Evening star., 1902-04-18
THE LEGISLATIVE BILL
CONFERENCE REPORT MADE TO
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TEE SENATE.
Provision Made for Additional Clerk
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ships-Many Local Items
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of Interest.

Inc conference report on the legislative
appropriation biilswas made to the Senate
this afternoon. The Senate amended the
bill transferring ali clerks on temporary
rolls OF the departments in this city to the
CLASSIFIED service, which was agreed to. The
bulk of these clerks are in the War De-
partment and were taken on during the
war with Spain.
Tne House agr> ed to all the nate amend
ments with respect to employees of the Sem
ate. As passed by the House the bill ap-
propriated 10000 for books for the Con-
gressional Library, which amount was in
creased by the Senate to $100, ,00O the con-
ferees agreeing to $4,000.
Private Secretaries Dropped Out.
The Senate amendment providing for pri-
vate secretaries for each of the three as
sistant secretaries of state at salaries of
$l,sOO was not agreed to, and went out OF
the BILL
Salaries of private secretaries to the var
lous heads OF departments were fixed at
*2,2oO by the conferes. The House increas-
ed the salary of the private secretary Of
the Postmaster General to 81 800, and the
senate amended this to fix all the salaries
OF such private secretaries at 81 400, but
the result of the conference was that they
were all placed at $2,25O, which is what
they now get.
Aicul- 11dNIu r. jarvis OF the revenue cut
ter service was authorized to serve as col
lector of customs at Sitka, without vacat-
ing his commission in the revenue cutter
service. This was Senate amendment.
Additional Clerks.
The House agreed to allow two additional
clerks of class for the adutor of the Navy
Department. The Senate amendment al
lowing $1,000 for an accounting clerk and
$1,000 for a contract clerk in the light house
board in lieu of clerks of class was agreed
to.
The House also agreed to increase the
salary Of the accounting clerk of the bu-
make it $3.50. The Senate receded from
its amendment increasing by $4,000 the
amount allowed for freight on bullion and
coin between the mints. The Senate in
ing surgeon general of the marine hospital
service from $4,000 to 5000, which was
agreed to by the House. The Senate
amendment for increasing the salaries of
was also agreedSto.
Boards Of Pension Appeals.
The amendment relating to the appoint
ment Of boards of pension appeals under
the Office of the Secretary of the Interior
was agreed to in a form which provided
that they should be appointed outside the
pcIoioi oillCc reference TO the
civil service law. The House agreed to in
crease the salaries of certain chiefs of di-
vision under '4he Secretary Of the Interior
from $1,000 to 81 25o
Patent Ofice Examiners. .
All the Senate Amendments relating to
the patent Office were agreed to. These
amendments make Increases over the pres
ent force Of three principal examiners.
$500 each; four first assistant examiners,
$1,sO0 each: eight second assistant examin-
ers, $1,000 each: ten third assistant exam
liners. $f,400. each: ten fourth as
sistant exaTiners, $500 each; two
clerks Of class four and one clerk Of class
All the Senate amendments relating to
the bureau OF education were agreed to,
and the House agreed to strike out it's pro-
vision authorizing the transfer of books
from the library of the Interior Department
to the public library ef this city.
The House agreed to Senate amendments
making increases in the first assistant post
master generals Office. as it did to amend
ments relating to the rural free delivery
service.
The House agreed to the Senate amend
ment appropriating 5000 for the storage
OF supplies for the Post Office Department.
The conference provided for two special
agents at 81, 800 each and six at 81 900 each
for the department Of labor. The salary OF
the clerk of the Court Of Claims was in
creased to 81, 800.