Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-15
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

the bill in relation 70 NotSEiss Pu6le aso Of the
ments to the House bill providing for a public
printer. l'7 tf
up"p tcir sTep,iIiei ana \ Cmmttee Of USnfeT
ence appointed: Aessrs.. Douglass, Eaton, and
Mr.. Thompson, from the Committee on Drainage,
Sc n,ace report on The subject Of the supply ami
was laid over The report and bill were published
Mr. Thompson introduced bin creating the Office
Of commits Ioners TO che sinking fund and prescrb
Mr.. Eaton. from tue. Committee on Judiciary, re-
HrtSd Sack t6 IT. I'll grahfpg esTtain PRIVILEGES to
ment- The bill WAS reCommitted.
The bill concerning the appointment of Notaries
from the House With anendnieSts Which erecOn
CURED in.
against lhe pstTet X cos TSs oI SneneeS
ect saying that formerly IN this pis f petty
offenders were brought befoIemagstrates to bedealt
with. and IL was not thought necessary to have a
prosecuting attorney. The actof Congress creating
the Police Court transferred all these petty
formations aud Warrants and prosecute the offenders
n more systema tic manner. This duty iegitimatey
are brought up very day from ali parts Of the city
and they need some one TO look after them. George
Attorney Mr. Tottc having sent an attorney to
70 take charge Il All these cases and the Corporation
ATTORNEY thinks this privilege belongs to his ciee
whole matter and had egIne 70 the Conclusion that
there should be line Of demarkaton between petty
e the aS1se ami ss s e.
efenders sgslnst the Tnnieipal laws, prosecuted BY
mix up these cases They had aisays been kept
shsrs S IT,
@ tar6 AND h e Of sE 70 he
United States are precisely analogous with State to
ire S SS aerery hSs Pgc
Court Is Snitsd states court ias as much as any
Hous@ bill prescribine the fcri ' q enastment was
M @ BOW .nirte resolution Of inquiry to the
H HSSse 81 e pssss g y M 70 hal been
the same sublscI., Ad0otsd. Adjourned
HOUSE OF DELEGATES--Mr Cassin submitted
ference Of opinion as to The authority by which u
THE WORK oN y STREET,
the furnish 1g the & ass With
sS asSpEsd BoS
Brown, Burgess, Campteii, CarroIl Han, Handy :.
said Eefy had staed that a the cone
tr1 Tta had s;r been e. n, destrSysdl
received from The c6ansi With reuues. for
S rsa iS to the
SPECIAL TAXES FOR IMPtovEvrnExrs.
Sd 6Tar rS fhe S rrn on iii And
under the 9Th section Of t iS1
organic acts; that parties assessed shall be notified
the same Is payable within thirty DAYS; and IL not
paid certificates shall be Issued, which shall be a
Mr.. Campbell introduced bill making an appropri.
aacheq o. aad sg to pay the salaries Of
ferfed to Ccmmiptes on sShoois. p"'he SCHOOLS ne
Mr.. Boswell sulmir,ed resolution authorizing the
papers in the matter relative to the Police Court 81
the District Of Columbia Adopted 0A'' VI
MI Brown, from the Committee on Health,
Ported S, the appointment Of inspectors
STREET RAILROADS.
Mr.. Hall, from the Committee on Railroads re-
ported back resolutions requesting the Board Of
Public works to cause the HetroPaiitsn ami wash
t5sT tIask:@gnftscrseIy REPORT a3Spssd isc
companies take up and relay their track On south
9Th street on the established grade
category as the others the having been acted
Mr.. Boswell said that an act had been passed to
pave the street, and the grade as about a foot
below the track and since the paving had been com
nlenSed they had repaired the paving between the
Mr.. cassin suggested that there was legal way to
courts and not par Of the bn.fnesss Of tt,
Legislature TO interfere with the laws Of Congress
THE STREET THROUGH JUDICIARY SQUARE
The resolution in relation to the opening Of F
f. sg M 9qsrs ra' taken up and
NJ T ran Bill TO ASIIe 81 IHE REVENUE
which the bill authorizing the anticipation Of the
Mr., Moore raised point OF order that Mr.. Camp
w%s s6 aed or s 10 mak sfh Yo1
half the members constituted majority IT, under the
ruiz In: ihsy s9qd defTss %sI n
Mr. B9swell APPEALED from The decision q the chair
ehl 30 ihe Of The
Cox. Hall. Handy: HINT, and Marray-s. Nays
hsssrs Boswell, Davis, and the conserv atives-9
HOWARD UNIVERSITY ExHIBITIox-The ex-
hibition Of the normal and preparatory depart
ments OF Howard University took place LAST
evening in the chapel, in the presence of a large
number of spectators On the stage were Gen.
.: o. Howard and Messrs. Cole, Nichols and
The exercises were opened with PRAYER by the
Rev. Bishop Brown, of the African Methodist
Church, after which essays were read by Ellen
ID. C.; j. W. Morris, s. C.; Emma V. Dyson
d. C.; T.. r. Reed, s. c.; George III. Richardson
Ohio; +. J. Shadd, ID. C.; Amelia Tighman,
ID. G.: T. Nee. Stewart, s. c.; Marcellina Wood
and IL. NJ. Browne, ID. G..
AT the conclusion Of the exercises Mrs. VI. T.
Corner, the female teacher in the University,
was presented on behalf OF her classmates with
beautiful volume OF Mrs. Heman's poems and
POrter's " Human Intellect"
The exhibition was a complete success, the
students acquitting themselves creditably
The diplomas were awarded as follows: j. w
D0rseigh, Emma Dyson, Ellen l.. Fisher.
AlonZa II. Napier, Geo. III. Richardson, Amelia
l. Thghman, and Marcellina Wood.
During the evening the exercises were inter
spFrSed with excellent music. The exhibition
closed with the singing of ''Old Hundred" and a
benedietion pronounced by Bishop Brown
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THE BYRD BIGAMY CAsE.-The examination
Of Thomas Il. Byrd, charged with bigamy, now
IN prison in Alexandria. Va, was setf for o'clock
Tuesday evening. before Justice Samuel Beach,
Byrd, through his counsel, waived an examina-
ton. and the case was set for trial by the Cor
loratiOn Court, Judge Lowe, on the second Mon
day in July. Byrd was continued in TAIL. No
application was made for bail, the prisoner not
being prepared at the time to offer any, The
Witnesses FOR the Commonwealth were Rev b.
r McCarty. pastor of the Church OF the I'M
maculate Conception in this city, Who il is as
serted, married the accused ON the 18th day of
January. 1858, I'm this city, and Rev r. r. s.
HOUgh, who married him ON the list day of
March, 1871, and George L. Cook and Eliza
Cock, witnesses OF the marriage in Washington
and X. >. Ashby, witness oftfe ceremony per-
formed ia Alexandria. A large number of
persons were present, among them Mary Bro
den, the alleged first wife Of the accused, and
JUSTICE wALTER on HIS MUSCLE iSfriIing
ArguBsent--1his morning, about II O'Clock, Mr..
*. Ross Perry, member OF the bar, called at
the Office Of Justice Walter, and had some con-