Evening star., 1897-01-28
Money Recommended for Appropri-
ations for the Next Fiscal Year.
COMMISSIONERS ESTIMATES REDUCED
Amounts in the Measure Nearly
$3,ooo,ooo Less.
FIG RES IN ETAIL

preparation bill. The report on the bill
says:
'The estimates of the Commissioners of
| the District of Columbia, upon which the
| bill is basel, exclusive of the water de-
partment, aggres Ite S, 495, 1878. one-half
of which amount, exclusive of $4,000 for
expenses under highway act of such
| sum as Congress may appropriate. Is re-
| quired to be drawn from the revenues of
| the general government and the remaining
ons-half to be levied upon the taxable
property and privileges in the District OF
Columbia other than the property of the
United States and the District Of Columbia,
| pursuant to section of the act approved
June II, 1873. entitled An act providing a
permanent form of government for the Dis
trict of Columbia
Cut of Nearly $3,OOO,OOO.
''The total INT recommended to lie
appropriated for the general expenses of
| the District of Columbia for the fiscal year
| 1898 in the bill submitted herewith is, ex-
clrsive Of the water department, $5,6f2,-
S56.gs, CT which sum the general govern
Hent is required to pay s., ,S05, ADS 46. that
being one-half of the whole. exclusive of
| the amount $4,000. recommended for ex
peEses under the highway act. The first
| named sum is 81, SJ2,93045 less than the
estimates.
The amount appropriated for the gen.
srai expenses Of the District of Columbia
TOE the current fiscal year 1897 is s., 1885,
s2'G. or l.: more than is recon-
| mended in the accompanying bill for 1893.
Ihe whole amount recommended in the
accompanying. bill. including the sums for
the water department, payable wholly from
the water revenues, is S., 7SO, ,S11 .O6, being
$ll9'Os u less than the like appropriations
for the current fiscal year.
The Water epartment.
"The amount recommended for the wa -er
department, all of which is payable from
the va ter revenues is $137, ,94 13, being a
reduction of $55.54O.29 under the appro-
| current fiscal year.
1t is estimated that the water revenues
ava1iabie for the fiscal year 1893 will
amount to s341, IS. 81 bat it Is provided in
the accompanying bill as 1t was in the acts
Tor the current and FIVE preceding fiscal
years. that any surplus of these revenues
over the appropriations made specifically;
therefro shall be APPLIED to-,he work Of
extending the high-service system of watar
distribution. This improvement, 1t was
estimated by the engineer officer in charge
al the tme, would cost when completed
about 5000 The surplus water reye
nues devoted to this object on account of
expenditures made and obligations incurred
since the said authority was granted
amount at this time to $47O,a59S7
ne total general revenues of the Dis
!Tict OF Columbia for the fiscal year lS9S II
is estimated by the Commissioners. viii
amount, exclusive, of any estimated snr
pins OF the revenues of prior years, TO
$3.50 Sos33 or a surplus cf $5O7 OtS. 81 after
meetlhS the appropriations proposed by th,,
accompanying bill. together with the obli-
sauons ESTIMATED at s65.360) imposed upon
.ne DIstrict by the act of March 2, 1889. es-
sa4i1shtns the National Geological Park
ana Tor one-half the expenses of the Cuur;
OF Appeals and Supreme Court Of the Dis
r .rlct IEis surplus, 10 the extent of SlV4,-
'aS'-4 VIII be applied under the oueratioa
OF section of the District of Co,,nL;a an
preparation act for the fiscal year 1S.et and
provision of the accompanying bill 10 th.
satls1action .a. OF tn. Indebtedness of the Dis
Ict 10 me united States on account of the
cost OF the increased water supply of the
city of Washington under acts approved
July 10. 1882, and March 8. 1891
Limitations.
Limitations with reference to approp-ia-
tfons made in the bill not heretofore i'm
posed, or changes in existing limitations
are recommended as follows: In connection
with the appropriation of $1,000 for widen
ins street bridge, the following: And the
metropolitan Railroad Company Is hereby
required to pay one-half of the cost Of
widening street bridge and its approach
es e under this appropriation, to be collected
IN the same manner as the cost of layiag
paVements between the rails and tracks of
street railways, as provided for in section
CT An act providing permanent form Of
m Ia
approved June H. 1873.
In connection with the appropriation for
pay or the metropolitan police the follow
ing: Hereafter each of the members of
the metropolitan police shall be entitled to
ieaVe or absence each year, with pay for
such time not exceeding twenty days as
the Commissioners shall determine
IN connection with the appropriation for
witness fees in the Police Court the fol-
lowing: And hereafter there shall he maid
TO witnesses in cases in the Police Court
not exceeding % cents per diem for each
t1s uay Oh attendance. to be allowed only in
the discretion of the court
Following the appropriation for chari-
ties. the following: That the joint select
committee auth rized by the act making
appropriations for the expenses of the gov
ernment or the District of Columbia for the
nscai year ending June 30, 1897 to make
inquiry and report concerning the charities
and reformatory institutions of the District
OF Columbia, are hereby continued during
the Fifty-fifth Congress, with all the now
ers and duties imposed upon them by said
act. ANY vacancies which may occur in
the membership of said committee by expi-
ration Of service or otherwise of any SEN
ator shall be filled by appointment by the
presiding officer Of the Senate. and anv
vacancies which may occur by reason of
the expiration of service of any House
members of said committee shall be filled
by appointment to be made by the Speaker
OF the present House Of Representatives
from members-elect to the House of Rep
teSeHtatiseS OF the F1fty-Hfth Congress.
and said committee shall have authority to
Sit during the recess and shall make report
as soon as practicable after the beginning
OF the first session of the Fifty-fifth Com
gress.'
Amounts In Detail.
''The following statement shows in detail
the amounts estimated for 1898 by the Com
missioners and the amounts recommended
In the accompanying hill The first set of
dgures Indicate the amounts estimated by
the Commissioners and the second the
amounts in the bill. Where only one set
OF figures is given 1t is the estimate of the
Commissioners for which no appropriation
Is recommended:
Salaries-Executive Office, se6, 433 so. s51.-
OS9; assessors office, $50 100 $50, 200: col
lectors Office, 81. 600, SIC. 600; auditors Of
fee. 800, $11,SO0. attorneys office. SO. coo
$1,000; sinking fund. 3.00O, e 400; coroner's
office, 81, 800. 81 500: market masters, 1880
A.50O: sealer of weights and measures
S940. $3.50: engineers Office, SAC, ,9S2 scr.
~. special assessment once. 1880, Nl,-
500: street sweeping Office $24 400, $4,000.
board OF examiners steam engineers 800
800; plumbing board, 81 800: superfnten-
dent of charities. 3.S40. <S.S40; surveyors
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