The Washington herald., 1908-04-30
DISTRICT BILLS PASS
Senate Approves Three Meas
ures of Local Interest.
CHILD LABOR SPECIAL ORDER
Measure Recommended by President
Given Right OF way-InferiOr Court
Reorganization Principal Measure
Passed-Y Street Property Owners
Want Name of street Changed.

Three District bfls we're passed yester-
day by the Senate. on the hrst general
legislative day that body has allowed IL
self for fortnight
Senator Dillingham; secured unanimous
consent to take up and pass the substi-
tute which he prepared and reported
from the District committee for the Com
missioners' bill, changing the name and
jurisdiction Of the inferior c,scrt Of justice
of the District.
The bin provides that the court now
known as that Of the justices OF the peace
shall remain as now constituted, but shall
hereafter be known as the Municipal
Court Of the District OF Columbia. It is
to consist OF the six present justices Of
the peace. who are to serve as the judges
of the new court for the remainder Of
their present terms, without being re-
commissioned.
Upon the expiration Of the commission
OF any OF these judges his successor is
10 be appointed by the President, with
the advice and consent Of the Senate, for
terms Of six years each, unless sooner
is 10 be appointed to such position, how
ever, unless he shall have been for the
FIVE years preceding such appointment
bona hde resident Of the District, and
shall either have been a judge Of the
court constituted by the bin or shall have
been a practicing lawyer before the Dis
trict Supreme Court for at least FIVE
years before his appointment.
Need Not Give Bond.
Il is provided that the judges shall take
an oath to properly perform their duties.
but they are relieved from the obligation
OF giving bond. The clerk OF the new
court, however. must give a bond, and
must receive and account for such fees
as are collected by the court The judges
are to sit in one building, to be rented
by the Commissioners for a sum not TO
exceed s., 500 a year, and the court and
each member thereof is 10 exercise the
same jurisdiction as is now exercised by
the justices Of the peace. but the limit
OF the sum TO be involved IN any case
tried before the court is raised from 800
to $500 Cases involving not more than
500 are TO be exclusively in the jCrisdic-
ton of the new court. When necessary
the judges of the Supreme Court Of the
District may designate Cne Of the judges
Of the Municipal Court 10 sit in the Police
Court or the Juvenile Court
One Of the last bills introduced by the
late Senator Whyte. Of MARYLAND, was
called up by Senator GalIinger, and pass
ed. It authorizes the Takoma Springs
Ice Company 70 lay a pipe line under GER
tain streets in the District, subject 20 the
regulation and inspection Of the Commis-
sloners
Ice Plant Bill Passes.
The third bill affecting the District was
that introduced BY. Senator Cailinger, al
lowing the Washington Market Company
to lay a siding TO its property in the
square bounded by Twelfth. Eleventh.
E. and F streets southwest, where il IS
proposed TO build a cold storage and re-
f.fgersting plant. and also allows pipe
line TO be laid from the company's plant
10 the Potomac River. for the purpose OF
pumping water from the river TO the
plant
Senator Gallinger yesterday secured
unanimous consent OF the Senate 10 make
the District child labor bill the unfn-
ished business, which makes It a special
order for ? o'clock each day. and also
that a vote shall be taken on the bill
and all amendments thereto before ad-
Journment on Wednesday next. This is
one OF the measures the passage OF which
President Roosevelt has repeatedly rec
commended in his recent special messages
intending that II shall be an object lesson
for the States. Senator Beyeridge viii
endeavor to have his general bill, ex-
cluding from interstate commerce the
products Of child labor, placed on the bill
as an amendment. and viii make a speech
in support Of the amendment.
Prefer the Old Name.
Senator GalIingeF presented 10 the Sen
ate a petition from property owners on
Y street northwest. demanding the pas
sage OF the bill now pending to change
the name Of that thoroughfare back 10
its original designation. as California
avenue The petitioners declare that the
change made in the name Of the street
has materially deprecated the value OF
their property.