Evening star., 1933-02-26
Six Other District Measures
Also Are Passed Three
Go to President.
THREE OTHERS AWAIT
REPRESENTATIVES O, K.
O'Day Extension in Payment Of
Levies Is Authorized in Cases
Of Need.

Seven local bills passed the Senate
yesterday. including a measure which
had previously passed the House to al
low home owners to pay their taxes
quarterly and authorizing 90-day ex-
tensions Of time in needy cases.
This and three Of the other bills ap-
proved by the Senate yesterday 60 di-
| rect to the President for signature The
latter three, on which both houses have
acted, are for the following purposes
To clarity provisions of the District
Code relating to the taxation Of indus
| trial insurance companies operating in
| the District.
To require persons instituting dam
age suits against the District to show
the Commissioners within six months
after the injury or damage was sus-
tanned.
Placing the Washington City Post
Office and the new annex under the
Treasury Department for the purpose
Of maintenance.
Defines Estate Procedure.
The fifth measure passed by the Sen
ate defines the procedure to be followed
by the Police Department in disposing
of the funds Of deceased persons. This
bill goes back to the House for consid-
Grafton Of an amendment. If the value
Of such an estate exceeds $50 and Is
not claimed by legal representatives Of
the deceased within q year, the prop
erty clerk is required at present to GER
tify the matter to the Probate Court
The pending bill would require court
procedure only in cases involving 500
or more.
Two other bills passed in the Senate
yesterday still require House approval.
One defines the rights Of holders Of
industrial insurance policies, and the
other authorizes the chief of Engineers
of the Army to enter into agreements
with counties adjoining the District OF
Columbia for the use of water from
unmetered mains for emergency fire
fighting purposes only.
The bill relating to industrial in
surance policies provides that good
faith on the part OF the applicant and
insured shall be material element IN
determining the validity of such q
policy, in event payment Of the policy
is refused on the ground Of unsound
health at or prior to the date OF the
policy. The report on the bill explains
that the policies referred to usually are
issued without medical examination.
The bill further provides that industrial
policies shall be incontestable on any
ground relating to health after two
years from date Of issue. unless the
policy shall provide shorter period.
Sponsored by Copeland.
The bill to make tax payment easier
for home owners. which goes to the
White House to be signed, was spon-
sored In the Senate by Senator Cope
land of New York and carries several
other advantages besides the right to
pay the years taxes quarterly instead
Of semi-annually.
The bill provides that. beginning
with the new fiscal year, the assessor
shall send to persons occupying their
own homes. II they make written appli-
cation therefor, an itemized statement
of taxes and special assessments. The
bill would be payable, at the option OF
the home owner. in four installments
III September, December, March and
June. At present the bills are pay
able semi-annually in September and
March.
Under another section the collector of
taxes could grant 90-day extensions be-
yond the legal date Of payment to home
owners showing justification. such as
unemployment. Interest at the rate Of
6 per cent per annum would have to be
paid for the period of the extension.
This would keep the home owner out Of
the delinquent class.
The bill further provides that no
dwelling occupied by the owner could
be sold for taxes unless 30-day notice
has been served personally on the
owner
Another section provides that taxes
= f1r %IA tHa1f ~
the current year could be paid without
interest in April or at the option Of the
home owner, in equal installments in
April and June. The bill provides that
its benefits shall apply only to those
who file with the assessor afidavits
showing they live In their own homes.
The Home Owners Protective Enter
prise urged the bill and the Federation
Of Citizens Associations indorsed 1t.
Two Bills Blocked in Senate.
Two bills passed by the House recently
to authorize merger of the washington
and Georgetown Gas Light Cos. and to
permit amateur boxing matches, were
blocked by objections, in the Senate
yesterday. Another bill on the Senate
calendar would raise the gasoline tax
from to cents . gallon, but this also
has been blocked thus far.
The last bills to be reported from
the House District Committee we're ap-
proved at a specia! session yesterday
In an effort to get them on the calendar
50 that they might be called up under
the suspension Of the rules In the
closing hours Of this Seventy-second
Congress.
Among these is the bill which has
already passed the Senate unanimously
January 3, to regulate the business Of