Evening star., 1926-03-10
Much of Reduction Traced to
the S1,7cO,O0o Deficiency
Measure, Already Passed.
Slight Tax Rate Raise Seen
u. S. To PAY SO 900 600;
ASSESSMENT FLAN HIT
Eleventh Street Widening. New
Traffic Lights. Collection Of
School Tuition Provided for.
Library Stations Authorized.
Water Levy Increase Is Ordered.

Carrying total of S55762.087,
which is $2.425.4l5 less than current
appropriations and S290.055 less than
the Budget Bureau recommended
tions. the District appropriation bill
for the fiscal year beginning July l
next was reported to the House to-
dav BY Representative Funk, Repub-
lican. of Illinois.
The deficiency appropriation bill.
already passed, contained Sl.70OO00
for the District. a considerable part
of which would have been included
in the bill reported today. but it was
decided to make the money available
Immediately. so that public work
could be carried on during the
Spring months and not be delayed
until after June 80.
The bill has been framed on the
basis OF continuing the practice,
which began two years ago, OF pro-.
riding a lump sum appropriation of
so.000.000 as the Federal Govern
ment's share in the upkeep and de-
velopment OF the Nations Capital.
This bill embraces all regular an
nual appropriations chargeable part
ly to the Treasury OF the United
States and partly to the revenues of
the District of Columbia. including
appropriations on account of park
areas under the jurisdiction of the
director of public buildings and pub
lie parks, the National Capital Park
Commission. the Geological Park,
and for certain work being per-
formed under the supervision of the
Engineer Department of the Army.
S2,025,0O0 From Surplus.
AS presented to the House the bill
provides that $50 ,S23.296 shall be pay
able from District revenues derived
from taxes on real estate, tangible and
Intangible personal property public
utilities, banks. and from miscelia-
neous revenues: $9.000, ,00c is payable
is payable from the surplus revenue
fund for school. playground and park
purposes: $1,272.191 is payable from
water revenues. and $642.500 is pay
able from the gasoline tax fund.
Tuition to BE Required.
A feature of interest in the hill
To-Day Is lI1dt no NONRESIDENT pupIlS
shall be admitted to on r-ceiVe m
struction free of charge in the public
schools of the District unless the
Board of Education may. in its dis
oretion. admit them under such reg
ulations as ii may establish, subject
to the payment of such tuition
charges as the Commissioners may
approve on recommen endation of the
board.
The report on the bill declared
there are SOP nonresident pupils
who should pay tuition, and of this
number 3.027 are from Maryland and
Virginia. The tuition for this total
should be S274.005. whereas only
S7.123 has been collected. The repoft
added that the nonresident pupils
require tho equivalent of 10 eight
room buildings.
Provision is made for the purchase.
installation and maintenance OF trafnc
lights. signals. controls and markers,
painting white lines. labor. traffic sur
veys. city planning in relation to traf-
fic regulation and control. Forty-slX
automatic lights are to be purchased
and installed on Massachusetts ave
nue. from Ninth to Twelfth streets and
on Sixteenth from Euclid to Newton
streets An appropriation OF 100000
Is made for the foregoing purposes,
and from this will come the mainte-
nance of the traffic directors office, in
Guiding salaries.
Eleventh Street to BE Improved.
Widening to 20 feet and repaving
Eleventh street from New York ave-
nue. to Massachusetts. the cost to be
met from the gasoline tax road and
street fund" is provided in the bill.
This will make the widened Eleventh
street extend from Pennsylvania ave-
nue. to Massachusetts avenue as part
Of the work has already been appro-
priated for.
For constructing highway guards
on the Calvert Street. klingle Road
and Pennsylvania Avenue bridges.
&25. 900 is made available Immediately.
Under the bill the librarian of the
Public Library Is authorized, at his
discretion, to conduct stations in pub
lie school buildings. for which an. ap
preparation of $3.500 is made.
Erection Of suitable tablets to mark
historical places i'm the District is au-
thorized with an appropriation of $500.
Construction Of an additional ward
building at Gallinger Municipal Hos
pital OF not less than $50 beds, in
cluding mechanical and other equip
ment. furniture and furnishings. at
cost not to exceed 100000 also is
authorized.
Appropriations of SIS 900 and $4,000
are made respectively for isolating
wards for minor contagious diseases
at Garfield Memorial and Providence
Hospitals.
Reclamation Fund
For continuing the reclamation and
development Of Anacostia Park. $780,
900 is provided Of which amount not
more than $25,000 may be expended
above Benning Bridge in the acquire.
ment of necessary land.
For continuing work on the project
for an increased water supply for the
District of Columbia. adopted by Con-
Rress for the fiscal year of 1922 and
subsequently, modified by other acts.
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