Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-06
NEW CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY.
Provisions Of the Bill for Purchase Of
u Site and Erection Of u Eire.PrOOf
Building, rs 1t Passed the House Yes.
terday.

The Singleton library bill passed the House
late yesterday afternoon by a vote of 16O yeas
to SO nays, the opposition coming chiefly from
the democrats. The bill provides that a fire.
proof building for the accommodation of the
library Of Congress shall be erected east of the
Capitol, and either between street north and
East Capitol street and LIST street east and ID
street east, or between street south and East
Capitol street and LIST street east and ID street
east, and as the commission provided for shall
determine, and the construction of the building
substantially, according to the plan submitted
to the joint select committee on additional ac-
commodations for the library of Congress by
John D. Smithmyer. The bill also creates a
commission, consisting of the Secretary OF the
Interior, the architect of the Capitol, and the
librarian OF Congress, who shall be authorized
to make contracts for the construction OF a
building for the accommodation OF the library,
and appropriates the sum of 100000 TO
commence the construction of the building.
A further appropriation of not exceeding
$55O,OOO is made for the purchase of the
land: The Then bill Al further provides that no
of said land, or any part thereof, or for the
erection of the building, until the written opin-
favor OF the validity of the title to the land. 1t
also provides that if the commission named in
the bill shall be unable to purchase the whole
mission shall, within thirty days after the pas
sage OF this act, make application TO the Su-
preme Court of the District OF Columbia at q
general or special term, by petition containing
q particular description OF the properly re-
quired, with the name of the owner or owners
thereof, or heirs, as far as the same can be as
certained; which court is authorized and re-
Quired. upon such application, without delay,
to ascertain and assess the damages OccaSioned
by the taking of said land to each owner there
of, or to any person having Il legal claim to said
damages, in the manner provided with refer
ence to the taking of land Ior highways in the
District OF Columbia.
The bill is the same that has passed the Senate
several times, and has been reported favorably
to the House in every Congress. MIR. Singleton
has devoted much energy towards the passage
OF the bill.
THE NEGATIVE VOTE
was as follows: Messes. Anderson, of Ohio:
Ballentine, Barbour, Bennett, Bland, Blount,
Bragg, Burnes, Bynum, Gambler, Clements,
Cobb, Cowles, Crisp, Croxton, Daniel, David
son, OF Alabama; Dawson, Dockcry, Eden,
Eldridge, Ford, Forney. Glass, Halseli, Ham.
mond, Harris, Hatch, Henderson, of North Caro-
lima; Herbert, Holman, Hutton, Johnston, Of
Indiana; Johnston, OF North Carolina; Jones, of
Texas; Landes, lie Fevre, Lowry, Martin, Mat
son, McCreary, McRae, Morrison, Neal, Niece,
Peel, Perry, Randall, Reagan, Reid, OF North
Carolina; Richardson, Sadler, Skinner,
N. Taylor, OF Tennessee; Turner, Ward, Of
Illinois; Warner, OF Ohio; Wheeler and Worth
ingtOn-stxty-three