The Washington times., 1910-02-09
Representative Coudrey
Would Substitute Gov
ernOr and Assembly.
TO BE APPOINTED
BY THE PRESIDENT
Each of Fifteen Districts to Be
Represented Under
New Plan.

A bill abolislling the Board Of
Commissioners in the District Of
Columbia and SUBSTITUTING therefor
"a governor and a municipal as
.sembly was introduced in the House
today by Representative Coudrey
of Missouri.
Under the provisions Of the bill
the municipal assembly will have
the night to make laws and regula-
lions for the District, and the gov
.enor shall have veto power. but
the assembly will be able 10 override
a governors veto BY a two-thirds
vote.
CHOSEN BY DISTRICTS.
The assembly will consist Of if
teen members, all Of whom shall
be appointed by the President. bv
and with the advice and consent Of
the Senate, and shall represent If
teen districts in the District The
bill requires that governor shall
have been a resident Of the District
for four years and that members Of
the assembly shall have been resi-
dents Of the district whlAh they
represent for one year.
Bill In FuU
The ext Of the Coudrey pill is
as follows:
Be It enacted by the Senate and Houze
Of Representatives or the United States
OF America IN Congress assembled
l. That tie offfosS Of tse Commission
ers of the District OF Columbia are
hereby abolished, and al provisisls or
law respecting the appointment aHd
qualifications OF such Commissioners are
hereby repealed
= The District OF Columbia shall re-
main ana continue a municipal corpo-
ration, as provided in section Of the
Revised Statutes relating TO said Dis
trict, and the go~ernor and COE=-lI
lerein provided foy SsalI be decmed ard
taken as officers Of such corpd<atlou,
and all Laws now in force relating 20
the District OF Columbia not inCOnSist-
ent with the provisions Of this aU shall
reusain In fun force and effect
8. All the power. rights. duties fS1c-
tions and privileges lawfully exercised
by, and all property estate ana euects
now vested by law in the ComgnINS.on-
ers Of the District Of COLUMBIA shall NJ
transferred and vested IN the governor
and a municipal assembly heTelldi ilel
provided Provided that no board OF
commission Of which the ComIllSsSlolleL
Of the District Of Columbia or either %
them Is ex-Officit member tJne Board
q Commissioners OF the District or %
Igubia excepted shall be abolished oS
thi, act, but the SOveTnor of the DIS
trfc- herein provided for shall become
ex-cffiCiO member of such board or com
mission and shall together with the
otErr member or members theTsotr con-
ssft;rre such board or commiSSAn-
Governor As Executive.
4 TIE executive power and sIShority
I'm ard over said District Of Columbia.
shall be vested in a governor who sha<
bc ap.,,inted by the President of the
UnitsT States by and with IT, advice
aud .onssGt of the Senate. who snail
hoIt his Office for four years, or until
his successor is appointed and quaHhai-
The gUveE9or shall be a citizen Of the
United States and shall have resided
within sais District for four years, with
the intention Of residing there, bef1Iz
and respites for offensss against the
reSulaSeSs or ordinances of said Dis
trict now in S9rCe or hereinafter en-
acted byS the municipal assembly here
matter provided for he shall COTami~-
sion al officers Of Said DistTi% and take
care that the laws ase faithfully eEeCrt-
ed He shall have poser to remove from
office for cause and 10 make aucoint-
mentS tC any office authorized hT law.
Before entering upon Slis official d5JtiCs
he shall tak2 and subscribe the follow
ing oath or affirmation ''I do SCImeuiE
swear tor E-5-iTm) that 7 VIII support
the Constitution Of the United Sfxtes
ND faithfully discharge t1N duties of
N" office on wlSsh an abeSE 10 en-
ter
BoysSrs of Assembf@.
> Al povoCs y Isgis4atio nxnd recu-
lation and regulation. ap5 all osles pc7--
e=s. duties sSd functions not specifically
horekn vested or imposed upon tie gov
-.-- retn provided for and row vest
81 Commissioners Of t&e ishict CC
Cs shall herIafter be ve6ted in
END psed upon the Municipal AsSem-
Sreinafter provided. Che said
81 Assembly STALL consist OF ff-
trr enbers TO be appointed BY the
Pcuf by and with the advice sn6
st II tSe Senate from erteen sec
fors 1-e which the istrict OF Columbia
ss hs divided for he purpoGe Of the
aD1c.e -lent therefrom Of tie members
20 gas Common Council herein provided
Tor ana an sppOTtisnment staiI be made
-or Tri purpose as soon as practicable
- r8e mmissioners Of the District or
EoiuTlnle Of Jns territory of the Sa5f
fssfrrrr to fHteen sections. as equally
mas p according to Vsspu Isffon.
fflru e- OF which sections one M tlbcr
el t1t H Ricipal Assembly GEu be a2-
Falaifl
= nber Of the municipal assrm-
Hs have been = taNpayer ami
period of one wear PRIOR
- Jlntment In the section froSn