Show NCiE SAMS BIC 01113 What it Costs to Conduct His Government APPROPRIATED BY CONGRESS Grand Total for the First Session of tho Fiftysixth Congress Amounts to 710150860 New Offices and Employment Specifically Authorized Author-ized Aggregate 5009 In Number at an Annual Cost of 84537673 Tho Offices Abolished or Omitted Number Num-ber 2799 Annual Cost 1944658 Washington Aug 13The volume of Appropriations new offices etc required re-quired by Jaw to bo prepared and published pub-lished at the end of each session of Congress under the directiOn of the committees on the appropriations of the Senate and House has been completed com-pleted for the first session of the Fifty sixth Congress by Thomas P Cleaves and James C Courts chief clerks respectively re-spectively of the committees A summary sum-mary of the appropriations shows the grand total of 710160SG2SS The details de-tails by bills are Agricultural 402300000 Army 1142 000555 Diplomatic t VT7116S7G District of Columbia 757736931 Fortifications 73S3G2300 Indian 4 S197OS92t Legislative > 21173072Kl I Military academy C7I30S Naval G511001GC7 Pension 11521323000 Postofllce HJrS23S75 River and harbor 50000000 Sundry civil P 5gj9913l5 JDcllcloncy appropriation 15CSSJCO61 Miscellaneous appropriations 380230131 Permanent appropriations 13271222000 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 58140371 The new offices and employment specifically spe-cifically authorized aggregate 60G9 In number at an annual cost of 4 1537C73 and those abolished or omitted number 2700 at an annual cost of 1944058 a net Increase of 2270 at a cost of 52593 015The The number of salaries or compensa lIOns increased is 4S7 at an actual cost of 135188 and the number reduced is S In the total annual sum of 1G5S a net Increase of 473 at a cost for the year of 133530 A comparison of the total appropriations appropria-tions for the first session of the Fifty sixth Congress for 1901 710150863 with those of the last session of the Fifty fifth Congress for 1900 671981022 shows an Increase of 35169811 Of this amount appropriations army show an increase of 33789981 fortifications 52473726 navy 010917 the postal service 8021100 sundry civil 1 expenses chiefly river and harbor contract work and for the census 16933985 the Indian In-dian agricultural diplomatic and other branches of the service 2664901 and permanent appropriations Including Includ-ing interest on sjnklng fund forthe public debt 4031000 On the other hand there appears reductions of 15531812 because of the passage of no regular river and harbor adt 9317582 In deficiencies and 24 942289 In miscellaneous appropriations The total ampurit of contracts authorized au-thorized In addition toHhe appropriations appropria-tions made is 186606900 less than was authorized at the last session of the previous Congress |