The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-27

Go Into Every Detail of the Finan-
ces of the Island, and Find Out
Just How the Money Has Been
Recess of Congress.
Washington. May 26.-Following is the
full text of the resolutions ordering an
Investigation into the administration of
Cuban affairs which passed the Senate to-
day:
Resolved That the Committee on Rela>
tions with Cuba, is hereby directed to in
vestigate and report to the Senate as early
as practicable regarding the moneys re-
ceived and expended in the island Of Cuba
by, through and under the officials and
representatives of the United States, both
civil and military, from the date of the
occupation of Cuba by the military forces
of the United States. until and including
the 3Oth of April, 1900.
said committee shall investigate and
report as to receipts as follows:
From customs, from postal service,
from internal revenue. from all other
sources, specifying the details as far as
practicable, and particularly the places
where and dates within which said
the officer or officers collecting and re-
celving the same, as we'll as the law or
authority under which said amounts were
in each instance so collected or received
Said committee shall investigate and
report as to the expenditures of the sail
amounts so received. the necessity and
propriety thereof, specifying In CLASSES
and In detail, so far as practicable, said
expenditures, and particularly the work,
services or property for which said ex-
penditures were made, and the value
thereof, also the law or authority under
which each of said expenditures was
made, the officer, civil or military, by
whom said expenditure was authorized,
and the officer, civil or military, by whom
said expenditure was made, and the par
ticular fund from which the money was
taken for said expenditure.
Public Works of Every Kind.
Said committee shall also report a
statement of all public works of every
kind, including buildings, wharves, rsll-
roads and all other structures built or
constructed, improved repaired. or decor
ated by or under the authority of any such
officer, civil or military and in each in
stance The cost, value, necessity and pro-
priety of the same and the uses to which
said buildings or structures have been put.
Where said buildings and works were con-
structed or improvements were made by
contract, or where the material used I'm
the same was furnished by contract, the
committee shall report copies of each of
said contracts and the names of all par
ties interested In each of the same.
Said committee shall also report a
statement OF the personal property which
was purchased or procured and instructed
10 any officer, civil or military, in Cuba
within said times, the cost and value of
the same, and the uses TO which said
property had been put and the disposition
which has been made thereof.
Said committee is authorized to con-
duet said investigation and make such re-
port by subcommittee or committees APP
pointed by the chairman; and the commit
tee or any subcommittee thereof, Is au-
thorized 10 sit during the recess of Con-
gress at such places in the United States
or Cuba as may be necessary, and IL is
empowered to send for persons and pa
pers, isste subpoenas. administer oaths,
examine witnesses, employ stenographers,
expert accountants, and other necessary
assistance, and the expenses of said in
vestigation shall be paid out of the con-
tingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers
approved by the chairman of The commit