LIBRARY OF Congress, Washington, November 29, 1909. SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith the following item for inclusion in the first urgent deficiency bill to receive consideration by Congress: To enable the Librarian of Congress to secure during the last half of the fiscal year 1910 the services of eight additional assistants in the Copyright Office necessitated by the increase of the work of that office incident to the copyright act approved March 4, 1909: An increase in the clerical force of the Copyright Office was asked from Congress at the last session in anticipation of the increased work expected under the new copyright legislation which went into effect on July 1, 1909. Only a portion of the increase asked was granted. The new law has now been in force for nearly five months and the Register of Copyrights advises that in every division of the office the increase of work has been marked. In the Correspondence Division during this period there has been an increase in the mail matter received and dispatched, amounting to over 30,000 pieces. In the Bookkeeping Division considerable additional accounting has been imposed, and the trust funds have increased to such an extent that more than double the amount of posting is necessary. In the Deposit Division there has been an increase in the receipts for the last four months alone of more than 6,000 books and other articles. In the Index and Catalogue Division there has not only been the increase in the work corresponding to the increase in the number of deposits, but the much larger inflow of foreign books under the new law has added work of a difficult character. In the Record Division also this increase of foreign material has increased the work. Books have been recorded and catalogued in no less than twelve different languages. Another very considerable increase in the work of this division is due to the fact that under the new law every registration requires the making, revising, and mailing of a certificate of entry. Thus the certificates during the last four months have numbered more than 30,000, as against less than 10,000 for the corresponding period last year, and the increase in the number of certificates for the year will amount to over 100,000. This addition to the work of the Copyright Office is, however, met by a corresponding increase in the fees received. During the last four months the fees have amounted to $8,664 over the fees received for the corresponding period last year. The increased fees received and applied, therefore, during the last four months alone, amount to $4,004 more than the deficiency appropriation asked for. There is every reason to anticipate a continuance of the increase in the fees received, which should reach during the fiscal year something like $25,000 to offset the $4,660 asked for. 2d Session. No. 442. CONTINGENT, MARINE CORPS. LETTER FROM THE ACTING SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING A COMMUNICATION FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY SUBMITTING ESTIMATES OF DEFICIENCIES IN APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE MARINE CORPS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1910. JANUARY 4, 1910.-Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Navy of the 21st instant submitting an estimate of deficiency in the appropriation "Contingent, Marine Corps," for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, with the request that the same be incorporated in an urgent deficiency bill. Respectfully, CHARLES D. NORTON, Acting Secretary. The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, December 21, 1909. SIR: I have the honor to forward herewith, with the request that the same may be transmitted to Congress, an estimate of $40,000 under the heading "Contingent, Marine Corps, 1910," for incorporation in an urgent deficiency bill. Very respectfully, The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. G. v. L. MEYER, Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, by the Quartermaster, United States Marine Corps. NAVY DEPARTMENT. MARINE CORPS. Contingent, Marine Corps Same as specified under this head in regular annual naval appropria- Amount appropriated for the fiscal year for which the appropriation is A COMMUNICATION FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR SUBMITTING AN ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATION FOR IMPROVEMENT AND EXTENSION OF THE HEATING SYSTEM OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT TO THE PENSION OFFICE BUILDING. JANUARY 4, 1910.-Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, Washington, December 27, 1909. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, of the 21st instant, submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $20,000 for the improvement and extension of the heating system of the Interior Department to the Pension Office building. Respectfully, CHARLES D. NORTON, The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith an estimate, in the sum of $20,000, for extending the heating system of the Department of the Interior into the Pension Office building. The communication from the chief clerk and superintendent of the building, appended H D-61-2-Vol 132-71 2 to the estimate, explains in detail the desirability from an economical standpoint of the extension of the heating system in question. I have to recommend, therefore, that the estimate be transmitted through your department for favorable consideration by Congress. Very respectfully, The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. R. A. BALLINGER, Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, SIR: There is installed in the court of the building known as the "Old Post-Office building" a heating and lighting plant, consisting of the following: Three boilers of 220 horsepower each and two boilers of 250 horsepower each. The engine and dynamos consist of 4 units, as follows: Two 100 kilowatts each, one 75 kilowatts, and one 50 kilowatts. The building known as the "Patent Office building" is heated and lighted from the plant described above, pipes and cables being brought through a tunnel under F street connecting the two buildings. The system in the Patent Office building was installed in pursuance of an appropriation in the sundry civil act of May 27, 1908 (35 Stat., 344). The Pension Office building, located in Judiciary square, being distant approximately 1,350 feet from the old Post-Office building, measured along F street, is heated by an antiquated plant, consisting of four return tubular boilers which were installed over twenty years ago. The plant is what is known as the "gravity two-pipe system," and at present is very inadequate to heat the building properly, owing to various defects in the piping and installation. At present the plant is using very expensive coal (anthracite). With proper connection to the main central plant in the old Post-Office building a cheaper grade of coal (bituminous-"Big vein, Georges Creek") could be used. The Pension Office building, like the Patent Office building, is lighted from the plant in the old Post-Office building, the current being carried by a cable located in a 4-duct conduit traversing F street from intersection with main tunnel opposite the old PostOffice building, installed about seven years ago in pursuance with sundry civil act of July 1, 1902 (32 Stat., 569). The approximate cost of maintaining the separate heating system in the Pension Office building per year is for Fuel (anthracite), 875 tons, at $5.85 per ton. Two engineers, at $1,200 per annum.. Three firemen, at $720 per annum.. Total....... $5, 118.75 2,400.00 2, 160.00 500.00 10, 178.75 The present hydraulic elevators in the Pension Office building are dependent for power on the boilers used in connection with the heating system, but it is contemplated to change these elevators to |