That (a) the Secretary of the Army is authorized to transfer to the Australian War

Memorial in Canberra, Australia, without compensation, 28 German war paintings depicting Australian troops which are now the property of the United States in custody of the Secretary of the Army.

(b) Nothing contained in this act shall authorize the expenditure of any funds of the United States to defray any cost of transportation or handling incident to such transfer.

The amendment was agreed to.

The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time.

The bill was read the third time and passed.

The title was amended so as to read: "An act to authorize the Secretary of the Army to donate 28 paintings to the Australian War Memorial."

RECONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN LANDS TO GOVERNMENT GRANTORS

The bill (H. R. 6422) to authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey to the Government grantors certain lands erroneously conveyed by them to the United States, was announced as next in order.

Mr. MORSE. Mr. President, it is my understanding that in this bill all that is sought to be done is to correct an erroneous conveyance previously made by the Army. The Federal Government, in fact, has no legal right, from the standpoint of equity, in the property. A mistake was made. It is now sought to correct the mistake by giving to the true owners of the property a clear title to it. Mr. SALTONSTALL. Mr. President, what the Senator from Oregon has said is correct.

Mr. IVES. The Senator from Massachusetts has said exactly what I had intended to say.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill?

There being no objection, the bill was considered, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed.

TALENT DIVISION OF THE ROGUE RIVER BASIN RECLAMATION PROJECT, OREGON-BILL PASSED OVER The bill (S. 3134) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Talent Division of the Rogue River Basin reclamation project, Oregon, was announced as next in order.

see the urgent nature of the bill.

Mr. CORDON. I shall be happy to make an explanation. I know of no outstanding urgency. The only urgency is the need for water, so that the people can irrigate their lands.

Mr. SMATHERS. I may say that it is the opinion of the calendar committee, on this side of the aisle, that this is not a bill which should be considered on the call of the calendar. Therefore, I ask that it go over.

Mr. MORSE. Mr. President, will the Senator withhold his request, so that I may make a brief comment?

Mr. SMATHERS. I shall be happy to do so.

Mr. MORSE. So far as this particular bill is concerned, it is a very sound one. I hope it can be taken up by motion at a very early date. Certainly the people in the area concerned need, very much, the water which will be provided by the improvement in this irrigation district. I hope there can be an early vote on the bill.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill

will be passed over.

COUGAR DAM AND RESERVOIR,

OREG.-BILL PASSED OVER

The bill (H. R. 7815) to provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Cougar Dam and Reservoir on the South Fork McKenzie River, Oreg., with participation for power by the city of Eugene, Oreg., was announced as next in order.

Mr. MORSE. Mr. President, I am surprised that this bill is on the calendar. I was of the opinion that it would not be placed on the calendar until the minority views on the bill, which I had been asked to prepare, had been submitted. The day before yesterday I spoke to the chairman of the Committee on Public Works, as I did again yesterday, pointing out that I had been at work on the minority views concerning the Niagara bill, a bill which had been acted on by the Committee on Public Works at least 2, or perhaps 3, weeks before action was taken on the Cougar Dam bill.

Only last week did I complete my work on the minority views relating to the Niagara bill. It is now in circulation among the other minority members of the committee. I am now at work on the minority views concerning the Cougar Dam bill. Certainly, I do not intend to consent to the passage of the Cougar Dam bill on the consent calendar at any time, because I think it is a measure which calls for a very detailed and thorough discussion of the whole power pol

Mr. CORDON. Mr. President, did the Senator from Florida desire an explanation of the bill?

Mr. SMATHERS. Yes. Actually, it is the opinion of the calendar committee that neither this bill nor the next bill is properly calendar business. It was the intention of members of the calendar committee to object. If the Senator from Oregon desires to make an

pointed that the bill has been placed on the calendar before I have had an opportunity to complete my work on the minority views. I had said to the chairman of the committee that I would be ready by the first part of next week. I object.

Mr. BUSH. Mr. President, if the Senator from Oregon will permit me to say so, I wish to observe, in that connection, that at my request his office

would be filed on the Cougar Dam bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the Senator from Connecticut withhold his objection?

Mr. BUSH. I have no objection.

Mr. MORSE. The Senator from Connecticut has made a very interesting comment. I do not know what notification to my office yesterday that the bill would be reported yesterday has to do with what I think was a very clear understanding that the bill would not be reported until there had been an opportunity for the minority members of the committee to submit minority views.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Will the Senator from Oregon withhold his objection, so that the Senator from Connecticut may make a statement?

