The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
DEFICIENCY BILL
CARRIES MILLIONS
District Projects Provided
for in Measure.
FOREST FIRE FUND RAISED
Sum of 100000 Stipulated for COM
batting ConfIagrations in Supply
Budget Reported to the House from
Appropriations Committee-Mem-
bers' widows Receive 1880 Each.

Deficiencies in former appropriations
for practically every department of the
government are provided for in the last
big supply bill of the present session
which was reported to the House yester-
day from the Committee on Appropria-
tions. The measure carries a total OF
81, sS6, 6,S1&91, a portion of which is allotted
to institutions and projects of the Dis
trict of Columbia
A notable feature Of the bill is an ap-
preparation of $4,000 for the establish
ment of a fidelity bond division in the
Treasury Department following a rec
ommendation submitted by a commission
yesterday.
The recent disastrous forest fires in
the Northwest moved the committee to
increase last years appropriation OF
S135,Oo0 for the use OF the Department of
Agriculture in controlling them to $780,
900. 1t is believed with this amount 1T
his disposal the Secretary of Agriculture
may succeed in controlling many of the
confagrations of the coming summer.
The estimates submitted by the depart
ment state that additional funds for 1911
may be necessary to fight fires in Ari-
zona and New Mexico, which often break
out early in the summer.
An important item in the bill provides
$4,000 to defray the expenses of the meet
ing of the International Union for the
Protection of Industrial Property to be
held in Washington next May.
Members widows Provided For.
An appropriation of $4S.45S is provided
to modernize the interior of the Treasury
Department The necessity for adding
new Mechanical equipment and vault ac-
commodatons increased the contract sum
OF this work and Created the deficiency.
The deficiency bill proposes to reim-
burse the Treasurer of the United States
for the loss of s1,ooo40 from his Office,
without negligence on his part, on jan
nry II, 1911.
The following deficiency items OF gen
eraI interest are included in the bill:
For the widows of Representative
Brownlow, Gilmore, Tirrell FouIkrod.
and Joel Cook, all OF which members
died since last session, $500 each, repre-
senting a years salary of the deceased.
The estate OF the late Representative AL
len, of Maine, receives a similar amount.
For the contestants in the various
contested election cases, $4,000 each
To provide a cipher code for the
Travelling expenses OF the Civfl Serv-
ice Commission $500.
Additional expenses connected with
the listing of corporation tax returns,
$4,000.
Five skylights at the Capitol. $4,000.
Care and improvements at the Capt.
tol grounds and work at the Capitol,
$3.50.
To complete the power plant at the
Capitol S54,357.
Deficiency in army and navy pen
sions for the current year, $2,50O,00o
Addition for subsistence of the army.
$40o, 900.
District Items.
The following items for the District
of Columbia are included in the bill:
For added cost of enforcing the COM
pulsory education law. sL15O.
Support of abandoned wives and chill
dren, at Washington Asylum, $500.
Additional for advertising taxes in ar
rears, $500.
For the purchase Of books for Takoma
Park branch library, 5000 This amount
is to be Immediately available.
For additional amount required for pay
of janitors. Western High School, $40
For the disinfecting service of the
health department. 5000.
Addltlonal Tor clotnlng. 1000, ana SUP
plies at the Home for the Aged and In
firm, 5000.
Eastern Dispensary, $40.
tuberculosis Hospital. s2.OO0 Industrial
Home for Colored Children, $1,5Oo.
Additional for the support of prisoners
at the District jail 5000
For the pay of officers and enlisted men
of the Naval Battalion cruise of 1910,
2610.12.
Equipment and care of the storehouse
Of the Naval Battalion, H,U0.