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(f) Members of the Charter Referendum Board other than the President of the Board of Commissioners shall hold no other office or employment in the District of Columbia government. Not more than three members shall be registered members of the same political party.

(g) Each member of the Charter Referendum Board except the President of the Board of Commissioners shall be paid compensation at the rate of $250 a month, but not to exceed a total of $1,500. The provisions of section 1408, notwithstanding the fact that such section does not otherwise take effect unless the charter is accepted under this title, shall apply with respect to members of the Charter Referendum Board in the same manner as it applies with respect to members of the agencies specified therein.

(h) The Charter Referendum Board, and persons authorized by it, may administer such oaths as it considers appropriate to require in the performance of its functions.

(i) The Charter Referendum Board may employ necessary personnel and may fix their compensation without regard to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended.

(j) The records and accounts of the Charter Referendum Board shall, subject to such limitations prescribed by such Board as are reasonably necessary to the exercise of its functions, be open to public inspection during regular business hours. Such requirements shall not extend to records and accounts the disclosure of which would tend to defeat the lawful purpose which they are intended to accomplish. (k) The Charter Referendum Board shall cease to exist at the close of the day on which the charter is accepted (as determined pursuant to section 1906) or at the close of December 31, 1949, whichever is earlier.

(1) If the charter is accepted under this title, the function of winding up the affairs of the Charter Referendum Board shall be exercised, after such Board ceases to exist, by the Board of Elections created by section 1201. If the charter is not accepted under this title, such function shall be exercised, after such Board ceases to exist, by the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

REGISTRATION

SEC. 1903. (a) The Charter Referendum Board shall conduct within the District of Columbia a registration of the qualified electors of such District, commencing as soon as practicable after the enactment of this Act (but in no event later than August 1, 1949) and continuing until October 1, 1949.

(b) Prior to the commencement of such registration, the Charter Referendum Board shall publish, in daily newspapers of general circulation published in the District of Columbia, a list of the registration places and the dates and hours of registration.

(c) No qualified elector may vote in the charter referendum unless he is registered in the District of Columbia.

(d) No person shall be registered unless

(1) he is a qualified elector; and

(2) he executes a registration affidavit, completed in his own handwriting (unless prevented by physical disability) showing

(A) that he meets each of the requirements specified in section 1901 (b) for a qualified elector; and

(B) that he has no intention of doing any act which would prevent him from being a qualified elector on November 15, 1949.

(e) In any case where a person is not permitted to register, such person may appeal to the Charter Referendum Board, but not later than October 3, 1949. The Board shall decide within seven days after the appeal is perfected whether the challenged elector is entitled to register. If the appeal is denied, the appellant may, within three days after such denial, appeal to the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia. The court shall decide the issue not later than November 8, 1949. If the appeal is upheld by either the Board or the court, the challenged elector shall be allowed to register immediately.

CHARTER REFERENDUM BALLOT; NOTICE OF VOTING

SEC. 1904. (a) The charter referendum ballot shall contain the following, with the blank space appropriately filled:

"The District of Columbia Charter Act, enacted 1949, proposes to establish a new charter for the District of Columbia, but provides that the charter shall take effect only if it is accepted by the registered qualified electors of the District in this referendum.

"By marking a cross (X) in one of the squares provided below, show whether you are for or against the charter.

For the charter
Against the charter"

(b) Voting may be by paper ballot or by voting machine. The Board of Elections may make such changes in the second paragraph of the charter referendum ballot as it determines to be necessary to permit the use of voting machines if such machines are used.

(c) Not later than November 1, 1949, the Charter Referendum Board shall mail to each person registered (1) a sample of the charter referendum ballot, and (2) information showing the polling place of such person and the date and hours of voting.

(d) Not later than November 8, 1949, the Charter Referendum Board shall publish, in daily newspapers of general circulation published in the District of Columbia, a list of the polling places and the date and hours of voting.

METHOD OF VOTING

SEC. 1905. The applicable provisions of section 1211, with respect to method of voting, notwithstanding the fact that such section does not otherwise take effect unless the charter is accepted under this title shall govern the conduct of voting in the charter referendum, except that for such purpose

(1) references therein to the Board of Elections shall be considered to apply to the Charter Referendum Board; and

(2) the Charter Referendum Board shall appoint suitable watchers at each polling place.

ACCEPTANCE OR NONACCEPTANCE OF CHARTER

SEC. 1906. (a) If a majority of the registered qualified electors voting in the charter referendum vote for the charter, the charter shall be considered accepted as of the time the Charter Referendum Board certifies the result of the charter referendum to the President of the United States, as provided in subsection (b). (b) The Charter Referendum Board shall, within a reasonable time, but in no event later than December 21, 1949, certify the result of the charter referendum to the President of the United States and to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives.

INTERFERENCE WITH REGISTRATION OR VOTING

SEC. 1907. (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 or income.

(b) No registered voter shall be required to perform a military duty on the day of the charter referendum which would prevent him from voting, except in time of war or public danger or unless he is away from the District of Columbia in military service. No registered voter may be arrested while voting or going to vote except for a breach of the peace then committed or for treason or felony.

