The evening times., 1895-12-09
IMPROVES THE MEASURE
Health officers View Of the Bill
Concerning Veterinarians.
PooLRooMs GET LICENSES
Two Establishments Authorized to Do
q Retail Liquor Business-SalOOn
Keepers Put $4,000 I'm the Asses-
sor's Strong Box-MinOr District
Matters-Da Daily orders Issued.

Health Officer Woodward has In prepa
ration several bills tu establish better sani
tary regulations throughout the District
1t may be that the passage of them will
give a formal set uf sanitary rules TO some
extent similar TO those in the police and
building departments.
A-biI which is not under the manage.
ment of the health office, but which will
have its hearty Endorsement unless Some
unexpected clause is introduced, Is for
the regulation Of the practice OF veteri.
nary surgery.
Dr. c. s. Robinson is preparing the meas.
ure, and will in 4 short time submit IL TO
the Commissioners for their approval The
general purpose is TO prevent unframed and
ill.infornied persons from practicing medt'
cine among horses, cattle, and other do.
mestic animals.
1t is OF special Importance to the com.
munity in general and therefore win be
probably favored by the Commissioners, be-
cause it will help to prevent inspection
or herds OF cattle FOR pleuro-pneumonia and
other contagious diseases by incompetent
persons and will secure prompt reports oi
Cases when discovered.
DISCOVERED NOTHING.
DR.. Woodward said this morning the I'm.
vestigation for typhoid fever, made by DR..
four cases, occurring in three divisions of
the Department. This raised a question
whether there was not some cause for the
disease local in those divisions. Nothing
was discovered
The excise board has granted two retail
| licenses TO keepers of pool-rooms. This Is
under recent decision in the courts per
mitting saloons at such rooms. The per-
| sons to whom licenses weregiven are Charles
H. Clarke, No. III Sixth street northwest,
and Theodore NJ. Rudd No. 9Sl Louisiana
avenue northwest.
A large number of saloon keepers called
at the assessors office early today and
| got their licenses. They added another
$4,000 to the District cash.
The municipal lodging house furnished
| last week.-mrs. more meals and lodgings
than during the previous week. The whole
number of persons kept was 2OI. Free
| meals and lodgings were given 20 persons
and situations were found for Ia
MRS. BRIGGS is OBSTINATE.
mrs. Emily A. Briggs, whose school OF
pharmacy for women and lattice attact
ment to the porch on ID street near Seventh
| southeast has been troubling her neigh
bors, was at the District building this
morning. She has not yet removed the
lattice, as ordered by the Comm iss toners
| ten days ago. Mr.. Truesdell said II the
order was not complied with prosecution
| would be instituted.
orders were made this morning for the
cancellation of number of water main
assessments under the Burgdorf decision:
to grade and repair part OF alley in square
3l6: TO grade sidewalk space between Co
iumbia road and Rock Creek bridge on
Cincinnati street, cost, $1,000; to extend
sewer between Badensburg road and Trim.
! dad avenue twenty feet 10 serve No. IOAa
Bladensburg road; to.pIace n new h vdrant
west side of Twelfth street. between r and
3 10 extend contract of Henry +. Never
Tor wall on Sherman avenue: to construct
catch basin on east side of Florida ave
nue., between Q and r streets; to Law Ole
feet 6-lnch water main on the south side or