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construction of this Home for Feeble
Minded and strikes out the sum of
s125, 900 which tho Senate proposed as
new appropriation. Representative
Cramton. under the rule of the House,
will have to submit this proposal for
action by the House, although the
House conferees have agreed to II.
One of the items reported to he
still in disagreement provides $500
600 for the erection in Judiciary
Square of a building to house tie re-
corder Of deeds, the Juvenile and Mu-
nicipal courts. Representative Cram
ton will recommend to the House
that 1t agree to a provision that the
architect of the Capitol he instr u"ied
to prepare plans and estimates iut
such a building, hut the appropria-
ton will not be recommended at this
time.
The Senate had inserted number
of amendments authorizing the Dis
trict to allow $26 a month to District
officials who used their own auto
mobiles on official business. The
conferees. however. have reduced this
to $40 a month. the amount provided
originally in the House bill. The
Senate had provided allowances of
SIS a month for District employees
using their own motor cycles on Dis
trict business. but this was reduced
to $40 as provided by the House.
Provision Restored.
The House provision. stricken out
by the Senate. which would hold up
in part the appropriations for the
minimum wage board until the Su-
preme Court decided the constitu-
tionality of the act creating the
board, was restored with All amend
ment that after April 80, 1928, and
it,rt h.
was determined the appropria ton
should be so limited.
The House conferees agreed TO
Senate amendment increasing the ap-
preparation for the Rent Commission
from S42.500 to S51.750, so as to take
care Of the two additional rent COM
missioners. whom it is expected the
President will appoint.
The House conferees also agreed to
Senate amendment. providing an
additional assistant at the southeast
branch OF the Public Library at $1,000
The total amount agreed to by the
conferees, under the head of street
improvements, was s5i3.300. As
PASSED by the Senate, this was $593.-
700. and as passed by the House. the
conferees strikes out the following
items proposed for street improve
emnts by the House:
For paving Georgia avenue. Mill
tary road to Dahlia street. $4,000:
for paving Bladensburg road from
end of asphalt northward. $4,000:
for paving Canal road. Aqueduct
bridge to Foxall road. $4,000.
The Senate conferees agreed to an
item which the Senate had struck
out for paving Sigsbee place, 10th
street to 18th street. $4,000.
The House conferees agreed to Sen
ate amendments providing for paving
Kenyon street, Mount Pleasant street
to 18th street. s1I 1000. and for paving
Kansas avenue. Quincy street to
Shepherd street, s12,60o.
The following street Improvement
amendments proposed by the Senate
For paving 18th street. Allison street
to Iowa avenue. $500; for paving
Buchanan street, Georgia avenue to
14th street. $4,000; for paving 9th
street, Quackenbos street to Ritten-
house street. $4,000.
botanical Garden Item.
Included in supplemental estimates
sent by the President to Congress to-
day is an item of S122.835 for improv-
ing the United States Botanical Gar
den. Specifically this Is for repair
and reconstruction of the main con-
servatory, which. Director Hess says.
examination by competent architects
and builders has shown to be in such
q condition that it constantly endan-
gers the lives of the public. as we'll
as the employees of the gardens.
New Bridge Name.
The Senate conferees receded from
the Senate amendment changing the
name of the new bridge across the
Potomac river from Francis Scott Key
bridge to the Key bridge.
The conferees fixed the appropria-
. Co. iva III,
compromise between the House and
Senate figures.
They compromised ESQ on the ap-
preparation for the collection and dis
posal Of garbage, making the total
SS60.000.
The two new sites for Fairgrounds
which the Senate provided for and
which Mr.. Cranlton will recommend
the House to accept are the Hoover
playground, $4,000, and a playground
site at eth and o streets northwest.
sS.t00. He will recommend also that
these sites be purchased on the 60-40
plan. but that the expenditures for
maintenance be made wholly out of
the revenues of the District.
The conferees Of the House agreed
lighting, an increase of $4,000 over
the House figure.
Under the head Of the metropolitan
police, the conferees made the item
for fuel $500. a compromise between
the two houses, and agreed to the
Senate proposal Of $4,000 for the
maintenance Of motor vehicles. The
conferees struck out the Senate
amendment of s2.500 for marking
traffic lines for crosswalks at street
intersections.
Reduced to $4,000.
The Senate proposal of $4,000 for
the necessary expenses OF inspection
of dairy farms was reduced to $4,000,
the House proposal
Under the heading of charities and
corrections, the conferees agreed to
an item of $4,750 for screening doors
and windows at the Jail.
The item for maintenance, custody,
clothing, etc, of inmates Of the re-
formatory was fixed by the conferees
st $4,000, compromise.
Under the head Of medical chari-
ties, the conferees agreed to $4,000
for the Casualty Hospital, compro-
mise.
Senate amendments providing that
patients may be admitted to the Tu-
berculosis Hospital and to the psy-
copauhic ward of the Gallinger Mu-
nicipal Hospital at rates fxed by the
were stricken out.
The conferees agreed to an appro-