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REPORT
No. 18

RELIEVING COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OF CERTAIN MINISTERIAL DUTIES

DECEMBER 19, 1931.-Ordered to be printed

Mr. CAPPER, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany S. 2077]

The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the bill (S. 2077) to relieve the Commissioners of the District of Columbia of certain ministerial duties, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon, with the recommendation that the bill do pass.

The purpose of the bill is to free the District Commissioners from & considerable amount of routine work, necessitated by the signing of certain official papers of the District government. The documents are listed in the bill as deeds, contracts, pleadings, leases, releases, regulations, notices, or other papers which the commissioners are now obliged to execute by affixing their signatures.

Under the terms of the bill, the secretary to the Board of Commissioners will be allowed to sign such documents in the name of the District or of the board, and to affix the District seal when requisite. These papers must first have been formally considered and approved by the commissioners, meeting as a board, and their approval noted in the minutes of the meeting, which minutes must be signed by the commissioners or a majority of them.

An identical bill passed the Senate during the Seventy-first Congress. The commissioners' letter, requesting introduction and enactment of the bill is appended hereto as part of the report.

COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
Washington, December 9, 1931.

Hon. ARTHUR Capper,
Chairman Committee on the District of Columbia,

United States Senate, Washington, D. C.

SIR: The Commissioners of the District of Columbia have the honor to transmit herewith draft of a bill entitled "A bill to relieve the Commissioners of the District of Columbia of certain ministerial duties," and to request its introduction and enactment.

The object of this proposed legislation is to relieve the Commissioners of the District of Columbia of a great deal of burdensome work of signing official papers and to place this duty upon the secretary of the board of commissioners.

The commissioners will continue to exercise the functions placed upon them by law of considering and approving all matters referred to in the proposed law, but they will be relieved of the actual execution of the instruments therein referred to. They believe that the passage of this legislation will enable them to give greater time to the larger public problems of administration by relieving them of much detail, which can well be performed by the secretary of the board of commissioners.

Very truly yours,

L. H. REICHELDERFER,

President Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

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REPORT
No. 19

INCORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMISSION, GEORGE WASHINGTON BICENTENNIAL

DECEMBER 19, 1931.-Ordered to be printed

Mr. CAPPER, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany S. 1306]

The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the bill (S. 1306) to provide for the incorporation of the District of Columbia Commission, George Washington Bicentennial, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon, and recommends that the bill do pass, with the following amendment:

On page 2, line 10, after the word "prescribed", insert the following: subject to the supervision of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or subject to the supervision of the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks, as the case may be.

OBJECT OF THE BILL

This bill proposes to incorporate the District of Columbia Com mission on the George Washington Bicentennial for the duration of the bicentennial celebration in 1932.

The commission was created by the District Commissioners in 1930. Congress previously had established the United States Commission on the Bicentennial and had authorized the creation of State commissions to bring about an intensive, nation-wide observance of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington.

The Seventy-first Congress authorized an appropriation of $100,000 from funds credited to the District of Columbia for the use of this District of Columbia Commission.

It is now evident that this amount will be insufficient to cover the expenses necessary to the fitting celebration of the Bicentennial in the Nation's Capital.

COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
Washington, December 9, 1981.

Hon. ARTHUR CAPPER,
Chairman Committee on the District of Columbia,

United States Senate, Washington, D. C.

SIR: The Commissioners of the District of Columbia have the honor to transmit herewith draft of a bill entitled "A bill to relieve the Commissioners of the District of Columbia of certain ministerial duties," and to request its introduction and enactment.

The object of this proposed legislation is to relieve the Commissioners of the District of Columbia of a great deal of burdensome work of signing official papers and to place this duty upon the secretary of the board of commissioners.

The commissioners will continue to exercise the functions placed upon them by law of considering and approving all matters referred to in the proposed law, but they will be relieved of the actual execution of the instruments therein referred to. They believe that the passage of this legislation will enable them to give greater time to the larger public problems of administration by relieving them of much detail, which can well be performed by the secretary of the board of commissioners.

Very truly yours,

L. H. REICHELDERFER,

President Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

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REPORT
No. 19

INCORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMISSION, GEORGE WASHINGTON BICENTENNIAL

DECEMBER 19, 1931.-Ordered to be printed

Mr. CAPPER, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany S. 1306]

The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the bill (S. 1306) to provide for the incorporation of the District of Columbia Commission, George Washington Bicentennial, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon, and recommends that the bill do pass, with the following amendment:

On page 2, line 10, after the word "prescribed", insert the following: subject to the supervision of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or subject to the supervision of the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks, as the case may be.

OBJECT OF THE BILL

This bill proposes to incorporate the District of Columbia Commission on the George Washington Bicentennial for the duration of the bicentennial celebration in 1932.

The commission was created by the District Commissioners in 1930. Congress previously had established the United States Commission on the Bicentennial and had authorized the creation of State commissions to bring about an intensive, nation-wide observance of the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington.

The Seventy-first Congress authorized an appropriation of $100,000 from funds credited to the District of Columbia for the use of this District of Columbia Commission.

It is now evident that this amount will be insufficient to cover the expenses necessary to the fitting celebration of the Bicentennial in the Nation's Capital.

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