VIOLATIONS

SEC. 1908. Whoever willfully violates any provision of this title, or of any regulation prescribed and published by the Charter Referendum Board under authority of this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

TITLE XX-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION

SEC. 2001. (a) In recognition of the obligation of the Federal Government to share equitably in the expense of maintaining the District of Columbia, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated (in lieu of the authorization contained in article VI of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1947), for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for each fiscal year thereafter, as the annual payment by the United States toward defraying the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia, an amount equal to 20 cents for each dollar of revenue which

it is estimated will be received by the District (from all sources except the United States) during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which payment is to be made. Such amount shall be decreased or increased, as the case may be, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, and for each fiscal year thereafter, by 20 cents for each dollar by which the estimated revenue for the fiscal year ending one year before the beginning of the fiscal year for which payment is to be made exceeded or was less than the actual revenue received during such fiscal year.

(b) Out of any amount appropriated under the authorization contained in subsection (a) of this section, the sum of $1,000,000 shall be credited to the water fund of the District of Columbia, established by law (D. C. Code, 1940 edition, title 43, ch. 15), and the remainder shall be credited to the general fund of the District of Columbia.

(c) If the charter is accepted pursuant to title XIX

(1) the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall, after June 30 and on or before December 31 of each year, beginning with the calendar year 1950, certify to the District Manager the amount authorized by subsection (a) of this section to be appropriated for the next fiscal year;

(2) any amount appropriated under such authorization shall (on or before July 31 of the fiscal year for which the payment is made) be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Director of the Department of Finance; and

(3) in any fiscal year in which the expenses of the District government are less than the amount of revenue received by the District (from all sources, including the United States), any amount appropriated shall, to the extent of any such surplus, be set aside by the Director of the Department of Finance and shall be used exclusively for the construction, reconstruction, repair, and improvement of public schools in the District of Columbia.

(S. 1527 an act to provide for home rule and reorganization in the District of Columbia was introduced June 1, 1949, by Senator Estes Kefauver and is a companion bill to H. R. 4981.)

COMPARISON OF SENATE AND HOUSE BILLS TO PROVIDE FOR HOME RULE AND REORGANIZATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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3. District Council..

3. Creates a District Council with 9 elected members
and 2 appointed by President with consent of
Senate.

4. Qualifications for Council- 4. Must be qualified elector, resident and domiciled

men.

5. Compensation of Council

men.

6. Functions of Council.

in District, holding no other elective public office,
and no District-paid appointive office.

1. Creates Joint District of Columbia Com-
mittee with 25 members: 13 Representatives,
11 Senators, 1 Delegate. Abolishes existing
District of Columbia committees.

2. Provides for a nonvoting Delegate in Con-
gress elected in odd-numbered years for
2-year term.

3. Creates a District Council with 12 elected
members.

4. Same as S. 1527.

5. $5,000 a year. Chairman to receive $7,500 plus 5. $3,000 a year.
$3,000 expense account.

6. Acquires ordinance-making powers of Board of
Commissioners and Zoning Commission, both of
which are abolished. May pass legislative pro-
posals on any subject within power of Congress in
its capacity as legislature for District of Columbia.
May not pass proposals or ordinances on 6 enumer-
ated subjects. Can create and abolish advisory
boards.

7. Organization and procedure 7. Election of Chairman for 2-year term; appoint

of Council.

ment and duties of secretary; first meeting called
by member having highest vote; regular weekly
meetings except during July and August; form of
legislative proposals and ordinances; to be con-
sidered 13 days before passage; procedure for zon-
ing ordinances; two-thirds vote required to pass
them over NCPPC disapproval; power to investi-
gate and punish contumacious witnesses.

1. Same as H. R. 28.

2. Same as H. R. 28, except that his term of
office would begin in 1950 instead of in 1951.

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6. Same as S. 1527.

6. Same as S. 1527.

7. Same as S. 1527 except that presiding officer
is called "Mayor"; provides for acting
Mayor during absence, disability, or non-
election; first meeting called by chairman of
Joint Committee; meetings open to public
and participation of D. C. officers; prescribes
methods of conducting business; 34 vote to
pass zoning ordinances over NCPPC disap-
proval.

7. Same as H. R. 28.

COMPARISON OF SENATE AND HOUSE BILLS TO PROVIDE FOR HOME RULE AND REORGANIZATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-Con.

Subject

H. R. 4981 (Klein)
S. 1527 (Kefauver)

8. Legislative veto procedure.. 8. Legislative proposals of Council to be deposited

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with Congress, referred to District of Columbia
committees, numbered, and published in Record
and as documents. Such proposals to become
law if not disapproved by concurrent resolution
within 45 days after deposit or by President within
10 days after submission. Such proposals to be-
come law in emergencies, on certification by Presi-
dent of Senate and Speaker. Reserves power to
Congress to enact, amend, or repeal District laws.
Prescribes procedure for disapproving legislative
proposals, including limits on debate. Bond
issues to be submitted to referendum and approved
by majority vote.
9. Council to appoint a District Manager to serve
at its pleasure; his salary to be fixed by ordinance.
To be chief executive officer of District of Colum-
bia government. Has power to appoint and re-
move executive personnel, supervise administra-
tion, prepare reports, advise Council, delegate
duties, appoint assistants. Transfers certain cen-
tral service agencies and their functions to office
of Manager. Authorizes Manager to create, reor-
ganize, and abolish offices and positions in his
office.

10. Council authorized to provide for and adopt an
annual budget effective July 1, and to appropriate
funds for emergency purposes. No provision for
congressional review of District of Columbia
budget, Leaves budgetary details to be fixed by
Council.

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10. Prescribes procedure for preparation and 10. Same as H. R. 28.
submission of budget by Manager to Coun-
cil, for public hearings thereon and revision
thereof, for its adoption and deposit with
joint committee, for the latter's review and
recommendations, and for final action by the
Council. Manager to submit a budget mes-

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