2d Session. No. 2307. MILITARY ACADEMY APPROPRIATION BILL. FEBRUARY 23, 1909.-Ordered to be printed. Mr. HULL, of Iowa, from the committee of conference, submitted the following CONFERENCE REPORT. [To accompany H. R. 28059.] The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 28059) making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 14, 16, 18, 20, and 26. That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 15, 19, 22, 23, 25, 29, and 30, and agree to the same. Amendment numbered 7: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 7, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the amount proposed in said amendment insert one thousand; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 8: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 8, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of amount proposed in said amendment insert three; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 9: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 9, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of amount proposed in said amendment insert twenty-six thousand eight hundred and seventy-three; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 10: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 10, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of amount proposed in said amendment insert one thousand five hundred; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 17: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 17, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of matter proposed in said amendment insert: For five small electric motors, at one hundred dollars each, five hundred dollars; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 21: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 21, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of amount proposed in said amendment insert twenty-four thousand and thirty-three; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 24: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 24, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of amount proposed in said amendment insert eight hundred and two thousand nine hundred and eighty-six; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 27: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 27, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of amount proposed in said amendment insert: one thousand five hundred dollars, so that the amendment will read: "For preserving and marking Revolutionary forts, redoubts, and batteries, and other historic sites, situated within the limits of the West Point Military Reservation, one thousand five hundred dollars;" and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 28: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 28, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of amount proposed in said amendment insert: twenty-eight thousand five hundred and thirty-five; and the Senate agree to the same. J. A. T. HULL, Managers on the part of the House. N. B. SCOTT, J. A. HEMENWAY, MURPHY J. FOSTER, Managers on the part of the Senate. STATEMENT OF MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE. Statement of the conferees on the part of the House on the act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910. Amendment No. 1 simply changes one word; and the House recedes. Amendments Nos. 2, 3, and 4 relate to the six sergeants authorized by the bill as it passed the House. The Senate amendments do not increase the number of sergeants, but designates one as stable sergeant and the other five simply as sergeants; and the House recedes. Amendments Nos. 5 and 6 simply change the sections of the bill, retaining the language as adopted by the House; and the House recedes. Amendment No. 7 relates to the pay of a stenographer and typewriter in the adjutant's office; and the House recedes and agrees to the same with an amendment fixing the pay at $1,000 a year. Amendments Nos. 8 and 9 only relate to the totals. Amendment No. 10 provides for the paying of expenses of the members of the Board of Visitors. The House recedes and agrees to the amendment by fixing the amount $1,500 in place of $2,000. Amendment No. 11 is intended to authorize the Board of Visitors to attend the graduation at the academy in addition to their present duties; and the House recedes. Amendments Nos. 12 and 13 are verbal; and the House recedes. Amendment No. 14 relates to the purchase of a typesetting machine; and the Senate recedes. Amendment No. 15 provides for a cylinder press; and the House recedes. Amendment No. 16 provides for a paper-cutting machine; and the Senate recedes. Amendment No. 17 provides for electric motors; and the House recedes and agrees to the same with an amendment providing for five electric motors in place of six. Amendment No. 18 is for closets for stock and office furniture; and the Senate recedes. Amendment No. 19 is verbal; and the House recedes. Amendment No. 20 is the insertion of new words in the total; and the Senate recedes. Amendment No. 21 is simply the total for current and ordinary expenses; and the House recedes. Amendments Nos. 22 and 23 are verbal corrections; and the House recedes. Amendment No. 24 is simply the total for the Military Academy; and the House recedes and agrees to same with an amendment. Amendment No. 25 is an increased appropriation for repairs to ordnance laboratory and other buildings; and the House recedes. Amendment No. 26 is for the development of a plan of landscape improvements; and the Senate recedes. Amendment No. 27 is for preserving and marking the Revolutionary forts, etc.; and the House recedes from its disagreement and agrees to the same with an amendment reducing the amount appropriated from $3,200 to $1,500. Amendment No. 28 is a total; and the House recedes and agrees to the same with an amendment. Amendment No. 29 is authorizing the Secretary of War to permit Mr. Demetrio Castillo, jr., of Cuba, to receive instruction at the Military Academy; and the House recedes. Amendment No. 30 authorizes the appointment by the President of J. Randolph Peyton, late a cadet at the Military Academy at West Point, to a position as second lieutenant in the army; and the House recedes. J. A. T. HULL, Conferees on the part of the House. CONGRESS CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. { J CODIFICATION, ETC., OF LAWS RELATING TO PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING. FEBRUARY 23, 1909.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed. Mr. LANDIS, from the Committee on Printing, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany H. R. 28247.] The Committee on Printing, having had under consideration the bill (H. R. 28247) to codify, revise, and amend the laws relating to the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents, recommend that the same be amended as follows: On page 6, lines 22 and 23, strike out the words "special" and "official," respectively. On page 35, line 6, after the word "seven," insert a comma, and the following: "so far as it relates to Senate and House documents and reports. And that as so amended the bill be passed. |