Evening star., 1922-01-04
FIRST BUDGET PLAN
APPROPRIATION BILL
GIVEN TO THE HOUSE
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buildings An increase of $500. 900 is
recommended in the appropriation
for fuel and other operating supplies
for public buildings.
Principal Items Carried. !
The principal items carried in the
bill as compared with the appropria-
tions made for the current fiscal year
are as follows:
Salaries in the Secretary's office
SSO.760, decrease of $11.6SO; salaries
in the chief clerks office. s217.31O
decrease of $1,000: operating force
liberty loan building. 100000. which
is an increase of 100000; salaries
care and protection of buildings, $22,-
$50. decrease of $500; salaries in the
Treasury annex No. 1, S30.32O; sal
aries in the Treasury garage. $4S4O;
salaries in Treasury annex No 2. S51,-
26O: under contingent expenses. law
books, directories. etc. $500, decrease
of $500; freight, expressage. etc. Sl6.-
900. decrease of $4,000; rent of build
ings. s17.050. decrease of $4,000; pur-
chase and maintenance of other
vehicles. $4,000; purchase of an auto
mobile for the Secretary. $1,000; ex-
penses of handling surplus property
100000: salaries for the bookkeeping
tingent expenses, public moneys
$4,000; public debt service, $780,
600, decrease of sS6O,75O: printing and
binding, 100000, decrease of s25O,OO0
Customs Service Funds Pared.
In the customs service, a total of
s11, 1,4SS,500 is recommended. which is
a decrease of s139.OOO. OF this $780,
900 is for the collection of revenues
from customs. For salaries in the bu-
reau of the budget. s154.s0O is recon-
mended, which is a decrease of $780,
200.
For the federal farm loan bureau,
s255,22O is recommended, which is an
increase of $4,000. OF this amount
S162.720. is for salaries.
The total recommended for the Of
States is S1.360,130, which Is a de-
crease of S40,910. For the Office OF
controller of the currency, 1921, $50 is
recommended.
For the internal revenue service. a
total of s60.90S.SS0 is recommended,
which is an increase of $4.767,690.
For the coast guard, $9,S74,11S.50 is
recommended, which is a decrease OF
$417,979.
For the bureau of engraving and
printing, the committee recommends
s6,O73,24O, which is decrease OF
s790,900. The items for the bureau
Of engraving and printing are: Sal
aries in the directors office, $252.040,
a decrease of $26,1OO; salaries of en-
ployes, $2.512,140. a decrease of $780,
$50; wages of plate printers, $2.016,-
795, a decrease of $69,205; for ma
terials for engravers and printers
S1,292,265, a decrease OF $457,135.
For the secret service, $413.44O is
recommended. which is a decrease OF
$1,000. For suppressing counterfeiting
and other crimes, s390,000 is recon-
mended, which is a decrease of $780,
900. For-salaries in the secret service
s23,44O is recommended, which is an
increase of $4,000.
Increase for Health Service.
For the public health service, a to-
tai of $9,631.310 is recommended,
which is an increase Of $250.340; the
biggest item is for medical. surgical
and hospital service. s5,422.2so. which
is an increase of $1,342,2S0.
For mints and assay offices. the bill
carries a total of $1.359,950, which is a
decrease Of s228,530. The principal
decreases are at Philadelphia, Den
yer and San Francisco.
For public buildings. the total Is
s10,O76,13O, which is decrease of
$2O,O71,s80.
This bill makes the usual appropri-
alton Of $4,000 for the American
Printing House for the Blind.