Evening star., 1924-05-25
placing gas lamps, 100000; total elec
trical department, s56, 6,140.

PLACING gas ldllpS, SOV,VOup lOldi cltC-
trical department, $56, 40.
Advance to Police.
Metropolitan police-Allowance to
mounted men, 5000.
Policemen and tiremens relief
funds, $4,000.
Fire observation-disclosures to ap-
paratus, $4,000; hose, $4,000; pump
ing engines. S17,500; automobile, $2,-
coo; drill tower and concrete smoke
test building, $4,000; truck house in
northeast, $4,000: engine house near
Conduit road, $1,000; total, fire de-
partment. s7S,500.
Supreme Court, District of Colum-
bia-Assistant probational officer,
81. 400: allowance for maintenance of
automobile, s72: total, Supreme Court,
$l,472.
Charities and observation-disclosures
losis Hospital. nurses home. $500;
.Gallinger Hospital personal services,
$4,000; total, charities and correc-
tions. s2S,500.
rent of armory and drill hall, $4,000;
pay of troops, $4,000; total, militia,
$4,000.
Anacostia River and fiats-Continu-
ing reclamation. $4,000.
Purchase of motorcycles, $3.50; i'm
provements, care, etc, of reserva-
tions, $4,000; improvement of East
Potomac Park, $4,000; outdoor
sports. $4,000; increased cost of park
beach, $4,000; lighting public grounds,
$4,000; survey of boundary line be-
tween District of Columbia and Vir-
ginia. $4,000; total. public buildings
and grounds, s55.250.
Laying 5,IOO Feet of Main.
For laying 500 feet of sixteen-inch
main in 4th street northeast from the
-, y. as,N
land avenue to S street. west in S street
to I'd street, south in I'd street to X
street, west in r street to lexington
place and south in lexington place to
connect with the twelve-inch main in
Florida avenue, $4,000.
The committee struck out of the bill
an item of 100000 for the Rock Greek
main interceptor.
The Senate committee, in addition to
those amendments already mentioned,
authorized Senator Phipps to offer the
following from the floor of the Senate ::
"All apportionmentS of appropria-
tions made for the use of the munich
pal architect in payment for the serv-
ices of craftsmen, assistant engi-
neers, clerks, copyists and inspectors,
employed on construction work pro-
vided for by said appropriations, shall
be based on an amount not exceeding
2I2 per cent of the amount of the ap-
propriati tion made for each project.
Pay of COunsePs Aide.
That, commencing July l, 1924, the
assistant to the corporation counsel
of the District of Columbia charged
with the duty of institut1ng proceed
ingS for condemnationS for opening,
widening, extending and Straighten-
ing alleys and minor streets shall be
paid in accordance with the rate of
Compensation fixed under the classifl-
cation act approved March ), 1928.
That hereafter moneys derived
property for paving ana resur1acins
streets under provisions or exlstlng
law, arising from the expenditure OF
the fund created by such act of April
o. 1924, shall be paid into the Treas
ury of the United States and be cred
tied to. and shall constitute part OF,
said fund and shall thereafter pc
available for approprlatlon IN the the
same manner as the proceeoa oA 'e
gasoline tax.
school for Tubercular.
"The Commissioners of the District
of Columbia are hereby authorized
and directed to erect the scnool puilu
ing for the care of tubercuiar cnll
dren on such part of the site now oc,
cupied by the Tuberculosis Hospital
as in their judgment may De pest
suited for such purpose, the said site
being described on the tax RECORDS OF
the District of Columbia as parcels
S4-134 S4-146. and 84-147, and the
eted for in the act entitled An act
making appropriation to supply de
ficiencies in appropriations for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1921, and
prior fiscal years, and for other pur-
noses approved June 16, 1871.
That hereafter the court shall nave
authority in the absence OF an enl-
ploye 70 deputize another employe TO
act in the capacity of the absent en-
when funds appropriated for the
Improvement and care OF pupilc
grounds in the District of Columbia,
or Tor other general maintenance puT-
noses under the office of public bulld,
ings and grounds. are apportloneo
among two or more subapproprlatlon
items, any amount which may remaIn a
unexpended under any such supappro-
priation itew may be applied, during
the fiscal year for which appropri- l.
ated. to other such items under the
same general appropriation. Pro
yided further, That the total expenol-
ture under this authority shall not
exceed 10 per centum Of the total ap-
propriated under any such subappro-
priation item"