Evening star., 1924-06-06
Agree on S9,0 900, 900 Contri-
button as U. S. Share in
D. c. Annual Expenses.
TOTAL OF APPROPRIATION
LIKELY TO BE $4,000, 900
Senate and House Members Com
promise on Figure%Report
Expected Shortly.

with the time-honored principle OF
haNlng the federal government pay
liked percentage of the annual ex-
penses of the National Capital con-
demned to the discard and a new pol
icy calling for fiat sum of ss,ooO,oo0
a year as the contribution of the
United States, the District appropria-
tion bill is practically ready to be re-
ported out by the conferees.
After week of Disagreement be
tween the representatives of the
Senate and House. on the question OF
the part Uncle Sam should pay in
maintaining the Capital City, the SEN
ate conferecs consented late last night
to an agreement recognizing the con-
tention ot the House for a radical
change in fiscal relations.
The House had insisted on abolish
ing the $3.50 plan and substituting a
| lump sum of $S,009,00n, with a con-
ccSsion giving thc District credit for
approximately s1,000,000 of miscel-
laEcous revenues now credited 10 the
United States.
Senators Yield to House.
Up until last night the Senate con-
tcrecs had remained firm in their
position that the 6o-40 be retained
or substituted only for a lump sum
OF 100000.
But with the session rapidly draw
ing to a close and the House showing
no inclination to yield in its attitude.
the conferees finally compromised on
a lump sum of $9,000,000, which, with
the miscellaneous revenues now cred
tied to the United States, will make
the federal governments total under
the new plan approximately 10000
000
1t was unofficially estimated today
that this overturning of the fiscal re-
lations if finally ratified by the SEN
ate and House will result in an in
crease in real estate and tangible
and personal property taxes in
Washington, the extent of the in
crease depending upon the final to-
tai of the appropriation bill.
Senate Figures Cut
| After breaking the deadlock on
the fiscal relations clause last night,
the conferees adjourned until this
morning, when they completed con-
| sideration of the many other Sen
ate amendments to the bill
While it was impossible at noon
a result of the conference, it was in
dicated that, s2.5oo,ooO was pruned
from the Senate bill by the conferees.
AS the bill passed the House it
called for S24, SIS 1S7. The Senate added
s4.374 ,3S2 in the form OF amendments'
bringing the total up to SIS, 9,227 ,51S.
1t is expected that when the confer
ence report is approved by the two
houses twill carry figure approx
mately half way between the House
and Senate total, or somewhere be-
tween twenty six and tWenty-SeVen
million dollars.
The House confereeS agreed to in
crease the item for continuing work
on the new water conduit from Great
Falls from 100000 to S1,500,000. The
Senate voted S2,500,000 for this prof.
ect, so that the figure agreed on in
conference is a compromise.
Deeds Building Dropped.
The Senate amendment authorizing
s7S5, 900 for erection of a building for
the recorder of deeds in Judiciary
Square was knocked out in con-
ference.
The conferees also eliminated the
Senate item providing S762,000 for
the acquisition of the Kingle Valley,
Piney Branch and Patterson Park
ways. There is separate legislation
pending in Congress for the purchase
of these parks and it is understood
the conferees agreed to let them be
handled as separate legislation.
An item of 100000 for a new
junior high school was reduced to
81 so, 900 to cover only the purchase of
land, leaving the building to be pro-
Vided for next year.
The most consoling information
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