, 1873-07-07

say tic girls stopped onco to nlow tho engine
to paGH md tllen Whipped their horses on to tho
traol, and attempted to crosa in advance.
CONGRESSIONAL BAcK~PAY.
crninemt ''~-u'lae Q Act Regarding Gflcx~
pended Balances annpplicnbIc.
WGshfnoton y"E p Dttpatch 70 the Stio FORK Times:
Ihe query, Whit becomes p : ot q The baek y nny Of
ury wna to-day answorod by Secretary Richard
son in thcBo wordu 1t romainB perpetual
dobt against tho Qovcrnnont unless the Inv Ia
repealed. Tho law Of uuo1pondod balances,
honlod by many Congressman and by tho pibllc.
Tho Inv Ia not applicable to tho back pny for Tho
reanon that the Treasury officials, from whose
opinion thoro, is no nppoal in tho 1nattor Of
hack pay Is not IN unoxpcndod balance. The
Inv concerning unoxpondol balances III contained
IN soc. Of tho act Of July 10, 1870, aud b In
those words: !" dnd be il fiftaer enacted, That
ro1nainod on Tho books OF tho Treasury, without
bolug drawn againBt in settlement Of accounts
for two years from tho data Of Tho last appro-
priation mado by law, shall bo reported BY tho
1roasury, uhoHo duty it ID to settle cccountp
thoroundor, aud tho Auditor shall examine
tho books Of Ills of1lco aud cor
tify to tho Secretary, Of tho Treasury
Bottlomont of any accounts ponling In l;B Office,
md IL 1t shall appear that such balances will be
required for tffs purpose, thon the Secretary
uay include such balances in his warrant,
! whether tho head Of tho propor department
Bha!l have certified that It may bo carried
| into tho general Treasury or not; but no appro-
priation for tho payment Of tho intoreBt or priu-
cipal Of tho public debt, OF, to which Congress
thus treated.' ThGre arc two olnusos in this
section to be considered in determining tho
disposition Of tho back pay: First, tho
words (which shall hago remained on
drawn against in tho settlement Of accounts for
two years from the dato Of tho Inst appropriation
made by law !" and, SECOND. in tic last son-
tonco Of tho section, II But no appropriation to
Of law ahail 10 titus troatod." Secretary Kloh-
| artyou, hlr. TAYLOR, First Comptroller of tho
Trcnaury, md Ii, t. Couant Chief of tho War
rant Division, approved tho construction Of tho
gontlemon m harc SEQ control Of tho approximations, Id
and Mr.. Taylor il tho iudicial ofticor Of tho
Treasury, whose function 1t is to constr,1o
this law, and from wlloso deesion there is no
appeal: =, Appropriations arc !! known ethor o. o.
fiscal yoar. or they arc specfo or indefinite in
n,nount. and continuing until the object for
| which they wore mndo iy iyaccomplishod. The Int
tor aro called pormanont appropriations. This
| section relative to unexpendod balances rerora
to ali appropriations. spocitlo in amount. which
are m - appprropratod pr in tic annual appropriation
bills to be oxponied in tho thon uoxt aucceelinc
fiscal yoar. fernanont Of continued appropriae,
lions. however. wlich aro not containoi il lilo
annusl anpropriation bills, aro not limited Is
law to The tiacnl year, and arc continued until tho
1,urnoao for which they woro mado has been nc
romnphod. Thooo normanont approuriatiou
aros in o1preag torms, oxonlplod from,
tbn onorntionu Of this law rogarlnr unox-
nontted :hniancoa by tho last uontonco Of thiB
Firth aection, The appropriation for back nav
mn. incranao of gnlariea il not an appropriation,
whioh is specific in amount, ind conilned to the
fiscal year. No dolnite sum ia named in tho
act. On tic contrary, II is provided ia tho Sal.
ary bill That 40 much money is appropriated
from tha Treasury as u,uy 10 necessary to carry
out the prrposcv Of tic act," This phrageoloey
ciyoe the oct Tho charactor Of q permanent al.
Dronriation. and brincs Il within tic oyemptiou
Of tho iaat sontcnco Of tho sixth section, It il
furthormoro not spocifc in that, oven were eli
Cougroggupen Intending 10 rocoiro their back
INV. tho Treasury could not oatimato tho amount
Of doduotious for mileage, Tho right sc
make tho DEDUCTION Is tlo prorogatiye Of MON.
bors. Tho amount Of buck pay which is ntil
uurawn will, therefore, remain as q permanent
a,,,rorrIation, subject to tho draft of any nom.
ber entitled to portion thereof, for two yeart