such security may be released by the secretary of the treasury on such terms and conditions as he may deem necessary or appropriate in order that the United States may cooperate in any program whereby Hungary may be able to finance its immediate needs by the flotation of a loan for reconstruction purposes, if and when substantially all other creditor nations holding obligations similar to that held by the United States which is to be funded, to wit, Denmark, France. Great Britain, Holland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, shall release to a similar extent the security enjoyed by such obligations. The secretary of the treasury shall be authorized to decide when this action has been substantially taken. (Approved May 23. 1924.) LEAVENWORTH PRISON LABOR. The attorney-general of the United States is authorized and directed to establish, equip. maintain and operate at the United States penitentiary. Leavenworth, Kas.. a factory or factories for the manufacture of shoes, brooms and brushes to supply the requirements of the various departments of the United States government. The factory or factories shall not be so operated as to abolish any existing government workshop, and the articles so manufactured shall be sold only to the government of the United States. The attorney-general is further authorized to employ the inmates of the institution herein mentioned, under such regulations as he may prescribe, in the work or business of manufacturing shoes, brooms, and brushes, and in erecting all buildings necessary to conduct said businesses, and the products of such businesses shall be utilized in the penitentiary or sold to the government of the United States for the use of the military and naval forces and other government departments. Articles so manufactured shall be sold at the current market prices as determined by the attorney-general or his authorized agent, and all moneys or reimbursements received from such sales shall be deposited to the credit of the working capital fund created by this act. The attorney-general is hereby authorized and empowered to provide for the payment of the inmates or dependents upon inmates of said penitentiary such pecuniary earnings as he may deem proper, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe. Such earnings shall be paid out of the working capital fund. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $200.000, to be used for the erection of a factory or factories and such other buildings as may be necessary. and for the purchase of suitable equipment and machinery to carry out the purposes of this act. civilian officers and employes at the penitentiary and in Washington, for the repair and maintenance of buildings and equipment. and for all other necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of this act. It is made obligatory upon the various departments of the government to purchase the products of the business herein authorized to be carried on in the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kas., until the supply therein produced is exhausted before purchasing elsewhere. (Approved Feb. 11, 1924). DISTRIBUTION OF WAR TROPHIES. The secretary of war is authorized and directed to distribute pro rata among the several states and territories and possessions of the United States and the District of Columbia in corresponding ratio as the total number of men serving in the armed forces of the United States, as hereinafter provided, from each state, territory or possession of the United States and the District of Columbia bears to the total number of men so serving from all states, territories, possessions and the District of Columbia, all guns and howitzers with their respective carriages, machine guns and other war devices and trophies suitable for distribution and captured by or surrendered to the armed forces of the United States from the armed forces of Germany and allied nations. with the exception of such guns, howitzers, carriages, machine guns and other war devices and trophies as may be required for experimental purposes or for actual use by the armed forces of the United States; and the further exception of such of the devices aforementioned as may be required for display in national museums, at national homes for disabled volunteer soldiers or for monumental purposes in Arlingtoh National cemetery and in other national cemeteries. national parks and naţional monuments wheresoever situated. For the purposes of this act the reports heretofore compiled under the direction of the secretary of war showing the number of men in the armed forces of the United States accredited to each state, territory and possession of the United States, and to the District of Columbia, either by enlistment or by the process of the selective service act, or otherwise drawn into and becoming an integral part of the armed forces of the United States during the period April 7. 1917. to Nov. 11. 