Mr. MORSE. I thought he had yielded to me. The

The PRESIDING OFFICER. question is, Does the Senator from Oregon withhold his objection, so that the Senator from Connecticut may make a statement?

Mr. MORSE. By all means.

Mr. BUSH. I thank the Senator. I simply wish to say that the office of the Senator from Oregon was notified, I should say 2 or 3 days ago, that it was the intention of the committee to report the bill. There was no understanding that the report should be withheld pend

ing the submission of minority views, which the Senator from Oregon desired to make. I do not think anything wrong has been done by following that procedure.

Mr. MARTIN. Mr. President, will the Senator from Oregon yield?

Mr. MORSE. First, I wish to answer directly the Senator from Connecticut; then I will yield.

I am perfectly willing to let the records of the Committee on Public Works speak for themselves. When the Cougar Dam bill was finally acted upon after a rather prolonged discussion in the committee, I obtained permission from the committee to have a reasonable time in which to prepare minority views on the bill, before the bill was reported to the Senate.

The Senator from Connecticut may have given notice to my office 2 or 3 days ago, but he gave no notice to me personally. Giving notice to my office certainly cannot speed up the preparation of the minority views, when it is considered that I have been working as hard as I have been on the minority views concerning another proposed piece of power legislation which was approved by the Committee on Public Works quite some time ago.

In my judgment, there is good reason to believe that one of the reasons why the Niagara bill is not before the Senate now is that there are those in the Senate who are seeking to get some of the other power bills acted upon as bellwethers before the Niagara bill is brought before the Senate.

Mr. BUSH. Mr. President, will the Senator yield?

Mr. MORSE. I yield to the Senator from Connecticut.

Mr. BUSH. The purpose in notifying the office of the Senator from Oregon was so that he would know it was the intention of the committee to report the bill. It gave the Senator an opportunity, if he wished, to object to our reporting the bill. He offered no objection. Therefore, I see nothing wrong in the premises.

Mr. MORSE. I knew nothing about the notice; but I wish to say I have very little cooperation from the staff of the committee, anyway. However, I did go to the chairman of the Committee on Public Works, with whom I do my business on the Public Works Committee, day before yesterday, and told him of my situation with regard to the preparation of minority views on the Cougar Dam bill.

Mr. MARTIN. Mr. President, will the Senator yield?

Mr. MORSE. I yield to the Senator from Pennsylvania.

Mr. MARTIN. The Senator from Oregon spoke to me about the bill a couple of days ago, and I told him I felt there was no reason why he should not have more time in which to file his minority views, and that, while the bill was on the calendar, it would not be acted upon, because it would take unanimous consent. So I think we are talking now without any objective, because, of course, the bill could not be considered unless there was unanimous consent, and it was the intention of the Public Works Committee to give the Senator ample time in which to file his minority views. The majority leader will not be asked to bring the bill up until the Senator from Oregon does have time to file the minority views.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill?

Mr. MORSE. I wish to thank the Senator from Pennsylvania for his comment. I object to the consideration of the bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill will be passed over.

been reported from the Committee on the District of Columbia with amendments.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill?

Mr. SCHOEPPEL. Mr. President, I should like to ask whether the committee action on the bill was unanimous.

Mr. CASE. Mr. President, if I may respond to the inquiry of the Senator from Kansas, I should like to say it was unanimous. There was no objection to the bill raised at the hearings or in committee. The bill was previously reported unanimously in an earlier session of the Senate, and, in fact, it passed the Senate once previously.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will state the amendments.

Mr. CASE. Mr. President, there are several committee amendments. I ask that they be considered and agreed to en bloc.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the committee amendments will be considered and agreed to en bloc. The amendments agreed to en bloc are as follows:

On page 2, line 8, after the word "District", to insert "and who does not claim voting residence in any State or Territory"; in line 20, after the words "by the", to strike out "President of the United States" and insert "Commissioners of the District of Columbia"; in line 22, after the words "by the", to strike out "President" and insert "Commissioners"; on page 3, line 14, after the words "of the", to strike out "1-year" and insert "3-year"; in line 16, after the word "the", to insert "Federal or"; in line 20, after the word "of", to strike out "$15" and insert "$25"; on page 7, line 1, after the word "in", to strike out "June" and insert "April"; on page 8, after line 3, to strike out:

registered under section 7, and of the same "(2) signed by not less than 100 voters, political party as the nominee."

