Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1929, Page 17

'FLORIDA LICENSE LAW IS AFFRVED Reai Estate Act Attacked on Ground It Violated Constitution. By a decision of the,State Supreme Oourt the constitutionality of the real estate license.law of the State of Flor- ida has been upheld. ‘The act was attacked on the ground that it was in violation of the provisions of both the United States and the Florida Constitutions. Thirty of the 48 sections of the real estate act were attacked as violating some specific pro- wvision of one or both constitutions. Regarding 29 of the 30 sections at- tacked, the opinion of the justices was unanimous. Regarding that section of the law which requires an applicant for licknse as a real estate broker in the State to be a resident of Florida, the opinion was divided, three to three. In giving its decision the court made the following statement: “Real estate is one of the two great divisions of property rights and bears as close relation to the public peace and welfare of our civilization as any species of private rights. The business of acting as intermediary between seller and purchaser in real estate transac- tions, the business of a real estate broker or salesman, is a lawful busi- ness . . . but it is a business which may be conducted in such a manner as to .. distress analogous to that produced by ausmnnngemem of a banking institu- on “There is involved in the relation of real estate broker and client a measure of trust analogous to that of an at- torney at law to his client, or agent to his principal . . . and the occupation of ‘broker, including ‘real estate broker,’ or persons engaged therein, is deemed a proper subject of regulation under the police power.” Passed Senate Unanimously. The court called attention to the fact that the Florida real estate license law had passed the House of Repre- sentatives by a vote of 71 for its pas- sage to 4 against it, and passed the Senate by a unanimous vote of all Senators present and voting, 27 in ‘Warren of M. & R. . result in a degree of public |. » ESTATE. ON REALTY ROW Reports and Observations Concerning Business and D. C. Agents. Peyton to Open Office, Thomas L. Peyton, assoclated with R. Marbury Stamp & C6., Inc., shortly will open a general real estate broker- age business of his own with offices in the Chandler Building, nounced today. He has been in business more than ‘10 years, * kR % Taylor Enlarges Staff. ‘Waverly Taylor, Inc, house develop- €rs, annol today that Leslie Mer~ rell, formerly of New York, had been added to sales staff of the com- * % k% ‘Would Select Buyers. “The real eéstate salesman of today must know not real estate values of details about the pany. terested; judge of human nature and be quick to ‘size up’ his prospect,” says Monroe . B. Warren. “Of course, it has uwn&. been ¢ - nized that this ability essential order that the particular features of the property that would most appeal to the particular prospect should be stress- ed. But there is & broader view of the mnurl r:hd“ is fast becoming generally recognized. “With the growth of large scale d velopment,” continued Mr. Warren, “I volving the construction and sale of complete community of homes by one organization, it is of the utmost im- portance that the salesman should not encourage or attempt to sell a prospect who obviously would not fit in with the general character and tastes of those who have already purchased in the development or for whom the de- velopment was intended. * “This is not snobbishness, in any sense of the word. It is merely facing the facts. No matter how strongly we may believe in the principle that ‘all men are created equal,’ we must never- theless admit that particularly in the matter of a home we all prefer to live nmwg our own kind. . “Nor upon the character or standing of those who do not fit into a praticular group | or community. They in turn have their | own kind among whom they would | naturally prefer to live, among whom they would be happier and more at | home. * ok K x ‘| has found that all too many men and is this necessarily a reflection | PUBLIC CARELESS IN SIGNING PAPERS Better Business Bureau Finds Peo- ple Attach Signatures Without Reading Garefully. ; Many people attach too little im- rtance to papers they sign in connec- with purchase agreements entered into, according to a bulletin . just