Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-23
revenues of the District amount to $3.50

revenues of the District amount to $685.
1850.
| TN addition to the foregoing sum, appro-
| pr1ations have already been passed by the
| House in the legislative executive and ju-
| dicial act, and other sums will probably
be included in the sundry civil bill charge
able next year to the revenues of the Dis
| trict, aggregating $90043.
| Under authority of the acts of February
IL. 1901, and June 1. 1902 advances made
| by the United States treatury prior to June
30 1903, in excess of the revenues of the
District of Columbia amounted to $1.653.- :
5H.51. This sum will not be reduced, but
/ will probably be increased to at least $2.-
100000 before the close of the current fiscal
year, under the authority for further ad-
vances contained in the act of March B..
| 1903, the interest charge upon which sum
for 1905 will amount to $4,000.
A Highway Bridge
by section II of the act of February
| IL, 1901, as amended by the District of
Columbia appropriation act for 1908. a
| highway bridge is required to be con-
structed within four years from said date
| across the Potomac river, above the site
of the present Long bridge. at an author
| lied cost of S996,000, payable half out
of the revenues of the District of CO.
| lumbia. The work of construction is now
| in progress, and it is estimated by the
| engineer in charge that half of the
| total cost of the bridge will be paid out
during the fiscal year 1905, entaiiing a
further charge of approximately $780,
COO on the District revenues.
| Under the legislation providing for a
union railroad station in the District of
| Columbia, in addition to other charges
| against the District revenues specifically
provided for in the accompanying bill, the
| sum of $150.0O0 is in terms appropriated
| Tor each of the five fiscal years begin
| ming July l, 1903.
1T will thus be seen that in addition to
the amount $5,0S0, 1850, recommended In
the accompanying bill, payable from the
revenues of the District of Columbia OBJ
| legations proposed in other regular ap-
| preparation bills or that are fixed by law
! amount to probably not les than $3.50, 600,
| making total in. excess of the estimated
| revenues of the District of Columbia of
| $S29, $50. 40.
'To meet this or any other probable
| deficit in District revenues, 1t is recon-
| mended in section 3 of the bill that ad-
| Vances be made from the United States
| treasury during the next fiscal year in
| the same terms as has been provided by
| legislation for the current and last fiscal
| years.
Limitations on Appropriations.
A large number of limitations on appro-
! priatons are provided by the committee
| The salary of the property clerk is raised
| from 81 eco to 1900 with the stipula ton
! that he shall 'give bond in such sum as
| the Commissioners may determine and who
shall, under the direction of the Commits
sloners supervise the purchase and dis
| tribution and have custody of all supplies
and stores for the use of the government
| of the District of Columbia
The salary of the deputy property clerk
| is raised from 81 400 to 81 600 The limita-
ton means the discontfnuance of the office
OF superintendent of property In the in
g1neer department, the incumbent having
| been paid in the past Sc day.
| The New District R,,;ldino
AS stated in The Star yesterday. the ap-
preparations committee has evolved the plan
of placing the Police Court and the
offices of the recorder of deeds and register
OF s>s in the new District building Room
for these offices and the court is to be pro-
vided by the requirement that the south
side of the building shall be built up soIidly
SO as to make the structure a square with
light well in the center instead of an open
courtway to the south, as planned by the
Commissioners and the architects 1t is
explained that the Police Court will be
placed in the back of the building and so
isolated by means of separate entrances.
ETC., as to take away from general notice
any obnoxious eatureS
The sum of 100000 only is provided for
carrying on the work of constructing the
new building. On account of the DELAY in
cIdent to the proposed change in plans
that sum only will be needed during the
year, according to the estimate of the com
uAteee. he um1IdtlOn this aDprOpria-
ton of 100000 is: (Which sum shall be
available except for constructing said b1 Id
ing on plans that VIII provide for a build
ing six stories high on all S.des with stlita-
DIG accommodations therein for the offices
or the register of wills recorded of deeds
and the Police Court, in addition to the of
hces and departments now designed to he
accommodated therein, and with a sub
basement story OF sufficient height of cell
ing to afford suitable accommodate for
heating and light plant and for repair
shop for the District of Columbia"
Handling Trust Funds.
The next limitation prescribes a system or
handling trust funds, which the commit
tee intends shall eliminate the poss. bility
of any repetition of the Watson defalcation
or last summer. This system is somewhlt
diferent from the one evolved by the Com
missdeners after the defalcation, which they
thought would probably safeguard the pub
lie.
The committees plan, in the nature of a
limitation, is as follows:
That hereafter all moneys received by
the collector of taxes of the District of Co.
lumba in the nature of trust fund deposits,
the disposition of which is not provided for
by law, and which have been. and now are
deposited by said collector with the tire s.
urer of the United States to the offc al
credit or the dISburSing officer of the Dis
trict of Columbia, shall be deposited by the
said collector in the treasury of the United
States to the credit of a permanent appro-
priation account, to be known and desig-
mated Miscellaneous t.ust-fund dep osits
District of Columbia, and tie haan es now
standing to the Official credit of said dis
bursting officer with the treasurer of the
United States on account OF such trust
fund deposits, known the 'Whole-cost
deposit fund, District of Columbia or
otherwise shall be withdrawn and deposit
ed in the treasury of the United States to
the credit of said perm ansnt app ropriat on
account denominated miscellaneous trust
fund deposits, District of Columbia
Necessary advances from said perma-
nent appropriation account shall be M de
by the Secretary of the Treasury to the
disbursing officer of the District of Colum-
bia, upon requisition of the Commissioners
for such amounts may be required from
time to time for necessary disbursements.
The said disbursing officer shall make d.s-
bursements from such advances only upon
itemized vouchers duly audited and APP
proved by the auditor of the District OF
Columbia. and the accounts of said s.
bursting officer for all such disbursements
shall be rendered to and audited by the
auditor for the State and other depart
ments.
1T shall be the duty of the auditor of
the District of Columbia to keep separate
accounts with each depositor for all trust