Evening star., 1925-12-07

tiles during this period" the report
continues. "Since May a close check
has been maintained on all accidents
to ascertain their cause and location" "
Presenting the condition of the Po.
lice Department, the Commissioners
again invite attention to the increas-
ing need for u building for central
police station, headquarters. the de-
tective bureau and other offices affili-
ated with police administration. The
report also recommends erection of a
garage and repair shop for the fleet of
motor vehicles used by the police,
and construction of a new building
for the Tenleytown substation, which
was recently made Il separate pre-
cinct.
Fire Arms Sale Limit Asked.
The Police. Department again recon
mendS new legislation to restrict the
sale and possession of firearms and
other deadly weapons, a law empower
ing the police to hold fugitives from
other Jurisdictions for a reasonable
time and an amendment to the code
to make drug addiction a felony.
More grounds and better equipment
still are needed to afford the children
of the city adequate playground IA
CilitieS, the Commissioners report.
"If Fairgrounds are to be interest
ing to the children" the report goes
on adequate equipment is partlcu-
larly important and they must be
made more attractive than the street.
The playground is not a place where
the child is compelled to go, but where
it may go if it wishes. More play
grounds and better equipment is the
outstanding need, particularly for the
Summer months. 1t has been found
that a third of the fatal accidents to
children occur on streets and high
ways"
The report points out that an ever
increasing number of adults are inter
ested in playground activities. Some
of the Fairgrounds are small and not
adapted to the older boy, SO that their
use had to be restricted to the younger
children, who must otherwise go long
distances to the larger athletic fields
and ball diamonds.
Financial Summary.
The finances of the District gov
ernment for the last fiscal year were
summarized in the report as follows:
1.-The cash receipts of the District of
Columbia for the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1925, amounted to S2S,71S,-
3S5.S2, made up as follows: Revenue of
and miscellaneous sources, S1S,4S3.-
OO5.O9; amount paid by the United
States on account of its proportion of
appropriations, s1.235, ,3S0.73: amount
transferred to the revenues of the Dis
trict of Columbia by the United
States, s9,000.000.
The collections from taxes on real
estate for the fiscal year 1925 amount
ed to S11 OPS, ,755.52; collections from
taxes on personal property. including
taxes on gross earnings and receipts
of public utilities, banks and build
ing associations, and on gross re-
ceipts of street railway companies,
S2,948,3S6.46; and collections from
taxes on Intangible personal property,
81 ,941, ,073.46. Collections from miScel-
laneous sources amounting to 1861 :
1886.
THE cash expenditures for the
fiscal year 1925 from appropriations
amounted to $29 ,003, ,8S3.24. classified
as follows:
General government. S1,274, ,25O.91
Protection Of life and
property .............. 5,oo4, ,li2.6s
Health and Sanitation... 2,S73, 3,760. SO
highways ............ Z,bb4.42U.o3
Charities and corrections 3,l2l, 1895
Education ... 9,463, ,525. .35
Recreation 1885, b,OIo. Il
Miscellaneous s 179. .596. .0S
Public service enterprise 2,lS1,94 .23
Interest and debt. ..... 900, 100000
Realty Value S8l9,625.512.
The total assessed value of real
estate in the District for the last
fiscal year is set forth in the report
as $819,625,572, made up of: Land
1855. 1852, ,055; improvements, s463,S73,:
| SIT. Against the total assessment a
tax rate of S1.40 per S100 was levied
producing real estate tax OF
S11 .474 1853.
The personal tax levy for the fiscal
year 1925 produced in revenue a grand
total of S5,182, ,546.51, derived from
three classes of assessment: First,
| tangible personal property, such as