In line 13, after the word "nomination", to insert "and is a voter registered under section 7"; on page 11, line 2, after "SEC. 11.", to insert "(a)"; in line 5, after the word "in", to strike out "June" and insert "April"; after line 9, to insert:

"(b) Candidates receiving the highest number of votes in said election shall be declared the winners.

"(c) In the case of a tie, the candidates receiving the tie vote shall cast lots before the Board at 12 o'clock noon on a date to be set by the Board, but not sooner than 10 days following the primary, and the one to whom the lot shall fall shall be declared the winner. If any candidate or candidates, receiving a tie vote, fail to appear before 12 o'clock noon on said day, the Board shall cast lots for him or them. For the purpose of casting lots any candidate may appear in person, or by proxy appointed in writing."

On page 14, line 3, after the word "campaign", to insert "covered by this act", and in line 13, after the word "expended", to insert "in connection with said election."

The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That national committeemen and national committee women of political parties and delegates and alternates from the District of Columbia to all conven

tions of political parties nominating candidates for the Presidency and the Vice Presidency of the United States shall be elected as provided in this act.

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 2. For the purposes of this act— (1) The term "District" means the District of Columbia.

(2) The term "qualified elector" means a citizen of the United States (A) who has been domiciled in the District continuously since the beginning of the 1-year period ending on the day of the next election or, if such period has not begun, is domiciled in the District and who does not claim voting residence in any State or Territory; (B) who is, or will be on the day of the next election, 21 years old; (C) who has never been convicted of a felony in the United States, or if he has been so convicted, has been pardoned; and (D) who is not mentally incompetent as adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(3) The term "Board" means the Board of Elections for the District of Columbia provided for by section 3.

CREATION OF BOARD OF ELECTIONS

SEC. 3. There is hereby created a Board of Elections for the District of Columbia, to be composed of three members appointed by the Commissioners of the District of Co

lumbia. The first terms of offices on the Board shall expire, as designated by the Commissioners, one at the close of December 31 of each of the first 3 years which begin after the date of enactment of this act. Subsequent terms of each such office shall be 3 years beginning January 1 following the expiration of the preceding term of such office. Any person appointed to fill a vacant office shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of such office. Until his successor is appointed and has qualified, a member may continue to serve even though the term of the office to which he was appointed has expired.

QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPENSATION OF
MEMBERS

SEC. 4. (a) No person shall be a member of the Board unless he qualifies as an elector and resides in the District. No person may be appointed to the Board unless he has been domiciled in the District continuously since the beginning of the 3-year period ending on the day he is appointed. Members of the Board shall hold no other office or employment in the Federal or District Government. Not more than two members shall be members of the same political party.

(b) Each member of the Board shall be paid compensation at the rate of $25 per day while performing duties under this act. Except as provided in subsection (a) no person shall be ineligible to serve or to receive compensation as a member of the Board because he occupies another office or position or because he receives compensation (including retirement compensation) from another source. The right to another office or position or to compensation from another source otherwise secured to such a person under the laws of the United States shall not be abridged by the fact of his service or receipt of compensation as a member of the Board, if such service does not interfere with the discharge of his duties in such other office or position.

FUNCTIONS OF BOARD SEC. 5. (a) The Board shall— (1) maintain a permanent registry, keeping it accurate and current;

(2) conduct registrations and elections; (3) print, distribute, and count ballots, or provide and operate suitable voting machines;

(4) divide the District into appropriate voting precincts, each of which shall contain at least 350 registered persons; (5) operate polling places;

(6) certify nominees and the results of elections; and

(7) perform such other duties as are imposed upon it by this act.

(b) The Board, and persons authorized by it, may administer oaths to persons executing affidavits pursuant to sections 7 and 8. It may provide for the administering of such other oaths as it considers appropriate to require in the performance of its functions. (c) The Board may prescribe such regulations as it considers necessary to carry out the purposes of this act.

(d) The Board may employ necessary personnel.

BOARD TO BE INDEPENDENT AGENCY

SEC. 6. (a) In the performance of its duties, the Board shall not be subject to the direction of any nonjudicial officer of the District.

(b) The officers and agencies of the District government shall furnish to the Board, upon request of the Board, as are available such space and facilities in public buildings in the District to be used as registration or polling places, and such records, information, services, personnel, offices, and equipment, and such other assistance and facilities, as may be necessary to enable the Board properly to perform its functions.

