Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-12-02

Post Office Department $1,000. 81 AGA. 966.GO
Department of Agriculture ......$ $500 $1,000
Department of Labor .........-....s19 O.5SO.OO
Department of Justice ........-. 81 ,91i $1,000
Grand totals ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10. s2I 6ss Al
The Legislative Branch.
The estimate of s4.S59, 636 for the legis
lative branch of the government is nearly
100000 more than the appropriations made
for this fiscal year. OF this sum the Sen
ate, for all expenses, wants $12210 O1
against S1,241.431 appropriated for this
year. a decrease of about $4,000; The
House estimates for 1903 are S2,9JG,S66;
appropriation last year, 81 9o1, IA.
Under this heading are the government
printing office, Library of Congress, Bo-
tanic Garden and Court of Claims. The
salary list in the office of the public printer
is unchanged from this fiscal year, but in
the Library of Congress a number of in
creases asked for They are as fol-
lows: Small increases in the salaries of
the clerk to the assistant chief clerk and
the messenger in the librarians office;
increase in salary Of chief of purchasing
division of $500 year; assistant in charge
of classification at $1,000; an assistant at
$3.50. five assistants at S1,4OO each; five
assistants at 1920 each; three at $1,000
each; three at 5000 each; two at $500 each;
three at SI2O each; increase of $1,000
year in the salary of the chief of the bib
biography division; $500 increase in the
salary of the first assistant; increase of
$500 in the salary of the first assistant of
the document division: 81 500 in the salary
of the chief of the manuscripts division
SI20 each in the salaries of the first and
second assistants chiefs Of the manuscripts
division; 81 600 year in the salary of the
chief of the maps and charts division, and
$500 in the first assistant: increase in the
salary of chief of the music division of
500, and of his assistant of $500; hrst
sistant chief of prints division, Increase CT
$500; first assistant in charge of Smith
sonian deposit, $500 increase: assistant in
law library for evening service. Increase,
$500; chief clerk and chief of bookkeeping
division at 5000. instead of clerk 1T 81 500;
chief of application division at 50 900, in
stead of clerk at 81 500; three additional
clerks at 81. 400 each one at 81 200. one at
81 600 two at 5000 and two at S720.
Additional appropriations of $4,000 to
keep the library open for reference from .
o'clock until 10 o'clock are asked; Sill, 300
for the purchase of books, periodicals, etc,
instead of $4,000, together with other in
creases- one of $500 year for extra
services of employees in keeping the library
open on Sundays from to 10 pm.
No increases are asked in the Court of
Claims and Botanic Gardens.
Executive Department..
Under the heading of the executive de-
partment is included both the White House
and the civil service commission. The
total appropriations asked for under this
heading are s294,1eO. against appropriations
for the present fiscal year of 500, 7GO, a
large increase. Only a small portion of
this is desired at the White House proper.
For salaries of the President and Vice
President $4,000 are charged TO the eXecu-
tive branch. For salaries of the executive
office of the White House the total is fixed
at 81, $40 against S4S,54O appropriated last
year. For the contingent expenses of the
White House the request is for $4,000 In
stead of So, 900 last year. Secretary Cortel
you asks for 500 additional in the salaries
of the two assistant secretaries; two addi-
tional clerks of class 4, one additional clerk
of class g. one additional messenger. The
salary of the steward is decreased from
81 800 TO 81 600.
In the salary list of the civil service
commission an increase In the salary or
the secretary of 500 year Is proposed; an
assistant chief examiner. acting as chief of
division, with s2.4OO year. is requested;
at 81, 400. two chiefs of division at $4,000.
two clerks of class 3, two of class 2, ten or
class l. seventeen at 1000 each, eight at
500 each one messenger, four laborers,
two messenger boys; for travelling expenses
an increase of 5000 year.
State Department.
The State Department asks for three pri-
waite secretaries at 81 800 each for the three
assistant secretaries; two additional clerks
of class four two additional of class three,
two additional Of class two, additional
messenger at $50, and an increase of IS a
year In the salaries of thirteen laborers
who are performing messenger duties. For
restoring, binding and preparing induces OF
manuscript archives in the department and
for additional books for the library $500
and 81 600, respectively, are asked. For the
purchase of a carriage for the assistant
secretary of state. $500. and 81 900 addi-
tiOnal for stable expenses are asked.
Under the heading of foreign intercourse
of the State Department are proposed an
increase of $500 year in the salary OF
the minister to Persia. $500 in the salary
of the consul general at Cairo, $3.50 each
in the salaries of the secretaries of the lega-
nd
Switzerland: $4,000 extra for ten student
interpreters at the American legation IN
China, who shall be Americans. and shall
study the Chinese language; $4,000 addi-
tional in contingent expenses of foreign
missions. 10000 for the erection OF lega-
ton buildings at Pekin; $1,000 additional
for emergencies arising in the diplomatic
and consular service. 5000 to provide for
the inspection of embassies. legations and
consulates by officers of the government;
5000 for expenses OF delegates to represent
the United States at the international con-
ference of the Red Cross at st. Petersburg
in May next; 5000 additional for salary OF
the consul general at Cape Town: $1,000 al
Yokohama: 1900 at Frankfort $500 a.
Dawson City; 500 at BuenoS Ayres: san
each at Monterey. Marseilles. Guatemala
and Tangier: $1,000 at Coburg and SantC
Domingo: 81. 300 each at Bucharest and Bel
grade: s., 900 at Budapest.
Among the consuls and consular clerks
number of changes are proposed.
Treasury Department..
For the Treasury Department, the Dis
trict of Columbia Included. the estimat,
submitted by Secretary Gage for the fsca
year 1908 amounts to s156. Asa .925. The ap
preparations for the present fiscal year wer,
1888, 504, sos.
The estimates for the Treasury Depart
msnt proper includes the following: An in
crease OF $3.50 in the salary of the govern
ment actuary. an additional clerk of elias
4 In Secretary Cages office. an increase o
500 in the salary of the locksmiths AM
electrician an increase of $50 In the sal
airy of the chief OF the customs division, al
increase of $500 In the salary OF the assist
ant chief OF the customs division, an execu
tive clerk in the division of appointment
at $1,000 a year. law and bond clerk a
5000 a year, a decrease of two clerks a
$500 each in the division of appointments
an additional clerk of class in the division
of public moneys, an increase of 81 600 Il
the salary of the chief Of the loans and cur
rency division, two additional clerks at 500
each In the division of loans and currency
an increase of $500 in the salary of the as
sistant chief Of the division of the revenu
cutter service, one additional laborer in tn
division of stationery and printing, som