Proceeding in Congress on Bill which became National Park Protective Act of 1894-p. 15

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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD--HOUSE (P. 4297, May 1, 1894)
Relevant section in BLUE BOLD FACE

    Section 6, line 8, strike out "date" and insert "dates."
    Section 7, line 2 and 3, strike out "other United States."
    Section 7, line 3, after "commissioners" insert "of the circuit courts of the United States."
    Section 7, line 6, strike out "State" and insert "district."
    Section 7, line 8, strike out "State" and insert "district," and the Senate agree to the same.

        T. C. McRAE,
        D. D. HARE,
    Managers on the part of the House.

                      JOSEPH M. CAREY,
                         STEPHEN M. WHITE
        G. G. VEST
Managers on the part of the Senate.

The SPEAKER. The Clerk will read the statement of the House conferees.
The Clerk read as follows:

STATEMENT.

    The amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 6442) "to protect the birds and animals in the Yellowstone National Park, and to punish crimes in said park, and for other purposes," except in the rearrangement of the sections is substantially the same as the bill passed by the House, with the following exceptions:
    1. Section 6 of the House bill referring to leases is omitted entirely.
    2. The amendment provides for a jail and offices for the commissioner and deputy marshal in the park at a cost not exceeding $5,000, and also provides for a commissioner of the circuit court of the United States as a salary of $1,000 and fees.
    3. The amendment authorizes other sessions of the circuit and district courts to be held in, or convenient to, the park park in addition to the term required to be held at Sheridan by the House bill.

        THOS. C. McRAE
    D. D. HARE
    J. F. LACEY

    Mr. McRAE. If no one desires any information about the conference report, I will ask the previous question on its adoption.
    Mr. HOLMAN. Mr. Speaker, in the reading of the amendments it was impossible to form any judgment as to their effect on the original measure. I hope the gentleman from Arkansas will explain the amendments.
    Mr. McRAE. As set forth in the statement of the House conferees, there is but little difference between the Senate amendments and the House bill, except as stated, that the House bill did not provide for any fail or any salary for the commissioner. The Senate amendment does, and the House conferees have agreed to that rather than lose the bill, which is of great importance if the park is to be preserved.
    Mr. HOLMAN. Then this is substantially the same as the bill introduced by Senator VEST in the Senate.
    Mr. McRAE. The Senate amendment is substantially the old Vest bill, and we have accepted the amendment with some changes set out in in the report.
    Mr. HOLMAN. I think there was hardly any necessity for a commissioner, for the reason that up to this time, for a great many years, a small military force has preserved the peace there, and we have had no difficulty about that; and there does not seem to be any necessity for going beyond that in the preservation of the public peace and the protection of the rare objects of interest and the wild animals there; but still, if the conferees are determined to adopt the Senate bill, I suppose that it is no use making any objection to it.
    Mr. McRAE. Crime has heretofore been committed in the park and of course will be again, and it is much better to have the offenders taken before a commissioner than to have them carried 200 or 300 miles across the mountains at great inconvenience and expense. The conferees thought this would be the most economical method of punishing the offenders and the best way to protect the park. I move the previous question on the adoption of the report.
    The previous question was ordered.
    The SPEAKER. The question is on agreeing to the report.
    Mr. PICKLER. I demand the yeas and nays on that. I think the conference report ought to be agreed to; but we ought to have the yeas and nays. (After a pause.) I will withdraw the demand.
    The conference report was agreed to.
    On motion of Mr. McRAE, a motion to reconsider the vote by which the conference report was agreed to was laid on the table.

METHODS OF ACCOUNTING IN THE TREASURY.

