Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-15
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

Hous bill relative to interest on the bods or loans
e. the G umitiee On finance
Il, use bill I" incorporate the Union Railroad ON
FRoHBiTIoN OF LOTTERIES AND GIFT ENTER
- PRlsEs
aud gift eater 1rises in the Dis riet II CoIgmbis
when was read and laid over III provides that il
Columbia any office place Il business for the sale
O. lottery tickets to sell offer to sell any lot
ieket or sell or otter for sale any real sstst. ~
sr'.cle 90 merchandise OF any description, With a
sly hold the promise x eif or bessowai
% an article or thing, for, consideration or
wies The set ,ha n' Ss s fer sdfs
gam or Tor the benefit Of any institution gift
,ei,d Of off, ndins against the proS-ioas Of this act
:, all be suit ec 90 fine OF not less tina $50. no;
men; in county jail for a crriod Of NOT less than
three nO- more thsn six mon,hs.l
nisCkLLASEoCs BILLS.
mr. bToyhH1 f.om the committee ON police, re-
con mitt-e TO iuqdiTe as TO what changes are re-
gun "a Tor the pi0'er &C, OmnOdatiOn Il the Metro
Hodse bill auth riziuq the Auditor Of the District
tn auoit Ger an scc"unis was laid on the table
tie L. s'sturr the Presdeaf OF the United States
i9r ,r, sn,-i 2, su.tsning sld invoking the aid Of
sc"tE the capital % the naiioa. was cOEcGrred in
hrsmirh Introduced a bill to promot, the efici-
enc a the Ere Departments Of the District, which
aPDTOpriaes 81 SIS 10 supply pressing needs of he
De rar,nent IL Washing ON and Georgetown; read
.ir. Quick. from the committee on finance. re-
ported back wifhUu' amt ndnient, House bill reSla
ing as-estmed's ioT Improvements, which was
much ss the engTossed bills cf the House of ele
gsies are received by the Council IRON the Chief
cord icn the tion of the speak er Of the Urse
a DELEGATES be respectfully invited TO the fact with
tie clerical foI &c Of the HOUSE" adopted
REDEMPTION OF IHE OLD CORPORATION AVENUE
PAVING BONDS.
C nmunieati.n from he Governor laid be-
fore the Council, which states THAT in order 10 pro
PORTION a. the expense Of paving Pennsylvania ave.
Iae, and Louisiar a and Indiana avenues, the late
debt. dness be iog per interest until paid
W these cert. hcaIes those issu ed December 81
ON December 81, ISL: those issued March j, Isl,
exo,ess ppon their face that they pay able Ma CHI
j, 1877; th'se lssutd December IL, Is o. recite simply
that the eertihcaIes bear interest the of len
per cent pr ana nm until paid. 1 have not been
Tor ne last usmed certcat' there being nothing
50 Ear as ! have been able TO discover in the re-
cords OF the late cor operation. the face of
the III used and anceled certificates, to show that
the date Of payment bad been definitely fixed.
IL has c'Ine TO nv kuOwledge that upon a portion at
least OF these certificates laLd have no means Of
asctria uIg how great a PrGportion) the words
upon the body Of the certificates The bill new pend
,h 6shs pr ' ~ sS the Of
provision fT this class Of indie bed but delay
fTe 1, sne hcPe That the recall
meet tbe payment II the certificates IN Il maturing
~ ntbg OF riia imports nee thar the credit Of the
Outstanding obhganCns, whsther of the old OF tn.
ntS fGye1dmst deem nI duty earnestly to
the certificates maturing the Nth and of the
present ms nth out OF the general fund of the Dis
triet-ihe saine to be Reimbursed by the CITY of
Msshingioh out o. the special tar provided by the
under consideIsticn.". Referred to the committee
on hnance, and ordered to be priated.
- MI. Browne IN roduced a bill authorizing the
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Cue By the late corporation Of Washington: read a
HOUSE OF DELEGATEs-In the absence of
the Speaker Mr. Hulse from illness, Mr. amp beII
was chosen Speaker pro tenn
Mr.. Csssn offered a resolution again inGuiripy
of The Governor as to what action had been tax 10
waIds purchssing a site for the Northern Market.
committee, stating that all the facts in relation to
the subJsct in possession of the coz mitee and
they w31d be reported at the proper time, Mr.. Cas-
Mr.. LLOYD submitted resolution requesting the
Board Of Public Works TO inform the House wist
disposition has been made Of the fence FORMERLY
standing about the triangular alton at the in
ttrsec,ion Of Maryland avenue and 7sh street west
Mr.. Boswell introduced bill appropriating 500
toPey the regis er OF deeds for transfers; referred
\ communication wasreceiyed from the Governor
- Ielertnee 70 The sysnne paving binds, the sub
ings; refeIrsu TO the committee the indebtedness
Of The District.
The consilt ration Of the resolution that the Lee
elslatnre adonrn y,as DE On the 18th proximo WAS
Mr. Han sui mitted a concurrent resolution pro
yid Eg that hereafter The daily sessions tas two
houses shall comme nee at O'Clock pm Mr. Bur
gees noV'd 10 amend by inserting inst. ad of 3;
which was sST6edt 10, and the resolution amended,
Mr. Davis introduced bill to repeal that portion of
tie act imposing licenses n trades, business ard
IicfessOIs which ImpUeee licenses upon pa, ent and
ClE i'm sgeDts; referred.
Mr.. Campbell introduced bill au'horizing the
Governor to refund taxes enormously paid upJs
PTooi lst the same have been 80 paid; referred
Alse bill appropriating out of the general .und q
sufficient amount 70 pay the certhf aies Of indebted
Pennsylvania, Louisiana and Indiana avenues, aud
falling due the 18th and 3ls instants, said amount
to lie refunded out Of the ashn gton fund; refarr
The Resolution that the clerk Of the House shall;
call the roll Of members at the opening of each DAYS
session, and the members not responding to their
at the time of llcall, during the days
session, shall be recorded absent the journal was
referred TO the committee on rules.
posing taxes for the fiscal year endingJ une ~ Isf2
WSs tax en- ID, and substitute off red by Nj Moore
being adj Lted' the bill passed The bill as passed
taxes for the fiscal year ending June -, 1872, BE-
amended so az . n-.Ss Inc proyisO in the sec 1nd
Of Washington: GooI getown, and the county shall
he pail the said iupd in proportion 10 the &c
said localities" That the fourth section be amend
cd by striking out three per centum' per month
Tor n51-p ment, and inssrtng the words one and
amended b. making the assessment for the DIstric
fund in the city Of Waship gton :. sixty-fse cents -
every hundred dollars directed 10 Ie
ed for the redemption of the tenyear bonds of the
cd 10 the credit Of the ten year bond fund Of the said
city and not 20 the credit of the general fund Of the
District, provided in the second section of the
Bills fer the relief Of Sarah H. Grantum Josepb
Schwartz, and Ill nry Douglass. and bills au ho'iz-
ing ard directing the institution II legal proceed
ina TO determine the public right to certain ha
property on the Potomac and AnscOstia rivers, ami
providing fund to pay the surplus anc interest for
a-aI