Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-13

ONCE OF the auditor for the Interior De-
partment
Department of the Interior.
General land office-One clerk of class 4
and one clerk of class are omitted.
A depositary. acting for the COM
missioner as receiver of public moneys and
also as confidential secretary, at $1,000. is
provided for.
ohe assistant messenger and five pack
ers; at $40 each, A.320 are omitted.
vided for. No SA0-
ofiice commissioner of railroads-An as
sistant oookkeeper, at 81 800. is omitted.
Post Office Department.
once Postmaster General-A private
secretary to the Postmaster General is
given lii lieu of a stenograpner, at 81 .Soo
ana telephone operator, at $500, is pro-
vided for.
Once first assistant postmaster general
The salary of the superintendent of the
money order system is reduced from So
800 to 5000: two additional superintend-
ents of free delivery, at s2.UOO each. an ad-
ditlonal clerk of class /, and an additional
clerk, at Ss0, are provided for
ollce tnlrd assistant postmaster general
An additional clerk, at 500. is provided
Office fourth assistant postmaster gen.
eral-An additional clerk of class 3, and
two clerks, at $500 each, are provided for.
In addition to the foregoing a rear
rangement OF the clerical force of the
several offices to the Post Office Depart
ment has been made, in accordance with
the recommendation of the Postmaster
General without increasing the number
or compensa ton, and six employees now
employed in the department and paid from
general appropriations for the postal SER
vice are specifically provided for in the
bill. and provision of law is recon-
M ap6 611d rob ty,.r t.,
ther employments of this character.
Other Departments.
Provision is made for an additional as
sistant secretary in the executive office at
$500, and for one clerk of class 2, 81, 400,
in lieu of a clerk of class 4, 81 500, making
net increase of s., 100.
Three laborers, at 5000 each, are trans
ferred to the State Department from the
office of the superintendent of the State.
War and Navy building.
Provision is made for a clerk to the Sec
retary of War. at s., HOO
In the o1hce of the commisSary general, a
reduction is made of one clerk of class 1.
The appropriation for employees in the
office publication of Records of the Re-
belilon heretofore carried in this bill is
omitted, with view to providing for the
concluding of publication of the Records of
the Rebellion on the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill.
Three laborers. at $66O each, are trans
ferred to the State Department
The appropriation of $500 for services
CT an expert mathematician to supervise
the completion of the tables of the planets
IS omitted from the office of the Nautical
Almanac.
Limitations on Appropriations
The following limitations and restric-
tons on appropriations not heretofore i'm
posed are recommended:
That hereafter law books. books of ref
erence and periodicals for the use of any
executive department, or other govern ne mt
establishment not under an executive de-
partment. at the seat of government. shall
not be purchased or paid for from any ap-
preparation made for contingent expenses
or Cor any specific or general purpose un-
less such purchase is authorized and pay-
ment therefor specifically provided IN the
law granting the appropriation.
Hereafter the Secretary of State shall
cause to be delivered to the superintendent
OF documents the Revised Statutes suopIe-
ments thereto, session laws and statutes
at-lar2e, to supply deficiencies, and to be
sold by him under the provisions of sec
1895. entitled An act providing for the pub
lie printing ard binding and distribution OF
public documents
Section 3711 of tie Revised Statutes as
appropriations for legislative, executive and
judicial expenses, approved March ., 1895,
Is amended to read as follows:
Section Bill. 1t shall not be lawful for
any officer or person in the civil, military
or naval service of the United States in the
District OF Columbia to purchase anthracite
or hituminouS coal or wood for the public
service except on condition that the same
shall. before delivery, be inspected and
weighed or Measured by some competent
person, to be appointed by the head of the
department or chief of the branch Of the
service for which the purchase is made
from among the persons authorized 20 be
employed in such department or branch of
the service. The lerson appointed under
this section shall ascertain that each ton
of coal weighed by him shall consist of
2,240 pounds, and that each cord of wood
to be so measured shall be of the standard
measure Of 12S cubic feet. Each load or
parcel of wood or coal weighed and meas
ured by him shall be accompanied by his
certificate of the number of tons or pounds
of coal and the number of cords or parts