Evening star., 1922-02-03
BILL
RECEIVED IN HOUSE
Supply Measure Makes Cut
From Estimates, Giving
$12,389,411 Total.

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preparations totaling $12.SS9.4lO.95.
the supply bill for the legislative
branch Of the government was re-
ported to the House today. The sum
recommended was s627.125 less than
the amount Of the estimates and $685.
204.sS less than the current appro-
priations.
This measure carries appropriations
for the Senate, the House of Repre-
sentatives. the Capitol police. the
joint committee on printing. the legis-
lative drafting service. the architect
of the Capitol, the Botanic Gardens.
the Library Of Congress, and the gov
ern,nert printing office.
No increases in compensation are
carried In the bill. Several increases
were submitted under the House OF
Representatives and the Library of
Congress. but the requests were not
complied with. Nine new employments
are recommended. one under the
House of Representatives and eight
under the Library of Congress. Four
employments are omitted, two under
the House of Representatives and two
under the architect of the Capitol.
Printing Office Provision.
For the government printing Office
a total of s2.523,s7S.20 is allowed.
which is $372.SS0 less than the cur
rent appropriations and $221.S40 less
than the estimates submitted. OF this
amount $130,Ss0 is for salaries in The
Office of the public printer. 100000
for printing and binding for Con-
gress and $21S.993 for salaries under
These figures represent a salary de-
crease Of $71.4S0 in the office OF the
public printer and an increase OF
$500 for salaries under the super
intendent Of documents.
The report on this bill, submitted
by Representative Joe Cannon, points
lowed the practice adhered to in con-
nection with other bills, namely, not
to exceed the budget estimates, be-
cause the estimates have not passed
through any revision or scrutiny
and because the budget act clearly
Congress the right to pass in any
way it chose upon the sufficiency or
insufficiency Of the estimates of its
own officers.
The committee has recommended
appropriations in the bill in excess
instances. Three of these occur un-
der the House of Representatives,
one under the Capitol police and one
under the legislative drafting serv-
ice.
For the Botanic Garden an appro-
connect the buildings of the Botanic
Garden with the Capitol power plant.
The appropriation for general ex-
penses is reduced $500. representing
the expenditure for coal end light to
be eliminated as a result of this con-
nection.
Increases for Library,
For the Library of Congress in
creases in compensation approximat-
ing $s5.o00 and distributed among $40
employees were requested. The COM
mittee recognized the fact that low
standard of pay obtains in the library,
but does not feel that an exception
should be made to the policy adopted
respecting increases in salary gen
orally, pending legislative action on
the general subject.
Thirteen new positions were re-
quested and the committee finds JUS
tification for eight of those, with SAL
aries totalins $3.50. An increase of
$4,000 is recommended for employ
ment Of temporary services in connec-
tion with the distribution and sale OF
card indexes. An appropriation of
$4,000 is recommended to provide a
suitable repository for the originals
of the Declaration Of Independence
and the Constitution of the United
States, which have recently been
transferred to the library from the
State Department.
The total provision for the Capitol
police is $59.650. of which $42,450 is
for salaries. -.
The appropriation during the cur
rent fiscal year of $345,720 for the
Lincoln memorial commission was
eliminated.
The total carried In the bill for the
Botanic Garden is $90,016, of which
$4s,616 is for salaries. The appro-
priatiop for maintenance of an auto
mobile for the Vice President is $2.24o.
which is $3.50 less than the estimate
The item Of $4,000 for an automobile
for the Vice President, which was car
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