This bill makes no provision for the courts or the prosecuting officers here. Their tenures at once become precarious.

Senator Case said on January 14 at page 114 of the record :

The bill makes no changes in the judicial branch of the District government.

He did not say that subparagraph II of section 324 gives the Council authority to repeal all acts creating all the courts in the District and both of its prosecuting officers.

Subsection (b) of section 201, page 7 of the bill, wipes out certain provisions of preexisting statutes. It destroys section 25 of the act

of 1871.

That provision is:

SEC. 25. And be it further enacted, that the judicial courts of said District shall remain as now organized until abolished or changed by act of Congress; but such legislative assembly shall have power to pass laws modifying the practice thereof, and conferring such additional jurisdiction as may be necessary to the due execution and enforcement of the laws of said District.

No such provision is contained in this bill. The courts are left to the mercy of the Council of 15 created by this bill.

At this point I am sure the members of the committee will be interested in a study we have made and just concluded, based on the latest information available, pertaining to the relationships of a number of representative foreign governments with their national capitals. Our study in this respect had already been initiated when we heard of a similar work being in progress by the House District of Columbia Committee. I submit herewith the results of our findings in this regard as shown on the accompanying charts, trusting that this information may be of some assistance and interest, and not otherwise duplicated.

Mr. TEAGUE. Would you tell us what you found in this study of the foreign capitals?

Mr. COLLADAY. In general, the foreign capitals are not in special national districts, and in those capitals it is very difficult to summarize the manner in which they are governed.

Mr. TEAGUE. I thought perhaps it could be.

Mr.COLLADAY. It would be necessary to go into some detail and draw distinctions. It merely gives the information in detail under certain columns, and I have been unable to summarize it in a short manner. You cannot summarize it in a few sentences. It is necessary for each person to examine it and draw his own conclusions. (The chart referred to follows:)