Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-12
NEARLY co MPLETE
District Appropriation Bill
Sent to the Printer.
SUBC0MMITTEE'S WORK
WILL BE CALLED UP IN THE SEN
ATE MONDAY.
Personal Tax Provisions of the Meas
ure-The Estimated Revenue-An
Advance by the Government.

The District appropriation bill is now
nearly completed. The District subcommit-
tee of the Senate committee on appropria-
tions has concluded it's consideration of the
bill and today sent it to the government
printing Office in order to have it printed in
readiness to be submitted to the full COM
mittee either tomorrow or Saturday morn
ing. The subcommittee has been at work
on the measure nearly four weeks, Sena-
tors Allison, Mcmillan and Cockrell having
given their time almost exclusively to the
bill during that time.
Senator Quay worked en- the bill until he
was called to Pennsylvania to take charge
of his forces in the convention which nomi-
rated Pennypacker for governor. Senator
Tillman, the fifth member of the subcom-
mittee, has also carefully gone over the
bill at various meetings Mr., Cleaves, the
clerk of the committee, has worked without
cessation on this District measure, bringing
to bear on it his extensive personal knowi-
edge Of local affairs.
Personal Tax.
In some respects the bill will be a sur
prise. A large part of il is devoted to the
subject of taxation. The personal tax bill
of Senator Mcmillan in a general way is
substituted for the provision placed in the
bill by the appropriations committee OF the
House of Representatives which provided
the machinery for the operation of the per-
sonal tax law OF 1873.
But as agreed upon by the subcommittee
even Senator McMillan's plan for personal
taxation has been modified, and largely upon
his own motion,in order to make the meas
ure as free as possible from what have
been termed inqusitorial clements and to
bear as equitably as possible on interests in
the District in view of peculiar conditions
that exist here. This has been the
object of Senator Allison and all members
Of the subcommittee far as it could be
done without sacrificing revenue to too
great extent.
Estimated Revenue.
AS it stands now the personal tax pro-
visions will raise, it is thought, from $500, 900
to s700,0C0 of revenue A feature of tie
bill will be it's bearing on the license law
Provisions have been inserted facilitating
the collection of license taxes and some
licenses have been increased.
In the case of liquor licenses an increase
will be made from 500, which is now the
retail liquor license, to 5000 or $500 per an
mum. 1t is not thought that this increase
will result in reducing the number of such
licenses, and the change was not made FOR
that purpose, but in order to obtain more
revenue. The wholesale license will be
$500.
Advance by the Government.
The subcommittee has provided a plar
for obtaining an advance from the United
States treasury for such sum of money as
may be needed to allow the District to pay
half of the appropriation provided in the
BILL. This plan is adopted somewhat as q
temporary measure until Congress Cdn
learn just what revenues will be raised Ii
the District, both from the operation of this
bill and also from the increase of revenue
due to an equalization of real estate as
sessments which is now in progress -
Tax on Corporations.
The tax will be per cent on the gross
earnings of banks and trust companies, as
The subcommittee came to the conclusion
that while some banks and some trust COM
panies here could pay the tax that had
been proposed on their capital stock, yet
there were companies on which this tax
would operate as too great hardship, and
it was decided to collect from all of them
same as is now collected from the street
railroad companies.
Some of the Appropriations.
Appropriations are made LIBERAL for work
on the sewers and the filtration plant. For
a site for Business High school $500 is
provided, together with a sufficient pro-
vision for securing plans for High School
not to exceed in value $175000.
1t is not thought that the bill is one
that will be any considerable opposition on
the part of the confereeS of the House of
Representatives.
Senator Allison will call the bill up in
the Senate for consideration next Monday.