Evening star., 1947-07-04
Sports Bride Bill
And 50thers Go
oWhite House
Senate Passes Total
OF 13 Measures
Affecting District

sent to the White House Dill 70
outlaw bribery in sports events in
the District.
This was among l3 bills passed by
the Senate on a wide variety OF sub
iects. including the Episcopal
Church, corporation law and reor-
ganization of the District parole
system.
Six of the thirteen measures, in
cluding the bribery bill, went to the
White House; five were Senate bills
sent to the House and two were
amended House bills sent back for
concurrence with Senate changes.
Designed to curb corrupt intiu-
ence" on participants or officials In
sports events, the bribery bill pro-
vides stiff penalties. The measure
would add a new section to the Dis
trict Code of 1901.
Covers All Sports Events.
Athletic contests covered in the
bill are football, baseball, softball,
basket ball, hockey, polo game, ten
mis-, wrestling, boxing, horse races Or
"any other athletic or sporting event
or contest" The bill passed the
House May % and was approved
without amendment by the Senate.
Other bills approved by the Sem
ate and sent to the White House for
presidential action would:
Authorize appropriation of $25 900
for the architect of the Capitol to
study proposed enlargement of the
old House ONCE Building and the
possibilities of another new House
ONCE Building in the far future, 10
provide needed extra Office space.
Off1cially establish the Metropoli-
tan Police Band.
Entertainment Fund Provided.
Authorize appropriation of $4,000
for the District Commissioners to
use in entertainment of visiting dig
nitaries.
Authorize the sale of the bed of E
street S.W by the District Commits
sioners to the Pennsylvania Rail-
road.
Provide reimbursement of reason
able expenses incurred by property
owners in condemnation proceedings
abandoned by the District Commits
sioners.
Most important of the Senate bills
sent to the House is the 255-page
measure for new corpora ton law
for the District. Senator KEN, Re-
publican, of Missouri explained to
the Senate 1t was a combination of
features of the former corporation
bill introduced by Senator McCar-
ran. Democrat. of Nevada, and a !
model measure sponsored by the
American Bar Association.
Other Bills Sent to House.
Other Senate bills sent to the
House would:
Permit the survivorship OF a |
cause of action for personal in
juries to run both in favor of and
against the estate of the -decedent
who in his lifetime caused or re-
ceived such personal injuries"
Authorize parishes and congrega-
tlons OF the Protestant Episcopal
Church to set up their own bylaws
ASA CAcSIAOll vi fCSUl yIll6Il,
Authorize official reporters of Mu-
niclpal Court to get fees for sale of
transcripts Of proceedings.
Set up a commission for celebra-
ton here in 1850 of the l50th ami
versary of the founding OF this city
as the National Capital.
Two House bills were amended bv
the Senate and sent back to the
House for action.
Ihe measure to reorganize the
system OF parole of prisoners here.
with parole board of three, one
of whom would serve on a full-time
basis with pay, was amended to
provide that the board chairman
should be one of the two non-paid
members. Another Senate amend
rnent stipulates that a prisoner
charged with violation of parole may
be represented by counsel at a hear
ing before the board.
Governs Erection of Fountain.
The House Joint Resolution to
permit erection of a memorial foun-
tain to the late Andrew w. Mellon
was amended to stipulate that the
design and location should. both be
approved by the Fine Arts Commits
sion and National Capital Park and
Planning Commission.
When called up on the Senate
calendar yesterday, three insurance
bills for the District went over for
future consideration.
The so-called gun-toting bill,
which had been amended In the
Senate recently, and by mistate got
to the White House in the wrong
form. was back at the Capitol to-
day after being recalled by Con-
current Resolution adopted by both
House and Senate.
The gun bill is expected to go to
the House early next week with the
Cooper amendment approved by the
Senate.
The original House bill provided
police could search without warrant
persons suspected of carrying con-
cealed weapons. and the offense was
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