The Washington times., 1930-03-19
HOUSE READY TO POUNCE ON BUDGET RIDERS
DEBATE LIKELY.
To CONTINUE
FOR DAYS

2 VII DIIHO
jealous Of their legislative pre-
rogatlVeS, members of the House
tlstrle. tle. Committe were preparing
sooay to pounce upon several i'm
portant legislative riders" in the
OiStrlct appropriation bill as re.
ported by the House Appropria.
lions Committee. This budget
/ WIN 9 money total of more than
~, ,OOO, 900, is due for initial con.
Sioerat1on in the House tomorrow
eral days.
The District appropriation
measure carries approximately a
uozen sections that are listed in
sle accompanying report as "limi
sations and legislative provisions. "
~ Is conceded that the Approprie
tlons Committee may write limi-
Gatlons in reporting out the an
nual supply bills but if purely
legislative items are carried in an
appropriation bill they are sub
Ject TO points of order.
Alleged to Infringe
It was understood today that,
a1ter consultation with parlia.
mentary experts of the House.
Actlng Chairman Mcleod and
ot1er members of the District of
Columbia Committee are ready to
make points of order against sew
sral plauSes in the District bud
get which are alleged to infringe
upon the legislative functions of
the District Of Columbia Commit
Tee and have no place in an ap.
preparation bill.
OF the thirteen limitations and
legislative provisions in the Dis
trict budget it is believed that a
majority are clearly subject to
points of order raised by any
member of the House when the
Dill comes up on the floor.
vS Doubtful Items
Among the items which are
! thought to be subject 10 this
prompt process of elimination are:
Authorization for the Commits
sioners to make contract for a
new $500,000 bridge on Connect
cut Avenue, over Klingle Valley
Direction that there be an in
crease in the water rents of the
capital.
Consolidation of the two
branches of the National Train
ingschool for girls, under jurisdic-
ton Of the Board of Public Wei
fare.
Authorization for the Commis-
sioners to abandon a part of R
bStreet, northwest, to be absorbed
as part of the Western high
J Athletic field.
The mandate that hereafter the
District Commissioners shall 0. K.
all expenditures by the Board Of
Education for furniture and equip
ment in the public schools.
Authority for the transfer of
kindergarten teachers to the lower
grades in the elemtary schools.
Provision for a new viaduct, or
reconstruction of the present via
duct in the line of Monroe Street
Northeast, over the tracks and
|. right of way of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, the cost to
be borne jointly by the District
and the railroad company.
Assessment of 40 per cent of
the cost Of widening H Street
Northwest against the abutting
property owners.
Permission that the District
Commissioners may rent tempo
rarily old buildings now being
ACQUIRED for the municipal center.
b While it is said members of
the House District Committee
may waive points of order against
some OF the legislative provisions
in the bill of the Appropriations
Committee on the theory that
they are meritorious or emergent,
there was today, nevertheless, a
disposition on the part Of certain
members of the District Com
mittee to scrutinize every clause
Of the appropriation bill and to
stand UP for the legislative func-
lions of the District Committee
and hold the Appropriation Com
mittee to its job of appropriating
money rather than authorizing
new projects.