Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-12
LEGISLATIVE BILL
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blanks-A clerk at ST. 500 instead of a clerk
at 81 GOO and an increase in the pay OF the
foreman of the bindery from 50 to 70 per
day are recommended
Division of mail and files-Two messenger
bows at $500 each are recommended
Offices of dlsbursing clerks-An additloilai
clerk at 81 300 is recommended
Office of the supervising archltect-Ihe
amount authorized to be used from appro-
priations for the construction OF pubic
buildings, for skilled craftsmen ana others
is increased from S2J0,O to S3OO,o0O.
Office of auditor for the Treasury Depart
ment-Four additional clerks at 1000 each
are recommended.
Office of auditor for the War DEPART
ment-A reduction is made of one clerk at
81 500, four clerks at $1,000 each and Two
clerks at 81 400 each.
Office of auditor for the Navy Depart
ment-An increase is recommended OF four
clerks at 81 800 each, four clerks at Sl,6oo
each and three clerks at 81 100 each
Office of auditor for the Interior Depart
ment-The clerical force is rearranged as
recommended by the auditor. resulting IN
net Increase of four employees, with COM
pensation aggregating $40.
Office of auditor for State and other de-
partments-An additional clerk at 81 500 is
recommended.
Office of auditor for the Post Office De
partment-Five additional clerks, at S1,s0o'
are recommended, and the additional COM
crea sed from 5000 to $3.50. On clerk at
81 200 and one clerk at 5000 are omitted.
Office of the treasurer-In the force en-
ployed in redeeming the national currency
the following increase is made: Two clerks,
at 81 900 each; two clerks, at $1,000 each;
two clerks at 5000 each, and three clerks,
at 500 each.
Office of the register-An increase is rec
commended of nine counters, at SI2o each'
and one laborer, at $500.
Office of commissioner of internal reve-
nue-One clerk, at 81, 400, is omitted
Lighthouse board-An increase is recon-
mended of one clerk at 81, 400, and two
clerks at 81 200 each
Life-saving service-Two clerks, at
81 coo each, and one clerk, at S1,4Oo, are
recommended in lieu Of three clerks, at
$500 each.
Bureau of engraving and printing-The
salary of the accountant is increased from
50. go to $500, and the salary of a stenog-
rapher from $1,000 to S1,SOO; and one la
borer, at $500, is omitted.
Secret service division-An increase is rec
commended of one clerk at $1,000 and one
CO * at $500.
National bureau of standards-The salary
of the physicist is increased from $500 to
$4,000, and thirty-four additional employees
are recommended in accordance with the
estimates, with salaries aggregating S3S,-
140. The appropriation for apparatus, etc,
is increased from $4,000 to $4,000 The
appropriation for fuel, etc, is increased
from So, 600 to $4,000.
Office of the director of the mint-The sal
airy of the translator is increased from
81, 400 to 81 GOO and laborer, at $500, Is
recommended.
Office of public health and marine hos
pital service-Two hundred and fifty dollars
additional is recommended for the chief
clerk for services as disbursing agent
Office of steamboat inspection service
The salary of the chief clerk is increased
from S1.S00 to $4,000.
Bureau of immigration An additional
sum of $3.50 is provided for the chief clerk
for services while acting as commissioner
general of immigration, and one clerk, at
81 300; one clerk at 81 900, and one copyist
at 5000 are recommended.
Contingent expenses-The appropriation
for stationery is increased from $4,000 to
$4,000, and for registering, accountants
and numbering machines the appropriation
is Increased from $1,000 to $4,000.
War Department.
Office of the Secretary.-The salary of the
clerk is increased from 50 go to s., $50. For
continuing the employment of the tenn
porary force rendered necessary because of
increased work incident to the war with
Spain, the appropriation is reduced from
1896, 400 to s541 ,430. the Secretary of War
having instituted reductions involving ST.,
40, and a provision which is recommended
in this bill with reference to property
turns in the ordnance department brings
about further reduction of ST 800.
Office of the chief of engineers.-The
amount authorized to be expended from
appropriations for rivers and harbors and
Notifications for services of skilled drafts
men. etc, Is reduced from $50, 900 to 5000
Contingent eXpenSeS.-The appropriations
for contingent expenses are reduced from
So, 900 to $4,000 and for stationery from
$4,000 to $4,000; and for rent of buildings
an increase of $500 is recommended.
Navy Department.
Office of the Secretary-The salary of the
clerk to the Secretary is increased from
81 $50 to 81 500. One clerk, at 81, 400, and
/ messenger, at $40, are recommended and
reductions are made as follows: One clerk,
at 81, SEQ clerk, at 81 200, and / assistant
messenger, at 500.
Office of the naval records OF the rebel
lion-The salary of the chief clerk is in
creased from 1850 to 5000, and the sum
for travelling expenses Is reduced from $3.50
to 500. The appropria ton for continuing
the publication of the official records of the
Union and confederate navieS is increa sed
from 81 600 to $31, 800.
Office of JUICE advocate general-An assist
ant messenger at S120 is provided for in
stead OF laborer at $500.
Bureau of navigation-An additional la
borer at $3.50 Is recommended.
photographic office-An electrotyper at
$500 and an electrotyping plant at $500 are
recommended.
Nautical Almanac office-A reduction Is
made of one laborer at $3.50.
Bureau of construction. and RIPARIAN ad-
ditional clerk al 81, 900 is recommended
Bureau of Crdnance-An ordnance engf-
neer, mechanical craftsman and computer
at 5000 is provided for
Bureau of supplies and accounts-A civil
Ian assistant at $500 instead of chief
clerk for the bureau at 2,5O0 is recon-
mended.
Contingent expenses - For professional
books and periodicals the appropriation is
increased from $50 to &, 900. For removing
offices to new building an appropriation
of 5000 is recommended.
Department of the Interior.
Office Of the Secretary-The salary of the
private secretary is increased from 81, 25O to
1850 and that Of an electrician from 500
to $1,000; and an additional conductor of
elevator at s72O is provided for
General land ofiee-The following addi-
tional clerks are recommended: Four clerks
at 81, 800 each, four clerks at 81 eco each,
four clerks at 81 400 each, four clerks at
81 30 each. five clerks at 81 600 each and
five clerks at 500 each.
Indian office-Fourteen clerks with sala-
ries aggregating $4,000 now employed in
the bureau and paid from appropriations
carried in TIE Indian appropriation act are
provided for in the accompanying bill.
Pension oftice-One clerk at 81 400 and one