Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-29
Senate to Stand Firm.

IhOmaS w. Keller $4,15O for ground
demnation proceedings.
Senate to Stand Firm.
The conference report was submitted
to the Senate by Senator Smith of
Maryland. in charge of the bill in the
Senate
The Senate, it is understood, will stand
firm for the elimination of the Borland
amendment and the eighth section of the
BILL and for the retention of the Keller
amendment.
OF the other items which were still in
dispute when the last report was made
by the conferees, the Senate conferees
agreed to recede from the Senate amend
ments for additions to the John F. Cook
School and the Powell School. and for
site for new school building in the
sixth division. north of G street and east
of 10th street.
The Senate also receded from its
amendment of $4,000 to aid in the
construction of new Emergency Hos
pital building.
The Senate recsded from its amend
ment of 100000 for the construction Of
a new municipal hospital, to be called
the Gallinger Hospital. at 14th and Up
| shur streets northwest. The conferees
agreed. however. to an amendment Of
$4,000 to make plans for such hos
pital on the same site.
The Senate receded from its amend
ment providing for the free tuition to
school pupils whose parents are en-
ployed, officially or otherwise. in the Dis
trict, though they reside outside Of the
District The conferees agreed to a sub
stitute amendment which would give to
these parents the benefit of any taxes
they may pay in the District toward the
payment OF tuition in the schools for
their children.
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Ueved, makes it certain that the District
bill cannot be enacted into law before the
close of the present fiscal year unless the
House should itself agree to yield to the
Senate in the matter of the three items
still in dispute.
Fitzgerald Explains Plan.
In offering his resolution Mr.. Fitzgerald
| today made report from his committee
which was as follows:
1.-The committee on appropriations report
herewith joint resolution extending the
appropriations made for the necessary
operations of the government for the fis-
| cal year 1914 during the first half of the
month of July of the fiscal year 1915. and
recommend its immediate passage.
| The enactment Of this resolution is
made necessary because of the failure of
| final passage of four Of the annual ap-
propriation bills before the beginning Of
| the fiscal year 1915, namely: District of
Columbia. Indian. legislative and sundry
| civil.
| consular, fortifcation, Military Academy
( naval pension and post office acts for
| the fiscal year 1915 have become laws or
| have been finally disposed OF by both
houses of Congress.
| Under the provisions of this measure
sums equal to one-twenty- fourth of the
| concentrations made for the necessary
| operations of the government and of the
| District Of Columbia for 1914 are appro-
| priated for the first half of the month
Of July of the fiscal year of 1915, or
| the proportionate part of such sums for
| such part Of that period as shall elapse
| before the enactment of the respective
| appropriation acts Tor 1919; all amounts
! expended out of such sums to be de-
| Quoted from the appropriations finally
| made for each purpose for the entire
| fiscal year 1919.
Employed in the Past.
| "Joint resolutions or acts of similar
| character, extending appropriations after
| the close of a fiscal year because of fail
| ure to pass the regular bills. were en-
acted in 1876, 1882. 1884. 1886. 1883. 1890.
1882, 1894 and 1872
1.-THE accompanying joint resolution Is
| in the terms of the one last passed by
Congress in 1912, providing for condi-
ton similar to that now existing except
that q specific appropriation Of SIS 600 is
made to continue during the first half Of
| the month Of July the operation of the
| interstate commerce commission in maxi
| ing a valuation of property OF carriers;
the necessity for this provision is ex-
| planned in letter from the commission
/ submitted herewith.
| ..The first half of the month Of July
| is specified as the extreme period Of
time covered by the proposed extension
of appropriations. instead of fifteen
days, in order to avoid possible COM
lplications that may arise in settling
salary or pay accounts under the pro-
visions Of the act of June 80, 1906. re-
quiring that in making payments all
annual salaries shall be divided into
| twelve equal parts, and each OF such
parts into thirty equal portions, or
computing $50 days as a year and
| thirty days as constituting each