Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-06
DISTRICT ESTIMATES
TOTAL $15,473, 676.4
FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR
CONTINUE FrstP aRe)
CONTINUED from First Pase.)

each submitted; seven assistants. in.
GLIDING Takoma Park branch, at $72G
each. increase Of 1920 each and one adj
dftfonal; three assistants. at $500 each
increase Of $50; three assistants. in
Guiding one for Takoma Park branch,
at $40 each. increase Of $50 each;
copyist. increase of $50; chief, cata-
iogue division. $1,000. new; shelf lister,
sS40. new: cata1oguer, increase of $3.50;
cataloguer. increase Of $3.50; two cata-
loguers. at $500 each. increase of $50
each; one new stenographer, at 1920;
two new attendants, at 1920 each; six
attendants. at $500 each, increase OF
$50 each: five attendants, at $40 each.
of $50 submitted; shelf curator and head
page. $3.50. new; ten pages, at 1870
each, increase of $50 each.
The Commissioners recommend that
hereafter all appointments to and re-
movals from annual and other positions
authorized by law and appropriations
for the Free Public Library shall be
made by the Commissioners OF the Dis
Miscellaneous expenses of the Dis
trict:
Free Public Library-Binding. $1,000.
increase of $500.
For printing. checks. books, ETC., $751;
500, an increase of $50.
Maintenance and care of automobiles,
ETC., $23,S6O, an increase of $8,576.
Want Central Garage.
For purchase or condemnation of a
site and for the erection of a central
garage. $4,000.
For postage for official mail, $11,50o.
an increase of $500.
For judicial expenses. $4,000, an in
crease of $500.
For purchase maintenance and hire
of means of transportation for the
coroner's Office and the morgue, Jurors
fees. etc. $4,000: an increase Of $500.
For repair of mergue building, $500,
a decrease of $4,000.
For general advertising, etc, $4,000,
an increase of $1,000.
True Consideration In Deeds Favored
Recorder of Deeds and Register of
Wills.-A provision in the estimates
ter of wills by the Supreme Court of
the District and for the appointment
Of the recorder of deeds by the Dis
trict Commissioners, instead of by the
President, thus taking that office out of
national politics. The placing Of true
consideration in deeds is also recon-
mended. The provfso reads as follows:
That hereafter the register OF wills OF
the District of Columbia shall he appoint
ed by the justices of the Supreme Court
of said District: Provided further, That
hereafter the recorder of deeds for the
District Of Columbia shall be appointed
by the Commissioners Of said District !:
Provided further, That on and after July
Il. 1917, every deed offered for record
in the office Of the recorder Of deeds for
the District Of Columbia shall have at
tached thereto an af1dav!t duly executed
by the grantor named in said deed set
ting forth the true consideration passing
from the grantee to the grantor as the
purchase price Of the property therein
conveyed. and the recorder of deeds for
the District Of Columbia shall refuse to
accept for record any deed which does
not have attached thereto such affidavit ::
Provided further. That on and after July
!, 1917, all deeds Of trust secured by real
estate In the District Of Columbia, and Of
fered for record in the office Of the recorder
Of deeds for the District of Columbia shall
have attached thereto an affidavit where
in the party secured by said deed Of trust
sets forth that the sum Of money recited
in said deed Of trust as the sum in which
he is secured is the amount actually
loaned by him on the security Of said real
estate. and the recorder Of deeds for the
District Of Columbia shall refuse to ac-
does not have attached thereto such affi-
davit"
The Commissioners recommend q plan
to FIX an annual charge for all motor
vehicles. the present licenses on auto
mobiles to expire December 81. 1916
lows:
That on and after December 81, 1915,
all licenses. including Identification
tags and registrations. for motor vehi-
and become null and void. and on and
after January 1. 1917 there shall be
charged annually for the licensing and
registration of motor vehicles sum to
be fixed by the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia. and the owner of
each motor vehicle shall be required
to pay annually to the collector of
taxes of the District of Columbia such
sum as may be fixed by said Commits
sioners. which shall include registra-
cation number tag: that the term motor
vehicle as herein used is defined to In
clude automobiles. motor cycles and all
other vehicles propelled by power other
engines. road rollers. FIRE engines and
apparatus. police patrol wagons and
ambulances, steam railroad cars. street
railway cars and such other vehicles
as run only upon rails and tracks: and
the Commissioners of the District Of
Columbia are hereby authorized to es-
ia blish such rules and regulations az
are necessary in their Judgment to
carry out the provisions hereof, and to
afi1x thereto such fines and penalties as
in their Judgment are necessary for
the enforcement of this act and the
regulations made under the authority
thereof"
Market improvements Urged.
Contingent miscellaneous expenses:
For maintenance and repairs to
markets. $a.4o0 Is asked. increase Of
$500.
For maintenance, operation and re-
pairs to refriseratins plant. including
salary of engineer at not exceeding
81. 600 per annum. $500.
For continuing the construction of
market buildings on the site Of the
present municipal Ash wharf and
market. including refrigerating and
cold-storage plant, which shall be
equipped for the accommodation of
such retail business as may obtain at
that point and shall serve as the
wholesale receiving and distributing
point for marine and other products to
be retailsd elsewhere in. the District,
within limit Of cost Of $185. 900. $50, 900.
For repainting the interiors Of the
Eastern and Western markets, re-
painting the exterior Of the Western
market. new public toilet in Eastern
market, and repairs to retaining walls
of the Western market. $4,000.
For the erection Of the third steel
shelter at the Haskell produce market,
to be Immediately available. $4,000.
For the purchase and installation Of
a new 26-ton railroad scale. to be i'm
For heavy truck for ONCE Of super
intendent OF weights. measures and
markets, to be equipped with testing
apparatus. to be Immediately available,
Sc. 900.
For maintenance and repairs of test
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