re- leased by the National Better Business Bureau, New York City. The bureau women from all walks of life put their signatures on printed forms without{ reading them carefully. ‘While' the great majority of dealers who use purchase agreement forms are careful to acquaint their customers with every detail of the contract, the bureau points out that there are those of the swindler's gentry who em) William H. Hessick & Son, is president of -the new concern; R. R. Reutl is vice president, and Stanley Taylor, for 12 years manager of the National Laundry, is the third executive. Mr. Reutlinger will have active manage- ment of the new company. salesmen to get signatures on agree- ments that are contrary to understand- ings they create verbally. This practice 1s successful because of public careless- ness in trade agreements. The title of this week’s poster is “Read Befote You .” The warning is considered timely the bureau be- cause since the increased popularity in Ditats & ekt mgvese “c.'hmh::' a agreemen Irc! o ers have come to regard these evo“ntnm {lx.:z as & matter of form. The legit- ate dealers have been straightforward , with the result that their contracts has brought the purchaser no grief. This, the bureau states, has left the gate wide open for the s salesmen who have 'not overlooked the opportunity. WELCOMING SERVICE. Fifth Baptist ot Have Women's Night Meeting. Dr. John E. Briggs will “The Elims of Life” at the Church, welcome new members and ad- minister the -Lord’s Supper tomorro: morning. * ‘The service at night will be in the in- terest of each on Baptist vention will deliver addresses 200 EAST RAYMOND STREET One Square North a 3 of Chevy Chase Country Club Lot 100 ft. (Half THIS dietinguished hom: nd One Square East % [ by 268 ft. Acre) e, in one of the prettiest residential squares in the entire Chevy Chase sec- tion, consists of seven rooms and two baths, with two- car tile garage. The grounds artistically landscaped, with privet hedge, flowers, trees and beautiful shrub- bery, have a variety of heavy "bearing fruit trees, grapes and vegetable garden. The home, in first-class condition throughout, has bathe, screened sleeping four -Yarge bedrooms, two porch, house-width front veranda, open fireplace, reception room, large light woman's work. Mrs. O. E.| MA). GEN. ASHBURN TO ADDRESS SESSION Relation of Real Estate to Inland ‘Waterways to Be: Topic at Meeting. Ml_j. Gen. T. Q. Ashburn, Washing- ton, ‘chairman and executive of the Inland Waterways Corporation, will be & principal speaker at the coming spe- cial meeting of the industrial property division of the National Association of Real Estate Boards when it 8t. Louis November "'o;l’ ln?e;'n‘ & Gen. Ashburn will speak on the re- lation of industrial real estate to the devel ent of inland waterways. The Inland Waterways Corporation, owned by the United States and governed by the Secretary of War, is now_conduct- ing a line service from Minneap- olis to New Orleans, nmnel?ew Orleans to Mobile and from Mobile to Birming- ‘ham, via the Warrior River, and a line AN EXCEPTIONAL HOME on the St. Croix River from Prescott |year to Stillwater. 3 as the channels are com- pleted, in accordance with existing proj- ects, extensions have been on _the Missouri River to Kansas City and on the Chicago and. Tllinols Rivers to Chicago. feis M e S REALTY BOARDS SET MEETING AT PHOENIX January 22-24 Announced as Dates for Annual Con- vention. g Phoenix, Ariz., has been selected as the place of holding business meeting of the National As- sociation of Real Estate Boards. The date of the mee has been set- for January 22, 23 24. The meeting will be held at the Hotel Westward-Ho in Phoenix. Prines | objectives of the issociation and of specialized divisions for the IN CHEVY CHASE, MD. ‘the next annual || sociation will meet Thursday mornihg, Janyary 23. : A post-convention trip to the Ha- wallan Islands is planned for officers and members of the association who mr;t‘lg take this opportunity to make p: anuary 22, f the as- See “Marietta Park” Now Use the Following List as a Guide MAKE YOUR OWN SELECTION WE RECOMMEND THEM ALL -+ You will not find Better Built Homes Anywhere. Location the very best. All New Semi-detached Brick Homes—convenient to Stores, Schools, Churches, Junior High School, etc. Near 14th. Street Cars, within two blocks of the £ New Fort Slocum 17-Acre