Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-04

Changes Made by the Senate Com.
nlittees

Changes Made by the Senate Com.
nIttees
In the Senate to-day, MIR. Plumb, from the an
preparations committee, reported the District
appropriation bill, and said he would call 1t I'D al
an early day. The bill Is not changed In any great
measure from the House bill The changes from
the House bin, In detail. are as follows
In connection with the appropriations for the
Commissioners an amendment is inserted directing
the Treasury TO credit the accounts OF the ex.
commissioners with AL disbursements maze nv
them since 1876 which were made in good faith and
In settlement OF proper Claims ETC., upon sat5fac-
tory evidence That The money was used Tor Dis
trlct purposes
Under the head Of improvements and repairs.
and for care and repair OF bridges an amendment
is added providing that all moneys legally retained
from contractors Sn.n be invested nj held by the
United states treasurer, and any sum realized from
such investments In excess OF what is due contrac-
tors shall be deposited in the Treasury 10 the credit
Of The United States AMI the District.
Another amendment spprOprlates S720for draw
keeper at the AnacoStia bridge.
Inc appropriation Tor the National Association
for Destitute COlOred Women and Children /, re-
Guced IRON s. ,00U 10 5000.
The appropriation OF $4,000 for q National Ho
mIe0pathic hospital Is retained In the BILL ami is
made Immediately available.
An amendment IS inserted appropriating 10000
to aid the Association for Works or Mer,sy in tbs
District, and for The purchase Of buildings and
Tie section relating 20 the NetroDo,,tan nnuce 10
amended 10 provide for one hundred priyates of
class one, instead OF ninety, as Was in the House
bill
The clause providing that one dollar per month
shall be deducted FROM the pay or each policeman
10 form part OF the police fund.- is amended so as
require that the fund shall be invested In UnItei
States or District bonds by the Treasurer OF the
United states, and shall be held By him subject 10
the drafts OF the Commissioners, Tor expenditures
made In pursuance OF law, and such expenditures
Shall Do accounted for as other District eXpendi-
lures. Another amendment requires that the fire.
mems l9hd, OF one dollar each per month, shall be
invested and used the same way.
The appropriation for schools, salaries, books
etc, fS Increased from 1919 $50 TO 1853 800 The an
preparation for teachers is also Increased by SO
he sum OF $500 Is inserted for the repair OF the
pest house, instead OF an appropriation OF 5000
Tor a new one, as was asked by the health officer
Nh PLUNB's SUMMARY.
In connection with the bill MIR. Plumb, from the
appropriations committee, submitted the following
statement:
Changes made Ly the Senate committee In the
amounts OF the House bil:-IncreaSe-saIaryO OF an
perntehdent OF chair shop, reform school lon: tn
au association for works OF mercy, $40 O0O 10 addI
tonai privateS for Metropolitan police at 500 each
s9,oO; miscellaneous expenses fire department
<l,uo salary OF teachers for public schools $40 OOO
repair OF pest hospital, 500; total, $3O7a0. Reduc.
tion-Replankfng and repainting Anacostia
bridge, $500; one draw-keeper at Jennings
bridge, SGD; national association for destit-
ute colofed women and children AZ 0fs,.
for watchman reform school, $40; salaries of two
tillermen, 500 each, tsp fuel, fire department
$50; forage, fre department. $500 Total retiuc-
ton, $3.50 Net Increase, 81, 400
203l7; estimates for iSS5 were $17400,3 Of the
total appropriated py the House biII was 81 .7oT.
32S46, and the total appropriated by the senate
bill Is 81, 7I8,5f3.46.