Evening star., 1928-12-21
DEATH BENEFITS
/. BILL IS ENACTED
Others Signed by Coolidge
During Past ~ Hours
Are Listed.

Among the mass of bills passed dur
ing the present session of Congress and
which have been signed by President
Coolidge during the past "a hours is
the Senate bill 3844, which amends the
fraternal beneficial association law for
the District of Columbia regarding the
payment of death benefits. This amend
ment proposes to give greater protection
to the members of fraternal beneficial
organizations and beneficiaries.
Among the other bills signed were:
S. 3171, providing for a Presidents
Plaza and Memorial in Nashville, Tenn,
to former Presidents Andrew Jackson,
James K. Polk and Andrew Johnson.
S. 1925, an act for the relief of Hor-
ace Knowles.
H. r. 1886, an act for the relief of
James M. Long.
H. r. e319, an act for the relief of
the Glens Falls Insurance Co. OF GlenS
Falls, N. Y.
H. r. 1920, an act for the relief of
the Home Insurance Co. of New York.
H. r. 1884, to grant the city OF
Leominster, Mass. an assessment over
certain Government property.
H. r. 1881, providing for the pur-
chase of GAO acres of land adjoining
Camp Clark, at Nevada, Miss, and
authorizing appropriation therefor; ,
H. r. 1906 authorizing the city OF
Fort Thomas, KY, to widen and other
wise improve Fort Thomas avenue and
to assess the cost against the United
States.
Joint resolution, 1863. for The appoint
ment of w. A. Albright of Kansas as
member of the board of managers, Ma
tional Homes for Disabled Volunteer
Soldiers.
,Joint resolution 1913 for the appoint
ment of Roy L. Marston of Maine for
the board of managers of the National
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.
H. r. 8729, to authorize the POST
master General to give motor vehlcle
service employees credit for actual time
served on basis of one year for each
800 days of eight hours served as SUD-
Stitutes,
H. R. 1878. authorizing Alex Con-
zales, his heirs or legal representatives
to construct and operate a bridge
across the Rio Grande River near the
town of Ysleta, Tex.
n. r. 1888, to provide for issuance
of perpetual easement to the Depart
ment of Fish and Game of the State
of Idaho to certain lands within the
original boundaries of the NeZ Peice
Indian Reservation of that State.
n. R. 1924, authorizing L. L. Mon
taeue to construct and operate a bridge
across the Columbia River at or near
Arlington, Ore.
n, r. 1890 to authorize the Pres1-
dent to present the Distinguished Fly
ing Gross to Orville Wright and to VIII
bur Wright, deceased.
Fl. r. 14801, making appropriation
for the Treasury and Post once De-
partments.
Joint resolution 131, providing for the
participation by the United States IN
the international conference for tne
revision of the convention OF 1914, 1or
the safety of life at sea.
S. 4402, authorizing the Secretary OF
the Navy to assign to the chief OF
naval operations the public quarters
originally constructed for the super1n-
tendent of the Naval Observatory In
the District of Columbia.
H. r, 1894, for the relief Of the State
Bank & Trust Co. of Fayetteville, Tenn.
H. r. 5529, authorizing court OF
claims to hear and determine questions
of law involved in the alleged erroneous
assessment of tonnage taxes In 1870
and 1921 on three vessels operated by
the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey
under charter from Danzig corpora
ton.
II r 1873, authorizing an expendi-
ture of certain funds standing to the
credit of the Cherokee Indians in the
United States Treasury.
The following relief bills were signed:
For Theodore Herbert, Franklin B..
Morse, John N. Andrews, James Meyer,
Myra Madry, Leah Frank, Eloise
Childers and Eta Cove.