Inasmuch, however, as the employees of the bureau will from time to time be called upon by Senators and Representatives for information touching the present state of the law, and for all data relating to proposed laws, it has been thought advisable that the appointment of the director and the appointment and salaries of the assistants should be subject to approval by the Joint Committee on the Library, consisting of both Senators and Representatives. The committee has not deemed it advisable to determine or limit the number of such assistants, inasmuch as experience will show how many will be needed, and under the broad terms of the bill recommended that matter will always be within the control of the Senate and the House through the Joint Committee on the Library, so that needless offices will not be created nor maintained, but rather that the number of employees should grow as the demand may require.

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ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL.

FEBRUARY 18, 1913.-Ordered to be printed.

Mr. HAY, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the

following

REPORT.

[To accompany H. R. 27941.]

The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the bill (H. R. 27941) making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914, with Senate amendments, report the same back with the recommendation that the House disagree to the Senate amendments and ask for a conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses.

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EXTENSION OF STREET RAILWAY LINES, WASHINGTON RAILWAY & ELECTRIC CO.

FEBRUARY 18, 1913.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed.

Mr. JOHNSON, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following

REPORT.

[To accompany H. R. 18428.]

The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 18428) to authorize and require an extension of the street railway lines of the Washington Railway & Electric Co., etc., having considered the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it pass when amended as follows:

That the title of said bill be amended by striking therefrom the words to authorize a change in the permanent system of highway plans, to provide for the condemnation of certain streets," so that the title when amended shall read as follows:

To authorize and require an extension of the street railway lines of the Washington Railway & Electric Co., and for other purposes.

Page 1, line 5, by striking out the words "a double track" and inserting the word "an" in lieu thereof.

Page 1, line 6, beginning with the word "Columbia," and striking out lines 7, 8, and 9, and on page 2, lines 1, 2, 3, 4, and all of that part of line 5 down to the word "thence" and inserting in lieu of the portion so stricken out the words "Wisconsin Avenue intersect Macomb Street northwest."

Page 2, line 9, strike out the word "from" and all of that part of the bill thereafter down to and including line 12, on page 4.

Page 4, lines 15 and 16, strike out the words "date of confirmation of the verdict and award in the condemnation proceedings provided for in section three hereof" and insert in lieu thereof the words "approval of this act."

The object of this bill is to extend the tracks of the Washington Railway & Electric Co. along Macomb Street to Massachusetts Avenue, thence along Massachusetts Avenue to the District line,

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