1918, and the allotment of war trophies suitable for distribution among the several states. territories and possessions and the District of Columbia, shall serve as the basis of distribution. As soon as practicable after the date upon which this act shall become effective the secretary of war shall cause the chief executive of each of the several states. territories and possessions and the commissioners of the District of Columbia to be informed of the ch racter and quantity of war devices and trophies apportioned thereto. and shall invite each such chief executive and the commissioners of the District of Columbia to designate such material as will be accepted free on board common carrier at the point of storage and to designate the point or points to which the accepted material is to be shipped without expense to the United States, other than that of packing and load There is to be created a fund. to be known as the working capital, which shall be available for the carrying on the industrial enterprises authorized herein or which may be authorized hereafter by law to be carried on in said penitentiary. The working capital shall consist of the sum of $250.000, which sum is authorized to be appropriated. The receipts from the sale of the products or byproducts of the said industries and the sale of condemned machinery or equipment shall be credited to the working capital funding at the point of storage. and be available for appropriation by congress If the chief executive or the commissioners of any state, territory, possession or District of Columbia, shall not, within one year after notification of the character and quantity of the appportionment. file with the secretary of war such acceptance and agreement, such apportionment, or any part thereof, shall be sold as surplus property as it then is and annually. The working capital shall be disbursed under the direction of the attorney-general and shall be available for the purchase. repair, or replacement of machinery or equipment for the purchase of raw materials or arts. for the employment of necessary where it then is, or shall be destroyed-all as the secretary of war, in his discretion, shal determine; and like action shall be taken in respect of the rejected portion of any apportionment accepted in part only, and war devices and trophies considered by the secretary of war as unsuitable for distribution. (Approved June 7, 1924.) use of unex- air ar INCREASE OF THE NAVY. The act making appropriations for the navy department provided for the heretofore made pended balances increase of the navy.' together with sum of $8,450,000. This is appropriated for the following purposes as specified in the act: "For the prosecution of work on vessels under construction on such date, the construction of which may be proceeded with under -the terms of the treaty providing for the limitation of naval armament; for continuing the conversion of two battle cruisers into craft carriers, including their complete equipment of aircraft and aircraft accessories, in accordance with the terms of such treaty; toward the construction of one fleet submarine (mine-laying type) heretofore authorized, to have the highest practicable speed and greatest desirable radius of action and to cost not to exceed $5,300,000 for construction and machinery and $850,000 for armor, mament and ammunition, and the secretary of the navy shall have prepared plans and estimates of cost of a scouting submarine submarine and a capable of accompanying the fleet, each to have the highest practicable speed and greatest desirable radius of action, such plans and estimates to be in readiness for submission to congress on the first day of the next regular session; for the settlement of contracts on account of vessels already delivered to the navy department; for reimbursement to contractors and subcontractors of carrying charges heretofore approved by the secretary of the navy to cover additional expenses resulting from the deferring of deliveries or payments under contracts and subcontracts for materials for vessels the construction of which may be continued under the terms of such treaty: for the procurement compass equipments and for the gyro installation of fire-control instruments destroyers not already supplied; and for the completion of armor, armament, ammunition and torpedoes for the supply and complete ment of vessels which may be proceeded with as hereinbefore mentioned: Provided. That in addition funds made to the hereinbefore available for increase of the navy, the secretary of the treasury is authorized and directed to make transfers during the fiscal year 1925 from the naval supply account fund to the appropriation increase of the navy of sums aggregating $22.500.000. of on Another Limitation Agreement Suggested. "The president is requested to enter into negotiations with the governments of Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan and such other governments as he may deem proper with the view of reaching an understanding or agreement relative to limiting the struction of all types and sizes of subsurface and surface craft of 10.000 tons standard displacement or less, and of aircraft, and limiting the number of officers and enlisted men." (Approved May 28, 1924.) con On May 28 the house passed a bill authorizing the construction of eight scout cruisers. six river gunboats and the modernization of six battle ships at an estimated cost of $111,000,000. This act was passed by the senate June 5. but failed to become a law before the adjournment on June 7. SETTLEMENT OF FINNISH DEBT. The settlement of the indebtedness of the republic of Finland to the United States of by the world war foreign America, made debt commission and approved by the president, upon the following terms is hereby authorized: Principal amount of obligations to be fundthereon ed, $8,281,926.17; interest accrued to Dec. 15, 1922, at the rate of 44 per centum per annum, $1,027,389.10, less payment in cash made by Finland March 8, 1923, on account of interest $300,000, leaving a balance of $727,389.10; total principal and interest accrued and unpaid as of Dec. 15, cash 1922. $9,009,315.27; less payment in