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$4,000 Provided
By Budget Bureau
For Nesu Library

For the purchase Of a site
for a branch OF the free public
library in the Mount Pleasant
Columbia Heights section. an
appropriation Of $4,000 is rec
commended by the budget bu-
reau. It 10 proposed that the
appropriation bill shall confer
authority on the District Com
misstoners to accept from the
Carnegie Corporation Of New
York not less than 100000 for
the purpose OF erecting a suit
able branch library building on
such a site. subject to the ap-
proval Of tho Commissioners
and the board OF library trus-
tees. Authority would also be
conferred upon q commission to
consist of the Engineer Com
missioner, the president OF the
board of library trustees and
the chairman OF the committee
on branch libraries of the liz
brary trustees to supervise the
erection OF the branch library
building.
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Commissioners Report Outlines Need for Greater Appropriation
OUTSTANDING RECOMMENDATIONS
in COMMISSIONERS REPORT

Following recommendations in the Com
missioncrs' annual report to Congress:
Modification of the Borland reetpaving assessment law
Larger appropriations for maintenance and development OF
the free Public Library
That all charitable and correctional work. including the
tvs of public agencies be coordnated under the
Commissioners.
Prompt Improvement the suburban highways with
and asphalt surfaces.
Enlargement of the District building demand for
Office space for municipal departments.
Enactment of stringent to curb sale of deadly
weapons
comprehensive governing penal nsti-
providing for the ndetemnate and parole
system
Appropriations for additional buildings Gauger Municipal
Hospital
Money for nurses home for tuberculosis Hospital and
authority to receive patients there.
Liberal appropriations for motor fire apparatus
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$4,000 Increase Provided
For Disposal of City Refuse

For disbursement by the street de.
partment an increase of $4,000 10
recommended for disposal of city
refuse. bringing the total for this
item up to 100000
An increase of $4,000 is proposed
for dust prevention. street cleaning
and snow removal, bringing the totai
for this service up to $500. 900.
An increase OF $4,000. bringing the
total for streets and parkings up 10
$4,000. is recommended.
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HOME FOR NURSES
URCEDB BUREAU
$4,000 Provided for Erec-
ton of Building at Tuber-
culosis Hospital.

The erection of a nurses home at
the tuberculosis Hospital is recon-
mended by the budget bureau. which
submits proposal for an appropria-
tion of $4,000 for this purpose and
! an increase OF s2.500 for repairs and
improvements to buildings and
grounds at the Tuberculosis Hospital.
The recommendations also include an
increase Of $4,000 in the general
maintenance fund: of $500 for one
additional graduate nurse. and 70.
Two additional lsundresses at the
tuberculosis Hospital
"A legislative proposal is made that
hereafter patients may be admitted
70 the Tuberculosis Hospital for care
ana treatment at such rates and un-
DER such regulations as may be es-
tabIfshed by the Commissioners. and
All revenues from this source credited
70 the appropriation for maintenance
increases for Some.
Other budget bureau recommenda-
tons fnr medical charities include:
For Freedman's Hospital. si2.5o"
for Columbia Hospital for Women.
SlLoeo. same as for the current fiscal
year; for the Chldren's Hospital
SlIooo. an increase of $4,000: for
froVioence Hospital. $4,000. a de-
crease of $1,000: for Garfield Memorial
Hospital. $4,000. an increase of s.. moo:
Tor the Central Dispensary and Emer-
gency Hospital. $4,000. the same a.,
the current appropriation: for East
ern Dispensary and Casualty Hospital.
$4,000. double the current appropria-
tioh' ior the Washington Home for
! lncurables. for Georgetown Cniver-
sity Hospital and for George Wash
lngton University Hospital S.. .00a
each, the same as for the current
| fiscal year
s27J.0O0 for Gallinser.
An increase Of $4,000 is recon-
mended for Gallinger Municipal Hos
pital. bringing the total for that IN
stitutfon up to $275.00O This in
cludes an increase of S25. 900 for serv-
ices OF physicianH nurses and others;
an increase Of $4,000 for maintenance
charges which is Offset by a decrease
or $4,000 In the item for equipment
OF the new psychopathic buildings: a
decrease OF 5000 for repairs to build.
lngs. including the completion of al
/ terations of the old peychopathic hos.
pital building tc provide quarters for
female nurses and other female en-
ployes.
A new legislative provision would
allow patients to be admitted to the
psychopathic ward of the Gallinser
Municipal Hospital for care and treat
ment at such rates and under such
regulations as the Commissioner
may prescribe; all revenues from this
source to be added the current an
preparation for maintenance.
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S1,780 Provided for Repairs
to Buildings, Pools and Beach

