Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-04
Department of State.

Appropriated for 1880, $l4,794,e4s. So;
Budget estimate for 1881, Sl7,238, 659.l4.
Increase. So 443, 71346.
the estimate for salaries, Department
OF state, is increased from 81 $40. 900 to
81 ,854, 765, which increase consists Of
S242,O85 for additional permanent and
! temporary personnel and Sl89, 700 for
the employment of permanent personnel
to replace Foreign Service officers now
on temporary detail to the department
$4,000 Tor increasing the salaries of the
! Undersecretary of State and the four
Assistant Secretaries of State, $4,000
Tor promotion of other departmental
personnel, and $26,980 for increases in
salaries due to reallocations made by
the Personnel Classification Board in
1873 and 1880 and which will be re-
Elected in 1891.
The principal items which make up
the increase in contingent expenses.
Department of State from $70,70S to
$l17,8l8 are $4,000 for furniture and
fixtures, $l0,926 for typewriters and
ONCE machines, and $4,2l5 for commu-
nication service. The sum of $4,000
was included in the 1880 appropriation
Tor examination of estimates in the field
OF the Departments OF State and Com
merce by the House Subcommittee on
Appropriations, and a like amount is
requested for 1881 to continue this ex-
animation.
There is an increase in printing and
binding, Department of State from
$4,000 to $277,665, mainly for the
enlarged publication program of the
Department of State, which contem-
plates publishing the United States
Treaty Series, issuing weekly press re-
leases and monthly treaty bulletins and
bringing Foreign Relations as nearly
as possible up to date. Funds are also
provided to enable the department to
catch up with the regular printing and
binding and avoid carrying work over
from year to year. which it has been
found necessary to do in the past.
An increase is recommended for paSs-
port agencies, Department Of State.
from $72,130 to 9025, of which So, $50
Is Tor the purpose of increasing the
salaries of employees in these agencies
to the average of the salary range, and
the remainder is for the employment of
temporary personnel during the busy
season, travelling expenses, rent, and
typeWriterS and Office machines.
Official Papers.
The estimate of $4,000 for collecting
and editing official papers Of the Terri-
tories Of the United States is recon-
mended, pursuant to the act Of February
20, 1929. entitled AN act to amend an
act entitled An act to authorize the
collection and editing of official papers
OF the Territories of the United States
now In national archives approved
March 3, 1925" which authorizes an
appropriation of $l25,000 for the pur-
poses OF the act with a provision that
not more than $50 900 shall be appro-
prlated for any one year.
On the basis OF expenditures during
preceding years. the estimate for SAL
aries, charges daffaires ad interim, Is
increased from $4,000 to $4,000, for
payment of the additional salary au-
thorized by law to diplomatic or consular
officers while in charge of post during
the absence OF the principal officer.
The increase in the estimate for al
lowance for clerks at embassies and le-
cations from 1898, 400 to $456,85O Is
composed OF $30l5O for additional per-
sonnet and $28 800 for promotions.
Contingent expenses. foreign missions,
Is increased from 1919 100 to $l,4ll.325'
OF which $30,262 is for additional per
sonnet including two supervisors of
construction in connection with the cree
zion OF embassy and legation buildings
IN foreign countries. $4,000 for pro-
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