made by Finland on May 1, 1923, $9,315.27. Total indebtedness to be funded into bonds, $9,000,000. The principal of the bonds shall be paid in annual installments on the 15th day of each December, up to and including Dec. 15, 1984, on a fixed schedule subject to the right of the government of Finland to make these payments in three-year periods: the amount of the first year's installment shall be $45,000, the annual installments to increase with due regularity until, in the sixty-second year, the amount of the installment will be $345,000, the aggregate installments being equal to the total principal of the debt. The government of Finland shall have the right to pay off additional amounts of the principal of the bonds on any interest date Interest shall be upon ninety days' notice. payable upon the unpaid balances at the following rates on Dec. 15 and June 15 of each year: At the rate of 3 per centum per annum, payable semiannually, from Dec. 15, 1922, to Dec. 15, 1932, and thereafter at the rate of 31⁄2 per centum per annum, payable semiannually until final payment. The government of Finland shall have the right to pay up to one-half of any interest accruing between Dec. 15, 1922, and Dec. 15, 1927, on the $9,000,000, principal amount of bonds first to be issued, in bonds of Finland dated as of the respective dates when the interest to be paid thereby becomes due, payable as to principal on the 15th day of December in each succeeding year, up to and including Dec. 15, 1984, on a fixed schedule. in annual installments, increasing with due regularity in proportion to and in the manner provided for, the payments to be made on account of principal of the original issue game rates of of bonds, and bearing the interest and being similar in other respects to such original issue of bonds. Any payment of interest or of principal may be made, at the option of the government of Finland, in any United States government obligations issued after April 6, 1917. such bonds to be taken at par and accrued interest. (Approved March 12, 1924.) STONE MOUNTAIN MEMORIAL COIN. In commemoration of the commencement on June 18. 1923. of the work of carving on Stone mountain. in the state of Georgia, a monument to the valor of the soldiers of the south. which was the inspiration of their song and daughters and grandsons and granddaughters in the Spanish-American and world wars, and in memory of Warren G Harding, president of the United States of America, in whose administration the work was begun. there shall be coined at the mints of the United States silver 50-cent pieces to the more than 5.000.000. such number of not 50-cent pieces to be of the standard troy diameter. device and composition, weight, design as shall be fixed by the director of the mint. with the approval of the secretary of the treasury, which said 50-cent pieces shall be legal tender in any payment to the amount of their face value. The coins herein authorized shall be issued only upon the request of the executive committee of the Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental association. a corporation of Atlanta, Ga., and upon payment by such executive committee for and on behalf of the association of the par value of such coins, and it shall be permissible for the association to obtain the coins upon said payment, all at one time or at separate times, and in separate amounts, as it may determ.ne. All laws now in force relating to the subsidiary silver coins of the United States and the coining or striking of the same, regulating and guarding the process of coinage, providing for the purchase of material and for the transportation, distribution, and redemption of coins, for the prevention of debasement or counterfeiting. for security of the coin, or for any other purposes. whether said laws are penal or otherwise, shall, so far as applicable, apply to the coinage herein authorized; Provided, That the United States shall not be subject to the expense of making the necessary dies and other preparations for this coinage. (Approved March 17, 1924.) NORTHERN PACIFIC HALIBUT ACT. For the purpose of this act "close season" shall mean the period from the 16th day of November in any year to the 15th day of February in the next following year, both days inclusive, or any other close season hereafter fixed by agreement between the United States and Canada. It shall be unlawful for any person to fish for or catch or attempt to catch any halibut (hippoglossus) at any time during the close season in the territorial waters of the United States or for any national or inhabitant of the United States to fish for or c teh or attempt to catch any halibut at any time during the close season in prohibited waters. The president shall cause a patrol of naval or other public vessels designated by him to be maintained in such places and waters as to him shall seem 1915 in the city of Washington, and in the same act appropriated the sum of $40,000 to defray the expenses of the said meeting; and, Whereas, when the world war led to repeated postponements of the said meeting the con gress repeatedly extended the appropriation: First, the act of July 1, 1916, extended it and made it available for the calendar years 1916 and 1917; second, the act of March 3, 1917, extended the appropriation and made it available for the calendar year 1918; third, the act of April 15, 1918, extended the appropriation and made it available for the calendar year 1919; and, Whereas, this appropriation, repeatedly extended, has lapsed and no part of it having been expended, and