SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL. HEARINGS CONDUCTED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE, MESSRS. J. A. TAWNEY (CHAIRMAN), W. I. SMITH, W. P. BROWNLOW, G. W. TAYLOR, AND J. A. SULLIVAN, OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, IN CHARGE OF THE SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1907, ON THE DAYS FOLLOWING, NAMELY: PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Hon. JAMES A. TAWNEY, TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, Chairman Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives. SIR: In response to the request of your committee, communicated to this Department through the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, I inclose herewith statements relative to the condition of appropriations for public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, showing, under separate headings, the buildings in course of construction December 1, 1905, and also the buildings appropriated for but not in course of construction on the same date, the information given being grouped under descriptive captions indicating the various classes of expenditures incident to public buildings. Appropriate footnotes, with explanatory references, embracing information which it is thought will be of service to the committee, are appended to each of the statements referred to. It is requested that 12 copies of these statements, as printed, may be supplied for the use of the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury. Respectfully, H. A. TAYLOR, |