For repairs to buildings. pools ano
upkeep Of grounds at the bathing
beach. an appropriation of Sl.7so i,
recommended. The bureau also rec
ommends s720 salary for the super
intendent of the bathing beach ana
4.500 for temporary services. supplies
and maintenance.
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s9,541 in Pablie Schools.
During the last fiscal year the Dis
trict collected $512. .4SO.20 from auto
mobile tags and permits and for mis-
cellaneous licenses and permits. This
was approximately $4,000 more than
the license Office took in the previous
year.
During the calender year 1921 the
report shows Washingtonians paid
insurance premiums amounting to
$15.157. .234s4. Losses paid by insur-
ance companies amounted to $4,s98,-
65s.66. They were divided as follows:
Premiums
Life ...:.-.... $40 .931 e.9s $3,896, ,525 Is
Miseeilsaeoa. s faa a''ne: isss.sssa IS
Total ..........s .sl5. .157. 1894 s4.sss. .e5s. SO
During the last fiscal year the su-
perintendent Of weights and measures
instituted 103 prosecutions in court,
collected from 1o1 defendants.
Total enrolment In the public
schools for the fiscal year ended last
June was: White. 4s,o5s; colored, 21, ass; ;
total. 69.641.
Playground Needs Discussed.
In reporting on the activities Of the
Fairgrounds department the Com
missioners pointed out that Of the
$4,000 acres of land in the city Tess
than forty acres afe devoted to or.
sanized recreation. And Of these
forty acres not more than twenty
acres are owned by the District gov
ernment.
THE increasing needs of the COM
munity," says the report, with in
adequate appropriations to meet the
demands. has impelled the public
press to appeal continually for addi-
tional play space for the capital city's
children. civic organizations and
cally every child welfare organixa-
ton, either preventive or corrective,
has Joined in the crusade for more
Fairgrounds in the nations capital,
"What has been lost in the nations
capital through the lack Of perma-
nent play space for its children and
youth through these years cannot be
measured. The playground performs
the function OF the sanitarium with
out it's cost and in a large measure
obvfates the necessity for the hos
pital. The economic value Of play
grounds has become recognized. The
money spent in keeping boys of the
street will save future great expen-
ditures for police and corrective In.
Stitutions." =
During the fiscal year 1892 the total
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| attendapce on municipal playgrounds
was 2.9b4.6S6 boys and girls.
Public Library Handicapped.
The Public Library is "srievously
handicapped by the insuhiciency OF
its appropriations" the report Of the
te asssrss The s.s
appropriations are justified by the
facts that public library support in
Washington Is far less than in other
comparable American cities and much
, below the standard adopted by the
American Library Association"
The striking fact Is revealed In the
report that Washington spent only
IS cents per capita last year on its
Public Library. while the American
Library Association has concluded
that 81 per inhabitant is the mini:
spend IL 1t hopes to maintain good
library service.
Celebrating on this point, the Com
missioners say:
"The American Library Association
a national organization Of nearly
study OF the proper basis Of support
for public libraries. The result OF
their findings is incorporated in q
resolution declaring that II per cap.
tta of the population of the com.
munity served 10 q reasonable min
imum annual revenue for the library
in a community desiring to maintain
a good. modern public library sys-
TEN. with trained librarians,s but that
communities desiring their libraries
to supply these needs extensively and
with the highest grade Of trained
service will find 1t necessary TO pro-
vide q support much larger than the
minimum Of 81 per capita
Basis In Other Cities.
Several cities both larger and
smaller than Washington spent last
year q dollar or more per capita foI
public library support. Washington
spent last year IS cents per capits
on its Public Library. The nation.
capital. should have the very bes'
jublio library system in the country
This It cannot have 20 long. ~ the
| basis Of support here fs only one
| third Of the recognised minimum
The Library Of Congress 10 nattonel
reference library for the use Of Con-
gress and research students. The de.
mands for books for homo use ana FOL
trained public library service from
the highly intelligent local popula-
tion of moro than 100000 II pfoba.
bly, larger than those OF mos
American cities Of equal population
Inasmuch as they are not and can.
not properly be met by the national
library, they must be met. Il at all
| ~ the iocA1 Public Library. Tropefl,
| 70 meet thsse Legitimate dsmaAd4 TIL
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$1,000 less than the current appropria-
tion. For the enforcement Of antitrust
lawe $230.000 is asked. an increase of
$1,000. For the investigation and pros
ecution OF war frauds 100000 is es-
