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Show COST OF CONGRESS. GRAND TOTAL SHOWS AN EXPENDITURE EX-PENDITURE OF $674-, 981, 022. This Total Io Not Include Specific Appropriations- Laul Session Less Kxpensive Than Hecoad Session of 11)9. Washington, May 9. The volume relating to appropriations, new officers, etc., required by law to be prepared and published at the end of each session ses-sion of congress, under the direction of the committee of appropriations of the senate and house, has been completed com-pleted for the third session of the Fifty-fifth session by Mr. Thomas P. Cleaver and Mr. James C. Courts, chiei clerks respectively of those committers. commit-ters. A summary of the appropriations j shows the grand total of Sii74,081,022. The details by bills are as follows: Agriculture 8 3,72ii,022 Army 80,403,204 Diplomatic 1,714,534 District of Columbia 6,834,534 Fortifications 4,(109.902 Indians 7.704,776 Legislative 23,410,841 Military Academy 575,554 Naval 48,099,970 Pensions 145,233,830 Postotllce 105,634,139 River and Harbor 10,010,042 Sundry Civil 49,385,931 Deficiency Appropriations. 25,005,913 Miscellaneous appropriations, appropria-tions, including 820,000,-000 820,000,-000 to carry out the treaty obligations wit.i Spain.. 28,744,590 Permanent Appropriations. 128,678,220 Grand Total 8074,981,022 In addition to the specific appropriations appropria-tions made, contracts are authorized to be entered into for increase of the naval establishment and for various public works throughout the country requiring future appropriations by congress in the aggregate sum of 877,-047,274. 877,-047,274. These contracts cover three new battleships, three armored cruisers cruis-ers and six protected cruisers, to cost, including armor and armament, 844,-104,500; 844,-104,500; river and harbor improvements, 823,866,324; public buildings in various states, including the new government printing office in the city of Washington, Washing-ton, 88,163,450. The new officers and employments specifically authorized are 49,669 in number, at an annual cost of 812,150,-867, 812,150,-867, and those abolished or omitted are 852 in number, at an annual compensation compensa-tion of $843,371, a net increase of 48,-817, 48,-817, at a cost of $11,307,496. Of this increase in-crease 3S,315 in number are for the military establishment under the act increasing the efficiency of the army, and are exclusive of the volunteers authorized, and 9,572 are for the naval establishment, at an aggregate annual cost for both establishments of $10, 398,-226, 398,-226, leaving for the executive departments depart-ments and all other branches of the public service 930 new officers, at an annual cost of $909,270. A comparison of the total appropriations appropria-tions of the third session of the Fifty-fifth Fifty-fifth congress for 1900 of $674,981,022, with those of the second session for 1899 of SS93,331,615, shows a reduction in favor of the third session of $218,-250,593. |