Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-10-13

cause an statement to be made in ,ns Iau,s 70
by this act upon all propt rty owners that novE
roraiicn equal TO one half the " h ls anoun, o,
water rent paio by each and every own-r; and
that the rates of wafer rent established by pre-
vious acts of this Corporation be, and the saYY,e
is hereby, reduced onr-half
Sec. = and be it further enacted That the Office
CT at-r Tapper b., and the same is hereby
;ibt lished aud tile Water Board is hereby an
thorizsd to grant permits for opening any street
a,inue, or alisy, and tapping tie water mains
for tie purpose OF supplying any property with
w;;L On any stTest--ayPnus, or alley, Hh-re
The aer malrs may be LAID. upon tho party
Applying tor sand permit q wing good and sat
Ecis 1t security that The mains shall be tapped
H. manner satisfactory TO said Board; aud,
al o, that the sti eet. avenue or alley 50 opened
shall be put in as GOOD condition as 1t was be-.
fore Icing opened.
See ). And be 1t further eaacted Tha. All acts
or Parts of acts OF this Corporation, inconsis-
tent with This act, be, and the same Is hereby.
rfpealsd
prepared and had teen SUBMITTED TO the Corpo-
raticn Attorney, who. after examining IL ptye
as his opinion that II had been prepared. in con-
formity with the late act Of Congress.
The first sectlan was read and adopted; and
Mr. g. Wilson moved 10 amepd the second
section by striking out that portion providing
that the Ward Commissioners may lay pipes
when they may think the interests or the CIV
require, and insert, s.it Will pay six per cent.
per annum the cost thereof, or when th,
owner or majority OF owners OF all property
binding on said street. shall petition Tor the
same.
Mr. n d. Larner said that the object Of this
amendment Was to kill the bill. We have A
law OF Congress which says we may do 50 and
SO, but it. did not give the power which tn,
amendment proposed. In other words, tba
Amendment proposed that they should keep on
doing what they Were doing now. The law
un der which they were now working proyid.os
that when petitioners enough TO pay six pcr
cent. the lay ing Of the pipes Obtained tte.
N aims shail be put down. But all do not take
the water, and " hile many who petition do not
take the water, and the Iew who do have to
keep on paying ..--.as-..-
Mr. G.. Wilson said that the whole intention
of the bill was to cut off the outside wards from
the use OF the water. He had no objection 10
letting people have water by the terms Of this
bill, but he wanted the people to have the right
to choose wheI her they have the water or not.
Under this bill four persons in a square coul3
have The pipes laid, and the others would have
to pay tor it when they did not want it, The
bill gives the Commissioners the right to
sary. He (Mr- W. proposed = give the people
the mains if they wished it. This was anoti.er.
means of oppression on the outer wards.
Mir. Larner asked, when the Corporation were.
laying foot pavement, il they asked property
holders II they wished IT. 1"4
Mr.. Wiison.-No, sir; If a ma iority wants the
pavement i is laid. The thickiy settled parts
Of the city would all have their water pipes,
but il this law was passed, the children and
grandchildren OF those who lived in his seq
tion OF The city would never see a water pip-
Mr.. NJ. Lalner ccntended that the system is
defective. and insianced r case where under
the bill petition was sent in and pipe laid,
and afterwards but Two persons on the square
took the water He had paid within fonr
years thirty dollars water rent, Iacre than
enough 10 pay Tor the pipe. The water tax
here was higher than it was in Baltimore. H.
wards. and would cali for the evidence
Mr.. Wilson'S amendment was lost
ne second section was adopted, and
Mr.. n. d. Larner moved to amend the third
section bv inserting a tax of S5
instead CT 81, which was adopted.
MI. Sheod moved 10 amend after the 10Th
line by adding "and in case said property
owner refuses or negiects to pay the said tax,
the Registrar shall collect the same IN accord
ance with existing laws regulating the coIlec-
ton Of taxes on real estate;' which was adopt
ed.
Mr.. &. " ilscn moved to insert proyiso :.ttsr
the clause giving the commissioners power to
impose tax for laying the mains, that the
tax TO BE- so levied. He wanted this bill to BE-
doye-taiied with the old bill-wanted the peo-
pie 10 have the privilege of taking water by
paying the six per cent. or paving the fronr
foot lax. One gentleman who lived in the city
complained that he had paid $50 in four wears
for water; but he tMr. w. }. who lived in the
outskirts. couldn't smell water, and he would
pay $50 TO get it. The authors of this bilf
seemed TO be determined to oppress the people
Mr.. N ID: Larner charged the gentleman (Mr
Wlisonl with attempting to defeat the bill. He.
disclaimed all Intention OF preventing any part
Of the city from receiving the water.
Mr.. kanb said Georgetown had adopted u
similar system TO that proposed in this bin,
and it worked we'll. ..... -z
Mr.. Wilson said that rs for Georgetown, some
had never paid for laying the pipe and never
opposed to the law. II the bill left 1t optionaf
with the people to pay six per cent. on the foot
tax, he WAS in favor Of it. -----
Mr.. Shedd asked how many pipes were now
bringing less than six per cent. $3.50
Mr " lison said only one, and that was laid
ont Fourteenth street by Mayor Berritr 70 ac-
eommodate the Brazilian Minister.
Mr. Wilson's amendment was then lost.
leas-Messrs. Knight, McCathran, Noyes,
Peake, Run, T.. Wilson's. Fs -
klSy Say g1psa Eh
Raub ShedG, Stephens, II. q. Wilson-12.
The third, fourth and 18th sections were then
adopted. ."'tsE - aAL
Mr. Shedd moved 70 amend the sixth section
by providing an abatement OF three -fourths
the water rent heretofore paid imposed by this
bill; lost. ~<-----
The sixth section was then adopted.
MIR. II. g. Wilson moved TO strike out the
Seventh section; lost. -
Mr. Q. Wilson moved. to strike on. the last
section. People in his section Of the city would
never get the water il this bill was adopted.
Mr.. Ellis said that he wonld vote for the bill,
because he thought his ward would receive
water the sooner by Ii.
Mr. c. Wilson moved to amend the title by
making it i" for the lesser distribution of water
laid on the table. s..s.se ezs
The bill was then passed.
Yeas-Messrs. Barr, Can field, Ellis, Follans-
hee Ferguson, Kelley, knight, N. ID. Larner,
NJ. Larner. Raub, Shedd and Stevens-Ia ar
Nays-Mess-s. McCathran, Noyes, Peaks,
Rnf, H. q. Wilson and C. Wilson'S.
The bill to increase the pay OF corporation
laboIers was laid over.
The following bills were reported and passed.
rom committee on ways and means-ReIjef
OF ]. Cogan, and relief of Mrs. ID. ID. Mocaab.e
Frcm improvements committee-To pave the
north front Of square 5s2, TO grade and gravel
II street south, from Sd to 9th: to revive act to
grade and gravel street south, from I'd to 7th
I asst 10 improve North Capitol street, from
to New York ayenue to reduce the grade OF
Eleventh street east, between Pennsylvania
avenue and G street south; to grade Eleventh
street east, from Pennsylvania to South Caro-
lima avenue. From fire committee-Granting
privilege 10 Perseverance Fire Company TO sell
suction, and for other purposes. From COM
mittse on wharves-Amending act authorizing
The mayor 10 lease wharf sites.
The committee on ways and means was dis
ch arsed from the consideration of the resolu-
tion in relation TO the preservation Of the land
records.
Mr.. Stevens, from the committee on cleo
tons, reported all the members to be entitled
IN their seats in the Board.