timated. the same amount as in the
current law.
The estimates for judicial salaries
have been increased so as to cover the
twenty-five additional federal district
Judges at $500 each and an additional
circuit court judge whose appointment,
was authorized under the so-called
judges bill.
The estimates for the National
Training School for Boys, Washing
ton. d. G.. which comes under the
Department of Justice. is s60.436. or
$500 less than the current appropria-
tion.
In the appropriations for the Navy
Department is found a total. under
the head of Public works-Bureau
of Yards and Docks" of $1S.S00 for
the Washington navy yard. OF which
$4,000 is to be expended for repairs
to the marine railway and $500 for
dredging.
The proposed appropriations for the
increase Of the Navy are drafted and
In conformity with the treaty on limi-
tation of naval ornaments. The total
for the increase of the Navy is set
down at S29 100000. as compared with
I'D
amount OF this appropriation is for
construction and machinery.
Colombia TO Get Five Million.
The estimates for the State Depart
ment are approximately $4,035.0oo in
excess of those for the current year.
Among the appropriations to be made
under the State Department is $4,000
900. the second payment by the United
States to Colombia, under the treaty
entered into with that country for the
Naturalization OF Colombia fer the loss
Of the Panama Canal Zone.
In the estimates for the Treasury De-
partment. under the heading of Public
Buildings, Etc." an appropriation Of
$4,000 is proposed for alteration and
repairs to the roof OF the auditors
building in the District Of Columbia.
The total estimates for the bureau OF
engraving and printing are $5.9S0.542,
a. compared to $6.o7S.24o. In the cur
rent act.
The estimates for the War Depart
ment include s4.401.00o for the Reserve
Oficetb' Training Corps. approximately
$1.5o0.0 900 in excess of the current ap-
preparation for that purpose. The es-
Inmates for the civilian military training
camps are .$2,972.I5o. approximately
$l,2o0,0o0 more than. the current q.
psbpriations.
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nues Of the District of Columbia In
the Treasury on juno 30, 1929. to
$6.6o2: :s51.6s. From this amount must
be deducted. however. SS26.eoS.ss.
treating certain appropriations and
revenues. which are considered in one
fiscal year for tax-rate purposes ana
In another year for accounting pur-
poses. With these adjustments the
real surplus revenues Of the District
$4.S77.347.so, an increase OF $2s.ss1 II
over the amount existing on June 80.
Bonded Debt.
On June 80. 1921, the outstanding
3.65 per cent District of Columbia
bonds amounted to $4.S15.750. During
the fiscal year 1922 $1S6.050 OF these
bonds were purchased and Cancelled.
leaving the amount Of bonds = out ut
The sinking fund assets amount to
$4,563. 1850, thus making the net in
debtedness Of the District of Columbia
on June 80. 1922. $15e.234.3s. The Dis
trict of Columbia has no other form
by its Outstanding ass bonds.
No appropriation Is made for in
terest and sinking fund for the fiscal
year 1923. as the income derived from
Investments In United States bonds is
more than suficient to meet the pay
ment of interest on the 3.65 bonds.
pose recommended for the fiscal year
1924.
$4.1O6.44: Personal Tax.
The tifty-year period for which the
3.65 bonds were issued. the issue be-
ing limited by law to $4,000, 900, will
expire August l, 1924. The sinking
fund assets. represented entirely by
investments in bonds Of the United
States. will nearly be SUFFICIENT to take
though a further appropriation not
exceeding 100000 may be required
for this purpose. the amount Of the
appropriation depending entirely upon
the price at which the investments
may be sold.
The personal tax levy for the fiscal
year 1922 had a grand total Of $4.1o6.-
443.l3. derived from three classes OF
assessment-frst. an amount de-
rived from levy of 1.s2 per cent on
household furniture (above $1,000
valued. merchandise. jewelry. boats.
monty known as tangible personal
property: this equals $l.539,11s.5s;
second, from tax on the gross earn
ings of banks. trust companies and
public service corporations. or an
amount Of $1.470,075.0s: third. from
Guiding moneys loaned and invested,
bonds and shares Of stock, or what is
generally known as intangible per-
sonal property; this amounts to
$1.0o7.24s.46.
New Assessment About Complete.
The new biennial assessment of
real estate will soon be completed,
and the books will be open to inspec-
tion and review from the first Mon
day in January to the first Monday in
June.
During the last fiscal year the as.
SCISSORS office collected data on the
transfer OF ownership of 1888 pieces
Of property. as compared with 16.405
the previous year.
Then follows in the report this
composite statement of cash income.
expenditures, surplus revenue and
bonded debt of tho District:
ent of Finances.
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Reduces the amounts
Asked for Refunds
And Damage Asuards.

