Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16
PATENT OFFICE FAVORED
Advance of $76,70O Over That
Granted by the House.
PAY OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Provisions of the Present Law Re-
tanned by the Committee-De-
tails of Increases Allowed.

Senator Cullom, from the appropriation
committee, reported the legislative execu-
tive and judicial appropriation Dill 10 '"e
Senate this afternoon. The Senate coIh-
mittee recommends a net increase IN the
bill of $3.50, lis over the amount Oh INC
House bill. The total amount as reported
by the committee is $32,959, OBJ, the totai
estimates for the fiscal year l9o9 pelns
$34, 30 716.13 exclusive of the govern
ment printing office estimates. Inc great
est increase is in the patent ONCE, winch
Is given $767OO more than was ailo"eo
by the House.
Superannuation Clause Dropped.
The committee struck out the so-called
approximation" clause put in by the
House. and the bill as reported To-Day
contains the provision, which was en-
acted into law last year. which Is TO the
effect that "the appropriations herein
made for the on1ccrs, clerks and persons
employed in the public service shall not
be available for the compensation or any
person incapacitated otherwise than tenn
porarily for performing such service. and
the heads of the departments shall cause
this provision to be enforced. 1t Is the
otherwise than temporarily provision
which renders this ineffective.
missioner Is given an increase from $1,000
to So. 800. chief clerk from 5000 to $1,000.
In place of two law clerks at 5000, pro.
vision is made for two law examiners
at $3.50 each. The salary of the ex-
aminer of interferences is raised upon
s.. 800 to $1,000, of the examiner of trade
marks and designs the same. and OF
forty-two principal examiners the same.
Fifty-eight first assistant examiners are
raised from $4,000 to S2.40O each, and
sixty-eight second assistant examiners
from 81 800 to $2.1OO, and seventy-eight
third assistant examiners from $1,000 to
81 800 and 100 fourth assistant examiners
from 81, 400 to 81. 800 each.
This office is also given 100 clerks or
class one. instead of 30 and 100 clerks
at 81 600 each instead of % al this figure;
but the number of copyists is cut down
from 1O6 to so, and the number of copy
lists at $3.50 is cut down from 100 to 90.
The private secretary to the Attorney
General is made private secretary and
assistant and his salary Is raised from
s., 900 to $1,000.
The Senate committee inserted a pro-
vision to the effect that ''in the discretion
of the Secretary of the Interior. persons
employed June 80, 1908. as additional eX-
aminers of the board Of pension appeals
may be transferred and appointed to
places in the classified service of the De-
partment of the Interior without ref
erence to the civil service act of 1888.
Another provision inserted by the COM
mittee provides for continuing the work
authorized by the act approved March :.
1881 for the protection of the lives of
miners in the territories and for conduct
ing such investigation I'm the territories
and the district of Alaska as will increase
safety and efficiency In mining. For this
purpose $780,. 900 is appropriated and made
Immediately available.
Department of the 1nterior-Office of the
Secretary. $2O.51O. general land office,
$3.50 and for state and territorial maps
for this office. $3.50: Indian office, 500
protection of lives of miners I'm the terri
tories, etc, $4,000; patent office, $76, 100;
pension Office, $4,000: bureau Of educa-
ton. $1,000 and for the library and the
collection of statistics for special reports
of this Office. $3.50: office of the super
intendent of the Capitol $436 rent for
patent office model exhibit $4,000: rent
for geological survey. $500: surveyors
general and their clerks. $4,000.
Post Office observation-disclosures of the
Postmaster General. $3.50: office of the
second assistant postmaster general, ST.
40: Office of the third assistant post
master general, $500. and for the d.
vision of money orders under this official.
81 500: office of the fourth assistant post
master general. sS,34O, and for the division
of dead letters under this official $3.50.
Department of Justice-Office of the At
torney General 500: office of the solicitor
of the Treasury. $1.r,.
Department Of Commerce and Labor
Investigation of trade conditions abroad
5000: bureau of corporations. $3.50:
bureau of manufactures. $1,000. and for
the collecting of foreign tariff by this Of
fee s. 600: lighthouse board $500: bureau
of statistics, 81, 400. and for collecting sta
tistics relative to commerce. $4,000
Judicial-Court of Appeals. District of
moo Columbia $40; Court of Claims, $500
The total increase is S6S4,6os.
Decrease From House Bill.
The Senate bill contains the following
decreases:
House of Representatives. 81 800: War
Department. office of the Judge advocate
general $500; Navy Department. office of
the judge advocate general Certain part
of this Office transferred to the office of
the Secretary S14,740; Interior Depart
ment per diem In lien of subsistence of
special inspectors, S1.200 The total de-
crease. $2S,oIO.
Increase Over House Bill.
The bill as reported to the Senate con-
tains the following increases over the
amounts in the House bill:
For the Senate. S113,sSO: Library of
Congress. $J.54o; executive 1.iSO; civil
service commission, $500; Department
of State, $1,000.
Treasury Department-Office Of the
Secretary, S6,340: Office of the supervis-
ing architect, $500; office of the auditor
of the Navy Department (net. 800,
office of the auditor of the Interior De-
partment 81 $40: Office of the treasurer,
S2o 400: office of the controller of the
currency. $500; office of the commits
sioner of internal revenue S2.iI0: life
saving service. $3.50; bureau of en-
craving and printing. S6.20n: office of
surgeon general of public health and
marine hospital service, $3.50.
War Department-Office of the Secretary,
$3.50: signal Office. $1,GO: office of the
quartermaster general, $40; office of the
commissary general. $1,9OO: office OF. the
surgeon general. S21s2: public buildings
and grounds, 5000.
Navy observation-disclosures of the Secre-
tary. Including $l4,14O for salaries trans
ferred from the office of the judge advo-
cate general, SIT .240: office of naval rec
ords of the rebellion, 500: bureau Of
navigation. 500; bureau of equipment
81 800: photographic office. 5000. and for
the monthly pilot chart OF this office.
50 OOO: naval observatory. $500. and for
miscellaneous computations. repairs to
buildings, fuel OIL etc, for this branch. a
total of $500: Nautical Almanac Office.
500. bureau of steam engineering, $1,000;
bureau Of ordnance. 81 600; bureau of sup
plies and accounts, 81 500: bureau of yards
and docks. $3.50.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings Of the
thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four hours
beginning at pm. yesterday.
Observation-Disclosures Is, pm, 70: $
o M, So II midnight. AZ. March Is. am,