Evening star., 1923-02-22
D. c. GETS S512,69B
IN DEFICIENCY BILL
Measure Reported to House
$86,259 Less Than Rec
commended by Budget.
MANY BRANCHES AIDED
Entire Measure Carries $153, ,s04,-
843 for Various Sections of
Government.
Measure Reported to House
MANY BRANCHES AIDED

appropriations amounting to $512,-
69s.s5 for the District OF Columbia,
which is sS6.269.50 less than the rec
ommnedations Of the budget bureau,
are carried In the third deficiency ap-
preparation bill for the fiscal year
1928, reported to the House today.
The total amount recommended to
De appropriated is $153,S04,s43.6s. OF
which $270.115 Is for the legislative
branch, leaving $153.534,72s.62 for the
executive and judicial branches OF
the government The amount recon-
mended Is $3,3SS.772.43 less than the
total amount requested.
The bill also carries $4,000 for the
payment of extra services OF messen-
gers at the government printing Of
nee and s117.635 for repairing and
reconstructing the main conservatory
In the Botanic Garden.
Items for the District.
The items for the District of Co.
lumbia are as follows:
Plumbing inspection division. 81 600
surveyors Office, $4,000; postage,
S4'ooo; suburban road repairs, $25, 900,
which is just half of the recommended
tion: for maintenance of Francis
Scott Key bridge, $1,000.
The items for the sewer department
are: Twenty thousand dollars for the
sewage pumping service, $4,000 for
/ suburban sewers, $4,000 for assess
ment and permit work. The item of
T.6O nj
ers was not allowed.
For garbage disposal $50, 900 is car
| ried and for the electrical depart-
| ment, $2,500 for general supplies. and
$4,000 for lighting.
Amounts for Schools.
The public school items are: assis-
| tant principal, Eastern High School,
$500; allowance for principals. $4,000:
| janitors, $853.33; fuel, $49214; text
! books and school supplies, $4,000,
which is $4,000 less than the recon-
mendations; teachers retirement
fund $4,000, which is $1,5oo less than
the recommendations The item of
| $4,000 for repair and extension of
the old Eastern High School was not
allowed.
| For the Metropolitan police. an
item of $1,000 for fuel and $3.025 for
maintenance of motor vehicles is
| carried in the bill, as is also $1,000 for
| health department is given s300 for
repairs to the dispensary building.
The items for the courts include
jurors fees, Supreme Court, $4,000;
miscellaneous expenses, Supreme
Court, $l5,5oo; Jurors fees. Police
' nn0s lfc re I,yn nxy IN
$1S.75, and in 1922. $1.123.99.
Charities and Corrections.
Under the heading Of charities and
corrections the following are recon-
| mended by the House appropriations
| committee: Fuel for the worlkhouse,
$4,000. which is an increase of $4,000
| over the amount asked; for the Board
Of Children's Guardians. an item of
300 for board and care Of children
! is omitted, an item of $4,000 for MAIN
tenance Of feeble-minded children is car
| ried; st. Elizabeth's Hospital Is given
| $105,000 for the support Of INDECENT in
! sane.
/, Items asked for the charities and
| corrections which were disallowed by
| the committee are as follows: Chill
dren's Hospital. $4,000; Central Dis
penstry and Emergency Hospital
| $2.99i.15 for 1922 and $4,000 for 1928;
| for Eastern Dispensary and Casualty
Hospital, two items Of $S78.35 for 1922
and $4,000. for 1928 are disallowed.
An appropriation of $19.069:14 foI
judgments Is recommended, $3,967.46
| for refund of erroneous collections
and $549.08 for audited claims.
The bill carries a recommended ap-
preparation OF $4,000 for extension OF
the water department distribution
system.
The items of $4,000 for mainte-
nance Of public order and $4,000 for
| temporary convenience stations dur
ing the Shriners convention are in
/. clUded in the bill,