The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-23
.S50,000,000,000
APPROPRIATIONS
Two Sessions Of Congress Have
Reached Mark That
Makes New Record.
COVERS ALL WAR WORK
Expenditures of Next Fiscal
Year Will Not Reach Sum
Total Authorized by
Legislative Body.

| washington. July 22.-Appropria-
lions made by the two sessions of the
congress have almost reached the
$50. 600, 900. 900 mark
/ The amount appropriated by the
/ first session, following the declaration
I OF war, was s1s.s7s,f77,o l4se. The
total amount thus far appropriated by
the present session. including author
Ilzations for contracts which Will have
10 be met by appropriations at later
| time. In ses.7s1.24f,7T3s7s This does
mot include two bills passed by the
! house but not acted upon by the
/ senate, appropriating s:l,7i2.2s5. The
grand total of these appropriations is
S4s seq l3i OIL SIS.
/ Chairman Sheriey. OF the house
committee on appropriations, made
, these figures public today in sending
, to the house the totals OF This year g
allowances He pointed out that the
expenditures in the next fiscal year
Will not reach anything like the sum
total Of approximately sac 900. 600 600
which congress has authorized. AS
matter of fact, he says. the probability
! ts that such expenditures viii be at
+ least ave or six billions OF dollars less
than that amount The statement
shown that the total OF more than
I s1S.000 Gao 900 appropriated for the
/ fiscal year 1918. there is an unexpend-
ed balance OF s5.sio.Sl4,e3o,++, and
the end OF the fiscal year 1919 is ex-
pected TO show a still larger unex-
pended balance.
/ MIR. Sherleys statement OF the ap-
preparations and authorizations made
| br the present session Ia as follows;
! Agricultural appropriation act, s2T,-
tST5.355; army appropriations act.
sl2, diplomatic and
consular act. 7.a3TsTs6o. District of
Columbia appropriation act. 5,04s,-
1886. fortifications appropriations
act, sS.4s7.sla,1l2.so; Indian appro-
priation act, sl1,o21,slo; legislative.
executive and judicial appropriation
act. sss.sa7,sss.2s; Military academy
/ appropriation act. s2.5os,s40.25; naval
appropriation act. sI.eo7.4ss,4I5s4.
, pension appropriation act. s22o.ooo.-
| 900; postoffice appropriation act.
ss77.51s.342; rivers and harbors ap-
preparations act $23,s54,soo: sundry
appropriation act. $2,ss5,20s,47o.o
| Total regular acts. s22.s5l,5s4,-
I1724s: urgent deficiency appropria-
ton act s73s,1sl.7ss4s; additional
urgent deficiency act, s2o.70o, o22e2.
general deficiency act, si.oIs.4ss,-
1904.
Total deficiency acts. s,.sss.sss.-
e02s2.
| Permanent annual and indefinite
appropriations. including s6ss.o4a.1ss
! interest on the public debt, $ib3.s14,-
/ 900 for the sinking fund. and $780,
9o4, 2553s for the preparation and is~
suance OF loans-$s44.5o7,3s s.ss.
Purchase of bonds issued by federal
| land banks. 5000. 200. 900: operation of
railroads under federal control and
compensation to their owners, $780,
600. 900
| War finance corporation and capital
issues committee, s5o0,2oo,ooo.
| Loans TO allies by the third and
fourth liberty bond acts. $4,000, ooo,-
900.
Increased compensation to certain
postal employees during 1919, s2s.-
94s,030
Increased compensation to certain
other government employees during
1919. s25,000.ooo
Miscellaneous appropriations, in
Guiding 100000 for vocational re-
lhabilitation Of soldiers and sailors, $3.-
sss, 900 Total all other appropria-
lions. $5,10o.als,ass3
Grand total. $29,7sl.241,773.s7.
| The bill to stimulate agriculture and
facilitate the distribution OF agricul-
tural products, and the bill to regu-
late ores, metals and minerals now
pending in the senate were passed by
the house authorizing appropriations,
respectively. of $11,212.2S3 and &c.,
| 100000, in addition to the grand total
of s29,7s1,24l,77a67 above given. II
| both OF these bills should be passed
by the senate, the total amount appro-
priated by this congress would be, ap-
proximately, $50 900, 900.
| 1t Is estimated that under existing
tax laws approximately s4.100. 00o. 900
will be raised, exclusive OF postal rev.
enues, which will provide, approx
mately. $sSo.ooo.oo0.