Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-02-04
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
House of Representatives,. January 81, 1882.
Nix DO aDRInes, from the Committee for the
District of Columbia, reported the following
bills, which were read twice and committed to
a Committee of the Whole House.
A BILL directing code Of laws, civil and crimi-
Nal, Cor the District Of Columbia, to be prepared
and reported TO Congress.
Be il enacted 6y the Senate and House Of Re-
pre,saiaiirss of the United STATES Of .fmerica IN
Congress- assembled, That the President OF the
.Uuited States shall nominate, and by and with
the consent Of the Senate appoint, three commits
snners, whose duty it shall be 10 digest aud pre-
pare a cede Of statute law. civil and criminal,
for The District of Columbia, 10 be Submitted to
the Congress Of the United States at the next
session thereof.
Sc. 2. .4ndb be IL further enacted, That the
saii commissioners, III preparing the said code,
shall adhere as nearly To the statute laws now IN
force ia said District, as may be consistent with
JUST, simple. and uniform system throughout
the said District; and. in all additions to, and al
te,arions ol, sand laws, they shall conform the
same to, and adopt the principles OF, the common
law, and the principles Of equity, as established
b, The courts of equity. tar as the condition Of
the District aud lis population will admit.
SIC. 5. ind be IL further enacted, That each
of the said commissioners, for every full day he
sha! actually be employed, to the exclusion OF
his p,ivare and professional business, in prepar-
inn such digest, shall be entitled to receive the
sum Of eight dollars.
Sec. 4. End be il further enacted, That the
said commissioners shall meet at such time and
place as the President of the United States shalt
direct. and shall, with such clerks and means as
he shall provide, proceed to execute the duties
imposed upon them By this act; and the Presi-
dent of the United States shall provide for the
SAID commissioners such place, clerks. and means
for the execution thereof. as he shall deem
sary; ami that the sum ut ten Thousand dollars,
out Of any money IN the Treasury no, otherwise
appropriated. be, and The same is hereby apprO-
prl2ted. 10 enable the President Of The United
States To carry tins act into effect,
y BILL to organize the several Fire Companies
IN thr OistrIct of Columbia.
Be IL enacted by The Senate and House of Re
pre5e,,toiires # lie United States of .3meriea in
Congress dsse:5ied, That from and after the
passage ut ths act. the fire Companies Of WASH
ington. Georgetown n. and alexandria, in the Dis
trict of Columbia, and those which may hereaf-
ter he formed in either Of the said cities, shall,
when SD formed, severally have power to frame
their own constitution. and adopt bylaws for
their own regulation. and to elect their officers
who. and the members Of the several companies.
shalt b" exempt from the performance of militia.
~ duty IN time OF peace. so lung as they shall
continue active members thereof; and the cert6-
cate ~ the several Presidents of the said com
psnes. sttested by the Seer. iary, shall be suff-
cient evidence at membership: Propided, That
no company now formed, CT hereafter 10 be form
ed as aforesaid, shalt have the benefit of this act
until it shall first obtain fire apparatus of the
value of at least five hundred dollars: find p,o-
uided, That no company shall so exempt more
than seventy five men.
SEC. 9. find be Il further enacted, That the
fire companies in each OF the said cities shall,
annually. appoint Chief Engineer for the city
in which said fire companies are. whose duty it
it shall be to examine the conditlton Of the fire
apparatus belonging 70 each fire company at least
once in every month, aud TO report its state to a
Board, to be composed Of the Presidents of the
respective fire companies in each Of the said CT
ties, who are hereby constituted Board for that
purpose, which shall sit monthly, at the town.
house IN the city to which they belong: And, If
the said Chief Engineer shall report that the
fire appssstus Of any one of the said fire cvmpa-
MES is SO defective or out of repair as to be Of
less value than FIVE hundred dollars or unfit for
service. and the company or companies whose
- apparatus shall be thus reported to be so depre
cated in value or out Of repair, shall permit the
same to continue so for one calendar month. the
said company or companies shall thereupon for
felt all the rights. privileges. and immun'ties,
granted by this act; aid it shall be the duty Of
the said Chief Engineer TO communicate this fact
to the Adjulant Of the regiment of the city in
which such company nr companies may belong.
SIC. 5. find be Il farther enacted, That each
OF the said fire companies shall have power TO
enforce obedience to its constitution and by laws
BY hae and forfeiture, aud to collect all such fines
BY warrant, to b. issued by justice Of the peace
In the city where suc5 company shall belong. in
the name of the said company; and the ,erti6-
cate Of the President Of such company. that the
person so 6usd has been fined for ,isobedience
to the constitution or by laws (as the case NAV
be, of FIRE COMPANY in - city. attested by
the Secretary Of the said company, shall be sui
hcient evidence for the magistrate to issue his
,narrant and affer having the Marty hefnre him