the meeting thus arranged for in Washington city has not been held; therefore be it Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled, That the president be requested to invite the Interpar liamentary union to hold its annual meeting for the year 1925 in the city of Washington. Sec. 2. That for the purpose of defraying the expenses incident to said meeting the appropriation of $50.000. to be expended under such rules and regulations as the secretary of state may prescribe, is hereby authorized. (Approved May 13, 1924.) MEMORIAL TO PATRIOTIC WOMEN. There is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $150,000 as a part contribution to the erection of a memorial building with equipment in the District of Columbia to commemorate the services and sacrifices of the patriotic women of the United States of America, of its insular possessions and of the District of Columbia during the world war. Said memorial to be erected on the land now occupied in part by the memorial to the women of the civil war, the permanent headquarters of the American Red Cross. The memorial shall be a building monumental in design and character and shall be used by the American National Red Cross and shall cost not less than $300,000: Provided. That this expenditure shall include complete equip ment. expedient for enforcing this act, and any officer of any vessel engaged in such service, and any other officers designated by the president, may search any vessel, boat or other craft in the territorial waters of the United States and any vessel, boat or other craft of the United States on the high seas when suspected of having violated or being about to violate the provisions of this act. Every national or inhabitant and every vessel of Canada found violating this act shall be delivered as soon as practicable to an authorized official of Canada at the nearest point to the place of seizure or elsewhere as the officials of the United States seizing the same and the authorized officials of Canada may agree upon, and the witnesses and proof necessary to the prosecution of said persons and vessels of Canada shall be furnished with reasonable promptitude to the authorities of Canada having jurisdiction thereof. This act shall take effect immediately and continue in force until the termination of the convention concluded by the United States and Great Britain on March 2, 1924. for the protection of the halibut fishery of the northern Pacific ocean. (Approved June 7, 1924.) INVITATION TO INTERPARLIAMENTARY The sum appropriated shall not be payable until there shall be raised by private subscription an additional sum of $150,000. The money shall not be paid until the plan of the proposed building shall have been approved by a commission consisting of the president of the American Red Cross. the secretary of war, the chairman of the senate committee on the library, the chairman of the house committee on the library and a rep. resentative of the central committee of the American Red Cross. The plans of the memorial shall likewise be approved by the Commission of Fine Arts. The building shall be the property of the United States government but under the supervision of the superintendent of public buildings and grounds. and the American Red Cross shall at all times be charged with the responsibility, the care, keeping and maintenance of the memorial building without expense to the United States. (Approved June 7. 1924.) NEW CHICAGO RIVER CHANNEL. Whereas, the city of Chicago has requested a permit of the secretary of war to straighten the south branch of the Chicago river between West Polk street and West 19th street in the city of Chicago as a part of a project which comprises the construction of a new channel and the abandonment of the old channel between said West Polk street and said West 19th street, as shown on drawings trans mitted by the city of Chicago to the secretary of war in connection with the aforesaid request for a permit and which are on file in the office of the secretary of war; and, Whereas, it is proposed to fill up and abandon a portion of the present channel of the south branch of the Chicago river between said streets as soon as said new channel sha have been constructed; or in part such areas as may be designated and set aside by the president. The state shall erect and maintain such gates in this fence as may be required by the authorized agents of the federal government in the administration of the national forest lands embraced therein or to provide ingress and egress to persons occupying lands within said inclosure. The right of the state to maintain said fence shall continue so long as the area designated by the president shall be given protection by the laws of the state of South Dakota as a game refuge. (Approved June 7. 