REGISTRATION

SEC. 7. (a) No person shall vote in any election in the District unless he is a qualified elector and, except as provided in subsection (e), is registered in the District.

(b) No person shall be registered unless— (1) he is a qualified elector;

(2) he has been domiciled in the District continuously since the beginning of the 9-month period ending on the day he offers to register;

(3) except as prevented by physical disability, he can read and write the English language, as shown by his ability to read and complete the affidavit prescribed by paragraph (4); and

(4) he executes a registration affidavit, completed in his own handwriting (unless prevented by physical disability) and on the form prescribed by the Board pursuant to subsection (c), showing his political affiliation, and that he meets each of the requirements specified in section 2 (2) for a qualified elector as well as the requirement of paragraph (2) of this subsection.

(c) In administering the provisions of subsection (3) (4), the Board shall prepare and use a registration affidavit form in which each request for information is readily understandable and can be satisfied by a concise answer or mark. With respect to each requirement named in or imposed by such subsection, the Board may make such requests for specific information as in its judgment may be necessary or appropriate to show whether a person seeking to register meets such requirement.

(d) The registry shall be kept open except during the 60-day period ending on the first Tuesday in April of each presidential election year, and except as provided by the Board in the case of a special election. While the registry is open, any person may apply for registration or change his registration.

(e) If a person is not permitted to register, such person, or any qualified candidate, may appeal to the Board, but not later than 3 days after the registry is closed for the next election. The Board shall decide within 7 days after the appeal is perfected whether the challenged elector is entitled to register. If the appeal is denied, the appellant may, within 3 days after such denial, appeal to the municipal court for the District of Columbia. The decision of such court shall be final and not appealable. If the appeal is upheld by either the Board or the court, the challenged elector shall be allowed to register immediately. If the appeal is pending on election day, the challenged elector may cast a ballot marked "challenged", as provided in section 10 (e).

NOMINATIONS

SEC. 8. (a) Candidates participating in an election held pursuant to this act shall be the persons registered under section 7 who have been nominated by a petition

(1) prepared and presented to the Board in accordance with rules prescribed by the Board, but not later than 60 days before the date of the election; and

(2) signed by not less than 100 voters, registered under section 7, and of the same political party as the nominee.

(b) No person shall hold the office of committeeman, committeewoman, delegate, or alternate unless he has been a bona fide domiciliary of the District of Columbia for 3 years previous to his nomination and is a voter registered under section 7.

EXEMPTION FROM HATCH ACT

SEC. 9. The last sentence of section 9 (a) of the act entitled "An act to prevent pernicious political activities," approved August 2, 1939, as amended (5 U. S. C., sec. 118i), is amended to read as follows: "The provisions of the second sentence of this subsection shall not apply (1) to the employees of the Alaska Railroad, residing in municipalities on the line of the railroad, in respect to activities involving the municipality in which they reside, or (2) to any qualified elector of the District of Columbia, in respect to taking an active part in the nomination or election of national committeemen and national committeewomen of political parties and of delegates and alternates representing the District of Columbia at national political conventions.”

METHOD OF VOTING

SEC. 10. (a) Voting in all elections shall be secret. Voting may be by paper ballot or voting machine.

(b) The ballot of a person who is registered as a resident of the District shall be valid only if cast in the voting precinct where the residence shown on his registration is located.

(c) There shall be no absentee voting.

(d) Each qualified candidate may have a watcher at each polling place, provided the watcher presents proper credentials signed by the candidate. No one shall interfere with the opportunity of a watcher to observe the conduct of the election at that polling place and the counting of votes. Watchers may challenge prospective voters who are believed to be unqualified to vote.

(e) If the official in charge of the polling place, after hearing both parties to any such challenge or acting on his own initiative with respect to a prospective voter, reasonably believes the prospective voter is unqualified to vote, he shall allow the voter to cast a paper ballot marked "challenged." Ballots so cast shall be segregated, and no such ballot shall be counted until the challenge has been removed as provided in subsection (f).

(f) If a person has been permitted to vote only by challenged ballot, such person, or any qualified candidate, may appeal to the Board within 3 days after election day. The Board shall decide within 7 days after the appeal is perfected whether the voter was qualified to vote. If the Board decides that the voter was qualified to vote, the word "challenged" shall be stricken from the voter's ballot and the ballot shall be treated as if it had not been challenged.

