Evening star., 1937-08-07
13D,C,MEASURES
PASSED, ) GOING
TO WHITE HOUSE
Motor Inspection and Small
Claims Bills Require
House Action.
"GIN MARRIAGE" CURB
SENT TO ROOSEVELT
Auto Safety Provisions Call for
ST Fee for Check-Up in 1888,
so Cents Thereafter,

Thirteen District bills, including
seml-annual inspection of motor vehi-
cles and establishment of a small
claims and conciliation branch in
Municipal Court, passed the Seenate
late yesterday under guidance of
Chairman King of the District Com
nlittee. The motor inspection and
small claims measures require House
action.
The following House bills. however
were passed without change and are
ready to go to the White House for
signature:
l. Raising the age of consent for
marriage in the District from l6 to l8
in the case of males and from IA to
is in the case of females. The bill
also requires an interval of three
days between the application and
granting of marriage licenses to dis
courage what the committee described
As so-called gin marriages"
T. The bill to clarity existing law
relating to petit and grand larceny
and to relieve the grand jury of con-
siderlng many cases which, under
this measure, could be tried as mis-
demeanors. depending on the value
of the property.
Protects Potato Buyers
g. The bill to protect the buyers
Of potatoes by requiring dealers to
indicate that they are graded ac-
cording to Department of Agriculture
standards or to mark them as ''un-
classified" or 'ungraded" in order to
put the customer on notice.
4, An amendment to the healing
arts law of 1929 eliminating the rule
that required persons practicing be-
fore that time to obtain new license
from the new healing arts commits
sion within five years Since the
expiration of the fve-year period
Congress has had to pass a number
of separate bills to license practl-
tloners who were out of the city at
the time or did not know of the five
year limit on renewals This amend
ment will enable the commission to
pass on such cases in future.
S. A bill fixing penalties for the
Use of slugs instead of coins in pay
telephones and other slot vending
machines in the District
Adoption Procedure Outlined.
In addition to the small claims
and automobile inspection bills, the
Senate also passed and sent to the
House measure outlining detailed
legal procedure for the adoption of
children
The Senate also approved several
individual healing arts license bills.
The seml-annual inspection bill
calls for an inspection fee of 81 for
the calendar year 1888 to be paid
when the car is registered, and so
cents year thereafter. The fee is
designed to meet the cost of estab-
fishing and maintaining municipal
inspection stations as safety meas
ure.
The small claims branch of Mu-
nlcipal Court is intended to make
possible an informal procedure for the
settlement of legal disputes involving
$50 or less.
Hospital Action Deferred.
Chairman Walsh of the Senate
Naval Affairs Committee trieo' with
out success to obtain Senate action
on the bill already passed by the
House to raise the authorization for
the proposed new Naval Hospital by
sl,600,000. Congress several years
ago authorized reconstruction of the
hospital at limit of cost of SO, 200. 900,
but 1t was later decided unWise to re-
build on the existing site. The pend
ing measure was intended to make
possible development of the new
buildings on some other site in the
vicinity of Washington not vet Sc
lected. Senators McKellar of Ten
nessee and Gillette of Iowa urged
postponement of the bill for further
study.