The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-04
CITY COMMISSION ADOPTS BUDGET
 WITHIN INCOME
Each Department Given h. crease of Appropriation, the Total Approximating
 $175,000 Over 1921

Budget for the operation of the city for 1922 was adopted by the city commission yesterday. The total re- ceipts for the year are estimated at S4,l52,soo and the total expenditures as outlined in the budget will be S4,l52535, which is S265 less than the estimated receipts
 An amendment to the budget was offered authorizing an additional S2,000 to be taken from the various departments of the city for the operation of the community sing With the exception of Mrs. Mary Echols, commissioner of health and education, all commissioners voted for the increased appropriation.
 Years Receipts
 According to the budget, the amount collected from property tax will be s2.175,o00; licenses, S770,00o, and fines and forfeitures from the recorders court, s175,O0O. Interest on bank balances and general fund investments, s20,0o0; the eity's DOT ton from the state and county school fund, $6S0,oo0.
 Finance Department
 In the department of D. E. Me- Lendon, president of the commission, the following are some of the largest appropriations made in the budget: Commissioners salaries, $42.140; comptroller, s56,240; legal depart ment, S1S,94o; special attorneys, s5,OOO; purchasing agent. $4,sOo. mu- nicipal warehouse, $2,100; pound pens, $1o,o00; dog wagons, $2,oOo.
 Policemen and Bremen
 The appropriations in the police and fire department include salaries $2S9,6S0, which is an increase of S15,- 900 over last year; fire department, S449,520, an increase of $5,000; em- ployment office, s3,60o. this is partly supported by the federal government; prison expense, s22.o0o; courts S9,4S0.
 Public Improvements
 In the department of Commission et W. E. Dickson of public improve ments Unpaved streets, s12O,0o0; 900, which is an increase of $S,00o over the appropriation last year street sprinkler and cleaning, s35,00Gi stables, s50,000; blacksmith shops $15,000; bridges, $12,000; cleaning and repairing sewers, $10,000.
 Health and Education
 Appropriations In the department of health and education. under the direction of Mrs. Mary Echols, com missioner, are as follows: Depart ment of relief and correction. $12,- 500; health, $S0,o00; board of edu- cation, $1,425,000, which is an .n- crease of $100,000; libraries, $65, ,000, an increase of s5,000 over last year.
 Parks and Fairgrounds
 In the department of Comm ssion- CT W. L. Harrison: Maintenance of city hall, $24,000; parks and play grounds, $45,000; East Lake park, $57,000; North Birmingham electric light and water plant, s65,000; meter inspection department, sS,500; street lighting, S54,000, which is an in- crease of $2,0o0; community sing, s6,000; Ensley swimming pool, S10,000.
 General Items
 Other items of interest in the bud get are: Interest on general city bonds, $495,563.75; appropriation for sinking fund $229, 9,436.25; public i'm provement assessments rebate, which Is paid out of the general fund, $1O0,- 900; Birmingham firemen's pension relief fund, s3,000; life and casualty insurance of police and firemen, 5000; Jefferson county, S7,500, for assessing and collecting taxes for city; garages, s23,s40.
 Increased Receipts
 It is stated that the total receipts of the city for 1922 will show an il- crease of approximately $175,000 over 1921. Of this increase s100,000 will be used to pay rebates on street inn provement assessments made; S50,000 for additional interest on bonds this year, and s2o,0o0 for the installation of the new fire alarm system.
 Before adopting the budget Com missioner Dickson stated he wanted to ask for an increase in the appro- priation for streets, declaring 1t was a shame to spend money building streets and not having a sufficient fund to keep them up. He stated that s25,000 a year was not enough to keepsup the paved streets of the city, and he was unwilling to spend any more money building streets un- til an amount adequate to take care of them was appropriated.