1924.) BUREAU OF DAIRYING. Therefore, be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled. That as soon as the city of Chicago, or any other gov ernmental agency or any corporation thereunto duly authorized by the secretary of war. shall have constructed a new channel for the south branch of the Chicago river between West Polk street and West 19th street in said city of Chicago, then, and in that event, so much of the present channel of the south branch of the Chicago river as shall be super-appointed by the secretary of agriculture, who seded and replaced by said new channel in accordance with the permit of the secretary of war shall be discontinued and abandoned. (Approved June 7, 1924.) POWER OF WAR FINANCE CORPORATION The time during which the War Finance corporation may make advances and purchase notes, drafts, bills of exchange or other securities under the terms of sections 21, 22, 23 and 24 of the War Finance corporation act, as amended, is hereby extended to and including Nov. 30, 1924: Provided, That if any application for an advance or for the purchase by the War Finance corporation of notes, drafts, bills of exchange or other securities is received at the office of the corporation in the District of Columbia on or before Nov. 30, 1924, such application may be acted upon and approved and the advance may be made or the notes, drafts, bills of exchange or other securities may be purchased at any time prior to Dec. 31, 1924. The corporation may from time to time, through renewals, substitutions of new obligations or otherwise, extend the time of payment of any advance made under authority conferred in section 24 of the War Finance corporation act as amended, but the time for the payment of any such advance shall not be extended beyond Jan. 1. 1926, if such advance was originally made on or before Jan. 1, 1923, or beyond three years from the date upon which such advance was originally made, if such advance was originally made after Jan. 1, 1923. (Approved Feb. 20, 1924.) REFUGE FOR ANTELOPE. There is hereby established in the department of agriculture a bureau to be known as the bureau of dairying. Chief of the bureau of dairying shall be shall be subject to the general direction of the secretary of agriculture. He shall devote his time to the investigation of the dairy industry and the dissemination of information for the promotion of the dairy industry. For the purpose of enabling the secretary of agriculture and the chief of the bureau of dairying to carry out the purposes of this act, the secretary of agriculture is hereby authorized to transfer to the bureau of dairying such activities of the department of agriculture as he may designate which relate primarily to the dairy industry and to employ such additional persons in the city of Washington and elsewhere as may be necessary. Such sums of money as congress may deem necessary are hereby authorized to be appropriated, in addition to such sums provided for in the agricultural appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925. This act shall be in full force and effect on and after July 1, 1924. (Approved May 29. 1924.) PAY IN U. S. PRINTING OFFICE. It is provided that on and after July 1, 1924. the minimum pay of all journeymen printers, pressmen and bookbinders employed in the government printing office shall be at the rate of 90 cents an hour for the time actually employed: Provided further. That the rates of wages, including compensation for night and overtime work, for more than ten employes of the same occupation shall be determined by a conference between the public printer and a committee selected by the trades affected and the rates and compensation so agreed upon shall become effective upon approval by the joint committee on printing: if the public printer and the committee representing any trade fail to agree as to wages. salaries and compensation either party is hereby granted the right of appeal to the joint committee on printing and the decision of said committee shall be final; the wages, salaries and compensation determined as provided here. once a year thereafter. (Approved June 7. 1924.) PORTO RICO OFFICIALS. Any or all of the following described lands in government ownership may be withdrawn from entry and disposition by proclamation of the president for the purpose of protecting and propagating antelope and other game animals and birds: National forest lands-Town-in shall not be subject to change oftener than shap 18 north, range 7 east. Black Hills meridian, section 24. south half and south half north half; section 25, all; township 18 north. range 8 east, sections 17 to 20. inclusive; section 21. west half: sections 29 to 32. inclusive. Public lands-Township 18 north, range 7 east, section 5 to 9. inclusive; sections 13 to 23, inclusive; section 24. north half north half; sections 26 to 36, inclusive; and those parts of sections 3. 4. 10 and 11 lying south and west of the Riva road: Provided. That the withdrawal of the lands herein authorized shall not affect existing withdrawals for national forest purposes. The state of South Dakota is hereby authorized and permitted to erect and maintain a good, substantial fence inclosing in whole The act of March 2. 1917, providing for a civil government, is amended so as to provide for the appointment by the president of an auditor at an annual salary of $6.000 per annum for four years and of an executive secretary at an annual salary of $5,000. The salaries of these and other officials appointed by the president shall be paid out of the reve nues of Porto Rico. The annual salaries of the following named officials appointed by the president and also those appointed by the governor of Porto Rico so to be paid shall be: The governor, $10,000; in addition thereto he 294 shall be entitled to the occupancy of the INDEMNITY FOR DAMAGES IN SEARCH An appropriation is authorized to be made for $13.511.13 to be paid to the government of the republic of France as a matter of grace and without reference to the question of liability therefor as full indemnity for loss and damage to property suffered by Mme. Crignier, a citizen of France, by reason of the search for the body of Admiral John Paul Jones, undertaken in 1899 by Gen. Horace Porter, at that time American ambassador to France, and completed by the finding of the body in 1905, as set forth in the messages of he president of the United States to the senate and house of representatives dated June 4, 1918; July 21. 