Evening star. [volume], July 01, 1949, Page A-23, Image 23

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Bar and D. C. Officials
Agree on Revisions
In Corporation Law
A House District subcommittee
yesterday heard testimony that
complete agreement has been
reached between the District Bar
Association and the District Cor
poration Counsel's office over
terms of the comprehensive bill
to modernize the corporation law
of the city.
Five amendments to clarify as
many points were submitted on
behalf of both the bar association
and the corporation counsel. No
opposition was registered.
The measure, it was testified by
witnesses, is the result of seven
years of careful work.
Appearing for the bill were
Roger J. Whiteford of the bar as
sociation, Corporation Counsel
Vernon E. West and Assistant Cor
poration Counsel Chester Gray.
Subcommittee to Act.
The subcommittee, according to
its chairman, Representative Har
ris, Democrat, of Arkansas, will act
later on the measure.
The subcommittee completed
testimony also on legislation to
add three judges to District Mu
nicipal Court. Four members of
the District bar, Austin Canfield,
John L. Lasky, William Lichten
berg and Godfrey L. Munter, testi
fied for the bill.
They were questioned by Repre
sentative O Hara, Republican, of
Minnesota, regarding conditions
in the court, especially the hours
of service by the Judges, their
time off the bench and the dis
patch of court business.
The testimony, somewhat sim
ilar to that presented at a pre
vious hearing on the same legis
lation recently, emphasized the
need for more jurists and indi
cated there had been improve
ment in the court.
Barse Files Statement.
Chief Judge George P. Barse of
Municipal Court filed with the
committe a statement showing
the average number of hours per
day per judge at court is eight
hours; the average number of days
of annual leave per judge is 30,
although each is entitled to 36
Museum at Fort Washington
Opens to Public Tomorrow
The National Capital Parks
Office announced today that the!
museum at old Fort Washington,'
Md., an easy drive from the city,
will be open to the public tomor
row for the first time this season.
Donald J. Caulfield, an inter
pretive specialist on the staff, will
be assigned to duty at the fort
tomorrow, Sunday and Monday,
from 10 am. to 5 p.m., for the
benefit of visitors.
The museum exhibits will be
open on Saturdays, Sundays and
Mondays until October 1. Fort
Washington is opposite Mount
Vernon and may be reached via
Nichols avenue and South Capitol
streets S.E., to Indian Head road.
The fort is 5 Vi miles south of the
District line.
Other holiday week end events
have been planned by the parks
office.
Park Naturalist Kenny Dale-will
;meet a group at 3 p.m. tomorrow
at the"end of the Cabin John car
| line for an exploration of the
densely vegetated stream valley.
A trail along Four Mile Run in
days; the average sick leave per
i judge is 14 days and the average
inumber of judges available per
day after allowing for annual and
i sick leave is eight.
The report was for the calendar
year 1948.
Representative Harris said the
subcommittee would take action
on this bill later.
Two witnesses opposed the legis
lation. They were Ira Koehne,
a lawyer, and John Savage, who
said he was a “litigant” but not a
lawyer.
Gun Factory Sailor Freed
On Charges of Girl, 10
Louis J. Lazar, 24, a sailor sta
tioned at the Naval Oun Factory
here, has been acquitted of a
charge of carnal knowledge, in
volving a 10-year-old girl.
A District Court jury returned a
j verdict of acquittal Wednesday
night. The girl testified during
the trial that she and her nine
year-old sister had asked Mr.!
Glen Carlyn Park win negin at
3 p.m. Sunday from Columbia pike
and Buchanan street, Arlington.
Canal barge trips will begin at
2 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday at
Lock S. Thirtieth street, one
block south of M street N.W., and
at 4 p.m. both days at Lock 5
near Stop 24 on the Cabin John
carline. One-way or round trip
tickets for the canal voyage can
be bought' at the Capital Transit
Co. office, 1416 P street N.W.
Randle B. Truett, chief historian
of National Capital Parks, will
give an illustrated lecture on
"Impressions of Postwar Europe"!
at 9 p.m. tomorrow at the Rock
Creek Park campfire program
near Sixteenth street and Colo
rado avenue N.W. in the Dark.;
A program of recorded music
will begin at the site at 8:15 p.m.
and last until dark, when the lec
ture will begin.
The parks office also announced
that the Great Falls (Md.> Way
side Exhibit and Nature Trail at
the old Great Falls Tavern will
| be open from noon to 6 p.m. to
morrow, Sunday and Monday.
Lazar to take them for a drive
in his automobile.
Mr. Lazar said he refused to
take them for a drive but offered
to take them home. He denied '
he had any improper relations
with the girl, as she had charged.
Tanganyika has cut its income
tax from 40 cents to 30 cents.
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