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Chapter 23O.

AN ACT to amend chapter thirty OF the Revised
Statutes, relating to game. T $3.50
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa
tipes in Legislature assembled a t6llows - -
SECTION l.. No person shall Kill or have in his
possession, except alive. or expose for sale, any
wood-duck, woodcock, or English snipe, commonly
so called between the first day Of Januarv md the
fourth day Of July following, q an ny guam,
~ and the first day Of September following Of have
the same in possession or expose the same for eaie.
except alive, between the rst day Of FebruSry and
the drst day Of September following, under & nan
atty OF not less than Eve nor more fkan tan oflars
for each bird 80 killed or had in possession Or az
posed for sale. :, a ~ as3a l4 Il
SEC. 2. No person shall ct any time or In any
place within this state, with any trap, net ensre
Device q oontriyancs other than the ass.l method
any variety, quail, partridge grouse or woodcock.
under penalty Of five dollars for each bird 20
taken. az Ss stg@
SIC. ). No person shall kill or have Ia his DOG
session, except alive. any Of the birds eumu6niy
known as lafks. robins, swallows, spsrroWs d orr
olss, between the arst day Of January and he ant
AZ q September follorinE under psasaty nvs
This section shall not apply to any person Who
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CHAPTER 2f2.

~ ACT additional to chapter six Of Ehe Revised
statutes, relating to taxes.
&c II enacted By the Senate and House o. r. pre-
tipes an LEGISLATURE assembled, as follows.
/ \ addition TO the methods now provided hy Law
for the collection of taxes legally assessed in towns
against the inhabitants thereof, parties liable
taxation therein, an action of debt may be COM
menced and maintained in the name Of the inhabit-
ants Of any town to which tax is due and
paid, against the party liable for such tax provid
I'D, however, that no defendant in any such action
hal be liable for costs Of suit or any part there
~ unless it shall appear by the declaration in the
duly demanded prior to the commencement Of such
suit,
approved March ., lSeif
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continued until their determination is certified by
the clerk OF the district to the clerk Of the county
and the court shall Immediately after the decision
1t the question submitted to it, make such order,
direction, Judgment or decree, as is fit and proper
for the disposition of the and a rescrIpt
in ali civil suits briefly stating the points therein
decided to be filed therein, which rescript shall be
the county where the action is pending, and to the
the reporter Of decisions; and if further opinion
V written out, the reporter shall publish in the
next volume of the reports thereafter issued, the
case, together with such rescript if the reporter
deems the same Of sufficient importance tor publ
r3tion.'
.Approyed March 3. !e.4N
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Chapter 2l2.

AN ACT additional to chapter sixtyseven of the revised
statutes, relating to the adoption of children
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tires in Legislature assembled as folloWs:
Any judge of probate mayson petition of two
inhabitants of his county, after notice and hearing for
good shown and annul any decree of the
probate court in his county whereby any child has been
adopted according to the provisions of chapter sixty
of the revised statutes.
approved March 8, 1874
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Chapter $50.

AN ACT authorizing assignees of chooses In action
to bring actions In their own name
BE it enacted ytke Senate and House Of Rsprese~td-
fipes in Legislature Gssemglsa' as ol,ow st;.h,
signed in writing, are hereby authorized to bring
and maintain actions in their own name, and the
and shsll Ale with his writ the assignment or acopy
thereof and ali rights of set-otf shall be preserved
to the defendant.
approved March 3, ls743
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Chapter 243.