The budget bureau recom-
mends @25.0OO, which is a re.
duetion Of $4,000 from the
present law. for the payment
OF amounts collected By the
District erroneously on aceount
Of taxes, dnes, fees and similar
charges.
II also recomDends an appro.
prlation OF $25.OO0 to be used I'm
connection with the exteAsion
Of streets and ave1aes where
damages are awarded. The Ap.
prOpRiati0n in the euxPe1t act
for tAis purpose is 100000.
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ONCE last year was S5l.12e. while the
penses indicates to 4 marked degree
the additional labor imposed upon the
additional labor imposed upon the
employes. and should dictate. 1t 10
bellevAd. . corresponding Increase In
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Surplus Revenues.

surplus Revenues.
On July I. 1920. the surplus reve-
nues of the District OF Columbia in
the Treasury Of the UniteIStates. in
charges against such revenues to that
date. amounted to $464s, ,6666s. This
amount accumulated between June 80.
1915. and June 80. 1920. while the
half-and-half plan of appropriatinE
Tor the District was in operation.
plus .revsnues were increased by
S5l2.l11.s6. making a total of $780,
$3.50 of surplus revenues belonging
to the District on June 80. 1921.
The revenues of the District Of Co
lumbia for the fiscal year 1929, in
appropriations. available to meet ap-
preparation charges of that year,
amounted to s14.3I5.76O.74. from which
the sum of s1s9,000 was transferred
to the credit of the policemen's and
iiremen.s relief fund. This left $l4.-
portion of appropriation charges for
the fiscal year 1922.
Surplus. S4.877,347.8O.
of Columbia for the fiscal year 1922.
payable by the United States and the
District of Columbia. amounted to
$2s.sI I1.411.0i. The charge against the
District OF Columbia under these ap-
propriations totaled $13.7s4.647.70. The
appropriations nayable wholly from
the revenues of the District of CO.
lumoia amounted to $240.1627S.
The receipts OF the District of CO.
lunbia for the fiscal year 1922, avail
able to meet its charges under
appropriations was s14.12S, 1904,
against which the total appropriation
charges were s13.7s4.647.70. leaving a
balance Of receipts Of the District Of
Columbia for the fiscal year 1922, over
ana above all charges for that year, of
s542. l1S.04. Tnis amount. added to the
surplus revenues in the Treasury on
June 80. 1921, namely. s5.l6Os3s ssS
increased the total of surplue reye-
COu1n0~fx>
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Public Works Lag as City
GrO,us With Funds Lacking

Continued from First Page,
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U. S. ASKS BUDGET
OF THREE BILLIONS

Continued from Firs. PageD
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States on account of It's proportion of
appropriations. $9.1S7,792.98.
The collections from taxes on real
estate for the fiscal year 1922 amount
ed to sS.431.tSO.23: collections from
taxes on personal property. including
taxes on gross earnings and receipts
or public utilities. banks and building
associations and on gross receipts of
street railway companies. $3.50. .284. 90.
and collections from taxes on intangi-
BILE personal property. $s4s.05s. Col
iections from miscellaneous sources.
amounting to $1.s66,4S2.47, made up
the balance of the Districts revenue.
&iS0.O0O for Pensions.
The sum of $1ss.o0O was transferred
from the revenues of the District of
Columbia to meet the payment of po-
iicemen's and firemens pensions dur
ing the fiscal year 1922.
The cash expenditures for the fiscal
year 1922 from appropriations amount
ed to $22.92s.O19.ss, classified as fol-
lows:
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Under the heading OF charities the
Commissioners make this reference
to the controversy which developed
during the year between the board
Of children's guardians and the trus-
tees OF the Industrial Home School:
.,,,.Is 42Gssi:ness sis% sss e Rs!ssz snS ,s 5s;
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Freedmen's Hospital 10 estimated for
at $l72.S72. as compared to $lls.555
in the current act. "A large part Of this
increase is for the pathological build
ing.
Under the Department Of Justice, the
estimate for the detection and prosecu.
don q crime b Axsd 1t 3z,.1. 900, or
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LEGAL AID No. Alb

