Mr. DOOLITTLE. In behalf of the special committee, to whom was referred the subject matter of the reorganization of the clerical force of the dept of the Interior, I am instructed to as the Senate to take up that bill for consideration at the present time. It is Senate bill No. 282; I move to take it up. The motion was agreed to; and the bill (S.No.282) to reorganize the clerical force of the Dept of the Interior, and for other purposes, was read the 2nd time and considered as in ComWhole. It provides that from and after the commencement of the next fiscal year the clerical force in the office of the SecyInterior and in the several bureaus o the Dept of the Interior shall be as follows: In the office of the Secretary: one chief clerk, one disbursing agent, who is to be exoficio superintendent of the Patent Office building, at a compensation of $2, 500 er an num; one clerk on public lands, one clerk on Indian affairs, one clerk on pensions, one clerk on the judiciary, at a compensation of $2,000 each perannum; 3 clerks, at $1, 800 each perannum; 4 clerks, at $1, 600 each perannum; and 4 clerks, at $1, 400 each per"annum. In the GLO: one chief clerk, ten clerks in charge of divisions, at $2,000 each per annum; ten assts to such clerks, at 1, 800 each perannum; 40 clerks, at $1, 600 each perannum; 50 clerks, at $1, 400 each perannum; 30 clerks, at $1, 200 each perannum. In the Indian Office: one chief clerk, 3 clerks in charge of divisions, at an annual compensation of $2,000 each; 6 clerks, at an an nual compensation of $1, 800 each; 11 clerks, at an annual compensation of $1, 600 each; 8 clerks, at an annual compensation of $1, 400 each; and 5 clerks, at an annual compensation of $1 200 each. In the Pension Office: one chief clerk, 3 clerks in charge of divisions, at an annual compensation of $2,000 each 20 clerks, at an annual compensation of! $1, 800 each; 50 clerks at an annual compensation of $1, 600 each; 52 clerks, at an annual compensation of $1, 400 each; and 22 clerks, at an annual compensation of $1, 200 each. In the Patent office: In addition to the clerks and employees authorized by existing laws, 4 primary, 4 1st asst, and 4 2nd asst examiners; and the annual salaries of the 1st asst examiners shall, from and after the commencement of the next fiscal year, be $2,000 each; the salary of the librarian, $2, 600 perannum, which shall be in full for all his services as librarian and translator. The compensation of the messengers, asst messengers, laborers, and watchmen in the Dept of the Interior and its several bureaus and offices is to be the same as it now is under the operation of the act entitled “An act making approriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial excases of the government for the year ening June 30, 1865, tlzgd4for other purposes, " approved June 25, 6. The SecyInterior is to appoint all the clerks and other employees mentioned in this act, except such as are by law appointed by the POTUS, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. In the temporary absence of the head of either of the bureaus, his duties are to devolve upon and be performed by the chief clerk, unless the President shall see proper to appoint another person for that purpose. From and after the commencement of the next fiscal year, the compensation of the As sistant SecyInterior, and that of the heads of the bureaus of the Dept of the Interior is to be the same as that now allowed by law to the ComrPatents; that of the chief clerk of the Dept of the Interior $2, 500 perannum, and that of the chief clerks of the bureaus each $2, 250 perannum. The sums which may be necessary to carry into effeet the severa? provisions of this act during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1807, are to be aid out of any mone s in the Treasury not otherwise appropriate, except so far as they relate to the Patent Office, in which case they are to be paid from the patent fund. The select committee to whom the bill was referred reported it with several amendments. The 1st amendment was in section one, lines 33 and 34, to strike out the wor s “ 3 clerks in charge of divisions at an annual compensation of $2,000 each” and to insert “there shall be appointed by the SecyInterior, for the Pension Office, 5 hea s of divisions, each of whom shall be allowed a salary of $2,000 perannum;” so that the clause will read: In the Pension Office: one chief clerk: there shall be appointed by the SecyInterior for the Pension office 5 headsof divisions, eachof whom shall healloweda salary“$2,00oper annnni; 20 clerks at an annual compensation of $1, 800each, Ete.