Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-06

, gent expenses of the department is
reduced from 100000 to $4,000.
The total of appropriations for the
Navy Department is reduced from
Interior Department Changes.
Secretary's Ofce.-A clerk Of class
is omitted. having been transferred
to the national park service in the
sundry civil bill.
General Land Offce.-Twenty clerks
at $1,000 each are omitted.
Indian OfRce.-The following SPECIFIC
positions are omitted: Four clerks at
81, 400 each, eight clerks at $1,000 each.
two clerks at $1,000 each, two clerks
at s720 each, two assistant messen-
gers at 500 EACH Oh a. q total OF eighteen
Pension Off1ce-The following spe-
cific positions are omitted: One clerk
at 1920, twenty-five clerks at $1,000
each. twelve copyists at $500. one
messenger boy, a total OF thirty-six
The pay of the disbursng clerk is
reduced from $4,000 to $4,000 and that
Of the deputy disbursing clerk is re-
duced from $2.750 to $4,000.
The appropriation for performing
the duties imposed upon the bureau
by the retirement act is reduced from
$4,000 to $4,000. The items for this
purpose were carried for the current
year in the sundry civil and deficiency
acts. The amount recommended in the
bill is under the same salary limita
lions as the current appropriation.
Provision is recommended for the
compensation and travelling expenses
of board Of actuaries to make a
survey Of the operation OF the retire
ment act and the condition of the re-
tirement fund.
ONCE Of Superintendent of Capitol
The following specific positions are
omitted: One chief clerk. one laborer
and one bookkeeper and accountant
The following specific petitions are
recommended: One chief clerk and
accountant. $4,000; two charwomen at
$40 each. $3.50. a net reduction of
1890.
Department Cut Of S24.97O.
The total of appropriations for the
Interior Department is reduced from
$5,221.31O to $5,196,340, or by $24,970.
Surveyors General-The appropria-
lions for salaries and expenses of the
Office of surveyor general for South
Dakota, aggregating $500. are omit
ted. The total for surveyors general
is reduced from $221.465 to $211,245
or by $11,220.
Territorial Government-The amount
for government in the territories is re-
duced from 500 $50 to s125. $50. occa-
stoned by the elimination Of the bien-
NAL appropriations of $4,000 and $50 900.
respectively. for legislative expenses in
Alaska and Hawaii.
Post ONCE observation-disclosures
is made for IS additional clerks at
$1,000 each in the Office Of the Post
master General. A paragraph is
recommended authorizing the transfer
from the War Department to the
Post once Department Of a one-ton
motor truck. A paragraph is recon-
mended requiring the proceeds re-
ceived from the sale to the public Of
official postal guides to be covered
into the Treasury as miscellaneous
receipts. Such proceeds heretofore
have been used for the preparation of
guides and the amount of
the appropriation for the publication
of the guide is therefore necessarily
increased from $4,000 to $125.000.
The total of the appropriations for
the Post Office Department is in
creased from $2.16s.22O to $2.231.4So.
or by $62.260.
Department of Justice-An assist
ant solicitor. at $4,000. is recommend
ed in the Office Of the solicitor for the
Treasury Department.
Department OF Commerce Plans.
Department of Commerce: Bureau
az Lighthouses-The compensation of
the superintendent of naval construc-