Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-02-24
FULL TEXT OF THE BILL.
Hazing Regulated By The United
States Senate Adopted With
Amendments.

Owing TO being crowded for spaca
Inn yeserday's paper. the CRpital was
unable TO print the full text of the
bill regulating hazing at the Naval
Academy as il passed the Senate
Thursday. The amendments adopted
by the Senate being in pareIthesis.
the bill is as follows:
That the Secretary of the Navy
shall have the power and authority
IN his discretion, to dismiss at any
time from the United States Naval
Academy any midslipman whose con.
tlnued presence at the Academy he
shall deem contrary to the best inter
ests OF the seryice Provided. That
before exercising the power and au
thority hereby conferred the Secretary
OF the Navy shall inform, in writ
ing, the midshipman of his reasons
tand evidence) for contemplating its
exercise and shall receive and consider
any written communication land
testimony which the midshipman
may sec tit TO submit in the premises
within such reasonable time as may
be fixed by the Secretary of the Navy !;
and copies Of the said papers shall be
submitted as soon as may be prac
ticabla thereafter TO the President
(and be subject to his approval, J aud
also retain IN the department. for
transmission to either House of the
Congress, il called for and in anv
case arising under this section any
midshipman shall be entitled, on his
application, TO trial by court.martial
That so much of the acts approved
June 23, 1874, and March 8. 1903, as
requires the superintendent Of the
United States Naval Academy TO Econ
vene a court-martiai in all cases when
it shall come to the knowledge of
the said superintendent that any mid
sbipman has been guilty of the offense
commonly known as hazing and de-
clares the finding Of a court martial
so convened, when approved by the
said superintendent, final and directs
that any midshipmau found guilty By
such court-martial shall be summarily
dismissed from the said Academy,
and also all other acts or parts Of acts
inconsistent with the present act are
hereby repealed.
Section B. That the superintendent
of the United States Naval Academy
may, in MS discretion and with the ap-
prevail OF the Secretary of the Navy
Cor upon the application cf tile mid
shipmen), cause any midshipmau in
the Academy to be tried by court mar
tial for the offense of hazing as pro-
vided by the sact pproyed June %,
1874, aud such court martial. upon
conviction, may sentence such mid
shipmen to any punishment authori.
zed by the said act or by the act APP
proved March 3, 1908, or authorized
for the offense of conduct to the pre5u-
dice of good order and discipline in
the case of an enlisted man by the ar.
ticles for the government of the navy
or authorized for any violation or
breach of the rules of the said Acad
emy by the said rules. and such fndy
ing and sentence shall be subject 10
review by the couvening authority
aud by the Secretary of the Navy, as
in the cases of other courts. martial
Section 4. That the olfense of 'haz-
ing, as mentioned in this act, shall
consist of any unauthorized assump-
tion of authority by one midshipman
over another midshipman whereby the
aforementioned midshipman shall or
may suffer or be exposed to suffer any
cruelty, indignity, humiliation, hard
ship or oppression, or the deprivation
or abridgmeDt Of any tight, privilege
or advantage of any right, privilege
or advantage to which he shall be le-
gally entitled. Provided, That it
shall be the duty of every professor.
assistant professor academic officer or
intructor, as we'll as every other Off
GER stationed at the United States
Naval Academy. TO promptly report
to the superintendent thereof any
fact which comes to his attention
tending TO Indicate any violation by a
midshipman or midshipmen of any OF
the provisions Of this section. -