Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-02-19
THE DISTRICT IN CONGRESS-.
various Bills Acted on by the Senate
Committee and Reported.

THE DISTRICT IN CONGRESS-.
Various Bills Acted on by the senate
Committee and Reported.
The Senate District committee. at their meet
ing to-day, disposed Of some of the bills pend
ing before them.
The bill to exempt from taxation the prop
erty Of the Corcoran Art gallery and property
from which it derives revenue was ordered to
be favorably reported.
FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGES.
A favorable report was also ordered upon the
bill to regulate the foreclosure of mortgages and
deeds of trust in the District This bill provides
that no sales Of real estate shall be made under
the power of mortgage, deed OF trust or other
gage which may hereafter be executed; that
upon default of payment due or obligation Sc
Court Of the District, or any court having jnris-
diction, on application of an interested party,
shall have authority to decree a foreclosure of
such mortgage or conveyance, and a sale OF the
mortgaged property, or SO much thereof as may
be necessary to pay the amount secured whether
pealS all inconsistent laws.
THE BILL RELATING TO SALES FOR TAXES
was also ordered to be favorably reported. It
provides that hereafter sales of real estate in
pursuance of law for taxes shall entitle the pur-
chaser, his heirs assignees, If the property be
not redeemed within two years, to a deed from
grantee good and valid title, and that shall
be presumptive evidence that the property so
conveyed was subject TO taxes and so sold, and
was not redeemed and such deed shall be con-
elusive evidence that all the requirements OF
law were complied with which were necessary
to make the deed and title valid.
The bill providing that when testator shall,
by last will and testament, request that his
executor or executors be not required to give
bond, the bond required shall only be in such
sum as the court may deem necessary to secure
the payment of debts due by the testator, was
also directed to be favorably reported.
THE HIGH LIQUOR LICENSE BILL.
Mr.. ingalls, bill regulating the sale of dis.
titled and fermented liquors was also directed
license Of places selling liquor by the pint not
to be drunk on the premises at $500, and of
bar-rooms at $500. Every place where dis
dials are sold to be drunk on the premises in
quantities less than one pint shall be regarded
as bar-room. An applicant for bar
assent of a majority of the housekeepers and
property-owners on the side of the square
such permission shall hold good for renewal Of
license until the Commissioners in their dis
erection shall direct the applicant to again pro-
cure written assent of the neighboring residents
The bill to change the name of the Real Es-
tate Title Insurance Company to the Real Es-
tate Title and Trust Company, and authorize
1t to execute trusts, &c, was ordered reported
adversely.
cordance with the instructions OF the committee.
THE SCHOOL BILL.
The Senate District committee to-day desig-
mated Messrs. ingalls,, Pike and Blackburn a
subcommittee to consider the bill proposed by
the ex-trustees of the school board. The bill
has been published in The STAR.
THE LOUISE HOME.
Mr.. Harris from the District committee,
to-day reported favorably to the Senate the bill
IN fov fu ho3d iy,f sf
for endowment of the Louise Home, and to re.
NIT all taxes, penalties, etc., since 1869, with q
proviso that real estate held for the home shall
not be SO exempt longer than five years.
THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR NEAR SOL
DIERs' HOME.
The Senate yesterday adopted a resolution,
offered by Mr.. Edmunds, directing the military
committee to inquire into the expediency OF
providing law against the sale Of Intoxicating
liquors in the vicinity of the Soldiers Home.
rounded the Home, and that old soldiers are
frequently robbed after being made drunk.
Meeting Of the House Committee.
NIGHT SCHOOLS ADVOCATED, ETC
Mrs. Darwin r. James, the wife OF Representa-
tive James, and the committee of ladies of
which she is chairman interested in the estab-
lishment Of night schools in the District of Co
lumbia, were before the House appropriation
committee to-day urging an appropriation for
four night schools. They called attention to
the fact that the statutes required that such
schools should be established, and states what
they had done in the absence of any provi-
sions by Congress. They had started two
schools making themselves responsible for the
cost, and at once they had received applica-
lions from /, 400 more persons than they could
accommodate. The Commissioner estimate did
not provide for these schools, and to supply
that deficiency supplementary estimates will
be furnished the committee.
DIR. Sewers was before the committee also, his
mission being to ask for appropriation of
$4,000 for the Founding asylum. Mrs. $. ".
Niles put in petition for $4,000 for the Child
dren's hospital, and DIR. Godding explained to
the committee the needs OF the insane asylum.
THE FURLOUGHED NAVY YARD wORKMEN
delegation of suspended wOrkmen from the
ordnance department of the Washington navy
yard appeared before the committee later to
ask for the immediate passage of q deficiency
bill appropriating about $19O,OOO, to continue
the ordnance work, which had to be suspended
for want OF funds. The work is left in a half
finished condition, and the men thrown out of
work. The committee will meet at o'clock to
consider this matter as an urgent deficiency
bill.