Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-25
LOCAL BILLS TAKEN UP
WEEKLY MEETING OF TEE HOUSE
DISTRICT COMMITTEE.
Hearing on the Measure to Regulate
the Sale of Poisons-Favorable
Reports on Several Bills.

The regular weekly meeting of the House
District committee. held today, proved to
be a very satisfactory business session.
Favorable reports were authorized on sew
eral bills. number of others were con-
sidered and a hearing was granted to ad-
vocates of the measure to regulate the
practice of pharmacy and the sale of pos-
ons in the District of Columbia.
The committee authorized a favorable re-
port the bill providing that all persons
licensed to store or sell kerosene or oil OF
like grade or explosives of any kind. shalt
pay a license tax of 81 a year for each per-
init issued. The measure further provides
that the license tax for storing or selling
fireworks shall be 30 cents year for eacn
permit. and for storing or selling gasoline
the tax shall be 50 a year. Persons paying
a license tax as fuel huckSters are not re-
quired to pay an additional tax.
More Time for Removing Long Bridge
The committee agreed to report the bill
introduced by Representative Rixey of Vir-
ginia, and providing for the extension of the
slime granted the Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad Company for the removal OF the
historic Long bridge to February r. 1907
The committee took this action on the
strength of letter from Secretary of War
Taft, setting forth that 1t would require the
entire working season OF l.UO TO Hn1S1 WORK
on the approaches of the Highway bridge.
The Rixey bill makes provision that the
railroad company must maintain the Long
bridge during this additional time allowed.
The committee had decided, however to
grant brief hearing to representatives of
the railroad company, who desire to pro-
test against this arrangement, declaring
that, under the circumstances, 1t is not
agreeable.
Proposed Snow and Ice Law.
Representative Wiley of New Jersey call
ed up his snow and ice bill. The Commits
sioners had already reported that, in their
opinion, the terms of the proposed law were
Unconstitutional, and would be knocked out
by the courts. Consequently, the commit
tee decided to request the Commissioners
to secure from. the corporation counsel the
draft of a measure that in their opinion
would stand the test.
Representative Kline of the Commute then
urged favorable report upon the bill in
troduced by Mr.. Babcock, TO compel saw
ings banks, or savings companies, or other
banking institutions in the District of Co
lumbia, to report to the controller of the
currency. The controller is authorized TO
examine any of the above mentioned class
of institutions in the city, the expense to be
paid in the regular way.
To Regulate Sale of Poisons.
me committee then granted nearing on
the, proposed pharmacy law. Among the
gentlemen who addressed the committee
were DR.. M G. Motler of the committee
on pharmacy of the Medical Society, DIR.
George NJ. Kober of the society. Robert l..
Stone and Dr. D. Percy Hickling of the
Washington Board of Trade. Health Of
ficer Woodward, S. L. Hilton and Frank
c. Henry of the District of Columbia Re-
tail Drug Association, and H. E. Kolusow-
ski of the National College of Pharmacy
and Dr. q. L. Sewers Were present at
the hearing. but did not get an opportunity
TO present their views.
All of the speakers strongly urged the
passage of the bin, declaring that it
would prevent the indiscriminate sale Of
poisons and harmful drugs now carried
on in the District of Columbia