AN ACT in addition to chapter ninety Of the revised
utes, relating to mortgages.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Representa-
tues in Legislature assembled as foiioWs:
SECTION l. Whenever any mortgage or his assignee
shall de- and there be executor administrator
Give the mortgage money the mortgagor person claim
ing under him having right to redeem, may apply to the
judge Of probate of the county where the estate
situated for the appointment Ct administrator to such
estate and If after due notice to all parties interested in
the estate they neglect refuse 10 take administration
for thirty days after such notice. then the judge may
nit administration to such he deems suitable
who shall have full power to act such with reference to
said mortgage already provided by law In all such
cases. however, personal notice shall be first given the
widow and heirs of the deceased known to be living in the
state either by service them in person by leaving
such notice at their last and usual place Of abode
SEQ 2 The provisions of the foregoing section shall
apply embrace any where the death has already
occurred before the passage Of this act
(Approved March 8, 1871
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period when summer fruits are rpening.
SEC a. No person shall at any time maliciously
take or destroy the nest eggs, or unfledged young
hawks and owls, or take any eggs or young from
such nest except for the purpose of preserving the
same as specimen, or of rearing said young alive,
UNDER penalty of not less than one nor more than
ten dollars for each nest egg or young so taken or
destroyed.
Sec. 5. All penalties imposed under the provis-
Ions Of this act may be recovered with costs of suit
by any person or persons, in his their own name,
before any municipal police court trial justice
in the county where the offense is committed or the
defendant resides such penalties be recovered
6y an action in the superior court Of the county OF
Cumberland, or in the supreme court of this state,
as other actions in said courts except that upon
recovery by the plaintiff plaintiffs in such suit in
said courts, full costs shall be allowed to such
plaintiff or plaintiffs without regard to the amount
court, superior court of Cumberland county, or of
any police or municipal court, and any trial justice,
costs the part of the complainant, and sufficient
proof by affidavit Of the violation of any of the pro-
visions Of this act by any person being temporarily
by any person whose name and residence are I'M
known to the complainant, to issue his and
have such offender committed or held to bail to
swer the charge against him. Any penalties when
collected, shall be paid by the court before which
conviction shall be had one half to the overseers
town in which conviction is had, and the remain
der to the prosecutor On the non-payment of the
penalty, the defendant shall be committed to the
common Jail Of the county for period of not less
than five days, and at the rate of day for each
dollar of the amount Of the judgment, where the
sum is over five dollars in amount; and it shall be
he is hereby required to commence actions for the
recovery of the penalties allowed and imposed in
this act, upon receiving proper information; and in
all actions brought BY such county attorney, one
half Of the penalty recovered and collected shall be
paid to the person giving information on which the
action is brought, and the other half to the over
seers Of the poor for the of the poor of the city
or town in which conviction is had; this clause,
however, not to preclude any person from bringing
suit to recover or enforce any Of the penalties
ed in this act without the aid Intervention Of any
county attorney.
Sec. e.: This act shall not apply to any person
who shall kill any bird take any egg for the pur-
pose of having the same set up as specimen.
SEC. 7. Sections sixteen, seventeen and eighteen
Of chapter thirty of the revised statutes of eighteen
hundred and seventy-one, and chapter ninety of
the public laws of eighteen hundred and seventy
three, are hereby repealed.
(Appreyed March 3, isi.)
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AN ACT to amend section twenty, chapter nine,
Revised Statutes. ar
BsU sneess5 81 fks Senate and House T Representa-
ftueg f. Esgfs1nexye dssem1ied, as foH0nS;
Gee8eu twenty, chapter nine, revised statutes, y
hsreey n9eDded W adding 70 said section the iol-
lewire ~ Dls resolved from rent q seid , onercs
3 y Fs: sp & tss 's 6 psd e IL
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Chapter 244.

AN ACT TO amend chapter fortyiour of the genera
laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-two. reat
ing to lands in unincorpOrated places.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tiues inkL legislature assembled as foilolrs:
The first section of chapter forty -four of the pub
lie laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-two is
hereby amended by srikinr out, in the second line
inserting in the third line thereof after the word
STATUTES" the words sof eighteen hundred and
ffty-seven and eighteea hundred and seventy one
and by inserting after the word estate" in the fourth
line, the words or county also by inserting after
the word "state in the eighth and eighteenth lines
thereof, the words Or county,
The second section of said act i hereby amended
by striking out in the second line, the words ''ot
section iortysx," and by inserting after the word
'statues" i'll the third line thereof, the words 'of
eighteen hundred and fifty seven and eighteen hun
bred and seventy-one,' SO that the same shall read
when amended, as follows
Section l. That In all cases in which lands in
u1incorporated places have been bid Off under the
provisions of chapter six of the revised statutes of
eighteen hundred and ffty.seven and eighteen hun
dred and seventy-one, and the purchase money has
been paid into the treasury of the state county
and the purchaser has failed to receive valid and
vert in the owner OF the fee prior to the forfeiture
thereof or in any person claiming under him by deed
or county for the benefit of the purchaser, or any
person claiming under him, the amount OF the pur-
quently paid by said purchaser, with twenty per
cent. interest thereon from the time of payment
and giving notice in writing, signed BY said treas
representatives or any party claiming under him.
which notice may be served by any officer qualified
to serve civil precept1 or by any other person who
shall make oath to said service and a copy Of said
notice. with proof of service, shall be into
the treasury of state or county. Upon payment OF
enc dollar, the treasurer of state or county shall
make and deliver to the party making said payment
certifcatet hereof, and of the proof of service
Turned to him. which shall be conclusive evidence
the fact therein stated in any court Of law equity
in this state.
Section 3. This act shall apply only to cases OF
attempted sales under the provisions Of chapter six
of the revised statutes OF eighteen hundred and
afty-seven and eighteen hundred and eeventy-one,
and any occupant or tenant under such attempted
sale who haa made any improvement thereon. shall
have the right to recover the same as provided in
cha Dter ninety three of the revised statutes and
said lands shall be holden for the ment of such
Improvement
(Approved March 8, 1874
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may have them assessed in the provided
ing highways
approved March 8, Is74.l
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Approved March ., 1874.
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Approved March ,, 1874
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WASHINGTON CITY:
TfhRSDAY January -, 1874.
Manufacturing Enterprises for the

