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BILLS


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Senate committee bill would
cost about $4,000 annually.
A House subcommittee post
poned action on the original
proposal to await Senate dispo-
sition of a tax bill which should
clarity revenue expectations of
the city.
Perjury-PerSonS making
false statements under oath
when applying for licenses as
insurance agents and brokers
in the District would be liable
to prosecution under the
District perjury statute.
Building Heights-To mod
ernize the Federally required
height limit on buildings in
medium and high density
apartment areas, the eight
story building limit would be
eliminated. This bill still main
tainS the 90-foot height limit,
but allows builders to put as
many stories into structures as
they can and still meet the
8-foot floor-to-ceiling regula-
ton.
Junior College-A two-year
Junior college at District Teach
ers' College would be estab-
lished. AS the junior college
would use Teachers College
faculty. administrators and
physical facilities. no new
funding would be required for
at least two years.
Unsafe StructureS-The Dis
trict Commissioners could re-
move dangerous or unsafe
buildings and collect the costs
from the owners under a bill
strengthening collection and
enforcement provisions of cur
rent law.
Condemnation taxes-A sim
liar bill provides that taxes lev
led to cover the cost of govern
ment demolition of con-
demned building by be paid
without interest within 60 days.
After that interest would begin
at one-half Of l per cent Per
month. Property against which
such tax is levied could be
sold for taxes by the District
after two years, provided prop
er notice was given the owners.
Children's Census-The Com
misSioners would be free to
take a census of children be-
tween the ages CT 3 and 13
whenever they found it was
necessary to plan zoning and
school construction. Existing
law requires an annual census.
Therapists LicenseS-Physi-
cal therapiSts would be regis
tered and licensed in the
District, under another bill.
Both Virginia and Maryland
require licenses, but the practice
Of physical therapy is carried
on privately without public
registration in the District.
Tissue Bank-A human tissue
bank, urged by doctors and re-
SearcherS here, would be set up
and regulated by the Com
misSioners. Through the bank, .
doctors hope to remove, process, |
preserve, store and transport
tissue from human bodies for
use in surgery and research.
Retired Workers - Retired
school teachers could be hired
by the Federal Government |
and retired Federal employees
could be put to work as teach |
erS in District school rooms. |
The Senate committee adopted |
a Commissioners amendment .
aimed at preventing teachers
from drawing both retirement
pay and a larger salary from
the Federal Government. /
Divorce Law Change
DivOrce-Divorce laws would .
be changed by a bill drafted by
local lawyers. 1t provides that |
either party to a marriage may
sue for divorce. whether the
cause for divorce occurs in or
out of the District, if either
husband or wife has lived here
for one year. The same resi-
dence would enable either party
to bring an annulment action
even though the marriage was
performed outside the District. |
A marriage that took place in
the District could be annuled
by either party if one of them
was a resident at the time ac-
ton is brought.
The bill also would reduce
from two to one year the deSer-
ton period as grounds for alb
solute divorce and cut from
five to three years the volun-
tary separation period. Parties
may enlarge a limited" divorce
to an absolute" divorce after
waiting for one year instead of |
two after separation, under the
bill
Civil Defense-The District .
commissioners would gain
broad powers to plan, train and
prepare for civil defense in
case of attack or emergency.
This bill, along with most
others reported today. has
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