

13il)liogr:~~)I1!~l:or ellit-f of (li\.isiol~,S.; ,o(n); : L~ S~ SI :L IIIS I , . ~ M ) ;:~ss isL:~~~ls ,I ( $)o,) c,:~c,l~;I ~ ~ I I O : I ~ : I I I ~ I ~ ~ I -L I I ( I I > . I ) ( - -writchr, $O IM I ;l.ssisl:~llL, 721 : :III(I 111c.ssc~11~c~r) ( ) \ . , S,;OI; i l l;111, $S,.So.

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Reading rooms (including cvc.t~ing senriccj and specialcollccl.io~~s:or superintcndent of rwtling room, $S,(KN>;2 :rssisla~~ls,t $~,gcx>,:rcl~;4 assistants, at $~ ,? oo ~l ch ;r ass i s tn~~treatling room for the bli ~~ tl ),1 ,zoo; 5 assistants,:it $o(K) c : L ~ ~ I ; O :LSS~S~:III~S,t $720 each; I : ~ t t c n t l : ~ ~ ~ t ,Senate rcatling roolll, $c)oo; I ~ l t t c ~ ~ d : ~ n t ,icprcsc.nt:lli~c.s'rcat l i~~goolll, $ytn); I :lt tcsnda~~t,icprc~sent ti\- t~s 'c;~dingroonl, $7 3) ;2 : ~ t t c ~~c l a ~ l t s ,lo:rkroo~l~s,t $72oc~lc l1; attc.11~1-a ~ ~ t ,I'oner I,ibrary, $otw 1; I attc.ndnl~t,Washil~gtotlia~l,i-I)r:try, 50tn); att c~l d:~ ntslor g:lllcrya~~ tllcovcsj rt $$ioe:rcl~4 1iicssellgc.r I~oys, t $,;Oo eai.11; 2 watc11n1c.11.rt $720 e:tc11;ibvc.ni~~gcrvicc., 5 ass i s t a~~ts ,t Sgtn) each ; I 5 :rssist:rnLs, at$720 c.ac11; iu all, $ .+ ~, GM I.

1'c.riotlical (~~i~clutling~ v c ~ ~ ~ i n gervice) : For c11ic.f oftli\.ision, $2 ,o(x);chitif : L S S ~ S ~ : L I I ~ ,1 5(n); 2 assist;l~~ts,t$(yn) i';~c11 s tcnogral) l~cr111(1 y~ tw ri tc r, OCX); ; L S S ~ S ~ : L I I ~ S .: k t $720 eac.11; 2 11-icbsscnger ~oys , t 6360 c.:rch; for arrearsof 5orti11~nt1 collating and to cnablc periodical rwclingI-OOIII to I)e C ) ~ ) V I I ll tl~c. vrnings, 2 ass i s t a~~ts ,t $721)c.ac.11;in :11l,310,520.

I)ocut~~cnts:or chief of tlivision, :"l.3,tx~,; ws is t: ~~ ~t .$1,4cw ) ; sti~nogmpher nt1 tyl~ewritc.r.S ~ t u; assist ~ I I I . 720;Illc.sscLngc.r, 360; in all, $0,,3Xo.

Manuscript : For chief of tlivision, 53,cnx); c11ic.f :rs si st n~ ~t ,$ 1 , s ( x ) ; ~ ~ s s i s t a ~ ~ t .0tx); Illc.sstsllgcsr oy , $360; i l l all, $5.700.

h4;1ps ; l r l t l charts: I:or c.11ic.l'of cl ivisi~)n, ,z.ooo; ass ist ant ,$i ,+)o; 2 :~ssist; l~~ts.t $OCW):lcl~ assistar~t,57211; IIIC~S-sc~~f ie r)oy, $360; i l l :~l l, 7,180.

b111sic: For chief of tl iv is io ~~ ,3,twn); assistant , J1,stw);assistant, $1 ,om; : L S S ~ S ~ : L I I ~ S .~ t720 C~:LCII;lleSstJllgt'r I)oy,$,?ho: i l l all, 57,,3(x).

I'r int s: 1:or chicsf of t livision. $?, (XK) ;~ssist:tnt,$1 ,qm;2 assis ta~~ts ,t $y(n~.3c.h; Illc.5sc11ger, $360; i l l :dl, $5,500.

S ~ ~ l i t h s o ~ ~ i a ~ ~leposit : For ct~stotlin~~,1 ,goo; :~ssistar~t,$1,400; nlcssenger, $720; inc.ssctlgcr boy, $360; ill 311,$.3>980.Co~lgressional1icfcre11c.c 1,ihrary: 1:or cl ~s tod iat ~,1,5tx,;: ~ s s i s t a ~~ t ,1 , - c x ) ; assist:r~~t,o t x ) ; assistant, $720; 2 111c.s-sc.11gc.r I~oys,rt $360 c:lcl~; l l :dl, 35,040.


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Law Library: For law librarian, including additionalcompensation of $500 for supervision of preparation of thenew index to the Statutes at Large, $3,000; 2 assistants, at31,400 each; messenger, $goo; assistant for evening service,$1,500; in all , $8,200.

COPYRICEITFFICIE,under the direction of the Librarian ofCo ng re sm is te r of copvrights,$ 3 , 5 0 0 ; assistant register of- - . - - -copyrights , $3,cm>; hief clerk and chief of bookkeeping divi-sion, 5 9 2 , ~ ~ ~ ) ;hief of application division, $2,000; 3 clerks, at$1 ,8m) each ; 6 clerks, a t $1,603 each; 8 clerks,at $ 1 . 4 ~ ~ )ach;10 clcrks, at $1,200 each; lo clerks, at $I ,ax,ach; clerks,at $gtw each ; 2 clerks, a t $8tw) each; l o clerks, a t $720 each;4 clerks, a t $6(x, each; 3 rrlesscnger boys, a t $360 each.Arrrars, special service: Three clerks, a t $I 2 0 0 each;por ter , $720; messenger boy, $360; in all, $87,360.

DISTRIRZ,TIONF CARD INDEXES:or service in connectionwith the distributio.l of card indexes and othe r publicationsof the Library, ir~cluding not exceeding $500 for freightcharges, expressage, and traveling expenses connected withsuch distribution, 516,800.

TGMPORAKYERVICES:or sl~ecial nd temporary sen-ice,including extr a special services of regular employees, at thediscretion of the .I,ibrarian, to continue a\-ailable ~lll tilexp mde d, $2,000.

Carrier service: Two messengers, a t $40 per month each,dur ing the first session of the Sixty-first Congress, beingfrom December 1 , 1909, until Jun e go , ~c)ro,nd for set-vicesin connection with the House Office Building, $560, or somlich thereof as may be necessary.

SVNDAYPENING: TO enable the Library of Cangress tobe kept open for referenee use from 2 until 10 o'clock postn~er idian n Sundays and legal holidays, within the discre-tion of the Librarian, including theext ra seri-icesof crnployeesand the se ~ i ce s f additionai employees under the 1,i-brarian,%~o,ooo,r so much thereof as rnay be necessary.

INCREASE F I,IURARYF CONGRESS: or purchase ofbooks for the Library, and for freight, commissions, andtraveling expenses incidental to the acquisition of books I)yptirchase, gift, or exchange, $IOO,(KK);


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