Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-20
FINANCIAL BUDGET
PREPARATION WILL
BEGIN TOMORROW
Final 1882 Figures for Dis.
trict Must Be Fixed
by July IS.
UNDERTAKING IS NEW ONE
FOR TWO COMMISSIONERS
Appropriations Requests Expected
to Be in Excess Of $780,.
100000 for Year.

Preparation of the Districts finan-
cial budget for the 1892 fiscal year will
be undertaken tomorrow by the Com
and Maj. Daniel j. Donovan,
auditor and budget officer.
Estimates of the various department
neads viii be used as foundation for
the budget. These estimates Constitute
request for appropriations, and while
they have not yet been totaled, it was
predicted at the District Building that
tney would be in excess of $50, OO0. 900.
6uoget making Is new task for
commissioners Reichelderfer and Crosby
and as result Maj. Donovan will pre-
pare. especially for them a compre-
nenslve financial statement showing
Inc Districts prospective income in the
1857 nScal year on the basis of current
$l:I0 tax rate, which will serve as a
guide in determining the budget total.
Must BE Ready July Is.
:, A series OF meetings will be held BY
the commissioners for the sole purpose
OF framing the budget which must be
completed and submitted to the Bureau
OF the Budget by July Is. Unlike pre-
vious years, the Commissioners as well
as the executives Of all Federal Govern
ment departments must submit final
instead Of tentative estimates by that
GATE. The tentative estimates have
been eliminated by the Budget Bureau
IN the interest of efficiency and q more
expeditions handling.
The first step to be taken BY the
commissioners, it was indicated, will
pc the liking OF definite total for tho
1892 budget. When this is done, the
estimates Of the department heads will
be trimmed to keep the total budget
within the limitation.
In arriving at budget total the Com
m1Ssioners, 1t was said, will be influ-
enced largely by Donovsn's report on
the prospective financial condition In
1882, especially in view of the auditors
warning that an increase in the tax
rate is likely If the District continues
TO submit large budgets and the Fed
eral Government refuses to- raise its an
nual $4,000, 900 lump sum contribution.
Appropriation Needed.
Donovan estimates that with q con-
tinuance Of the existing 81 10 tax lew.
the District cannot support q budget
IN excess Of $4,000 900 in 1882, unless
the conferees on the 1891 appropria-
ton bill agree to the Senate amend
ments increasing the Federal Govern
ment's contribution of $12,00o,000 and
SA4AlAatAiS pZ,VUu,UUU lEUIl Luc lCeIl1
for the municipal center. The approva'
of these amendments. however, will
make possible budget of nearly $48,-
100000 without a higher tax rate.
Surplus revenues which accumulated
in the Treasury to the credit of the
District, Donovan pointed out, will be
virtually exhausted in 1882. The use of
this surplus, he said, precluded an in
crease In the tax rate this year q well
as the coming fiscal year.
With these revenues used up COM
pletely, however, the District viii be
forced to fall back on its own resources
In 1882, unless the House agrees to the
Senate amendments to the 1891 appro-
priation bill. In this event the District
would have q surplus Of nearly S5.000,-
600 to aid in financing the 1892 budget
The Districts estimated receipts for
the 1892 fiscal year under the $1.70
levy amounted to $42 SOC, 900, exclusive
of the trust and special funds. This
estimate was based on the assumption
that the Federal Government would
continue Its 100000 lump-sum con-
tribution In that year. II the Commits
sionsrs, therefore, decide on q budget
in excess of that amount, 1t was pointed
out, the tax rate will have to be raised.
unless the Senate amendments % the
1891 appropriations are approved by the
conferses.