Evening star., 1924-05-21
DISTRICT FLAG BILL
ORDERED REPORTED
Measure to Register Architects
Also Favorably Handled
by House Committee.
IMP0UNDING PLAN DELAYED
Proposal to Name Extra Deputy
Coroner Laid Aside.

The House District committee to-
measures and ordered favorable re.
ports on several of them.
Representative Smith of Idaht
spoke in explanation OF this bin
which would direct the War Depart
ment to correct the title to a certain
portion of land in the District wher
proof of private ownership has been
established
Mr.. Smith told the committee thai
this bill was introduced in the in
terest of Mrs. r. J. Lane of Boston
whose grandfather took tax title tc
this piece of land in 1865. which her
mother had since inherited. For fifty.
nine years these private parties have
been paying taxes on the property
from the District Commissioners and
the Secretary of War confirming his
statements.
Part of HangerfOrd Estate.
The land in question is part of the
old Hungerford estate. The Smith
bill was ordered favorably reported
and Representative Hammer. Demo
crat, North Carolina, will write the
report.
Favorable report was also ordered
on the bill fathered by Represen ntative
Jeffers of Alabama, which would
authorize the health officer of the
District to issue a permit for remoya
of the remains OF the late George
Mauger Burklin and the remains OF
the late Anton Lerch Burklin from
Glenwood cemetery in the District
to Fort Lincoln cemetery in Mary
land
The Senate bill providing for ex-
animation and registration of archi-
tects and to regulate the practice ot
architecture in the District was also
favorably reported after an amend
ment striking out a section of the
bill which provides that the board
to be created have suitable quarters
and equipment provided by the Dis
tr1ct Commissioners. This amend
ment was offered by Acting Chairman
Zihlman, who will write the favorable
report.
Alley Measure Favored.
The Senate bill providing for rear.
rangement of public alleys so as to al
low an enlargement of the colored vo-
catlonal school on o street was favor
ably reported The House committee haC
previously reported a similar bill. and
the action taken today was to expedite
enactment of this measure. Representa-
tive Stalker, Republican, New York. will
write the report.
The d. A. r. bill for creation of a
commission to procure design for q
distinctive flag for the District of Co,
luTnDla. the seat of government. was
ordered favorably reported on motion OF
Representative Rathbone, Republican
Illinois. Representatives Blanton ant
Kent served notice that they would file
minority reports.
Representative Blanton endeayored Il
have the measure laid on the table. bu
his motion was lost, as was also one b,
Representative Kent to have the com
mittee proceed 10 other business
Coronerx' Bill Tabled.
The committee. after conSiderabI,
discussion, laid aside the Senate bill
providing for appointment of tive
deputy coroners instead of one Rep
resentatiVe Blanton argued that il
every department there are TOO many
assistant chiefs doing ;he work tha1
the chief ought to do.
Representative Clarence j. Mcleod
Republican, Michigan. called up his
impounding bill and had letter reac
showing that the District Commis-
Sioners approve his bill with several
amendments. Representative Blantor
and Representative Underhill of Mas.
am mendments recommended by the
commissioners were adopted. One O.
these was that nothing in the pro.
posed law would prevent a trial judg,
from Imposing a fine for inffactior
of traffic regulations when the drive
was found guilty, and the other wa.
that the fines should be paid weekI,
to the collector of taxes and covered
| into the Treasury of the Unite,
States to the credit OF the District.
Bianton in Opposition.
Representative Blanton. arguin.
against motion to favorably repor
the bill. explained how a policeman
in nxrtn
be destroying evidence. and Repre-
sentative Gilbert expressed the opin
ion that in a number of cases tn.
automobile owner would be punished
first and tried afterward. Repre-
sentative Blanton also argued tha
| it would result in clogging still further
the work of the Police Court anc
make necessary an additional judge.
The motion to report the bill wa.
lost and on request of Representativ,
Mcleod it was then referred to
subcommittee consisting of Repre-
sentative Mcleod. Michigan; Beers
Pennsylvania, and Gasque, Soutl
Carolina.
Representative Mcleod. as chair
| nan of a subcommittee which con
sidered bills covering the sale o
serums. toxins, etc, reported tha
each member of the subcommitte,
was filing separate report. Rep
resentative Rathbone supported hi
own measure, which was a rewritten
bill. Representative kunz of Illinoi:
favored a bill providing that tn,
same regulations would also appl!
to all patent medicines, and Repre-
sentative Mcleod favored striking
from the Rathbone bill certain Ian
guage, including therapeutic effect.
The committee postponed action OF
these reports.
In adjourning, Representative Tn
derhill of Massachusetts directed the
attention "of the press to the fac
that the District committee has hele
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