Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-06-04
SUNDRY Civil BILL
AMOUNTSREPORTED LARGERTHAN
EVER BEFORE.
Over Twenty-Five Million Goes
to Panama Confederation
of Over a Million in Public
Printing Appropriation.---The
Principal Items.

civil bill was completed yesterday and
Chairman Tawney was authorized by
the appropriations committee to report
it to the house. 1t is the largest sun
dry civil bill ever reported, carrying
1914, 346, 573, of which $25, AGO, 991 is
for work on the Panama canal. The
amount carried is $11,O7O,OO3 less
than the estimates from the various
departments. The canal appropria-
ton is to be reimbursed to the treas
ury from the proceeds of the sale of
canal bonds, which have been author
lied to the amount Of $4,000, 900.
Deducting the canal appropriation,
the bill carries $1,721, $50 more than
the current sundry civil measure.
For river and harbor work hereto
fore authorized and contracted for
there is appropriated %l7,318,976,
which is $6,774, 844 in excess of the
amount available this year.
For new public buildings heretofore
authorized, and the repair of build
ings, IS, 40, 538 is appropriated, a re-
duction Of 2,8O6, sol from the current
appropriation under this head.
Printing Reform.
A printing reform is inaugurated by
requirements that no money appropri-
ated in the bill shall be used to main
tain branch printing offices in any ex-
ecutive department in Washington !;
that the plants of such branch offices
shall be turned over to the public
printer within thirty days after the
passage of the bill, and that hereafter
detailed estimates for printing must be
transmitted to congress from each de-
partment.
The bill provides for the appoint
ment by the attorney general, if the
secretary of the treasury desires, of a
solicitor of customs at an annual sal
airy Of $4,000, and such assistant solic-
itOrs as are necessary at salaries of
$4,000.
Some of the more important items
of appropriation are:
CONSTRUCTION of vessels under reve-
nue. service, $27O,O00, increase 17O,-
900.
Construction of national museum
building in Washington, D. c., $500,
900.
For the interstate commerce CON-
mission, $4,000.
Public health and marine hospital
service, 81, 1856, 900.
Quarantine service, $40, 900.
Prevention of epidemics, 1915, 0c0,
which includes an unexpended bal
ance Of about $4,000.
Completing immigrant station at
San Francisco, 100000.
Bureau of fisheries, $67O,79O.
For enforcement of the Chinese ex-
clusion law the appropriation is re-
duced from $500. 900 to $500, 900.
Expense of collection of revenue
from sale Of public lands, $1,O13, 800.
Surveying public lands, $4,000
United States geological survey, ST.
1873, 1870.
Improvement of Yellowstone Ma
tional park, 500, 200.
National military parks, 1896, 900.
National home for disabled volun-
teer soldiers, $4,2O2.444.
Continuing aid to state and terri
t0TIA1 uOmeS IOr LILO support VI uIS-
abled volunteer soldiers, 81, 30, 900.
Expense of United States courts,
SO, 459, 600.
Public printing and binding, IS, 1926,
900; reduction, $1,OO5,6 45.
San Francisco custom house, $780,
600.
River and harbor Improvements,
mouth of Columbia river, Oregon and
Washington, 100000 in Washing
ton, $4,000; at three-mile rapids,
$780, 900; below Portland, $l25. 200.
Mou 1t Rainier National park, $50,
900.
Appropriations for rivers and har.
bors include an item of $3.50. 900 for
Tacoma Wash.