Evening star., 1927-12-05
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|NDEF|C|ENCY BILL
Many D. C. Items in List to
Be Presented to House
Tomorrow.


bill made up from 13 documents SUBJ
mitted by the President, covering esti-
mates Of appropriations which total
$205, 100000. will be reported to the
House tomorrow by the House appro-
priation committee. Many important
items in this list are for the District
Of Columbia.
Eleven Of the documents submitted
by the President relate to judgments,
audited claims and damage claims,
making a total Of about $10,000,000.
One document covers the urgent
deficiency needs Of the executive Of
fees, including the municipal admin
istration. This document presents es-
Inmates which total $194,00O, 900.
The other executive communication
covers the supplemental and defic-
iency items for the legislative estab-
lishment amounting to approximately
81 ,000, 900.
Police Court in List.
In the list for the municipal gov
ernment Is included the following
items: Police Court, fiscal year 1926,
$431; fees Of jurors, Supreme Court,
fiscal year 1926, s1,9S5; support of
convicts, fiscal year 1926, $500; writs
of lunacy, fiscal year 1926, $7S3.2S:
Board Of Children's Guardians, main
tenance of feeble-minded children,
fiscal year 1926, s1,356.62; board and
care of children, fiscal year 1926, ST.
096.40; maintenance Columbia Hos
pital for Women, fiscal year 1926,
$565.45; license bureau, fiscal year
1927, $1,644.56; condemnation of in
sanitary buildings, 1927, $120.75; con-
tingent and miscellaneous expenses,
1927, $2,085.44; salaries Of the Supreme
Court, fiscal year 1927, $500; salaries
year 1927, $3.50; printing and bind
ing, District Supreme Court, fiscal
year 1927. $1,620.96; division Of child
welfare, fiscal year 1927, $4,000; work
house, fiscal year 1927, $12,764.71;
medical charities, fiscal year 1927, ST.
800. 40: Hospital for the Insane. fiscal
year 1927, $214,162 executive Office of
the District, fiscal year 1928, $3.50:
employees compensation fund, fiscal
year 1928, $21,5O0; Office register of
wills. fiscal year 1928. $4,000; refund
Of erroneous collections, fiscal year
1928. $4,000; contingent and miscel-
laneous expenses, fiscal year 1928,
SIS. 900.
Excavation work now in progress
for the new Department of Commerce
Building has compelled the removal
to temporary unsuited locations of
the Health Department Clinic and re-
quires the removal at the earliest
practicable date of the activities of the
House Of Detention, the President
told Congress. The Traffic Bureau
and the District Employment Service
also will be required at somewhat
later date to move to new location.
The purpose Of this contingent fund
for the District is to provide for the
rent of buildings in which to house
these activities and also provide for
such repairs, alterations, equipment,
fuel and other expenses as may be
necessary.
Other District Items.
Other important District items in
clude: For street and road improve
ment and repairs 1928, 100000; repair
and maintenance of bridges fiscal year
1928, $4,000: the Chain Bridge was
closed to traffic last Spring, owing to
q dangerous condition Of the Virginia
abutment. Careful estimate indicates
the need of an appropriation Of $40,-
900 to place this abutment in per.
manently safe condition, the President
told Congress. 1t is proposed that
authority be given to the District
Commissioners to have this work per-
formed by day labor in the event that
the Commissioners decide it may be
performed more economically in that
way than by contract.
Other District items include: Refund
to Charles Schneider Baking Co..
$442. IA; public schools, fiscal year 1928.
Sc. 900. The new assembly hall and
gym" for the West School and the
one for the Petworth School have been
completed and will be ready for occu-
pancy as soon as the necessary equip
ment is supplied. The purpose of the
Sc, 900 estimate is to provide $4,000
each for these assembly halls and
"gyms," so that they may be occupied
at the earliest practicable date. For
the police and f1remen's relief fund for
the fiscal year 1928, 100000 is asked;
for the additional building at the Jail,
fiscal year 1928. $4,000 is asked for
the purchase Of necessary equipment;
for support of prisoners fiscal year
1928, $6,125; reformatory fiscal year
1928. $4,000; sites for high service
reservoir, fiscal year 1928, $34, 900;
audited claims. $2.661.18; judgments
against the District, $6.S17.12.
For the legislative establishment.
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