1919: July 11, 1921. and Jan. 3, 1924. (Approved May 13, 1924.) NAVY AND MARINE MEMORIAL. The chief of engineers. United States army, is authorized and directed to grant permission to the honorary national committee and executive committee of the navy and marine memorial for the erection on public grounds of the United States in the city of Washing ton, D. C., other than those of the capitol. the library of congress and the white house, of a memorial to the navy and marine services. to and marine be navy known as memorial dedicated to Americans lost at sea: Provided, That the site chosen and the design of the memorial shall be approved by the national commission of fine arts, and that the United States shall be put to no expense in or by the erection or maintenance of the memorial. (Approved Feb. 16, 1924.) CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT. Resolved, by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of each house concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the constitution: "Article "Section 1. The congress shall have power to limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons under 18 years of age. "Sec. 2. The power of the several states unimpaired by this article except that the operation of state laws shall be suspended to the extent necessary to give effect to legislation enacted by the congress." UTAH NATIONAL PARK. There is reserved and withdrawn from settlement or disposal under the laws of the United States and dedicated and set apart as a public park for the benfit and enjoyment of the people, under the name of "Utah National Park,' a tract of land specifically described in the act. It is located in the southern part of Garfield county, Utah, and includes Bryce canyon in the southern part This canyon is The nearest town of the Escalante mountains. noted for its scenic beauty. is Panguitch, in the western part of Garfield The park is under the administration (Approved of the secretary of the interior. June 7, 1924.) county. PAN-AMERICAN SANITARY CONFERENCE The president is empowered to appoint not to exceed four persons, including not less than two officers of the United States public health service, as delegates to represent the United States at the seventh pan-American sanitary conference to be held in the city of Havana, Cuba. For the expenses of such delegates in attending the conference, including the assembly of necessary data, the employment of interpreters and the preparation of a report, $3,000, to be available during the fiscal year 1925, is authorized to be appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the secretary of state. (Approved April 28. 1924.) PROTECTION OF GAME IN ALASKA. On and after July 1, 1924, the powers and duties heretofore conferred upon the governor of Alaska by existing law for the protection of wild game animals and wild birds in Alaska are hereby conferred upon and shall be exer. cised by the secretary of agriculture; and all MONUMENT TO GEN. SAN MARTIN. money available or appropriated in any act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, for The chief of engineers, U. S. A., is aucarrying into effect the act approved May 11, 1908, entitled "An act for the protection of thorized to grant permission for the erection on public grounds of the United States in the game in Alaska and for other purposes," incity of Washington, D. C.. other than those cluding salaries, traveling expenses of game of the capitol, the library of congress and the wardens and all other necessary expenses, is hereby transferred to the credit of the depart-white house or the grounds south of the white ment of agriculture to be expended by the secretary of agriculture for such purposes. proved June 7, 1924.) (Ap or PUBLICATIONS FOR THE BLIND. Volumes of the holy scriptures or any part thereof. in raised characters for the use of the blind, whether prepared by hand printed, which do not contain advertisements, (a) when furnished by an organization, institution or association not conducted for private profit to a blind person without charge, shall be transmitted in the United States mails free of postage; (b) when furnished by an or association not organization, institution conducted for private profit to a blind person at a price not greater than the cost price thereof. shall be transmitted in the United States mails at the postage rate of 1 cent for each pound or fraction thereof: under such regulations as the postmaster-general may Brescribe. (Approved June 7. 1924.) house, a copy of the statue of Gen. San Martin by Dumont: Provided. That the site chosen and the design of the pedestal shall be approved by the joint committee on the library and that the United States shall be put to no expense in or by the erection of the memorial. The chief of engineers shall supervise the work of erection of the memorial. (Approved June 7, 1924.) PRACTICE OF OPTOMETRY. The act, which is confined to the District of Columbia, declares in its first section that "the practice of optometry is defined to be the application of optical principles through technical methods and devices in the examination of the human eye for the purpose of determining visual defects and the adaptation of lenses for the aid and relief thereof." The act makes it unlawful to practice optometry in the District of Columbia without a license. To secure a license it is necessary |