Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-29

cock in depositing in the St. Louis sub
| treasury the sum of SI3S.Go1 received from
| the town lots in Oklahoma, and afterward
! disbursing this money over his own sig
nture for authorized improvements met
with much criticism OF the part OF the
committee that special legislative provls-
ion was drafted to cover the case and pre-
vent its recurrence in the future. The IN
tegrity of the Secretary was not questioned
in any degree but the committee appar-
emily considered that his course with re-
gard to the fund in question and the re-
sulting lack Of proper audit, constituted
such reprehensible administration that the
legislative provision was inserted to cor
rect the abuse. The provision says that
hereafter the Secretary of the Treasury
shall require. and 1t shall be the duty of
the head of each executive department to
furnish him. within thirty days after the
close of each fiscal year, a statement of all
the money arising from proceeds of public
property of any kind or from any source
other than the postal service received dur
ing the previous fiscal year which was not
paid into the general treasury of the United
| States, together with a detail account OF
| all payments. if any, made from such funds
| during the year All such statements SHAH
be transmitted to Congress at the beginning
of each regular session
Some Tart Exchanges.
When Secretary Hitchcock was before the
sundry civil subcommittee. Chairman Taw-
ney questioned him at some length concern
Ing the transaction. The auditor for the
Interior Department, Mr.. Person, had al
ready told Nh Tawney that the fund had
not been deposited in the treasury, al
though the law undoubtedly required 1t to
DC deposited there, and moreover that 1t
| had never been audited.
There were some rather tart exchanges
| between Secretary Hitchcock and members
| of the subcommittee during the examination
| Of the Secretary and of Messrs Evans and
| Parker of the Interior Department, and al
most every member of the subcommittee
\ took occasion to condemn the manner in
which the fund in question had been han
l died
Another provision authorized United States
| commissioners to charge 90 cents for draw
ing complaint for search warrant, and 10
| cents for issuing search warrants.
Reform in Printing.
Another paragraph provides that under
the new joint resolution for printing re-
| form. no head of an executive department
shall make requisition for more than 60 per
cent of the whole number of copies of a
document or report authorized to be pub
| lished
Furthermore, It is provided that hereafter
| there shall be submitted in the regular an
nual estimates to Congress estimates for
! all of the printing and binding required for
| each of the executive departments, and
after the fiscal year 1907 no appropriations,
! other than those made Specifically and sole
! ly for printing and binding, shall be used
| for such purposes in any executive depart
| ment or other government establishment in
| the District.
The use of any appropriation for the
maintenance of any branch of the govern
ment printing Office is forbidden.
! All presses, type, etc, belonging to branch
printing offices and branch binderies must
| be turned over to the public printer for use,
| If possible. or otherwise to be disposed of
within thirty days after the passage OF the
| bill.
All money received by the superintendent
| of documents from the sale of public docu-
ments must be turned over to the public
| printer at the close OF business each day
| and by him covered into the Treasury De-
| partment.
Items Which Are Changed.
Following are some of the items in the
bill in which changes have been made
| or which are new this year:
Revenue cutter service, commissioned sur
| geon; two contract surgeons; civilian in
| structor, $3.50; civilian instructor, S1.5ot
| new; improvement OF depot for the ser
| vice at Arundel Cove, Md. $4,000. The
| Secretary of the Navy is authorized tc
| transfer the gunboat Bancroft for the use
| OF the revenue cutter service new. To-
| ward the construction of an ocean-goine
| tug for service In the vicinity OF the north
| Pacific coast, 100000, the total cost OF
l the NeSSeI not TO exceed new.
| Toward the construction of steam dere-
| lct destroyer to be maintained by the ser
] vice, Sloo.000 the vessel not to cost more
| than $230OOo new. For q steam launch
for the Norfolk collection district, 5000
| new).
Under the Treasury Department the gen
| eral inspector OF supplies for public build
| ings salary 5000 and expenses $1,000, In
| all 5000 omitted.
Refurnishing complete In every detail this
new New York city custom house, SOS.
600 (new)
Scales for the custom service, $751;
| new.
Instead of a permanent indefinite appro
| priation of 81. 200 600 for the public heaFl
| and marine hospital service. the commit
tee makes specific appropriations for eacl
| item this year for the first time
| Under the coast and geodetic survey tbs
appropriation OF $4,000 for special sur
| veys, etc, is omitted.
| Bureau of fisheries, accountant at $l,SsQ
| increase in lieu OF Office of account, fivl
| employees, $500 Office of architect ant
| engineer. assistant architect. Sf.600. ant
craftsman. $500, omitted. Maintenance o
the local fish ponds, six employees, 5000
! omitted on the recommendation of the fisi
| commissioner. Battery Island, Nd sta
ton. custodian. $780, omitted. Yes Bay