The Washington times., 1914-04-01
as yenoed until otherwise provided By

SUSPENDED until otherwise provided b.
I nav.
+! with reference to piece-rate employe!
, in the Office of the Auditor tor tn'
| Interior Department.:
PROVIDED. Ihat the Secretary of tht
| Treasury may, during the riscai yea
1915, in his discretion. diminish tnt
! number of positions of the grades he
| low that OF clerk at $l,2W per annun
| in the office of Auditor for the Interior
q Department and Use the .nexpsndeC
4 balances Of the Appropriation fer the
positions So diminished as a fund C
pay. on a piece-rate basis, to be fixed
| by the Secretary Of the treasury, the
! compensation OF such additional num-
ber Of employees as may be Necessary
| to tabuiate by the use Of mechanical
devices the accounts and vouchers OF
the Interior Department.
Provided further, that under such
! rules and regulations as the Secretary
OF the Treasury may prescribe. piece
rate employees In the office Of the Audi
tor for the Interior Department shall
be entitled to the same leave of ab-
sence with pay as is provided b. law
Tor clerks and employees in the execu-
tive departments in Washington. The
pay OF any piece-rate erpploye during
such leave shall be determined by the
average quantity of work done by such
employe and the pay therefor.
With reference to the TreaSurer's s
Office:
And the Secretary Of the Treasury
is hereby authorized to transfer and
appoint in the office OF the Treasurer
OF the United States such of the en-
pIoyes, IN his discretion. as are now
employed in said Office under details
authorized by the act Of March 4, 1913
In addition to the offices Of the four
auditors of the Treasury required to
De removed to the old building OF the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing. the
general supply committee and offices
quarters. and such other offices or
parts Of offices Of the Treasury De-
partment as the Secretary OF the
Treasury may determine. shall be re-
moved thereto; and the Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing shall entirely Va
June ]. 1914.
Hereafter the estimates for expenses
OF government in the Territories shall
be submitted through and be subject
to revision by the Department Of the
The Commissioner of Pensions shall,
on or before July !, 1914. rearrange the
finance division and the office Of the
disbursing clerk for the payment Of
pensions IN the Pension office and re-
so as to eliminate useless work and pre-
vent duplication Of labor.
The first commissioner Of patents and
the assistant commissioner Of patents
shall hereafter perform such duties
pertaining to the office Of commissioner
Of patents as may be assigned to them.
respectively. from time to time, by the
commissioner Of patents.
With reference to the solicitor for
the Department Of the Interior:
shall not affect the status Of the pres
ent incumbent or require his reappoint-
ment;
with reference to the solicitor for the
Postoffice DEPARTMENT:
Provided. That this change of title
shall not affect the status Of the pres
ent incumbent or require his reappoint-
ment:
Apprentices in the Bureau Of Stan
dards may be promoted after salts
proval Of the Civil Service Commits
sion, to positions corresponding to the
5ourneyman grades for which their
duties logically prepare them without
regard to apportionment: provided.
that they thus acquire no rights to
transfer to other lines Of work.
With reference to rent for the Cen
sus Office: and the Secretary
of Commerce is authorized to enter
into contract for the lease. for
modern fireproof office building or
modern fireproof addition to the pres
ent Department of Commerce build
ing, containing no less than fifty
thousand square feet Of available
floor space for use Of the Census Of
fice, at an annual rental at q rate per
square foot Of available floor space
not to exceed thirty-fve cents.
That no part Of any money appro.
priated by this or any other act shall
be used during the fiscal year nine
teen hundred and fifteen for the pur-
chase of any typewriting machine at
g. price in excess of the lowest price
paid by the Government Of the United
States for the same make and model
of machine during the period Of the
fiscal years nineteen hundred and
thirteen and nineteen hundred and
fourteen; such price shall include the
value Of any typewritinE machine or
machines given in exchange. but shall
not apply to special prices granted on
typewriting machines used in schools
Of the District of Columbia or of the
Indian Service, the lowest Of which
special prices paid for typewriting
machines shall not be exceeded in
future purchases for such schools.
Then follows authorization for a COM
mission to investigate the typewriting
price question.
Section ). That appropriations made
In this or any other act shall net be
available for purchase, maintenance. or
repair CT motor-propelled vehicles un-
less specific authority be granted by
law for such purchase. maintenance, or
repair, or unless authority therefor be
specifically stated in any appropriation
,ISed for such DlrDOSes.