Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-30
SUGGESTS A CHANGE
AUDITOR WANTS FAIRGROUNDS
EXPENDITURES SUPERVISED.

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prfations for public Fairgrounds in the Dis
| trict the Commissioners will consider the
] ACCESSIBILITY of including in such estimates
a section which will provide in specific
| terms for the employment and payment of
| the necessary personal services, and, If
practicable, naming the positions and the
compensations attached to the Fairgrounds
| service. This action on the part of the
| Commissioners was recommended by John
| R. Garrison. auditor of the District, who
has just received a list Of employees of the
Playground Association showing the conf
| pensation of each.
Mr.. Garrison believes, in view Of the fact
| that the public Fairgrounds are to be main
| tanned by appropriations from Congress ana
| will be permanent from now on, the en-
ployes of the Fairgrounds Association
Commissioners and should be subjected to
| the same rules regarding the payment OF
| their salaries as do the other employees OF
| the District Mr.. Garrison called particular
attention to the large salaries paid to the
| employees of the association, and he stated
| that while he can see no objection to the
salaries. he does believe it would be
| much better plan to have this set OF en-
ployes considered in the annual estimates
| submitted by the Commissioners to Con-
gress.
In connection with this subject. Mr.. Gar
| rison quoted section of the District APP
preparation act. with respect to the employ
ment of services of the character men
| toned in the government Of the Dlstrlct
| of Columbia, in which 1t is provided that
| no civil officer, clerk. craftsman. copyist,
messenger, assistant messenger, MECHANIC,
| Waterman, laborer or other employe shall,
after June 30, 1905, be employed In any
! office or branch Of the local government eX-
| cept at such rates and in suca numbers,
respectively, as may be specifically appro-
| priated for by Congress for such clerical
| and other personal services for each hscal
| Of n m
shall be employed in any office, department
or other branch Of the District govern
ment or be paid from any appropriation
| made for contingent expenses, or 1or any
specific or general purpose, unless sucn
employment is authorized and payment
therefor specifically provided for In the
law granting the appropriation, or is au
thorized as hereinafter provided for. ana
then only for services actually rendered in
connection with and for the purpose OF
the appropriation from which payment Is
made and at the rate of compensation usual
and proper for such service.
The Auditors Report.
Auditor Garrison reported that while
1t Is maintained by my office that the
laws granting the appropriations 1or
public Fairgrounds for the fiscal year
19O7-0S authorize the employment OF per-
sonal service and payment therefor under
the head of supervision and probably
d
Is not at all clear that these two words
meet the full requirement of the pEcVl-
sions of the section of the law quoted.
The District appropriation act for the
fiscal year 1907-0S provides an approprl-
alton of $4,000 for the purchase OF play
ground sites. The acquisition OF these
sites by the Commissioners Will place
the Fairgrounds on a permanent oasis
There was also $4,000 appropriated FOR
the equipment, MAINTENANCE and paying wing
season $4,000 was appropriated for this
purpose and more than half of that sum
| was expended for the compensation or
| the supervisor and his long list of as
sistants. The appointments made by the
supervisor for this season together WIN
| his own salary will call for monthly
expenditure of S765.
The Commissioners have nothing TO
| do with the supervision of the play
grounds other than the handling of the
| appropriations and the auditing of &C
| counts, but the Commissioners stated to-
| day that, in view of the large salary list,
| they do not think the $4,000 appropria-
| ton for maintenance, equipment and sal
| aries will go very far.