Evening star., 1912-09-06
FEAR LAWS EFFECT
Officials Puzzled Over Change
in Distributing Documents.
SOME MAY LOSE PLACES
Not as Yet Determined, However,
Just How Many Will Go.
BENEFITS SOME DEPARTMENTS
Where Work Is Done by Regular
Force Change Is Welcomed.
Effective October l.
SOME MAY LOSE PLACES
BENEFITS SOME DEPARTMENTS

Government odcials are puzzled over
the extent Of the effect Of that provision
of the new law for the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial branches which pro-
vides that the vast amount of public
documents formerly sent out by the va
rious departments be in the future dis
tributed from the government printing
office. and just how many official heads
are to be Topped off because Of this order
Is still to be determined. according to in
formation received at many of the de-
partments and bureaus today. The law
is somewhat puzzling. say the officials.
The particular section which relates to
this matter reads as follows:
THAT no money appropriated by this
or any other act shall be used after the
first day Of October. 1912. for services in
any executive department or other gov
ernment establishment at Washington.
District of Columbia. In the work Of ad-
dressing. wrapping. mailing or otherwise
dispatching any publication for public
distribution. except maps, weather re-
ports and weather cards. issued by an
executive department or other govern
ment establishment at Washington. Dis
trict Of Columbia, or for purchase OF
material or supplies to be used In such
work; and on and after October /. 1912,
it shall be the duty Of the public printer
to perform such work at the government
printing Office.
Transfer Equipment.
Prior to October 1. 1912. each exec
utive department and other government
establishments at Washington. District
of Columbia, shall transfer to the pub
lie printer such machines, equipment and
materials as are used in addressing.
wrapping, mailing or otherwise dispatch
ing publications; and each head OF such
executive department and other govern
ment establishment at Washington. Dis
time to time to the public printer mail
ing lists, in convenient form, and changes
therein, or franked slips, for use in the
public distribution of publications issued
by such department or establishment; and
the public printer shall furnish copies OF
any publication only in accordance with
the provisions of law or the instruction
of the head of the department or estab-
lishment issuing the publication.
The employment Of all persons in the
several executive departments and other
government establishments at Washing
ton District of Columbia. wholly in con-
nection with the duties are herein trans
ferred to the public printer, or whose
services can be dispensed with or devolved
upon another because of such transfer
cease
the first day of October. 1912 and their
salaries or compensation shall lapse FOL
the remainder of the fiscal year 1913. and
be covered into the Treasury.
"A detailed statement Of all machines
equipment and material transferred tt
the government printing Office by opera
tion Of this provision and of all employ
ments discontinued shall be submitted tt
Congress at its next session by the heac
of each executive department and Other
oil, Itch IN oh fVO
ton, District Of Columbia, in the annua
estimates Of the appropriations: Pro-
vided, that nothing in this section shall
be considered as applying to orders. In
lars Of information. printed for an issue
by any Of the executive departments ol
other government establishment or to thu
distribution Of public documents by sena-
| tors or members of the House OF Repre-
sentatives or to the folding rooms ant
document rooms Of the Senate and Hous,
| of Representatives.
Affects Census Documents.
The thousands Of public document
which have been mailed from the census
bureau of the Department OF Commerc,
and Labor in the past will in the futur,
| be sent out from the government print
| ing office, under the provisions Of tn
new law. Already the officials Of tn,
printing Office have called at the censu.
| office to see about taking over this work
| but the details have not yet been set
| tied. At present there are about fifteeI
| employees In the census bureau engagel
| in multigraphing. mailing and stmila
| work.
1t was impossible to learn today Jus
how many of these will be let out Of the
| service because of the fact that the mail
| ing Of public documents is to be trans
ferred to the printing office, but it is ex
pected that some Of them will be affected
At the census bureau q great amount o
mail matter is sent out by these clerks
to the bureaus agents in the field. hun
dreds OF whom are engaged PRACTICAL,
the year round, and. the officials say
| this mail matter must continue to be sen
out by the bureaus employees.
| The reports Of the thirteenth census
Just completed. are to be sent out befor
long 1t is expected that an edition o
! 100, 600 volumes Of the summarized repor
will be distributed. and that between
5000 and 10000 Of the final and full
report will also be sent out These vii
come under the head of public docu
ments, and must be mailed from the gov
/ ernment printing Office.
/ The work Of appointing IT'S new tenn
porary clerks for the census bureau ha
| Just been completed. The new law au
| thorized the appointment Of these em
ployes from the clerks who had expe
| rience with the thirteenth census durin
the last two years The delay in the en-
actment Of the appropriation law put tl
Il np ha hsYp hoO Olx