The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-01
INA It
F0RD.(;.
Deficiency Bill Is Shaved
Nearly so Per Cent by
House Committee.

The District Deficiency estimate
and supplemental estimates for
1924 have been cut nearly so per-
cent by the House Appropriations
Committee, which today present
ed the first deficiency appropria-
ton bill to the House.
The bill carries a total Of $685.
929.80 for the District of Column
bia, or a reduction of $206,1O0
from the total asked.
The largest single deficiency
appropriation carried in the bill
is 100000 for sewers, which is
the amount asked in the esti-
mates.
Syme Fec Struck Out.
An item Of 100000 for construc-
ton Of a Klingle Valley boulevard
was stricken from the estimates by
the committee. The committee also
struck out an appropriation S4'N0S
for retention of special counsel,
for the public utilities commission
in the valuation cases. This ap-
preparation had the approval Of the
President, the Bureau OF the Bud
get and the District Commissioners.
The bill carries the full approprta-
tons requested for completion OF
the Bancroft and Raymond schools,
totaling $32,26O. The total Of ST.
800, the amount asked, Is provided
for allowances to principals in the
public schools. An item Of $2,76O
IL provided for education Of the
deaf and dumb.
For extension of water mains
under the assessment system, the
committee allowed an appropriation
Of $4,000 the full amount asked.
Other Appropriations.
Other appropriations carried in
the District supplemental appro-
priations follow: Plumbing inspec-
ton division, $4,000, District Rent
Commission, $4,000; for the print
ing Of coming regulations, $1,000; for
the reprinting Of the building code,
$4,000; for the removal of unsafe
buildings, $8,400; for the installation
of a heating plant for the harbor
police headquarters, $1,000: for the
support Of convicts, $10,105.68; chill
dren's hospital, $1,000; for payment
Of judgments against the District
in 1923 and previous years, $3,720.28.
The committee struck out an es-
innate Of $1,000 for the rental of
offices for the office Of the recorder
Of deeds.
The following appropriations are
authorized for miscellaneous ex-
penseS Of the District Supreme
Court: for the fiscal year, 1922,
1924 sci 900.
A number of additional def
cheney appropriations for use in
the District of Columbia are car
ried under the headings Of the
various departments.
Pension Surgeon Fees.
For fees Of examining surgeons
in the Pension Office. the COM
mittee recommends an appropria-
ton of 100000 for the remainder
Of the current fiscal year. The
appropriation for the current year,
totaling $4,000. was made on the
assumption that the Bursum bill
would become a law and that 1t
would automatically do away with
the greater proportion Of medical
examinations. The oils was vetoed
by the President. The deficiency
appropriation recommended Is thu
amount necessary to complete the
$4,000 examinations which will
now have to be made.
An appropriation Of $17,500, re-
quested for connecting the Capitol
power plant with the Botanic Gar
dens. was stricken out. The COM
mittee cut a request for $500
for a flood lighting system for
the Capitol dome to $4,000.
An appropriation of $4,000 for
expenses in connection with the
sickness and death of President
Harding was passed upon by the
committee without change.
The committee knocked out a re-
quest for 1900 for employment Of
an additional assistant secretary for
the Smithsonian Institution.
For Bureau Of Standards
Appropriations totalling $82,294.25
are carried for the Bureau of
Standards. The committee made a
cut Of $1,000 from the $4,000
asked for automotive power plants
at the Bureau. An appropriation
Of $4,000 is provided for replace
ment of the altitude chambers at
the Bureau, which were blown up
In a recent explosion which cost the
lives of seven employees. The re-
mainder of the appropriation for
the Bureau, totalling $2s4.25, is for
the payment of damage claims.