Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-15
The District in Congress.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Senator ingalls,, from the District commit
tee, to-day reported amendments to the House
bill providing for the appointment of JUS
uces of the peace in the District. The bill is
changed. SO as to make Is justices. 10 for the
District and for the county. and to place the
appointing power with the President instead
OF the Commissioners.
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.
The bill INTRODUCED in the House to-day by
Governor Hendee, to provide for the incOrpor-
alton of building associations in the DistrictO of
Columbia. provides that the benefits of the
general Incorporation act of the District be
applicable to building associations when any
ten or more persons may desire to form a mu-
tnal, cooperative, fund, loan or building aSsO-
citation.
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN.
The bill introduced in the House by Mr.
Frye this morning to prevent and punish
wrongs to children in the District makes it a
felony for the parent OF guardian of any child
under the age of sixteen to apprentice or
give away or let out any child for the purpose
OF singing. playing on musical instruments,
rope or wire walking, dancing, begging or
peddling, or as gymnast, cOntOrtiOnist rider
or acrobat in any place whatever, or for any
obscene, indecent, immoral purpose, eXhbi-
tion or practice, or for any business, eXhibi-
ton or vocation in furious to the health or
dangerous to the life of such child. Nothing
IN the bill, however, is intended to apply to or
affect the employment of any such child as a
singer, OF musician in any church, school or
academy.
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT ELL IN THE HOUSE
AT o'clock this afternoon GOV. Hendee.
from the committee on the District of Coum-
bia, said that the committee had several i'm
portant bills which they desired to report, but
lnasmuch us the bill providing a form of gov
eminent for the District was pending, and
that 1t was the most important bill WHICH the
committee had digeSted, he asked the House
to order a session for Friday night next to
consider other District matters SO as to allow
nm nm to call up at once, for consideration,
for the District. He said he thought a vote
could be gotten before adjournment, and then
the bill would be out of the way of other i'm
pOrtant District business. The House ordered
the Friday night session, as requested, and
Mr. Hendee at once called up the bill.
The committee on the District of Columbia
will be called in the House Friday night next.
according to the above agreement, when the
following bills will be reported favorablv:
THE BELT RAILROAD EXTENSION BILL.
Bill amendatOry of the act to incorporate
the Capitol North Street and South Wash
mgtOn Railroad Company The bill author
ICES said company to lay a single or double
track, and run its cars. from its present line
on + and llth streets northwest: eastward on
L street to 10th street; thence south on 10th
street to d street; thence eastward on ID
street to Sth street; thence south Oh Sth street
to Market Space; thence eastward on said
Market Space to 7th street: thence across 7th
street and the Intervening public space, in
eastward on street to connect with the
tracks of said company on lst street: Also to
construct single OF double track as branch
OF its present line. from point on Boundary
street, adjacent to what is known as ST. Pat
rlck,S Gene! !ery, along the valley east of How
ard University, to the southern boundary of
Soldiers Home near to Harewood entrance.
with permission to use steam on said branch
as motive power
PROTECTION OF GAME.
Also, 4 bill for the preservation of game in
the District. The bill prohibits the killing of
partridges between January 18th and Novem-
Der lst; pheaSants between February lst and
September lst: wOodcOck between January
February 1st and September Ist; snpe or
plOyer between May lSt and September lst:
wild goose or wild brandt between April 1t
and October lst; ortolan between February
Isl and september lSt: VenlSOn between Jan
uary 1st and September lst. The bill also
makes it penalty to rob bird nests.
THE MARKET COMPANY COMPROMISE.
Also, the bill relative to the Washington
Market Company, the features of which were
printed in Saturdays STAR.
PRACTICE OF PHARMACY IN THE DISTRICT
Also, the bill to regulate the practice of
pharmacy in the District. The bill makes it
unlawful for the proprietor of any store or
pharmacy to allow any person, except a regis
tered pharmacist, to compound or dispense
the prescriptions Of physicians, or to retail or
dispense pOiSOnS for medicinal use, except as
an aid to, and under the immediate SuperyiS-
ion, OF registered pharmacist. Amy person
violating the provisions of this section shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanOr, and on
conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine of
not less than $25 nor more than 800 for each
and every such offence. The bill also provides
1or the appointment of three commissioners
register of all pharmacists.
THE OLD UNITARIAN CHURCH PROPERTY
Also the Joint resolution in relation to the
leasing of the Unitarian Church property,
fOr Police Court purposes. 1t provides that
the use or occupation of the property known
as the Unitarian Church property situated at
the corner OF ID and 9th streets, IN the CITY of
Washington, District of Columbia, by the
commissioners of the District of Columbia, as
ditiOnally prohibited until the suit now pend
ing on appeal before the Supreme Court of the
United States to test the authority and DOW Or
OF the said Commissioners to make the con
tract OF lease, coupled with the right of pur
chase, OF said property, shall have been finally
mblted from paying or expending any
moneys upon the said property, either for
rents, taxes, Insurance, or for other pur-
poses, during the pendency. of said suit
C;ommissioners Of the District of Columbia
snail be authorized, upon written application
OF the lessons of said property to cancel the
said lease: PrOUided, That by the express
terms OF such cancellation the lessons shall
release the United States and the District of
accrulng from or growing out of the said con
tract of lease.
A CoNvIcT's SUICIDE.-John Long. a Ger
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