Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-05

cts At Sh1- is provided for. the smiley
OF the solicitor for the Department .f sSr....
Is Increased from $500 10 Si~r,. and tra
salary OF the private secretary To- The A.
$50 ~
Limitations.
Limitations with respect 10 appropriation,
made in the bill. not herrtafor. fu,n,s.1
are recommended as follows:
In connection with the approximation Tor
the Office of the controller Of the tr-.a.,,-,
the following:
clerks and other employees provided far
! by this Get for the Office OF the controll,r
OF the treasury and FOR the offices of th..
.IA AUDITORS 81 the treasury for thu several
tAecuINe departments shall be exclusively
engaged on the work of said offices r.
the fiscal year 1900
In connection with the appropriations Tor
contingent expenses Of th,. Tre.sti,-,. IA
fartment, the following:
Time Clocks Abolished.
NO money appropriated by this act shan
he used for expense OF repairing recording
clocks used for recording tin. of clerks mr.
other employees in any or the executive. de-
partmenis at Washington. Nor shall tho.
hereafter be used in any OF the execute.
departme nts at Washington any such re-
cording clocks"
IN connection with the appropriations
the following: 49,
And the Secretary of the Treasury. i
hereby authorized. in his discretion. 10 SIM
ply the mint at Carson with silver bullion
Tor conversion into standard silver dos..-s
and all smaller denominations of silver
II, in the discretion of the SECRETARY ~
the Treasury, the mint at Carson Ney ba
10y operated as a coinage mint during the
Nhole or any part of the fiscal year IaE,
the foregoing appropriations for said min:
snail only be available during the fs,.,i
year fHo, or such part of said year AS tl,,
sald mint is not operated for coinage pur-
poses, Tor maintaining the same AZ AN as
say office and a 5 follows.
For assayer in charge, who shall also rcr-
FORM the duties of melter S2"r0: assistant
assayer and one clerk. at 81 500 each. f.r
wages OF workn'en and watchmen 81 -sin:
Tor incidental and contingent ,Np.ns.s
5000; in all. $15. 800
In connection with the appropriations for
following: -''
The Secretary Of the Navy is ber,b,.
authorized and directed TO submit I'm NJ.
annual estimates for the fiscal wear 1871
estIn2tes for all sucn additional clerk ar "a
other employees that he shall deem, ,,.,Il,i. IT,,
Tor The regular and permanent work ~ mo
Navy department. such estimates for clerks
ald oIher employees 10 include all persons
carried upon the rolls of the deparim,,,-
ana paid from appropriations for Increase
OF the navy or from other general ammo
prlatlons, and who may Toe engaged tipol
T.Hr1sf
hent work of said department"
Rent Of buildings.
In connection with the appropriation f,r
rent of buildings for the Interior Depart-
ment, the following:
That the appropriation OF Sluup made
by the deficiency appropriation act an
proved July Z. lS:'S, to furnish the old Post
Office department building when vacated
by the Postmaster General is made avail
able also for repairs of said building that
may be found essential to prepare n for
occupancy by offices Of the Interior de-
partme1t, ana said appropriation. together
win the appropriation OF 5000 made bv
sald act Tor expense OF removal of Offices
OF the Interior Department TO said building,
are hereby made available during the fiscal
year 1850
In connec ion with the approximation for
the office of the first assistant posfrnasrrr
general. The following:
The assistant superntendents Of The
free delivery system shall hereafter be al
lowed a per diem of 81 in lieu of all eN-
penses when travelling on business of the
department. or when detailed for duty
away from headquarters at Washington,
ID c.
In connection with the appropriations for
the court of private land claims, the fol-
lowing:
That section 10 of an act entitled An
act to establish a court of private land
claims and to provide for the settlement Of
private land claims in certain states and
territories approved March 3. 1881 as
amended in legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriation act for the fiscal year
1S9S, approved February IL. 1897, Ice. and
the same is hereby, further amended TO
read as follows:
- Sec. IL. That the powers and func-
tions of the court established 10y this act
shall cease and determine on the 3Oth day
of June. 1900, and all papers, files aud
records in the possession of the said court
belonging TO any other public office Of The
United States shall be returned 10 such
office, and all other papers. files and rec
ords in the possession OF or appertaininE
to said court shall be returned 10 and filed
in the Department of the Interior
The bill will be called up FOR considera-
ton in the House tomorrow.