Parties interested in and conversant with the
manufacture of paper, OF all grades, ave been
prospecting our District and vicinity, and are
much pleased with the water privileges found
here, and especially the springs on the outskirts
OF the city, thus endorsing the ideas of DR. acti-
cal and experienced persons, who, when the
Treasury Department WAS about to sell its
magnificent machinery, some four years ago,
attempted to interest our home capitalists in
establishing mills on some of these favorable
sites. The cost u the various Departments of
the Federal Government in our District for raw
or blank paper is perhaps 100000 to
sl,5CO,lCO per annum-nOt TO speak of that
consumed by our local government and citizens.
All this, even the. bsnk-nOte paper, could As
well be made here as elsewhere; and we see no
reason why our own capitalists should not real
ize the direct profits of its manufacture, and
the indirect profits of housing, clothing, and
feeding the new class of srtizans which such an
enterprise would introduce. The enterprise
could be enlarged, at least, to the exteRt of
manufacturing the vast number of envelopes
used here, out Of its own paper.
Its still great pity that the splendii paper
making machinery alluded to, aud which sold
for less than half its real value was ALLOW ed TO
leave our District. Nevertheless, it is to be
hoped that, under the new business inspirations
of our District, our people will, If called on by
these gentlemen, assist themselves by assist
ing them.
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The Hudson river is again open for the third
tine this winter, and il is said that at no point
III the United States have any steps been taken
as yet towards gathering ice for next summer.
In fact ice has not made to asufficient thickness
TO warrant beginning the work This looks "a
II We might have an ice famine next summer
unless We resort to artificial measures TO obtain
1t Between this and spring, however, IL ia anita
likely We may have some very cold vssther
cold enough to make an abundance Of ice At the
north.
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A Test Of Faith.