(g) If a voter is physically unable to mark his ballot or operate the voting machine, the official in charge of the voting place may enter the voting booth with him and vote as directed. Upon the request of any such voter, a second election official may enter the voting booth to assist in the voting. The officials shall tell no one how the voter voted. The official in charge of the voting place shall make a return of all such voters, giving their names and disabilities.

(h) No person shall vote more than once in any election nor in an election held by a

political party other than that to which he has declared himself to be a member.

(i) Copies of the regulations of the Board with respect to voting shall be made available to prospective voters at each polling place.

ELECTIONS

SEC. 11. (a) The election of national committeemen and national committeewomen of political parties and of delegates and alternates to national political conventions shall be held on the first Tuesday in April of each presidential election year. Any such election shall be conducted by the Board in conformity with the provisions of this act. Polls shall be open from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. on election days.

(b) Candidates receiving the highest number of votes in said election shall be declared the winners.

(c) In the case of a tie, the candidates receiving the tie vote shall cast lots before the Board at 12 o'clock noon on a date to be set by the Board, but not sooner than 10 days following the primary, and the one to whom the lot shall fall shall be declared the winner. If any candidate or candidates, receiving a tie vote, fail to appear before 12 o'clock noon on said day, the Board shall cast lots for him or them. For the purpose of casting lots any candidate may appear in persor, or by proxy appointed in writing.

RECOUNTS AND CONTESTS

SEC. 12. (a) If, within 7 days after the Board certifies the results of an election, any qualified candidate at such election petitions the Board to have the votes cast at such election recounted in one or more voting precincts, the Board shall order such recount. In each such case, the petitioner shall deposit a fee of $5 for each precinct petitioned to be recounted. If the cost of the recount is less than $5 per precinct, the difference shall be refunded. If the result of the election is changed as a result of the recount, the entire amount deposited by the petitioner shall be refunded. Such recounts shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by the Board by regulation.

(b) After the Board certifies the results of an election, any person who voted in the election may petition the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to review such election. In response to such a petition, the court may set aside the results so certified and declare the true results of the election, or void the election. To determine the true results of an election the court may order a recount or take other appropriate action, whether or not a recount has been conducted or requested pursuant to subsection (a). The court shall void an election only for fraud, mistake, or other defect, serious enough to vitiate the election as a fair expression of the will of the registered qualified electors voting therein. If the court voids an election it may order a special election, which shall be conducted in such manner (comparable to that prescribed for regular elections), and at such time, as the Board shall prescribe. The decision of such court shall be final and not appealable.

INTERFERENCE WITH REGISTRATION OR VOTING

SEC. 13. (a) No one shall interfere with the registration or voting of another person, except as it may be reasonably necessary in the performance of a duty imposed by law. No person performing such a duty shall interfere with the registration or voting of another person because of his race, color, sex, or religious belief, or his want of property to perform a military duty on election day or income.

(b) No registered voter shall be required which would prevent him from voting, except in time of war or public danger or unless he is away from the District in military service. No registered voter may be arrested while voting or going to vote except for a

Recorder, in accordance with civil-service laws and fix the compensation of all employees in such office in accordance with the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, and the said Commissioners may delegate to any officer subordinate to them the function of appointing any of the employees in such office other than the Recorder."

SEC. 5. Clause (p) of section 2 of the District of Columbia Business Corporation Act (68 Stat. 180) is amended by adding thereto the following sentence: "It shall be the duty of the Recorder of Deeds and of any other officer or agency of the Government of the District of Columbia to perform any function delegated to such officer or agency by the Commissioners pursuant to this act."

The amendments were agreed to. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed.

REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

The bill (S. 3558) to amend the act entitled "An act to provide for the better registration of births in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," was considered, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That the first section of the act entitled "An act to provide for the better registration of births in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes," approved March 1, 1907 (34 Stat. 1010; title 6, ch. 3, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), is amended (a) by inserting "(a)" immediately after the word "That" where it first appears in said act; and (b) by adding a new subsection "(b)" to said first section, to read as follows:

"(b) The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and empowered to adopt rules and regulations governing the filing of reports of births and the issuance of delayed birth registration certificates in those cases where certificates of birth have not been recorded pursuant to subsection (a) of this section."

AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICE TO JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (H. R. 9077) to amend section 405 of the District of Columbia Law Enforcement Act of 1953, to make available to the judges of such District the psychiatric and psychological service provided for in such section, which had been reported from the Committee on the District of Columbia with an amendment, to strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

That section 405 of the District of Columbia Law Enforcement Act of 1953 is amended by striking "(1) The probation officers" and inserting in lieu thereof "(1) In criminal cases, the judges of the district court and the probation officers."

The amendment was agreed to.

The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time.

The bill was read the third time and passed.

CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN HIGHWAY-RAILROAD GRADE SEPARATIONS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

The Senate proceeded to consider the bill (H. R. 6080) to authorize the appropriation of funds for the construction of certain highway-railroad grade separations in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, which had been reported from the Committee on the District of Columbia with amendments, on page 1, line 7, after the word "Columbia", to insert "for credit to the highway fund", and in line 9, after the word "appropriated", to strike out "not to exceed $475,000" and insert "the sum of $290,000."

The amendments were agreed to.

The amendments were ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time.

The bill was read the third time and passed.

BILL PASSED OVER

The bill (S. 3655) to provide that the Metropolitan Police force shall keep arrest books which are open to the public was announced as next in order.

Mr. SMATHERS. Over.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill will be passed over.

CONTROL OF DANGEROUS WEAPONS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The bill (S. 2686) to amend the act entitled "An act to control the possession, sale, transfer, and use of pistols and other dangerous weapons in the District of Columbia" was considered, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That section 1 of the act of Congress entitled "An act to control the possession, sale, transfer, and use of pistols and other dangerous weapons in the District of Columbia, to provide penalties, to prescribe rules of evidence, and for other purposes," approved July 8, 1932 (sec. 223201, D. C. Code, 1951 edition), is hereby amended by inserting "robbery," immediately before the word "larceny" in the definition of "crime of violence."

PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN AND ON BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS OF CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS

The bill (S. 2687) to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to designate employees of the District to protect life and property in and on the buildings and grounds of certain institutions was considered, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That (a) the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may designate any employee of the District to protect life and property in and on the buildings and grounds of any institution upon land outside the District acquired by the United States for the District of Columbia for the establishment or operation thereon of any sanitorium, hospital, training school,

correctional institution, reformatory, workhouse, or jail. Whenever any employee is so designated he is hereby authorized and empowered (1) to arrest under a warrant within the buildings and grounds of any such institution any person accused of having committed within any such buildings or grounds any offense against the laws of the United States, or against any rule or regulation prescribed pursuant to this act; (2) to arrest without a warrant any person committing any such offense within such buildings or grounds, in his presence; or (3) to arrest without warrant within such buildings or grounds, any person whom he has reasonable grounds to believe has committed a felony in such buildings or grounds.

(b) Any individual having the power to arrest as provided in subsection (a) of this section may carry firearms or other weapons as the Commissioners may direct or by regulation may prescribe.

SEC. 2. The Commissioners may make and amend such rules and regulations as they deem necessary for the protection of life and property in or on the buildings and grounds of any such institution.

SEC. 3. Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any rule or regulation prescribed under this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 6 months or both.

SEC. 4. The officer on duty in command of those employees designated by the Commissioners as provided in section 1 of this act may accept deposit of collateral from any person charged with the violation of any rule or regulation prescribed under this act, for appearance in court or before the appropriate United States commissioner; and such collateral shall be deposited with the United States commissioner sitting in the district where the offense has been committed.

SEC. 5. The Commissioners may enter into agreements with any of the States, or any political subdivision thereof, where any such institution mentioned in section 1 of this act is located, for such municipal services as the Commissioners shall deem necessary to the efficient and proper government of such institution, and they may, from time to time, agree to modifications in any such agreement: Provided, That where the charge for any such service is established by the laws of the State within whose territorial limits such institution is situated, the Commissioners may not pay for such service an amount in excess of the charge so established. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the making of payment for services under any such agreement.

CORRECTION OF CERTAIN INEQUITIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA POLICE AND FIREMEN'S SALARY ACT

The bill (S. 3329) to amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1953 to correct certain inequities was considered, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That subsection (d) of section 102 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1953, approved June 20, 1953 (67 Stat. 77), as amended, is amended to read as follows:

"(d) The minimum basic salaries contained in subsection (a) of section 101 of this act in the grade or rank of Chief of Police shall not be increased by more than 4 longevity increases, nor shall the minimum basic salaries of grades or ranks below that of