    Mr. DINGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I am instructed by the Joint Commission of Congress to Inquire into the Status of the Laws Organizing the Executive Departments to report back the bill H. R. 6948 in lieu of the bill H. R. 6478, which was recommitted. Mr. Speaker, this is a bill that perhaps under the rule would go into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. I desire, therefore, to ask that it be considered in the House as in Committee of the Whole.
    The title of the bill was read, as follows:
    A bill (H. R. 6948) improving the methods of accounting in the Treasury Department, and for other purposes.
    The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Maine asks unanimous consent that this bill be considered in the House as in Committee of the Whole. Is there objection?
    Mr. Baker of New Hampshire. I object.
    The SPEAKER. Objection is made. The Clerk will report the bill.
    The Clerk proceeded to read the bill.
    Mr. REED. Is this bill being read for unanimous consent?
    The SPEAKER. It is not. The gentleman presents it under the right of privilege granted the Joint Commission.
    Mr. REED. Is it something that will go into Committee of the Whole?
    Mr. DINGLEY. Yes.
    Mr. REED. Should it not go there?
    The SPEAKER. As the bill goes to the Committee of the Whole, the motion should be made now.
    Mr. DINGLEY. I move that the House resolve itself into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the purpose of considering bill H. R. 6948, which the Clerk will read.
    The bill was read, as follows:
    Be it enacted, etc., That the Auditors of the Treasury shall hereafter be designated as follows: The First Auditor as Auditor for the Treasury Department; the Second Auditor as Auditor for the War Department; the Third Auditor as Auditor for the Interior Department; the Fourth Auditor as Auditor for the Navy Department; the Fifth Auditor as Auditor for the State and other Departments; the Sixth Auditor as Auditor for the Post-Office Department. The designations of the deputy auditors and other subordinates shall correspond with those of the Auditors.
    SEC. 2. The offices of Commissioner of Customs, Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Second Comptroller, Deputy Second Comptroller, and Deputy First Comptroller of the Treasury are abolished, and the First Comptroller of the Treasury shall hereafter be known as Comptroller of the Treasury. He shall perform the same duties and have the same powers and responsibilities (except as modified by this act) as those now performed by or pertaining to the First and Second Comptrollers of the Treasury and the Commissioner of Customs: and all provisions of law not inconsistent with this act, in any way relating to them, or either of them, shall hereafter be construed and held as relating to the Comptroller of the Treasury. His salary shall be $5,500 per annum. There shall also be an Assistant Comptroller of the Treasury, to be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall receive a salary of $5,000 per annum, and a chief clerk in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury, who shall receive a salary of $2,500 per annum.
    The Assistant Comptroller of the Treasury shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Comptroller of the Treasury and shall have the power, under the direction of the Comptroller of the Treasury, to countersign all warrants and sign all other papers.
    The chief clerk shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the Comptroller of the Treasury, and shall have the power, in the name of the Comptroller of the Treasury, to countersign all warrants except accountable warrants.
    The Auditors, under the direction of the Comptroller of the Treasury, shall superintend the recovery of all debts finally certified by them, respectively, to be due to the United States.
    Section 3625 of the Revised Statutes is amended by substituting the words "proper Auditor" for the words "First Comptroller of the Treasury (or the Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be)."
    Section 3633 of the Revised Statutes is amended by substituting the words "proper Auditor" for the words "First or Second Comptroller of the Treasury."
    SEC. 3. The Comptroller of the Treasury shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, prescribe the forms of keeping and rendering all public accounts, except those relating to the postal revenues and expenditures thereform.
    The returns of fees mentioned in section 1725 of the Revised Statues shall be made as prescribed by the Comptroller of the Treasury.
    SEC. 4. Section 271 of the Revised Statues is amended to read as follows:
    "SEC 271. The Comptroller of the Treasury, in any case where, in his opinion the interests of the Government require it, shall direct any of the Auditors forthwith to audit and settle any particular account which such auditor is authorized to audit and settle."
    SEC. 5. Accounts shall be examined by the Auditors as follows:
    First. The Auditor for the Treasury Department shall receive and examine all accounts of salaries and incidental expenses of the office of the Secretary of the Treasury and all bureaus and offices under his direction, all accounts relating to the customs service, public debt, internal revenue, Treasure and assistant treasurers, mints and assay offices, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Revenue-Cutter Service, Life-Saving Service, Light-House Board, Marine-Hospital Service, public buildings, Steamboat-Inspection Service, immigration, navigation, secret service, Alaskan fur-seal fisheries, and to all other business within the jurisdiction of the the Department of the Treasury, and certify the balances arising thereon to the division of bookkeeping and warrants.
    Second. The Auditor for the War Department shall receive and examine all accounts of salaries and incidental expenses of the office of the Secretary of War and all bureaus and offices under his direction, all accounts relating to the military establishment, armories and arsenals, national cemeteries, fortifications, public buildings and grounds under the Chief of Engineers, rivers and harbors, the Military Academy, and to all other business within the jurisdiction of the Department of War, and certify the balances arising thereon to the division of bookkeeping and warrants, and send forthwith a copy of each certificate to the Secretary of War.
    Third. The Auditor for the Interior Department shall receive and examine all accounts of salaries and incidental expenses of the office of the Secretary of the Interior, and of all bureaus and offices under his direction, and all accounts relating to Army and Navy pensions, Geological Survey, public lands, Indians, Architect of the Capitol, patents, census, and to all other business within the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, and certify the balances arising thereon to the division of bookkeeping and war- Go to the next page

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