National Republican., 1873-02-07
District Matters In Congress.

| Ihr committee on the District Of Columbia OF
! the House Of Representatives met yesterday
morning and referred bills to sub-cOminittees as
! follows:
Senate bill 95I, supplemental to the act OF Feb
! fuary ., 1871, Incorporating the Columbia Col
! lcge, repeating that clause Of the original act
which limits the income Of said college to f2h,-
| 90, and confirming the act Of the Legislative
Assembly, entitled can act for the relief OF
Columbia College," to Messrs, Eidrlige and
Poland; House bill 3,525, incorporating the Cltl-
Zens' Savings bank, to Messrs. Williams, Roose-
welt and Chapman; House bill $3.50 to enable the
Orange, Alexandra and Manassas Railroad
Company to put down and operate temporary
track through certain streets In the city Of WASH
ington, to Mcssrs. Crcbs, llarlncr, Chlpman and
Darrall; and the memorial Of Mrs sarah J. NJ.
Gales asking for payment for one hundred COM
pletc sets OF Congressional annals, and seventy
complete sets OF debates delivered TO the House
Library In ls62, and which have never been paid
for, to Messrs, Roosevelt and Williams.
Rev. Mr. Wilson, pastor Of the Foundry
church, appeared before the committee and on
bthalt OF the trustees asked permission &c sell q
certain lot Of ground donated to the church some
years ago.
A bill giving the desired permission will doubt
less he fAyOFably considered by the committee.
The Committee on Appropriations OF the
House have agreed to report In favor Of an ap-
pTopriatiOn OF tls,OOO for the Columbia Institute
Tor the Deaf AMI Dumb; also an appropriation Of
t+6, Ti2 for the Government Hospital for the In-
sane; $4,000 for the maintenance Of the INDECENT
pOOre.
In the senate on Wednesday Mr. Patterson in.
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the county Of Washington or the District OF Co
umbla, which provides that the board OF survey
organized under an act Of Congress entitled "An
act TO provide for the survey Of the haTbOr aud
river At Washington, District Of Columbia" ap-
proved March ., 1879, be continued as now con-
stltutcd, and directed TO prepare, with as little
delay as possible, general and specific plans, In
detail, for the permanent public Improvement OF
all those portions OF the District Of Columbia
lying without the late corporate limits OF the
cities OF Washington and Georgetown; that the
said plans shall include all matters relating to
or affecting the property OF the United states,
as well as all other property. Said plans shall
bo submitted to and approved by the authorities
OF the District and the President OF the United
states, and when so approved the said plans shall
he the only legal plans for the public improve
ment 0f salt portions Of the District of Column
hla In accordance with which plans alone the
SAID improvements, under any authority whatsO-
ever, shall he made, unless otherwise provided
for by authority Of the Congress Of the United
states: IFOriisd, That no street or road shall he
opened or other work executed, except such as Is
IN process OF execution at the date Of the pas
sage OF this act, without the approval OF said
board OF survey; and the said board Of survey
shall continue In OfCe until dissolved by orders
OF the Congress Of the United states.
SeCtlOn2 apprOprlates $4,000, or 30 much as
may he necessary, to pay the expenses for the
surveys and plans TO he executed under the dl-
amount to he paid from the treasury OF the Dis
trlct Of Columbia, and one half from the Treas
uTy Of the United states, out Of any moneys not
otherwise appropriated.
The bill wAa referred 10 the Committee on the
Dist 'TiCt Of CDlumlia