Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-03-20
District Amhirs I'm Congress-.
MKErINe OF TIE SENATE DISTRICT CoMnITrH
TO-DAY.

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Ger and Johnston.
Mr.. Johnston was authorized to report favor
ably the House bill to approve an act Of the
legislative Assembly of the District of Column
bia relating to parishes in the Protestant Epis-
copal church.
The bill to amend the act Of Congress APP
proved February 3, 1855, entitled Gan act TO
amend an act to incorporate the Colu In
Dumb and the Blind" approved February 10,
1851, WAS discussed, and postponed until the
next meeting OF the committee. Mr.. Hitchcock
was added to the sub committee (Mr Johnston)
TO which the bill was referred
House bill 2, ZOE, to incorporate the Capitol,
North q street and South Washington raiiws AZ
company was taken up and discussed IL was
referred TO Mr.. Hitchcock. with instru ctions TO
report IL to the Senate, when in his judgment
il was proper TO do So
The three petitions referred 10 in THE STAR
the other day relative to the District sewerage
and drainage bill, were referred to Messrs.
Johnston and Spencer.
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to construct q
branch and TO change the location OF Its road
within the District OF Columbia and for other
purposes" and the second to authorize the
same road to construct lateral railroad within
the District Of Columbia, were discussed and
POSTPONED.
The clerk of the committee, Mr.. John r.. FRY.
was directed to notify Vice President Keyser
OF the Baltimore and Ohio railroad compaay
that the bills have been referred to Msssrs.
Johnston and Robertson, a q subcommittee,
and that any suggestion which he might have
TO make in reference to these bills should De ad-
dressed to those gentlemen.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS THE DISTRICT.
In the Senate this morning Mr.. Morrill,, of
the Committee on Public Bulldog and Grounds,
TO whom was referred the resolution OF the Sen
ate with reference to the Suspension of appro-
priatiOns on public buildings, submitted his re-
port. in which he says:
Probably few il any original appropriations
viii this year be made for any public buildings
in any of the states But the rapid growth of
the country constantly increases the demands
upon the Treasury for new or larger buildings,
especially at the seat OF government. The ad-
dition to the members or both houses Of Con
gress which has recently occurred, and the in
creased number of the committees in the House,
as well as in the Senate, creates a necessity for
larger number of committee rooms; and it is
obvious that the Court of Claims, now occupy
ing space in the Capitol greatly needed, must
be provided for elsewhere. The city hall now
belongs wholly to the United States, the half
owned by the city of Washington having been
bought and paid for in conformity 10 the act of
the last session of Congress. This building,
standing upon Judiciary square, can easily
be made to accommodate the Court of Claims:
and also by an extension of the north side to a
lire parallel TO r street, which can be done at a
very moderate cost, can be made of ample di-
mansions to accommodate the Pension Bureau,
now crowded out of the Interior department..
The wisdom OF the extension OF the
Capitol grounds, always undoubted, was made
even more conspicuOusly manifest upon the re-
moval of the buildings from the squares recent
ly purchased The structure is 50 imposing in
its dimensions that il requires a site OF propor-
tiOnately grand extent But these grounds have
been so much neglected that it is almost a mat
ter of national reproach that their unsightly
and untidy condition should be so long patiently
tolerated by Congress. The best landscape art
lists OF the country should be summoned to our
aid.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
The subcommittee appointed by the Com
mittee on Banking and Currency to investigate
the affairs of the First National Bank of this
city to-day submitted their report TO the full
committee. The report charges grave irregu-
laIitles on the psrt OF the officials o. the bank,
which cannot be punished under anv existing
law, and the committee recommend an ameni-
ment 20 the national banking laws which will
cover such cases in the future. Among other
things, the subcommittee state that lust pre-
viOus to the failure of the bank its capital was
deposited with jay Cooke & Go. The commit
tee will further consider the report at a meet
ing next Monday morning.
DISTRICT BILLS IN THE HOUSE,.
To-day being District day In the House. Nr.
Cotton, from the Committee on the District OF
Columbia, submitted the bill making an appro-
priati0n of 80. 600 for the payment OF the teach
eTS of the public schools in the District OF Co.
lumbia. A point of order was raised that as the
bill appropriates money il should be consI,lgred
in Committee of the Whole, ard the poiRt was
sustained. MIR. Hale then asked that the House
go into Committee OF the Whole. He then Yield
atory of the act relative to the formation OF cor
pOrations in the District of Columbia under
general law. The DILL which was introduced by
MT; Chapman on the 9th instant, was amended,
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Be 70 enacted, dc, That the fourth section of
the act entitled Gan act to provide for the Gre
ation OF corporations IN the District of Colum-
bia BY eueral law" shall be construed to au-
thOTize any corporation formed in pursuance of
the provisions of said act, for the PURPOSE of
carrying on marketing, to locate aud construct
on the grounds of such corporation a suitable
building or buildings wherever they may deem
II eNpedient, the location thereof to be approved
by the Governor Of the District of Columbia,
with the necessary stalls, stands aud appurte-
nances, and TO use and occupy the same as a
public market, and for such other purposes As
may he determined by such corporation, and 10
let out such stalls, stands or other portions of
such buildings, and to collect rents therefor,
and generally to manage the same for their in
terests: Prorided, That the government of the
District of Columbia SD all at all times have
power to make and enforce such regulations
with regard to such market and the manage
ment thereof as in their judgment, the con-
venience, health and safety OF the community
may require.
OTHER BILLS.
The House then went into Committee of the
whole for the consideration of District matters
The first bill reported was by Mr.. Pelham to
provide for the education of the INDECENT blind
in the District OF Columbia; laid aside.
MIR. Hale, from the District Committee called
up his bill giving the approval and sanction of
Congress TO the route and termini of the ns-
costa and Potomac river railroad, and TO regu.
late its construction and operation, and ex-
moved that il be laid aside and reported to the
House for passage when the committee rose.
Inc DILL authorizing the P0lnt Lookout rail-
road to extend a branch within the limits of
Washington was laid aside.
The bill 10 authorize the construction of a
substantial iron and masonry bridge across the
Eastern branch OF the Potomac, at or near the
present Anacostia bridge, was under considsra.
ton when our report closed.
SALES UNDER DEED OF TRUST.
Mr.. Spencer, In the Senate, to-day intro. |
duced the following act:-Be IL enacted, dc, |
That any sale hereafter made in the District of |
Columbia by virtue of any power contained in
any deed of trust given to secure the payment of
money shall be void, unless the same sh all have
beer made in pursuance of the judgment or !
decree of court OF competent Jurisdiction, |
Referred to the District COMMITTEES.
H
AN IMPORTANT CASE Ripdrian RigLts.-
This morning, Ia the Circuit Court, Judge Cart !
ter, the case Of Thomas Miller against the Cor |
Porstion of Washington va; called, and the !
trial proceeded-MessTs. L. Jesup Miller aud A. |
Fendall for plaintiff, and Messrs. W. A. Cook,
Enoch Totien, and l. G.. Hins for defendant. /
This is an action for trespass, the plaintiff
claiming, az the owner Of square 800, on the
river front between 18th ana 18Th streets th3
exclusive right Of wharfng opposite said
square; ana he charges that the defendant, in
January, 1865, against his will, entered upon
the premises and erected a wharf, and for
which uespass he claims damages, 900.
The plaintiff submitted evidence tn prova