Go‘vernmenl Park Every Home Owner a Booster . . . Ask Them ' SAMPLE HOUSE 420 NICHOLSON STREET N.W. e Siz big, cheerful roonis, built-in bath with shower. Domestic wood-paneled walls. Large kitchén, outside pantry, Frigidaire. Cold storage and coal bin under cement front porch. Breakfast and sleeping porches. zg:”lgewdm. Brick retaining walls. Price, $9,450. Terms SAMPLE HOUSE 412 NICHOLSON STREET N.W. (Semi-detached Brick) Eight large rooms (4 bedrooms), built-in bath with shower. Natural wood trim. Roomy kitchen. Frigidaire. Built-in garage. Nice lawn. Stone retaining walls. We invite you to go through this house! SAMPLE HOUSE' 5734 4th STREET N.W. (Cor. 4th and Nicholson Sts.) Now is the time to see this house! Have your own selection of decorations. Eight rooms, two baths. All rooms large and bright. Equl?ved with many other features. Colonial cement No. 8 Rosemary Street (One block above Chevy Chase Club) living and dining rooms, Frigidaire, pantry, large attic, hot-water heat, radio aerial, service porch, ete. Priced at $17,950, this property is unquestion- John P. Garrett Dies. front porch. Nice lawn and rear yard. Built-in garage. Street and alley paved. SAMPLE HOUSE number. “I is quite remarkable that a bill under consideration by the Legls- | John P. Garrett of Caywood Bros, fature 1 “Tndeed 1t 1 S0 Meretricious | Garett, mombers. of the: Washingto | as claimed, should have run the gant- | Real Estate Board, died this week at let of legislative criticism and won al{his residence, 945 O street. place. upon the statute books with such practical unanimity of indorsement,” the court declared. Justice Strum expressed the opinion of the three judges who upheld the constitutionality of that section of the license law requiring an applicant for license as broker or salesman to be & resident of Florida Their opinion pointed out that, while any arbitrary distinction' between residents and non- residents in requirement for license would be unconstitutional, the existing Florida requirement was not arbitrary in that it was based on the advantage to the general public of bringing the | transitory dealer under continued | amenability to the process of the! Florida courts. = In commenting on the court's decis- fon regarding the clause requiring Florida residence for license Nathan ‘William MacChesney, general counsel for the National Association of Real Estate Boards, made the following statement: “In view of the even divi- sion of the court, three to three, on this question, and also in view of the fact that whether this particular pro- vision was constitutional or unconsti- tutional would not affect or change the decision of the court in the case, it cannot be said that the constitution- ality of this section has been settled. ‘The question of its constitutionality probably will have to wait until it comes before the court in.a case whose decision must hinge upon that particu- lar point.” o Utah Amendments Passed. . The United States Supreme Court has by two decisions uphelg the consti- tutionality of real estate license laws. The lists of court decisions on real estate license laws compiled by the National Association of Real !J'-lkl Boards show that constitutionality of such laws has been upheld by decisions of the New York Court of Appeals and the Supreme Courts of California, Wis- consin and Louisiana. The Florida Supreme Court previously upheld the constitutionality of the 1926 Flnrlda" real estate license law. Amendments to the Utah real estate license law have just been passed. Under this recently enacted legislation lcense will be required of all persons engaged in the real estate business as a full or part time vocation. The amendments eliminate the $1,000 bond formerly required in Utah for license as real estate salesman. A R Because it would make walking to the churches and schools unpleasant, resi- dents of Dalkey, Ireland, are fighting & plan of the local gas company to lay pipa! tinder the footpath of Convent road: Sample House Open to 9:00 P.M. Daily * ok ok x - Hessick Forms New Firm. Fred Hessick, coal merchant and real estate investor, who participated actively in the annual convention of the Na- tional Association of Real Estate Boards at Boston in June as a member of the | Washington delegation, reports the for- | mation of a new firm having to do with | property. He announces the formation of the ' Hessick Automatic Stoker Co., Inc., distributors of an automatic coal stok- ing and coal burning machine, which | e concern has taken office space in th new Tower Building. Hessick, for 17 years an executive of ably one of today’s Open Sunday 9 to outstanding values. 