The Washington herald., 1922-01-12
APPROVE MEASURE
TO EXTEND SCHOOL
]. RETIREMENT LAW
Senators Order Bill to.
Aid % Favorably
sex Reported.

Extension of the school teachers
retirement law to cover the cases Of
twenty-eight teachers. who had re-
signed or otherwise become sep
arsted from the school system, was
accelerated yesterday by the Sen
ate District Committee when it
passed the bill to that effect with
out a dissenting vote and ordered
thatdt be reported favorably to the
Senate
THE bill provides that all schooi
teachers who were on the rolls of
the public schools OF the District
for June, 1919. IL otherwise eligible,
and any teacher who, having
reached the age OF As OF who has
taught for fifteen years in the pub
lie schools OF the District and has
became physically disabled and has
resigned or been placed on the in
active list. shall share in the BEN
efits of the teachers retirement law.
,-.E Expense VIII BE $27.44O.
II is estimated that the bill VIII
entail the expenditure of s27.440.
The teachers who would be ben
ehted by the passage of the bill
are: z. L. Duvall. appointed Sep
tember. 1877. resigned June, 1895:
NJ. c. A Lazenby, appointed May,
1871 resigned March, 1900: z. W.
Dyer. appointed September. 1881. re-
signed April. 1901: NJ. G. Kelly. ap-
pointed September. 1869, resigned
october. 1906: NJ. A. Tate, appointed
july 1855, resigned October. 1906;
NJ. F. Hampson, appointed January,
1SSs. resigned April. 1903; E. A.
voorhees,. appointed September. 1855,
granted perpetual leave October,
1870; c. l. Wilson, appointed Sep
s1ember. 1872. granted perpetual
,Ssaks May. 1911: Phoebe Holmes. ap-
.E}aa&nred September. 1897, resigned
->ki1Aas 1911; NJ. z. Wilson. appointed
.sesesefnber. 1876. granted perpetual
S January. 1912; S B. Brown,
- Ipo4 rted September, 1876, granted
-ssI actual leave October. 1912.
Young. appointed October
-ssss granted perpetual leave Octo-
Der. 1913: A. NJ. Dutton. appointed
iply.1 1875. granted perpetual leave
october. 1913; NJ. C.. Garst, appoint
1875, granted perpetual
leave October 1913: VI. NJ. Dyer. ap-
PSfuted July, 1877. granted perpet-
ual leave October. 1913: L. c. Whit
ney. appointed March, 1893. resigned
February. 1914: NJ. V. Slater. ap-
pointed october. 1899, resigned No
Nember. 1914: G. NJ. Parker, appoint
July, 1887, granted perpetual
leaSe- January. 1915: e. L. Cooley,
appointed September. 1859. granted
leave October. 1916: A. A. Chesney,
appointed September. 1887. granted
perpetual leave February, 1916; Le-
oHprs Merritt. appointed July, 1888,
resigned October. 1918: Francis
Schweinhaut. appointed October.
1883. granted leave October. 1916.
N. F. Barker. appointed Septem-
her. 1877. granted perpetual leave.
Jpe, 1919; L. V. Fisher. appointed
Sfptsmber. 1867: A T. Howard, ap-
p<Aated March. 1868. granted per-
petaal leave January. 1916: II. p.
Spencsr. appointed January. 1868:
p v. George. appointed November,
1883: granted perpetual leave March
l. 1873: A. l. Lotion. appointed No
Nember. 1900. granted perpetual
have. September. 1918.
Other bills ordered reported IA
NOf9bly to the Senate were a bill
permitting the Prospect Hill Gene
terry Company to sell the land. now
the property OF the company, lying
weSt-of North Capitol street: a bill
to amend the charter of the Poto-
mac Insurance Company of the Dis
trict. and a bill prescribing that
capital punishment in the District
shaII be by electrocution.