Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-01
DISTRICT IN
CONGRESS

AOlN\Jx>A>oo
Tho mast wear will never be notable for
the amount of business TRANSACTED ps
Congress. The District of Columbia nat
urallv suffered from the indisposition to
get down to work. Very few local meas
,tres were enacted. but the Importance of
three of them made up in measure i"r
The smallness of the number These three
bills. which became law last year. are:
The Union station trackage bill
The child labor bill.
Tie anti-racc track gambling bill.
The first had Travelled IA rocky ROAD II
had failed OF enactment In the tiSt 50
sion of the Fifty ninth Congress Iu'. u'r
not pass both branches Of the SiNi'eti!
Congress until 4 few days before the etu
of the session last spring.
The child labor bill Was recommendeu
by President Roosevelt. and although IL
was materially amended by both the
House ana the Senate il finally went
through II is true that an appropriation
for enforcing the measure was proodol4
unintentionally left out. but THIS dlScrep-
ancy will be met by Congress THIS winter
As for the anti-Gamhling bill. 1t mis- n
want that has existed for Il NUMBER OF
years.
Purchase of Five Squares.
outside of separate bills tho most inn
portant legislation affecting the District
was the appropriation i'll the omnibus
public buildings bill of s2.5oO,0n for the
purchase OF five squares, bounded by
PENNSYLVANIA avenue. 18th and l'th
streets and the Mall, as a site for one or
two buildings for the Departments OF
State. Justice and Commerce ana LABOR.
Before all of this property comes INTO the
possession of the government Congress
will probably have to appropriate little
more money but il Is not expected that
there will be any trouble about that Tea
ture.
The District appropriation bill carried
$IO117. t6S 81 This is SS23,0o0 less than
the previous appropriation and S'."So"o
less than the Commissioners estimate.
Only three comparatively unimportant
bills have been enacted into law this VIM
ter The following is a list OF the DIS
trict laws enacted in the past year
Publican act to regulate the employ.
ment OF child labor in the District OF
Columbia.
Public-No IA IS. 9o2). An act author
fZins certain extension to be made of the
Ines of the Anacostia and Potomac River
Railroad Company. the Washington and
Electric Railway Company. the CITY ana
Suburban railway Of Washington and the
Capital Traction Company in the DiStr1ct
of Columbia and for other purposes:
Public Resolution No "A. II. j. Resolu-
ton 11s.-Joint resolution Tor appoint
-
the National Home for Disabled Noiun-
teer Soldiers
Public Resolution No. 1l.-Joint resolu-
ton authorizing the invitation of gov
ernments of other countries TO send rep
resentatives 10 the International Con-
gress on Tuberculosis.
Public Resolution No. 4.-Joint resoiu-
ton extending the time allowed the OF
-aniZed militia of the several states ana
territories and the District Of Columbia
nrf IN nIOyiSiDnS section u
of the act approved January II. 1903
Public No. 49, Fl. II. 462.-An act for
the widening of Bennng road and TOT
other purposes Gncluding the Sims anti
gambling amendment.
Public No ia. 2.-An act TO provide
for registration of ali cases of tubercu-
losis in tie District of Columbia. Tor
free examination of sputum In suspected
cases and for preventing the spread OIL
tuberculosis in the District.
Public No 90 II. r. 17:;05--An act TO
regulate the establishment and malnte-
nance of private hospitals and asylums
in the District of Columbia
Public No "A s. 2S72.-An act 10 amend
section of an act entitled can act relat-
ing to the metropolitan police of the Dis
trfct of Columbia. approved February
2S, 1901.
To Complete House Pediment.
Public No. 81 He r. 1I9SS.-An act for
completing the pediment OF the House
wing of the Capitol
Public No 81, II. r. 141I2.-An act pre-
scribing what shall constitute ieSai
cord OF wood in the District of Columbia.
Public No 73. 5. 3416-An act TO amend
an act entitled AN act authorizing the
extension OF Meridian place northwest,
approved January g. 1907.
Public No. 179. s. 2y99-An act 10
amend an act entitled IAN act TO provide
for the extension of New Hampshire
avenue in the District of Columbia and
for other purposes" approved February
-. 1907
Public No $50 s k3Os.-An act 10
change the name OF street from Flor
IDA avenue to 18th street northwest 10
California street.
Public No. ISL :. 4Slf--An act to amend
section 49, of the Code OF Laws for the
District OF Columbia.