Evening star., 1908-01-23
Favors Inebriate Law.

COliliIllttee earnestly recommends
the enactment of an inebriate law, pro-
viding for an indeterminate sentence un-
der proper supervision. 1t is also recon-
mended that all prisoners who are SEN
fenced to the District jail be required to
work
Your committee also strongly recon-
mends the passage of a law requiring the
compulsory registration of ali cases of
tuberculosis in the District of Columbia
and the free examination of sputum in
suspected cases Of this disease
Your committee indorses the report of
the milk commission. which embraces two
essential features recommended in a spe-
cial report of your committee and adopted
by the Board of Trade at it's meeting held
January IA. 1907, in which milk must be
suppned TO the consumer at a temperature
below 30 degrees Fahrenheit and contain
ing less than 100000 bacteria per &C.
Your committee urgently recommends
that the question of reclaiming the Ana
costa flats be actively taken up, as it is
the opinion Of your committee that this is
one of the greatest measures for the i'm
provement of the public health as well as
for the beautifying of the city which
can be considered and acted upon during
the coming session of Congress"
The report was adopted unanimously.
On Public Order.
Next the report of the committee on
public order was presented by Thomas p.
Morgan. chairman. The recommends
tions of Mai Sylvester for the better
ment of the police department were in
dorsed in detail. A rapid-fire debate
ensued upon the presentation of a recon-
mendation that the District authorities be
asked to make regulation limiting the
4 number of lights on automobiles, and
\ uyht tab ~
fourth of those originally made by the
| committee. was stricken out. The fifth
| recommendation provided for the CONSOLE
| dation OF the crossing and park police
men with the city force. but II was voted
! 10 exclude the park policemen from this
| category, on the ground that to include
| them would be to interfere with the
| authority of the superintendent of build
| ings and grounds. The sixth recon.
| mendation provided originally for the in
| crease of the pay of the financial clerk o.
the Police Court. but it was amended tt
| carry request for the increase of the
salaries of Police Court Judges.
| The recommendations as adopted were
as follows:
First. That the District authorities b,
| requested to require each public hack to
be equipped with taximeter. in perfect
working order. so that II will register the
fare which a passenger will have TO paw
Second. That the District authortie.
| requiring horses. when standing in the
| streets. to be either hitched or attended
| by competent person.
Third. That the District authorities b.
requested to enforce the regulation re
quiring a red light to be displayed or
street distractions from dark to daylight
Needs of Police Department
Fourth. That the proper congressional
committees be earnestly requested to ap
propriate funds necessary to enable tn,
chief of police to provide what he deem.
necessary for his department.
Fifth. That Congress be requested t.
enact law consolidating the crossin:
policemen with the city force. so that al
would come under the jurisdiction of tn,
chief of police.
sixth. That the District Commissioner
be requested TO recommend to the com
mittee on appropriations to increase from
81 500 to $500 per annum the compensa
tion of the financial clerk of the Polio
Court and to increase the salary o
Police Court judges to $4,000 per annum.
Seventh. That the proper committe,
Of Congress be requested TO provide fo