6 and Daily 3 to 6 N,L S“’f;‘!’"y 1418 Eye St. N.W. 00O R A Exclusive Agents Nat’l 5904 Early American Home Built by Wm. P. Lipscomb Co. for the Estates CLARENCE L. HARDING, Architect The First Truly American Home The sturdy principles of a comfort-loving people found their first architect- ural expression in the Co- lonial type of homestead L and expressing them _through stately construc- tion and architectural beauty, the above home— fronting on Rock Creek Home contains 4 rooms on fil’!t HOOY‘ massive living room, open fireplace, side lighting fixtures. Double French -doors leading out into a covered concrete porch. A real sun-room, extra large kitchen, large dining room. bedroom. 2 colored tile baths. 4 bedrooms, one a master A third floor which is unfinished. Slate roof, cop- per metal down-spouting. -Two-r_:ar brick garage. Lot 60x161 ft. Price Without Comparison Open and lighted 10 AM. to 9 P.M. EATON & CO.’ 1010 Vt. Ave. National 2920 5803 4th STREET N.W. (Semi-detached Brick) Eight large rooms, two baths. Many closets. Cold storage room under cement front porch. Built-in garage. Nice fuwns‘ Paved street and allepy. b ALL OF THE ABOVE HOUSES "ARE OPEN TO'9 P.M. DAILY and You Should See Them Before Buying a Home ~ Waple & James, Inc. 1226 14th Street N.W. North 0962 Park—is truly Early American throughout. Colonial in its setting, too, for standing on its broad veranda one looks out over the entrancing country of —thus embodying in . American building the admired Colonial qualities of Comfort, Hospitality and Love of Beauty. Retaining these desired merits 512 Peabody Street N.W. See It Before Buying! SEMI-DETACHED BRICKS 7 Rooms, beautiful Tile Bath with shower (4 bedrooms). Porches, Built-in Garage and many -attractive features. Street and alley paved. HIGH ELEVATION The Most Autractive Row of Houses “In MARIETTA Park” McConchie & Holmes OWNERS and BUILDERS Phone “Adams 2096 ROCK‘CREEK PAR - ESTATES - A Bit of Early American Landscape Rock Creek Park Estates might well be & charming bit of Colonial America. These peace- ful hundred acres of natural landscape—truly a part of Rock Creek Park—have remained un- touched by human hand—except where a stately dwelling—charmingly adapted to its setting— ‘fmpressively announces' the residence of an estate owner. Truly an early American atmos-’ . phere surrounds this Colonial Home—while a teeling of remoteness and contentment idealizes the rustic beauty of the Estates and cloaks it with an old-world charm. The homie will open.at 10:00 o’clock today and.may be inspected daily. Motor out Six- teenth street or take the Sixteenth Street Bus every interior decoration and orna- to Ku!nh Road, which brings you to the en- ment is strictly true-to-type. trance. of the Estates. 0 You Enter the Estates at Sixteenth Streot and Kalmia Road EDSON W. BRIGGS COMPANY The Charm of the Colonial Interior The charm of the Ante Bellum interior is captured and truthfully porprayed in this Early American Home.” Every piece of furniture and decoration matches its Archi- tectural theme, completing a pic- ture that is extremely fascinating. By special arrangement with the owners, W. & J. Sloane have fitted the house—expertly selecting and placing .every piece — seeing that 1340 G St. NE. A Bargain at $9,950 . Terms for quick sale A semi-detached two-story brick dwelling with a delight- ful outlook on Maryland Ave. Front porch has large Colonial colimns, and back porch ex- tends across entife bldg. Six large ' rooms, kitchen and bath. Open fireplace and cellar under entire house. Two-story two-car brick garage in rear. Near public schools and Sears’ Roebuck & Co.s new ' department - store. Open all day Sunday and from 7:30 to 9:00 o’clock week days. CURI : AYERCR SIS RITY G e 15th and Pa. Ave, N.W. for an. Tnspostion Appeistment National 4815 | B This Attractive Home of the French Provincial Period Located 'in a Charming Setting ' Will Be Available for Inspection " Sunday from 10 A'M. Until 9 P.M. W. C. and A. N. MILLER * Builders ' 1119 17¢h St. N.W. ; - Realtors 1001 Fifteenth Street at K Decatur 0610 TG (AT