Chapter 2. To supply a deficiency in the appropriations for contingent expenses of the House of Representatives for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 2.— An Act To supply a deficiency in the appropriations for contingent expenses of the House of Representatives for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, and for other purposes. July 21, 1911.[[H. R. 12109](/us/bill/62/hr/12109).][[Public, No. 2](/us/pl/62/2).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That there is hereby appropriated,Urgent deficiencies appropriations. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 1 2the following sums, to supply urgent deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, and for other purposes, namely:
SENATE.Senate. Pages.For compensation of officers, clerks, messengers, and others in the employ of the Senate, namely: Sixteen pages for the Senate Chamber, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per day each, during the first session of the Sixty-second Congress, being for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, three thousand six hundred and eighty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Inquiries and investigations.Use of balance.Vol. 36, p. 1175.The unexpended balance of the appropriation for inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, including compensation to stenographers to committees at such rate as may be fixed by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, but not exceeding one dollar and twenty-five cents per printed page, is hereby made available for use during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve.
Miscellaneous items.For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, fifteen thousand dollars. Assistant clerk, Committee on Immigration.For additional amount for the assistant clerk to the Committee on Immigration for services from May first, nineteen hundred and eleven, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, both inclusive, four hundred and twenty dollars. Congressional Directory.For compiling and editing the edition of the Congressional Directory for the first session of the Sixty-second Congress, to be expended under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, eight hundred dollars.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.House of Representatives. Miscellaneous items, etc.For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees, exclusive of salaries and labor, unless specifically ordered by the House of Representatives, twelve thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. Stationery.For stationery for Members of the House of Representatives, Delegates from Territories, and Resident Commissioners, and for the use of the committees and officers of the House, one thousand dollars.
Furniture.For furniture, and materials for repairs of the same, sixteen thousand eight hundred dollars. Digest of the Rules.For compensation of the clerk to the Speaker’s table for preparing the Digest of the Rules for the first session of the Sixty-second Congress, one thousand dollars. TREASURY DEPARTMENT.Treasury Department. Atlanta, Ga.Jurisdiction ceded to Georgia over former public building site.Vol. 36, p. 703.That jurisdiction is ceded to the State of Georgia over the following-described property, the title to which has been granted by the United States Government to the city of Atlanta, by deed dated November eleventh, nineteen hundred and ten, to wit:
Commencing at the corner of Marietta and Forsyth Streets and running thence northwest along Marietta Street two hundred and one and fifty-eight one-hundredths feet to Fairlie Street thence northeast along Fairlie Street one hundred and five and one-half feet to an alley; thence southeast along the alley two hundred and one and one-half feet to Forsyth Street thence southwest along Forsyth Street one hundred and ten and one-half feet, to the beginning point at the corner of Marietta and Forsyth.
Streets. 3 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.District of Columbia. The amount authorized to be expended for the employment ofPrevention of contagious diseases.Allowance for personal services increased.Vol. 36, p. 402. personal services under the appropriation in the District of Columbia appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, for the enforcement of certain Acts of Congress to prevent the spread of contagious and communicable diseases in the District of Columbia, is hereby increased from ten thousand dollars to ten thousand two hundred dollars.
MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT.Army. The amount authorized to be expended for the completion of theFort Sam Houston, Tex.Completion of chapel.Vol. 36, p. 1050. chapel building at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, by the Act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, is hereby made available for the payment of any existing indebtedness on said building not in excess of five thousand dollars. To complete construction under the authorization heretoforeFort Mason, Cal., supply depot. made, on the military reservation at Fort Mason, California, of a general supply depot for the supply departments of the United States Army, including the necessary storehouses, offices, shops, stables, sheds, power houses, quarters, and other buildings, together with wharves tor the accommodation of at least four snips of the Army transport service, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT.Navy. The portion of the Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundredPay.Clerks to paymasters, etc.Vol. 36, p. 1265, amended. and eleven, entitled “An Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, and for other purposes,” which reads as follows: “Clerks to paymasters and not exceeding ten clerks to accounting officers at yards’ and stations, general storekeepers ashore and afloat not exceeding ten clerks, and receiving ships, and other vessels; two clerks to general inspectors of Pay Corps; one clerk to pay officer in charge of deserters’ rolls;” is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Clerks to paymasters at yards and stations, general storekeepers ashore, and receiving ships, and other vessels; two clerks to general inspectors of the Pay Corps; one clerk to pay officer in charge of deserters’ rolls; not exceeding ten clerks to accounting officers at yards and stations; and not exceeding ten clerks to general storekeepers afloat.” INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.Interior Department. For work at Capitol and for general repairs thereof, including flagsCapitol.Repairs, etc. for the east and west fronts of the center of the Capitol and for Senate and House Office Buildings; flagstaffs, halyards, and tackle; wages of mechanics and laborers; purchase, maintenance, and driving of office vehicle; and. not exceeding one hundred dollars for the purchase of technical and necessary reference books and city directory, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For the care and improvement of the grounds surrounding theImproving grounds. Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings; pay of one clerk, mechanics, gardeners; for fertilizers; repairs to pavements, walks, and roadways; to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, seven thousand dollars. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.Department of Justice. For special emergency repairs to the Court of Claims Building,Court of Claims.Repairs. two hundred and eighty-one dollars.
Approved, July 21, 1911.