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sioners would render more effective
government" If they acted as unit
on all government matters. For
administrative purposes the three
city heads divide supervision over
numerous departments and agencies,
but under the law are required to
act as a board, with ajority rule,
on all decisions.
SS1,21S,410 for General Fund.
The breakdown of the SOC, ,000, 900
budget as outlined in the subcom-
mittee report shows $81,2l8,4lo is
allocated to general fund purposes.
This is $8,656,839 above the 1947
appropriation, and $3,288, $50 higher
than the budget estimates. The sub
committee said its plan would leave
an unobligated reserve of $630,000.
For the highway fund the sub
committee recommended SO, Jas 300
or only $7l,500 less than the Com
missioners' estimate. This sum,
however, would be $1,305,l48 above
the 1s47 appropriation. Mr.. Horan
said there would be left "a small
reserve"
Water fund items were slaShed.
The subcommittee recommended
SIS, ,566, 900, or $3,080,O 900 below the
budget requests. This figure was
s265 ,975 above the 1947 outlay. At
the end of the year, Mr.. Horan said,
there would remain some 100000 for
reserves.
AS the Koran group finally worked
out means to finance increased
school construction. the Commits
sioners reversed their stand and
supported Mr.. Horan's demand for
larger funds to permit all pupils to
get full-time schooling.
Bill Bans Free Tuition.
The subcommittee also moved to
put an end to granting free tuition
to nonresident pupils. A ban on
free tuition was inserted in the
subcommittee draft of the bill, al
though 1t was realized this might
be subject to point of order that
1t was Legislation" in an appropria-
tion bill.
The proposed ban on free tuition,
however, would not affect pupils
now enrolled in the schools, but If
adopted would at once prevent any
more nonresident pupils being en-
rolled without paying tuition based
on costs.
Testimony at the subcommittee
hearings brought out that If all
the 3,270 nonresident pupils now
given free tuition here were re-
quired to pay the District would
receive about $426,00O a year.
Mr.. Koran recently introduced a
legislative bill to require tuition
hereafter from nonresident pupils.
To date there has been no action on
this by the House or Senate District
Committees.
Corning Doubtful of Saving.
DR.. Hobart M. Corning, superin-
tendent of schools, making a de-
tailed report on the situation, found
that the nonresident pupils were
not assigned to any of the over
crowded schools where there are
part-time classes because OF over
crowding. He said, therefore, it
would be difficult to calculate
whether or not there would be any
large cash savings If the nonresi-
dent pupils were excluded.
approximately the same number
OF teachers would have to be main
tanned and other maintenance costs
would be about the same, he sug-
gested.
DR.. Corning said, however, that he
doubted the District would collect
as much as $465, 900 year If free
tuition for nonresidents were
banned. He said it was likely that
many pupils would go to schools in
Maryland and Virginia instead OF
coming into the District.
Increase for Fire Department.
They come here primarily because
District schools are regarded as
superior to those in the neighbor-
ing counties, the hearings were told.
The subcommittee considered, but
finally decided not to disturb the
transfer, effective early this year, Of
the control of the fire alarm system
from the Electrical Department to
the Fire Department.
For the Fire Department. the bill
provides $3,75s,0 an increase Of
$128, 900 over the previous year, but
this includes the cost OF the fire
alarm system transfer.
It provided funds for one new
pumping engine. but denied $13,500
for q SECOND. It also deferred re-
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