The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-25
SEVERE ON JUDGE RICKs.
Such Practices as His to Be Made I'm,
possible Hereafter.

Such Practices as HIS to Be Made Inn
possible Hereafter.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.--The House to-day de-
voted all its time to the consideration of the
sundry civil appropriation bill with such sue
cess that at the hour of adjournment it had
completed the reading of the bill, except for
several controverted paragraphs, which were
temporarily passed over. The case of Judge
Kicks had an echo in the adoption of an amend
ment offered by Mr.. Ray (R.) of New York,
making it unlawful for clerks of United States
courts to include in their emolument the fees
not earned and due at the time their accounts
were rendered and to forged the allowance OF
fees not actually earned. The amendment ex-
cited no debate. Several other amendments
were adopted, among them one appropriating
$500, 900 for printing the report of the Secre-
tary of Agriculture; $44, 900 for printing 49,
900 copies of the famous 'Horse Book" and
$25, 900 for printing for each member OF Con-
gress complete set of the Union and Confed-
crate records.
By amendment Arizona and Wyoming were
included in the list of States where increased
rates should be allowed for surveys and re-
surveys of heavily timbered lands. The amount
to be expended for examination OF the public
surveys in order to test the accuracy of the
work was increased from $35, 900 to $4,000.
On motion of Smith of Arizona, an amendment
was agreed to appropriating $4,000 to survey
and segregate the coal fields on San Carlos
reservation, Arizona. An amendment offered
by Terry O.) of Arkansas to increase the ap-
preparation for the construction of military
posts from $500, 900 to $500, 900 precipitated a
brief debate on the new policy of the War
Department in concentrating the troops. The
amendment was lost.
An amendment offered by Doolittle (R.) of
Washington to authorize the Secretary of War
to establish military post at some point on
Puget Sound was agreed to. 1t provides for q
commission of army officers to examine and
determine what point is best adapted for such
post before the location is made.
The appropriation of $15O,OO0 for Pay Lake
channel was stricken out, General Casey, chief
engineer, having advised the chairman of the
appropriation committee to-day that Colonel
o. NJ. Poe, in charge of the work, had in an Off
cial report stated that the money already ap-
propriated was sufficient to meet all expendi-
lures to the end of the fiscal year ending July
30 1896. long discussion followed in con-
nection with an appropriation of $615,O0O for
the Mississippi commission. An amendment
was agreed to providing for the expenditure OF
not exceeding $15O.O00 of the appropriation of
1888 1888 for the improvement from the mouth
of the Ohio River to the mouth of the Missouri
River, for using movable jetties and steel Gals
sons in removing bars and improving the low
water channel of the Mississippi River
Bowers offered an amendment to appropriate
$4,000 for additional barracks at the Santa
Monica Soldiers Home, California. 1t was de-
feated.
Ray R.) of New York offered the following
provision to the appropriation for clerks of the
United States courts:
And it shall be unlawful for any clerk OF any
court of the United States TO include in his emolu
ment account fees not actually earned and due at
the time. Such account return is required by
law to be made, and no fees not actually earned
shall be allowed In any such account.
There was no debate on the amendment, but
Ray stated privately that his amendment,
which was agreed to, was designed to make
such practices as had been disclosed in the
Kicks investigation impossible in the future.
An amendment was agreed to appropriating
$500, 900 for printing the report of the Secre-
tary of Agriculture, $44, 900 for printing rs 900
copies of the report on the diseases of the horse
and $25 900 for printing complete set of the
Union and Confederate records for each Sena-
tor and Representative. This completed the
reading OF the bill, except those paragraphs
passed over The committee then rose, and at
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