The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-03-24
PASSTEN LOCALBIL
District Business Proves
Heavy in the House.
TWO OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
TubercuIOsis Registration Bill APP
prOved-Requires Registration of
Patients-Fight Over Extension OF
Time for Construction of Street
Railway Liae-Other Measures.

After four solid weeks OF intermingled
ease and preparation. the House District
! Committee yesterday sailed out onto the
floor Of the House and passed nine bills.
One other bill was passed, but the House
District Committee was apparently not
overanxious that 1t should go through, So
of course, that can hardly be fairly
couEted.
OF the ten bills. therefore. which passed,
one was Of vast importance TO the citizens
of the District of Columbia. another was
of great Importance to all city dwellers.
and the rest were OF varying degrees Of
importance 10 various portions OF Wash
ington or the District
Most Important Bill.
The most impnrtant measure was, OF
course, the bill TO widen Benning road
not intrinsicalIy. but after an amendment
was tackled on by the great generalship
Of Representative Thetus w Sins. which
practically means the eventual suspension
of race7track gambling at Benning.
The second bill OF general Importance
is the Gallinger bill providing for the
registration OF tuberculosis patients In
the District. This bill. which has already
passed the Senate. was drawn up by Sen
ator Gallinger. after a careful and. ex-
haustive study OF conditions IN Washing
ton.
Under its provisions it Is believed that
the control and probably the reduction
in the number of cases Of the white
plague may be effected. This bin met
with no opposition. as, indeed, did none
of the others. the one already mentioned
and bill authorizing an extension OF
time 70 the East Washington Heights
Traction Railroad Company
This latter bill met with some cpposi-
ton from Representative Clark. OF Flor
ida Mr.. Clark first objected TO that por-
ton Of the bill which provides that the
company in question shall make a de-
post OF $1,000 to guarantee construction
Of its line.
Mr.. Clark contended that this amount
Is far TOO small. and offered an amend
ment that II be made $4,000. The amend
ment was lost. He then offered an
amendment 70 the bill. changing the time
Of the extension 10 be granted from
eighteen months &C. six months. The vote
on this amendment was taken by yeas
and nays. Representative Sulzer. for the
| first time this session. making the point
OF no quorum The doors were ordered
| licked and on a strict party vote the
| amendment was lost, 1l to g.
Fire Department BIZ.
Another bill which passed was one
amending the metropolitan police act Of
the District. This latter bin proposes
that hereafter any member Of the fire
department Of the District Of Columbia, IN
the actual discharge Of hts duty, who shall
become so disabled by sickness or injury
as 10 require medical or surgical serv-
ices or treatment other than such as can
be rendered by the board of police and
fire surgeon treatment. may be paid for
from the fremen's pension fund
A bill amending the license law with re-
spect 10 licenses OF drivers OF passenger
vehicles for hire was passed. Under this
bill all such drivers must pay an annual
license tax OF 81
A bill regulating the establishment Of
and maintenance Of private hospitals and
asylums in the District was passed. IN
der this bill the Commissioners shall
in all cases issue licenses before such
hospital or asylum may be established.
The health officer of the District is en-
powered to require compliance with all
regulations which may be made BY the
Commissioners under this act.
4 bin which mas already passed the
Senate. amending an act authorizing the
extension of Meridian place northwest,
was passed. A bill authorizing the ex-
! tension of New York avenue from its
present terminus near Fourth street
northeast To The BIadensburg road, was
passed.
Extends Girard street.
a bill authorizing the extension of
Girard street northwest from its western
terminus to Fifteenth street northwest
also passed A bill authorizing the ex-
tension OF Ninth street, northwest. from
Barry place TO Euclid street, was passed
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