Evening star., 1933-06-08
D. c. SUPPLY BILL
! APPROVAL IS NEAR.
Measure Out of Conference,
With Senate Accepting
p House Terms on Issues.
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up all of the revenue which 1t appear
at that time would be collected on tn,
basis of the present rate. When tn.
1884 bill was reported to the House i
was estimated the surplus remaining II
the Districts general fund would bt
approximately s6,00o,0 900. A study o.
actual tax collections in the last few
months may necessitate some change II
this estimate. ,---- az
The bill. as 1t passed the House
April S, appropriated $50 ,2S2 Az. II
was estimated last night that the agree
ment reached by the conferees repre-
sents total of $30,375 900 OF regular
appropriations. This figure, however
does not include funds which may be
spent under the bill, but which are not
figured in the report because they come
from gas tax and water fund surpluses
and from uneXpended balances Of prior
appropriations that are made available.
These various sums amount to approx
mately $2,759 900 and mean that close
to $33, 900, 900 may be spent under the
bill as 1t came from conference.
Can Spend Surplus.
The House bill, for example, provided
that $1,040.000 of the Districts gaso-
line tax surplus could be spent for
work k-creating projects, subject to presi-
Dental approval. The Senate raised the
permissible total that could be spent to
81, 100000, and provided that part of
this fund should be used to start a
new Calvert Street Bridge and to widen
and repave Constitution avenue from
North Capitol to Second streets These
projects were retained in the final bill,
but, while the Senate wanted the Dis
trict Commissioners to have the power
of passing on expenditures from this
fund, the confereeS finally made the
fund subject to approval of the Budget
Bureau. Before the Calvert Street Bridge
can be started the District CommiS-
sioners are directed to make restudy
of the question of which type Of bridge
should be erected.
The Senate tried to have four school
building projects provided for, by using
Ss76,000 of unexpended Municipal
Center funds. There were no new
school buildings in the original House
bill. The House conferees agreed to
leave in two of the buildings, represent
ing $4,000.
Water Fund Surplus.
The conference report also allows ex-
penditure of $685. 900 Of water fund
surplus for improvement, but with the
same change as in the case OF the gas
tax surplus, namely. giving the Budget
Bureau power to approve the projects.
This same power of approval was given
the Budget Bureau in the amendment
to allow transfer of funds from one
subhead to another IN certain depart
ments.
One Of the few amendments left in
to be taken back to the
House for a separate vote, was the
Senate provision authorizing the school
board to fill teacher vacancies next year
by transferring teachers of special sub
jects to class room work. The House ap-
proved this amendment today.
The conferees reached . compro-
mise agreement on the fund for
emergency unemployment relief, TO be
administered by the Board Of Public
welfare The House fixed the sum at
81 ESQ, 900, the Senate raised 1t to
81, 5000 and the conferees finally
agreed upon $1,300.00o. The fund
would be Immediately available, but
the conferees eliminated Senate Ian
commissioners to spend this fund with
out regard to monthly apportionment
The final agreement on the bill came
late yesterday, when the Senate con-
ferees met and decided to yield to the
House on the two major issues that had
kept the bill tied up for several weeks
the Federal contribution and the
81 ,000, 900 District reimbursement to
the United States next year toward
park development.
House Refuses TO Yield.
The Senate had voted to make the
Federal share of the bill $6,250 900 and
to relieve the District from paying
another 81 ,000, 900 reimbursement to
the Federal Treasury toward the park
program next year. The House group,
however, refused to yield on either item
or to reach a compromise figure on
the Federal contribution.
The Senate conferees were headed by
Senator Thomas, Democrat Of Okla
homa. The House group was headed
by Chairman Buchanan Of the House
Appropriations Committee, and Chair
man Cannon of the House Subcommit-
tee on District Appropriations.
S35,0o0 for Signals.
The conferees restored the s35, 900 for
installing traffic signals, which was cut
out on the floor of the Senate on mo-
ton of Senator Couzens, Republican, OF
Michigan.
The House accepted the Senate
amendment adding SIS ,000 to the item
for personal services in the Free Public
Library system, making the fund
$265 900.
A Senate increase Of SO sos for per-
sonal services in the Register OF Wills
Office went out in conference.
The House provision prohibiting use
of any of the money in the bill for
operation of the highway department
testing laboratory. knocked out by the
Senate, was restored by the conferees.
The House also succeeded in its fight to
prevent the city from operating the
trash incinerator in the southeast sec
tion of the city.
Increase for Pools.
The Senate won out on retaining a
$2,167 increase for personal services in
the Fairgrounds department. and So
225 increase for playground bathing
pools.
Under the heading of schools, the
House agreed to the Senate increase of
SIS, 400 for personal services of teachers
and Librarians, making the fund So
432. .760. 1t also accepted $500 increase
in the item for instruction Of the deaf
and dumb. The Senate, however. lost
the $4,000 increase it had made for
Americanization work. The House al
lowed a small increase for furniture at
the Logan school.
The Senate had to yield on two in
creases it had made for improvement OF
school buildings and grounds. One was
an unexpended balance Of $50, 900 which
would have been used to improve school,
grounds. and the other was an unex-
sended balance of s25 600 which would
have gone for school repairs.
Two Projects Eliminated.
Although the Senate kept two new
school building projects in the bill. ii
had to eliminate two others-namely:
For a 10-room addition to the DeaI
Junior High School, $153,000, and fol
1O-room addition to the Browne
Junior High, sl53.oOo. The two build
ing projects retained in the bill are
To begin the new Woodrow Wilson High
School. in the Reno section, S475,0 600
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