Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-18
PURCHASE OF SCHOOL SITES.

PURCHASE OF SCHOOL SITES.
Mr.. Atkinson has introduced bill in the
House providing for the appointment Of a jury
by the Supreme Court Of the District to ap-
praise the value of property desired for school
sites, where there is a disagreement between
the Commissioners and the owner as to terms
of sale.
EXTRA PAY FOR p. o. CLERKS.
The bill introduced in the House of Repre-
sentatives yesterday for the relief of certain
Post-Ofice department employees provides
compensation for extra time and labor rem
dered necessary during most of the year 1885
and part of 1886 by the change CT administra-
ton when the Office of the first assistant post
master-general was overwhelmed by perfect
flood of letters, petitions, protests and a multi
tude OF other papers relating to changes in the
personnel of $4,000 post-offces, large and small.
This avalanche of documents suddenly thrust
upon one division of the department rendered
it necessary to detail employees from other di-
visions, and the Postmaster-General finding
the papers still accpmulating ordered that the
clerks of the first assistants Office return to
their desks and resume duty each day from $50
to 9p. m, until the work could be got into
shape.
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The bill passed by the House yester-
day, incorporating the American Histori-
cal Society, provides that Andrew D..
White, of Ithaca, in the state of
New York; George Bancroft, of Washington, in
the District of Columbia; Justin Winsor, Of
Cambridge, in the state of Massachusetts,; Vim.
F. Poole, of Chicago, in the state of Illinois;
Herbert B. Adams, of Baltimore, in the state of
Maryland; Clarence W. Bowen, of Brooklyn, in
the state of New York, their associates and
successors, may be body corporate, by the
for the promotion of historical studies, the
collection and preservation of historical manu-
scripts, and for kindred purposes in the inter-
est OF American history and of history in
America. The association is authorized to
hold real and personal estate in the District of
Columbia to an amount not exceeding S500, 900,
to adopt constitution, and to make bylaws.
The association is to have its principal Office in
this city and hold its annual meetings in such
places as the incorporators shall determine.
The association is to report annually to the
tary of the Smithsonian institution con-
corning its proceedings and the condition of
historical study in America. The secretary is
to communicate to Congress the whole of such
reports, such portion thereof as he shall see
fit The regents of the Smithsonian institu-
tion are authorized to permit the association
to deposit its collections, manuscripts, books
pamphlets, and other material for history in
the Smithsonian institution or in the National
museum, at their discretion upon such condl-
tions and under such rules as they shall pre-
scribe.
A PURE FOOD DIVISION.
Senator Faulkner to-day introduced a bill for
the establishment of pure fooo division in
the department of agriculture, to provide for
the inspection of live stock about TO be slaugh-
tered at tslaughter-houses,c canning sailing, pack
ing and rendering establishments the carcasses
or products of which are intended for human
consumption in any state or territory other than
where slaughtered, or for expectation to foreign
countries, and to prohibit the introduction of
adulterated or misbranded food or drugs into
any state or territory. or the District of Colum-
bia from any other state or territory or foreign
country. The bill is identical with that intro
duced in the House last session by Mr.. Laird.
The bill was referred to the committee ON Agri-
culture.
TO PAY MR.. BATES $500.
Senator Faulkner, from the committee on the
District has reported favorably the House bill
to pay f. H. Bates the sum of $500 for his SER
vices as military instructor at the high school.