Evening star., 1918-05-28
RENT MEASURE IS
PASSED BY SENATE
Salisbury Resolution Awaits
Presidents Signature to
Become a Law.
PROTECTS D. c. TENANTS

The Salisbury resolution. designed
to retain the status quo Of landlord
and tenant in the District Of COLUMBIA
until the end Of the war or until Con-
gress enacts further legislation on the
the matter, today is up to the Prest-
dent. Eviction Of tenants for any
thing except non-payment of rent or
misbehavior will not be permitted
under it.
A landlord may regain possession OF
his property II he himself or any OF
his family or dependents require 1t
for personal use. provided he or they |
be connected with the government. /
Also where a sale is made to bona
fide purchaser, the property to be used .
by the purchaser himself, it may be ]
recovered when the tenants lease ex- ;
pires. Property may otherwise be !
sold, but subject to the existing ten
ancy.
! Vote Stood 81 to II.
The Senate late yesterday afternoon !
adopted the conference report on the /
resolution ESQ by vote OF 81 to -.
to prevent profiteering in rents in the |
District and to put an end to the col
ored sales" a means which has been
adopted to force tenants to pay a
higher rent or to force them to pur-
chase.
The Johnson Pomerene bill to pre-
vent rent prehteering has been sent |
to conference between the two houses. !
| and when it Is enacted into law. the |
iseded. There is a section Of the Pome- |
rene bill. however. which Is almost |
| identical with the Salisbury resolu- |
tion. There is some do iht whether
| the Johnson-P Pomerene bill will be- |
come a law. !
The constitutionality Of the meas
| ure was assailed by Senators Fletcher.
Reed. Hariwick. cummins and others
| noon. On the other hand. Senator's
! salisbury. Pomerene. Thomas and
Sherman defended the measure.
Text Of Resolution.
Tho taxi Of the resolution follows: /
Resolved by the Senate and House !
of Representatives Of the United States |
cf America in Congress assembled,
That until a treaty of peace shall have
beer definitely concluded between the
! United States and the imperial Ger |
time otherwise provided by Congress.
| NJ judicial order, decree or Judgment
! for the recovery OF possession u any
real estate in the District of Colum- !
bia. now or hereafter held or acquired |
| by oral or written agreement of lease
| for one month or any longer period. |
or for the ejectment or dispossession
of a tenant therefrom. shall be made.
and all leases thereof shall continue
so long as the tenant continues to
pay rent at the agreed rste and per-
| forms the other conditions OF the ten
anGy which are not inconsistent here
with. unless the tenant has committed |
waste. or has been guilty on the prem |
| lses Of conduct which constitutes a |
| nuisance or breach Of the peace or
other misdefneanor or crime. or that
the premises are necessarily required
| by landlord or bona fide purchaser
| for occupation either by himself or
his wife. children or dependents while |
he Is in the employ OF or omcfaiiy |
l.ernment. or where the property has
| been sold to a bona fide pur.
chaser for his own occupancy: and
where such order. decree or Judgment
fore the passage Of this resolution. |
the court by which the order. decree |
or judgment was made shall, II 1t IS
| of the opinion that the order. decree
made II this resolution had been In |
! force at the date of the making OF
| the order. decree or judgment. rescind |
or modify the order, decree or 1udg
ment in such manner as the court
may deem proper for the purpose OF
giving effect to this resolution; and
! all remedies, at law or in equity. OF
the lessor based on any provision In
| any oral or written agreement OF
| lease that the same shall be deter |
mined or forfeited IL the premises |
shall be sold are hereby suspended |
while this resolution shall be In force. |
and every purchaser shall take the |
conveyance of any premises subject !
to the rights of all tenants in possess
sion thereof under the provisions OF !
this resolution.
The the term real estate as herein |
used shall be construed to include any |
and all land. any building, any part |
Of any building. house or dwelling.
any apartment, room, suite of rooms |
and every other improvement or
structure whatsoever on land situated |
and being in the District of Column
bia."
How Senators Voted.
The vote on the resolution was as fol-
lows:
Yeas, 31-Senators Chamberlain. Colt,
Curtis, Dillingham;. Gronna. Guion, Hen
derson, johnson Is. d.. Jones IN. NJ,
Kendrick. Kenyon. Kirby. McNary. Mar
tin. Myers, Nugent. Phelan. Poindexter.
Pomerene. Salisbury. shafroth, shep-
pard. Sherman. Smith (Ariz.), Smith
Thompson, Townsend. Trammell.
Nays, 17-Senators Baird, Brandegee.
Cummins. Fernald. Fletcher. France.
Gallinger, Harding. Hardwick, Page.
Penrose. Reed. Smith (Mich.), Smoot,
Underwood, Warren, Wiley.
Senators Kellogg and Sutherland were
present and paired and counted for a