Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-28
HOUSE RECEIVES
LEGISLATIVE BILL
Measure Carrying $26,'
100000 Appropriation Is
Reported by Committee.

Carrying total of $4,000, BAL SO, the
legislative appropriation bill fors the
fiscal year beginning July next, was
reported to the House today. This is
1881, 686.4e less than the estimates and
1929, 055.20 more than the 1880 appro-
priations. The bill covers funds for
support of the United States Senate,
House of Representatives, Capitol po-
lice, joint committee on printing, Office
of legislative council, Office of the archi-
tect of the Capitol, Botanic Gardens,
Library of Congress and Government
Printing Office.
For the first time the bill carries ap-
preparations for salary increases under
the legislative pay act of 1929 for off,
GERS and employees at the Capitol The
increase amounts to slightly more than
100000.
Continue Building Program.
Included are several items for con-
tiruing work on the program for new
buildings in the Capitol group, such as
the Supreme Court and new House Of
fee buildings, and includes $4,763, 893
for carrying forward the program for
developing plaza parkway between the
Capitol Building and Union Station.
The working capital fund for the
Government Printing Office is continued
at $2,500000. The total in the bill TO,
the printing Office, which includes the
Office of superintendent of documents
is $3,27000
For the Library of Congress $2,O34,-
242 is provided, of which $777,0 is
for salaries.
The Botanic Gardens appropriation
is $l94,560, with $l01 ,26O for salaries.
The Office of architect of the Capitol
is allowed $8,926,971.58 of which
81 100000 is for the Supreme Court
Building, 81 500, 900 for construction of
the new House Office Building, $4,763,-
1893 for enlargement of the Capitol
grounds and 1865, 425 for connecting
new buildings with the Capitol power
plant, and $341, 554 for repairs to the
Capitol Building.
House Is Allowed $8,156,754.
The total amount for the House of
Representatives is $8.156,754, and for
the Senate, $3,232, 764.
Attention of Congress was called to-
day that SAT-, 462 development and
building program is underway in the
OF Ohio in making his report to the
House on the bill
Because of the volume of work which
this program puts on the Office of the
architect of the Capitol. together with
his already crowding duties, additional
personnel has been provided
The committee recommended two
new positions-an executive assistant
to the architect, at $500, and an add.
~ a
The $35, ,462 development anc
building program includes: Enlargement
of the Capitol Grounds, 1892, Ala;
House Office Building Annex, $8,400,-
COO; Supreme Court Building construc-
ton, $9,740, 900; Botanic Garden con.
servatories and site, $1,476,398; Senate
Office Building, completion, $3,868, $50
Library of Congress, annex and site
$7,100,000.
$4,000 Voted for Plans.
An estimate of $4,000, reduced tc
$4,000 by the committee, is recon-
mended to provide for the care and re-
pair of buildings on the site to be &C.
quired for the Library of Congress an
mex pending the removal of the build
ings to make way for construction work
The sum of $4,000 is recommended
to enable the architect of the Capitol tt
secure preliminary plans, models anc
estimates of cost for the building to bt
erected as an annex for the Library Of
Congress, while $4,000 is recommended
for re-erection of the Bartholdi fountain
between B and G streets and First anc
Second street. southwest.
The committee has eliminated the
estimate of $576,398 as the final appro-
priation for construction of the new
Botanic Garden Conservatives. Tht
present appropriation of 100000 fol
beginning work carries with it authority
to contract for the entire project.