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tlve ana vested Dlnl Win dangerous power over
the Treasury of the nation. Toillus,rafe this, let
us suppose that the appropriations for 842 were
$4,000, 600 and tast the President should see III
10 exrend only ore-haIf during that year, and per-
nit the r- -ma;ning Sl0G00,0Q0 TO lie over for ex-
pendituIe in l943. Then, If the appropriations for
,S43 should be 100000, 000 the President would
nave it in his power TO expend s3O0O0, 900 in
lS43, and thereby exhaust the Treasury. 1t will
appear from tabular statement florl the Treasury
Department, hereunto annexed, marked b, hat It
nus been the practice to permit large amounts OF
appropriations made for one year 20 lie over TO
the next for expenditure. These balances, it will
be perceived, have varied in round numbers from
SC, 600 to $l6,0OO,000, and by reference TO
House document No. 81. dated July 8, lS41, at
page 25, it will be perceived the appropriations
inct eased beyond the expenditures from 1920 TO
1915 inclusive, to the enerIncu amount OF Sl7.-
442, l25 is. Portions Of this were undoubtedly
carried 10 TIE suyplu. fund, YET, appears by Ia
ole B, hereto annexed, an unsxpendsd balance of
former appro pria,ions amounting toS ,il2 COS 90
remained on the lst day of January, 1913.


The Committee state these facts that the House


sy see that this subject much under the cor
troll of the Executive 10 enable the Committee 20
form any certain estimate, without knowing what
his action may De-


Il will ba perceived from the statement Just
made, that for twelve years, from 1929 10 1870.
ire Average annual appropriations exceeded
the acreage anaual expenditure b. l,433,-
$40 43.


Thus it will be seen that former Presidents, for
succession of years, have annually expended less
than the appropriations by near million and a
half OF dollars; and il is fair TO presume that the
power of the Executive over this b;ect will not
be csPriciously exercised by making excessive
expenditure, By, that the expenditures in ls43 will
not exceed the amount Of appropriations for tha,
year Or, in other words. TIA, he will pursue the
usual practice, and permit an amount Of the appro-
ppls.'ons ,sr iSf3 TO lie over for expenditure in
1914 equal TO that which lies over from iS42 70
l843 II this rule De aGop,ed, then the expenditure
for lS4a eus not TO exceed ,heappropriaticn, ot
that year. Assuming this, then, a. the rule by
which we are to judge Of the probable expenditure
for the calendar year ls4S, the mex, inquiry is,