The Washington times., 1920-04-21
RESTORES FIRE
ANDCOPBONUS
District Money Bill Reported by
Senate Committee Adds
S120 to Pay.
$3.50 TAX PLAN CONTINUED
Total Grants $2,047 1884 Less
Than Supplemental esti-
mates for 1921.


Police and fremen are granted
one-half of the $240 bonus authorized
by Congress to all Government en-
ployes in the District of Columbia
appropriation bill reported favorably
to the Senate today by the Commit
tee on Appropriations.
Additional to Salaries.
In reporting the bill to the Senate
the Appropriations Committee provid-
| ed for the payment Of one-haif OF the
bonus, denied police and f1remen by
the House, Notwithstanding the 5000
Increase in salaries previously award
! ed the members Of those forces, ana
provided for in the measure. ~.
The District bill, which was re-
ported by Senator Curtis, of Kansas,
carries q total Of s1s.2S2 ,09A87 for
the fiscal needs of 1921. as compared
with $1s.3o6.4s4.s allowed by the
House.
and supplemental estimates for 1921.
The bill restores the long time Ms
cal relations between the Federal and
District Governments, abolished by
1.-THE House, in continuing the so-called
half and half method Of appropriate
ing.
| In lieu Of the 2K per cent tax on
real estate and tangible personal
property, authorized by the House.
the Senate bill carries out the recon-
msndation in the measure introduced
By Senator Jones, member Of the Dis
] trict Of Columbia Committee.
New Tax Estfmstes.
Under the new provision in making
their estimates for the District, the
Commissioners are not limited to the
actual revenues, and the Secretary of
the Treasury also Is directed to ad-
vance such sums as may be necessary
to meet the general expenses and to
reimburse the Treasury for the por-
tion Of such advances payable by the
District out Of the taxes and revenues
collected for the support Of the Gov
ernment thereof.
II, in any year, the taxes and rev.
enues of the District shall be insult
ficient to reimburse the Treasury for
the portion of such advance payable
by the District, such unpaid advance
shall be reimbursed to said Treasury
out of the revenues OF the District of
the succeeding year or years.
If, in any year. the taxes and reve-
nues of the District shall be more
than sufficient to reimburse the
Treasury for the portion of said ad
vances payable by the District, such
surplus of revenues and all unex-
pended surpluses of District revenues
shown by the reports of the said
commissioners to have been hereto
fore accumulated, deposited in the
Treasury Of the United States, shall
be held in the Treasury as trust
fund for the benefit of said District
and be available as revenue of the
District for meeting the portion OF
appropriations payable by this Dis
trict in the succeeding year or years.
Left to Commissioner.
The matter of taxation is left to be
fixed at the discretion of the Com
missioners, to meet the necessary pro-
portion of expenses to be paid by the
District.
The Senate bill also strikes out the
increase Of 25 per cent on water rates
in the District, and also strikes out
the increased date of assessment for
laying or constructing water mains
and service sewers as provided in the
House bill.
The Senate committee wrote a new
section in the bill as follows:
That hereafter all per diem en-
ployes and day laborers of the Dis
trict, who have been regularly en-
ployed for fifteen working days next
preceding such days as are legal hol-
idays in the District, and whose en-
ployment continues through and be-
yond said legal holidays, shall be
granted such leave OF absence, with
pay, as is granted the regular annual
employees of the District for said legal
holidays"
Salaries Increased.
Increases over the House bill as
recommended by the Senate commit
tee are as follows: $4,000 salaries OF
board: $4,000 license bureau; $4,000
auditors office, teachers retirement
section: s480 department of insur.
ance: 1900 minimum wage board
81, $50 free public library.
An increase of S11,S5O is provided
for contingent and miscellaneous ex-
penses.
An increased appropriation OF S10S,-
900 ia for street improvements, and
$4,000 for operation and maintenance
Of sewage pumping service.
A total of $685. ,4S0 Increase in pro-
vided for public schools, of which
500 900 Is for the teachers retirement
fund. and $4,000 is for the employ.
ment OF twenty additional teachers
at s1,ii0 each.
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