MIR. Beecher's pews were sold in Plymouth
church, Brooklyn, Tuesday night, and the
affair curiOusly enough took the shape of a test
OF faith in Mr.. BIS honesty OF purpose and
purity of morals. 1t had been surmlsed tn
the recent scandals against him might cause a
falling of in the bidding, but the test showed
that the reverse was the case, and, according
to the Herald, ''the sale was triumphant vim
dication" of his character. Mr.. Beecher was
present himself, TO see whether the auction test
OF his purity would prove him guilty or limo
cent. He prefaced the sale, not by prayer. but
by q neat little address in the way of ''biz, ~ in
which he said that many reports had been cir
culated about his going to England to preach
but he should only do as his congregation said
He would only 60 If pushed over" After this
little reminder that If they did not bad lively he
might wander off to fresh woods and pastures
new, he gave way to the auetioneer. The bidding
then commenced very lively, the premium for
first choice OF pews going up with rentaD to
$50. Other "lots" went at the same big prices,
and MIR. Beecher rubbed his hands gleefully,
saying to a reporter, "WeI, it is going better
than expected. What do you think of this for
panic priees?' When the amount of sales was
footed up, somebody announced that tue total
result was less than last year, whereupon Mr..
Beecher ''looked very much annoyed, ;" aud ex-
claimed: "Oh, that can't be! The prices were
bigger than ever" The list was gone over care
fully by three or four people and the auctiouser
besides, and the result was finally found to be
that the aggregate amount OF the sales was
5000, against S59,3O6 50 last year, making an
increase of sI23.5O. So Mr.. Beecher has been
fully yindicated, under the hammer
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A meeting of the representatives OF some Of
great coal companies Of the country held in
New York recently for the purpose of organ
izing combination which will be able to con-
troll prices, has been referred to in The STAR.
The parties participating in the meeting were
very reticent concerning their intentions, but
the representative Of the Philadelphia and
Reading company stated that the coal combi-
nation would be more likely to secure a fair
price steadily for the consumer than to initiate
prices temporarily for the benefit of the COM
panies. He did not believe there would be any
material increase in the price during the re.
maiRder OF the winter, and ives of the opinion
that the combination would tend directly to
prevent sudden and unreasonable rises in prices
at any period Of the year. The meeting OF the
companies was for various purposes, which he
was not at liberty TO diselOse-among them a
settlement Of a basis for wages to miners. He
did not believe there would be any strike among
the miners, for he did not believe their wages
would be reduced.
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According to Cuban advices the patriots have
achieved another considerable success at Pa
talo Seco. 1t is q noticeable Circumstance tina.
since the installation OF a new president the
patriots have exhibited great activity, and are
striking the Spanish volunteers at every OBJ
Portunity. General Quesada, recently Cuban
agent to the United States, now at Key West on
his way to Cuba, will probably reassume his
position a. commander OF the troops in the
fed.
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FwAsBIse1oy. d. O., JAN. Isr, 1874.

rFwAsHISGToS, II. O., JAN. lsr, 1874.
esisbiishmrnts sEyEs O'cLOCKP p. N. tsstur-
days ese-ptedl from MONDAY, January S a, to
Aprii lst. JANIS Y. DAVIS, SONS,
Jar5-6t' wILLETr RUOFF
"A MEETING OF THE sroCKBOLpsRs
STi2G II sSS n
C,lHnhis for the .so,i"u 4 .iirectors will bs hsld
= The oss OF 10 no fSs Il fi J.sss
s The polls will ss ~ sni sosed
ssML CROSS, secretarS isns.s:
~ NoTI oB.
BOARD PUBLIC WORKS, STRICT OF CoLUNsA,l
WA>HTSsroN, January s. 1874. (
Persons residing in tn vicinity OF, and who may
public pump within the limits Of the cite. Of wash
ington and Gs9rEet"wn, are requ-st.d TO report TO
" 10, sssra 2, them IL horo U
ing order, 80 tina The ueces.sry repairs may be Or
CBAs. g. JOHNSON, Secretary.
Jsu6-6t IChrepcie and Republican
TNATIOEAL BANK OF THE REPUBLIC,
election Of Director. to serve or he aD ensuing
DAY, 18Th inst, bst~ee 90, the h1n.' q and OOik
Jsna- 10. o.shisr.
W q the fiREMENs iNsURANoRI o ooMs
P.SY Of Wsshios t9n and GEORGETOWN viii be held
al thtit once on mbNDa1, January 9Th, At 10 o.
dec142v O W HOWARD, Secretary.
"A MEETING or TIE sTOCKHOLD-
TOWN RAILROAD COMPANY for the election
OF directors will be held at the ofBae Of the CON-
psny, corner Of LIST street and Pennsy ania
avenue. on "WEDNESDAY, the 14th day Of jan
nary, 1874. The polls will bs opened at IL m. aud
closed A. .. m. Trsr sfer books will be closed
ls74 s. s. RIKER, PRECEDENT
HENRY HURT, Secretary. decsisS
FprnovrJnAPP E W9sH coxo,p
IN FEW HOURS.
AT No. zoos SEVENTH STREET, NORTHWEST,
where specimens can be seen.
Consultation free. declsIy.
r$wATER REGISTRARS OFFICE,
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
WASHINGTON, December 81. 1873
NOTICE.
POTOMAC WATER RENTS FOB TIE YEAR
1874,
Are now due aud PAPA at this office.
Ifnot paid within thirty ays from date the flow
OF water will be est off r all premises in rrears,
and additional chsree Cf two dollars made be-
fore the same is turned on.
TIMOTHY LUBEY,
decSl- lot Water Registrar.
TSPKCIAL TAXES.
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The good people Of Boston who have been
petting the British republican, Charles Brad
laugh, are Mortified to find that as a moralist he
is hardly up to the Club standard. 1t has
been understood that he was moderately Glib
ersl'' in his ideas, but they were hardly pre-
pared to find him openly svowing positions like
the following, which appears in his National
Secular Almanac, for 1874, just issued in Lon
don:
Secularism may be briefly defined as the
science OF this life-the philosophy OF The nres
ent existence. Secularsm is a religion yithont
supeTstition-a theology, the divinity of which
Is humanity. Ii teaches a man how to live with
out dependence on God, and how 10 de with.
out the fear Of devil. 1t instructs him how Ia
prosper without providence; how to bs b amy
without a priest; how to be moral without 4
lief" w
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Fpo YeU WANT MONEY! rHBN Why
~ pQn Isg put yoar Busios.s Gard IN the
the DAILY REPUBLICAN,, so people caa md il,
aud you. Only 81 line per month. Losk 81 ,he
chance. m
FBLO0M OF YOUTH LODGE, Ne 1865.
Wy g. U. U. o. FAN members o. tbs above
Qtd Fellows all, on 18th street, near street en-
FRIDAY, forenoon, at 10 O'Clock, January Sth,
shArp, to attend the funeral Of late Brother p M
PBULIs fIELDs. All members Of Sister Lodge IN
good standing, are fraternslIy invited attend BIZ
order Of the N. G.. VIM a. OOLLKNa
WIN. II. sTERNs, p. q. IL
TJAMIEsoS AT LYCECM HALL EVERY
Wy SUNDAY. j.o7 81.
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LOST AND FOUND,
BOARDING.

