Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-29

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penses for the division Of militia af-
fairs; authorizes the purchase. main
tenance, operation, repair or exchange
of an automobile wagon and strikes
out the increase of $4,000 proposed in
the sum for miscellaneous items for
the Navy Department.
Department of Interior.
Strikes out the additional clerks and
copyists proposed to be transferred to
the general land office, Department of
the Interior: strikes out the proposed
increase of $4,000 in the sum per diem
Of examiners and clerks. and appro-
PIRATES $4,000 for separate state and
territorial maps, as proposed by the
House. instead Of $500. as proposed by
the Senate: restores the provision,
stricken out by the Senate. relative to
the filing of vacancies in the classified
service of the pension bureau; strikes
out the additional examiner of inter-
ferences at $4,000. the two assistant
examiners of trade marks and designs
at s2.1oo each and the lump sum of
$4,000 for special and temporary serv-
ices Of stenographers for the patent Of
fce. and increases the amount for the
weekly issue of patents from $125. 900
to $4,000, as proposed by the Senate.
Increases the amount for clerk hire
in the office of the surveyor general
of Utah from $4,000 to $21,240, and
restores the paragraph. stricken out by
$4,000 of the fund. deposited by the
railroads for survey Of lands. for Office
work in the surveyor generals Office
and in tho general land Office.
Post ONCE Department.
Provides for the salaries and num-
Der Of employees, Post Office Depart
ment. as proposed by the Senate. and
strikes out the increase Of $4,000 pro-
posed in the appropriation for furni-
ture and filing cabinets.
Department Of Justice.
Inserts the paragraph proposed by the
Senate authorizing the lease of a modern
freproof Office building for the Depart
ment Of Justice for period not to ex-
coed five years at an annual rental not
exceeding $4,000 and at a rate per an
mum per square foot Of available floor
space not to exceed SO $40 cents; pro-
vides for an additional law clerk at
81. 900 in the Office of the solicitor of the
Treasury.
Department of Commerce.
Strikes out the proposed additional
clerk, Department of Commerce, at 81 800
and increases the pay Of an assistant en-
gineer from $500 to 81, 900 in the Secre-
tary's office; strikes out the additional
craftsman at $500 proposed in the bu-
reau OF lighthouses; provides for forty
clerks of class one in lieu Of thirty
clerks ks at $1,000 and ten clerks
laborer at 1920 in lieu of a skilled la
borer at that salary in the census
office: provides that the director Of the
census may procure information for
tobacco reports by mail or by special
reau Of the census: strikes out the in
crease proposed in the appropriation
for promotion and development of for
eign and domestic commerce and au-
thorizes the payment of exchange on
official checks from this appropriation
and the sum for commercial attaches:
strikes out the increase of $4,000 pro-
posed in the appropriation for clerk
hire for the steamboat inspection serv-
ice at large; strikes out the increase
VI $ovV proposed IN the salary of the
and provides for two ad-
ditional clerks at $1,000 each in the
bureau of navigation; appropriates
$24 900 instead Of $4,000 as proposed by
the House and $33.500 as proposed by the
Senate, Tor the enforcement of naviga-
ton laws; increases the sum for in
spection OF passenger and excursion
vessels from $4,000 to SIS, 900, as pro
posed by the Senate; strikes out the in
crease OF $4,000 proposed in the appro-
priation for enforcement of wireless
communication law; strikes out the ad-
ditional clerk of class four and provides
for an additional clerk of class three in
the bureau of standards; strikes out
the increase of $4,000 for structural
Investigations. of $4,000 for
investigation OF fre-resisting proper
ties of building materials and 5000 for
testing and standardizing machines,
motors, etc: inserts the increase of
$4,000 for public utilities investiea-
tions. the appropriation of $4,000 for
9e S brick tile etc
the House instead of $1,000 as pro-
posed by Senate for color standards
and methods Of color manufacture and
color measurement and strikes out au-
thority to extend this Investigation to
cottonseed oil.
Department Of Labor,
department OF LaOOT-Strlke out the
increase OF $1,000 in the sum for con-
tingent expenses to be used for re-
pairs to the Mills building and insert
the paragraph authorizing the lease of
q modern fireproof building for a
period Of not to exceed five years at an
annual rental not to exceed $4,000 and
1T q rate per annum per square foot
of available floor space not to exceed
36.3 cents. with additional authority to
renew for the fiscal year 1917 a lease
Of the premises now occupied by the
at an annual rental not ex-
ceeding $4,000.
Other Provisions.
Strikes out the provision, inserted by
the Senate. for nine law clerks, one
for the Chief Justice and one for each
associate justice. at not exceeding
$4,000 each per annum.
Extends the limitation on the price
to be paid for typewriters to ali ap-
preparations made for the support of
the government, and inserts the pro-
vision, proposed by the Senate, reouir-
ing the commissioner Of patents to ad-
wise the controller as to the changes
in tho construction of typewriters
Inserts the provision, proposed by
the Senate. to exempt the Department
of Justice from the Limitation of the
detail Of employees in the classified serv-
ice at Washington. D. c., for service
outside OF the District of Columbia.
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