Evening star., 1924-12-04


ment of senate bill 703, giving effect
to the fndfngs of the Joint congress
sional committee concerning the ex-
tstence and amount of the accumulate
ed tax surplus to the credit of the
District of Columbia jn the Treasury
OF the United States.
To the Congress of the United
States:
Your petitioners. the Citizens Joint
committee on the Fiscal Relations be-
| tween the United States and the Dis
trict of Columbia-represent the
Board of Trade, the Chamber of Com
merce, tie Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association, the Federation of
Citizens Associations. the Bar AS
sociation. the Columbia Heights Citi-
Zens Association. the Georgetown
Citizens Association. the City Club,
the District of Columbia Bankers As
sociation, the Real Estate Board, the
| Rotary Club. the Kiwanis Club and
the Civitan Club-respectfully repre-
| sents:
In the last Congress a joint con-
gresstonal committee. composed of
senator's Phiprs. Ball and Harris and
/ Representatives Hardy. Wright and
| Evans, with Senator Lawrence c.
Phipps as chairman, made exhaustive
investiga tion of the fiscal relations of
Nation and Capital. and. as instruct
ed. asCertained and reported Cd What
lumbia had to its credit on the books
of the Treasury of the United States,
which has been acquired by taxation
or by licenses. and CD What money
is due. either legally or morally. from
the United States to the District or
from the District to the United States.
This committee, after thorough in
vestigation, reported fully, and now
| submits for the purpose of giving
effect to it's findings Senate bill 7OS,
| which reads as follows:
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"Be it enacted by the Senate and
| House OF Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress
assembled, that, pursuant to the
report of the joint select committee
appointed under the provisions of the
act entitled An act making appro-
priations for the government of the
District of Columbia and other activ-
| tiles chargeable in whole or in part
! against the revenues of such Dis
trict for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1923. and for other purposes
approved June %, 1922
| "(a) There shall be credited TO the
general account of the District of
Columbia required under the pro-
act to be kept in the Treasury De-
partment the following sums:
"O S7,574, 4,416.90, representing the
balance in the general fund in the
| Treasury for such District on June
| so. 1922. and
"(2) S665.46, representing an ad-
! justment of certain errors; and
| "(b) There shall be charged to such
| account the following sums:
"W $2,9O3, 1888. representing the
Districts proportion of unexpended
| balances of appropriations on June
| so. 1922, together with certain obli-
| cations and encumhrances accruing
! after such date,
! "(2) S191 $50 80. representing the
Districts proportion of the annual
the District.
| rtS) $41,50o. representing the Dis
| trict's proportion of the cost of addi-
| tional land for the National Zoologi-
cal Park, and
| 80 s311.16, representing the Dis
| tricts proportion of an amount ap-
| propriated by special act of Congress
| for the relief of Eldred c. Davis
| Such credits and charges to the
! general accounts of the District of
! Columbia shall be made without the
| the United States or the District of
! Columbia; and the making of such
credits and charges shall be held
| to be in full satisfaction of all
! claims and demands either for or
! against the United States or the Dis
| trict of Columbia in respect to the
items involved therein
! THE sum of $443S. 154.92, repre-
he hot
credits and charges. is hereby made
permanently available in such ac-
! count of the District of Columbia for
| appropTiat tion by the Congress for
| time provide.
provided, That nothing contained
| in this act shall be construed to de-
| prive the District of Columbia, as of
| and on June 30, 1922, in addition to the
| sum named herein, of credit for the
surplus of revenues of said District
collected and deposited in the Treas
| ury of the United States during the
fiscal year 1922, over and above all
appropriations and other charges for
that year: or of credit for the unex-
! pended balances of District of Colum-
bia appropriations covered into the
surplus fund by warrant of the Sec
retary of the Treasury issued on June
so, 1929; or of credit for the proper
tion the District of Columbia may be
entitled to of miscellaneous receipts
paid directly into the Treasury dur
| ing the fiscal year 1929: or of credit
| for the amount enormously charged
| against the revenues of the District
for the fiscal year 1922 on account of
approximations made by the third de-
hciency act, fiscal year 1922, approved
| July |, 1922, as the amount of said
appropriations were charged against
| the revenues OF the District of Co
| lumba for the fiscal year 1928, total
| ing the sum of SS19,373.83, which is
! included in the total sum of $2,903,-
| 2199S mentioned in line s, page 2, of
| this bill, and taken into account in
| arriving at the net balance of S4,43S,-
! 1892, above stated.
provided further, That the con-
! troller general of the United States
| shall ascertain and determine whether
| the items mentioned in the preceding
! proviso were improperly taken into
| account in arriving at the net bal
| ance of S4,43S,15492, and If, and to
| the extent that, any or all of said
| items shall be SO determined to have
! been improperly taken into account,
the amount thereof shall be added to
! the said fund of s4.43s,154.92 and
! likewise shall be available perma-
! nently in the general account of the
! District of Columbia for appropria-
| tion by the Congress for such pur-
! poses as it may from time to time
| provide: And provided further, That
| the controller general shall submit to
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