DOAnD1NU.
ROARDIkG-Good private BOARD with Rooms,
- on moderate terms, can be obtained at 1 i 1 %
New York avenue, corner Of 18th street. jAnS-StE
NREMOEr HOUSE HAS TWO DESIRABLE
Il SUITES OF ROOMS, OF two and one of
hree rooms; also two 81 y GLE ROOMS, which will
ge let 10 permanent boarders at reasonable rates
This house is newly furnished, and has rust been
heated with steam throu ghout.
No liquor sold.
jams o. FP HILL,
EURNISHfD ROOMS WITH BOARD-Front
L and back Rooms will be rented reasonable
tfth Board Also Table Board; charges moderate.
Call at ell street, between 9Th and 9Th. dec3l I'm
ONE PLEASANT BOOM WITH BOARD FOR
~ two; northeast corner NJ as achusetts ay enue
nd 10th street northwes'; also, frst-class TABLE
SOARD. Entrance on 10th street. dec23 lie
pOARD-WelI- ROO as In Alexandria
- desirable location, with CT without BOARD,
an be obtained by addressing "a B." Gazette
Office. Alexandria, Va. References given and
tHired. novl9 lm-
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As recently stated in TIE STAR, a meeting
OF the representatives of fire insurance conn
PanIes was lately held in Baltimore to consider
the proPriety OF asking legislation relative to
the sale Of Illuminating oils. An ordinance has
since been introduced in the city council to en-
force the provisions of the act of the general
assembly of Maryland Of 1870, regulating the
sale and manufacture OF oils for i.lumiuatin,
purposes. 1t authorizes the ire inspector to
make the necessary tests of the oils named in
The act, and imposes penalty of not more than
500, nor less than $40, upon any person for OBJ
struetng him in the execution of this duty. The
act Of assembly requires all oils or fluids manu-
featured from petroleum or its products, used
Tor Illuminating purposes in the state, which
shall be manufactured or kept for sale therein
shall be required to stand a test OF 10 degrees
Fahrenheit before it shall burn, to be ascer-
tained by the instrument adopted by the De-
troleum board of trade. 1t also provides that
In case OF accident the person who sdulter ated
the oil may be punished as TOR a misdemeanor
by hne or imprisonment or both.
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FOB SALE,
BY AUSTIN r. BROWN
corner OF New York avenue and Fin1anth ssrs..
Three large double HOUSES, RANGING IN pr,cs
Houses. ' NV oies
One whole seusre Of GROUND snd LOTS in
HOUSES snd LOTS at Mount Pleasant. epl,