Evening star., 1926-03-16
15D. c. MEASURES
FILED IN SENATE
Forwarded by Commission.
ers to Chairman Capper,
Urging Enactment.

| A list Of lo bills pending before the
! Senate District committee which the
| Commissioners deem Of Importance to
! be enacted at the present session of
Congress was sent, to Senator Capper
yesterday by Cuno II. Rudolph, chair
| man of the Board Of Comissioners.
The list was compiled at the request
OF Senator Capper, chairman of the
committee, and the Commissioners cx.
planned that 1t should not be regarded
| that other bills affecting the District
which have not been included are un.
desirable. Only the most urgent are
listed.
Listed in Order Of Importance.
The bills have been arranged in the
order In which the Commissioners
. consider their Importance, as follows:
To provide for the condemnation of
| land for the opening. extension. widen
ing. or Strengthening OF streets. ave.
nueS, roads or highways in accorda nee
with plan Of a permanent system
Of highways for the District. and for
other purposes.
To amend section 1115 Of an act en-.
titled IAN act to establish q code OF
laws for the District of Columbia. -
To amend the act of Congress ap.
proved March 4. 1913, creating the
Public Utilities commission OF the Dis
trict, and for other purposes.
Reed Hospital Measure.
To vacate certain streets and alleys
within the area known as the Walter
Reed General Hospital, and to author.
! iZe the extension and widening of
Fourteenth street from Montague
street to its southern terminus south
Of Dahlia street.
| To control the possession. sale and
use Of deadly wea pons in the District.
| A bill relating TO giving false infor-
nation regarding the commission Of
! crime in the District.
| To provide for the acquisition Of
property in Prince William County,
/ Va. for use by the District for re-
duction CT garbage.
To provide an additional method for
enforcing and foreclosing tax sales
and tax deeds in the District Of Co.
uinbia and for other purposes.
Transfer of jurisdiction.
To transfer Jurisdiction over United
States Reservation No. 248 from the
iirector Of pCoic buildings and public
parks Of the National Capital to the
Commissioners Of the District
A bill to amend sections :. 6 and
IF the act OF Congress. making appro-
)rfations to provide for the expenses
'or the District for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1903, approved July l,
1902, and for other purposes.
To authorize the refund OF $4,000
20 the Columbia Hospital for Women
and Lying-in Asylum.
To provide for the elimination of the
Michigan avenue grade crossing In the
District and for other purposes.
Zoning Act Amendment.
TO amend an act of Congress APP
proved March /, 1920 Cpublic 1873,
Sixty-siXth Congress, n. X. 6sG3). en-
titled AN act to regulate the height.
area anu use Of buildings in the Dis
trict and creating q coming commits
sion. and for other purposes"
Relating to manufacture, renovation
and sale Of mattresses.
To amend an act entitled AN act
making it Il misdemeanor in the Dis
trict Of Columbia to abandon or will.
fully neglect to provide for the sup
port or maintenance by any person OF
his wife or minor children in destitute
OF neceSsitous circumstances" ap-
proved March %. 1906.