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rangement the policemen will perform
eight hours duty per day and eight hours
reserve. and then he viii be off the bal
ance of the time
This, il is thought, viii give the District
better protection and will relieve the no.
hcemen Of much of their hard and contin-
uous labor.
: Proposed Hospital
The Superintendent of Charities is very
much interested in the law which promises
to establish municipal hospital in the
/ District. This proposition has met with
favor from everyone, except. perhaps. the
( hospital organizations which are virtually
supported by the appropriations for the
/ district The bill which is 10 be intro
. duced provides that a building shall be
I erected in some portion of the District
! which snail be model hospital in every
respect No expense is 10 be spared In
+ hitting up the structure nor in its main
( tenance- There viii be a separate ward
( devoted 10 colored patients. where colored
I physicians and nurses viii be in attend
. ance. AT present the INDECENT sick of the
District are apportioned 10 the various hos
pitals according TO the amount of money
] 1L4S auliiul itieS IeCeiRtQ from Congress Tor
! their support. There was a bill with this
I object IN view introduced in the last Con-
/ gress.
The bill authorizes the trustees of the
! Columbia Hospital to sell the property
! they now occupy, which is said to belong
10 the United States, and TO purchase a
suitable site for the erection of the munich
pal hospital. The trustees of the institu-
tion were willing that this should be done
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new institution. The District Commission
eTs would not agree to this, as they claimed
that as the hospital was to be a municipal
affair its government should be left 10 the
/ Commissioners or such officers as they
should appoint. The result was that the
property has not been sold, and additional
legislation is wanted. In his annual report
the Superintendent of Charities set forth
the necessity for the establishment of such
an institution, and has often called the at
tention Of the Commissioners to it.
In an address delivered before a hospital
association a short time ago Superintendent
Lewis stated that the authorities at Freed
mans Hospital had stated that should the
Government cease to rent their building
the medical department OF the Howard
University, 10 which the property belongs
would be without support and the hospital
would necessarily be abolished.
The support of Children.
The Superintendent of Charities is also
interested in the bill providing for the
compulsory support Of children. In his re-
port this official states that there are
numbers of children deserted every year
some of whom die and some are cared for
by charitable institutions There is no law
compelling parents in the District to sup
port their children, and nothing can be
done to person who brutally abandons his
or her offspring 1t is also proposed to
establish a board Of charities In the Dis
trict 10 have charge of all of the charity
work The dispensing OF charities has
caused great deal of criticism in the past
and it is proposed to place the matter en-
trely under the supervision of a board
composed of representative citizens, the
office of secretary TO the board correspond
ing with that Of the present superintend-
ent
The appointment Of new Government
official TO be known as the Secretary of the
District Of Columbia is also proposed. This
will not do away with the Commissioners
but Will provide an official who Will be
able to inform the President and the mem
bers Of Congress the exact status of the
District affairs.
Bills to Be Introduced.
These measures are the most important
that the Commissioners Will try to push
through Congress, but there are a number
of others which were introduced last year
and which have been held over for further
consideration. a partial list OF these is
as follows:
Senate, 1868, For the further prevention
Of cruelty TO animals.
Senate 3745, authorizing the Commits
sioners Of the District of Columbia to
t,
| Tube Company"
Senate, 403O, Relating to the names of
streets in the District OF Columbia"
Senate, 4144, For preventing the adul-
teration misbranding, and imitation of
foods. beverages. candies, drugs and con-
diments in the District OF Columbia and
the Territories, and for regulating inter-
state traffic therein, and for other Tur-
poses"
House. 1867. ITO change the name of
Capital Railway Company"
House. 10341, "To incorporate the Ma
tional Congress of Mothers Of the District
of Columbia"
House, 1922, ITO authorize the extern
sion of the Metropolitan Railroad" +"
House 942S, ITO authorize the Washing
ton and Gettysburg Railway Company, of
Maryland, to extend its line of road into
and within the District of Columbia"
House S656, authorizing and requiring
certain extensions to be made@to the lines
OF the Capital Traction Company"
House S421, TO regulate taxes upon
street railroads" I"
Senate 1881, ITO incorporate the Wash
ington and University Railroad Company"
Senate $40, ITO exempt from taxation
certain property Of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association, OF Washington"
Senate 1881. For the extension of cleo
tric lighting conduits."
Senate 1925, To regulate insurance"