The evening times., 1895-12-02
.H0LD0vER DIsIRleIicIS
Senator Harris Has Referred a
Number to Commissioners.
INTRODUCED LAST SESSION
Main Fentures Of Measures That VIII
BE Revived and Put Through at
This Session Regulating MIX Sup
ply, Practice of Medicine, Sanitary
Conditions, Police Fund, &C.

| AS the Presidents message does not
| go to Congress until tomorrow the
Commissioners will have until tomorrow "
morning TO complete their report. When
II has been sent in they Will devote u
little time to work TINT Is urgent and
then take up the package of bills re.
ferred TO them n few days ago by Sen.
ator Harris as chairman Of the District
| Commit tee.
These are measures relating TO District
| affairs that were Introduced In the last
| Congress. The lot has already been gone
| over and number found which have al
! ready been passed, IN the main features at
Least. These have been laid aside. Among
| these is the bill To regulate the milk sup
ply here In the list 10 be considered are:
| >. 2a1l-To authorize the extension OF
! the Columbia Railway Company.
=. 26S5-To regulate tie practice OF med
| tciD. and surgery; I o license physicians and
| surgeons, ana to punish persons viola, ing
the provisions thereof.
>. 2672-To authorize the Commissioners
To make and enforce sanitary and quiran-
tine regulations.
s. 2O93-To provide for the appointment
of a public administrator.
FOR POLICE FUND.
S. c067-Making permanent provision for
the police fund ur tie district.
$. 2O47-To regulate the telephone SER
vice ln the District.
S. .2O1S-To provide fhr making returns to
clerks OF marriage service in the District.
s.lI14-To amend an act entitled an act
10 punish iaisc swearing before trial buards
oi the metropolitan police force and the fire
department.
S. 16o2-A bill TO regulate medical COL
leges in the Distric, and Tor other purposes.
y. 16O5-For the reler of purchasers of
certain lots in Washington.
:. 15O4-To amend section a53 of the
Revised Statutes the United States reiat-
ing to the District.
q. l320-To provide for the punishment
Of certain frauus.
S. l253-To amend section of an act
OF Congress entitled act regulating the sale
OF Intoxicating liquors In the District.
3. la3o-To authorize the sale or prop
erty situated in the city OF Georgetown
S. 103I-In relation to the separate prop
erty or men aid women in the DistrIct and
Tor other purposes.
conveyance, trus, and releases OF Iand III
the District, t,andotherpurposes, with amend
ment proposed by Senator Chandler.
:. St2-ror the rrlieI OF Es,per A. keyser.
=. sSl-Auteorizing The Commissioners
to accept payment. without interest, OF GER
tain special assessments.
>. 2I31-TO secure uniformity In names
OF minor streets III Washington.
5. lOOG-In relation To taxes and tax
sales.
S. 1915, authorizing the judges uf the
point a coroner.
5. igSz, Tor the reHeaof John W. Daniel,
fHfmetfs tashicrs in electors office. =
The biu providing rf making marriage
roturIH tfas beer, iuadd unnecessary by
section or the EduundA law ana proba bly
will not be pressed.
Tie regulation proposed for the telephone
service rs to fix the prices per year for
The use OF each teialiillne at $50 to $50.
according tr the numb on the same wire.
. TSF ihs Ted pIs s1 fund y is S 90 set
Init Init OF $50 O1 matsS rn is sfised 'fp for the &c
amount that may be paid as a pension
TO tor any 9bera Ine
nIendations In this bill are made both by
Auditor Petty and Majnr Moore, and the
commissioners have expressed their APP
proval of IL, IL is EkeIy this measure VIII
De vigorously pushed.
TAKE CHARGE OF ESTATES.
The public administrator, proposed In
bill No. 2O93. is to take charge of estates
when- there is no will, relations or heirs:
where the executor fails 10 qualify: where
apIrars, 30 take care of II. nd when the or
,nans court shall order him TO care for
property He Is To be under 81 600 bond
and TO settle his accounts in a year; and If
no claimant appears for property, he is to
turn it over to the policenicn's fund.
The measure authorizing sanitary and
Quarantine regulations specifically names
tine making OF rules Tor cars, boats and pub
lie conveyances. The location and gov
ernnent of cemeteries, bakeries slaughter
houses, markets. laundries and other places
of offensive business lying in hospitals and
infant asylums, are also to be provided for.
as are the disposal OF mig ht soil, the preven
ton of contagion from diseases and the
production and sale or vaccine virus, anti
toXine, etc.
The act 10 prevent adulteratiOn of food
and drugs is amended so as to place its en-
forcenent in the hands of the health office.
A fine OF $500 is fixed for punishment OF
violations of the law, If passed.
The other measures OF importance In the
list have already, been referred to at length
/ N The Tiptps