Evening star., 1909-06-25
NO CENSUS BUILDING
Conferees Strike Out Provision
From the Bill.
DEADLOCK OVER LOCATION
Manner of Expending Appropriation
Also an Issue.
PRESENT QUARTERS TO BE USED
Conferees Through With Civil Service
Provision Affecting Residence of
Applicants for Positions.
DEADLOCK OVER LOCATION
PRESENT QUARTERS TO BE USED

The Senate and House conferees on
the census bill this afternoon agreed to
strike out of the bill entirely the pro-
vision for new census building.
The question of where the building
should be located and how the money
should be expended has been at issue
between the two branches of Congress
ever since the bill went into conference
at the beginning of the special session.
The House instructed the director OF
the census, under the supervision of the
Secretary of Commerce and Labor, to
acquire by purchase, condemnation or
otherwise, for the use of the census Of
flee and other governmental purposes.
the site and the buildings thereon, con-
tanning about $4,000 square feet, on b
street northwest between 1st and I'd
streets.
This includes the building now occu
pied by the census Office. An expenditure
of S43O,OO was authorized for this pur-
pose.
The House further provided that the
director, in the same manner, erect a
building on the portion of the site not
now occupied by the census building at
a cost of $25O,OOO.
The Point at Issue.
The Senate struck out both of these
provisions of the House bill. and In
place of them directed the Secretary OF
the Treasury to provide suitable build
ing for the census on the land already
owned by the government, or to acquire
new land, and a lump sum of $75O,OO0
was given for both purposes.
Unable to agree upon either of these
propositions, the conferees cut the Cor
dian knot and struck out the whole build
ing proposition. That means that the
present rented quarters will be occupied
with perhaps some additional rented
quarters, during the taking of the thir-
teenth census, unless some provision is
made for a new building in another bill.
which does not seem to be likely at this
late hour in the session.
One other thing the conferees did today
was to agree to the House provision
granting a salary of 5000 to the assist
ant director OF the census. and to a COM
promise of $3.50 for the disbursing clerk
A recess was taken early In the aft
ernoon for lunch, and the remaining con-
troverted portions of the bill will be
taken up later in the day.
The Civil Service Rule.
The conferees have nothing more TO do
with the provision requiring that an ap-
plicant for civil service position in any
branch Of the government service must
be actually domiciled for one year pre-
vious to taking his examination in the
state in which he claims legal residence,
and that he take the examination in that
state. This was added to the bill by the
Senate and was agreed to by the House
a few days ago, which means that it will
become law as soon as the bill is signed
by the President.
This provision, which is of such great
Importance to residents of the District. is
as follows: Provided that hereafter ali
examinations of applicants for positions in
the government service, from any state
or territory, shall be had in the state
or territory in which such applicant re-
sides, and no person shall be eligible for
such examination or appointment unless
he or she shall have been actually domi-
clied in such state or territory for at
least one year previous to such examina-
uon.'