Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-30
NOW AWAIT ACTION
Bills Before House District
Committee.
FIFTY-0NE ON THE LIST
Many More Expected Next
Monday.
RULES FOR CORPORATIONS
Proposed Asylum for the Insane.
Method of Executing Criminals
Prescribed.

AS soon as Congress meets next Mon
day flood of District bills will be in
troduced and referred to the House COM
mittee an the District of Columbia for
consideration. but the committee doesn't
| have to wait until then to have local
business before it. Fifty-one proposed
measures affecting the National Capital
were introduced during the special ses-
sion and referred to the District commit
tee. OF these the measure that Is GER
tain to kick up the most dust is the bill
to restore to the District of Columbia
that one-time portion of it which was
coded back to Virginia. Some Of the
other bills are also of considerable in
terest. The list of those measures now
before the committee follows:
Bills Before Committee.
H. r. 49,, introduced by Representative
Brownlow Of Tennessee-To extend 4th
street southeast from Congress Heights to
Washington Highlands.
| II. r. 1O41, introduced by Representative
Sherley of Kentucky-To amend section
1887 of the District code with reference
to foreign corporations in the District
! H. r. 1855, introduced by Representative
Olcott of New Notwithstanding the Op-
trict of Columbia or the territories OF
| the United States and while regularly en-
gagged In interstate or foreign commerce
or the postal service.
H. r. 1856, introduced by representa-
tive Coudrey of misunderstanding for
the transfer of special policemen to the
regular police force.
H. r. 2151. introduced by Representa-
tive Sheppard of Texas-Prohibiting cor
porations organized outside of the Dis
tricf of CnIun1 hta WhO hl1V sell deal
| in real estate, except real estate agency
| or brokerage corporations, from operat-
| ing in the District of Columbia.
Relating to Corporations.
| H. r. 2152, introduced by Representa-
tive Sheppard of Texas-Establishing fines
and penalties for failure of corporations
in the District of Columbia to file annual
| reports.
H. r. 2l53, introduced by Representa-
| tive Sheppard of TeXas-Establishing for
! FIXTURES and fines for false reports of
| corporations in the District of Columbia.
| H. r. 2154, introduced by Representa-
| tive Sheppard of Texas-Prescriong an
nual registration fees for the corpora
| lions operating in the District of Column
bia and providing for enforcing payment
| thereof.
H. r. 2155, introduced by Representa-
tive Sheppard of TeXas-Makins regula-
porations in the District of Columbia
equally applicable to corporations organ
lied outside the District of Columbia and
authorized to operate within the same.
H. r. 2157 introduced by Representa-
tive Sheppard of Texas-Requiring cor
porations organized outside of the Dis
trict of Columbia and desiring permits to
operate within the same to show that 10
per centum of authorized capital has been
paid in, and to file with the recorder or
deeds certified copies of their charters
before such permits shall be issued.
H. r. 2194. introduced by Representa-
tive Olcott of New York--To incorporate
the trustees of the Chi Psi fraternity.
For an Insane Asylum.
H. r. 22oO. introduced by Representa-
tive Olcott of New York-For the estab-
lishment of an asylum for the criminal
insane in the District of Columbia.
H r. 22O1, introduced by Representative
Ocott of New York-To amend the act
making appropriations to provide for the
expenses of the government or the DIS
trict of Columbia.
H. R. 1852 introduced by Representa-
tive Olcott of New York-For free even
ing lectures in some of the public school
buildings.
H. r. 2204, introduced by Representative
Olcott Of New York-TO change the pro-
ceedings for admission 10 the Government
Hospital for the Insane, and for other
purposes
H. r. 223S. introduced by Representa-
tive Taylor of Ohio-To fix license fee
and regulate soliciting orders, making
sales or exhibits of women's wearing APP
parel or headgear by sample. picture or
model Of any description. by non-residents
within the District of Columbia.
Execution of Criminals.
H. r. 224O, introduced by Representative
TAYLOR of Ohio-Prescribing a mode of
executing the death sentence within the
District of Columbia to be electrOcution
instead of hanging.
II. r 22I1, introduced by Representative
Taylor OF Oho--TO transfer jurisdiction
of a part of the Washington aqneduct
to the Commissioners of the District OF
Columbia
H. r. 2249. introduced by Representative
Mccall of notwithstanding cor