Evening star., 1898-12-12
Appropriations Recommended for the
Next Fiscal Year.
ESTIMATES CUT DOWN s2,S7o,S56.30
Amount Recommended by the
Committee. $o,23O,8O9.77.
COMPA RATIVE STATEN ENT

The District of Columbia appropria ton
! bill was reported to the House today by the
appropriations ommittee. The report on
the bill says:
The eStin1a, of the Commissioners of
the District of Columb bia, upon which the
bill is based, exclusive of the water depart
ment, aggra gate s9,1h1 ,66G.07, one-half of
which amount or Of such sum as Congress
may appropriate, is required to be drawn
from the revenues of the general govern
meent and the remaining one-half to be
levied upon the taxable property and privi-
leges In the District of Columbia other
than the property of the United States and
the District of Columbia, pursuant to sec
tion of the act approved June H. 1873,
entitled An act providing d permanent
form of government for the District of Co
lumbia.'
81 of the Book of Estimates for 1889 sub
mitted the following recommendation:
The Secretary of the Treasury, being
unable to Indicate the several items of the
estimates for the expense of the govern
lnent of the District of Columbia in which
changes should be made, disapproves of
the total amount as submitted by the Com
missiohers and recommends a reduction
therein of s2,UuJ.EtO.'
The total amount recommended to be
appropriated for the general expenses Of
the District of Columbia for the fiscal year
1850 in the oiii submitted herewith is, ex-
elusive of the water department. 500,
S'E.tI, of which sum the general govern
ment is required to pay $113.9Ot.SS, that
being one-half of the whole, exclusive of
the amount $4,000 reGUmm nded for eX-
penses under the highway act. The first
named sum is g.. SO $3.50 less than the
estimates submitted by the Commissioners.
I'll amount appropriated for the gen
cral Expenses Of the District of Columbia
for the current fiscal year uS!,3) is ST., 6,4oS,-
U29bI, or Slii,219-Ho more than is recon-
cEended in the accompanying bill for 1890
! The whole amount recommended in the
bill, including the sums for the water de-
partment payahls wholly from the water
/ revenues, is 81 2:lJ 9JU17, being Sl76 G29. q
less than the like appropriations for the
current fiscal year.
THE amount recommended for the wata,
department.. all of which is payable from
the water reS enueS is $l29 III being an in
crease of $J!:t over the apprOpria foI
the water department for the current fiSCa
year. 1t is estimated that the water reve
nues available fer the fiscal Year 1900 will
amount to ij,2UJ; but it is provided III tbs
accompanying bill as it was in the acts
for the current and seven preceding fisca
years, that any surplus of these revenues
over the appropriations mad specially
therefrom shall be applied to the work ot
ext anding the higb-serVice system of water
distribution. This improvement, it was esti-
mated by the engineer officer in charge al
the time. would cost, when complete ID
about sGSEttSt.
The total general revenues of the Dis
triCt of ColuE.b bia for thu fiscal year 1900, It
is estimated Dy the Commissioners, will
amount exclusive of any estimated surplus
of the revenues of prior years, to 1885,
$50 76, or a surplus of $s72,365.SS after
meeting the appropriations proposed by the
accompanying bill, together with the obli,
cations ESTIMATED at S1S,1l0) imposed upor
tha District by the act of March 2, 1850
establishing the National Geological Park
and for one-half the expenses of the Court
of Appeals and Supreme Court of the Dis
trict.
Limitations.
Limitations with reference to appropria-
tions made in the bill not heretofore i'm
posed, or changes in existing limitations
are recommended as follows:
provided, that the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia shall not let a con
tract hereunder for sweeping streets at a
price exceeding - cents per thousand
square yards, ard, in the event of failure
after due advertisement. to procure con.
tract at said rate less, they author
lied to expend this sum under their imme-
diate direction and without contract"
Also the following:
That hereafter pupils shall not be ad-
mitIed to or taught free of charge in the
public schools of the District of Columbia
who do not reside in said District, or whose
parents 90 not reside or are not engaged in
business or public duties therein; provided
that such pupils may be admitted to and
taught in said public schools on payment OF
such amount, to be fixed by the board OF
school trustees, with the approval of the
Commissioners OF the District, as will cover
the expense of their tuition and cost OF
text books and school supplies used by
them; and all payments hereunder shall be
paid into the treasury, one-half to the creu-
1t OF the nited States and One-half to the
credit OF the District of Columbia"
Comparative Statement
The following comparative statement
shows in detail the amounts appropriat ed
for the current fiscal year, and the amounts
recommended in the accompanying bill:
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