Mr. Chairman. the difficulty about the whole situation was this: The gentleman will appreciate that there are two classes of offices. one where they have less than $6.000 a year. and those clerks get half the fees. and that is all there is to it. Then when we passed the naturalization bill in the Fiftyninth Congress we attempted to provide that where the clerks collected $6.000 and more they should get the half of the $6.000 and so much more as the Secretary of Commerce and Labor should determine was necessary for the conduct of their offices. The language that was used by that Congress was unfortunate. and the Comptroller of the Treasury held that there was no power in the Secretary of Coinmerce and Labor to give any extra money. Therefore the Committee on Appropriations put in this appropriation in this change of language which the Comptroller of the Treasury has held enables the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to nake an apportionment out of this $25.000 to officers who. in his opinion and his judgment. in each ensuing fiscal year will earn over $6.000.
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