No.

1316. Findings of Court of Claims in case of brig Jay.

1317. Findings of Court of Claims in case of schooner Friendship.

1318. Findings of Court of Claims in case of ship Willink.

1319. Findings of Court of Claims in case of brig Eliza.

1320. Findings of Court of Claims in case of brig Phoebe.

1321. Findings of Court of Claims in case of schooner Hetty.

1322. Findings of Court of Claims in case of schooner Mary Ann.

1323. Findings of Court of Claims in case of snow Charles.

1324. Findings of Court of Claims in case of ship Phoenix.

1326. Expenditures for pay patients at Freedmen's Hospital, 1914.

1327. Report of Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua, Dec. 5, 1914.

1329. Reports to be made to 63d Congress.

1330. Report on condition of weather station at Mount Weather, Va.

1332. Collection of military records of Revolutionary War.

1333. Typewriters purchased by War Department, July-Sept., 1914.

1335. Disbursements and transfers by officers of Army.

1336. Revised estimates of appropriations for postal service.

1337. Revised estimates of appropriations for postal service.

1338. Fortification work on Panama Canal.

1339. Contingent expenses of Commerce Department, 1914.

1343. Contingent expenses of War Department, 1914.

1344. Expenditures from appropriation for contingencies of Army, 1914.

1345. Deficiency estimates for National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

1346. Public property in Post Office Department, June 30, 1914.

1347. Item to be incorporated in bill for support of Army.

1348. Deficiency estimate for Treasury Department.

1349. Claims for damages to property by Coast and Geodetic Survey.

1351. Traveling expenses of employees of Interstate Commerce Commission.

1352. Estimate to pay claims arising under Navy Department.

1353. List of French spoliation cases dismissed by Court of Claims.

1355. Typewriting machines purchased by State Department, July-Sept., 1914.

1356. Property in charge of doorkeeper of House of Representatives, Dec. 7, 1914.

1357. Items transferred from Military Affairs Committee to Claims Committee.

1358. Request for certain legislation relating to Rock Island Arsenal.

1359. Deficiency estimates for internal-revenue service.

1360. Transfer of certain appropriations under Treasury Department.

1361. Deficiency estimate of appropriation for Post Office Department.

1362. Documents received and distributed by Department of Agriculture, 1914.

1364. Estimates of appropriation for Department of Commerce.

1365. Estimates of appropriations for postal service.

1366. Estimate for 3d annual payment to Government of Panama.

1367. Estimate of deficiencies for contingent expenses of Treasury Department.

1368. Deficiency estimate for office of surveyor general of Alaska.

1370. Findings of Court of Claims in case of Henry P. Field, admr.

1371. Findings of Court of Claims in case of Henry H. Barroll.

1372. Findings of Court of Claims in case of John Cook.

1373. Findings of Court of Claims in case of James Biddle.

1374. Findings of Court of Claims in case of Alzina L. Harris, heir.

1375. Findings of Court of Claims in case of Levi W. Dooley and other heirs.

1376. Findings of Court of Claims in case of Asahel Jones.

1377. Findings of Court of Claims in case of Catherine Snyder, heir.

1378. Findings of Court of Claims in case of Julia R. Ordway, heir.

1379. Findings of Court of Claims in case of Thomas A. Wakefield.

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No.

1380. Findings of Court of Claims in case of Albert G. Peabody.

1381. Findings of Court of Claims in case of Amelia King, heir.

1382. Findings of Court of Claims in case of Patrick Tobin.

1383. Findings of Court of Claims in case of Ella Sowle, heir.

1384. Findings in case of Kate B. Boggs and Mary B. Russell, heirs.

1385. Findings of Court of Claims in case of Cornelia Cress, heir.

1386. Findings of Court of Claims in case of Isaac A. Sheaffer.

1410. Findings of Court of Claims in case of Charles E. Ferguson, heir.

1411. Findings of Court of Claims in case of Cleaveland F. Dunderdale.

1412. Findings of Court of Claims in case of James H. Smith.

1413. Findings of Court of Claims in case of Samuel A. Crawford.

1414. Findings of Court of Claims in case of Galelma Law.

1415. Findings of Court of Claims in case of J. Webster Henderson, exr.

1416. Findings of Court of Claims in case of Margaret G. Augustine, admrx.

1417. Findings of Court of Claims in case of Theodore G. Anderson, heir.

1420. Deficiency estimate and proposed legislation for Library of Congress.

1421. Deficiency estimate of appropriation for District of Columbia.

1422. Deficiency estimate for transportation of Army and its supplies.

1424. Expenditures in Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1914.

1425. Purchase of typewriting machines by Government Printing Office.

1426. Rates paid Interstate Commerce Commission employees while traveling.

1428. Rent of offices for Naturalization Bureau in Chicago, Ill.

1430. Revised estimates of appropriations for public buildings.

1431. Findings of Court of Claims in case of Felix S. Chambers.

1432. Estimate for clerk for Fisheries Bureau.

1433. Washington-Alaska military cable and telegraph system.

1434. Buildings, fittings, and grounds for Hygienic Laboratory.

ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF COLLECTING THE REVENUE FROM CUSTOMS, FISCAL YEAR 1916.

