Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-16

on account of the act of Congress OF Feb
ruary II, 1901, be treated as obligations OF
the District, the 81, 63s, sos SO, stated as the
excess of the obligations Of the District un-
der appropriations payable wholly ana In
part from Its revenues to June ~, 19oo,
would be increased in the sum or $6O0,00o.
making the total excess of obligations un-
der appropriations on june 80, 1905, S5,25S,-
Dos. 6s''
AS already stated the actual debt of the
District at the end of the last year was
So ci0, $50 IA. and this was an increase OF
$500 1868 As over the Indebtedness June ~,
1904.
The Water Fund.
AS compared with the same time in 1901.
when there was balance Of S50,355.O9
on hand, the water fund on June 80
showed as available the sum Of $50. 594 81,
the revenues during the year having been
1895. 1882 and the expenditures $409.-
$3.50.
The details of the cash account of the
disbursing officer of the District of Co
lumbia with the treasurer of the United
States for the fiscal year 1905. on account
of general expenses of the District, on ac-
count of the water department and on ac-
count of trust and special funds includ-
Ing miscellaneous trust fund deposits D.
c., show that the advances by requisi.
lions on account Of general expenses of
the District were S7,749,424.12 on account
of the water department, $450oS5, and on
account of trust and special fun0S, S4lo,-
SS2.72 aggregating $500, 391 81.
The disbursement by checks on vouchers
audited and approved by the auditor Of the
District were 81 PSI ,94G.99 on account or
general expenses of the District: on account
of the water department, S424 ,SOo41, and on
account of trust and special funds S4Zf,-
G07.G9, aggregating IS, 100, 7tc.OS. The re-
payments by the disbursng officer on ac-
count of unexpended balances of requisi-
tons to the credit of the respective appro-
priations during the fiscal year 1905 amount
ed to $3.50, 1851, and the balance to the Of
fetal credit of the disbursing officer with
the treasurer of the United States subject
TO check on June 80, 1905, was $3.50, 70.
Receipts From Legacies.
Other fiscal statements in the report In
cluded the following:
THE amount received during said fiscal
year on account of interest on the Matthew
Wright legacy and paid out to the benefi-
Charles named in the will was SS50.47.
During the fiscal year 1905 the Commits
sfoners received from the executors of the
will of William Gait, deceased. bequest
of $1,000, made in said will. with accrued
interest thereon to the date of payment
will require the investment of said bequest
by the Commissioners, and the income
from said investment Is to be paid over an
nually to the board of education and used
able rewards. In the discretion of said
board. for deserving scholars in said public
schools June 30. 1905 there was bal
ance of SS76.50 interest, subject to the ex-
penditure for the purposes in said will pro-
vided
During 1906 the investment OF the CEN
tennial inaugural relief fund was changed,
pursuant to the authority and direction of
the Commissioners. owing to the fact that
the American Security and Trust Company,
with which the account of said fund was
kept, declined to continue the guarantee OF
the real estate notes In which said fund
was invested. The fund was accordingly
invested in approved bonds. aggregating
and per centum per annum. The balance
to the credit of the interest account on
June 80, 1905, was S617.41
The accounts of receipts and diSburse-
ments on account of the construction of
the Washington Public Library, under do
nations Of Andrew Carnegie. show that dis
bursements during the fiscal year amounted
TO 81, 121.14, leaving balance on Junes30,
1905, Of s., 57S.05.'
The Watson Embezzlement.
The financial portion OF the report closes
with a statement of the final accounting IN
the James NJ A Watson case. which Is
practically as published exclusively in The
Evening Star last week. In closing, after
devoting several pages to resume of the
great amount of work accomplished during
the year, the auditor takes occasion to
commend his faithful and valuable Of
fee force, and to repeat the recommends
ton made in his recently submitted annual
that their salaries be increaS6u.