The Jersey City news., 1906-06-01
Sundry Civil Apr opriation
Bill Will Provide a Mill
ion for the Purpose
PRINTING REFORM BEGUN
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOL
LARS FOR THE PRESIDENTS
TRAVELLING. EXPENSES = 9TH
ER IMPORTANT ITEMS.


sundry civil appropriation bill was COM
pleted and Chairman Tawney was au-
tborized by the appropriations commit
tee to report it to the house to-day. 1t
is the largest sundry civil bin ever re-
ported. carrying $94,34s,577S Of which
So, ,460,99 is for work on the Panama
canal. The amount carried is 11,070,
003 less than the estimates from the yari-
Gus departments. The canal appropri-
action is TO be reimbursed to the treasury
from the proceeds of the sale of canal
bonds which have been authorized to the
aggregate amount of $130,O00,000.
Deducting the canal appropriation the
bill carries 81, ,721 $50 more than the cur
rent sundry civil act.
For river and Larbor work, heretofore
authorized and contracted for. there is
appropriated $17,318,976, which is &c.,
774,S44 in excess of the amount avail
able this year. They include an appro-
priation under this head.
ing to $1,000O0O.
For new public buildings, heretofore
authorized and the repair of buildings,
$5,170,5S3 is appropriated. reduction
Of $2,S06, sol from the current appro
priation under his head.
A new and interesting item in the bin
is an appropriation of $4,000 for the
travelling expenses of the president of
the United States, his attendants and
invited guests travelling with him, to be
disbursed at the discretion of the pres
dent.
This item is included in the bill for
the season that members Of the commit
tee believe that the president should not
be placed in the position of having
either to accept favors from the rail
roads or paying the heavy expense of
extensive travel out of his own pocket.
The question has been agitated before,
but this is the first time that such
provision has been included in an ap
preparation BILL 1t is subject to point
of order in the house, should one be
made, but it is believed. in view of the
recent railroad legislation with it's anti
pass provision, that the point will not be
made.
A printing reform is inaugurated by
requirements that no money appropriated
in the bill shall be used to maintain
branch printing offices in any executive
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 department.
The bill provides for the appointment
by the attorney general, if the secretary
of the treasury desires, of solicitor of
customs at an annual salary of $1,000
and such assistant solicitors as are ne
cessary, at salaries of 5000.
The bill win probably be called up for
consideration in the house Thursday.
Some of the most important items of
appropriation are: Construction of ma
tional museum building in Washington,
$500, 900; prevention of epidemics, ,$316,-
600, which includes an unexpected bal
ance of about $116,O00; for enforcement
of the Chinese exclusion act the appro-
priation is reduced from 100000 to
$500, ,000; construction of the Office build
ing for the house of representatives,
$500,000; United States geological sur
vey. $1,13S, 800. reduction of $346, 100;
expenses of the executive mansion, $113.-
000 increase $4,000: National Home
for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, $4,202,-
444, increase of $3.50, ,1S5; continuing aid
to state and territorial homes for the
support of disabled volunteer soldiers,
$1,150,000. increase, $4,000; payments
due on pay of bounty to volunteer SOL
diers, including volunteers in the war
with Spain S450,000. increase $150,00O;
expenses of United States courts, $6,-
j $40, 900. increase $685., 1858; department
of agriculture building, 100000; public
printing and binding. $5,S25, 600, reduc-
ton $1,Oe5, GAS; New York City custom
house, $sO0,0o0.
River and harbor Improvements: Del
aware river, Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey, 100000.
Bay Ridge and Red Hook channels,
in Gowanus bay, N. Y, $250000; New
York harbor Ambrose channel across
Sandy Hook bari, $265, 600; Arthur Kill.
New York and New Jersey, SOC, 1000:
.passass sly&, n. 3, $4,000