The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-02
CREATION OF A COMMISSION
TO INVESTIGATE THE SALARIES
Senator McCumber Has Introduced Bill of National I'm
portance-Much Interest is Manifested in it
Among Employees.

many are there who may be designated
as officials and how many designated
as clerks?
Fifth. OF these clerks, how many
are men and how many are women?
Sixth. OF the men, how many are
married and how many are single?
Seventh. OF the women, how many
are married and how many are single?
Eighth. In how many instances are
both husband and wife employed?
Ninth. In how many instances are
there two or more members of the
same family employed, giving number
employed in each family?
Tenth. How do the salaries of
clerks in the departments in the city
of Washington compare with the sal
aries of clerks performing like SER
vices in other large cities of the coun-
try!
Eleventh. How do such salaries
compare with the salaries of clerks
performing like services in the small
er cities and rural districts of the
country?
Salaries and compensations Of the
following officials and employees shall
be considered and provided for under
this act:
President of the United States.
..Vice-president.
Secretary Of state, secretary of the
treasury. secretary of war, attorney
general, postmaster general, secretary
OF the navy. secretary of the interior,
secretary Of agriculture, secretary of
commerce and labor, commissioners,
directors, and heads of the several
bureaus.
Members of supreme court.
Circuit court of appeals.
Circuit court.
District courts and territorial courts
of the United States.
United States district attorneys and
marshals.
Members of the interstate commerce
commission.
Ambassadors. ministers, consuls-
general, and consuTs.
Officers of the army and navy.
Internal-revenue collectors and col
lectors Of customs.
Postmasters of each class, and post
al clerks.
Rural and city mail carriers.
All officers, clerks, and employees of
the several executive departments OF
the government, both within and with
out the city of Washington.
Executive officers of the District of
Columbia.
Registers and receivers of land off,
ces,
And such other federal officers OF
empoyes as such commission shall
deem it advisable to consider here
under.
The commission, If it deems it ad-
visable, shall give reasonable time for
hearings and shall have authority to
send for persons and papers and to
administer oaths and affirmations. All
necessary expenses, including clerical
and stenographic assistance, printing,
and stationery, shall be paid upon
vouchers to be approved by the chair
man of the commission.
Any vacancies occurring in the COM
mission by death, disability, or. from
any other cause snail be filled by ap-
pointment by the president.
Said commission shall receive a sal
airy at the rate of five thousand dol
lars per annum each, and all neces-
sary travelling expenses, to be paid
monthly by the proper disbursing Off
Ger.
Such commission shall continue for
the purpose of furnishing such infor-
nation as may be required by con-
gress, or either branch thereof, until
otherwise provided by law.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars, or SO
much thereof as may be necessary, is
hereby appropriated, out of any mon
ey in the treasury not otherwise APP
propriated, to pay such salaries and
expenses.