Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-10
REPORTED TO SENATE
Many Amendments to the.
Legislative Bill.
IN NCREASE IN FORCE
NUMEROUS CLERKS ADDED BY
THE CoMMITTEE.
Provision Made for Field Force of Civil
Service Commission and for Rural
Carrier Examiners.

|
| The committee on appropriations today
reported to the Senate the legislative. ex-
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill for
| the year ending June 30, 1906 with numer-
| Gus amendments
| The total increase provided by the COM
mittee is S436, ,oo2.22. The decrease is ST. 2so
| The net increase recommended is si3i, ,T12.22
Capitol Employees.
| The bill appropriates 50. 600 instead of
| $1S00 for the first assistant in the docu-
| ment room of the Office of the secretary of
| the Senate.
| An amendment IS added to the bill aD-
| propriating $1OG0 as an additional amount
| for the clerk to the committee on rules for
revising and preparing for publication, BIZ
ennialy, under the direction of the COM
| mittee, the Senate manual. The salary of
| the messenger in charge of the store room
| of the sergeant-at-arms and doorkeeper of
! the Senate is increased from 81 400 to
| $I6oo Annual clerks to senators who are
| not chairmen of committees are increased
| IN number from thirty to thirty-five at
| salaries of 81 500 each.
In the office of the clerk of the House
distributing clerk is provided at 50 $50
| In the office of the superintendent of the
| Capitol the salary of two attendants is in
| creased from 81 ,20o to S1,500 A foreman
| at $i,2Oo and watchman at 5000 are pro-
vloed IN place of two watchmen at $500
| The salary of the messenger to the House
| committee on ways and means is in
| creased from 81 .2c0 to 15OO
! Under the superintendent of the Congress
| slonal Library building three instead of two
| elevator conductors are provided
| For compensation of Vice President of
| lne United States from and including
| March T. 1905 s10,622.22 is appropriated in
| o1l
| t1on does not in any sense increase a salary
but merely extends the payment of salary
to the end of the fiscal year
| An amendment is inserted in the bill
! providing that employees of the executiye
| departments and other establishments of
| the executive branch of the government
may be detailed from time to time to the
| office of the President of the United STATES
| for such temporary assistance as may be
| necessary.
Civil Service Commission.
! The salaries of the civil service commits
| sioners are increased from $500 to $4,000
and the salary of the secretary of the COM
mission from $3.50 to $3.50.
| Additional provision is made for the field
force of tile civil service commission by
| providing for three examiners at $500
each, four examiners at 5000, two ex-
! aminers at 81 500, one clerk at 81 500 one
clerk at 81 700 one clerk at 81 1aO0 six clerks
! at $100o each, seven clerks at $500 each,
| three clerks at $40 each two clerks at
$500 each, two clerks at 5000 each. one
| messenger at $3.50; in ALL for this field
| force, SAL 600.
| Provision is also made for a rural car
rer examining board for the commission.
| This force is to consist of the following
| clerks now employed in the civil service
commission and detailed to it from the
| Post Office Department, namely one chief
| of board of examiners of rural carriers.
$3.50; rural agent, for rural carrier
| examining board 50. coo; one clerk at 81 600;
| two clerks at 81 400 each; three clerks at
| 81 200 each; three clerks at 81, 600 each;
| ten clerks at $500 each. and two assistant
| messengers at $720 each: in all, So, $50.
| 1t is also provided that such employees
| be transferred to the rolls of the civil
service commission. and that their salaries
| which they are now paid for the balance OF
the fiscal year 1905. 1t is provided that no
| detail of clerks or other employees from
! the executive departments or other gov-
! ernment establishments in this city to the
| civil service commission for performance of
| duty in the District shall be made during
| the fiscal year 1906.
| In the Department of State ten instead
| of eight clerks of class 8, and fourteen in
| stead of twelve clerks at $500 pro-
| vided.
Treasury Department.
In the office of the chief clerk and super
| intendent of the Treasury Department the
| salary of the inspector of electric light
plant, etc. is fixed at s2,250. instead of
| 81 000 and that of the assistant inspector
| at $3.50, instead of $1,000
In the division of customs two instead
of one clerk of class 3 are provided.
| In the office of disbursing clerk Treas
| ury Department, two instead of one clerk
| of class are provided.
In the Office of auditor for the Interior
Department ten instead of nine clerks OF
| class 4 are appropriated for
| Sixteen instead of fifteen clerks of class
4 and seventeen instead of fifteen clerks of
| class are provided for the auditor for the
State and other departments.
| In the Office of the treasurer fourteen in
stead of nine expert counters, at $500, and
| fifty-seven instead of fifty expert counters,
| at $120 each, are appropriated for.
The salary of the deputy controller of
| the currency is increased from 5000 to
$500
Under the head of the llfe-saving serv-
ice a title and contract clerk is provided
| at $1,000.
In the Office of the director of the mint
! the translator has his salary increased
! from 81 600 to S1S0o.
| The office of the surgeon general of pub
| lie health and marine hospital service is
! given three instead of two clerks of class
| and reduction of one clerk is made in
| class 3. That bureau is also given three
assistant messengers in place of an equal
| number of laborers.
In the internal revenue bureau provision
| is made that internal revenue agents
| fined to the duty of examining the accounts
of collectors of internal revenue shall re-
ceive per diem in lieu of subsistence, when
absent from their legal residences duty,
| a sum to be fixed by the commissioner Of
| internal revenue, approved by the Seere-
| tary of the Treasury and not to exceed 81
| An additional teller at $500 is allowed
| the Office of assistant treasurer at Gin
cinnati.
| The chief telegrapher of the War De-
partment has his salary reduced from
81 800 to $1,000 In the signal Office there
is reduction of one clerk at $3.50.
War and Navy Departments.
In the office of the surgeon general.
War Department, twenty-six instead Of
twenty five clerks are allowed. this in
crease to be made by transfer from the
temporary roll. In the bureau of insular
Affairs seven. instead of hve clerks of
class four are provided.
A provision Is placed in the bill appro-
priatine $1.10O for increasins the height
Of stair rails in the State, War and Navy
Department building
In the Navy, oapartri snt The telegraph
operators salary is 'ncrAassd from ti,e go