The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-17
LAST OF THE REGULARS
GENERAL DEFICIENCY BILL HAS
BEEN REPORTED.
Over Six and One-Half Million Dol
lars Approprinted-Ho0 the Great
Sum is Divided.

Washington, Feb. 16.-The House Com
mittee on Appropriations today reported
the general deficiency bill, the last OF the
regular appropriation bills of this Con-
gress The bill appropriates S6,51S,574, out
of which the principal appropriations are
as follows; Treasury department, S1,15O. =
Ais; war department, S299, 500; navy de-
partment, $1O0,2S3: department of justice,
~, 364 430; postofhce department, S1,2S2, 14Sj
government printing office. $500, 400; 1udg-
ment of the court OF claims, SIl6,O9S; au-
dited claims, S76706.
In addition to the sum recommended IN
this bill, appropriations have been made
during the present session OF Congress to
supply deficiencies in appropriations for
the support of the government during the
Current and prior fiscal years, as follows:
December "a. 1894, printing, 100000; De
cember "a, 1894, eleventh census, ETC.. $780, :
900; January 20, 1888. urgent deficiency,
81, So, 421.
The total amount of deficiency appro-
priations for this session is, therefore,
Sc, $50, S95.
The recommendation of Secretary
Gresham for an appropriation of $40, 000
for the payment of all claims by Great
Britain growing out of the seizure of fur
sealing vessels in Bering sea, was called
up in the committee for the first time.
and the members declined to recommend
any action upon it because they had not
been able to look into the matter suft1-
GENTLY to take action upon 1t irnmedi-
ately.
Mr.. Breckenridge was authorized to of
fer an amendment in the House for the
payment of these claims without any
recommendation from the committee for
or against it, and the members reserved
the right to vote as they saw fit on the
| question.
No action was taken by the full com.
mittee on the subcommittee recon-.
mendation that 10000 be appropriated
! for a government exhibit at the Tennes.
| see exposition of 1896. but the item viii
! be taken UP IN committee on Monday
and, if approved will be embodied in g
{ separate bill. Under the department o.
| state is a clause, "That the di6burse
ment5 made to members and attaches O.
/ the Bering sea tribunal of arbitration a.
! Paris by Major z. W. Halford and Johr
! W. Foster. disbursing officers of sale
| commission, under the authority and witt
| of moneys heretofore appropriated shall
| be allowed by the comptroller of tn,
| treasury. which settles q heavy eontro
| Versy between the department and tn
! accounting officer of the treasury.
| For the Commercial Bureau of Ameri
| can republics there is an item of S., 900
! for the enforcement Of the Chinese eXclu
/ sion act. So 600.
completing public buildings already I'm
| der way.
Fort Dodge, Ia, $3.50; Paris Tex
Mo. 5000 For collecting the inferna
revenue including expenses under the ole
| Omargarine act and for the inspection o
| tobacco exported, $4,000 is allotted. an
for the customs service. 100000.
| The office of the eleventh census, it j
! provided, shall be abolished on March q
| 1893. and the terms of all employees shall
cease with the exception of a force not Il
! exceed ninety to complete the work I'm
| der the direction of the secretary of tn
| interior. The deficiency apDroDriatfOn
for United States courts are made eael
| year. The principal items in this bill ar