The Washington times., 1906-03-09
Bill Strikes
at One Hundred and
SiXty-six Employees.
INTERIOR Is HARD HIT
Proposed Reduction Will
Also be Felt in Cen
SuS Office.

The legislative. executive and judicial
appropriation bill. reported to the
House today by the Committee on Ap-
pTopriations. and which makes financial
provision FOR practically the entire Ma
Uonal Government, carries a total of
$29. .l84, 1885, which is sl,135, ,572 % less
than the estimates submitted by the
various departments.
The appropriation for the same pur-
pose for the current fiscal year, includ-
ing $6S5, % fn the sundry. civil, de-
nciency and other acts, aggregated $29,-
81, 5SO.3l, which is $6SS. .39s. 81 more than
is carried in the bill just reported
The entire number Of salaries provid-
ed for in this measure Is 14.4Os. or 236
less than the number estimated for. and
sixty-hve less than the number provid-
ed for in the current year.
Many Positions Abolished.
Although some individual salaries are
slightly raised, many positions in some
OF the departments are done away with
entirely. The bin evidently has been
framed as economically as possible
In The Office Of the Auditor for the
war Department the appropriation Of
81, 600 for repairing worn out rolls and
vouchers is bodily stricken out. In the
Nautical Almanac Office Of the Navy De-
partment. the pay of computers on piece
work is reduced from s., 1000 TO $4,000
The Department Of the Interior is es-
peclally hard hit. IN the Office OF the
Secretary reduction is made of eight
members Of the board of pension appeals
at $3.50 each. and 4 clerk IN charge Of
documents at s2.100. In the General
Land Office. although a law clerk at
$500 is provided for. four -copyists at
$500 each are omitted. In the Pension
Office the following reduction Is made:
Six medical examiners at 81, 500 each,
nve chiefs of divisions at s., 900 each.
two principal examiners at $4,000 each.
ten assistant chiefs at 81, SEQ each, one
clerk At Sl.S00. tWenty-nine clerks at
$1,000 each. twenty-nine clerks at
$1,000 each. twenty-five clerks at 81, ,OOO
each, fifty-one copyists at s900 each.
SIX messengers at SS40 each two la
borers at $3.50 each making a total re-
ductiOn Of 166 employees, with salaries
amounting to sl9T.26o. OF these. thfr-
ty-three employees, with salaries
amounting to S26 $50. are tra1sferred
TO other bureaus of the department
Reduction in Census Office.
IN the Census Office twenty-five clerks
at Sl000 each are stricken of, as are
three clerks al $500 each. and three char
women at s240 each, At the Capitol
the pTivates OF the Capitol police are
all placed on the uniform salary of
Sl020 each. which necessitates an an
nual increase of $3.50 in their total com
pensation.
The House also took n crack at the
Senate, reducing from 500 600 to $50. 900
ats appropriation for miscellaneous ex-
penses. including personal services to
the Senate.
The Department of State profted by
the bill 10 q TemaTXa bic degree. The
following increase Is recommended for
il: Clerks to the Secretary of State,
$3.50, one clerk al 81 $40, five clerks at
81 400 four al 300 each, two clerks at
Sl,Oo0 each, two az $500 each, one $40
messenger. six assistant messengers at
/ $40 each, one messenger boy at $40.