Evening star., 1909-05-20
md total. .$1.o .o44, 4ol. .so7 IL
Increase in Appropriations.

A comparison Of the total appropria-
tions Of the first session Of the Sixtieth
Congress, for 1909. $1,oOs. 397, 1886, with
those Of the second session of the Six
tieth Congress. for 1910, $1.O44 4O1. 1851 u,
shows an increase Of $36.OO4.slS.5s.
The increases by appropriation acts are
as follows: BY the agricultural act, ST.
by the diplomatic and consular act. $75.-
con, ,9S: by the District Of Columbia act,
$6e7, ,642-64; by the Indian act, $2,60l.-
6S4.61: by the Military Academy act. ST.
6so. .ss6 46; by the naval act $14:2n.S13
by the post Office act. 81. .7e1, ,47s; by the
sundry civil act, $25. 73S. .535.13.
A river and harbor act carrying $9-
4S5. 75O Is shown to have passed, none
having been enacted at the previous ses-
sion OF Congress.
The permanent appropriations, which
include interest on the public debt, the
requirements to meet the sinking fund
and other fixed charges against the gov
ernnent. authorized by various laws of
Congress, show an estimated increase Of
$5.8O1. 1910.
Reductions are shown Of 81 146.634 in the
fortifcAtfon act. 1886 $3.50 in the legis-
lative. executive and judial act. 81. 145,OOO
total OF miscellaneous or claims acts and
the considerable sum of $S6,S01, 800. IL on
account Of deficiencies.
Public Work Authorized.
In addition to the specific appropria-
tons made, contracts are authorized to
be entered into for certain public works
requiring future appropriations by Con-
sress. in the aggregate sum Of ,S75.
These contracts cover the following OBJ
jects and amounts, namely: For construc-
ton of sea coast batteries In the Philip
pine Islands. 1900, 900: two frst-class bat
tleShips, one collier, six torpedo boat de-
stroyers and four submarine torpedo
boats. including estimated cost Of arma-
ment. $24, ,S4S, 600, and for improvement Of
certain rivers and harbors. $685.. 1915. max
Ing In all, $2606O.8I5.
A comparison of these contract liza
bilities with those Of the first session Of
the sixtieth Congress amounting to s49.-
New oMces Provided.
The new ofices and employments spe-
cifically authorized are 10,120 In number.
at an annual compensation OF $11,176.-
5000 and those abolished or omitted are
6.243 in number at an annual compensa-
ton Of $5.5O4, ,6oO.50-a net increase Of
3.s77 In number and s., 900 in amount.
The total number of salaries shown to
be omitted includes 626 In the census
ONCE. a reduction that Is apparent and
not real. as the employees in question will
simply be shifted from specific provision
for their pay to the general fund that will
necessarily be provided for taking the
new census. Omitting this number and
amount OF their aggregate pay from the
total of places apparntly abolished. the
actual net increase in employments is
4.5O3 in number, and $6316S69 in amount
Of pay.
This actual net increase in number Of
new employments includes .588 addition
al clerks and other employees in the
postal service throughout the country. OF
the remaining 915 additions to the sal
aried list of the government % are for
the Senate, 50 for the House of Repre-
sentatives, for the Library of Congress.
8 for the civil service commission. II
for the Department Of State. 90 for the
Treasury Department, Is for the Interior
Department, q for the Department Of
Commerce and Labor, 195 for the De-
partment Of Agriculture. 10 for the gov.
ernment Of the District of Columbia, 12
for the bureau Of fisheries. 21S for the
government printing onice. 10 for the
diplomatic and consular service, 10 for
the naval establishment and 80 are light
house keepers.
The total number Of salaries or rates
Of wages increased In the entire public
service is 275. at an annual cost Of
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