Amendment numbered 241:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 241, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of $200,000 insert $75,000; and strike out the words "to be available until the end of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifteen"; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 247:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 247, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the language in said amendment insert the following: That the President of the United States shall appoint a commission composed of not more than seven persons who shall serve without compensation to cooperate with the American commission assembled under the auspices of the Southern Commercial Congress to investigate and study in European countries cooperative land-mortgage banks, cooperative rural credit unions, and similar organizations and institutions devoting their attention to the promotion of agriculture and the betterment of rural conditions, and for the purpose of its investigations the commission shall be authorized to incur and have paid upon the certificate of its chairman such expenses in the city of Washington and elsewhere for the payment of the salaries of employes, clerks, stenographers, assistants and such other necessary expenses as the commission may deem necessary: Provided, That the total expenses incurred for all purposes shall not exceed the sum of $25,000, and the said commission shall submit a report to Congress as early as practicable, embodying the results of its investigations and such recommendations as it may see fit to make.

And the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 248:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 248, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the sum inserted insert $17,986,945; and the Senate agree to the same.

HENRY E. BURNHAM,

F. E. WARREN,

T. P. GORE,

Managers on the part of the Senate.

JOHN LAMB,

A. F. LEVER,

G. N. HAUGEN,

Managers on the part of the House.

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATION BILL.

Mr. CURTIS presented the following

CONFERENCE REPORT ON THE BILL (H. R. 28499), AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1914, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

MARCH 1 (calendar day, MARCH 2), 1913.-Ordered to be printed.

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 28499) making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1914, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 9, 19, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30, 37, 39, 41, 42, 43, 58, 68, 80, 84, 86, 87, 101, 104, 105, 107, 110, 111, 115, 117, 119, 125, and 134.

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 26, 31, 32, 36, 38, 40, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 85, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 102, 103, 108, 109, 112, 113, 114, 116, 120, 121, 122, 123, 126, 127, 129, 130, and 133, and agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 25:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 25, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the sum proposed insert forty-two thousand one hundred and eighty dollars; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 29:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 29, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In line 1 of said amendment strike out the words "and support" and insert in lieu thereof the following:, for one year only; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendments numbered 33, 34, and 35:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 33, 34, and 35, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the amended paragraph insert the following:

Hereafter materials for fireproof buildings, other structural materials, and all materials, other than materials for paving and for fuel, purchased for and to be used by the government of the District of Columbia, when necessary in the judgment of the Commissioners to be tested, shall be tested by the Bureau of Standards under the same conditions as similar testing is required to be done for the United States Government. And the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 59:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 59, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the sum proposed insert one hundred and ninety-four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; and the Senate agree to the

same.

Amendment numbered 93:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 93, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the sum proposed insert twelve thousand dollars; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 100:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 100, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

Add after the sum "$975,408" in said amendment the following: which sum shall be paid out of funds and accounted for in accordance with the acts of Congress in relation thereto; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 106:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 106, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the sum proposed insert eighteen thousand and sixty dollars; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 118:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 118, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the sum proposed insert three thousand five hundred and thirty dollars; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 124:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 124, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the sum proposed insert twenty-five thousand dollars; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 128:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 128, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment insert the following:

Sec. 7. That hereafter no sign or advertisement relating to the sale, rent, or lease of land or premises shall be located on the sidewalk or parking of any street, avenue, or road in the District of Columbia. One painted or printed sign or advertisement for the sale, rent, or lease of lands or premises may, with the written consent of the owner or legal representative of the owner, be placed, by any one of not exceeding three real estate agents, on any lot, piece, or parcel of land abutting on a street, avenue, or road in said District, or attached to the exterior of any building fronting thereon. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to use the police authority vested in them, to require the removal of any sign or advertisement in violation of this provision, and to institute prosecutions in the Police Court of the District of Columbia against persons violating the provisions hereof, and every such person upon conviction of such violation shall be fined in the sum of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars.

And the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 131:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 131, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment insert the following:

PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.

Sec. 8. Par. 1. That for the purpose of this section the term "commission" when used herein shall mean the public utilities commission of the District of Columbia created by this section.

The term "commissioner" when used in this section shall mean one of the members of such commission.

The term "public utility" as used in this section shall mean and embrace every street railroad, street railroad corporation, common carrier, gas plant, gas corporation, electric plant, electrical corporation, water power company, telephone corporation, telephone line, telegraph corporation, telegraph line, and pipe line company.

The term "service" is used in this section in its broadest and most inclusive sense.

The term "corporation" when used in this section includes a corporation, company, association, and joint-stock company or association. The word "person" when used in this section includes an individual and a firm or copartnership.

The term "joint rates" when used in this section with reference to street railways shall be taken to mean rates between unrelated lines now in effect under existing law or under contract, or which may hereafter be specifically authorized by law.

The term "extension or extensions" when used in this section shall include the reasonable extension of the service and facilities of every street railroad, street railroad corporation, gas plant, gas corporation,