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"2.  The  amounts  paid  or  incurred  for  services,  fees  and
expenses  of  witnesses,  consulting  experts,  special  counsel  and
otherwise  in  relation  to  matters  before  said  courts  or  boards."

Item  No.  1  of  this  subdivision  is  fully  answered  by  the  infor-
mation that  there  is  in  this  department  a  Court  of  Claims  bureau
which  until  the  1st  of  January,  1915,  consisted  of  the  following
officers  and  employees  at  the  salaries  hereinafter  set  out :

Deputy  Attorney-General   $5,000

Deputy  Attorney-General 3,500

Attorney,  Board  of  Claims  bureau 3,000

Stenographer  and  record  clerk 1,800


Total,   salaries    $13,300


The  character  of  the  work  in  this  bureau  of  the  office  and  the
demands  upon  the  department  have  been  such  that  from  time  to
time  other  deputies,  as  required  by  the  Attorney-General,  have
assisted  with  the  work  in  the  Court  of  Claims.  The  second
deputy  (salary,  $6,000)  in  the  administration  ended  January  1,
1915,  devoted  practically  full  time  to  cases  involving  matters  of
water  power,  contract  cases,  etc.  The  matter  of  the  expenses  of
these  men  it  is  estimated  would  total  between  $2,000  and  $3,000
per  annum.  The  expenses  of  experts,  witnesses,  etc.,  in  cases
affecting  canals  have  been  taken  care  of  by  the  agent  in  the  office
of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Works,  and  this  character  of
information  will  be  furnished  by  his  department.  The  matter
of  other  experts  would  average  $1,000  per  annum.
At  the  present  time  in  the  effort  which  this  department  is
making  to  relieve  the  congested  condition  of  the  calendar  in  the
Court  of  Claims,  there  are  six  Deputies  Attorney-General  regu-
larly assigned  to  the  Court  of  Claims,  salaries  totaling  $28,000.
