Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-21
OFFERED BY Mr.. SHEPPARD
Two Have to Do With Lands Along
the Eastern Branch.
OTHERS RELATE TO INSURANCE
Proposed Legislation to Amend Code
With Reference to Corporations
Also Considered.

| Il Jul iotdi Wis ny INSpIC
sentative Sheppard of Texas. chairman of
the House committee on public buildings
and grounds, early in the session have re-
| ceived favorable consideration at the
hands Of the judiciary subcommittee OF
the House District committee The full
District committee, it is understood, will
| also act favorably upon the measures in
the near future if quorum can be Sc
cured. or they probably will be passed by
, the House during the special session.
| Two of the Sheppard bills have to do
with the lands along the Eastern branch.
| the titles to which have been or may be
| a matter Of dispute. One of these bills,
! H. r. $50, provides that section of
| the act approved March 3, $780, authoriz-
| ing and directing the Secretary of War
| to correct the records of the War De-
| partment In respect to any Of the lots
| mentioned in Senate document 277, Fifty
, fifth Congress. second session. be, and
| Is hereby, repealed
Permitted Title to Pass.
This, act. the repeal of which is recon-
mended, permitted the title to land to
pass after twenty years Of possession.
| The other one of these land bills is
intended to protect the interests of the
United States in the eastern branch prop
erty. 1t instructs the Attorney General
of the United States to institute suits in
| the Supreme Court of the District against
| all persons or corporations, or others,
/ who may have. or pretend to have, any
| right utle claim or interest in and to
| any part or parcel of the land or water
in the District of Columbia composing
any part of the Anacostia river, or
| ocfn hra v,O, pnt rsfyr MI
Rock creek, their shores and submerged
or partly submerged lands, as we'll as
! the beds of said rivers or branch and
| the uplands adjacent thereto, including
! fiat and marsh lands, for the purpose OF
i establishing and making clear the right
| of the United States thereto.
Provides for Suits.
| That, when deemed warranted by the
| Attorney General Of the United States
similar suits to those authorized by the
i preceding section shall be commenced fol
| the purpose of establishing and making
| clear the right Of the United States il
any lands in the District of Columbia OIL
| city of Washington within the limits O.
| any public reservation, park, road. street
| avenue or building spaces; in all lard:
| which have not been divided between Gh'
| public and the original prOprietOrs OF th'
land on which the city of Washington wa:
| located, in accordance with the terms o.
the trust deeds entered into by said orig
| inal proprietors, and in lands in the Dis
| trict of Columbia outside the origina
city of Washington, which, prior to Febru
| airy 16, 1880, could have been entered a!
| vacant lands under the provisions of TIT
| laws of the state Of Maryland; and which
| have not since been conveyed by paten
| under the provisions of the act OF Con
| gress approved February IL, 1880.
| The other two Sheppard bills favorably
| reported have to do with the insurance
| laws of the District of Columbia. One
| proposes an amendment to the Distric
| code, SO that no corporation or asso-
| citation authorized to transact business ir
| the District of Columbia, and no co-part.
nership or individual, resident or non-resi-
| dent, shall write any policy of insurance
! upon any property, real or personal, in
! the District, upon any casualty, OF
employers liability risk or insurance, I'M
! less such policy, certificate or other evil
| dence Of liability assumed by said cor
| poration, etc, shall have been, previous
i to delivery, written and signed or coun-
! tersigned by an officer agent, resident
! in said District, authorized by law to
| sign such policy or contract, the ap-
| polntment of whom as principal agent.
| general agent or manager shall be evil
| denced by reQuisition that must be placed
| on file in the department of insurance"
Punishment for Violations.
Violations are to be punished by fine
of not more than $500. or Imprisonment
| for not more than sixty days.
| The other Sheppard insurance measure
| favorably reported requires the superin-
tendent of insurance of the District Ito
| furnish IN December of each year, to
| every insurance company or association,
| local, domestic and foreign, doing bus-
ness in the District of Columbia, the
| necessary blank forms for the annual
statements for such company or asso-
citation, which shall be returned to the
superintendent on or before the first day
of March in each year, signed and sworn
to by the president or vice president and
secretary or assistant secretary, or, If
foreign company. by It's manager, a
proper representative. showing its true
financial condition as of the preceding
a1st day of December. which shall in
clude q classified statement of Its assets
or liabilities on that day, etc.
The subcommittee also considered bills
by Mr.. Sheppard, proposing to amend
the District of Columbia code with refer
ence to corporations and fraternal bene-
fit societies in the District.