Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-07
LEGISLATIVE BILL
First Appropriation Measure
Reported.
THE AMOUNT CARRIED
INCREASE OF sALARIED OFFICES
MORE APPARENT THAN REAL.
Total Sum Recommended for Appro-
priation is S2s, 1888, 7oe. 81
Limitations Attached.
The AMOUNT CARRIED

The legislative executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill Was reported to the House
Of Representatives today from the commit
tee on appropriations. The estimates aggre-
| gate So. .8S5. .2GT. 81, of which amount there
is recommended in the bill SIS. .s3s. 100 81.
The appropriations for the same purposes
| for the current fiscal year. including $44570
carried in the sundry civil. deficiency and
| other acts, aggregated s2s,602 SIS 22 being
s235.ssl.62 less than is recommended In the
accompanying bill for the service of the
| fiscal year 1866.
The total amount recommended in the
bill is Ss46, ,i3s less than the aggregate
of the estimates submitted
The whole number of salaries specifically
provided for in the bill is l32 less than the
number estimated for and apparently 513
more than the number provided for in the
law for the current year
The report shows that while the whole
number of salaried places provided for in
The Dill shows an apparent increase of 513
over the number existing in current appro-
priations, 30 of these salaries are In bt,-
| reaus and offices of the War Department,
ana are specified in lieu of exactly the same
number of employees now i'm service and at
the same rate OF compensation now paid
from the general appropriation for addi-
tional clerical force In the War Department
The general appropriation In question was
made for the fiscal year 1889, in the sum OF
$JU7 600; Ii was increased for 1900 to $O6p.-
900, and has since been annually reduced,
until for the current year 1908 IL was
brought down TO S'tD.o00. with the require
ment that for the ensuing fiscal year of 1908
specific estimates should be submitted for
lnx.ry
rate of compensation not in excess of the
number and compensation actually being
paid during the current year. In specifying
the salaries as proposed in the accompany
ing bill a net reduction Is made OF thirty
four employees and Of S21S20 in the total
amount of compensation.
| 1t will also BE noted that an apparent In
crease OF 6fty-nine In number of salaries is
made in the Office of the commissioner Of
Internal revenue. all OF which have hereto
fore been paid from general apprepria-
tion, made first i'm 1909 in the sum OF $780,
coo and gradually reduced since. until IL
amounted TO $2JO.o10 for the current fiscal
year. On the recommendation of the COM
missioner of internal revenue, and In the
interest of wise administration. the appro-
prfation in question has been amalgamated
with the regular provision for specific sal
dries in the commissioners office and with
two regular appropriations for the expenses
of collecting internal revenue.
There is, therefore, an actual net increase
in number of salaries proposed I'm the b:li
by law.
The specific changes in the number or
grade of officers or employees OF the gov
ernment and their rate of compensation as
compared with the current law recon-
mended in the bill are as follows:
Senate.
The bill appropriates for officers. clerks
and other employees in the service of the
Senate in the same terms as the law for
the current year, except that for session
employees the usual increase is made grow
ing out of the longer term of their employ
ment during the ensuing long session as
compared with the present short session or
Congress.
The appropriation for miscellaneous ex-
penses of the Senate is reduced $4,000
and the fund is made applicable only TO
purposes other than salaries and labor.
House of Representatives.
For the session employees in the office OF
the doorkeeper and the office of the post
master and for per diem clerks to commit
tees the usual increase is made I'm the ag-
gregate compensation growing out OF their
longer term OF employment during the en-
suing long session as compared with the
present short session OF Congress. Other
wise no changes are made in the number
and compensation OF officers and employees
of the House, except that in the office OF
the clerk the salary of the fiie clerk Is re-
duced from S2.75O to 5000, and the salary
of the messenger In the chief clerks office
is increased from sI2O to $500; and an as
sistant clerk to the committee on rivers
and harbors is provided for at 81, 400.
In the doorkeeper's Office an additional
watchman at S123 Is provided for. and the
compensation of one night watchman Is re-
duced from $500 to $I20: three assistants at
81 600 each and a janitor at $120 are pro-
vided for in the document room, the same
being now authorized by a resolution or
the House, and the salary of one laborer
for the minority is increased from 5000 10
$72O
The appropriation for miscellaneous items
is reduced from $4,000 to $4,000, and the
use of the appropriation is restricted TO
purposes other than salaries and labor, and
a specific appropriation of $4,000 is made
for special and select committees
Executive Office.
In the office of the President clerks
are provided for at ST. 900 each In lieu of
clerks at 81, 500 each: an additional clerk
at 81. 400 is authorized In lieu of 1 now
transferred from the Office of the surgeon
general of the army. and the salary OF
81 500 for an usher is omitted.
Civil Service Commission.
The salary of the secretary is increased
from 81, $50 to 5000. and specific appropria-
ton is made for 35 employees with salaries
aggregating $4,000 for the field force of
the commission, the same being in lieu OF
persons now detailed from other branches
of the public service: and % employees with
salaries aggregating s2j240 are provided
for to constitute the rural carrier examin-
ing board. being in place of persons now
on detail from the Post Office Department
and the postal service.
Department of State.
Four additional la5orers. at 5000 each.
are provided for
Treasury Department.
oasa. The Caoratorv-Opa c1ert az
81 400 is provided for in lieu of a clerk at
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