Evening star., 1926-04-10

amendment to be proposed in the
Senate,
Still another amendment to be of
fered would reduce the item for a
new police station in the Tenleytown
section from S7,0S0 to $3.50.
On the question of admission of
nonresident pupils to local schools,
the committee decided to offer the fol-
lowing amendment:
The children of officers and men
of the United States Army, Navy and
Marine Corps and children of other
employe of the United States sta
toned outside the District of Colum-
bia shall be admitted to the public
schools without payment of tuition"
The Senate committee included a
section to insure Is days leave an
nually to those per diem employees of
the District government who are EN-
plOyed for 10 months of the year.
For purchase of small park areas,
an increase of SO, 900 over the House
item, making a total Of $4,000.
Eleventh Street Item Out.
The Senate committee struck out
the House item for the widening and
repaving of Eleventh street between
New York and Massachusetts ave-
nues, $45 900.
The public school items reduced by
the Senate were: Francis Junior High
School, $4,000; for continuing work
on the new Mckinley High School,
100000; junior high school to replace
Garnet-Patterson School, 500 900: Pet
worth School gymnasium and assem-
bly, hall, $4,000, and West School
gymnasium and assembly hall, SIS 900.
The public school items increased
by the Senate committee were: For
enlarging Langley Junior High School,
100000; rental of school buildings,
$4,000, and purchase of supplies,
$2400.
The Senate committee increased the
allotment for the Geological Park by
$4,000, to construct a bird exhibition
building.
Other increases made were: Salaries
in coroner's office, 5000; salaries in
Fairgrounds department, S6,160; sal
aries in Police Court, $500; site for
new reservoir for Water Department.
S25, 900.
The committee eliminated the item
of $4,000 put in by the House for a
peoples counsel for the Public Util-
tiles Commission.
ohNCl llic litduIIS Ol pubic wei
fare activity, the Senate committee
made decrease of $26, 1850, made up
of the following reductions: Personal
services, $10,080; Washington Home
for Incurables, $4,000; Georgetown
University Hospital, $4,000; George
Washington University Hospital,
$4,000, and Southern Relief Society,
$4,000
The total of all the items cut from
the bill is $770,48 and the total
amount, added is $70S,96 leaving
net decrease from the House bill of
$61,520.
In striking out the House mandate
for an increase of % per cent in
the water rates the Senate commit
tee accepted the suggestion of the
District Commissioners that If the
revenue of the Water Department
under existing rates is not sufficient to
meet expenses during the next fiscal
year the difference shall be taken
from the general revenues of the city.
The Senate committee also made
the necessary changes in phraseology
in the bill to provide for the new
Board of Public Welfare, which will
on July l replace the Board of
Charities, Board of Children's Guard
ians and the, trustees of the National
Training School for Girls.
Traffic Bureau Curbed.
The Senate committee placed a
limitation of $350,000 on the amount
of money the Traffic Bureau could
spend out of fees derived from the re-
newal of automobile permits for the
installation of traffic signal lights.
The House bill provided that all of
the fees coming from operators per-
mits could be used for traffic lights
without stating the amount.
The exact sum the renewal of per-
mits will produce is not known, but
if the pending traffic bill becomes a
law with the provision for a So
fee for a three-year permit, it IS esti-
mated that approximately $4,000 per-
mits would be issued, producing, in
round figures, S465, 900. Should this
estimate be borne out, therefore, the
effect of the Senate amendment limit
ing expenditures for traffic lights to
$3.50 900 would be to leave a balance
of $115,00 from operators permits to
go into the general fund of the Dis
trict. The Senate committee did not
change the other item of 100000 ap-
proved by the House for the expenses
of the traffic department over and
above fees from permits.
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