The Washington times., 1922-12-31
CONGRESS PASSES
a D.C.b|LLS IN 1922
Act Establishing 60-40 Per
Cent Basis and Marine Insur-
ance Law Take Precedence.
BAN PUT ON BAD HECKS
Permission Given to Erect Six
Historical Statues in
Washington.

Out of a maze OF 1853 bills, rang.
ing from blue-sky regulations to
blue Sunday proposals, Congress
signed twenty.four pieces OF legisla.
ton directly affecting the District
OF Columbia in 1922.
A large number Of other bills
have been passed either by the
House or Senate, but have not been
ratified by both bodies. Prominent
among these are the so-called teach.
ers' salary bill and the compulsory
school attendance bill. both n
which have passed the Senate
House leaders expect that these
will be considered by the House
the latter part OF this week or i'm.
mediately after the New Year holi
day.
6O-4O TAX BASIS.
Among the most important laws
enacted by the SIxty.seventh Con.
gress is said TO be the act making
for the District Of
Columbia which establishes a 60-4o
lper cent basis for calculating the
Districts share of its own expenses
Under this law. which went into ef
feet July !. 1922. the District paws
so per cent and the United States
40 per cent of District operating
expenses.
Next In Importance is said to he
the act establishing regulations for
| the marine insurance business In
the District of Columbia. This
measure, which was prepared with
| the cooperation OF insurance ex.
al rf nf hn nj al
States. forms part OF the pro.
gram for revision of local insurance
laws inaugurated by Bert A. Miller,
District Commissioner OF Insurance,
BAD CHECK LAW.
Severe penalties for issuing
checks or drafts with intent 10 ie.
fraud are provided in a bill which
was strongly supported by practi.
cally every business organization
/ in Washington A fine of not more
| than 81 300 and not more than one
year imprisonment Is imposed Cor
violations.
A separate police force for the
White House. was created in n
measure approved September IA,
1929.
Extension of the food control law
: for two years and an amendment
! to the so-colled public morals bill,
permitting alley dwellers TO con.
tinue in their homes, are carried in
two bills which affect large num-
bers of people in Washington.
Six laws grant permission to
various organizations to erect mo.
MORALS and statutes in Washington.
. The memorials are: A statue Of Ed.
mund Burke: "A statue Of Abraham
Lincoln to be re-erected upon its
original site in front OF the Court
House: memorial to the dead of
the First Division of the American
Expeditionary Forces; a tablet to
the officers OF the Daughters Of the
American Revolution: statue Of
Dante: memorial to Jeanne dare.
ANNUAL BONUS GIVEN.
An annual bonus OF $c4O and
more generous provisions to civil
service laws are provided in three
bills affecting government EN-.
ployes.
/ The minor amendments Of the
District Code, authorizing the Su.
| preme Court to summon an addi-
tional grand jury. were passed.
Congress also passed an amend.
ment to the charter Of the Poto.
mac Insurance Company. enlarging
the scope Of its activities and au.
thorizing an increase In the kinds
Of insurance to be sold
Another law empowered the Dis.
! trict Commissioners to close upper
Water street. between Twenty-first
and Twenty-second street north
west, while another allowed the
transfer Of certain reservations en-
Maryland avenue southwest to the
Botanical Gardens. The office Of
the Superintendent OF the Library
Building and Grounds was abol-
ished and its duties assigned to the
Architect Of the Capitol and the
Librarian Of Congress.
Two cemetery laws. granting a
charter to a new company and pro.
hibiting further interment in an
old cemetery. complete the list of
statutes so far enacted.