Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-09
DIS TRlCT STATION
The Senate Acts on a Number of Local
Measures
MIR. Allen Objects to One Bill and Mr..
Turpie TO Anotber-Fees
salary.

Inc Senate this afternoon in considering
cases on the calendar reached a number of
District bills which met with various fates.
senate OH loOo TO prevent recording of sub
DIVISIONS OF land in the District in the Of
nee OF the recorder of deeds was read but
objection was made to its present consid-
GRAFTON and IL went over under the rule re-
tanning its place on the calendar The bill
for the sale of new tickets on the street
railways Of the District, introduced by Sem
ator Faulkner. was then taken UP and pass
ed without division.
The next bill was Senate Az amending
the corporate act OF the city so as 10 wipe
out the legal existence of Georgetown as a
separate corporation and to extend the
nomenclature OF the streets of Washington
across Rock creek. Senator Allen said he
thought the bill was rather radical in its
erect and objected TO its present considera-
ton.
'Oh, let the two towns join IL they want
! to-" exclaimed Senator Cockrell
| Senator Faulkner took the floor TO explain
| that the provisions of the bill, as far as re-
I lates to the naming of streets ana avenues
| have already been carried out by orSer OF
| the Commissioners and that there was moth
ing radical in the bill The only object Of
the bill was TO collect the law once and for
| all, and so that wherever the city of Wash
| ington should be named in any statute the
| provisions should be made TO include George
town without special reference TO that fact.
|
has long ago been accomplished, and the
| present bill was merely to give a final finish
/ TO the legislation Senator Allen, however,
persisted in his objection. and the bill was
passed over without prejudice.
| The Senate then passed Senate bill SOL,
authorizing the Commission to accept
payment without interest OF certain special
! assessments levied by the old board of pub
lie works of this city.
Real Estate Transfers.
The next bill on the calendar was senate
bill s5i providing new forms Of acknowledg
ments of instruments affecting real estate
| in the District
Senator Higgins asked MIR. Hunton, VINO
is in charge of the bill. the object OF the
changes of the legal forms. Mt Hunton
/ explained that the real estate transfers are
now conducted in the District under the old
4 common law forms which are rapidly be-
| coming obsolete, and that the change was
I in the interest OF uniformity and simplicity.
Mr. Higgins referred TO The recent move
/ ment OF the American Bar Association for
| the purpose of securing uniform forms In
/ real estate instruments in all OF the states
! of the Union and the District. Mr.. HuntOn
Z said that this bill was for the purpose OF
complying with this movement ana that The
forms in the bill were those favored by the
American Bar Association. With this ex-
PLANTATION the bill was passed.
Fees aEd Salaries.
The next bill created considerable Of Q
furry on the floor and it went over. re-
tanning its place on the calendar. Ii was
the bill SENATE 444) making the surveyor
4 of the District a salaried officer, ana pro-
viding for a more efficient service in tho
! surveyors Office. There are a number Of
amendments u the bill approved by the
committee which have already been men
| toned in The Star, and which were
| adopted by the Senate in committee of the
| whole. At this juncture Senator Cali
asked that report OF the committee be
read. and just as the clerk was about 10
| comply Senator Turpie arose TO object TO
the bill. This bill. he complained, created
I a new bureau under the government of the
/ United States. and was a departure from
the policy of the states in relation 10 sur
veyors and their assistants. No state had
ever created such a bureau, and he did not
see why the District, which was smaller
than very many small counties. should
establish such bureau at the start.
Senator Cockrell strongly denied this state
merit. He said that the bill does not create
bureau or even a new office The sur
veyor, he went on, now gets fees for his
work, ana the bill is 10 take away these
ices ana compensate him by salary.
Ihats my objection" exclaimed Mr..
Turpie. i object to making a new salary
| even IL the surveyors are paid fees now
All the states pay their surveyors BY .ees
and l don't see why the District should
not. i object TO the present consideration
Senator Proctor who is in charge of the
bill. explained further about the pay sys-
TEN, which at present gives the surveyor
much more compensation than he would
receive under the proposed legislation.
i The balance between the fees and the
salary. he said. is 10 be paid into the treas
ury. He went on to say that the committee
on the District is of the opinion that II is a
better general policy TO place officers Of
this sort a salary basis Besides the
change from fees TO salary the bill places
4 the surveyor ana his officers ana assistants
4 directly under the control OF the Commits
NTf fhefar nd L..
tons Senator Turpie insisted uDOa his OBJ
iacfin,n NJ The I'LL W. ~ IL