Evening star., 1924-05-30
ASKED
TO MEET BONUS COST
Deficiency Bill Reported to House
Carries Fund to Start Admin
istration of Law.
D. c. PROJECTS APPROVED
Committee o. KS $443, 900 Fund
for Capital Work.

An appropriation Of $131,943,13S to
meet the estimated cost of the SOL
diers' bonus until July 1, 1925, is
proposed in a deficiency bill report
ed today by the House appropria-
tions committee. Other items bring
the measures total up to $I5s,Ise,-
AT, or S1,sss.4os less than budget
estimates
To carry out provisions of the
bonus law the Veterans Bureau would
receive $1,1Ss,500 for administrative
expenses, ss,.i s2s.s29,sss for adjusted
100000 for its adjusted compensation
fund. In addition, the general ac-
counting office would be allotted $75.-
24o. the Navy Department $45o,00o
for administrative expenses in con-
nection with the act.
Coast Guard Fund Asked.
The bill carries $S.23o,1Oo for the
pay Of personnel and operating ex-
penses OF the enlarged coast guard
fleet operating against rum runners,
$4,000 for more frequent cotton crop
and ginning reports, s1,O00,000 for
road construction in national parks,
$3,500,000 for the eradication of the
foot and mouth disease among live
stock. $2.500.0O0 for expenses incident
to the scrapping of naval vessels un-
der the Washington arUs conference
treaty. $6,216,906 for the Post Office
Department as q result OF increased
volume of mail and transportation
costs and $146,100 for the investiga-
ton of reclamation projects
$443,814 Asked for ID. C.
n,.t ~ hn
s44s.614.77 is for projects in the Dis
trict Of Columbia. and of which $685.
953.46 is for the legislative branch,
the second deficiency appropriation
bill for the present fiscal year was
reported to the House today
The amount recommended Is ST.
S9S, ,4os.15 less than the total amount
requested. The appropriations for
the estimates submitted.
The District items include: Salaries
and expenses for the rent commission,
$45. 900. which Is $30,220 less than the
estimates; judicial expenses. 1923,
s3's55:s2; adyertising notice' Of taxes
erroneous collection, 1924. $1,000;
painting traffic lines. 1924, $1,000;
traffic devices. purchase and installa-
ton. 1924. $4,000; payment of an
nuities to public school teachers, 1928,
$1.526.2s, and for 1924, $4,000; fuel,
gas etc. &C. for the fiscal s year 1929,
$4,000; furniture and equipment,
Thomson School. 1924, j3,261: compile
tion of equipment. Mcfarland and
Langley Junior High Schools. $4,000:
school repairs and improvements.
$4,000; for the fire department, art for
health department, for drainage of
lots. $4,000: for public crematory
maintenance, $1,000.
For Police Court.
For the police court, for printing
in 1928, $961.65. and in 1924, $1,000.
For compensation Of jurors, $500;
for the Supreme Court, support of con-
misceiianeous expenses. s5o.e2; work
To the National Training School for
Girls, electrical equipment OF the
building for white girls. $4,000:
maSiepa 1SF Haspta 1895 ,iscs as1ascs!
for the board Of children's guardians.
for maintenance for minded
children, $4,000; for care of the: insane
at st. Elixabeth's Hospital, 100000:
for the bathing beach for colored
people for the next fiscal a,! year, go. 3.
and for audited claims in 1921 and
prior years, ", z6S
The decreases under the estimates,
amounting to total Of $66.029.05, are
made up as follows: A decrease lof
s3o.22O for salaries and expenses Of
the Rent Commission. for condemna-
tion of insanitary buildings, the esti-
mate of $1,000 was not allowed, nor
was that Of $4,000 for construction and
repair Of bridges.
:. An item Of $S,400 for repairs and
improvements on the contagious dis
ease unit Of Garfield Hospital was not
allowed. Items for medical charities. in
GLIDING $2,991.15 for Emergency Hos
pital for the, fiscal year 1922 and
SS,303.40 for the fiscal year. 1928, and
1922 and ss.236.15 for 1928. were not
allowed.