Evening star., 1933-02-14
HOUSE PASSES IS
BILLS FOR DISTRICT;
GAS MERGER 0. KID
Amateur Boxing Approved
and Anti-Kidnaping Meas
ure is Passed.
RE0RGANIZING URGED
FOR NORMAL SCHOOLS
Legislation for Quarterly Payment
Of Real Estate Taxes With Ad.
vance Notice Is Voted.


posed under another bill acted upon
favorably which also raises vocational
schools from the elementary school
level to the grade of junior hiSh school.
The two teachers colleges will grad
late flrst classes In June, 1898. II the
degrees these graduates are to receive
are to be recognized by graduate
schools, in which District graduates
may later study, the Wilson and Miner
Teachers Colleges must meet the
standards which have been established
by the American Association of Teach
ers' Colleges. A representative of this
association has inspected these two
colleges and the report will be pre-
sented at the meeting Of the associa-
ton in Minneapolis the last Of this
month.
No Economy Exemption.
Representative Stafford, Republican,
OF Wisconsin raised the question wheth-
er the teachers affected by the bill
passed yesterday would be exempted
from the provisions of the economy act
and he was assured that they would
not be.
The legislation urgently sought by
the District Commissioners and the
corporation counsel, providing for notice
within six months for claims for dam
ages to be made against the District,
was passed by the House today.
Without any debate the House passed
the Hartley bill prohibiting profes-
sional prizef1ghting and legalizing anna
teur boxing.
Representative Palmisano Democrat.
OF Maryland, chairman Of the subcom-
nittee which reported the bill, empha-
sized that this ef1ectually prevents
professional prizefghting and at the
same time legalizes properly conducted
and supervised amateur exhibitions.
Fees for Licenses Provided.
The Boxing Commission set I'D BY
this bill is authorized to charge fees
for licenses and permits to defray the
OF not more than years imprison-
nent or a fine not to exceed $1,000 IL
provided for holding a boxing exhibi-
ton without permit, for participation
in an unlicensed exhibition or violation
OF rules Of the commission.
Without debate the House also passed
and sent to the Senate the bill au-
thor1zing q merger Of the washington
Gas Light Co. and the Georgetown Gas
Light Co.
It was argued that a merger Of these
companies, after refinancing, would
result in the expenditure of Sl,OOO, 900
to 81 100000 In capital improvements
At present the entire capital stock of
the Georgetown corporation Is owned
by the Washington Gas Light Co. and
only the form Of separate orsaniza-
tion, required by statute and the regu-
lations OF the Public Utilities Commis-
sion, Is maintained.
Nineteenth Century Charterx
The charters of both these CORPORA
tions date back to the middle of the
nineteenth century, the principal dis
tlngu1shing feature being the fact that
the Washington company was limited
to an area in the District east of Rock
Creek, while the Georgetown company
was confined to the area west Of Rock
Creek
In many particulars these corpors-
tons are now under single operat-
ing management and control; the sepa-
rate entity required the maintenance of
a second corporate organization and
stad and separate accounting and rec
ords.
The completion Of the merger would
result In saving estimated at between
$4,000 and $50,000 a year.
Rate Hearings Impend.
The Public Utilities Commission Is
ABOUT to commence hearings on the
value OF the properties of these two
corporations for rate-making purposes.
A bill providing for quarterly pay
ment OF real estate taxes with advance
notice to home owners, was promptly
passed by the House and sent to the
senate where hearings have been held
and where Senator Copeland yesterday
introduced the House bill so that
for concurrent action.
The taxpaying months under the bill
would be September, December, March
and June.
In the anti-kidnaping bill, acted
upon favorably in the House yesterday,
the death penalty previously proposed
was omitted, and the term Of impr1son-
ment Is left to the discretion Of the.
court with life Imprisonment as a
maximum. The bill applies to who
ever shall be guilty of aiding or abet-
ting IN, seizing. combining, inveigling,
enticing, decoying, kidnapping, abduct-
ing, concealing or carrying away any
individual by any means whatsoever,
and holding or OBTAINING, or with the
intention to hold or detain, such in
olVloual 1or ransom or reward"
Asylum Charter Amended.
The House passed another bill, which
was passed by the Senate last June.
amending the charter of the Female
Orphan Asylum, In Georgetown, and
the Washington City Orphan Asylum.
This bill merely removes q limitation
of 5000 placed by the act Of incor-
poration on the amount of annual in
come allowed the two orphanages
mentioned.
A bill authorizing the District Com
missioners to sell at a public sale the
old Potomac School property, on Twelfth
street between D and E streets south
west, was passed
The House also passed q bill order
Ing the restoration to duty Of former
Policeman George NJ Nicholson, who
was dismissed from the force several
years ago by the Police Trial Board
A subsequent investigation showed
that the action taken by the Trial
Board was unjust.
Another bill passed by the House
amended section $50 of the District
Code to equalize the taxes Of insurance
companies, corporations and joint stock
companies.