Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-11
ON DISTRICT BILLS
House Committee Considers
Local Matters Today.
PREPARING THE REPORTS
Regulation of Liquor Traffic, Street
Improvement and Suburban Rail-
way Under Discussion.

The Coudrey resolution forbidding the
Washington Gas Light Company to increase
its outstanding Indebtedness by the issue
of certificates or in any similar manner
will receive its final action at the hands
of the House District committee at a spe-
cial meeting called for Saturday of this
week at 10 am. This was decided upon
today at the committees regular weekly
meeting.
At today's session of the committee
Representative Dickinson of Missouri
appeared and urged a favorable report
on his bill to amend section of the
act to regulate the sale of Intoxicating
liquors in the District of Columbia
This section forbids the sale of intoxi-
cants to minors. and contains the word
knowingly" Mr.. Dickinson wants to
strike out this word, SO that the section
shall read:
THAT hereafter it shall be unlawful
for the icensee. owner. proprietor or any
employe of any barrOOm or any other
establishment in the District of Columbia
in which intoxicating liquors are sold
to sell, give or dispense in any manner
intoxicating liquors of any kind to any
person under the age of twenty-one"
The Commissioners took no action on
the bill as it was decided to permit Hugh
r. Harvey, representing the local liquor
dealers. to discuss the measure at the
Commissioners regular meeting We'd
nesday of next week.
Street Improvement Bills.
The committee authorized favorable re-
port on Senate bills 4226. 5S44. SAB and
6I43, which provide for the widening of
10th street northwest at Piney branch:
for the extension of Underwood street
northwest; for the extension of Van Bu-
rem street northwest. and for the specific
designation of parcels of land for pur-
poses of assessment and taxation re-
spectively. House bills identical with
these have been reported and are now
on the calendar, but the Senate has
it was decided to report the Senate bills
and save time with respect TO the final
enactment of the proposed legislation.
Representative Pearre Of Maryland
called up in COMMITTEES today House bill
22466 providing for the Incorporation of
the East Washington Suburban Railway
Company, which, after a number OF
amendments had been added, was ordered
to be favOrably reported. The principa
amendment is one increa sing the deposits
which the company is required to make
as an evidence of good faish, from $1,000
to $4,000
Before the committee adjourned it took
from the table. where it had been placed
verse action, House bill 21331, for the
purchase of land for the widening of
Park road. This measure will be again
considered at an early meeting of the
committee.
Special Order for Wednesday.
The special order for the regular meet
ing of the committee next Wednesday is
Senate bill $3.50. amending the act
lit ;t ;.l.
of Columbia Ito abandon or wiIlfully
| neglect 10 provide for the support and
| maintenance by any person of his wife
or his or her minor child or children in
destitute circumstances so as to pro-
| vide that the words child or children
| when used in the act shall include both
legitimate and ilegitimate' and Senate
| bill 1893, to regulate the business OF
| loaning money on security of any kind
| by persons. firms and corporations other
| than national banks, licensed banks
trust companies. savings banks, building
and loan associations, pawn brokers and
real estate brokers in the District OF
Columbia.
Senate bill. $500. amending the act