Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-12-14
District Affairs I'm Congress.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF The DISTRICT ACT
In the House to-day, Gen. Chapman intro
duced bill to declare the intent OF an act en-
titled can act for the government of the Dis
trict of Columbia, and for other purposes" as
follows:
"Whereas an ambiguity exists as to the true
intent ard me aiming OF the seventh section OF an
act entitled AN act for the government of the
District OF Columbis, &c. approved June 20
1874 as respects the kInd OF money in which
toe bonds, principal and interest, authorized
by said act are payable; and whereas the sinA-
ing fund commission OF said District have
recommended that such ambiguity be removed
by declaring said bonds 10 be PAYABLE, prinCip4
and interest, in gold; and whereas the Pres
dent Of the United States, in his annual me-
ter JheIeiOIe
BE it enacted, dc, That it is the true intent
and PuIpOse of the seventh section of An act
entitled AN act Tor the government OF the DiS-
tTlCt Of Colambis,' &c, approved june 20. Is74
10 be that the b08ds authorized 20 be issued
under said act are payable, principal and in
t6TGs', IL gold.
SEC. ?. That TO more said bonds shall be is
sued in pay meLt OF expenditures in said Die
Tict on account OF work done labor per
formed hereafter, except where contracts have
been made, and in sald contracts IL - specially
provided that payment shall be made in said
bonds, but all expenditures hereafter shah be
made III lawful money"
GkolG TOWN AND TENEALLYTOWN RAILROAD
COMPANY.
lie also introduced bill TO incorporate the
Georgetown and TennaIlytOwn Railroad COM
FaBy. he biI! EamSs as incor pOTators Richard
w. Garter, Jcs. b. Bradley, 5. *. SwaUt, A. z.
Pardon, Lewis ID. Means, Isaiah Shoemaker.
Jos. Weaver, Morris adler, Jacob Kengla.
Ibcs, farEell, Brooke b Williams, Clement A
Peek, Phillip Brooke, b. f Hunt and Josiah
Dent, and authorizes them to construct a sin
gle track railway, commencing at the corner OF
High and Bridge street, Georgetown, along
High to Atm street, thence TO Fayette, along Fas
yette 20 High, and to its intersection with the
Georgetown and Rockville turnpike road, and
along the said rosd 10 Tenpallytogn. with thu
privilege OF extending the road TO Rockville.
The capital stock Of the company is fixed ~ not
less than sE5,o0J nor more than $4,000, in
shares CT SO each.
The WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
he also introduced memorial of citizens Of
TenIessee, piaying CoDgTess to complete the
Washington monument.
ANOTHER FREE BRICGR PETITION.
In the House, this morning. SIR. Caipman
Presented a petition of Charles Casey and fifty
five others, for a free bridge from GeorgetDWn g.
the Virginia shore, similar TO that presented by
S6l Others last Friday, and noticed in THE 5 rAR
OF that date,
THE FREHDMAE's SAVINGS BANK.
In the House, to day, Mr. Harmon, OF Ter
nessee, presented a me emOrial OF the depOSitOrs
in the FTeedmaD's Savings and Trust Com
pany, which was referred TO the Committee on
Banking and Currency. The sgners are most
ly from Nashville, Tenn. They ask for q ful }
investigation OF the affairs and present manage
ment of the institutiOn, so that all who are ia
bic, civiiy or criminsIiy, for any mismanage-
ment of It's business may be proceeded against.
THE TORNADO SUFFERERS.
Mr.. KeilOgg's bill for the relief OF the tornado
sufferers in the District of Columbia provides
that the owners of dwelling homes and other
buildings in the city of Washington wtose
dwelling houses or buildings were unroofed or
seriously CAN aged by the tornado OF July 4
1874, be exempt from all taxes on account of
such dwelling houses or buildings for tbs Pc
riod Of three years from the passage OF this act.
MR.. CHIPMAN's BILL,
introduced in the House this morning for the
government Of the District Of Columbia, is the
same as the Morrill, bill introduced in the SEN
ate, with the exception of certain amendments
indicated in report of an interview on the
subject with Gen. Chapman printed in another
column.