GEORGIA, Sumter County.
VIII be sold before the court house
door on the first Tuesday in Febru-
airy, 1922, in said county, within the
legal hours of sale to the highest bid
der for cash, the following property,
A certain lot or parcel of land
lying and being in the City of Ameri-
Gus, Sumter County, Georgia, begin
nlng at the northwestern corner of
Ashby and Lee street in the said city
where the store known as the Dis
muke's store is now situated and
running along the southern margin
OF SAID Ashby street in an easter
iy direction one hundred seventy
nine (179) feet to the property of
Mrs. Joe Simmons, thence in a north
6erly direction along the western
boundary of said lot one hundred
seven 400 feet to the line known as
the Dlsmuke's land lying back of
Eddie Washington's, thence in a
westerly direetion one hundred sew
enty-nine {f75) feet to Lee street,
thence along Lee street in south
erly direction one hundred seven
900 feet to the point of begin
nlng, together with all improvements
thereon and being the same proper
ty decided to VIM. G. Flatt by war
ranty deed recorded in deed book
WV" page 100 of the records of
deeds of Sumter County, Ga.
Said land levied OH as the property
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LEGAL AID No. 4os.
GEOKGIA, sumter COUNTY.

GEORGIA, Sumter County.
Notice is hereby given that Marv
E, Williams, as administrators ON the
estate of j. S. Williams, deceased.
has applied to the Ordinary of said
county for leave to sell land belong
ing TO the estate of j. S. Williams.
late of said county, deceased, CON
sisting of lightweight (8S) acres,
more or less, in the northern portion
of lots of land numbers thirty-one
(31) and thirty-eight (38) in the
Sixteenth doth district of Sumter
County, Georgia, for the payment of
debts and for the purpose OF distri-
button among the heirs at law Of
said deceased and that said applica-
ton will be heard at the regular term
of the Court of Ordinary Of said
county to be held ON the first Mon
day in February, 1929.
This the 9Th day of January, 1922.
JOHN A. COBB,
Ordinary of Sumter County, Georgia.
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LEGAL AID No. 419.

LEAsAL4 All mo. 4lJ
In the District Court of the United
States fer the Southern District of
Georgia, Albany Division.
In the matter of The Americas Bee
Hive, Inc, Americas, Ga, Bankrupt.
In Bankruptcy.
To the creditors OF said Bankrupt:
You are hereby notified that the
above named bankrupt was on the
31st day of January, 1922 duly ad-
Indicated bankrupt, and the first
meeting of creditors will be held at
the office of the undersigned in AL
bany, Ca. on the 10th day of Feb
ruary, 1922, at 10 a. M, at which
time all creditors may attend. prove
their claims examine the bankrupt,
appoint Trustee and transact such
other business as may properly come
before said meeting. The bankrupt
is required to be present for exami-
nation through its proper officers.
This at Albany, Ca, February 1,
1922.
JAMES TIFF MANN,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
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LEGAL AID No. Ala.

GEORGIA, Sumter County.
Whereas w. 7. Lane, administrator
OF Mary Ann Barlow, represents to
the court in his petition duly filed
and entered on record, that he has
fully administered Mary Ann Barlow
estate: This is therefore to cite all
persons concerned, kindred and cred
ito6rs, to show cause, if any they can,
why said administrator should not
be discharged from his administra-
tti!on, and receive letters of dismiss
SION non on the first Monday in February,
JOHN A. COBB. Ordinary.
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LEGAL. AID NO. 4os
Years Support APPLIED Fn.1

GEORGIA, Sumter County.
The appraisers appointed to sci
aside years support out of tho
estate of j. W. Barwick, late of said
county, deceased, to Mrs. E. A. Bar
wick and her minor child, having filed
their return in this office.
This is therefore to notify all per-
sons interested to file objections, If
any they have, on or before the first
Monday in February, 1922, or else
said return will be made the judgment
of this court. January 4, 1922.
JOHN A. COBB,
Ordinary, Sumter County, Ga.
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of Jamie Coleman to satisfy an ex-
eeution issued on the 29th day of
June, 1921, from the City Court of
Americas IN said county in favor of
VIM. C. Flat against Jamie Cole
man. Tenants in possession notified
in terms of the law. This the 18th
day of January 1922.
LUCIUS HARVEY, Sheriff.
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store, pour a little
in your hand, and
rub it right on your
aching back; and by
the time you count
fifty the soreness
an d laneness is
gone.
Don't stay Grip
pied. MS soothing,
penetrating oil needs
10 be used only once.
1t takes the pain
right out aud ends
The misery. 1t is
magical. yet abso-
l,,tely harmless. and
Ioasn4 bt,-t, 4ha ell,