The Washington times., 1925-12-07
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in 1912 $40. The total assessment
OF the real estate. including inn.
provements in the District amounted
to 1913, 625,572. M
The most pressing need. accord
ing to the report, Is q change in
the time for making returns On
personal property as the month Of
July is deemed too closee to the
period during November when pay
ments are due.
At the end OF the fiscal year
there had been $166.691 realized
from automobile tags and $33.6S1
from operators permits. From mis-
cellaneous licenses, $169,677 was
received.
The purchasing office spent
$3,S71,945 for materials. supplies
and stores for use by the District
Government.
Test OF ZOning Law
In the report of the Corporation
Counsel 1t is recorded that the first
case to test the constitutionality
OF the coming law has been filed
against the Zoning Commission in
The Supreme Court of the District
and upon the upholding of the law
1t was sent to the Court of Appeals
where 1t now is pending.
Assurance that Congress will give
favorable consideration to a. dill
giving the District new insurance
legislation Is given IN the report. It
IS expected that new fraternal in.
surance law will be introduced early
In the Congressional session
Closer supervision of the sale
OF fuel oils and gasolines is recon.
mended in the report from the
superintendent of weights and
measures. Corrective measures are
being adopted, according to the
report, In instances where violations
or the measures act are noted. The
report recommends to Congress
that additional legislation be passed
In order to prevent substitution and
fraud in the sale Of gas and oils.
More Fairgrounds Sought
The commissioners recommend
that more Fairgrounds be set aside
for the use Of school children and
advise the construction of more
municipal swimming pools in order
to relieve the present congestion.
Appreciation of the campaign Of
The Washington Times, in which
a fund was raised to finance tho
opening Of playground pools, is
expressed.
Enactment of the bill, proposed
In 1924 by officials of the Public
Library, providing for changes in
the organic act under which the
library is controlled and to permit
extensions in the service, is noted
in the report.
Attention is called to the need
for a central police station and
headquarters. A more modern.
building to house the newly estab.
lished Fourteenth precinct also liz
necessary. the report indicates. It
Is recommended also that crossing
policemen, now on the rolls of the
street car companies, be transferred
and paid out of public funds. Early
legislation providing for the licens-
ing Of chiropractors and osteopaths
and to make drug addiction a
felony, is urged.
Recommendation on Traffic
Several recommendations are
noted in the report pertaining to
the office OF the Director of Traffic.
namely: Extension of authority I'm
the revocation OF permits, notations
Of major infractions of the regula.
tons on the backs of permits, addi-
tional funds for the purchase OF
charts for traffic data and a re.
volving fund making the office self.
supporting. The report indicates
that the director Is not in favor of
annual renewal Of permits.
The total fire loss for the fiscal
year was 1897 1876 and 2,878 alarms
were answered The purchase of
seven new pieces of fire apparatus
is noted.
Need for additional buildings for
the housing Of charitable patients