Evening star., 1934-10-21
City Heads Ask Increase in
Federal Contribution and
Continue $1.50 Tax Rate.
Proposal Up to Bureau.
So, 900, 900 SLASH MADE
IN ORIGINAL REQUESTS
Total of Estimates Is $6,OOO,Oo0
More Than 1885 Figure-Pred.
icated on 100 Per Cent Resto.
ration Of Salaries and Water
Cut Retention.

The Commissioners last night for
warded to the Bureau Of the Budget
a city budget for 1886 of s44,03s.3
frankly admitted that funds raised
from the present tax rate and Federal
contribution would fall short of that
amount by s2,58O, 900 and called on
the Federal Government to increase its
obligation to 1851, 500 to make up the
difference.
In a letter accompanying the bud
get, Daniel j. Donovan, District au-
ditor, said the Commissioners decided
tnat the existing tax rate of Sl.5O,
considered with the present assessed
valuation of real estate in the District
Of Columbia represented a fair and
just tax" and they believe the fair
and just course to follow to provide
additional revenues to meet absolutely
necessary operating expenses and urg-
emily necessary public improvements
is to recommend an increase in the
amount of the Federal contribution"
In 1895 the Federal Government con-
tributed $5.7O0,000, from which was
deducted Public Works advances of
SLIGO, ,705, leaving a total Of s4,-
539,295.
Proposal Up to Bureau.
The Commissioners further called
attention to the fact the reduction in
the Federal obligation to SIS, zoo, 900
was made by Congress on the recon-
mendation Of the Bureau of the Bud
get and the right to recommend an
increase would therefore appear to rest
with that Bureau
While the budget estimates amount
to some $4,000, 900 more than the to-
tai appropriated for the current year,
the Commissioners explained that they
were forced to slash $8,659, ,86S from
the estimates submitted to them by
their department heads. The DEPART
ment heads proposal totaled $51 &c.,
224, and to this must be added
81, 900, 900 for repayment of the public
works loan for the sewage disposal
plant.
The budget provides for continual
ton of the Is per cent cut made last
year III hdUCI anu IIlS SdSc
in the metered allowance from $500
to 10000 cubic feet. This means a
saving to water users of S53l 900
annually This cut was made pos
sible since revenues exceeded ex-
penses and since such funds car be
used only for water department pur-
poses.
Though the budget total is con-
siderably greater than the total Of
$37,991,177 appropriated for the
present year, it does not allow for
any corresponding increase in capital
improvements.
The budget is predicated on res
toration Of salaries of employees to 100
per cent basis, and it is figured that
this would account for approximately
$3,000,000 Of the increase in the
budget total
Also, there is the required payment
to the United States Of $1,000,000 on
the P. w. A. loan. The appropriation
about 100000. These items alone
take up about $5,000,000 Of the S.
900 900 boost.
Much of Increase for Relief.
While details of appropriation re-
quests were not made public, it is
clear from earlier developments that
much of the increase in the welfare
appropriations are for expanded emer-
gency relief needs.
The largest single departmental re-
quest is for $10,820, 1862 for operation
of the public school system. The ap-
preparation for this purpose this year
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