porter...... 1 janitor.... Surveyor (salary, $350; fees, etc., 3000.00 Surveyor (salary, $350; fees, special deputy surveyor................. 2000.00 Per Annum. etc., ..$453.10 500.00 360.00 1500.00 1 deputy surveyor......................................................... 1000.00 900.00 720.00 CAIRO, ILLINOIS. 1 messenger.............................................................................................. 480.00 Surveyor (salary, $800; fees, etc., $105.98)......... Per Annum. 400.00 ..$905.98 1 janitor..... 600.00 500.00 1 weigher, gauger, and measurer............ 3.00 Surveyor (salary, $350; fees, $1500; storage, $2000).............$4500.00 1 special deputy collector.................. Per Annum. .$2500.00 1200.00 375.00 275.00 Per Month. .$50.00 2 deputy collectors and clerks, each... 2000.00 2 deputy collectors, during navigation, each...... $1500) ....... 1 deputy collector. 1 cashier......... 1460.00 deputy collector and inspector......... 1277.50 1 deputy collector and inspector......... 1460.00 1 special deputy collector and 2 special inspectors, each collectors and clerks, each.... 1200.00 1 deputy collector..... collector and clerk....... collectors and inspectors, each........ 1095.00 1 clerk and inspector, during navigation.. 3.00 and chief clerk...... 1800.00 Collector (salary, $1000; fees, etc., spector........ 1400.00 Per Diem. 1100.00 1 inspector......... 1 66 during navigation........... $3.00 3.00 ... 3.00 1 deputy collector............................................... 3625.00 2 66 collectors, each .................. 1 auditor...... 1500.00 4500.00 Surveyor's Office. Surveyor... Per Annum. ..$5000.00 1 assistant auditor................................................... 2000.00 1 deputy surveyor........................... 3625.00 1 cashier...... 3000.00 1 clerk.. 1800.00 3000.00 1 messenger....... 3000.00 1800.00 900.00 2500.00 1800.00 Naval Office. PORTLAND, OREGON (WILLAMETTE). Collector (salary, $1000; fees, etc., $2000; storage, $1200).. 1 appraiser...... 1 deputy collector.. 66 1 clerk... 1 66 opener and packer. 1 storekeeper... 1 janitor....... 1 janitor 2200.00 It is provided that there may be emPer Annum. ployed in this service such public vessels and crews in actual service, and as many $4200.00 officers and men of the army and navy 3000.00 of the United States as may be necessary, 2400.00 the navy officers to be employed on the 1500.00 hydrographic parts, and the army officers 1250.00 on the topographical parts of the work. 1200.00 The maps and charts of the survey of 900.00 the coasts may be disposed of by the Per Month. Treasury Department at such prices and $45.00 under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may fix. 1 engineer and fireman (for eight months) 100.00 1 night watchman.. 100.00 Per Diem. EMPIRE CITY, OREGON (SOUTHERN). 2.50 Per Annum. ...$1048.20 ......... 1000.00 PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON TERRITORY Per Annum. Collector (salary, $1000; fees, etc., $2000) 2 deputy collectors, each.......................................... 6 inspectors, each. 2 boatmen, each........ 2 boatmen (and 50 cents per diem for ..$3000.00 It is provided by law that the charts prepared by the Coast Survey Service shall show the configuration of the coasts, and by lines the probable limits of the Gulf Stream; the probable limit to which the soundings off the coasts will extend; the triangulation, the topography, and the soundings of the coasts. On the 30th of March, 1843, a board, appointed by direction of the President of the United States, convened for the purpose of preparing a plan of reorganizing the mode of executing the coast survey, and that proposed by said board 2150.00 was approved by the President on April 1200.00 29, 1843. That plan laid down a system 600.00 of rules for ascertaining the geographical positions of points; for obtaining the 730.00 soundings, the hydrography and topography of the coasts; also for the ar..$4.00 rangement of parties for duty in the 3.00 field, and prescribing the manner of employment and the compensation to be allowed to the persons to be employed in the service. 600.00 Per Diem. Per Annum. 1200.00 1 deputy collector...................................................... 1500.00 3 66 1 The President, in approving the plan, directed that the Secretary of the Navy should assign suitable officers of the navy to be chiefs of the hydrographical parties, at the request of the Treasury Department; and that the charge of the survey should be continued in that Department, placing the service under its control; and the Secretary of the Treasury to be the medium of communication with the perall reports should be made, and from sons employed in the survey, to whom whom all directions on the subject should be received. The service was placed under the Treasury Department because the object and purpose of the survey refer principally to the commercial interests of the country, with which this Department is generally charged. DUTIES OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE COAST SURVEY. The Superintendent has charge of the work in general, and is responsible for 1 computer....... 3 computers, each........ 1 66 ......... 2 draughtsmen, each...................... 1 1 66 1 electrotypist.......... its correctness and fidelity. It is his duty The appropriations made for all purposes connected with the Geodetic and Coast Survey amount to about $550,000 annually. 1 clerk in charge of miscellaneous di vision...... 1 clerk in chart-room.......... 2 clerks, each........................................................................................... 1200.00 1 writer to superintendent....... Per Diem. .$2.89 1 messenger to superintendent.............. 2.30 2 draughtsmen, each.............. 1 draughtsman....... ............................................ 1 66 66 66 ............... engravers, each........ 2 66 5.75 ........................... 2.00 5.75 4.00 3.831 3.50 3.20 3.00 5.50 5.00 4.50 3.75 3.25 2.00 2.25 5.00 4.00 3.50 |