Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-02-16
The District I'm Congress.

Judges DIN and Humphreys appeared be-
fore the Senate Committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia this morning to urge the
passage of the bill for the restoration
Of the custody of the District jail to the
custody OF the marshal of the District
Governor Cooke was before the committee t.
explain the nature of the indebtedness of the
District, in connection with the bill providing
for the funding of the debt of Washington, re-
ported favorab)y by the committee on the Goth
OF January last. Messrs. Samuel Bacon and
w. G. Netzerott were before the committee to
oppose the appropriation of S6O0,OO0 for the
Piedmont and Potomac railroad. Mr.. W. u.
Cassin, of Georgetown, and Col. Cox, of Nir-
ginia, appeared and made arguments in support
OF The appropriation. The committee took no
action on either of the above subjects. The
me mortal of Mrs. Josephine s. Griffing, praying
Tor relief for certain services rendered in the
care of freedmen, was considered and referred
to subcommittee consisting OF Messrs. Sum
ner and Vickers. The committee agreed to
report favorably on the case of DR.. ID. Willard
Bliss, nominated as a member of the Board OF
Health, vice Henry A. Willard, resigned. The
bill introduced few days since by MIR. Patter-
son TO establish municipal court in the District
OF Columbia was referred to Messrs. Lewis and
Spencer.
The House District Committee, at their ses-
sion this morning, agreed to report favorah!v
the bill introduced by Mr.. Chapman on the 22d
utimo, in relation to the construction of
NEW JAIL FOR THE DISTRICT.
The bill was amended to read as follows:
Resided, dc. That the Secretary of the In
the District Of Columbia and the governor OF
said District, are hereby created board of com
missioners, with full power to carry out the pro
visions OF the act Of Congress approved July
twenty fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six
entitled IAN act authorizing the construction OF
jail in and for the District of Columbia" and
the acts amendatory thereof And the said
commissioners are directed to cause the work OF
building the Jail therein provided for TO be en-
tered upon without delay: ProriIed, That the
said board shall have authority TO change the site
heretofore sSected and so modify the plans a.
shall to the said commissioners seem to be for the
best interests of the District of Columbia and ali
laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed
PTortdeG, That nothing herein contained shall,
operate to increase the appropriations hereto
fore made 10y Congress for the erection of said
jail: And prOrided, further. That the District OF
eminent of the United States the sum of S9J O0D
required by the acts of Congress approye,!
March 2, 1871, amenda'ory of the act of July p
1896, herein referred to as obligatory the then
existing governments OF Washington andG eOrge-
town.
The committee also considered but took no
action on, the act entitled IAN act to provide
for the creation Of corporations in the district
OF Columbia by general law"
THE HOUSE PASSES THE JAIL BILL.
At o'clock to-day; District business being il
OF the Committee on the District of Columbia
reported the bill in relation TO the construction
OF new jail and in answer 10 an interrogstory
Tram MIR. Hinklenburg, Of Missouri, explained
the character OF the appropriation heretofore
made for the purpose referred to- The build
ing OF the new Jail, he said, required no
further appropriation, but was to be
built with the appropriation at present existing
Mr.. Poland spoke Of the urgent necessity for
new jail. and gave history OF the efforts 10 pro-
cure such an ediice. Mr.. Moore, of Illinois
doubted the equity of the entire proceedings
Congress had once before stopped work on jail
in the District, and he would not vote for the
bill unless he could be satisfied as to its neces-
sity and also that the government was not TO be
again swindled. The bill was passed, and the
Chairman OF the committee stated that he had
no further District business for the cOnsidera-
ton Of the House.
A petition signed by Clinton Lloyd, A. Grant.
Z. III. Holden and others, was presented by Mr.
Cole in the Senate to-day praying that the name
or East Capitol street be changed 10 Lincoln
avenue; that said avenue be improved by grad
ing, ard that the route of the Metropolitan rail-
road be changed run that avenue.