Evening star., 1914-05-15
j. S. SALARY BILL
NOW $37,238,278
Senate Committee Adds $780,
1863 to Total as Voted
by the House.
MILEAGE RATE RESTORED
TOTHE PRESENT BASIS
Effort of Representatives to Cut Al
lowance Thwarted by Members
of Upper Chamber.

s7oGl 1863 over the House bill and is less
than the estimates for 1915 by s.. 1874, 81.
1t is an increase over the present law
OF s914. .551 90
One of the amendments to the bill by
the Senate committee was to restore the
appropriation for the usual mileage OF
representatives and delegates and sena-
tors in lieu Of the House provision.
which calls only for the payment of
actual travelling expenses of immediate
and dependent members of their families.
The total amount appropriated under the
committee bill is s2260Oo, which is double
the amount carried IN the House bill for
Congress.
Another amendment which Will cause a
wrangle provides for the purchase Of two
automobiles for the use Of the Vice Presi-
dent and Speaker of the House, 5000 in
all
Treasury Office Abolished.
The office of assistant register of the
Treasury is abolished by a Senate amend
ment. John FLOYD King, former Repre-
sentative from Louisiana and for many
years resident of the District, was re-
ant register of the Treasury.
The House. meaning to strike at the
appropria tions of government funds Tor
the purchase and maintenance of pas
senGer vehicles, both motor and horse
drawn, for the use of government OIL
cials, inserted in the bill provision
prohibiting the expenditure of any OF the
money carried by this bill for the pur-
chase, maintenance or repair OF any such
vehicles unless special authorization is
given by law.
The Senate committee has somewhat
modified this provision. so that 1t Will
be possible to continue with the main
tenance and repair of vehicles already
owned by the government up TO the
close of the fiscal year 1913, and there-
after such expenditures may be mace
when specially authorized by law.
The Senate committee has increased
the amount for the pay of clerks and
messengers of Senate committees from
$3S4,640 to s4o7.sO0.
other Senate Amendments.
Other amendments made by the Sen
ate committee include:
For assistance to senators who are
not charmen of committees. as follows
Twenty-Five clerks. at $1,000 each: twen-
ty-five assistant clerks, at S1,2oo each
and twenty five messengers, at S1,20
each; in all, $4,000.
For rent of warehouse for storage OF
public documents for the Senate, $500
''The superintendent of the Capitol
building and grounds is hereby author
lied and directed to remove any unused
documents and material now in the
Capitol building or Senate and House
office buildings, and the patent office
models now stored in the Senate and
House office buildings, to some build
;y,tr hull a Ii,1gJ on
No IS, in the District of Columbia, and
the superintendent of the Capitol
building and grounds is hereby made
the custodian of the building or build
ings so selected"
Civil Service Commission.
Under the civil service commission
the following amendments are made
A chief examiners salary is increased
from $4,000 to S3.50o. For the estab-
lishment and maintenance of system OF
efficiency ratings the appropriation Is in
| creased from $1,000 to $4,000.
Examination Of fourth-class postmas
ters-For necessary additional office EN-
ployes. printing. stationery, travel con
! tingent and other necessary expenses o
examinations, sll. 100. and the unexpend
ed balance of the appropriation made TO
this purpose in the urgent deficiency ac
I
| available for the fiscal year 1915"
| For field examiners at the rate o
| 81, 500 per annum each. for work in con
nection with members of local boards
and other necessary work as directed b.
| the commission, ZOO, and the uneN
| pended balance of the appropriation
| made for this purpose in the urgent de
ficiency act approved October 22. 1917
| Is hereby made available for the iisca
| year 1915
Assistant to Treasury Chief
| In the items for the Treasury Depart
ment is an amendment providing for al
assistant to the Secretary. to be appoint
ed by the Secretary. at a salary of 81,
| COO The clerk to the Secretary is In
creased from s2,5o to 5000.
Some of the other amendments unde
the department are as follows
! General supply committee - Superin
| tendent of supplies. 500; clerks-one O
| class four, one of class three. three o
class two. two Of class one; twelve TEN
porary clerks for four months, at $50
each: in all. SA..S5O.
THE Secretary of the Treasury may
during the fiscal year 1915. diminish fror
time to time, as vacancies occur b
death, resignation or otherwise, the mum
ber of positions of the several grades be
low the grade of chief of division in tn
office of the auditor for the Post Offic
| Department and use the uneNpended bal
ances of the appropriations for the posi-
tons SO diminished as u fund to pay tn
compensation as fixed by the Secretar
of the Treasury, of such number of en-
ployes as may be necessary to tabulats
by the use of mechanical devices. the &C
counts and vouchers of the postal serv
ice"
In the office of director Of the mint Pre-
vision is made for an examiner at s3.0Ot
| The salary Of the chief clerk of tn
office Of the surgeon general OF the pub
lie health service is increased to s.. $50.
| The item for salaries and expenses Q
collectors of internal revenue, etc. is in
creased from s2.1Jo.uo to s.. 100, 600. TIL
following amendment is made also:
ON and after October /. 1914 the Who'll
number of collection districts for tn
collection of internal revenue and tn
whole number of collectors of interna
revenue shall not exceed sixtyfour."
Cut in Governors Salary.
The salary of the Governor of Hawa
, is reduced from $1,000 to $4,000, and c
his secretary from $4,000 to $500.
IN the department of Interior items a
amendment was made providing for thre
office of the assistant attorney genera
: at $500 each.
An amendment for the pension offic
is as follows:
For an additional force of five specia
$500, and no person SO appointed shal
be employed in the state from which h
is appointed; and any of those now EN-
ployed in the pension Office or as specia