Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-06-20

STSiay appropriation Dill was appointed: Messrs.
Thonr. on, Eaton, and Gulick. The following
additional members weie appointed on the COM
mittee on markets: Messrs. Cross and GRAY.
At a. NJ, the Council took a recess till l2 m.
to-day.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.-After our re-
port closed, a number of amendments were
n sde to the bill prescribing regulations for the
preservation Of health, among them one offered
conveying persons affected with infectious or
contagious diseases shall be deemed nuisance
injurious to health, and the person or persons
having the custody OF the same, who shall allow
such vehicle to unnecessarily stand upon any
inhabited street. or near school-house, shall
be guilty of maintaining a nuisance, and shall,
' upon CONVICTION, be punished by fine of not
The bill was then rejected-a majority Of the
whole House not voting therefor. The vote was
as a. ioloTs;1 Yea Boswell, Brewer,
Piper, Shepherd, Wall and the Speaker-1l.
Nays-Messrs. Bursley, Davis, Dickson and
Handy.
The bill supple mentary to the act entitled can
act regulating assessments for improvements, )"
approved Dec. 10, 1872, WIS read third time
and passed.
On motion of Mr.. Bursley, the vote by which
the board of health bill was lost was recon-
sideTed, and the bill was again lost by the fol-
lowing vote :-Yeas-Messrs. Boswell, Brewer,
Bursley, Campbell, Hunt, Mcknight, Piper,
Shepherd, Wall and the Speaker-lO. Nays
Measrs. Collins, Davis, Dickson, Handy and
LeBarnes--5.
wEDNEsDAY's SESSION.
The House was called ID order at O'Clock,
and, on motion OF Mr. Shepherd, recess was
taken until O'Clock.
On reassembling at O'Clock, Mr. Boswell
moved 70 strike the following bills from the
caiiGnder, tor the reason that they could not
become laws ut this session, and they were in
definitely postpOned:--TO prevent the ceiling of
lit )Xicating liquors without license, (the ques-
ton being on the amendments by committee;)
for the protection of aborers employed upon
tnr tha Curv,v ion,
trade in and circulation of obscene literature,
illustrations, and articles OF indecent or i'm
moral use, and obscene advertisements of patent
medicines in the District OF Columbia; to amend
an act entitled Z" An act creating certain Off ces
in and for the District of Columbia, and author
izlDg appointments therefor" authorizing the
fitting up of part of the market building to be
erected on square 4i6 for a fire engine-house
and also for police statiOn-hOuse; to enforce
the act for the more effectual prevention of
cruelty to animals; making an apprOpria alton to
pay the amount due the Government Hospital
Tor the Insane; for the relief OF the Potomac
lnsur ance company; and for the relief OF Sam'l
Hi d. Howell: Also, one or two bills which had
MIR. Brewer, from the committee on claims,
reported bill for the reliefOf George w. Dutton.
Mr.. Piper, from health committee reported
bill to prevent the spread Of infectious diseases
MIR. Hunt, (police reported Council bill in ref
erence to restaurants. (Mr. Dickson submitted
an amendment to include barber shops and
eating hOuses)-read a second time.
Council bill prescribing the manner of assess
ing and collecting taxes for special improve
ments-better known as
"THE GRAY BILL"
was taken up. The bill as passed by the Coun-
Gil provided that the tax may be paid in five
annual instruments first on or before the list
OF January succeeding the making OF the i'm
per cent. interest. The committee on public
works reported amendments to make it three
installmenfs, bearing ten per cent. interest.
Mr.. Piper moved to make the rate of interest
eight n 70
Walt.
Mr.. Shepherd moved to amend so that the
taxes SD all be placed to the credit of the board
OF public works Of the District OF Columbia;
carried.
MIR. Murray moved TO strike out five years and
Messrs. Bursley, Campbell, Handy, LeBarnes
and Pirer-5
MIR. Shepherd offered an amendment provid-
ing that the provisions of this act shall not APP
ply to any special improvement, the contract
for which has already been entered into by the
board or public works. Rejected. Yeas-Messrs.
Campbell, Collins, Shepherd, and wall-4.
ley, Carroll, Dickson, Handy, Hogan. LeBarnes,
Murray, Piper, and the Spsaker-12.
MIR. Wall opposed the bill, charging that its
operauons would have the effect to Obstruct the
Mr.. Campbell said that the bill was unjust
and unequal, in that those who had been as
se u.s. ea tof improvements already made were not
made could not be affected by it, and he be-
eyed contracts amounting to nearly the whole
OF the four million loan had been made. He
argued that the present cash system, 80 DAYS,
was the Rest that could be adopted. the work
being done at lower rates than in other cities.
lie thought the plan OF making one third cash
ana the balance twenty years easier than to re-
quire all to be paid in four or five years, a.
under the old corporation laws, and claimed
that 10 Issue scrip IN pay nent of the work would
cost 70 per cent. more than under tie present
r a NV Qrta tl,A. III
tons of Mayors Wallach, Bowen, and Emery
demonstrated this He contended also that thu,
effect OF the bill would be to enable the wealthy
TO control property end hold it tor advance and
that the provision in The present law ALLOWING
he pay ment to he deferred by the PAYMENT Of
10 per cent. for the first and Is per cent for the
next two years, afforded all the facilities for
rostponement of taxes that were neceg sary He
closed with en- argument in favor of the citizens
having all the rights of self-government pos
sc ssed by citizens in the states, and expressed
the nope that the Council would pass the bin
making all the Offices of the District elective.
Applause outside the railing, which was sun
pressed by the Speaker.1
MIR. Boswell said the bo ard of puolic works
had made changes which were unnecessary and
and said he believed the board it.
self had made greater inroads into the four mil
hons than even they anticipated. 1t was be-
cause these improvements had been so extern
sive, and had been made I'm places and to an
extent wholly unexpected that the people came
IN and asked relief from these taxes, which
would not AFFECT existing contracts, and, even
II it did, would it not be better than to Cypress
the poor man who is called upon 10 pay for these
large improvements? BY the old law property
assessed in May could be sold in the july fol
lowing, and even if not redeemed with fifteen
per cent int lest within one year the title to il
was gone. He denied that this was in any sense
a party question, and protested against any
attempt to maze 1t such. The bill was then
read third time.
The question being on the passage Of the bill,
When the name of Mr.. Collins was called he an
nounced that he was paired off with Mr. Lee
Barnes, who had been compelled to leave the
hall.
When the name OF Mr.. Shepherd was called.
he said in explaining his vote, tn at the bill had
been passed in the Council when there were but
six members in that body, and was introduced
by gentleman who was put forward by those
who dared not show their hand in the matter.
and coAtended that il was conceived and prshed
forward in the interests of wealthy men and not
0 + the poor men, about whom there had been SO
much cant.
The Speaker, i'll explaining his vote, said that
the four million loan having been so emphatI-
cally endc. ed , the people, and the board of
public works having entered into contracts on
the faith of existing law, it was not right to
now embarrass their operations. He had also a
vivid recollection of the manner in which the
old corporation scrip was hawked about the
city-a recollection too vivid to ever wish to see
IL again.