Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
MANY PROPOSALS
/ TOBE LA|DBEFORE
D. c. Commission
New Insurance Code Would
Let Superintendent Set
Fire Protection Rates.
AMENDMENT PROPOSED
FOR BoRLAND TAX Law
Tnfic and Loan Bill Changes and
support Of Illegitimate Chill
dren Are Suggested.

Much important District legislation,
proposed by various subordinate branches
OF the District government, win be laid
before the Commissioners by November
Is for their approval or disapproval, in
order that approved measures may b
transmitted to Congress with . request
for enactment early IN the coming
session.
The bills. covering multitude Of
subjects, are being examined by Cor
pOratlon Counsel william w. Bride in
series Of daily conferences with the
members Of his stan. Some Of them
have already been satisfactorily drafted
and even introduced at the past ses-
sion, but the work II being concentrated
on new legislatiOn which b stu In the
formative stage.
Insurance Code Included.
Included in the measures seeking the
stamp Of approval from the Commits
stoners are Q new insurance code, q
bill to eliminate mandatory jail sem
fences for third-oHense speeding, Sec
ond-offense reckless driving, and first-
ofense driving while drunk: o bin to.
compel parents Of illegitinate children
tenth year, instead Of the fourteenth
year, IS ct present. and q change in
the money lenders law requiring licenses
In the case of these who charge more
than per cent per annuni, instead
Of 8 per cent, as now. The draft viii
include the proposed amendment to
the Borland law, already approved by
the Commissioners and introduced at
the past session. 1t II not known
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by the Public Qualities Commission, to
give them control over interstate buses
and the taxicah industry, will be IN
cluded.
Propose Tfansc Rals Changes.
The new insurance code has been ad-,
vocated for several years by Thomas M.
Baldwin, r., District superintendent Of
insurance. It u q complete overhauling
In the District. Its most controversial
feature Is giving TO the superintendent
Of insurance the right to set. fire in-
surauce rates here
The bill relating to sentences for cer-
tain trnfic Oflenses has no connection
with the report Of the Commissioners
TariH Commute and Trafac Advisory
Council, adopted recently. but not yet
transmitted to the Commissioners. II
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assessing penalties for violation Of the
various txafile regulations.
ASK Derlana Law Amendment.
The bill relating to the support Of IL
legitimate children was proposed by As
sistant Corporation Counsel Edward M.
Welliver, formerly Of Juvenile Court,
and strongly recommended by Mr.. Bride
in his last annual report.
The change IN the loan bill, according
to Mr.. Bride, Is simply designed 70 COR
rect q discrepancy which now exists III
the code. The legal rate Of interest
Ia 8 per cent, and yet wording Of the
code requires al who charge per cent
or more to obtain licenses.
The proposed amendment to the Bor-
land law was drawn IN by commits
consisting Of Capt. Herbert O. White
hurst, District highway engineer; Tax
Assessor william r. Richards, and Mr..
Bride. While adopting the principle OF
the present law that abutting property
should be taxed for part OF the cost
Of permanent highway improvements,
the proposed amendment includes 3
number Of limitations designed to pre-
vent excessive assessments such as have
resulted In cancellation Of o large NUM-
Der Of assessments under the present
law and considerable uncertainty as to
the possibility Of applying the present
law In future.