Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-21

y area, but shall assess the entire amount
awarded damages. plus the cost ana
expenses of the proceedings. as beneuts
upon all land which they find will be
benefited
$65, 600 for Bridge.
i The conferees agreed to the Senate
d, amendment providing S65,oOo for the
proposed South Dakota avenue bridge.
Z The Senate amendment. providing s"o'-
900 for a tidal basin bathing beach
was stricken out of the bill with the
f. understanding that this item should
( be placed in the sundry. civil DILL
The Senate amendment providing
J $4,000 for the purchase of ground near
Sibley Hospital for a PLAYGROUND was
agreed to with an amendment decreis-
ing the amount to $4,000.
A Senate amendment increasing from
$4,000 to $4,000, the amount for the IN
stallation of twenty fire alarm BOXES
etc. was agreed to- Another ai so noo
ment increasing from $500 to s9.ooV
the amount to be expended for store,
house for electrical supplies was agreed
to. The amendment directing the 70
ton,ac Electric Power Company 10 place
its wires underground in Water street
between 9Th and 14th street southwest
was agreed to. a.,
The Senate amendment increasing lne
police force by ninety additional pr
Yates of class l was agreed 10. me
+. Senate amendment providing thlrtS
. DAVIS annual and thirty days SICK ieaVe
E with pay in each year for an eInpiIs 80
of the notice department was strlckeH
out. ;.
The Senate amendment increasing
! from $4,000 to $4,000 the amount 1or
a new station house in the SUBURBAN
section of the District between the hihth
and tenth precinct was agreed 10.
: Senate amendments placing the saiar-
les of assistant engineers In the nre de-
partment assistant marine engineers
Nd drivers at S114U were
agreed to.
For the Health Office.
A Senate amendment providing for
cerologist in the health department at
$4,000 was agreed to- ANOTHER amend
ment agreed to provides $1,000 for ap-
paratus, etc. incidental to the biological
and geological diagnosis of disease.
Amendments increasing from $1,000 TO
$4,000 the amount to be EXTENDED ioI
isolating wards at Garfield Hospllal
and from 81, OOo to $4,000 similar wards
at Providence Hospital were agreed TO.
An amendment providing $4,000 to re-
pair and alter the old Emergency RIOS
pital building so that IT may De useo az
a laboratory for the health department.
was agreed to.
A Senate amendment providing for ad-
ditional miscellaneous expenses authoriz-
ed by the Attorney General Il for aso the DIS
trict Supreme Court, up to S3.I50.
Amendments Increasing the approprla-
lions for the Columbia Hospital from S2O.-
900 to s25. 900 and for the Childrens Hos
pital from SIS, 900 to $4,000, and for the
Emergency Hospital from $40, 900 to $685.
600 were agreed to.
For the board of children's guardians,
an increase of one additional investigat-
ing officer at $1,000, and one additional
record clerk at $500 were agreed to.
S.Amendments providing $1,000 for the
SSational Library for the Blind and $1,000
FLOR the Polytechnic Institute for the
Blind were agreed to.
The Senate amendment. increasing from
s16900 to s21, 200 the amount for rent OF
armories, ETC.. for the National Guard.
was agreed to.
The Senate amendment increasing
from $500, 900 to $400,0 the amount to
be expended for reclamation of the
Anacostia flats was not allowed. The
conferees agreed. however, to the SEN
ate amendment authorizing the Secre-
tary of War to acquire for park pur-
poses land required for such purposes
not now owned by the United States
In and along the Anacostia river from
Anacostia- bridge to East Capitol street
on each side of the river, following ap-
proximately the contour of ten feet
elevation above the plane of mean low
water at the United States navy yard.
The Senate amendment providing for
laying sixteen-inch trunk mains in
Reservoir street and New Cut road to
Conduit road was agreed to, with some
notifications.
Water for Maryland Suburbs.
The Senate amendment authorizing
the use of the District water supply by
nearby Maryland communities. the
water to be paid for by those communi-
ties. was agreed to.
The Senate amendment granting to
per diem employees and day laborers of
the District government leave of abb
sence on legal holidays with pay was
agreed to with an amendment provid-
ing that they shall have been regularly
employed for fifteen working days i'm
mediately preceding the holiday.
Another amendment agreed to was
that authorizing the chief of engineers
TO grant permission to the Womens
Titanic Memorial Association to erect
on public grounds in the District a me-
mortal to the men who sacrificed their
lives that women and children might
! be saved when the Titanic was sunk.
The conferees agreed to a Senate
amendment providing that whenever
any piping or any other house fixtures
or secondhand goods have been stolen
and sold to a dealer in junk or second
hand dealer, under such circumstances
mat the Commissioners are satisfied
that the dealer should have had rea-
sonable grounds to believe that the
goods were stolen. the Commissioners
are authorized and directed to revoke
the license Of the dealer. This action,
however. shall not be bar to criminal
prosecution for receiving stolen goods
Reciprocity in Motor Licenses.
The amendment introduced by Sem
ator Smoot. providing that motor
vehicles owned or operated by persons
not legal residents of the District, but
who shall have complied with the laws
OF the state of their legal residence
requiring the registration of motor
vehicles. shall not be required to be
licensed or registered under the laws
and regulations of the District if the
state in which the owner or operator
OF this motor vehicle has his legal resi-
dence extends the same privilege to
the motor vehicles owned or operated
by legal residents of the District. was
agreed to with an amendment which
would give the District Commissioners
authority to regulate the speed of
motor vehicle travel in the District
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