The Washington times., 1909-05-20
ALL RECORDS HELD
BY LAST CONGRESS
FOR USING MONEY
Enormous Total of $780,
482,732 Appropriated
for Expenses.
1920 NEW OFFICES
CREATED BY LAW
For the Navy, Including Two Bat
tleships, S24,845, ,O0O-Philip-
pine Fortifcations Costly.


The final Official statement Of the Ap-
propriations Committees of the senate
and House, issued by those commit
tees today. shows that the last session
of Congress either specifically appro-
priated or authorized the expenditure
OF the enormous total of 1900, ,4s2 a.
Today's statement has been prepared
by Thomas P. Cleaves and James c
Courts. chief clerks, respectively, of the
Senate and House Appropriations Com
mittees.
1t is thu complete official summing up
Of the iDsropriations required by law
to be MACS
The expeI Iditures Of the last session
of Congress were record-breaking. The
amount usually reckoned On as repre-
senting the appropriations is 81 e44. .4ol. 81
This is the sum that covers the sneei6c
appropriations Z does not take yac-
count Of the contracts authorized 10 he
entered into for certain public works re-
quiring future appropriations bv Con
sress- Such appropriations aggregated
s2s.SO.S75.
What They Cover.
These contracts cover the following
objects and amounts, namely For COR
struction g sea coast batteries !, -,
Philippine Islands, $4,000; two arsf-
class batt.eships. one collier. six tor
4 pedo boa destrOyerS. and four subn,a-
r1ne torredO boats. including estimates
I I cost Of armament. s24, ,Ss5.O .Oe0; aid for
improvement Of certain rivers ana har
( Dors' s6S5,sl5, making in all S26 0S0, So
A conPssison OF these contract la
- ~ yass 1.te'Se OF ts7e hrst session
o o ~ ne i.HSf-Ftn Son61ssss amounting
I TO SO. 49,. shows a reduction Of So.
S62'Ss9 OF the appropriations
Details of Bins.
The details by bills are as follows.
Agricultural. 1895. .oSs. %; army. x10a. .1s5,-
SoS-S4; diplomatic and consular. SsSe-
S6l6I; District Of Columbia, s10. as. .5s1 ss-
fortification. ss.17e.1 %. Indian, 81 "a.
Se2 IS; legislative. executive and judicial
SS2s so07 ,os9.oo; Military Academy, q
80: navy, S136.9S5. .1ss. %: pension, Sl60-
SOs,ooooo; postoffice. S234 So, ,37a00: river
and harbor. 50. .435. 1000; sundrv civil
SlSl, $50, 623-S5; deficiency approximations
Sso,SIoss5s.sz miscellaneous appropria-
I
lpns, S160, ,09s. .GS2.52
Grand total sfs0f4. .401 .S57.12
1o,Izo New Offices.
The new offices and employments sps-
cifically authorized are 10 80 in number.
at an annual compensation Of 81
osSo and those abolished or omitted
are sr243 IN number. at an annual com
pensatiSzn OF $5,504. $50 Ga net Increase
/ Of 3SH IN number and $4,000 in
amount.
The totsi humber OF salaries shspn
10 be emitted includes 626 in the Census
Office, reduction that is apparent and
not real, as the employees in question
VIII simply be shifted from specific pro
vision Tor their pay 10 the general
Iuhd that will necessarily be provided
Tor taking the new census. Emitting
this number and amount of their agg-e-
gate ray from the total places appar-
emily abolished, the actual net increase
N e9ploymentS is ,50S in number snsf
So'Sio'ooS in amount Of pay
Actual Net Increase.
This acIual net increase in nunber
OF new employ:nents includes 3FS ad
ditionaF clerks and other emuioves in
[ the Postal Service Throughout the coun-
try OF the remaining sI5 additions 10
/ the salaried list OF the Government.
[ IS are for the Senate 81 for the House
( of Representatives. S for the Library OF
Congress. s for the Civil Service Com
mission. II for the Department Of state.
- tor the Treasury Department. Is for
7 the Interior Department, p FOR the De-
paFtment OF Commerce Snd Labor Iq5
I for the Department or Agriculture, I2s
/ for the GOvernment 0f the DistEiet OF
/ Columbia. u for the Bureau OF Fish
cries. 216 tar the Government Printing
Office. Is f5r the Diplomatic and Con
/ sulsr Service. IS for the n4=al estab-
HshTEenC, and 80 are lighthouse keepers
The total number of salaries or rates
/ OF WagSs increased in the entire public
service is 295. at an annual cost OF
Si1S.3S6.
Comparison OF Totals
A comparison of the total appropria-
tioNs of the first session Of the Sixtieth
Congress, for 1909, s., eos, 397. .5ss56, with
<hose of the second session Of the Six
I tisth COEgre@~T for 1910, Sl.044 40l, ,s5El2,
shows an increase of S36,004313.5s.
TIE increases by appropriation acts
are as follows. By the agricultural
act. 81 81. $50; by the army zct. S5.Sl3.-
/ 63s 70: by the diplomatic and consular
/ act, S75,00 S-e5; by the District OF Column
/ bia act, S6S7 81; By the Isdian act
I 81 sol $50 81. by the Military Academy
act, 81 ,6S5.SS546. by the naval act. s1f.-
] 27I, ,Sl35S: by this pOstoffice set. Sl1.721.-
AIS; by the sundry civil act, 50, IS. .533- -,
/ a river and harbor act carrying
/ SO ass. .750 is shown to have passed. none
having been enacted at the previous
/ session Of Congress
Permanent Appropriations
/ The permanent appropriations, which
I iaclude interest on the public debt. the
/ requirements TO meet the sinking fund.
! and other fzed charges against the Gov
/ ernmeCt, aIth6Sized by various laws o.
/ Congress. show an estimated increase OF
+ s. aOl, 1874
Reductions are shown Of SlI4Ss3f in
the fertilization act; $50. .S64sa I'm the
/ legislative, executive and judicial act.
/ s., $4,000 in the pension act; S275I 81 -
in this total of miscellaneous or claims
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