The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-08-13
COST OF THE GOVERNMENT.
APPROPRIATIONS AND VIEW OFFICES
AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS-.

Total Amount Voted at the Last Session.
oJ1O. 100. so2.s ~ Increase In the
Number Of Omccs. 2.25O- Details Of These
Proposed Expenditures Published By Law.
WASHINGTON. Aug. I2.-The volume Of APP
propriatons. new Offices, &c.. required by law
to be prepared and published al the end Of each
session Of Congress under the direction OF the
Committees on Appropriations Of the Senate
and House. has been completed for the first ses-
sion Of the Fifty-sixth Congress By Thomas
p. Cleaves and james c. Courts. chief clerks
respectively OF these committees. A sum-
mary OF the appropriations shows . grand
total Of $40. 100. s62. SO. The details BY bills
are as follows:
Agricultural. A.o23.sOG Army. STA, 40
oa5.5S: Diplomatic. si,77i, ies 10: District Of
Columbia, SIS ,3es. 81; Fertilization, 81, 3s3. s2s:
Indian, ss.l97, $50 "a; Legislative, s2i. i7s, $50 IS.
Military Academy. sc7i, 300 81; Naval. sos, i,o.-
| plG.67; Pension. sl45. 2t5. 23o. Post once, slis,-
esq, 23s. rs: River and Harbor, $3.50. ooo; Sundry
Civil. sos, &c. lS.45: Deficiency Appropria-
| lions. si5.Gss 33o.8i: Miscellaneous Arpropria-
tons, 81, soc. SOL -; Permanent Appropriations,
si32. 7i2, 200.
In addition to the specific appropriations
made contracts are authorized to be entered
into for an increase OF the naval establishment
and for various public works throughout the
country requiring future appropriations by
Congress In the aggregate sum OF s5s. 440. 37+.
These contracts cover two new battleships.
three armored cruisers. three protected cruis-
ers and five submarine torpedo boats. to cost.
Including armor and armament. s.s, lstoe
Increased cost OF two dry docks. construction
Of two additional dry docks and permanent
Improvement and enlargement OF certain navy
yards and the Naval Academy. $3.50. $50; public
buildings heretofore authorized in various
cities, including the new Government Printing
Office, lighthouses and tenders. and for the extern
sion of the Government Hospital ior the IN,
sane, g, 1905 OOi and for school buildings and
sewers in the District Of Columbia. $3.50 500,
The new offices and employments specifically
authorized aggregate 5.0ee IN number AZ an
or omitted number 2.79e. at an annual compen-
sation Of 81. pi, 85s. a net increase of ?,270. at a
cost of 81. sos, 0l5.77 OF this net increase l.Ds
are additional clerks in the post offices and as
sistant postmasters, whose annual compensa,
ton amounts to 81 .553.5OO. This IL the second
fiscal year in which Congress has specifically
provided for, tlis character OF personal ser
vices, and while the increase is apparent II is
not ratably greater than In previous years. Oi
the remaining 0S3 net number of new offices.
with sl,O39.5l5.77 annual pay. 20 are for Con-
gress. NJ for the Library OF Congress, o. Tor the
Treasury Department. 20 for government in the
Territories. including Alaska, Hawaii and
Porto Rico; % Tor the Navy Department, az
| 1OT inc luttTlOT l''IidI'illcut, W iI tHt IoH'
Oflce Department. IL for the Court OF Claims,
So for the Department Of Agriculture; l2s. in.
GLIDING as sChoolteachers. is policemen and
"a hremen. for the District OF Columbia; Is
| lighthouse keepers, II for the Fish Commission.
| 20 for the Census Office, IL fol, the diplomatic
| and consular service, 1872, including 100 hos
pital stewards. for the military establishment;
III. including 100 additional cadets. for the
Military Academy: 50, including 20 additional
| assistant surgeons. for the naval establish
ment. and IS inspectors for the Postal Service.
The number Of salaries or concentrations
increased j. Isl, al an annual cost Of si35, 1855, is.
and the number reduced IL 3, In the total an
nual sum Of si,sSs 40. a net increase Of t1s. at
ss cost sol ,s q, the 6 year Of q , trso;stS are 70; 81 s,p wn'Sn asm Of
the census, where emnloyment terminates
| with the taking of the twelfth CENSUS; $. at a
cost Of 1888. are In the Library of Congre.a:
II. at a cost Of 81 1853 40. are in the Treasury
10, nj a cost OF 81 900. are IN the Pos, Ofilce
Department; 80. at u cost OF t,2io, are. for the
government of the. District Of Columbia, 0, at
a coat Of 5000, are In the Fish Commission: ~,
al a cost Of sij,980. are in the diplomauc ana
consular service. and 30, at a cost Of 81 .432, are in
the naval establishment. The remaining, 81
are in the various other branches OF the public
service and involve annual Increases OF 500
and upward, i.
A comparison OF the total appropriations Of
the first session Of the Fifty-sixth Congress-,
$40. $50, 800. IS, with those of the last session Of
the Fifty-nfth Congress, ss1i, esl, 022. "a. shows
an increase Of s35, 1852 s4o.5a. APPROXIMATIONS
for the army show an increase or sa3.7sp, sel ~;
Notifications. s2.473, 1919; the navy, siG0lO,-
e47 90. the postal service, 5000, loo; sundry
civil expenses. chiefly river and harhor contract
work, and for the census. si8,e 33. 9sI. so tho
indian. agricultural. Diplomatic and other
branches Of the service, 81 84. 003 OIL; and per-
| manent appropriations including interest and
sinking fund for the public debt. A.03l. 900:
on the other hand, there appear reductions ot
| regular River and Harhor not, 1917, bsl. ~ In
deacipnciee and s2I, a42. 2ss.e 90 In miscellaneous
approximations. making a net Increase ms above