Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-20
| L0CAL MEASURES
Bills Acted on by Senate Dis
trict Committee.
POLICE PENSION FUND
HOW THE COMMISSIONERS MAY
INCREASE IT.
George Washington University Giveu
Certain Enlarged Powers-Com-
pulsory Education Approved.

The Senate committee on the District OF
Columbia today ordered favorable reports
on a large number of bills pending before
that committee. A favorable report was
authorized on House bill 1922 to amend sec
ton of the act relating to the metropoli-
tan police force, this act being In relation
to pensions 1t provides that hereafter the
Commissioners authorized and directed
to deposit in the treasury out of receipts
from fines in the Police Court and receipts
from dog licenses q sufficient amount to
meet any deficiency in the policemen's fund
or firemen's fund. 1t is provided that the
chief engineer OF the fire department and
all other officers Of that department OF and
above the rank Of captain. superintendent
assistant superintendent any captain or
lieutenant Of police shall receive relief not
exceeding 500 per month.
AS the bill passed by the House it
provided that in case OF death or Injury of
any of the above officers. IL he be married
and leave a dependent mother who is
widow. the same shall be for tho relief dur
Ing the period Of widowhood, or If ne leaves
a widow or children under sixteen years Of
age, the same pension shall be for their re-
lief during the period of widowhood. or uh-
til such children shall reach the age of
sixteen years. The Senate commit .ee
amended this section. providing that such
relief shall be given In the case of amy
member of the police or fire departments
instead of merely to the officers named.
1t is provided that in no case shall the
pension to such dependent mother or widow
exceed $50 nor shall the amount paid to
child exceed so. The House bill provided
that no pension should be paid to any per-
son not of good moral character, and that
any pension heretofore or hereafter allowed
may be discontinued whenever it shall be
shown to the satisfa ction of the Commls- 3
St0nprC n has haa ora, tod
that the pensioner is not then a person of
good moral character This provision was
stricken out, as the Commissioners re-
garded 1t as unnecessary, as the employ
ment of the members of the force IL re-
garded as sufficient guarantee of their char
acter.
Other Favorable Reports.
A favorable report was ordered on the
House bill 1859, providing fines and impris-
onment for persons who place explosives
near any public statue. building and
forth in the District of Columbia.
Senate bill 71S0, authorizing the levying
of special assessments for water mains,
sewers, etc, was favorably reported
The House bill 1917. to condemn land
necessary for joining Kalorama avenue and
Prospect place, favorably reported.
The committee ordered favorable report
on House bill 1870, amending section l151
of the code in relation to the disposition of
property in the District of Columbia by in
favorable report was also made on
House bill 1900, providing for the extern
sion OF W street northwest. 1t provides
for condemnation PROCEEDINGS to secure the
necessary land for the extension of w
street from 35th street to :2d street with
a width of sixty feet.
Senate bill 7145 for the reorganization of
the National Guard of the District of CO.
lumbia was reported back to the Senate
with a recommendation that it be referred
TO the committee on military affairs of the
Senate, as the latter committee is regarded
as the proper one to consider this bill.
favorable report made on House
bill 1881 for the extension. of Rittenhouse
street. The estimated cost of the extension
is $1,000, but the bill as reported provides
that the damages shall be assessed as BEN
ehts to adjacent property; also that the par
ties dedicating land for the proposed eXten-
sion shall be exempt from assessmeA AS
favorably reported the bill was in the form
in which it was passed by the House OF
Representatives and approved by the Conn
misSfOnerS
George Washington University.
An act supplemental to the act Of Feb
ruary 8. 1881, Incorporating the Columbian
College In the District, was acted upon ia
vorably by the committee. 1t provides that
George Washington University shall have
the power to increase the number of It's
trustees from time to time by two-thirds
vote of the whole number of its trustees at
the time such vote is taken to a number not
exceeding forty-dve. Also, that with the
consent of the university colleges may be
organized under 1t for carrying on in con-
nection with the university special lines OF
educational work in the arts. sciences and
liberal and technical knowledge, such col
leges to be educationally a part of the uni
versity system, but upon independent finan-
cial foundation.
The university may also enter into az.
fliated agreements with any institutions of
learning outside of the District for the pur-
M Of py N md deafS nf llaj1 ipG
tions the educational facilities of the uni
versity and the departments of the govern
ment in this city, which are by law opened
to students, upon such terms mu-
tually agreed upon by the university and
the affiliated institutions. The bill is for
the purpose of carrying the plan for the
enlargement Of the university.
Compulsory Education.
The Senate bill providing for compulsory
education in the District was also acted
upon favorably. 1t provides that children
between eight and fourteen years of age
shall be regularly instructed in the ele-
mentary branches of knowledge during the
period of each year that the public schools
of the District are in session. on the Gus
tomary days and during the customary
hours of the school term, or that such
children shall be provided with equivalent
daily instruction at home or elsewhere. The
board of education is authorized to appoint
a number of persons not exceeding seven,
who shall be designated as attendance Of
ficers and who shall each receive a salary
of 800 per annum, who shall see that this
act Is complied with. No children under
fourteen years old shall be employed TO
labor in any factory. and SO forth. in a way
to prevent the child from attending school
during the term as determined by the board
of education.
parent OF other person who makes false
statement concerning the age or school at
tendance of a child between the ages OF
eight and fourteen shall be punished by a
fine not exceeding $50.
Senate bill 1885, in relation to child labor
in the District was laid over, was the
bill to regulate insurance companies giving
death and sick benefits.
Senate bill 1857, to permit the Washing
ton. Mount Vernon and Alexandria road to
temporarily use an overhead trolley in the
approach to the highway bridge over such
portion of the road as will be filed ground.
until it has properly settled in order to
permit the underground system, was acted