Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19
BUDGET TOTAL GIVEN
District to Ask Congress for
$1,000, 900.
JUSTIFIED By REVENUES
Estimated That Receipts Next Year
Will Exceed Six Millions.
DEDUCTIONS MUST BE MADE
Nearly a Million Not Available for
General Use-Report Sub
mitted Yesterday.
DEDUCTIONS MUST BE MADE

The District budget, now In the course
Of preparation by the Commissioners to
be submitted to Congress In December.
will include estimated expenditures OF ap-
proximately $11.OO0OO0.
In order to allow the estimates to be as
large as possible and yet come within the
law, which provides that they shall not
exceed the amount On the credit side OF
the Districts ledger. the special commit
tee on the preparation of estimates OF
revenues-comoosed Of Auditor Alonzo
Tweedale. Assessor w. p. Richards and
Collector Of Taxes Charles C. Rogers
did some close figuring yesterday. The
committees estimate of the amount on
the credit side Of the ledger for the next
fiscal year. to be submitted to the Com
missioners tomorrow. will show a small
excess over $11 100000 as the amount
within which the Commissioners must
keep their total
Next Years Revenues.
In the preliminary statement to the
Commissioners the committee has esti-
mated that the revenues to be collected
by the District during the next fiscal year
will amount to So 49,. go. From this must
be deducted $125.OOO. which goes to the
credit OF the policemen's and firemen's
relief funds. This places the revenues at
$6,337.9I0 To get at the net revenues for
the next fiscal year. further deductions
must be made-$408 600 as a repayment to
the United States Treasury on account Of
advances made in the past, and about
100000 for street extensions and other
purposes. which must be paid for entirely
out Of the Districts revenues and not
covered In the current appropriation acts
With these deductions. the total estimated
revenues will total about $5.S31.97O
Congress provided in the last District
act that the estimates OF the Commits
sioners shall not exceed In the aggregate
a sum equal to twice the amount of the
of Columbia for such fiscal year." While
there Is some doubt as to whether Con-
Gress meant gross or net revenues. 1t is
believed that met revenues" were in
the estimates cannot exceed twice $685.
go. This limits the estimates to about
$11,675,940
Further Limitation Cited.
But there is a further limitation pro-
that said estimates shall take into con-
against the said revenues arising under
appropriations other than the regular Dis
trict Of Columbia bill" And those extra
charges are not inconsiderable. While
those figures have not been accurately
compiled. 1t Is estimated that they viii
amount to about 100000 This viii re-
duce the scope OF the Commissioners es.
Inmates. as stated. to about $1,000. 900.
In the statement embracing the esti-
mated collection of revenue submitted to
the Commissioners yesterday. it is shown
that the greater part will be from realty
ana personal taxes. From realty taxes.
1t Is believed. about $4.4O0. 600 will be de-.
rived. and from personal taxes the reye-
nue. will be about 81, 100000
Additional Estimates.
The other estimated revenues which
go to make up the total Of Ss.4se,s7o,
are as follows:
Special reimbursable taxes. $500;