LETTER

FROM

THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY,

TRANSMITTING

ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF COLLECTING THE REVENUE FROM CUSTOMS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1916.

DECEMBER 9, 1914.-Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to

be printed.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,
Washington, December 7, 1914.

The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

SIR: In accordance with the provisions of section 5 of the act of August 5, 1882 (22 Stat. L., 256), I have the honor to transmit herewith estimates of appropriations for defraying the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs for the fiscal year ending June 30,

1916.

The statement contained in this estimate specifies in detail the number and class of officers and employees of every grade and nature, with the rate of compensation to each, which in my judgment will be necessary to properly conduct the business of collecting the revenue at each port of entry in the United States; also the amounts required for contingent expenses of the service as can not be otherwise specifically provided for.

Respectfully,

W. G. MCADOO, Secretary.

Estimate of expenses for collecting the revenue from customs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916, showing the number of employees and the salaries required for each

collection district.

District No. 1:

1 Collector..

1 Surveyor.

1 Appraiser..

1 Deputy collector.

1 Deputy collector in charge.. 1 Deputy collector in charge..

1 Deputy collector in charge...

1 Deputy collector and inspector..

1 Clerk and cashier.....

2 Deputy collectors in charge, at $4.

1 Deputy collector in charge, at $4, including team.

1 Deputy collector in charge....

1 Deputy collector and inspector.

1 Deputy collector and inspector, at $4.

2 Deputy collectors and inspectors, at $4, including team....

1 Deputy collector and clerk..

3 Clerks, at $1,400..

1 Inspector, at $4..

1 Assistant weigher, at $4..

1 Deputy collector and inspector, at $4..

2 Deputy collectors and inspectors, at $4, including team..

5 Deputy collectors in charge, at $4..

3 Deputy collectors in charge, at $3.50.

2 Clerks, at $1,200......

1 Deputy collector and clerk..

8 Deputy collectors and inspectors, at $3.50..

6 Deputy collectors in charge, at $3..

1 Deputy collector in charge, at $1,095.

1 Deputy collector in charge, at $1,000.

2 Deputy collectors and clerks, at $3.

1 Night inspector, at $3, including team, 8 months.

8 Deputy collectors and inspectors, at $3.

1 Deputy collector and inspector, at $3, including team..

13 Inspectors, at $3..

2 Inspectors, at $3, reimbursable..

9 Inspectors, at $3, from Dec. 1 to Apr. 30.

3 Clerks, at $1,100

1 Storekeeper, at $900, reimbursable

2 Deputy collectors and inspectors, at $2.50.

3 Inspectors, at $2.50....

1 Deputy collector in charge, at $2.50.

2 Deputy collectors and inspectors, at $2.

1 Inspector, at $2.....

1 Deputy collector in charge, at $2.

1 Clerk...

2 Boatmen, at $2

2 Watchmen, at $2

2 Watchmen, at $2, from Dec. 1 to Apr. 30...

1 Watchmen and assistant storekeeper, at $2, reimbursable

1 Deputy collector and inspector..

1 Deputy collector in charge..

1 Classified laborer at $60 per month..

$5,000.00

4,500.00

3,000.00

2,500.00

2,000.00

1,800.00

1, 600.00

1,600.00 1,600.00 2, 928.00 1, 464.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 1, 464.00 2, 928.00 1,400.00 4,200.00

1, 464.00

1, 464.00

1, 464.00 2, 928.00 7,320.00 3, 843.00 2,400.00 1,200.00 10, 248.00 6, 588.00 1,095.00 1,000.00 2, 196.00 720.00 8,784.00 1,098.00

14, 274.00

2, 196.00 4, 104.00 3, 300.00 900.00 1,830.00 2,745.00 915.00 1, 464.00

732.00 732.00

900.00

1, 464.00

1, 464.00

608.00

732.00

700.00

500.00

720.00

135, 076.00

135, 076.00 7, 319.00

142, 395.00

District No. 3: Abolished by the consolidation of districts Nos. 2 and 3.