The Washington herald., 1916-01-28
BILL PROTECTS
CONVICTED Child
Legislation Proposed to Pre-
vent Stigma Of Conviction
Being Permanent.
O. K. FOR NEW BRIDGE
Garrison Favors Milhon-and-a-half
Sfr,e.,r. N..x Ca. .f D..
O. K. FOR NEW BRIDGE
Garrison Favors Milhon-and-a-half
Structure Near Site of Present
Aqueduct Bridge.

Legislation to remove from any juye-
nile court conviction in the District the
power to impose a permanent stigma
upon the delinquent will be urged at this
session OF Congress by members OF the
House District Committee
Chairman johnson has Introduced a
bill which provides that no conviction In
the juvenile court shall operate as a dis
qualification TOR jury duty or for hold
ing office, or for any other public service
under the government of the United
Ststes,' nor shall any child so convicted
be denominated a criminal nor
shall such judgment be denominated a
conviction"
Representative Lloyd. of Missouri
wishes to go even further than the chair
man, and to provide that, after the dis
charge OF a delinquent from the custody
or Jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court, all
records of his case and his connection
with the court shall be destroyed, in Or
der that the old record may not be raked
up against the child in later life, and
when the mitigating circumstances might
not be known.
The Lloyd Subcommittee, which was
scheduled to meet yesterday afternoon
for consideration of the Commissioners
school bill, failed to get together, and the
meeting was postponed until next week.
Indications are that five members of the
subcommittee-Lloyd. Gould, Focht, VIM
son and Mapes-are opposed to any
change in the existing system. 1t is un-
derstood Chairman Johnson, Of the full
committee, also opposes a change.
Representative HamilI.' of New Jer-
sey, a member of the House District
Committee, has returned to his office
in the Capitol after a Siege of the
grip. Mr.. Hamill is the author of a
straight civil service pension measure
which will be the basis for discus
sion in the House committee. He ex-
poets to ask for public hearings on
the measure at an early date.
Senator Salisbury is pertecting a
bill calling for an inheritance tax in
the District, as suggested in the re-
port of the Joint Select Fiscal Com
mittee. The Senator does not advance
this legislation as a means for addi-
tionsl taxation. but suggests that the
exemption on personally be raised
and the amount thus lost be regaIned
through an inheritance tax.
The Senate District Committee will
hold its first meeting of the session
this morning. 1t Is not unlikely that
the nominations of Excise Commits
sioner Smith and Merritt o. Chance,
to be postmaster, will be discussed
though final action is not probable A
number of pending bills will be con-
sidered.
Following a conference between Secre-
tary OF War Garrison, Brig. Gen. King
man, chief Of engineers, U. s, A; Col.
Jadwin, engineer corps, U. s. A. and the
three District Commissioners, the Sec
retary OF War yesterday placed his OFF,
cial o X upon the Swsnson-Carlin bill
for a,5Oo,ooo bridge near the site of the
present Aqueduct Bridge.
This action was precipitated by the
recent report on the extremely unsafe
condition of the old structure. It in
dicates that the plan at first adoped to
procure the bridge through the Appro-
priations Committee on the District bill,
will not be adhered to, but that the Com
missioners will seek authorization and
the initial appropriation this year.