Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-05
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of conditions in Alaska by commission
OF five senators and five representatives
and for an appropriation OF Slo.Hn 10
meet the expenses of the inquiry.
AS the bill became law, under the
agreement OF the conferees. the plan for
hiring substitute teachers and paying
them half the basic salary OF the grade in
which they are employed is made eNpcr
mental. The amendment as agreed To III
the Senate, made the plan effective until
1t was changed by further legislation. But
the conference committee Inserted until
the close OF the fiscal year 1912 in the
clause of authorization. thus allowing tho
execution Of the plan only during the re
mainder Of this and all of the next fiscal
year.
Firemen's Leave Of Absence.
Upon the amendment providing that the
leaves OF absence for firemen who are
injured In the performance OF their du-
ties may be extended thirty days beyond
the thirty days which they are allowed
by present law the House conferees re-
coded entirely and it passed into law just
as II was proposed by Fire Chief Wagner.
presented to the Senate by Senator Gall
finger and agreed TO In the Senate.
Provision for the continuation OF the
Presidents inquiry into the business
methods Of the government, with view
to greater economy and efficiency. is
to the Senate amendment authorizing
the continuation and appropriating S75,UO
and the unexpended balance OF last year
appropriation. The President is required
to submit a report of the results OF the
work at the beginning of the next Con-
gress. with recommendations.
Provision is made in the law that off,
GERS and men of the revenue cutter serv-
ice. dying in the service or in a dest tute
condition after being honorably dis
charged. may be buried In nat onal Gene
teries as Officers and men OF the army.
The House paragraph allowing the con-
struction OF two revenue cutters author
lied at a previous session to be built in
government navy yards on the basis Of
the actual cost OF construction is left out
Of the bill. the House conferees agreeln
TO the action of the Senate in knocking
out the provision.
Salaries Of Treasury Agents.
The Senate's provision OF a new scale
of wages for special agents in the Gus
toms service of the Treasury Department
remained In the bill when il became a
law. II provides for a supervising agent
at 81, 500, ten special agents at not more
than S12 per day, ten at not more than
- per day and ten at not more than -
per day, all in addition to necessary
travelling expenses.
AS agreed to in conference the new
law allows the President to appoint l.
Judge of the commerce court as we'll as
any member of the interstate commerce
commission to perform the dut es OF me
chairman of the commission in connection
with the Erdman act for the arbitration
of the labor troubles between common
carriers and their employees
The amendment which Senator Stone ha 1
inserted in the bill directed at the Marine
Band, and spec flying that no enlisted
man in the service of the United Stat,
shall be permitted to leave his post 10 en-
gage in any business or performance in
civil life for hire, when it shall interfere
with regular engagement Of local civilians.
was knocked out in conference.
Provision is made under the conference
agreement for an appropriation of sdUD
to connect the heating. light and power
plant of Freedmen's Hospital with tie
buildings of Howard University.
Provision for Supreme Court.
An appropriation of 5000. put i'm by
the Senate. to pay the amounts added
to the salaries OF the Chief Justice and
the associate justices of the United States
Supreme Court by the act. recently pass
ed. codifying and amending the laws re-
lating to the judiciary was allowed. The
conferees also allowed the Senate pro-
vision of 5000 to place marble bust
of the late Chief Justice Fuller in the
Supreme Court room and an oil portrait
Of him in the robing room.
To cool the air Of the Senate chamber
and the House hall and for the establish
ment Of q refriserating apparatus and
ice water plants in the Senate and House
office buildings. provision was made by
the Senate and allowed to stand by the
conferees thus being enacted into law,
The installation of new transportation
facilities through the subways from the
Capitol to the two Office buildings at
cost Of $36, 474.4O, is also provided.
The increase from $1,000 to $3.50 per
year in the salary of the Superintendent
Of documents in the government printing
office, as proposed by the Senate, re-
mains in the measure.
Crypt for Body Of John Paul Jones.
Provision is also made in the naval APP
propriation law signed yesterday by the
President for the completion of a crypt in
the chapel Of the United States Naval
Academy as permanent resting place for
he body Of John Paul Jones. the first great
admiral OF the American navy The
House bill only authorized the prepare
ton OF plans and estimates as to the
crypt: but the Senate adopted a substitute
the preparation OF plans and
the approval of the plans by the super
intendent of the Naval Academy and the
Secretary of the Navy. and appropriating
Of the crypt in accordance with the plans.
The Senate's provision was accepted by
the conferees and therefore becomes a
part Of the new law.
The provision for the institution OF suits
to determine the title to lands along the
banks Of the Anacostia river and other
in the District, adopted by the
Senate, was dropped out In conference
and therefore was not enacted into law.
The House conferees refused to accept
the provision.
The building program for the navy was
enacted into law practically as the Senate
the House granting the Senates
increases. The law provides for the con-
struction of two flrst-class battleships.
two fleet Golfers. eight torpedo boat de-
stroyers. four submarine torpedo boats.
one submarine tender. one gunboat, one
river gunboat and two seagoing tugs.
the eight-hour law apply to the construc-
lion Of the battleships and the four sub
marine torpedo boats.
Goes Out by Consent.
The Stanley antitrust provision, which
pecifles that no money is to be spent for
Lrmor or armament purchased from a
rust, is in the law. but the clause limit
ng the purchase price to mot In excess
# 100 per cent above the actual cost of
is out. That clause was
ut out on the floor of the Senate FRI
ay afternoon, when Senator owen pro-
ested that the margin of profit was too
,reat. and Senator Penrose agreed that
he clause was inserted on the floor of
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