Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-04

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SENATOR WESLEY l.. JONES.
for the police and $4,000 for fire.
men was carried in the second def
cheney bill.
An act providing for transfer of
jurisdiction over Conduit road in the
District of Columbia from the Sec
rotary Of War to the District Com
miSSionerS was approved May =.
This law leaves a strip IL feet VIDE
within the lines of the road under
the control of the War Department
in connection with supervision by
The War Department of the conduit
under The road The purpose Of the
law was to bring abuttinS property
owners within the jurisdiction or
the municipal laws and regulations,
especiallv those covering assessments
which may be levied for public I'M
provement, the same as other private
property i'll the District.
Anacostia Park Transfer.
An act to amend the District code
by giving married women power Ito
make contract AS surety or grantor
or as accommodation. drawer, eX'
CeptOf, maker OL eIucl sci was az
proved May rs.
on MAY : a law went into force
authorizing transfer to the Jurisdic-
ton of the District Commissioners of
certain portion of the Anacostia
Park for use as "A tree nursery.
An act providing for expenses of
the office of recorder of deeds and
register Of wills was approved April
"a. This legislation is the last step
in abolishing the fee system for sup
port OF any governmental agency in
the National Capital. 1t provides that
fees shall hereafter he deposited in
the Treasury and that, beginning with
the fiscal year 1928. expenses of the
recorder of deeds office shall be esti.
mated as for all other Federal and
Districe Government agencies
This measure also authorizes appro-
priations for a suitable record build
ing for the Office of the recorder Of
deeds to protect the valuable land rec
ords from fire risk. The aprropria.
ton will be asked for in the next Dis
trict budget.
The half-cent toll for each car
rider crossing the Highway and
Francis Scott Key Bridges was abol-
ished under legislation approved
June Z.
Street Widening Approved.
The widening of Harvard stree,
| from the Geological Park to Mount
Pleasant street is auth oriZed under
| legislation approved Jane Z. This
gives a straighter and wider entrance
TO the Geological Park at one of the
| principal entrances.
| The widening of First street north
! east between q and Myrtle streets
| was specifically authorized in legisla
| ton approved March II. This had
! previously been blocked by the fact
| that sufficient damages could not be
assessed against abutting property
| owners to meet the cost of the project
| and the measure was passed author
! zing this work to be done regardless
| OF the amount of damages that might
| be assessed as benefits.
| Two new provisions of far-reachine
| effect were enacted into law as part
of the District appropriation act. One
| required the commissioners to make
| 1212 per cent increase in the price
| of water TO meet the cost of a large
| program of extensions Of mains. The
| other prohibits the Commissioners
! from paying more than % per cent
| in excess OF assessed value for schoo
! building sites. The act further pro
vided that of the 100000 appropriated
| for park purchases $450.000 shall be
| spent under the same limitation as tt
! price, leaving $150,000 to be spent
without limitation.
Park Police Bill.
| Among the measures on which con
! gresSional action was completed BY
| either the House or Senate during the
! closing hours, and which were signed
| by the President are
| A bin putting members of the parl
| police force on the same status a!
! the members of the metropolitan
police force as regards disability al
lowance. and one day leave eacl
week. This measure authorizes Elk
pansion Of the park police force Wher
an appropriation becomes available.
| An act regulating the manufacture
renovation and sale of mattresses ant
| other bedding materials in the Dis
trict, as a protection to public health
!, An act authorizing the grant O.
| leave to eX-service men and Womer
| employed by the municipal govern
ment of the District of Columbia t
attend the American Legion conven
ton in Paris in 1927.
| An act prohibiting appeals beint
taken to the District Court of APP
| pealS from interlocutoiY orders ii
criminal cases in the District. TIL,
Court Of Appeals decided that it ha:
| jurisdiction to entertain such appeals
! The judiciary committees declared this
practice contrary to the Fundamental
principles of the law relating to APP
peal and contrary To the general prac
tice In criminal cases.
An act fixing the fees of jurors ant
| witnesses in the United States courts
including the District of Columbia, be
came a law May /.
Bass Transportation Law.
OF considerable local interest wa
the enactment on May 20 of d Law
regulating the interstate transporta
ton of black bass.
On June the act permitting tn,
Washington Market Co. to lay j.:
conduit for refrigeration purposes
across Twelfth street southwest wa
approved.
On April 16 approval was given t.
an amendment to the coming act t
permit a roof garden to be constructe,
on the new National Press Building a
| Fourteenth and + streets.
An act regulating the sale o
kosher meat in the District Of Colum
bia was approved April 10.
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